Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

’This is quite unusual!’

’Does she have some ability that lets her perceive information about me when my guard is down?’

’But even if she knows what I look like, why insist on impersonating me?’

Luoxia couldn’t make sense of it. She was just about to grab the world spirit and interrogate it thoroughly.

But just then, a colossal cauldron, its chaotic aura cascading like a waterfall, shot over from the distance. It looked like a hazy streak of light as it bore down on Luoxia, aiming to suppress her!

”Hmph!”

Despite the sudden sneak attack, Luoxia remained unruffled. With a flick of her sleeve, the space before her began to shimmer with a clear, bright light.

At a glance, it was as if she had teleported the entire vast, starry sky before her, which then collided thunderously with the approaching cauldron.

A vast, unending shockwave swept outward. The massive cauldron was sent flying back in a single blow. In the distance, linked to it by aura, Ye Chen immediately coughed up a mouthful of blood, nearly losing the strength to stay afloat.

Luoxia, however, gracefully dodged the shockwave, her noble bearing as pristine and holy as ever, untouched by a single speck of dust.

”She’s... she’s just too strong!”

Far away, the expressions on Hongyu Pill Venerable and the others shifted, their hearts filled with worry.

Given the power Ye Chen had just unleashed, few in all of Dongxuan Province could have blocked it.

Yet Luoxia had done it, and with such ease, as if it were nothing.

”Again!”

Ye Chen, bathed in his own blood, was held up by nothing more than a tenacious strand of will.

His arm trembled, but he still gripped the Cangming Sword tightly. Raising his hand, he unleashed a hundred unpredictable slashes of sword light, a dazzling and overwhelming assault.

The onlookers were all secretly shocked, sighing with emotion.

Even while grievously wounded, Ye Chen’s combat prowess was still terrifying.

But against an existence like Luoxia, who seemed like a goddess descended from the heavens, this peerless prodigy was doomed.

”There’s no need to resist any longer. Your tricks are useless against me.”

Luoxia spoke, her voice cold. She waved her sleeve slowly, and a seemingly endless storm of Spiritual Power swept out, shattering every last flash of sword light.

”Is that so?”

But from behind the shattered sword light, the young man’s body charged forth, unrelenting!

His eyes were bloodshot with killing intent, his body radiated a dazzling purple light. It was as if his very life force was being set ablaze as indestructible dragon scales once again covered his body.

The ancient, boundless roar of a dragon echoed through the heavens, but this time, it was tinged with a hint of sorrow.

”The True Dragon Treasure Skill?”

”What a coincidence. So do I.”

Luoxia snorted coldly. A hand like polished jade emerged from her sleeve and gently pressed down.

In that instant, the void before her shattered, revealing a massive fissure. From within, a pair of majestic eyes, as vast and brilliant as twin suns, seemed to gaze out upon the world.

Just as Ye Chen reached the fissure in the void, a colossal beast’s claw shot out.

And what a colossal claw it was! A single one of its talons was comparable to a mountain peak hundreds of meters tall!

As the entire claw emerged from the fissure, it was like a vast, dark cloud blotting out the sky. Every Cultivator on the field felt an indescribable, overwhelming pressure descend upon them!

As for Ye Chen, he seemed utterly minuscule beneath the claw, as insignificant as a grain of sand.

BANG!

The claw slammed down, shattering the very void. The mournful cry of a True Dragon seemed to erupt from Ye Chen’s body. Then, his purple radiance shattered like glass, dragon scales rained down, and his blood stained the sky.

As she watched the young man’s body get swatted to the ground, Luoxia’s gaze flickered. ”It seems the True Dragon Treasure Skill I’ve mastered is a cut above, after all,” she remarked.

A massive crater had appeared in the training grounds. At its bottom lay Ye Chen, his body nearly reduced to a pulp. His aura was faint to the extreme, and he was so weak he couldn’t even lift a finger.

That last strike had been utterly vicious.

Even with his physical strength, Spiritual Cultivation, and various hidden trump cards, he had been completely and utterly crushed, unable to resist in the slightest.

Had Ye Chen not managed to swallow several Healing Elixirs in time, his life force would have completely dissipated, and he would have perished on the spot.

’Is the gap... really this wide?’

Ye Chen let out a long breath. He struggled to rise, but waves of intense pain and weakness wracked his body, making it impossible.

He gave up. He could only watch as the slender, graceful figure approached from the distance, slowly coming to a stop before him.

”Have you given up?” Luoxia stopped in front of Ye Chen and spoke softly. Her voice was like a clear spring flowing through a mountain ravine, beautiful beyond compare.

Ye Chen was so weak he nearly lost himself in that heavenly voice, feeling an urge to simply drift into a deep sleep.

But he forced himself to speak. ”Give up?”

”I’ve been through moments far more hopeless than this... Do you really think I would give up?”

”...” Luoxia fell silent for a moment before replying, ”But do you have any strength left to turn this around?”

”None.”

Ye Chen answered truthfully. ”Right now, the gap in power between us is just too vast.”

”Even if I were restored to my Peak condition, I still wouldn’t be able to defeat you.”

”Can you tell me what realm your cultivation has reached?”

Luoxia didn’t hide it. ”The Void Realm.”

”Only the Void Realm?” Ye Chen was stunned.

”You don’t seem satisfied with that answer.”

Luoxia said faintly, ”But you must understand, you’re not the only one who can challenge those in higher realms.”

Ye Chen was left speechless.

If she were truly just an ordinary Void Realm Cultivator, he was confident that even if he lost, it wouldn’t have been such a miserable defeat. He wouldn’t have been left completely powerless to fight back.

Unfortunately, her origins were too mysterious and terrifying. She was no ordinary Void Realm Cultivator.

’In Luoxia’s own words, her combat prowess likely surpassed the Void Realm, rivaling that of a Nirvana Realm Great Power!’

”Have you ever fought a Nirvana Realm Cultivator?” Ye Chen couldn’t suppress his curiosity and asked.

”Let me be direct. Below the Upper Four Realms, I am essentially unrivaled,” Luoxia said.

”The Upper Four Realms?” Ye Chen was taken aback.

”I almost forgot. You secular Cultivators don’t have a comprehensive understanding of the realms.”

Luoxia seemed to realize something and couldn’t be bothered to explain further. ”Are those your only last words?”

”...”

”Before I die, can you tell me the truth behind the Qin family’s destruction?”

Ye Chen took a deep breath and asked, his voice hoarse.

”Sorry to disappoint you.”

Luoxia refused. ”However, Qin Ruotong will avenge the Qin family.”