Ye Ling slowly looked up. Behind Xue Er, a peerless phantom emerged.
This phantom seemed to be an supreme empress, radiating an imperial might like a storm, giving an inviolable and sacred feeling.
Tang Yuning and Tang Siqi, who were nearby, were stunned. What was happening?
How could Xue Er possess such terrifying power?
Cheng Jianhui, not far away, looked astonished and extremely fearful as he gazed at Xue Er.
He felt an immense pressure from the phantom behind Xue Er, as if he could be torn apart by this terrifying force at any moment.
"What, what is this..." Cheng Jianhui murmured softly.
"Boom!!!!"
Before Cheng Jianhui could finish speaking, a terrifying and unparalleled power erupted from Xue Er, instantly reducing him to dust.
"This—" Ye Ling opened his mouth, unsure of what to say. This power was too terrifying.
That was a Spirit Realm Great Emperor, and he was instantly killed...
Tang Yuning and Tang Siqi's heads buzzed. They never imagined that Xue Er had such terrifying power within her; it was simply unbelievable.
"Xue Er!" At this moment, Xue Er's frail body suddenly collapsed.
Everyone's expressions turned anxious, and they rushed to check on her. Upon discovering that she had merely suffered from exhaustion, they felt a great sense of relief.
"Sister, food, hungry!" Xue Er weakly opened her eyes, her bright eyes filled with fatigue.
Seeing the frail Xue Er, they all felt heartbroken.
Immediately, they took out a large quantity of spirit medicine to nourish Xue Er.
Several hours later, after consuming a large amount of spirit medicine, the weakened Xue Er finally recovered considerably.
The group continued to guard the mountaintop.
"Boom boom!!!"
After a while, a fierce and intense aura suddenly appeared in the sky.
The surrounding void became extremely distorted, as if some terrifying power was gathering.
Everyone felt a powerful oppressive force, their bodies trembling slightly.
"Who killed the branch master of my Samsara Divine Hall!" a chillingly cold voice resounded.
With a ripple in space, a man in white with an unfathomable aura appeared from the void.
Seeing the man in white suddenly appear, Ye Ling's expression changed drastically, his recently calmed heart sinking to the bottom again.
He recognized this man. This man was Zhao Pengcheng, the Hall Master of the Samsara Divine Hall, a peak expert of the Heaven Realm Great Emperor.
Everyone was completely immobilized by the aura emanating from Zhao Pengcheng.
"I'm asking you, if no one answers, then you all die!" Zhao Pengcheng said, looking at the suppressed individuals. His voice was heavy, like a great mountain pressing down on their hearts.
Cheng Jianhui was a Spirit Realm Great Emperor who had only recently broken through. He possessed exceptional talent, and Zhao Pengcheng had placed great hopes on him. To have him lose his life in such a place enraged Zhao Pengcheng.
"Screech!!!"
Just as Zhao Pengcheng was about to use soul-searching techniques, a beam of sword light that tore through everything suddenly erupted from the depths of the hall ahead.
The sword light, carrying a destructive aura, surged towards Zhao Pengcheng.
Zhao Pengcheng's pupils constricted as he felt an unprecedented sense of fear.
"Boom!!!"
Noticing the terrifying aura, Zhao Pengcheng quickly deployed his Imperial-grade spiritual power and divine abilities to form a shield.
However, the fierce sword light, like cutting tofu, easily tore through Zhao Pengcheng's surrounding shield.
After the shield shattered, Zhao Pengcheng was struck by the fierce sword light and sent flying backward, crashing into a distant stone wall with a violent collision.
Ye Ling and the others were stunned. Where did this sword light come from with such power, to blast away a Heaven Realm Great Emperor with a single strike?
"You have worked hard these days!" Following the sword light, a clear and gentle voice arrived.
"Big Brother, you're out!" At this moment, Xue Er, who had regained some vitality, spoke, her eyes filled with immense joy.
At the entrance of the hall, a young man with an ethereal temperament, like an exiled immortal, appeared before their eyes.
It was Jiang Li, who had been in seclusion for over a year!
"Junior Brother Jiang Li!" Tang Siqi bit her red lip, her eyes welling up with tears, and she immediately threw herself into Jiang Li's embrace.
Tang Yuning and Xue Er, standing beside her, also came to Jiang Li's side and hugged him tightly.
"It's Jiang Li, his strength!" Ye Ling, not far away, couldn't help but rub his eyes, unable to believe what he was seeing.
The fierce sword light just now was unleashed by Jiang Li. His strength had become so formidable.
"Interesting. I didn't expect you to break through to the Mysterious Realm Great Emperor so quickly and possess such terrifying strength. Truly worthy of being the strongest heavenly talent!" Zhao Pengcheng, who had been sent flying, slowly got up, his gaze fixed on Jiang Li with ill intent.
"You know me?" Jiang Li asked in surprise.
After being in seclusion for so long, someone still knew his title as the strongest heavenly talent from back then.
"Of course. I regret it now, I should have eliminated you at all costs back then. However, it's not too late!" Zhao Pengcheng wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said coldly.
Jiang Li looked at the man before him with a blank expression.
[Name]: Zhao Pengcheng
[Realm]: Early Stage Heaven Realm Great Emperor.
[Identity]: Hall Master of the Samsara Divine Hall.
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"No, I think it is too late!" Jiang Li said lightly.
"Hahaha, I was just careless and you ambushed..." Zhao Pengcheng's face turned grim, his eyes filled with icy coldness as he looked at Jiang Li.
"Boom!!!"
However, before Zhao Pengcheng could finish speaking, he felt a violent collision. A sharp pain erupted in his chest.
Zhao Pengcheng looked down. A fist imbued with unparalleled Chaotic power had pierced through his chest from behind.
"You..." Zhao Pengcheng's eyes widened.
Moments later, the Chaotic power raged within Zhao Pengcheng's body, robbing him of all his vitality.
"Big Brother, there's another you over there!" Xue Er said in surprise, looking at Jiang Li, who was emanating Chaotic Immortal power behind Zhao Pengcheng.
"Yes, there is another me!" Jiang Li said softly.
That was his clone from the "One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones" technique, which had condensed the Chaotic Immortal Physique.
After a year and a half of seclusion, Jiang Li had successfully condensed the Chaotic Immortal Physique, the Samsara Immortal Physique, and the Creation Immortal Physique. Combined with his main body's Myriad Law Immortal Physique, Jiang Li now possessed four Immortal Physiques.
While cultivating in seclusion, Jiang Li also discovered that the Creation Immortal Stone contained a considerable amount of Immortal Spiritual Energy.
Coupled with the numerous resources and spiritual objects Jiang Li had obtained himself, and the bottleneck-free Chaotic Immortal Physique, Jiang Li had broken through to the Mysterious Realm Great Emperor realm in just a year and a half.
Although he had only just entered the Mysterious Realm, with his numerous skills and abilities, Jiang Li's strength had reached a level he himself did not know.
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