Chapter 1004 - 988: The Secret of the Imperial Sword
"Formless Dragon Fist!"
At this moment, Zhang Mu unleashed an incredibly powerful Emperor Martial Battle Technique. His entire combat prowess surged to the extreme. As the punch was thrown, the Emperor Martial Power rolled mightily, converging into an azure dragon that spanned the Nine Heavens. The massive punch force shattered the Heavenly Dome, and the overwhelming fist momentum locked onto Xiao Ye, intending to kill him.
All the snow and wind in the surroundings were shredded in an instant. With Zhang Mu as the center, the area within a hundred steps turned into a vacuum zone.
"Heavens, Zhang Mu actually displayed his signature battle technique, the Formless Dragon Fist. Does he really intend to kill Xiao Ye?"
"Xiao Ye has Senior Wu Ming behind him. If he kills Xiao Ye, surely there will be big trouble, and perhaps even implicate us."
"What are you afraid of? In the Inner World, everything depends on oneself. If he falls, he can’t blame anyone else. Besides, as long as we don’t spill the beans, how would Senior Wu Ming know Xiao Ye died by our hands?"
Witnessing this scene, the eight Young Supremes surrounding Xiao Ye with Zhang Mu all showed a look of shock.
In a flash, they had already communicated with Emperor’s Martial Intent.
The cultivation of Zhang Mu, the young man in a white robe, had reached the mid-stage of the Third Rank Emperor Martial, and this battle technique was one of his ultimate moves, capable of overwhelming Shi He’s Genius, who ranked second among the Eighteen Heavenly Talents of the Inner Domain.
Seeing Zhang Mu display this ultimate move, they all realized that Zhang Mu had murderous intent toward Xiao Ye.
Facing such a terrifying killing move, Xiao Ye’s eyes shone brightly, and he shouted, "Good timing!"
His cultivation and the Second Layer of Dominating Body had all been elevated after entering the Inner World. He was eager to test his skills with someone; at that moment, unstoppable war intent erupted from him as he directly activated the Four Emperor Skills and the Second Layer of Dominating Body, using the Perfect Realm Sky Breaking Fist to confront Zhang Mu.
Boom!
Behind Xiao Ye, a Fire Attribute Imperial Realm rose, spitting endless flames, interwoven with divine light, while vast golden blood Qi exploded, shaking the All Heavens World, making both gods and demons tremble.
Rumble!
The figures of the two, under the watchful eyes of the eight Young Supremes, collided violently. In an instant, limitless energy waves fully erupted, as if giant waves were rising in the sea, rolling in all directions. As they swept over rocks and earth, the void shattered, snow melted, and spatial storms raged, giving the appearance of an apocalyptic scene.
Swoosh!
A miserable figure was ejected, retreating more than two hundred meters before stopping.
The eight Young Supremes concentrated and saw that the owner of the miserable figure was indeed Xiao Ye, while Zhang Mu remained unmoved, staring at Xiao Ye with a gloomy expression.
Retreating Xiao Ye with one move brought Zhang Mu no joy.
"Did I see it wrong... when Xiao Ye fought against Zhang Mu just now, he actually used only King Martial Combat Skills?"
"It seems... yes, I saw it too."
...
The dialogue between the two Young Supremes made everyone else’s expressions stiffen.
Using King Martial Combat Skills to confront Zhang Mu’s ultimate move, what arrogance!
No wonder Zhang Mu’s face was so gloomy it almost dripped water.
This was a blatant humiliation!
"Truly unexpected, your cultivation actually reached the Second Level Mid Stage of Emperor Martial." Compared to the rage of such humiliation, Zhang Mu’s heart was more filled with shock.
He clearly perceived Xiao Ye’s erupting aura had already reached the Second Level Mid Stage of Emperor Martial.
Xiao Ye had just advanced to the Emperor Martial Realm in the Sand Realm a few months ago, and in the blink of an eye, he’s already leapt to the Second Level of Emperor Martial cultivation. How could this not shock him?
Such cultivation speed, even the word ’monster’ is inadequate to describe.
Of course, there was something even more unbelievable to him.
That is, Xiao Ye actually relied on King Martial Combat Skills to withstand his ultimate move without a scratch.
"Haha, after the first phase of the Second Layer of Dominating Body achieves perfection, the defensive power of the Blood Qi Tide is indeed terrifying." Xiao Ye stood straight, scanned his surroundings, and revealed a confident smile.
Using King Martial Combat Skills to confront Zhang Mu wasn’t just self-confidence in his own strength, but Xiao Ye also wanted to test the Dominating Body Defense.
Upon testing, it indeed didn’t disappoint him.
His Sky Breaking Fist blocked part of Zhang Mu’s fist might, the rest was entirely resisted by the erupting Blood Qi Tide, merely sending him retreating without any injury.
"If you think that you alone can’t handle me, you can have them join in." Xiao Ye re-ascended to the Heavenly Dome, mockingly gazing at Zhang Mu.
"Hmph, don’t think that just because your cultivation has increased, you can truly defeat me. I’m telling you, don’t even think about it!"
Zhang Mu roared in fury, his black hair dancing wildly, cold light shooting from his eyes: "Emperor Martial Battle Technique, Four Symbols Sealing Heaven and Earth!"
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
At this moment, Zhang Mu erupted four beams of light straight into the Heaven. Simultaneously, the Emperor Martial Power within him became violent, and his body trembled continuously.
The eight Young Supremes were utterly shocked. They could see that Zhang Mu clearly couldn’t control such a formidable battle technique.
At this time, from the four beams of light erupting from Zhang Mu’s body, the virtual images of four massive ferocious beasts appeared, standing in the four directions, like divine beasts suppressing the four corners. Each was nearly a thousand feet tall, their blood-red beast eyes fixed on Xiao Ye, the successive beast roars shaking the All Heavens World.
In the next moment—
These four gigantic ferocious beasts charged toward Xiao Ye, reducing everything to nihility along the way. This kind of power was several times stronger than the battle technique Zhang Mu displayed before, turning the faces of the eight spectating Young Supremes pale.
"Now that I’ve tested the first phase of Second Layer Dominating Body’s defense, there’s no use keeping you around."
At this moment, Xiao Ye moved.
He merely lifted a palm and struck at the four incoming ferocious beast virtual images.
"Emperor-level Combat Skills: Suppressing Universe Palm!"
As this palm was unleashed, countless Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi surged in. The terrifying giant palm swelled hundreds of times, like an apocalyptic hand spanning the heavenly dome, covering the sky and the sun, enveloping the entire sky, adorned with Eight Diagram patterns, it bore down.
"Heavens!"
The eight Young Supremes were stunned, involuntarily trembling.
They felt as if the entire Heaven and Earth were covered by Xiao Ye’s palm.
Rumble!
After Xiao Ye’s cultivation advanced to the Second Level Mid Stage of Emperor Martial, the power of Emperor-level Combat Skills emerged once more, directly shattering the virtual images of the four ferocious beasts, making Zhang Mu’s eyes widen as he spurted blood, his whole person flying backward, severely injured, his life and death unknown.
"Reveal the origin and secret of the Imperial Sword!" Xiao Ye’s cold eyes were fixed on the remaining eight Young Supremes, speaking with the tone of an invincible War God.