On the "Heaven" mountain, clouds and mist lingered, overflowing with Spiritual Qi. Vigorous green pines were planted on the edge of the cliff, and strange rocks were towering. On the other side, white silk poured down, causing a special kind of Taoist Connotation to flow in this place.
Ye Xingchen stared at Huo Lie calmly without the slightest hint of anger.
When his calm voice rang out on the mountain peak, many gazes landed on him, and they were filled with astonishment.
They hadn't expected Ye Xingchen to say such arrogant words.
Huo Lie was ranked ninth on the Earth List and one of the strongest people in the Wu house.
His strength was enough to look down on the entire younger generation of the Taixu Abyss, and few could compete with him.
But today, a high-level Dharma Plane warrior said words that were even more arrogant than Huo Lie's, which shocked them.
"Haha, challenging Huo Lie? Who does he think he is? He doesn't know his place." A disdainful voice rang out in the forest of Green Pine Mountain.
Outside, an elder looked at the screen and shook his head. "Young people are still too impulsive."
"Haha, young people need to be confident, but not too arrogant. This disciple named Ye Xingchen has gradually become arrogant after defeating Li Shanhe and the others in the Wu house. This is not a good temperament, and it's good to let Huo Lie teach him a lesson."
"That's right. He's only at the high-level Dharma Plane, but he's already so arrogant. Such a disciple should be taught a lesson and let him know how big the world is."
"Sigh, I originally thought highly of this disciple and was prepared to accept him as a disciple after the competition. Now it seems that his temperament isn't good enough. He needs to be tempered."
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Huo Lie glared at him, flames dancing all over his body like an inextinguishable divine light. His aura was huge, like an eternal divine furnace, releasing a blazing light.
"Kid, no one has ever spoken to me like this." Huo Lie walked down the stone platform and slapped at Ye Xingchen.
His slap was very casual, as if Ye Xingchen was a pebble on the side of the road that he had kicked away without a care.
Bang!
However, his casual slap caused strong winds to blow and lightning to interweave on the mountain peak. An aura as heavy as a mountain pressed down on everyone's hearts.
"This is too terrifying. Is this the strength of the top ten on the Earth List?"
"I feel like I'm facing a Primordial Ferocious Beast. Its immense power is going to crush me."
"Huo Lie deserves to be in the top ten of the Earth Ranking. This time, Ye Xingchen is finished."
Many disciples discussed and retreated a distance.
A strand of golden light appeared in Ye Xingchen's eyes. Then, they shot out fiercely like two divine swords cleaving apart the world and illuminating the heavens.
"Clang!" "Clang!"
The sound of the heavenly sword being unsheathed rang out on the mountain peak. It was like the rumbling of thunder, like the rumbling of a heavenly drum. Two beams of golden light shot out from Ye Xingchen's eyes. They were too dazzling, as though they could cut through everything and destroy everything.
This was an attack condensed from his essence, energy, and spirit. It represented his confidence. It wasn't a martial technique, but it surpassed it.
A trace of surprise appeared on Huo Lie's face. A scarlet flame danced on his palm as he welcomed the two golden beams with his bare hands.
Bang!
The two beams of golden light flashed and were shattered by Huo Lie's palm.
"Senior Brother Huo Lie is amazing. He easily shattered Ye Xingchen's attack."
"Senior Brother Huo Lie …"
Everyone was about to cheer for Huo Lie when they saw a wound appear on his palm. Blood dripped down.
"What?
How is this possible? "Some martial artists were shocked.
In that exchange just now, Huo Lie, who seemed to have easily shattered the golden beams, was actually injured. This was too unexpected.
"This … Ye Xingchen has some ability," an elder commented from outside.
"This is nothing. Huo Lie was just careless for a moment," Elder Zhang of the Torture Chamber said.
"Even if he was careless, Ye Xingchen was able to injure him with one attack. His strength can be considered to be among the strongest among the disciples of the Wu house," an elder refuted.
Elder Zhang's expression was unsightly. He coldly snorted and didn't say anything else.
The other disciples on the stone platforms glanced over with a hint of astonishment in their eyes.
They understood Huo Lie's strength, but he was actually at a disadvantage in a small exchange.
This disciple called Ye Xingchen wasn't weak. He was qualified to stand side by side with them.
"You actually injured me. You've committed a heinous crime!" Huo Lie's expression was unsightly. He had originally wanted to slap Ye Xingchen away, but he had been injured instead.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he had lost all face.
"Ye Xingchen, I'm going to crush all the bones in your body," Huo Lie said coldly.
Although the Wu house's competition didn't allow killing, it didn't prohibit heavily injuring others. After all, when martial artists fought, it was impossible for them to be peaceful. In the end, they would have to fight to the death.
"Do you have the strength to do so?" Ye Xingchen took out the Golden Brilliance Sword and used his will to control it. Golden brilliance revolved around him, and the sword Qi was dense.
"Stubborn fella, look at my torn mouth!" Huo Lie roared. Flames danced around him, and his red hair danced in the wind.
His roar shook the entire mountain peak. The waterfall not far away flowed backward, and then evaporated by his flames, making the mountain peak misty.
"Boom!"
Huo Lie condensed a huge Flame Saber and slashed down from the sky.
The Flame Saber was extremely real. It was condensed by his True Power. It was almost the same as a real Flame Saber, and there were runes flashing on it.
Quasi-Lesser Celestial Realm wasn't a big realm, but a name for martial artists who had one foot in the Lesser Celestial Realm.
The peak of the ninth level of the Transcendence Realm could integrate their True Intent into their True Qi and turn it into True Power. They were considered quasi-lesser Celestial Realm. When their True Power was condensed to a certain level, they could combine their bloodline with their cultivation technique to condense a domain and enter the third level of Celestial Realm.
Huo Lie was at this stage of quasi-lesser Celestial Realm. Of course, with the density of his True Power, he could condense a domain long ago and enter the Lesser Celestial Realm. However, he was like most martial artists who were accumulating in preparation for breaking through to a higher level.
The ordinary Flame Saber slashed down, blazing and surrounded by flames. It shocked many martial artists present.
This saber could definitely kill a Lesser Celestial Realm martial artist.
Ye Xingchen formed the Extreme Yang Seal with his hand as a massive sun surfaced on his right. With a push of his right hand, the great sun rumbled, resembling the galloping of a mighty army, resembling a torrential flood.
Golden light shone brightly, and Ye Xingchen looked like a saint, his whole body enveloped in golden light.
"Bang!"
The sun and the Flame Saber clashed, and rays of light shot out. Each ray of light could kill a high-level Transcendence Realm martial artist.
The void trembled, and the entire area went berserk. Monstrous energy surged like an ocean, surging violently.
Everyone retreated in fear. Seeing this, Ming Xin waved his palm, and a ray of white light blocked the energy. After all, there were ten stone platforms on the mountain peak, and they couldn't afford to lose.