Translator: Silavin
Qin Yichen felt frustrated, but what he did not know was that Xia Lieyang, standing opposite him, was experiencing profound inner shock.
Heavenly Martial Artists were practically legendary figures in the Imperial Dynasties.
According to legend, Heavenly Martial Artists possessed Physiques comparable to True Dragons. They were matchlessly powerful!
However, Xia Lieyang had once encountered someone with Heavenly Martial Artist talent, and the result had been bitterly disappointing.
Yet now, Qin Yichen was making him feel the true might of a Heavenly Martial Artist!
[I absolutely cannot let him continue growing!] Watching Qin Yichen opposite him with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, a frigid killing intent flashed through Xia Lieyang’s eyes.
He could sense that a vast gap still existed between the current Qin Yichen and himself. That if he could not eliminate Qin Yichen this time… he hardly dared imagine his own future, or even the future of the Sky Elephant Imperial Dynasty’s Royal Family.
“Brat, forcing me to this extent! You can die without regrets!” Xia Lieyang’s cold shout rang out. Then, his hands formed hand seals, and azure Yuan Energy surged madly from within his body, flooding into the Sky Elephant.
In mere moments, that Sky Elephant suddenly expanded by half its original size. Even more terrifying, azure flowing light flickered across the Sky Elephant’s manifested form, and a fearsome Yuan Energy fluctuation emanated from within, directly causing the surrounding space to tremble.
Clearly, this technique placed enormous strain on Xia Lieyang. His breathing had grown laboured, though his eyes brimmed with concentrated killing intent.
If he could not eliminate Qin Yichen today, once he matured, as a Heavenly Martial Artist, he could single-handedly overturn their Sky Elephant Imperial Dynasty. This was despite its status as a high-tier Imperial Dynasties!
Therefore, no matter what, even at the cost of exposing his trump card, he had to obliterate this youth!
Sensing the pressure suddenly increase by nearly half, Qin Yichen’s expression grew increasingly grave. His eyes coldly observed that nearly solidified Sky Elephant, his fists clenching involuntarily.
“Sky Elephant Merging Technique!” Killing intent boiled from Xia Lieyang’s body. Then, as his hands formed a hand seal, his figure directly merged into the Sky Elephant. Instantly, the already terrifyingly powerful Yuan Energy fluctuation intensified further!
“Merging with his Martial Soul?” Qin Yichen’s brow furrowed. Though Xia Lieyang possessed a vicious mind, his strength was undeniably formidable!
In terms of Martial Arts cultivation, the foundation of high-tier Imperial Dynasties far exceeded what Qin Yichen could achieve through solitary independent exploration.
Originally, a Heavenly Martial Artist’s power would easily enable him to fight across cultivation realms, but regrettably, Qin Yichen had not even scratched the surface of understanding the concept or how to fight as a Heavenly Martial Artist!
If he could unleash advantages of being a Heavenly Martial Artist like Lan Xinyu, whom he had encountered in the Heaven’s Destiny Forbidden Area, never mind a mere Xia Lieyang, even facing Qiao Linlang, or even the unfathomably deep Gu Feitian and Yao Yue, he would not fall short in the slightest!
*Boom!* At this moment, the Sky Elephant, whose aura had climbed to its peak, finally moved. Its trunk swung, and azure Yuan Energy instantly spread outward.
Qin Yichen’s distant figure suddenly stiffened. The air surrounding him seemed to have grown considerably heavier.
*Hmph!* Qin Yichen snorted coldly, activating his Taotie Martial Soul. Then, breaking free from that binding force, he shot violently backward.
“Where do you think you’re going!?” Seeing this, Xia Lieyang roared. Then the Sky Elephant stamped through the void. Beneath its massive palm, even space seemed unable to bear the weight, twisted traces appearing.
As the Sky Elephant’s trunk danced, overwhelming shadows descended like long whips brimming with infinite force, viciously lashing toward Qin Yichen.
In barely a breath’s time, those shadows approached, carrying bone-chilling winds.
Qin Yichen’s brow furrowed. His feet shifted, his retreating figure suddenly pivoting as a fist thundered forward.
*Bang!* Following the massive impact, Qin Yichen’s complexion paled slightly. His figure borrowed that tremendous propulsive force to continue evading, but those overwhelming shadows pursued relentlessly like maggots clinging to bone.
*Bang! Bang!*
Each time the shadows nearly caught him, Qin Yichen gritted his teeth and forcefully countered one strike before continuing to dodge. In mere moments, those massive impacts resounded continuously.
Below, spirit medicines and rare Medicine Kings were utterly destroyed by the residual Yuan Energy!
Under Xia Lieyang’s full assault, Qin Yichen was completely suppressed.
“Qin Yichen, weren’t you fearless before me? Why flee like a homeless dog now? Where’s that earlier arrogance!?” Seeing Qin Yichen so dishevelled, Xia Lieyang sneered coldly, his offensive growing fiercer.
In the next instant, as Qin Yichen prepared to counter with another fist, frigid killing intent suddenly flashed in Xia Lieyang’s eyes from within the Sky Elephant’s head.
“Hehehe, did you think you could just keep running? Die!”
*Boom!* Following Xia Lieyang’s cold shout, the world seemed to tremble. The overwhelming trunk abruptly vanished, and that Sky Elephant shot toward Qin Yichen like an azure lightning bolt, one massive palm descending like a small mountain.
At this moment, Qin Yichen sensed the terrifying force surging toward him like ocean waves from behind. He knew that Xia Lieyang had begun deploying his strongest killing technique!
“Finally, the time has come…” Qin Yichen murmured softly, a thread of consciousness quietly infiltrating his Dantian, entering the Heaven Earth Spirit Pearl within.
As his consciousness entered, the Taotie Martial Soul phantom behind Qin Yichen suddenly vanished.
Witnessing this scene, a vicious smile finally emerged on Xia Lieyang’s perpetually sinister visage, his serpent-like eyes sending chills down the spine!
“Can’t even maintain your Martial Soul anymore? Go to Hell!” Xia Lieyang’s frigid shout rang out. Then, beneath the Sky Elephant’s massive palm, azure light exploded.
Terrifying power spreading outward. If this foot landed solidly, even fellow Late Stage Martial Emperors would only be pulverised!
In an instant, Qin Yichen’s figure was enveloped by that massive palm’s shadow, then trampled upon.
*Bang!*
The moment the stomp connected, explosive shockwaves swept outward. Violent Yuan Energy filled the entire stone chamber. At the very centre, even space showed signs of fracturing…
“Brat, this is the consequence of daring to provoke my Sky Elephant Imperial Dynasty!” A malicious grin curved Xia Lieyang’s lips as he cackled eerily. He possessed supreme confidence in his full-force strike. Even if he faced it himself, he would struggle to withstand it!
Silavin: Okay, I know elephants don’t have palms. It’s called manus for the front pair of legs. There’s also pes for the back pair of legs. But how many people know that?