Celestial Refining Divine Scripture-Chapter 157 - 55: Hunyuan Spirit Leaf
In an instant, all the aftershocks vanished!
Xu Yang’s body trembled, his muscles and bones boomed with explosive force, all discomfort gone!
He looked down at Chen Chong and sneered, "This is Demon Bone Poison?"
Chen Chong was stunned as if in a dream, "You—how did you do that?"
Anyone could see that Xu Yang’s aura was steady, with no signs of Demon Bone Poison’s corrosion at all.
It was as though, after entering his body, it simply disappeared!
The crowd was utterly dumbstruck!
Even the Martial Artists from Wuhou Hall felt embarrassed for Zheng Qi and Chen Chong!
They’d hyped it up to be so terrifying, yet nothing happened to him at all!
The two’s faces were so dark they seemed ready to drip water.
Their faces burned with shame; they couldn’t say another harsh word!
Xu Yang’s face was full of ridicule as he slowly withdrew his gaze!
Hua!
A young man appeared out of thin air atop the battle arena.
Early-stage Yang Realm cultivation!
"I am your first opponent!"
"Cyan Gang Sect true disciple, Zhao Ming!"
Zhao Ming’s face was cold as ice, his eyes emotionless, Spirit Sword in hand.
He looked no different from a normal person and could even speak, but he was actually a genuine puppet!
Yet despite being a puppet, his strength was no less than a real person’s.
Clearly, inside this puppet, all of ’True Disciple Zhao Ming’s’ martial arts and experience had been instilled!
Xu Yang took a step forward—like thunder cracking the heavens!
Boom!
One punch deafened the world, as if blasting the very skies open!
Ferocious aftershocks swept the stage, waves roaring skyward—the sight made everyone below’s scalp tingle!
One could only imagine, if that punch landed on a body, it wouldn’t kill—it would cripple!
All the early-stage Yang Realm elites from Wuhou Hall and King Beixuan’s mansion turned pale, inwardly admitting they couldn’t take a punch so terrifying!
"Damn bastard, how the hell did he cultivate like this?"
Chen Chong couldn’t imagine it! He couldn’t accept it!
Zheng Qi gritted his teeth, "It’s too hard to kill him here—there’s the Zhang Family, Ning Wuyang, and the Celestial Travelers’ Commerce Association. They’d never sit back and watch. If we really start fighting, we have little advantage!"
"Wait for an opportunity!"
"Even if he leaves here, he must die!"
Chen Chong took a deep breath, reason slowly returning!
Meanwhile, atop the stage, a blast even fiercer than the punch’s roar erupted!
Rumble!
All felt their eardrums throbbing, as if that punch shattered the whole stage!
When the terrifying aftershock receded, what was revealed was true disciple Zhao Ming riddled with cracks, then collapsing into fragments and vanishing!
One punch!
Gulp!
The sound of swallowing saliva rippled through the crowd!
"If he were in Wuhou Hall, he’d probably be a Titled Marquis Wu!" a Wuhou Hall disciple muttered in a trembling voice!
Titled Marquis Wus—there were never many each generation in Wuhou Hall!
This generation, fewer than ten!
Chen Chong and Zheng Qi weren’t the strongest, but still among the foremost, counted on one hand in all Daqian!
Yet at this moment, before all Xu Yang displayed, they appeared dim and insignificant!
His alchemy?
Among all of Daqian’s younger generation, no one could match him!
Even the alchemists of the older generation admitted inferiority!
Martial arts? Damn, he’s only at Late Stage of Yin Realm!
The onlookers’ scalps tingled in shock!
Onstage, Xu Yang lowered his fists and stood with calm eyes!
The first opponent posed no pressure at all!
Hua!
The second opponent appeared!
"Cyan Gang Sect true disciple, Li Hui!"
Before the challenger’s voice even faded, Xu Yang vanished from sight!
This opponent was Peak of Early-stage Yang Realm!
The battle arena instantly lost track of Xu Yang!
"He’s in the air!"
A startled cry erupted!
Li Hui suddenly looked up, five fingers forming a claw as True Essence burst forth—he conjured a colossal primeval beast claw, covered in golden scales like a dragon talon. Its fierce aura overflowed, dominantly clawing upward!
The space on the stage even twisted!
Through Cangxu Divine Eyes, Xu Yang clearly saw the claw’s weak point. Without hesitation, he streaked horizontally through the air and aimed a finger point!
Puff!
One finger fell; ferocious, immense power erupted from the fingertip, like a bolt of black lightning, brutally piercing the giant claw before carrying on toward Li Hui’s brow!
Bam!
The giant claw shattered, Li Hui’s figure disintegrated! 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
The silence was terrifying!
Too easy!
Both opponents before Xu Yang were like naive infants—incapable of raising the slightest ripple!
Just these two bouts were enough to prove Xu Yang definitely possessed the true power of Middle Stage Yang Realm!
This strength left everyone speechless with shock!
Zheng Qi and Chen Chong’s killing intent blazed uncontrollably inside—they could not quell it!
If Xu Yang didn’t die, continued to grow, he’d become even more terrifying!
He must be killed before he fully matures!
Otherwise, he would become their nightmare!
At this moment, the two suddenly met eyes; never was their resolve to kill stronger!
And onstage, the third battle had already begun!
Middle Stage of Yang Realm!
Xu Yang clashed hard for three moves, finally feeling a trace of pressure!
With Cangxu Divine Eyes, every attack was under his control!
"Spirit Lock Seal!"
Bam!
The Cyan Gang Sect true disciple’s strength grew chaotic, forced back in disarray!
Xu Yang seized the opening, pressing in with both fists, True Essence surging madly—like rotten wood broken by a force, he drove his foe to the arena’s edge!
At the final moment, Xu Yang grabbed the Demon Dragon Saber and slashed down with one stroke!
Boom!
The third match was over!
The whole process took less than half a quarter-hour!
Deathly silence spread...
Xu Yang narrowed his eyes, staring at the air before him in suspicion and surprise.
Hua!
A shimmer of spirit light wavered.
Then, a grayish-white leaf appeared out of thin air, floating before him!
"Is this the opportunity gained by passing the Prodigy Battle Arena?"
Xu Yang raised his brows slightly, reaching to take the leaf.
Inside, a mysterious and unique ripple was concealed—even Xu Yang couldn’t instantly discern its use.
He only felt that a single touch stirred a sense of soul-wrenching dread!
Buzz!!
A thread of enlightenment surged in.
Xu Yang’s heart jolted, his eyes flashing in shock.
"This is a Hun Tian Spirit Tree Leaf!"
"It allows one to enter a state of epiphany, for up to seven days and nights!"
"Among those whose spiritual radiance is brightest during the epiphany, the top seven will gain the right to challenge the Cyan Gang Sect’s Saint Heir!"
Xu Yang jerked his head up, eyes alight as he gazed at the seven towering battle arenas in the distance!
In this instant, all stray thoughts were cast aside!
There was only one desire—to be among the seven, to face the Saint Heir!
He wanted to see his mother with his own eyes!
For as long as he could remember, the only impression his mother ever left him was a single painting!
That painting had been destroyed by Zheng Ming!
He’d never even truly set eyes upon it!
Xu Yang clenched his fist, his body flickering as he left the arena and came to stand beneath the seven towering battle stages.
Then, he sat cross-legged, pressing the Hun Tian Spirit Leaf to his brow!
Buzz!!
The Spirit Leaf glowed, grayish-white radiance seeping out like mist and gradually enveloping him!
All outside was shut out in this moment!
In a daze, Xu Yang saw a dozen or so balls of light floating before his eyes!
These light clusters felt deeply familiar to him!
"These are all the martial arts Divine Techniques I have cultivated!"
"There’s the World-Ending Saber, Dragon and Snake Saber!"
"And the Lock God Seal, Heaven-locking Seal—so dim they’re nearly untraceable. Looks like not even the Hun Tian Spirit Leaf can let me master them while in epiphany!"
The Heaven-locking Seal’s core lay in cultivation power!
At least Myriad Phenomena Realm level was needed!
He swept his gaze, quickly reaching a decision!
The key to qualifying to challenge the Saint Heir was in the radiance unleashed by one’s epiphany—the more astonishing the Divine Technique, the brighter the radiance!
So many prodigies—Tuoba Hongyu, Tuoba Dajiang, Helan Xing and those Barbarians, possess the Barbarian God’s inheritance!
And Zheng Qi, Chen Chong and other prodigies from Wuhou Hall, King Beixuan’s mansion, and even the Zhang Family, aren’t ordinary either—their means are astonishing!
If he wanted to stand out, it had to be by choosing the strongest!
Which to choose? The answer was obvious!
