"No!"
"This is impossible, how could this happen?"
Watching his nephew, Guz Bufan, and his martial brother, Yane Chang, turn into minced meat in an instant, almost without any resistance, Wus Hanke of the Profound Moon Sect’s elder instantly collapsed.
He abandoned his attack on Ye Zhen, screaming in horror, with Spirit Light gushing around him, and his figure soared into the sky like light smoke, intent on escaping this place rapidly.
He was truly terrified!
His previous understanding of power levels was completely overturned today; he couldn’t imagine that Ye Zhen’s confidence in coming here alone was actually due to his own strength and a demon servant!
Laughably, they had previously speculated that there would be a Kingdom Establishment Realm warrior coming. Now, he finally understood, a fool’s conspiracy.
Yub Daqian was simply killed by Ye Zhen and his terrifying demon servant, and what was laughable was that the several hundred elite old men of the sect still unanimously surmised that Ye Zhen had backup, someone frighteningly powerful behind him.
The moment he realized this, Wus Hanke’s first reaction was to flee, to get as far away as possible. If he did not flee, he would die!
However, just as he was surging into the sky with all his might, Ye Zhen glanced sideways and lightly stamped his foot.
At the moment of the stamp, an invisible silver radiance emanated from Ye Zhen as the center.
Power of Geomagnetism!
Almost simultaneously, just as Wus Hanke had surged into the sky attempting to flee this place, his figure suddenly sank, as if a small mountain peak had been attached to his feet, nearly dragging him down from the sky!
Wus Hanke’s expression turned extremely horrified, his eyes bulging because he saw the Cloud Winged Tiger King, which had just outright crushed his martial brother Yane Chang, had now torn at his legs from below!
In excruciating pain, Wus Hanke horrifyingly watched as his body was directly torn into two halves by the Cloud Winged Tiger King, his heart, liver, intestines, lungs, and other organs spilling out, blood filling the sky!
Then, everything went dark in front of his eyes, and he completely lost consciousness.
"It really is violent...."
Looking at Wang Xiaomao, Ye Zhen was also stunned; his secret weapon hadn’t even been used yet, and Wang Xiaomao had already ended the battle.
However, Ye Zhen finally knew what Wang Xiaomao’s new talent ability was.
Normally, when a demon beast fuses with a bloodline and its cultivation surges, the talent ability would either be enhanced or a new talent ability would emerge.
Previously, Wang Xiaomao’s talent ability was quite ordinary, just controlling Cloud Qi for acceleration and so on, but after the fusion of the bloodline and the surge in cultivation, Ye Zhen carefully studied it, and Wang Xiaomao’s talent ability showed no change at all.
Controlling Cloud Qi, only the range and quantity of Cloud Qi controlled had increased, but this enhancement was something that should naturally occur after Wang Xiaomao’s cultivation and strength had surged; no fundamental enhancement was there.
Then, Ye Zhen was puzzled.
On the way back to Qinglan Martial City, he had tested many times, exploring from various aspects the possible new talent ability of the Cloud Winged Tiger King, Wang Xiaomao.
But he found nothing!
Until today, participating in the battle without Ye Zhen’s command or interference, Wang Xiaomao instinctively displayed his abilities in the fight, and Ye Zhen then had a breakthrough.
Wang Xiaomao’s new talent ability was strength—extremely terrifying physical strength talent!
Actually, under usual circumstances, the strength of demon beasts is quite substantial because they are massive in size, generally, the larger the size, the greater the strength!
But this kind of strength is merely relative; martial artists with similar cultivation levels can completely counteract the powerful physical strength of demon beasts.
For example, Yane Chang, at the Seventh Stage of the Vein Forging Realm, corresponding to his level of cultivation, possessed great strength but still could not purely rely on strength to smash Yane Chang’s Divine Martial Techniques.
But Wang Xiaomao could!
Under Ye Zhen’s Sword Heart Enlightenment state, the condition of Wang Xiaomao was very clear; whether attacking Yane Chang or Wus Hanke, Wang Xiaomao did not use a single bit of Spiritual Power within his body.
Pure physical strength crushed the opponent’s Divine Martial Techniques, Protective Spirit Armor, and even their physical bodies, not to mention directly smashing the ground into a deep hole of five to six meters.
Ye Zhen guessed that this strength could probably smash a large mountain as well.
However, this increase in physical strength, Ye Zhen currently could not describe precisely; he could only say it was very strong, extremely strong!
With a single swipe, relying purely on physical strength, it could smash a Seventh-Stage Peak of the Vein Forging Realm warrior, including his defensive Divine Martial Techniques used for protection.
It was really strong, extremely powerful. Ye Zhen estimated that not even a typical Kingdom Establishment Realm King could so easily obliterate a warrior at the Peak of Vein Forging Realm, right?
If one really had to describe it specifically, based on Ye Zhen’s understanding of Wang Xiaomao before the breakthrough, Wang Xiaomao’s physical strength had increased more than a thousand times after the breakthrough, at least a thousand times!
The astonishing change in Wang Xiaomao was likely related to the bloodline it fused with, after all, it was the bloodline of the Ancient Black Dragon, albeit an incomplete one, but still horrifying!
Casually pulling off the storage rings of three people, all High Grade Treasure Rings, he emptied out the Spirit Crystals and pills inside, then randomly selected about twenty Heavenly Level Demon Pills as a reward and casually threw them into Wang Xiaomao’s mouth.
Wang Xiaomao chewed a few times and then swallowed these twenty-odd Heavenly Level Demon Pills, the strength around his body fluctuating slightly, then there were no further changes.
With a low roar, his form shrunk down to the size of a palm, and he was about to leap onto Ye Zhen’s shoulder again but was stared down by Ye Zhen’s gaze.
Then, Wang Xiaomao meowed pitifully, and ten streams of Cloud Qi quickly gathered from all directions, swiftly wrapping around its front paws.
Once the fresh blood on its paws was wiped clean, it gave a coy stretch for Ye Zhen to inspect. After Ye Zhen nodded, Wang Xiaomao happily leaped onto Ye Zhen’s shoulder.
Wang Xiaomao, this little guy, was becoming more and more spirited.
Ye Zhen then took out a strand of Heavenly Silkworm Silk, stringing it together with several other storage rings around his neck.
Ye Zhen had collected too many bulky items recently, surpassing four storage rings that he must carry on his person. Other than the ones worn on his fingers, all others were strung together.
As for wearing a storage ring on each finger, that kind of flamboyant behavior was not to Ye Zhen’s liking!
Casually moving a chair, Ye Zhen sat in the blood-stained Spirit Academy, staring fixedly at the sky.
How long would it take for Gan Rusong from the Elder Peak of the Profound Moon Sect to arrive?
A few dozen breaths? A hundred breaths or 15 minutes?
According to intelligence, the person leading the other Four Great Forces in a palace rebellion was Fang Lifeng of the Profound Moon Sect Elder Peak, with Gan Rusong, the Establishment King, directing from behind the scenes as a deterrent.
Of course, Gan Rusong was not idle either, shuttling daily among the Four Great Forces in Qinglan Martial City, secretly negotiating something.
This was also what Ye Zhen was most worried about.
Ye Zhen suspected that this was the source of pressure Gan Rusong brought to the Sun and Moon Divine Sect.
The Five Great Forces inside Martial Capital Qinglan originally coexisted peacefully. Even if the Spirit Returning Assembly held every five years was fiercely contested, everything remained as usual.
However, with the involvement of the external force, the Profound Moon Sect, the situation had become delicate.
Ye Zhen suspected that this was also why Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong’s attitude had become ambiguous, neither rejecting nor agreeing.
However, achieving this was satisfying enough for Ye Zhen.
Compared to the stances of individuals like Tian Guizhang, Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong’s stance was already very firm. Otherwise, restraining the sect members silently waiting for Ye Zhen to barge in would have been disastrous for Ye Zhen, no matter how capable he was.
Suddenly, a shiver of alarm from the Sword Heart Enlightenment coursed through Ye Zhen’s heart.
The moment he looked up, a blinding streak of light was rushing across the sky from the horizon, overtaking dozens of other flying streaks with ease and leaving them far behind.
"Sixty-nine breaths, that response is quick enough!"
Ye Zhen sharply looked up, his gaze directed toward the rapidly approaching Gan Rusong, the Establishment King at the peak of the Late First Stage of the Establishment Realm in the reports of the Nian Xinghe!
Upon breaking through to the Establishment Realm, a martial artist’s Divine Soul Cultivation undergoes another substantive transformation, making each Establishment King’s Divine Soul incredibly powerful.
From afar, clad in dark cyan clothes and with white hair like snow, just one look allowed Ye Zhen to sense Gan Rusong’s formidable aura.
At the same moment, Gan Rusong’s intense Divine Soul aura dimly sensed the soaring Blood Qi from the Spirit Academy and his expression changed as he hastened his pace.
After a few flashes of light in the sky, Gan Rusong’s figure appeared above the Spirit Academy.
The instant he saw the situation inside the Spirit Academy, Gan Rusong’s face darkened.
However, as a Peak Master of the Elder Peak of the Profound Moon Sect, Gan Rusong maintained an extraordinary composure. Surrounded by an intense surge of Evil Qi, he looked at the three Sect Members who died a gruesome death and did not erupt in anger.
Or rather, he suppressed his anger forcefully.
"You..... are Ye Zhen?"
As he questioned, his gaze shot toward Ye Zhen like lightning, and the moment Ye Zhen was locked under the aura of this Establishment King, his heart pounded wildly as if struck, making even breathing somewhat difficult.
The oppressive might of Gan Rusong, an Establishment King, was entirely focused on Ye Zhen!
"I hear.... you’re looking for me?" Ye Zhen narrowed his eyes, his face defiant.
Due to the difficulty in breathing, even his speech paused intermittently, and Ye Zhen’s expression tensed at that moment. It was his first time facing an Establishment King head-on!
His Protective Spirit Armor was shining to its utmost, and in his left hand, he clenched a Heavenly Thunder of Fright, ready to be dispatched at any moment. His Divine Sense split off, ready to unleash the Earth Primordial Divine Palm.
Moreover, Ye Zhen also spread a strand of his Divine Sense deep within the Essence Spirit Pearl of the Silver-horned Rhinoceros King inside the Mirage Dragon Pearl, maintaining a Geomagnetic Field within a ten-meter radius around him.
Within this ten-meter range, whether it was an attack from Gan Rusong or any assault he launched, all would be affected by the Geomagnetic Field. Additionally, with a mere thought, Ye Zhen could reverse the Geomagnetic Field instantly, allowing him to teleport a kilometer away.
Gan Rusong, worthy of being an Establishment King, narrowed his eyes and discerned some of Ye Zhen’s tricks. "Thunder Art and some Geomagnetic Power, quite a mixed bag!"
With a slight sweep of his gaze in all directions, Gan Rusong commanded, "Call your master out. I can leave you a whole corpse!"
At these words, Ye Zhen’s eyes narrowed again, "To kill them, do I need my master to make a move? Facing you is enough for me!"
Gan Rusong’s white eyebrows trembled wildly, and a surge of verdant Spiritual Power burst forth, "You’re courting death!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)

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