Overlord of the Wilderness

Zhaang Ye had struck down Helian Mumu with a single slash, leaving his fate uncertain. His gaze then slowly swept over Ling Huangyu, Yangx Dashuang, and Chu Gaotian. Zhaang Ye’s eyes were pitch-black and profound, like a bottomless abyss. The moment his gaze fell upon the trio, their expressions shifted.

Ling Huangyu, who had received an empowerment from Ling Dahuang, possessed Innate True Qi that was eighty-five percent complete. He was the most powerful among them. Circulating his True Qi, he roared in a deep voice, ”Zhaang Ye only succeeded just now because of a lucky sneak attack! Don’t panic! His Cultivation is only at the Peak of Martial Arts Ninth Layer. If we join forces, we can definitely kill him!”

Yangx Dashuang and Chu Gaotian were Half-step True Dao experts, after all. Hearing Ling Huangyu’s words, they both calmed down and immediately erected layer after layer of protective barriers around themselves.

Majestic True Qi howled through the air as killing intent surged, roiling like a violent tide.

”Kill!”

Ling Huangyu, Yangx Dashuang, and Chu Gaotian roared in unison and launched their attacks simultaneously.

Ling Huangyu formed a profound Hand Seal, unleashing a thick bolt of purple Innate True Qi that surged toward Zhaang Ye like a tidal wave. This purple Innate True Qi radiated a terrifying aura of death, making the very air tremble in its wake. Even from hundreds of feet away, Zhaang Ye could feel the chilling killing intent it contained.

Yangx Dashuang smashed his twin hammers together in mid-air. A bolt of lightning as thick as a thigh flashed from the impact, shooting straight for Zhaang Ye as if it had a mind of its own.

Chu Gaotian let out a heaven-shaking roar as Innate True Qi erupted from his body and surged skyward. He charged toward Zhaang Ye like an Ancient Mammoth, a thunderous rumble accompanying his steps. He raised the great purple saber in his hand high, and a tangible Sword Qi instantly locked onto Zhaang Ye.

All three were Half-Step True Dao Experts. Though they had never fought together, their keen combat instincts made their coordination seem as if it had been practiced countless times.

There was not a trace of emotion in Zhaang Ye’s profound eyes; the three experts attacking simultaneously was entirely within his expectations. He suddenly thrust out a hand and seized at the empty air.

As Zhaang Ye clenched his fist, a hazy white Water Qi abruptly materialized from the void, instantly forming a massive sphere. This huge sphere spun ceaselessly, emitting a rumbling, thunderous sound as if demons and monsters were sealed within.

BOOM! BOOM!

The Cloud Mist Ball hovered in the air, perfectly positioned to intercept the purple Innate True Qi from Ling Huangyu and the lightning from Yangx Dashuang. Their attacks possessed the might to topple mountains and overturn seas, yet the moment this terrifying power entered the sphere, it was like a clay ox sinking into the ocean—it vanished without a trace!

”This is bad! Watch out!” Seeing that Zhaang Ye had actually blocked their attacks with a simple Cloud Mist Ball, the expressions of Ling Huangyu and Yangx Dashuang changed drastically as they both cried out in warning.

Their warning was meant for Chu Gaotian, the weakest of the three. But it came too late. Even as they shouted, Zhaang Ye had already appeared at Chu Gaotian’s side!

BOOM!

Zhaang Ye didn’t even bother using a named technique; he simply struck down with his palm. It was just a simple palm strike, yet it carried the Realm of collapsing snowy mountains and sundering earth. Resplendent golden Celestial River Righteous Qi surged and roared, shattering the very air in a radius of hundreds of feet!

Chu Gaotian could never have imagined Zhaang Ye could counterattack so swiftly while under assault from all three of them. Sensing the terrifying power in that palm strike, Chu Gaotian’s face went deathly pale. He let out a gut-wrenching roar and swung his great purple saber straight at Zhaang Ye, intending to trade injury for injury.

A cold sneer touched Zhaang Ye’s lips as his palm met the great purple saber head-on.

KRAK!

Zhaang Ye’s palm was like the most fearsome of weapons. With a single blow, it shattered Chu Gaotian’s great purple saber into fragments. Before Chu Gaotian’s horrified eyes, Zhaang Ye’s hand moved past the shattered blade and lightly tapped him on the chest.

THUMP.

Chu Gaotian plummeted like a meteorite, sent flying by Zhaang Ye’s strike, his fate uncertain.

Just then, the Cloud Mist Ball Zhaang Ye had created exploded with a roar. A violent force erupted from it, blasting out in all directions. The terrifying power scoured the clouds from the sky in a hundred-li radius, revealing a patch of clear blue.

The very instant the Cloud Mist Ball exploded, Ling Huangyu and Yangx Dashuang moved like phantoms, crossing hundreds of feet to appear directly above Zhaang Ye.

Ling Huangyu once again began forming a mysterious Hand Seal.

Ling Huangyu was the chief disciple of the Da Ling Kingdom True Hall, having reached the Half-step True Dao realm through his own diligent Cultivation. Under the careful tutelage of several Hall Masters, he had cultivated an Ancient Combat Skill—the Void Seal—to the Great Success Realm over a decade ago. Among those of the same rank, he was virtually unrivaled.

And a few months prior, after receiving the empowerment from Great Hall Master Ling Dahuang, his Innate True Qi had reached over eighty-five percent completion, making his power even more formidable.

Now, facing a terrifying opponent like Zhaang Ye, Ling Huangyu dared not hold anything back. His hands formed seals with blinding speed, generating a mysterious power in the air. In an instant, his two jade-like palms seemed to grow infinitely large, drawing in all the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi from a ten-li radius as they descended upon Zhaang Ye.

The moment Ling Huangyu attacked, Yangx Dashuang also unleashed his full power. Yangx Dashuang was an expert with twin hammers forged from Extraterrestrial Meteorite, which emitted a terrifying Power of thunder and lightning when struck together. Even more potent, however, was the inaudible sound wave they produced upon impact—a terrifying, all-pervasive force of incredible power!

BOOM!

Yangx Dashuang violently smashed his hammers together. An incredibly terrifying sound wave, carried within an intensely dazzling bolt of lightning, blasted down toward Zhaang Ye.

Zhaang Ye’s Spiritual Power had the entire area locked down; Ling Huangyu and Yangx Dashuang’s attacks could not escape his notice. Sensing these two unique attacks, a peculiar glint flashed in Zhaang Ye’s dark eyes as he shouted, ”Good!”

His shout was like the cry of a dragon, the screech of a phoenix, and the roar of an elephant all at once.

Ling Huangyu and Yangx Dashuang, who were in the middle of launching their strongest attacks, felt their chests tighten at the sound of his terrifying shout. In that moment of unease, Zhaang Ye made his move. He grabbed at the air, pulling endless Water Qi from the void to form a thick wall of cloud and mist before him.

A cold sneer appeared on the lips of both Ling Huangyu and Yangx Dashuang when they saw Zhaang Ye’s wall of mist. They were attacking with their full power, enough to shatter a great mountain. They refused to believe this thin wall of mist could withstand their assault.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Ling Huangyu and Yangx Dashuang’s attacks slammed into the wall of mist with the force of a collapsing sky. But they could only watch as their heaven-shattering power was absorbed into the thin wall of mist. Their ultimate strike couldn’t even reach Zhaang Ye!

’How is this possible!’ Ling Huangyu roared in his mind. He refused to believe that his Void Seal couldn’t even disperse a thin layer of mist!

’Impossible!’ Yangx Dashuang also roared inwardly as power surged from his body.

Zhaang Ye, however, simply nodded slightly. Both the Cloud Mist Ball and the wall of mist he had created utilized Tolerance Power. Tolerance Power was a characteristic of water, allowing it to contain anything. Although Zhaang Ye’s comprehension of Tolerance Power wasn’t profound, it was more than enough to deal with experts like Ling Huangyu and Yangx Dashuang.

BOOM!

Zhaang Ye extended a finger and tapped lightly. The thin wall of mist instantly exploded, and all the power from Ling Huangyu and Yangx Dashuang’s attacks erupted at once. Serpents of lightning writhed through the air and streams of purple Innate True Qi swept across the sky, filling it with a deafening rumble, as if the God of Thunder himself had descended upon the world.

The moment the wall of mist exploded, Ling Huangyu sensed danger. Forgetting all thoughts of attacking, he instantly executed a Body Technique and retreated.

He retreated quickly, but Zhaang Ye was faster.

As Ling Huangyu retreated, Zhaang Ye’s figure abruptly appeared above him, a translucent, jade-like palm pressing down fiercely on his head!

Ling Huangyu frantically formed the Void Seal with both hands to meet Zhaang Ye’s descending palm.

BOOM!

The instant Ling Huangyu’s Hand Seal met Zhaang Ye’s palm, he felt an unbelievably tyrannical force press down. The pressure caused the blood to surge within him and his bones to creak and groan. His face turned beet red, as if he were straining to hold in a massive shit!

”PFFT—”

Blood sprayed wildly from Ling Huangyu’s mouth. The Innate True Qi he had so painstakingly amassed through his Cultivation leaked from his body along with his blood, and he fell from the sky like a stone.

Zhaang Ye gave Ling Huangyu a casual glance, a hint of satisfaction in his eyes. His previous strike had not only severely injured Ling Huangyu, but he had also used his Water Control Technique to draw the blood out of his opponent’s body. Blood and Innate True Qi were inextricably linked; as his blood left his body, his Innate True Qi could no longer circulate and leaked out as well.

Qi and blood are the foundation of a Martial Artist. After that single, light press from Zhaang Ye, Ling Huangyu’s qi and blood were so depleted he couldn’t even fly, causing him to fall like a stone.

Having dealt with Ling Huangyu, Zhaang Ye’s Spiritual Power instantly locked onto Yangx Dashuang. The immense, tangible Spiritual Power descended upon him. Despite being a powerful expert, Yangx Dashuang actually shuddered when Zhaang Ye’s Spiritual Power swept over him, and his flight faltered for an instant!

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