Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

BOOM!

Two suns collided.

One was crimson red.

The other, crystalline.

Brilliant light scattered everywhere.

A heaven-shaking explosion rang out from the mountain’s summit.

Terrifying torrents of airflow erupted.

The scattered red light and crystalline flames destroyed everything in the vicinity,

Leaving a scene of utter devastation.

A long time passed.

Only then did the surroundings quiet down.

Two figures remained.

Both were in a sorry state.

’It actually shattered! That old bastard’s crimson sun, though created through a misguided path, is certainly not weak. But then again, my True Greater Yang Fire is newly formed and not yet stable. Otherwise, how could mere Sword Qi and Pure Yang Fire possibly contend with me?’

Yang Xiao’s clothes had been torn in several places.

He was also stained with mud.

However, he was not injured.

It was just that with the destruction of the great sun condensed from his True Greater Yang Fire, his Heart Spirit had been slightly shaken.

It was nothing serious.

In comparison, Yanm Kuan, the Half-Step Martial Saint, looked much worse off than Yang Xiao.

Not only were his clothes torn just like Yang Xiao’s,

and his body stained with mud,

but blood was also trickling from the corner of his mouth.

He had clearly suffered a severe blow to his Heart Spirit.

Of course, that was not the worst of it.

Most importantly, his face was a mask of utter astonishment.

He had originally seen that the great sun Yang Xiao condensed was extraordinarily powerful,

but deep down, he had always felt his own was stronger.

He believed Yang Xiao’s great sun was all show and no substance.

But the facts proved otherwise.

Yang Xiao’s crystalline sun was in no way weaker than his.

It might even have been stronger.

That was what led to them both being injured.

Such an outcome might not have been surprising if it had happened between two people of equal cultivation,

but this boy before him...

He was at the Peak of the Innate Realm.

An entire Great Realm lower than him.

No, a realm and a half.

He was already a Half-Step Martial Saint.

To think he fought to a draw with a mere kid at the Peak of the Innate Realm, a boy of sixteen or seventeen.

This was something the ever-arrogant Yanm Kuan...

could not accept.

’This is impossible! Absolutely impossible! This kid must have used some kind of trick. Right, a Secret Technique! That girl, Qin Yan, said he knew a Secret Technique!’

’A Secret Technique this powerful, and so similar to my Crimson Sun Divine Skill... If I can obtain it and integrate it into my Crimson Sun Divine Skill, I refuse to believe I still won’t be able to comprehend True Martial Intent!’

’Seize it! I must seize it!’

’This might be my last chance!’

Yanm Kuan’s expression suddenly shifted from shock to fervent greed.

He looked at Yang Xiao as if he were staring at a ten-thousand-year-old Medicine King, wishing he could swallow him whole and seize all his opportunities for himself.

To obtain everything he had.

And use it to help himself reach the Martial Saint Realm.

That coveted Martial Saint Realm.

”You may have a Technique for condensing a great sun, but a real fight isn’t just about trading blows head-on!”

A strange look flashed across Yanm Kuan’s face.

Immediately after, he once again activated his Crimson Sun Divine Skill, spitting out streams of swirling red airflow.

This time, he did not condense them into a crimson sun.

Instead, he formed hundreds, even thousands, of red flying swords that shot toward Yang Xiao.

In his view, these streams of Sword Qi, which resembled flying swords, posed a greater threat to Yang Xiao than the more powerful, larger crimson sun.

They were also easier to control.

He didn’t believe Yang Xiao could possibly dodge the thousands of red streams imbued with Sword Qi and Pure Yang Power. In fact, Yanm Kuan himself couldn’t do it.

However, by dispersing his power this way, the might of each individual stream was not strong.

Against an expert of the same level, they would likely be easily blocked by their protective True Gang.

But the boy before him...

Although his attacks were powerful,

he surely didn’t possess the protective True Gang Power that only a Half-Step Martial Saint would have.

And in reality, that was indeed the case.

Yang Xiao’s True Greater Yang Fire had extraordinary destructive power, but it couldn’t block so many streams of Crimson Sun Sword Qi.

But why would he need to block them?

’Pure Yang Fire imbued with Sword Qi is still fire. When it was condensed into a crimson sun, its power was too immense for me to control easily. But now...’

Yang Xiao chuckled lightly.

He activated his Fire Control Skill.

Instantly, the thousands of incoming streams of Crimson Sun Sword Qi...

froze in mid-air.

Then, they flipped around,

and shot back toward Yanm Kuan.

Terrified, Yanm Kuan hastily activated his protective True Gang.

He blocked the streams of Crimson Sun Sword Qi, which were originally his, one by one.

Only then, with lingering fear and utter shock, did he look at Yang Xiao.

”You... How did you do that?”

At that moment, he no longer held a shred of contempt for Yang Xiao.

He treated him purely as an expert of his own level.

In fact, ever since condensing the True Greater Yang Fire, Yang Xiao had indeed earned that right.

In terms of pure attack power, not even his Qilin True Body could compare to his True Greater Yang Fire.

This was also why Yang Xiao hadn’t wanted to cultivate the Supreme True Body, a Great Divine Technique, in the first place. It was unnecessary. If it weren’t for the rebirth of the Earth Fire Qilin Beast,

he would never have cultivated such a Divine Technique which, to him, was like a chicken rib—utterly dependent on the power of Essence Blood.

But now that he had cultivated it,

Yang Xiao would find a way to enhance the power of this Qilin True Body.

As for the present moment,

what he had was more than enough to deal with Yanm Kuan.

”How did I do it? Do I need to tell you? More importantly, who told you that I possessed a great opportunity?”

Yang Xiao asked arrogantly.

”You want to know? Fine, I’ll tell you.”

Yanm Kuan first frowned, then broke into a smile. ”It was Qin Yan. And she also told me that you have family in the Purple Sun Sect—a father, in fact. And this father of yours has only just entered the Martial Grandmaster Realm, correct?”

Yang Xiao’s expression changed in an instant.

It wasn’t just because he had been betrayed once again.

More importantly, this bastard had mentioned his father.

His expression, his demeanor—it was clear he intended to use his father to force him into submission.

’No one uses my father to threaten me!’

Yang Xiao roared in his heart.

Compared to this, Qin Yan’s betrayal seemed insignificant.

That woman.

If he had the chance, he would kill her.

But right now, killing the man before him was the most important thing.

Because he had dared to threaten him with his father.

Unforgivable.

”So, how about it? If you obediently surrender and let me perform the Soul Searching Skill on you, I can let bygones be bygones. Otherwise, I may not be able to do anything to you, but your father, your family... they will die, one by one!”

”Seems fair, doesn’t it?”

Yanm Kuan laughed.

To seize an opportunity, he would stop at nothing.

He had used such tactics before.

Sometimes, against people who valued relationships and loyalty, such methods were even more effective than one’s own strength.

He hadn’t thought of it at first.

But when Yang Xiao mentioned Qin Yan,

it reminded him.

Because this Yang Xiao seemed to be exactly that kind of person who valued relationships and loyalty.

”Kill!”

However, to Yanm Kuan’s surprise,

the response he heard

was just a single word.

A word that was clearly not ”fine,” or anything of the sort.

This caught Yanm Kuan off guard.

Then, he saw Yang Xiao’s bloodshot eyes.

He roared, ”Kill!”

”You dare threaten me with my father? You’re dead!”

An enraged roar.

It was followed by an incomparably fierce counterattack.

Yang Xiao raised his hand.

And grasped forward.

Yanm Kuan felt as if that hand had seized his Qi Sea.

It grabbed all the Crimson Sun True Gang within.

It was just like when Yang Xiao had controlled the Crimson Sun Sword Qi that had been shot at him.

Held in a death grip.

Torn from his control.

Yanm Kuan’s face changed drastically.

He opened his mouth,

wanting to beg for mercy.

But alas,

it was too late.

BANG!

The Crimson Sun True Gang inside his body exploded from within.

The Half-Step Martial Saint.

The Great Elder of Medicine King Valley.

Yanm Kuan was dead!

(PS: Chapter 3 is here. Please add to your collection!)