Chapter 100: Battle Begins!

"Ah..."

Not long after, Xiao Yun let out a painful moan!

At this moment, his body underwent a drastic change... The thick, worm-like streams of energy beneath his skin stopped flowing after stretching the skin tightly!

After stopping, the intersecting stripes, like ropes, made Xiao Yun's upper body look uneven, with ridges and valleys, which was shocking!

Now, Xiao Yun's body, especially his upper body, had grown twice as large as before!

As for Xiao Yun's lower body, due to the loose, long trousers he was wearing, it was not clear how much it had swollen.

However, there was no doubt that from the swollen waist, it could be seen that Xiao Yun's lower body had not swollen much less than his upper body!

"Xiao Bei, the cultivation method I used is similar to the 'Blood Sacrifice Technique,' but it requires a medicinal catalyst. Using it means I can no longer practice martial arts in the future. You forced me to bet my entire life on this..."

Xiao Yun shouted at Xiao Bei, his face becoming even more ferocious... And now, he had already proven with the surging martial energy from his body that he was a Ninth Rank Later Heaven Martial Artist!

A Ninth Rank Later Heaven Martial Artist, Xiao Yun, facing off against another Ninth Rank Later Heaven Martial Artist, Xiao Bei!

The crowd below the arena was already in an uproar, not because the battle was becoming more intense, but because Xiao Yun had used such a cruel and evil cultivation method!

Evil, though relative, was now clearly evident in Xiao Yun's actions. He was using a method that sounded cruel and evil, one that would not even allow him to retain his strength in the future, to deal with Xiao Bei and his clan members!

In this situation, should someone stop Xiao Yun? The crowd's eyes had already shifted to Xiao Zhan, who was closest to the arena.

However, Xiao Zhan's eyes remained fixed on the arena, giving no response to the crowd!

"Xiao Bei, if I am ruined, you won't be able to have it easy either!"

Xiao Yun's eyes flashed with a blood-red hue as he launched a frenzied attack on Xiao Bei, moving several times faster than before and immediately delivering a side kick!

"I didn't force you; you are forcing yourself... Whether I have it easy or not is not up to you to decide."

Xiao Bei shook his head, his body moving like a flower picker who doesn't get a single leaf dirty, effortlessly dodging Xiao Yun's side kick.

Xiao Yun's body advanced again!

Then, he retracted his leg and swept out a punch!

The punch was accompanied by a powerful surge of martial energy!

Xiao Bei could feel that the energy condensed in the martial energy had the strength of a mid-stage Ninth Rank Martial Artist... However, Xiao Bei was far from being a simple Ninth Rank Martial Artist!

Xiao Yun's attack was easily dodged by Xiao Bei again!

"Whoosh!"

Xiao Yun's body suddenly shot up, his skin, which looked like that of a demonic beast, appearing even more disgusting under the light of the torches!

With his hands clasped, Xiao Yun's head was pulled back into his neck, and his shoulders bulged.

Not only that, but his entire body began to curl up, leaving only his clasped hands facing the ground where Xiao Bei stood... His appearance resembled a tree root with a slight protrusion and the rest being root-like!

Then, Xiao Yun's body stabbed downward!

"Whoosh..." Although Xiao Yun's Ninth Rank Later Heaven Martial Artist martial energy did not produce the tearing sound of "swoosh" when breaking through the air, there was still a sound of friction with the air!

Xiao Bei looked up, his body neither retreating nor dodging, but instead, unexpectedly, he charged straight toward Xiao Yun's descending body!

His body did not leak a single bit of martial energy, all of it directed at Xiao Yun!

The crowd below the arena was filled with worry... How could this most talented young man of the Xiao Family be so reckless in the face of what was clearly Xiao Yun's killing move?

Was he not worried?

"Bang," "Bang," "Bang!"

Three loud thuds in succession!

For many people below the arena who were below the Xiantian realm, the three sounds produced when Xiao Yun and Xiao Bei, who were about five meters above the ground, made contact were completely indiscernible, as the speed of the two Ninth Rank Later Heaven Martial Artists was too fast for their eyes to follow.

However, for those above the Xiantian realm, such as Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ting, and Zhou Jiao, they could clearly see what had happened during the three sounds!

But, what they saw left them with the most unbelievable expressions!

Because, all three sounds were accompanied by muffled groans!

The muffled groans came from Xiao Yun!

Xiao Bei, without pausing, had delivered three consecutive palm strikes!

Each palm strike, with a single flick of his hand, could penetrate Xiao Yun's martial energy defense!

That was a martial energy defense that could produce intense friction with the air, utilizing the power of the elemental energy in the air, yet it was shattered by Xiao Bei's palm strikes, one after another, each time delivering a palm strike filled with martial energy to Xiao Yun's clasped fists... and with the "bang, bang" sounds, Xiao Yun's muffled groans were barely audible!

His fists, under the cumulative force of Xiao Bei's three palm strikes, were now shattered!

The sounds faded, and the bodies landed!

Xiao Bei still stood with his back straight!

On the other side, Xiao Yun's arms hung limply, clearly disabled, blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, and he knelt down... One of his originally intact eyes was now bleeding!

"Regardless of how much you have improved, I can tell you that in the face of absolute strength, all external forces are useless!"

Xiao Bei's expression suddenly changed, and he reached out, as if grabbing something, into the air... "Fellow clansmen of the Xiao Family, Xiao Yun has already shown the intent to kill me. I hope that when I use heavy hands, no one will say anything."

Before even considering Xiao Bei's words, the action of Xiao Bei reaching into the air had already shocked Xiao Ting, Zhou Jiao, and several Imperial Rank Martial Artists below the arena, who stood up, their eyes fixed on Xiao Bei, completely ignoring his words, just staring at him!

Because, what Xiao Bei had grabbed was not something else, but the elemental energy of the world!

Since ancient times, only Xiantian realm Martial Artists could sense the elemental energy of the world!

The distinction between whether one had reached the Xiantian realm and whether one had the qualifications to be a true Martial Artist was whether they could sense the elemental energy of the world, which only Xiantian realm Martial Artists could feel!

Reaching the Xiantian realm and becoming the lowest rank of a Sacred Rank Martial Artist was the only way to be recognized... Below the Xiantian realm, all were considered failures!

And what Xiao Bei had just grabbed was the elemental energy of the world, which only Xiantian realm Martial Artists could touch... Could it be that Xiao Bei was already a Xiantian realm Martial Artist?

But, Xiao Bei was clearly just a Ninth Rank Later Heaven Martial Artist!

Below the arena, these Imperial Rank Martial Artists could hardly believe it... Not only because the situation was shocking, but also because Xiao Bei was only seventeen years old!

Seventeen years old!

That was the key to the shock!

Seventeen years old, sensing the elemental energy of the world that Xiantian realm experts could sense?

Seventeen years old, reaching the Xiantian realm, becoming a recognized Sacred Rank Martial Artist?

Throughout the Wu Kingdom, throughout Luzhou, how many such young people were there... None had been heard of!

The shock on the faces of these Imperial Rank Martial Artists naturally drew the attention of those around them.

And the other Xiantian realm experts of the Xiao Family, such as Elder Wang, could also sense the elemental energy of the world, so their eyes, looking at Xiao Bei, also showed shock... The crowd, seeing the expressions and actions of these Xiantian realm experts, were all puzzled, wondering why Xiao Bei's simple action of reaching into the air had caused such a reaction.

"Grandpa Wang, what's wrong? Why are you and Grandpa Zhou so surprised..." Zhou Yue, standing next to Wang Yi, looked at her great-grandfather Zhou Jiao, who had stood up from his seat in the front row, and then at Wang Yi, whose mouth was wide open, and asked in confusion.

Wang Yi swallowed and then said to Zhou Yue, "Miss, do you believe that a seventeen-year-old boy has already touched the edge of the elemental energy of the world?"

This made Zhou Yue's eyes widen, "Seventeen years old, touching the elemental energy of the world, reaching the Xiantian realm, becoming a Sacred Rank Martial Artist? Seventeen years old, a Sacred Rank Martial Artist, oh, Grandpa Wang, is that what you mean, ah..."

Suddenly understanding the meaning of Wang Yi's words, Zhou Yue let out a gasp of surprise and was stunned... Not just a few, but the entire crowd below the arena, after hearing the Xiantian realm experts like Elder Wang explain the reason for their shock, were all stunned and let out gasps of surprise!

The looks in their eyes, gazing at the young man on the arena, were filled with disbelief, and there was almost no jealousy, because jealousy is relative!

If you are slightly stronger than him, the jealous will consider you at the same level; if you are a bit stronger, they will be jealous; if you are a bit more stronger, they will still be jealous, but once you are much stronger, they will turn their jealousy into hatred, hating why you are stronger than them!

But, if you are much, much stronger, ten times, twenty times, a hundred times... then, in such an unbridgeable gap, apart from a few who will still be jealous, the rest will turn their jealousy into admiration or envy!

Just like the crowd below the arena!

The family members who had initially harbored jealousy toward Xiao Bei, after hearing the Xiantian realm experts around them explain that Xiao Bei had already touched the threshold of the elemental energy of the world and was about to face a tribulation of elemental energy, turning into a Xiantian realm Martial Artist, all dispelled their jealousy and turned it into boundless admiration!

Because, this young man, none of them could surpass!

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