Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

”You kid, you’re this strong? If this Venerable One were truly just a lowly Martial Cultivator, even at the level of a Tier Seven Martial Saint, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to take you down this time! A pity, for this Venerable One is a noble Immortal Cultivator. No matter how strong you are, you must die!”

The void trembled. Feeling an unparalleled Fist Force coming his way, the gray-robed old man was startled for a moment, but then he immediately sneered.

With a point of his finger, seven beams of sword light instantly merged into one. It was incomparably brilliant, almost tangible as it stabbed toward Yang Xiao’s fist.

’Seven Stars Gathering Technique?’

Yang Xiao’s expression turned grave.

He had already recognized the type of Secret Skill the old man was using. Though he didn’t know its name in the Immortal Dao, he knew that in the Martial Dao, it was a Divine Technique related to the Stars.

The Big Dipper Great Divine Technique.

In fact, the Seven Evils Divine Technique—derived from the Seven Evils Life and Death Technique that Yang Xiao had once taught to his sworn brothers, including Yang Ying—was a terrifying Divine Technique simplified from the Big Dipper Great Divine Technique.

However, the Seven Evils Divine Technique didn’t involve the cultivation of the Star Mysteries.

Therefore, Yang Xiao couldn’t comprehend any more Star Secret Patterns from it.

Now, seeing the old man’s Seven Stars Gathering Technique, his eyes lit up.

’If I can obtain the Star Secret Pattern from this old coot, perhaps my True Greater Yang Fire will become more complete. My Meteor Fall technique would also become much more powerful.’

After knocking the terrifying Starlight Sword off course with a punch, Yang Xiao’s expression remained grim, but he was secretly pleased.

The Star Secret Pattern was one of Yang Xiao’s four foundations, and currently his weakest link.

For the other three Secret Patterns, even the rarest Greater Yang Secret Pattern, Yang Xiao had already reached the Sixth Realm. His Nine Yang and Fire Essence even held mysteries that reached the Ninth Layer.

Only his Star Secret Pattern was at a pitiful First Layer.

It had been comprehended from the Starburst Skill.

It was pathetically weak.

If this old man truly possessed such Secret Patterns, it would be a tremendous boost to Yang Xiao’s progress.

Therefore, Yang Xiao wasn’t in a hurry to end the life-or-death struggle. Instead, he relied solely on his Physical Strength to drag out the fight.

He was simultaneously comprehending the Star Secret Patterns the man used while also honing his own Physical Strength.

After drinking Elder Long’s wine, his Physical Strength had instantly doubled to a base of 240 flood dragons. At Yang Xiao’s realm, even with a base strength of only 240 flood dragons, he could unleash the might of nearly 3,000 flood dragons without the aid of the Vajra Indestructible Divine Technique. At full power, he could even approach the Power of Ten Thousand Flood Dragons.

This was comparable to a Tier Two Martial Saint.

Furthermore, because the old man was so powerful, Yang Xiao had already secretly mobilized the Secret Patterns of his Vajra Indestructible Divine Technique. Though he hadn’t fully activated it, his Physical Strength had already skyrocketed.

It had reached the terrifying strength of 600 flood dragons.

When unleashed, that would be at least 7,000 flood dragons of power, perhaps even approaching the level of 30,000.

This was comparable to a Tier Six Peak Martial Saint.

This was why the gray-robed old man had said that if he were just an ordinary Tier Seven Martial Saint, he might not have been able to defeat Yang Xiao.

Even now, while he could suppress Yang Xiao, he couldn’t defeat him instantly.

They were locked in a difficult battle.

Of course, using only Physical Strength, even with the amplification from the Vajra Indestructible Divine Technique, Yang Xiao was still no match for the gray-robed old man.

He had only managed to hold on this long because his Spiritual Power had reached the limit of the Observing Micro level.

In this regard, he was significantly stronger than the gray-robed old man, who had only just barely reached the Observing Micro High Level.

This allowed him to evade the brunt of the attacks and find openings to survive the opponent’s Starlight Longsword offensive.

However, as time dragged on and the gray-robed old man still couldn’t defeat Yang Xiao, his expression grew sullen and a trace of impatience crept into his heart. ’This junior... I never thought he’d be so tenacious. His strength is clearly only comparable to an ordinary Tier Six Martial Saint, so why can he always dodge this Venerable One’s attacks?’

’No, this can’t go on. If word of this gets out, people will think that I, the Star Sword Venerable, am a pushover!’

The gray-robed old man snorted inwardly.

Raising his hand, he sent out a Palm Seal.

This Palm Seal was not sword light itself, but was formed from a convergence of it.

What was more terrifying was that this Palm Seal contained not only sword light, but also starlight. Outwardly, it looked like a simple Palm Seal, but when Yang Xiao observed it with his Spiritual Power—which was close to the Void Observation Level—he discovered that the structure within the seal was composed of innumerable stars.

That’s right.

They were all stars.

The sword light was composed of stars.

The Palm Seal, too, was composed of stars.

It was just that these stars were minuscule, so small that they were completely invisible to the naked eye. Even someone with the Spiritual Power of the Observing Micro High Level would be unable to perceive them.

In fact, Yang Xiao had a feeling that it would be impossible to notice unless one’s Spiritual Power far surpassed that of the caster.

And once he perceived this, Yang Xiao found that he had entered a world of stars.

Each star seemed to be a node in a Secret Pattern.

This Palm Seal contained a complete Star Secret Pattern.

’The Second Layer. This is definitely the Second Layer of the Star Secret Pattern.’

Yang Xiao’s eyes instantly lit up.

And the Palm Seal was already descending upon him.

”Die! To die beneath this Venerable One’s Star Hand Seal can be considered your honor!”

The Star Sword Venerable wore a triumphant expression.

But Yang Xiao’s eyes only grew brighter and brighter.

Because the closer the Star Hand Seal came, the more of the Star Secret Pattern he was able to comprehend.

His understanding grew increasingly clear.

’This kid... Is he scared stiff?’

The Star Sword Venerable was startled for a moment, then became overjoyed.

He believed this greenhorn was finally about to die by his hand.

From the side, Lu Fangliang also noticed something was wrong.

Because Yang Xiao was standing completely still.

Not dodging, not evading.

Just standing there like that.

If that Palm Seal really hit him, how could he possibly survive?

Lu Fangliang immediately cried out, ”Brother Yang, what’s wrong?”

”Haha, boy, shout all you want, it’s no use! This kid is dea—”

But before he could even finish the word ”dead,” the Star Sword Venerable’s expression changed.

Because he saw that Yang Xiao, who had been standing stock-still, had moved.

The movement was incredibly simple.

He raised his hand and threw a punch.

But at the instant he threw the punch, countless terrifying streams of crystalline light erupted from Yang Xiao’s body. They converged into a dazzling pillar of light that ultimately solidified into the image of a fist.

It slammed heavily into the Star Hand Seal.

CRASH!

The Star Hand Seal was instantly shattered by the fist image.

A terrifying, searing aura traveled along the connection of Spiritual Power and invaded the Star Sword Venerable’s body, causing his face to turn crimson instantly.

BLECH.

He sprayed out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Terrifyingly, the moment the fresh blood touched the air, it made a sizzling sound.

In just a few moments,

it actually dissipated completely,

as if it had evaporated.

Only then did Yang Xiao look up at him and sigh softly. ”What a pity. If I’d had just a little more time, I might have comprehended it. Well, now I’ll just have to take it from this old coot by force.”

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