Daozi turned back in astonishment.
Ye Feng stood not far away, looking at him with a faint, knowing smile.
“Why are your clothes so torn and ragged?”
Seeing the battle-damaged state of Ye Feng’s robes, Daozi could not help but burst into laughter.
“I was sent flying by a single punch from that guy named Xiao.”
Daozi stopped laughing, his expression turning curious.
“Do you have a grudge against him?”
Ye Feng shook his head.
“Then why did you make him lose so miserably and so quickly? To be humiliated and defeated in front of all the Heaven’s Grace Sect disciples… if he cannot get over this hurdle, it will likely become a lifelong inner demon for him.”
Ye Feng smiled, revealing a row of neat, white teeth.
“If his skills are inferior, he should hone them better. He lacked the strength and was defeated by my bare fists. What does his inner demon have to do with me?”
Daozi chuckled.
“Fair enough. Let us fight!”
Ye Feng instantly drew a Heaven-grade sword, and the Seven Killing Arts blasted forward…
“Falling Star!”
Daozi’s vision instantly turned pitch black as if stained by ink, save for a few points of white light suddenly flashing at the edge of his sight!
Clang!
Daozi dodged the strike and said in surprise, “What cultivation method is this? To think there are such mysterious sword techniques.”
Ye Feng twirled his sword and sighed.
“You talk so much during a fight. You do not have the air of a master at all.”
Daozi praised him, “You certainly are an interesting person.”
He did not waste any more words.
With a wave of his hand, he unleashed two strikes of the Dragon-Subduing Tiger-Taming Punch.
The fist energy raged, overbearing and fierce.
Ye Feng stood his ground and also threw a punch.
Faint roars of dragons and tigers accompanied the wind of his fist.
Boom!
Dust and sand filled the center of the field.
The surrounding disciples stopped their own combat and moved far away from these two freaks before continuing their battles.
“You know this technique as well?”
Daozi was stunned.
Ye Feng did not answer, immediately throwing another punch.
Daozi no longer held back.
He launched himself like a cannonball, colliding directly with Ye Feng!
The two of them actually began to clash using pure physical strength!
Their extreme body-tempering techniques allowed them to crack the ground with nothing but the force of their physical strikes.
“Dragon-Subduing Tiger-Taming Punch!” they both shouted.
Their two perfectly tempered bodies clashed, creating a significant tremor that rippled through the area for hundreds of meters.
“Let us see your progress!”
Two figures separated amidst the dust.
Daozi rose into the air, and a phantom image of a Buddha statue condensed behind him once again…
“Vajra Demon Subjugation!”
The phantom Buddha held a vajra pestle, smashing toward Ye Feng with a momentum that seemed capable of destroying heaven and earth.
“Seven Killing Arts, Moon Sever!”
Ye Feng channeled his energy into the Heaven-grade sword, unleashing his strongest sword technique to date.
Boom!
A terrifying shockwave spread.
Outside the arena, disciples began to worry about being caught in the crossfire and retreated another dozens of meters.
“Are those two even human? You are telling me this kind of commotion was caused by the Foundation Establishment Realm?!”
“I see that although Ye Feng usually keeps a low profile, he is incredibly fierce and invincible at critical moments!”
“Look at you two! When Ye Feng challenged Xiao Yan earlier, you were shouting the loudest! You told him to get down, said he was not qualified, and called him a clown!”
“Exactly, I noticed you two as well. Do your faces hurt now? Ye Feng did not even use a weapon; he knocked Xiao Yan off with his bare hands!”
Those two disciples felt as if they had been slapped.
They slunk away amidst the cold mockery of the crowd.
“This will not do. If I retreat this far, I cannot see the heroic figures of these two geniuses clearly.”
“Idiot, do you want to die? If the aftershocks hit you and leave you bedridden for half a month, you will learn your lesson.”
At the center of the battle, the two grew even more courageous as the fight progressed.
Ye Feng was not satisfied with just one weapon and pulled a Heaven-grade spear from his storage ring.
The Buddha behind Daozi was no longer benevolent.
It became hideous and glaring, its features filled with terrifying fury.
“OM! MA! NI! PAD! ME! HUM!”
As the Six-Syllable Mantra was spoken, Ye Feng instantly felt his movements grow sluggish and his thoughts slow down, as if his feet were filled with lead.
“Vajra Demon Subjugation!”
The Buddha in the sky delivered a furious strike.
The disciples below felt they could already see the scene of Ye Feng’s defeat.
“Alas, Ye Feng’s strength is indeed impressive, but unfortunately, he is up against our Daozi.”
“Yes, even in defeat, there is honor. Being able to fight Daozi for so long and forcing him to reveal so many trump cards is enough to make him famous in the Heaven’s Grace Sect.”
Most of the spectating disciples felt a sense of respect.
In the Cultivation World, strength was respected above all else.
To gain the respect of others, one’s power had to be acknowledged.
However, just as everyone thought the matter was settled, a heartbeat like a thunderous drum sounded clearly in everyone’s ears…
At the critical moment, a violent red spiritual energy erupted from Ye Feng’s body!
Ye Feng instantly broke free from the shackles of the Six-Syllable Mantra and activated the Yin Yang Elusive Steps to dodge that terrifying strike.
“Qilin Blood!”
Daozi narrowed his eyes and continued to swing the vajra pestle down.
The spiritual energy on Ye Feng’s body turned blood-red, and even his breath carried the scent of blood.
However, his speed and strength had increased significantly.
Daozi’s vajra pestle could not even touch the hem of Ye Feng’s clothes!
Seeing this, Daozi decisively retracted the Buddha phantom and engaged Ye Feng in close-quarters combat.
Yet, even against the Vajra Demon Subjugation Punch, Daozi was actually shaken back a few steps by Ye Feng.
Although this had minimal impact on Daozi, those few steps were a simple and crude proof that the current Ye Feng’s strength was a level higher than his own.
Daozi could not help but be surprised.
No wonder Ye Feng’s physical body was so terrifying; he had obtained the legacy of a Qilin.
“This makes it even more interesting!”
Daozi did not fear the challenge; instead, he grew more excited.
“Ye Feng, use your strongest strike!”
Daozi’s figure retreated sharply, creating distance.
“The green bird falls in the courtyard, looking west from the Jade Pool…”
The elders outside the arena were shocked.
“Is this… Daozi is going to use that move?! Quick! Reinforce the arena’s barrier! Protect the disciples below!”
As the elders scrambled to make arrangements, the Sect Master personally arrived outside the arena.
A vast, endless stream of warm yellow spiritual energy enveloped both Ye Feng and Daozi.
Zhu Lan broke into a cold sweat.
She had not arrived long ago when she saw that Daozi was about to unleash his ultimate technique.
Purple Qi from the East.
This was Daozi’s famous skill, a legacy obtained from an ancient God-King’s secret realm.
Its power was immense, and its lethality was terrifying.
Daozi’s figure vanished, and purple clouds churned in the sky, brewing a terrifying pressure.
Every disciple below found it difficult to breathe.
“Even though we are both in the late stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm, Daozi’s existence makes me feel like there is an insurmountable mountain ahead,” a disciple lamented.
“No matter how much I try, I cannot even see his back.”
Reality was crushing; geniuses and mortals were never from the same world.
Among them, several disciples looked at the heavenly phenomenon with longing and awe.
An elder was also shocked.
“Daozi’s Purple Qi from the East has reached mastery?! This strike will surpass the Foundation Establishment Realm and reach the Golden Core Realm… No! Even I would not dare to take this move head-on!”
“Why did the Sect Master wrap Ye Feng and Daozi in a single spiritual energy barrier? Is he not afraid that Ye Feng will be obliterated?!”