"Victory crowns the king, and defeat dooms the villain! As long as I survive to the end, I am the one who wins!" Long Nixian's expression contorted with ferocity. "So what if you've uncovered the truth? As long as I kill all of you here, no one will be left to expose anything. I'll still be hailed as a hero of the Great Thousand World, worshipped by all!"
"You're in no position to speak so boldly right now," Xiao Yan shook his head and smiled faintly. "If you truly retained your peak strength, you wouldn't have needed such elaborate schemes—possessing another body, setting bait, luring so many people here. You'd have long since acted and silenced everyone here without all this drama."
"Even so, dealing with a brat like you is more than within my means!" Long Nixian sneered. With a shift of his hand seals, the jade ring on his palm once again pulsed with crimson light. A blood-colored energy ring burst forth from the jade ring, surging straight toward Xiao Yan.
As that blood ring swept across the battlefield, the experts around Xiao Yan immediately retreated in panic. The horrifying fate of those previously swallowed by the ring remained vivid in their minds. But despite the looming blood light, Xiao Yan didn't panic. He merely raised his palm gently—and in the next moment, a transparent barrier of light materialized before him, blocking the attack entirely.
"What is that?" Gasps of surprise rippled through the crowd. Though they couldn't clearly see it, in Xiao Yan's palm rested a mysterious stone talisman, which effortlessly nullified the attack from what everyone believed to be a powerful Saint-grade artifact. Who was this man, who could resist the power of a Saint Artifact?
"Looks like your precious jade ring isn't quite as formidable as you thought," Xiao Yan said with a smirk. The thin veil of light had emerged from the ancestral stone he obtained in the Tianxuan Continent. Previously, the ancestral stone wouldn't have stood a chance against such a terrifying force, but it had since evolved into a true Saint Artifact. Its current power was vastly superior, enabling it to neutralize even Long Nixian's blood ring.
"You think you can mock me just because you blocked one attack with a Saint Artifact?" Long Nixian's eyes grew increasingly cold. Suddenly, streams of light floated from the blood ring. Xiao Yan could sense terrifying amounts of energy within them—converted from the blood and flesh absorbed earlier.
As those energies surged into Long Nixian's body, his strength—originally at the peak of Ninth Grade Sovereign—began to skyrocket. In just seconds, he had advanced into the Earth Sovereign realm, not merely at the initial level, but already at its pinnacle!
"Peak Lower Earth Sovereign, huh..." Xiao Yan's brow furrowed slightly. This was certainly unexpected. With strength like this, Long Nixian could sweep through nearly everyone in the Dragon God Remains. The gulf between Ninth Grade Sovereigns and Earth Sovereigns was massive—even more so when the latter teetered on the brink of advancing to Upper Earth Sovereign.
Still, Xiao Yan didn't flinch. As long as Long Nixian hadn't truly reached the Heavenly Sovereign realm, there was nothing to fear. Lower Earth Sovereigns were terrifying to ordinary cultivators, but not to him. Glancing toward Qin Wan'er and the others, Xiao Yan spoke calmly: "All of you should leave now. If you stay, he won't spare you."
His words snapped the others from their daze. They quickly scattered and fled toward the exit. Soon, only Xiao Yan and Long Nixian remained. Long Nixian watched the retreating backs with disdain and sneered. "You think they can get away? Don't worry, once I deal with you, none of them will escape alive."
"Tch. You say that like you can actually defeat me." Xiao Yan clapped his hands and smirked. "If you could maintain this level of power permanently, perhaps I'd be a bit more cautious. But unfortunately, the body you've possessed seems incapable of withstanding Earth Sovereign-level strength for long."
Long Nixian's expression darkened. Xiao Yan was right. Zong Yang's body, although possessing divine beast bloodline, was only at Peak Ninth Grade Sovereign. The strain of hosting Earth Sovereign power was already taking its toll—cracks had begun to appear along his skin, blood seeping through. If the battle dragged on, the body might collapse before he could finish the fight.
"Hmph, even if this body can't endure long, it's more than enough to kill you!" Long Nixian snapped. With a step, he vanished, appearing before Xiao Yan in a blur. He slammed a palm toward Xiao Yan's chest—but his strike passed straight through.
"What?!" Long Nixian's eyes widened. He turned rapidly to see Xiao Yan reappearing a short distance away, completely unscathed. It was clear now that he had only struck an afterimage. But that was what baffled him—how could a mere Ninth Grade Sovereign dodge the attack of a Peak Earth Sovereign?
"I told you, you can't beat me." Xiao Yan calmly swallowed a Heart Demon Pill and activated his clan markings. Having reached the pinnacle of Ninth Grade Sovereign, bolstered by both his clan markings and the pseudo Heart Demon State, his current strength could easily rival that of a Lower Earth Sovereign. More importantly, his true combat prowess had always exceeded his realm.
"You're just fast. Nothing to boast about!" Long Nixian growled, unleashing a barrage of massive energy palms. Xiao Yan snorted and summoned the Heavy Xuan Ruler. The Six Harmonies Flowing Ruler Technique erupted as ruler shadows danced, intercepting the energy palms with explosive force.
As all the palms were blocked, countless ruler shadows overlapped and fused. In the next instant, a brilliant flame ignited along the blade of the ruler. With a sweeping motion, a massive crescent-shaped arc of fire surged forward like a roaring wave.
"Blazing Wave Splitting Ruler!"
Boom! Long Nixian hastily cast a divine technique to defend, but still staggered backward from the sheer force of Xiao Yan's strike. When he steadied himself again, disbelief filled his gaze. He hadn't expected Xiao Yan—a mere Ninth Grade Sovereign—to clash head-on and drive him back even after his strength had risen to the Earth Sovereign realm. Even with secret techniques, how could this brat have such terrifying power?
(End of Chapter)
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