Overlord of the Wilderness

”Hmm? Someone’s here!” Zhaang Ye’s eyes snapped open. His Spiritual Power erupted from him, locking tightly onto the two figures in the sky.

Zhaang Ye’s Soul Power was far stronger than an ordinary person’s. After his Cultivation reached 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 from the sky: Fu Songcheng, the number one expert of the Moon Country’s Younger Generation.

And 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. Yet, Zhaang Ye could vaguely sense a strange danger emanating 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 powerful you are, you will not escape death.”

Zhaang Ye slowly rose from the White Jade stone, chuckling in disbelief. ”Your senior brother, Fu Qingyun, was at the Peak of Martial Arts Ninth Layer, had the help of the Seven Blood Generals, and yet he still died at my hand. Your strength isn’t even thirty percent of his, yet you dare to spout such arrogant nonsense and act so brazenly before me. Do you have a death wish?”

A flash of resentment crossed Fu Songcheng’s eyes, and he smiled grimly. ”You’re at death’s door and you don’t even know it! I may not be your match, but the world is vast and full of experts. With your pitiful Cultivation at the mere Martial Arts Ninth Level Middle Stage, a true master 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 person to you. Please, strike him down!”

The robed youth nodded slightly, his effeminate gaze landing on Zhaang Ye. This young man was handsome, with a slender build and movements that seemed elegant and flawless. But his gaze, soft and sinister, was extremely unsettling. As it swept over Zhaang Ye, his expression instantly turned grave.

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

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

Zhaang Ye said coldly, ”Have me take my own life? Who the hell do you think you are?”

A flash of anger crossed the robed youth’s face, but it vanished as quickly as it came. His soft gaze turned sinister as he stared at Zhaang Ye and said slowly, ”Very well, very well! 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 Crocodiles.”

SWISH!

The robed youth’s figure suddenly vanished.

Almost at the exact 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 within him and took a lightning-fast step forward!

BOOM!

This step Zhaang Ye took was the very Footwork Technique he 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 subsequent collision of air molecules actually produced a rumbling thunder, as if a bolt had descended from the heavens.

The instant 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. Had Zhaang Ye been even a fraction of a second slower, he would have been hit by that palm.

CRACK! The snow-white palm struck empty air, and a sinister, unpredictable power quietly erupted. With this burst of power, the earth in a radius of several dozen zhang instantly turned to dust. Even the White Jade stone, several zhang in size, was reduced to a pile of fine white powder under this force.

”Hiss!” Fu Songcheng, who had retreated to a safe distance the moment the fight began, couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath of cold air. He watched the robed youth casually obliterate the earth and stone within a radius of dozens of zhang with a single, seemingly effortless strike. As a Late-stage Martial Arts Ninth Layer expert, he could level a small hill with his full power. But even at his limit, he couldn’t have silently pulverized dozens of zhang of earth, let alone reduce a White Jade stone several zhang wide to fine powder.

”Hmm?”

The robed youth’s figure materialized from the void. His gaze locked onto Zhaang Ye, who was now a hundred zhang away. He spoke slowly, ”The Land of Divine Abandonment is but a tiny, insignificant place. I never thought 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... this person isn’t from the Land of Divine Abandonment?’ The robed youth’s words stirred a thought 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 time it took for his form to flicker in and out of sight, he had already crossed that distance, his palm striking out at Zhaang Ye from afar.

While the palm was still more than ten zhang away, a resilient yet profound power locked tightly onto Zhaang Ye. Feeling this power, his expression couldn’t help but change slightly as he cried out inwardly, ’Innate True Qi! And it’s so pure and vigorous! The Innate True Qi in his body is even more abundant than Fu Qingyun’s. This man’s Cultivation is not far from the Half-step True Dao realm!’

The applications of Innate True Qi were endless; everyone who cultivated it possessed incomparable strength. The Innate True Qi within the robed youth before him 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, sealing off a section of space. He was terrifyingly powerful!

Taking a deep breath, Zhaang Ye’s frame suddenly seemed to grow larger as an overbearing aura erupted from him. Facing the robed youth’s palm strike, Zhaang Ye didn’t even blink as he chopped out with his hand like a blade!

BOOM!

Zhaang Ye’s hand-blade viciously struck the robed youth’s palm. The supremely domineering Dragon Elephant Power and the youth’s Innate True Qi collided with an earth-shattering roar. With this tremendous explosion, the two terrifying forces transformed into countless visible storms that swept outward, instantly blasting a hundred-zhang-wide crater in the ground and flinging up enough soil to blot out the sun!

Amid the deafening roar, the robed youth felt his Innate True Qi being forcibly split apart by Zhaang Ye. An endless well of power surged from Zhaang Ye’s hand. Even with his Cultivation on the verge of stepping into the Half-step True Dao realm, he was 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 so close to the Half-step True Dao, he had actually been forced back by Zhaang Ye’s single chop. He stared intently at Zhaang Ye, his eyes filled with a grave expression.

Fu Songcheng, watching from a hundred zhang away, was completely stunned when he saw Zhaang Ye force the robed youth back with a single palm strike. This robed youth 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 strength was far greater than Fu Qingyun’s. For Zhaang Ye to repel such a powerful individual with a single chop—this terrifying display of strength sent a chill down Fu Songcheng’s spine.

’Innate True Qi is powerful, but my Dragon Elephant Power is even more so. It’s a shame my Dragon Elephant Power isn’t vigorous enough, or that last chop would have sliced him in two.’ A flicker of regret passed through Zhaang Ye’s mind as his figure suddenly shot forward, preparing to finish the robed youth off in one fell swoop.

At almost the same instant, the robed youth let out a great roar and also launched an attack on Zhaang Ye. He suddenly waved both palms, unleashing an exceptionally fierce and profound Palm Technique. In an instant, the True Qi beyond a ten-zhang radius surged like mountains and waves, and even the void itself seemed to be churned to pieces by this terrifying power!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Zhaang Ye’s palms and the robed youth’s palms collided fiercely five times. Each impact produced an earth-shattering roar, sending the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi within a thousand-zhang radius into a frenzy. It let out strange cries as it madly tore at the void, like an invisible demon gnawing at space itself. The sound alone was enough to strike terror into one’s heart.

After the five strikes, Zhaang Ye stood silently in place, not a single hair out of place. The robed youth, however, had blood at the corner of his mouth, his hair disheveled, and his clothes torn. He was in a miserable state.

The robed youth retreated a hundred zhang before he managed to steady himself. He stared at Zhaang Ye, his mind reeling in shock. ’Impossible, this is impossible! The Land of Divine Abandonment is just a tiny, insignificant place, how can it contain such a powerful person? He actually fused Ancient Elephant Power and Ancient Dragon Power together... what kind of Cultivation Technique is this?!’

The series of collisions had sent Zhaang Ye’s own qi and blood surging. Fortunately, his body had been tempered by Ancient Dragon Power and Ancient Elephant Power, making it far stronger 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 on him step by step. ”With such pitiful strength, you dared to tell me to take my own life! Boy, I’ll give you a chance now. If you kill yourself, I can grant you an intact corpse. Otherwise, after I kill you, I’ll throw your body to the dogs.”(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for Recommendation Tickets and monthly passes. Your support is my greatest motivation.)