Ye Que took a step forward, and a muffled sound echoed in the space. The monstrous demonic energy turned into ten thousand tons of gravity, pressing down on Xu Mu's body, attempting to crush his physique.
"Gravity." Xu Mu raised his eyebrows. He could feel a force like gravity trying to crush his flesh and blood. This power was remarkably similar to that of the heavenly wall.
Dong dong dong!
Ye Que's eyes went wild. He took consecutive steps forward, his aura surging like a flood or a fierce beast. The demonic energy pressing down on heaven and earth grew more potent, even affecting the divine soul.
Xu Mu stood his ground, unmoving. He wanted to see what this arrogant Ye Que could achieve.
"Shatter!" After a moment, Ye Que's aura reached its peak. The strongest pressure descended like a warhammer, but it posed no threat to Xu Mu.
His heartbeat thundered like a drum, and his divine soul was vast like a star sea. Facing these shattering intentions, Xu Mu could bear them calmly.
Xu Mu knew Ye Que's strength, so he unleashed a saber strike.
Crack!
Ink-black saber intent bloomed in the space. Those wisps of shattering force all fractured like a mirror. The saber light pushed forward vertically, severing everything it touched with the force of mountains and seas.
Between heaven and earth, there was only one saber.
"Break!" Ye Que roared, and the intent of shattering condensed at his fingertips. He then pointed, and a brilliant light erupted. A crack appeared on the black saber intent, and it exploded.
The smoke vanished, and the clouds dispersed.
"Not bad." Xu Mu nodded. Ye Que's participation in the Ten Thousand Races Alliance was indeed due to some strength. If he were in the second stage, it would likely take some effort to defeat him.
Ye Que, meanwhile, bowed with a cautious expression. After a brief exchange, he could sense that Xu Mu's strength was not inferior to his, and perhaps even surpassed it.
"So strong."
On the stage, everyone exclaimed in surprise. Xu Mu and Ye Que's strength had already exceeded their comprehension. Ye Que's shattering great dao pressed upon both the divine soul and the physical body, yet Xu Mu cleaved it with a single saber strike, leaving heaven and earth desolate. Immediately after, Ye Que pointed again, shattering the saber light.
These two were supreme figures, either of whom could sweep through Black Horn City.
"Your strength truly exceeds my imagination, but if this is all you have, it's not enough." Ye Que spoke, and the shattered great dao on his body reassembled, forming a sword of void capable of shattering everything.
The sword was a hundred zhang long, drawing in power indiscriminately. The demonic energy of the Three-Eyed Golden Spotted Beast was also drained, exuding terrifying might.
Then, Ye Que brought his fingers together like a sword and slashed down.
In an instant, Xu Mu's pupils contracted slightly. He sensed the power contained within this sword and decided to meet it with a saber strike.
The saber was still the ink-black hunting saber.
The angle of the strike, the expression, remained unchanged. This time, however, the muscles on Xu Mu's right arm bulged, and the hand holding the saber was covered in veins.
"Sever." Xu Mu uttered a single word, stomped on the ground, and then abruptly charged into the sky. With a sweep of his saber, he instantly appeared behind the void sword that spanned heaven and earth.
Rumble rumble rumble!
And a second later, shattering sounds echoed throughout the world.
Crack.
The void sword continued its downward slash, but halfway down its body, a thin golden glow emerged, like a small cut on an arm. That golden glow was its blood.
Then, the golden glow flowed more and more abundantly, cascading onto the mortal realm like jade wine. The reason so much blood flowed was because the void sword had been cut in half.
The sword broke and disappeared.
Between heaven and earth, there was still only that one saber.
"How is this possible!" Ye Que's pupils trembled, and his eyes widened in shock as he looked at Xu Mu suspended in the air. His sword strike, charged with power, was met by Xu Mu's subsequent saber strike, which severed it in half before it could descend. What terrifying speed and power was this!
"Hoo, my arm is a bit numb." Xu Mu smacked his lips in the space, switching the saber to his left hand and shaking his right arm lightly.
With that last saber strike, he had used no special abilities, relying solely on his pure physical strength to cut down the sword.
The price for this was a numb arm.
"Do you surrender?" Xu Mu looked at Ye Que, his voice calm.
"Impossible, I won't lose! I am a Beast Master. Fighting you without my demonic beasts is unfair!" Ye Que roared angrily. He pulled out a pill from his embrace and swallowed it. With a series of roars, his power surged, breaking through the second stage limit.
Roar!
The Three-Eyed Golden Spotted Beast leaped, and Ye Que rode on its back, charging towards Xu Mu in the sky. Terrifying demonic fire combined with the intent of shattering gathered, forming ancient seals between Ye Que's palms, plundering all the aura in heaven and earth and transforming it into a vast, ancient handprint.
"Shattering Great Hand Seal!" Ye Que roared and struck out with his palm. This was his ultimate strike, its patterns crazily evolving and spreading in all directions, engulfing the heavens, crushing and shattering everything.
"Ye Que, after taking the forbidden pill, he broke through the second stage limit and unleashed a world-shattering palm strike!"
"Truly despicable!"
Above the beast mine, countless people watched all this, their hearts trembling. Ye Que had actually consumed such a pill, temporarily breaking through to the Splendid Realm and summoning his demonic beast to charge, hoping to defeat Xu Mu this way.
But even so, could he truly win?
"Your pride is repeated, broken promises again and again?" Xu Mu took a step into the void and then slashed down with his saber. Innumerable black and red death energies coiled around it, colliding with Ye Que's Shattering Great Hand Seal. The endless shattering intent enveloped the saber, attempting to crush and pulverize it, but the terrifying shattering energy withered and dimmed the moment it touched the saber.
This was because the saber carried a trace of the great dao of death, which Xu Mu had comprehended from the roots of the other shore flower. Even the terrifying intent of shattering would face death!
"Boom!"
Xu Mu's saber split the surging, ancient palm print. He then strode through the air, the intent of death spreading wildly, annihilating the fierce flames, withering the demonic energy, and even causing Ye Que's own power to die, rendering him mortal.
Ye Que's expression changed drastically. He still wanted to resist with other powers but was met by Xu Mu's kick to the face, shattering all his bones. With a loud bang, even the Three-Eyed Golden Spotted Beast beneath him fell towards the ground.
Thump!
A large pit was smashed into the martial arena. The Three-Eyed Golden Spotted Beast let out a pained roar, then endured the agony and instantly stood up, carrying Ye Que, and attempted to flee the battle platform. Its heart was filled with fear because this human was too terrifying. His physical strength was even greater than that of a beast. They were completely outmatched!
"Trying to run?" Xu Mu coldly snorted and strode through the air. His aura surged continuously, and then he abruptly swung countless saber beams downwards at the arena below, sealing off the entire space. The Three-Eyed Golden Spotted Beast had nowhere to hide and was forced to land on the platform again.
Ye Que was almost unconscious. Blood gushed from his mouth. Just as he was about to struggle to his feet and do something, Xu Mu descended from the sky amidst a flash of saber light. He stomped with all his might on the back of the Three-Eyed Golden Spotted Beast, and the terrifying immense force instantly crushed the body of this great demon with divine beast bloodline.
"Roar!"
A pained cry echoed in the sky above the beast mine arena. He was suppressed into the bottom of the pit by that kick and was unable to move. Ye Que, at this moment, looked at the figure standing before him, his expression filled with shock.
"I ask you, did you lose?" Xu Mu placed his saber at Ye Que's throat, his voice indifferent.