Urban Invincible Overlord

This shout to stop had a penetrating sound and seemed to carry an unparalleled authority that brooked no defiance.

Yang Fei and Li Yang felt their hearts tremble with fear.

True Monarch Xiao Yue also shuddered, and did not manage to unleash the desperate strike ’Flaming Moon Brahman Heaven’.

As a late-stage Nascent Soul powerhouse, her combat power was relatively weaker among cultivators of the same realm in the southern part of the Southern Domain. Now, facing another powerhouse of the same realm, having fought fiercely with Yang Fei and Li Yang for a long time, and been injured by several heaven-defying treasures, how could she possibly defeat the newcomer?

Even worse, the newcomer’s speed exceeded her expectations, and with this shout, Xiao Yue recognized who it was.

The acting contemporary Sect Master of the Lingxiao Sect, Jiang Yao.

A peak late-stage Nascent Soul powerhouse.

Among the Six Great Cultivation Forces of the Southern South Domain, if the Divinity Transformation old ancestors didn’t appear, Jiang Yao’s strength was originally the strongest.

The Lingxiao Sect, due to secretly collaborating with Earth early on, received genetic liquid medicine. It’s said that Jiang Yao’s strength is already half-step Divinity Transformation Realm.

Now, after several years, he’s likely to be stepping over that threshold with the other foot.

If a Nascent Soul Stage powerhouse from the Zhong Family or the Feng Family came to assist, Xiao Yue might still risk injury to drag Yang Fei down, but now that it’s the formidable presence of Jiang Yao, Xiao Yue dared no longer linger.

She roared with frustration, used a Godspeed Talisman without hesitation, and decisively escaped.

The terrifying spiritual pressure grew stronger, and the newcomer arrived in an instant.

Yang Fei’s combat power had drastically reduced, his state of mind greatly exhausted; he dared not easily use divine sense to probe the newcomer’s identity.

With True Monarch Xiao Yue as a lesson, he worried that the newcomer might also harbor greedy intentions towards him, which, given his current state, he could not resist.

Since True Monarch Xiao Yue had already escaped, Li Yang considered himself lucky to escape with his life, so retreating to Earth wasn’t betraying her.

Just as he was about to use the Extreme Fire Demon Pearl to escape back to Earth and recuperate, he heard the newcomer say: "Yang Fei, why are you here?"

Yang Fei felt a bit calmer upon hearing the voice.

Could it be Sect Master Jiang Yao of the Lingxiao Sect?

When the Lingxiao Sect members were on Earth, they often talked about this Sect Master.

The collaboration between Earth and the Lingxiao Sect started off very pleasantly, and Jiang Yao was known to be a man of his word.

Though there was True Monarch Xiao Yue as a precedent here, bearing treasures invited greed from Southern Domain’s figures, and his family and many friends’ lives were uncertain in the Shang Qing Sect, he was unwilling to just retreat to Earth.

If the newcomer really intended harm, lying in wait here, even with the Extreme Fire Demon Pearl, he wouldn’t escape their vigil nor get to the Shang Qing Sect in time.

So he decided to gauge Jiang Yao’s intentions.

While secretly communicating with the Extreme Fire Demon Pearl, ready to escape at any moment, he vigilantly watched the direction from which Jiang Yao’s voice came.

Light and shadows flickered as Jiang Yao arrived.

"Junior Li Yang, greets Elder Jiang."

With Xiao Yue’s departure, Li Yang, who was bound by the Soul Suppressing Talisman, managed to free herself and quickly saluted as Jiang Yao descended.

Jiang Yao nodded slightly but focused his attention on Yang Fei, seriously asking, "Yang Fei, why were you clashing with Xiao Yue?"

Yang Fei first greeted Jiang Yao with a respectful fist salute, addressing him as elder, and then briefly explained his intention to go to the Shang Qing Sect, being unexpectedly attacked by True Monarch Xiao Yue who sought to capture him and defect to the Wangxian Sect.

Jiang Yao frowned and looked at Li Yang: "Xiao Yue is your master, why didn’t you go with her?"

Li Yang’s face still held complex emotions like sorrow and guilt from the master betraying the sect and being at odds with her master. Upon Jiang Yao’s inquiry, she responded with a somber expression: "Reporting to Elder Jiang, although Xiao Yue was my master, I was originally recruited by the Flame Moon Sect, and due to various opportunities, cultivated to the peak of late-stage Refining, becoming a core disciple of the sect, then assigned under True Monarch Xiao Yue as a disciple. Despite Xiao Yue’s kindness to me, the sect nurtured its disciples much more, with heavier obligations. Now that True Monarch Xiao Yue has betrayed the sect, how could I collude with her?"

Jiang Yao gave Li Yang an approving glance and nodded.

He then fixed his gaze on Yang Fei, scanning him with a powerful divine sense.

Yang Fei’s heart was shocked and almost activated the Extreme Fire Demon Pearl to escape to Earth.

This man’s divine sense was so strong.

Under its sweep, he felt he had no secrets, as if even his inner thoughts could be seen.

Moreover, even his divine sense seemed to be confined and sealed by some intangible, powerful force.

This reminded him of being controlled by Wang Yuanxiao in Piaomiao Stream.

As Jiang Yao’s divine sense swept over Yang Fei, he was equally astonished internally.

He first heard Yang Fei’s name over twenty years ago.

The youngster seemed to be only at the Foundation Establishment stage then?

How long has it been?

Even if the youngster had reached Core Formation upon arriving in the Southern Domain, it was only early-stage Core Formation?

Counting the time, this child hasn’t been in the Southern Domain for even ten years, yet quickly progressed from early-stage Core Formation to late-stage Core Formation, this...

Jiang Yao gasped inwardly.

Though not unprecedented in Cultivation History, it’s rare in the Five Immortal Domains after ancient times.

Considering the tremendous changes he experienced after taking genetic liquid medicine, a gleam flashed in Jiang Yao’s eyes.

The genetic liquid medicine was truly marvelous, heaven-defying; this child has the production and distribution rights to it, naturally can consume ample amounts. Could his rapid cultivation be entirely thanks to it?

Moreover, although this child has reached late-stage Core Formation Realm, he faced a powerhouse in late-stage Nascent Soul for years, and yet Xiao Yue was forced to use the Blood Sacrifice Forbidden Technique. Just now, had he not arrived in time, she might have used the top fighting skill of the Flame Moon Sect, Flaming Moon Brahman Heaven.

The more Jiang Yao thought about it, the more shocked he became, inwardly gasping, closely scrutinizing Yang Fei, saying, "Do you... do you still insist on going to the Shang Qing Sect now?"

Yang Fei thought for a moment, then nodded, "I have reasons that compel me to go."

Jiang Yao frowned: "But you should know, given the current situation there, and your current realm’s capabilities, even if you went there, it wouldn’t change the overall situation."

Yang Fei was silent.

He naturally understood this point.

The Shang Qing Sect’s predicament was extremely difficult, not just for him, even for Jiang Yao, a peak late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator stepping in, it would be insignificant; over there, it’s the Divinity Transformation Realm masters who hold sway.

Even several half-step Dao Unity realm masters hold sway.

"I still wish to try," Yang Fei said.

Jiang Yao shook his head: "Do you think that with the genetic liquid medicine, and Earth’s abundant resources, you have the qualification to sit at the table and negotiate with Wangxian Sect’s people?"

Yang Fei’s heart shivered, looking at Jiang Yao in shock.

How had Jiang Yao known this thought buried deep within him?

Could it be that when Jiang Yao’s divine sense covered him earlier, it truly saw through his heart?