Invincible Beyond Heavens: Cultivating With A Broken EXP System

Lin Mo roared in anger and charged again, Sword Intent rising to its peak. Thirty percent Sword Intent spread around him like an icy domain as he unleashed a storm of thrusts and sweeping cuts. Every strike targeted Li Yun’s throat, wrists, heart, and knees.

Li Yun answered each attack with calm precision.

Sometimes he blocked.

Sometimes he parried.

Sometimes he moved like lightning using the Heavenly Lightning Codex and appeared elsewhere before the strike could finish.

Every time Lin Mo thought he had seized control of the rhythm, Li Yun shattered it.

Every time Lin Mo increased pressure, Li Yun met it without the slightest panic.

Then the decisive moment appeared.

Lin Mo launched a heavy downward slash, intending to crush Li Yun’s defense through force.

However, Li Yun saw an opening through his Nine Tribulations Divine Eye.

The moment the blade descended, Lin Mo’s centerline opened for a fraction of a second.

That was enough.

Li Yun stepped in with lightning speed.

His sword rose from below in a short and brutal arc.

“Thunderflame Severing!”

Boom!

The upward strike smashed Lin Mo’s sword aside and tore through his protective qi. Flames scorched his chest while lightning numbed both of his arms. Several bloody lines opened across his torso.

Lin Mo staggered backward, his face pale, his sword nearly slipping from his grasp.

Li Yun did not pursue recklessly.

He simply raised his sword and pointed it at him.

The blade still crackled with lightning and glowed with burning heat.

“You lost.” Li Yun said calmly. “Do you have anything else to say?”

Lin Mo’s face turned green, then white.

His chest heaved violently. His pride had suffered far greater damage than his wounds.

“I…”

His throat tightened.

Puff.

A mouthful of fresh blood burst from his lips as rage and humiliation overwhelmed him.

The entire martial stage fell into stunned silence.

Li Yun stood unmoving at the center of the arena, sword in hand, looking as though the battle had only served to sharpen him further.

To a certain extent, Lin Mo had suffered even greater humiliation than Hu Ming and Xu Feng.

Hu Ming had been the first to step forward. He could at least claim that he did not understand Li Yun’s true strength and had acted out of blind confidence.

Xu Feng had lost face badly and left in disgrace.

But Lin Mo’s situation was even worse than Xu Feng’s. He had not merely been defeated. He had been completely shamed in front of everyone present.

Never in his life had he suffered such humiliation.

Poof.

Another mouthful of fresh blood burst from Lin Mo’s lips. His face turned pale as paper, and the light in his eyes seemed to dim. He stood there like a man whose spirit had been struck harder than his body.

Across the summit of Heaven Dew Peak, the crowd was left dumbfounded.

The Azure Cloud Swordsman, Lin Mo, had also been defeated. Worse still, he had been defeated cleanly and decisively.

Before the battle began, many had been certain that Lin Mo would suppress Li Yun with ease. They had spoken confidently, expecting him to restore order and crush Li Yun’s arrogance.

Now he truly had been defeated effortlessly.

“Am I dreaming? Someone pinch me.”

“This is impossible to understand. Who exactly is this Li Yun? He is only at the fourth level of the Qi Sea Realm, yet he defeated Lin Mo while crossing nine small realms. How can such a thing exist?”

“The top geniuses of Martial Ascension Gate are said to be Xing Luo and Chen Xiao aside from those on the Hidden Dragon Ranking. Where did this Li Yun suddenly come from?”

“Damn it. Is there really no one here who can suppress his arrogance?”

Many people felt their faces burning hot.

Again and again, Li Yun had used facts to strike them across the face. Hu Ming had arrived with confidence and left in misery. Xu Feng had done the same. Lin Mo had followed, only to suffer an even more humiliating outcome.

And every time those challengers had been humbled, the crowd that supported them had been humiliated along with them.

“He won!”

Han Li and Han Xue exclaimed at the same time, their faces filled with surprise and delight.

Earlier victories had not shocked them too much. In their minds, it was only natural for Li Yun to defeat people like Hu Ming and Xu Feng.

But now, even Lin Mo had fallen. That result brought them genuine astonishment and excitement.

Beside them, Huo Ming wore a complicated expression that was difficult to read.

“Who exactly is this Li Yun?” he muttered quietly.

He had to admit that he had misjudged Li Yun again and again.

This was not someone who could be measured by ordinary standards. His battle awareness was astonishingly high, far beyond Lin Mo’s. In Huo Ming’s view, even some experts on the Hidden Dragon Ranking might not possess perception and combat rhythm as sharp as Li Yun’s. Perhaps only a true Hidden Dragon Ranking powerhouse could suppress him now.

Of course, even after recognizing the truth, Huo Ming’s impression of Li Yun had already taken root.

Li Yun had embarrassed him several times in front of others, and Huo Ming could not simply pretend those moments had never happened.

That faint trace of dislike remained buried deep within his heart.

Crack.

In both the main pavilion and Xin Lu’s pavilion, teacups were crushed into powder at nearly the same moment.

The ones who had shattered them were Shuan Chu and Xin Lu.

Shuan Chu felt that he had completely lost face today, especially in front of Qin Ling.

That feeling left him deeply uncomfortable. He found it hard to even lift his head, as though Qin Ling must surely be laughing at him in secret for repeatedly misjudging Li Yun.

What he did not know was that Qin Ling herself felt somewhat embarrassed as well.

When Lin Mo had stepped onto the stage, she too had not favored Li Yun. Though she had kept those thoughts to herself and spoken nothing aloud, her judgment had still been wrong.

“Sigh.”

Qin Ling let out a soft breath, shook her head lightly, then turned and returned to her seat. She lifted her teacup and took a slow sip, trying to calm the mixed emotions stirring within her heart.