“That you’re still alive!” The emaciated old man landed with a thud, then sneered, “Very well, then feel my ultimate strength!”
As he spoke, his previously frail body seemed to inflate, rapidly growing tall and muscular. His back muscles swelled, and beneath the protruding shoulder blades, two pale hands emerged, streaked with blood, growing outward. In an instant, the thin old man transformed into a muscular, four-armed elder.
Dongbo Xueying’s expression shifted slightly, though he wasn’t surprised.
After all, the opponent was a native superhuman, naturally possessing some innate abilities. Now, his aura had clearly grown stronger, and with four arms, it must be his innate skill.
“He wounded me severely before. Now, with enhanced power and four arms, it will be difficult to stop him,” Dongbo Xueying thought as his internal organs rapidly healed. He swallowed back the blood rising to his throat and stood again. “But, I must try. Only then will this battle be more exciting!”
“Take this!”
With a loud shout, Dongbo Xueying charged forward first.
His figure traced an arc, rushing toward the four-armed elder from the side.
“Hmph? Daring to attack me head-on again?” The four-armed elder scoffed and immediately swung his palm outward.
“Whoosh.”
The long spear, like a giant serpent, twisted and struck with eerie unpredictability. When it neared the palm, it slipped past with an evasive grace.
Whether striking, thrusting, or crushing, Dongbo Xueying had learned from his earlier defeat. He now knew that the opponent’s palm strike concealed a hidden force. Thus, his fighting style had changed accordingly. Each move barely made contact before withdrawing, unpredictable and elusive, denying the opponent the chance to exert his true power. Like a venomous snake constantly seeking an opening, once found, it would strike with lethal precision.
“Not once have I been able to fully exert my strength?” The four-armed elder was astonished. His combat experience was vast, and his Water Wave Intent was not a brute-force style, yet he had failed to find an opening.
With just one mistake, he would be gravely wounded or even defeated.
Under this pressure, Dongbo Xueying pushed himself to his absolute limit, unleashing his spear techniques to their peak.
This pressure felt exhilarating.
It was intoxicating!
The twenty years of cultivation he had accumulated in the Chiyun Mountains world, under this threat, every move reached its most perfect form. His techniques flowed seamlessly, and the fusion of water, fire, and wind grew ever more refined.
“Young one, you’re slippery indeed, but it’s useless. No matter how desperately you struggle, you can’t overcome the gap in power. I won’t waste time anymore—die!” The four-armed elder’s face twisted with ferocity. He no longer wished to prolong the fight, resorting instead to the most brutal combat method.
His four arms began to strike Dongbo Xueying with wild intensity.
And at the same time, he rushed toward Dongbo Xueying at his maximum speed.
Pak! Pak! Pak!
His speed far surpassed Dongbo Xueying’s. Rushing forward directly, Dongbo Xueying couldn’t possibly evade! The elder’s four arms lashed out furiously, each strike immensely powerful. Dongbo Xueying could only defend desperately! Because if he didn’t, the palm would strike him directly, transmitting force through the spear that could gravely wound him. If the palm made direct contact with his body, he might die instantly!
It was an extremely brutal fighting method!
Previously, the two had been testing each other’s techniques. The four-armed elder believed his experience would secure victory. But after a brief skirmish, he gave up and chose this most savage approach.
…
A storm of palms came crashing down like a tidal wave.
Fast, fierce.
His speed was simply insufficient to dodge! He could only defend! But with four arms furiously striking, how could he possibly block with just one spear? With the hidden force contained in those palms, defense was surely futile.
“There’s only one way—attack!”
Determination burned in Dongbo Xueying’s eyes. Attack was the best defense!
He would fight!
“Whoosh—”
The spear spun in his hands, the long weapon surging forth like a dragon, surrounded by the entwining forces of water, fire, and wind. At the spear’s tip, the three colors finally converged into a single point.
“Break through!”
Faced with the storm of palms closing in with deadly intent, Dongbo Xueying had only one thought—
Break through!
Break through those palms!
“Hmph?”
Suddenly, everything grew silent. Space itself seemed to freeze, and time slowed.
At the spear’s tip, the profound mysteries of water, fire, and wind converged with exquisite precision into a single point, as if heaven’s lightning had ignited earth’s fire, or as if the three mysteries had undergone a special reaction. At that moment of convergence, Dongbo Xueying faintly glimpsed a void world… within which slowly rotated a massive sphere…
Infinite emptiness, transcending both time and space.
All things converged into that rotating sphere.
That single point was the beginning of all, and the end of everything.
The three-colored mysteries intertwined, condensing into an indistinct ‘point,’ then piercing through all!
…
The four-armed elder continued his furious onslaught, palms raining down like a storm, crushing forward directly. Facing the spear’s furious thrust, he sneered with confidence, certain this human superhuman couldn’t withstand it. With one palm strike, he would be gravely wounded; within three or four strikes, he would surely die.
Suddenly—
Dongbo Xueying, who had thrust forth the spear, vanished entirely along with the weapon!
He disappeared into thin air.
Then, just as suddenly, he reappeared, only a few meters in front of the four-armed elder! The black spear’s tip was now merely a foot away from the elder’s eyes.
“How is this possible?” The four-armed elder was horrified, his entire body trembling.
How could he just vanish?
Then cross space itself, reappearing in an instant?
The spear’s tip was so close now, there was no time to block!
“Chi!”
Too fast.
The four-armed elder could only gape in shock. Even as a superhuman, he had no time to react. The spear’s tip traced a black line and pierced through the elder’s forehead. Though the elder had layers of protective intent and superhuman energy surrounding him, the spear’s tip carried such terrifying penetration power that it not only pierced space but subtly affected time itself.
Swish!
Where the spear passed, only a black line remained, piercing straight through the four-armed elder’s skull.
Their bodies crossed paths.
Dongbo Xueying now stood behind the four-armed elder.
The four-armed elder stood motionless, his head seemingly unharmed. But in truth, the attack had been so fast it affected even the fabric of space and time, leaving no visible wound to the naked eye.
“To die by such an embryonic intent, I have no complaints,” the four-armed elder murmured. “Is this a second-tier embryonic intent, or even a first-tier one?”
Truly terrifying.
It definitely wasn’t a fully formed intent, for no actual rule mystery had manifested.
It must only be an embryonic intent.
Yet even an embryonic intent was this formidable! Far surpassing his complete seventh-tier intent. It must be a legendary existence—at the very least, a second-tier embryonic intent, or perhaps even the first-tier embryonic form of an intent never before seen in this world since ancient times?
To die by such an embryonic intent was indeed an honor.
“Boom!” Then, blood slowly trickled from his forehead. His body went limp, collapsing to the ground.
…
In a secluded courtyard of the Xinhuo Palace, within a study.
Sikong Yang sat upright, seated before a desk. Before him lay a pile of scrolls, and he coldly read the secret messages recorded within—intelligence gathered by the six superhuman organizations of the Xia Clan, including the Blood Blade Tavern and Earth God Temple, regarding the Demon Orc Clan and the Devil God Society. The Xia Clan’s elders were ever-vigilant toward the Demon Orc Clan and the Devil God Society.
“Hmm?” Sikong Yang’s brows furrowed as his communication ring suddenly received a message—
“Eastern Noble Falcon, candidate elder of the Chiyun Mountains world, has completed the special ‘Path of Ascension’ mission.”
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