Overlord of the Wilderness

”Hm? Someone’s here!” Zhaang Ye’s eyes snapped open. His Spiritual Power surged out, locking tightly onto the two figures in the sky.

Zhaang Ye’s Soul Power was far stronger than an ordinary person’s. After cultivating to the Martial Arts Ninth Level Middle Stage, his Spiritual Power could sense any movement within a three-hundred-zhang radius. As his Spiritual Power spread out, Zhaang Ye immediately recognized the person who had just spoken in the sky: the number one expert of the Moon Country’s Younger Generation, Fu Songcheng.

Following beside Fu Songcheng was a rather handsome young man in a white robe. The aura he exuded was that of the Martial Arts Ninth Level Middle Stage. However, Zhaang Ye faintly sensed an inexplicable danger from this robed young man, which instantly put him on high alert.

SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

Fu Songcheng and the robed youth descended from the sky, landing directly in front of Zhaang Ye.

”Zhaang Ye!” Fu Songcheng’s venomous gaze locked onto Zhaang Ye as he said coldly, ”I, Fu Songcheng, have come for revenge today. No matter how formidable you are, you will not escape death.”

Zhaang Ye slowly rose from the White Jade stone and laughed incredulously. ”Your senior martial brother, Fu Qingyun, was at the Peak of Martial Arts Ninth Layer and had the help of the Seven Blood Generals, but didn’t he still die at my hand? Your strength isn’t even thirty percent of Fu Qingyun’s, yet you dare to spout such arrogant nonsense and act so brazenly before me. Are you tired of living?”

A flash of resentment crossed Fu Songcheng’s eyes, and he gave a sinister smile. ”Death is at your doorstep, and you don’t even know it! I may not be your match, but the world is vast and full of masters. With your cultivation at the mere Martial Arts Ninth Level Middle Stage, a true expert could crush you with a single finger!”

After saying this, Fu Songcheng turned to the robed youth beside him. ”Brother Gu, I’ll leave this man to you. Please, kill him!”

The robed youth nodded slightly, his insidious gaze falling upon Zhaang Ye. This young man was handsome with a slender build, and his movements seemed elegant and perfect. But there was a disquieting gentleness to his gaze that made one feel extremely uncomfortable. As it swept over Zhaang Ye, his expression instantly grew solemn.

Zhaang Ye met the robed youth’s gaze, his mind racing. ’Strange! This robed young man clearly only has the cultivation of the Martial Arts Ninth Level Middle Stage, yet he gives me a sense of danger. What’s going on? Could his strength be comparable to Helian Bi Bi and Yangx Guyuan? Since when did the Moon Country True Hall produce such a terrifying young expert?’

A faint smile appeared on the robed youth’s handsome face as he said lightly, ”Zhaang Ye, you’ve certainly been making a name for yourself lately. If you take your own life, I can grant you an intact corpse.”

Zhaang Ye said coldly, ”Have me take my own life? Just what do you think you are?”

A flash of anger crossed the robed youth’s face, but it vanished just as quickly. His insidious gaze turned grim as he stared at Zhaang Ye and said slowly, ”Very good. Very good! I offer you a quick death, and you refuse to take it. In that case, I’ll just have to beat you half to death and then throw you to the Two-winged Flying Crocodile.”

WHOOSH!

The robed youth’s figure suddenly vanished.

At the very moment the robed youth disappeared, an unprecedented sense of crisis flooded Zhaang Ye’s mind. With no time to think, he instantly activated the Dragon Elephant Power in his body and took a lightning-fast step forward!

BOOM!

This step was a Footwork Technique Zhaang Ye had comprehended from the ”Cloud-Breaking Slash.” Propelled by the Dragon Elephant Power, his speed was unimaginable. His body instantly tore a long vacuum through the air, and the resulting collision of air currents produced a rumbling thunder, as if a storm had descended from the highest heavens.

Just as Zhaang Ye’s body vanished from its original spot, a snow-white palm appeared as if from the void, viciously striking the place where he had just been standing. If he had been even a fraction of a second slower, he would have been hit by that palm.

CRACKLE! The snow-white palm struck empty air, and an insidious, unpredictable power silently erupted. With this eruption, the earth within a radius of several dozen zhang was instantly pulverized, and even the White Jade stone, several zhang wide, was reduced to a pile of fine white powder by this force.

HISS! Fu Songcheng, who had retreated to a safe distance the moment the fight began, couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath. He watched as the robed youth’s casual strike pulverized the earth and rock in a radius of several dozen zhang. He himself was a Late-stage Martial Arts Ninth Layer master and could flatten a small hill with his full power. But even at his limit, he could never have silently turned dozens of zhang of earth to dust, let alone pulverize a White Jade stone several zhang wide.

”Hm?”

The robed youth’s figure materialized from the void. His gaze locked onto Zhaang Ye, now a hundred zhang away, and he said slowly, ”The Land of Divine Abandonment is but a tiny, palm-sized place. To think that in such a small corner of the world, someone could actually dodge my strike. A pity that no matter how skilled you are, you will still die today.”

’This small place, the Land of Divine Abandonment? Could it be that he isn’t from the Land of Divine Abandonment?’ The robed youth’s words stirred something in Zhaang Ye’s mind.

Just then, the robed youth’s figure vanished once more. He was like a phantom; though he had been a hundred zhang away from Zhaang Ye, in the space of a flicker, he had already crossed that distance, striking out with his palm from afar.

Though the palm was still more than ten zhang away, a resilient and profound power locked tightly onto Zhaang Ye. Sensing this power, his expression couldn’t help but change slightly as he cried out in his mind, ’Innate True Qi! It’s pure and abundant Innate True Qi! The Innate True Qi in his body is even more potent than Fu Qingyun’s. This man’s cultivation is not far from the Half-step True Dao!’

Innate True Qi had endless miraculous uses, and anyone who cultivated it possessed incomparably formidable strength. The Innate True Qi within this robed youth was even more abundant than Fu Qingyun’s. With a simple palm strike, he could control the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi in a radius of over ten zhang and seal off the surrounding space. He was formidable to the extreme!

Taking a deep breath, Zhaang Ye’s figure seemed to swell in size as a tyrannical aura erupted from him. Facing the robed youth’s palm strike, Zhaang Ye didn’t even blink as he slashed out with his hand like a saber!

BOOM!

Zhaang Ye’s hand viciously chopped into the robed youth’s palm. The supremely tyrannical Dragon Elephant Power collided with the robed youth’s Innate True Qi, creating an earth-shattering boom. With this massive sound, the two terrifying forces transformed into countless visible tempests that swept outward wildly, instantly blasting a hundred-zhang-wide crater in the ground. The flying dirt blotted out the sun and sky!

Amid the roaring blast, the robed youth felt his own Innate True Qi being forcibly split apart by Zhaang Ye’s attack. An immense power surged from Zhaang Ye’s palm. Despite his cultivation being on the verge of the Half-step True Dao, he was completely unable to withstand this terrifying force and was forced to retreat more than ten steps.

”Ah—”

The robed youth simply couldn’t believe it. With his cultivation approaching the Half-step True Dao, he had actually been knocked back by Zhaang Ye’s single chop. He stared fixedly at Zhaang Ye, his gaze filled with a new solemnity.

Watching from a hundred zhang away, Fu Songcheng was completely dumbfounded to see Zhaang Ye knock the robed youth back with a single blow. This young man was the son of a Sect Elder from outside the Land of Divine Abandonment. His cultivation had long since reached the Peak of Martial Arts Ninth Layer, only a hair’s breadth away from the Half-step True Dao, and his combat prowess was far greater than Fu Qingyun’s. For Zhaang Ye to be able to knock back such a formidable person with a single blow—this terrifying strength sent a chill straight to Fu Songcheng’s heart.

’Innate True Qi is formidable, but my Dragon Elephant Power is even more so. It’s just a pity my Dragon Elephant Power isn’t abundant enough, or that last chop would have sliced him in two.’ Zhaang Ye felt a flicker of regret, then his figure suddenly lunged forward, preparing to kill the robed youth in one fell swoop.

At almost the exact same time, the robed youth let out a great roar and also launched an attack on Zhaang Ye. He suddenly brandished both palms, unleashing an incredibly fierce and profound Palm Technique. Within a ten-zhang radius, True Qi surged like mountains and waves, and it seemed as if even the void itself was being torn apart by this terrifying power!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Zhaang Ye’s hand slammed into the robed youth’s palms five times. Each collision produced an earth-shattering boom, and the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi within a thousand-zhang radius went berserk. It emitted strange shrieks as it madly sliced through the void, like an invisible demon tearing at space itself. The sound alone was enough to make one’s blood run cold.

After the five impacts, Zhaang Ye stood silently on the spot, not a single hair out of place. The robed youth, however, had blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, his hair was disheveled, and his clothes were torn. He was in a pathetic state.

The robed youth retreated a hundred zhang before steadying himself. He stared fixedly at Zhaang Ye, his mind reeling in horror. ’Impossible, impossible! The Land of Divine Abandonment is just a tiny, palm-sized place. How can there be such a formidable character here? He actually fused Ancient Elephant Power and Ancient Dragon Power together... What kind of Cultivation Technique is that?’

The successive impacts had made the qi and blood in Zhaang Ye’s body churn relentlessly. Fortunately, his body had been tempered by both Ancient Dragon Power and Ancient Elephant Power, making it far more durable than an ordinary person’s. He only needed to regulate his breathing for a moment to calm the turmoil within.

Zhaang Ye’s gaze fell upon the robed youth, and he advanced step by step. ”With such pathetic strength, you dared to tell me to take my own life! Kid, I’ll give you a chance now. If you take your own life, I can grant you an intact corpse. Otherwise, after I kill you, I’ll feed your corpse to the dogs.”