Chapter 1466: Chapter 1449: Prelude to the Battle at the Peak

This young man was tall and sturdy. He hadn’t released any oppressive aura, yet just by casually standing there, he made the other Martial Artists feel an unshakable presence, as if they were facing the vast Universe itself, their hearts involuntarily filled with a sense of insignificance.

In this instant, the Martial Artists of the Pure Yang Alliance and the Martial Artists of the Xu Family within Wuling City all involuntarily ceased their fierce battle, their gazes brimming with shock and uncertainty.

The newcomer not only made them lay down their Weapons, he even said he wanted to challenge Xiao Ye...

Could this young man be...

"Tie Xue!"

The Xu Family Patriarch, who had originally stood with hands clasped behind his back, killing intent surging to the heavens, had a drastic change of expression the moment he saw this youth. He could no longer maintain his composure, actually lowering his stance, a flash of reverence flickering through his eyes.

The young man before him had long enjoyed a resounding reputation; he knew very clearly just how terrifying the other party was.

"Tie Xue, he really is Tie Xue!"

The Martial Artists of the Pure Yang Alliance and those of the Xu Family, seeing the attitude of the Xu Family Patriarch, all turned deathly pale with fright.

What kind of figure was Tie Xue?

He was the strongest genius of this era, rumored to be comparable to the Unrivaled Emperor of a thousand years ago, yet those who had truly seen Tie Xue were extremely few.

"Tie Xue!"

Seeing that tall figure in midair, Shen Tu’s body trembled lightly as he clenched his fists tight.

He pursued Martial Arts and did not care about empty fame.

Yet Tie Xue had undoubtedly become one of the goals he pursued, but he discovered that to catch up to the other party was difficult to the point of despair!

"Xu Family Patriarch, Martial Artists of the Pure Yang Alliance?"

"Cease your fighting. My duel with Xiao Ye—no one may interfere. Otherwise, you stand as my enemy." Stepping through the air, Tie Xue let his gaze sweep across the entire field, finally landing on the Xu Family Patriarch as he spoke calmly.

"Very well. My Xu Family will give you this face, Tie Xue. Withdraw!"

Upon hearing this, the Xu Family Patriarch’s expression twisted with struggle. In the end, he took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing all his killing intent before he spoke.

With that, the Xu Family Patriarch took the lead, treading through the air toward the outskirts of Wuling City.

The Martial Artists of the Xu Family looked at one another, frowning, but in the end they could only follow, leaving behind the Pure Yang Alliance Martial Artists, who stood there dumbfounded.

The Xu Family had brought out all their elites, and under the lead of the Xu Family Patriarch, had descended upon Wuling City with overwhelming momentum and killing intent soaring to the sky. Yet now they had been persuaded to leave by a single sentence from Tie Xue?

How terrifying was that!

"I hereby formally leave a battle challenge. Let Xiao Ye appear and accept it."

After the Martial Artists of the Xu Family withdrew, an overwhelming aura suddenly exploded from Tie Xue’s body, causing the nearby buildings to burst apart one after another. Tie Xue lifted his palm and struck forward.

Crash!

Instantly, the void quivered chaotically, the earth shook and mountains swayed, a terrifying might coursing through this stretch of Heaven and Earth. The ground, unable to bear such a powerful Qi, split open with countless cracks. Billowing dust blotted out the sky and sun, making the faces of the Pure Yang Alliance Martial Artists drastically change as they nearly suffocated.

Although Tie Xue had not struck directly at them, the aura he released was terrifying to the extreme, utterly unlike something a Young Martial Artist should possess.

By the time the rolling dust gradually dispersed and everything settled, Tie Xue’s figure had already disappeared, like a Banished Immortal, coming and going without a trace.

"This..."

At this moment, the Martial Artists of the Pure Yang Alliance stared blankly ahead.

All they could see was that the ground before them had completely cracked and caved in, forming an enormous Handprint that covered an area of two li in radius.

Everything within the area covered by the Handprint had turned to dust, while a heaven-shaking War Intent surged up from within that Handprint, like a peerless Weapon unsheathing, its Sword pointing at the world. It swept through Wuling City in rolling waves, stirring the winds and clouds in the sky to change color. The clanging resonance lingered long without dispersing, as if it would transform the entire Wuling City into a Forbidden Land.

As that heaven-shaking War Intent soared into the sky, the Martial Artists within Wuling City instantly felt their entire bodies go cold. That shocking War Intent surged over like a great flood, roaring in their minds, nearly erasing their consciousness.

This was a Handprint imbued with Tie Xue’s Wudi War Intent. Ordinary Martial Artists could not even draw near!

Was this Handprint Tie Xue’s battle challenge?

He truly deserved to be the strongest genius of this era, with heaven-reaching methods that made others only able to look up in awe.

"Hurry and go!" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Under this heaven-shaking War Intent, Shen Tu’s face also turned pale, feeling extremely uncomfortable, and he was the first to rush out of the city.

As for all of this, Xiao Ye naturally knew nothing.

At this moment, he was five hundred li west of Wuling City, cultivating within a mountain ravine.

Crash!

Looking from afar, his entire body blazed with golden radiance. Golden Blood Qi like a blazing sun shot straight into the Nine Heavens, illuminating the entire ravine and driving away the darkness.

"With these Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, cultivating the Fourth Layer of Dominator Body to Perfect is almost no challenge at all."

"Once the Fourth Layer of Dominator Body reaches Perfect, I will duel Tie Xue on Unrivaled Peak. I just hope the Jade Talisman in my hand can still buy me this Time."

Seated cross-legged with eyes closed, Xiao Ye’s long black hair had even turned golden. His entire person was bathed in thick Golden Light, like an Invincible War God.

From Time to Time, Xiao Ye would brush his palm across his Space Ring. Twenty-three kinds of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were taken out by him, hovering in midair, then in the void they were Refining by his Tyrant Body Blood Qi, turning into a surging torrent that he directly swallowed into his mouth.

These Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures had been birthed under the incomparably abundant Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi of the Ancient Era; the medicinal power they contained was raging and turbulent, truly terrifying.

Ordinary Martial Artists who obtained such Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures would need quite a long time to Refining them, progressing step by step. Otherwise, their Bodies would explode and they would die.

Yet Xiao Ye was devouring them in great mouthfuls, without the slightest scruple.

The reason was none other than his True Martial Physique!

The True Martial Baptism had granted him a Transformation. Whether his meridians or his bones, all had been tempered. The meridians within his Body crisscrossed and interconnected, broad and full of resilience, completely capable of withstanding the impact of such torrential medicinal power.

Otherwise, even with Xiao Ye cultivating Dominator Body, he would not dare to act so recklessly.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

...

As the twenty-three Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were Refining one stalk after another, the number of golden blood-droplet Anomalies behind Xiao Ye grew more and more, his progress astonishingly fast, advancing by leaps and bounds.

Seventy drops!

Eighty drops!

Ninety drops!

...

The Fourth Layer of Xiao Ye’s Dominator Body was soaring at an astounding pace; breaking through to the Perfect Realm was practically a foregone conclusion.

At the same time, because the Anomalies of Xiao Ye’s Fourth Layer of Dominator Body were simply too shocking, they directly attracted quite a few Martial Artists from the surroundings.

However, whenever these Martial Artists drew within ten li of this mountain ravine, they would feel a terrifying Blood Qi pressing upon them, like an Ancient Divine Mountain weighing down on their bodies, making each step arduous and preventing them from approaching at all.

Many Martial Artists faintly guessed that it was very likely Xiao Ye who was cultivating here.

High in the sky, the golden Blood Qi surging out of the mountain ravine faced off from afar against the heaven-shaking War Intent within Wuling City five hundred li away, like two True Dragons on the verge of a life-and-death clash!