Chapter 1157: I Have Three Great Regrets

Chapter 1158: Single-Horse Charge, Bandit-Devouring Overlord Body

Xiang Bei was arrogant, but he wouldn't truly look down on the Qi prodigies.

Any prodigy who could represent an overlord nation in battle couldn't possibly be weak.

So, even though he had struck Bai Yuxia to the brink of death with just three punches, when facing the Qi prodigy, he immediately unleashed his ultimate move and initiated a Soul War.

Born with the double-pupil anomaly, his control over soul power far surpassed ordinary people. He also possessed the legacy of the Xiang clan, a famous family from the Chu Kingdom. Even at the Inner Mansion level, he had prematurely mastered many soul-killing techniques.

Within the same realm, he had never encountered a cultivator who could contend with him on the soul level.

He had once wanted to try Dou Zhao's Soul Decay Style, but alas, by the time he perfected it, Dou Zhao, who was invincible among the Inner Mansion cultivators in Chu, had already entered the Outer Tower realm.

Hence, he missed the opportunity.

But in Chu, whether it was Zuo Guangshu from the Zuo clan, or Chu Yuzhi, a military man whose surname was the nation's name, they were all his defeated opponents.

Only Qu Shunhua from the Qu clan could cause some trouble, but it was merely trouble, not a threat.

Later, he also tested the Soul Decay Style against Dou Mian, who had also obtained the Battle Golden Body and mastered the Seven Battle Styles. He could only say it was unworthy of its reputation!

Many in Chu believed that despite being the foremost Inner Mansion cultivator in the Chu Kingdom, he didn't possess the dominance that Dou Zhao had at the Inner Mansion level, and couldn't compare to Zuo Guanglie, who became the champion of the Yellow River Meet at the age of fifteen.

But in his opinion, that was only because soul-level confrontations were not easily discernable in their might.

Often, a single step was the difference between life and death.

Of course, on the Guanhai Stage yesterday, Dou Zhao's Soul Decay Style, with a single strike, shattered Gan Chang'an's Spirit Roam. This made him re-evaluate the power of this technique. Even Gan Chang'an's Spirit Roam demonstrated a soul power that surpassed his own.

But when he also reached the Outer Tower and established his Four Saint Towers, his soul power would likewise be incomparable to what it was now.

The double-pupil anomaly, being a natural phenomenon, could be considered an innate divine ability, born connected to the First Inner Mansion. As his age and cultivation increased, it would directly manifest as a divine ability seed within the First Inner Mansion.

Or perhaps, it was the external manifestation of a divine ability seed itself.

It was a divine ability possessed by those with exceptional talent from birth.

Cultivators with innate anomalies, from the Soaring Dragon to the Inner Mansion, had no obstacles. Even before the great reform of the cultivation path, they were beings who directly eyed the "Divine Ability Realm," truly geniuses among geniuses.

Throughout history, there have been three types of double-pupil anomalies recorded in historical texts.

One is called, Heaven's Transverse Dual Suns.

One is called, Sun and Moon Aligned in Heaven.

One is called, Heavenly Dog Devouring the Sun!

Their outward manifestations were: dual round pupils side by side, complementary round and crescent pupils, and nested large and small round pupils. ∞, o), ◎.

Among these three double-pupil anomalies, the Heaven's Transverse Dual Suns anomaly had the most exquisite control over soul power, and its soul power was naturally doubled compared to ordinary people.

The double-pupil anomaly Xiang Bei possessed was precisely the Heaven's Transverse Dual Suns!

The longer he cultivated and the higher his realm, the greater the gap between his soul power and that of ordinary cultivators.

Regarding his own soul power, Xiang Bei naturally had absolute confidence.

And his decision to abandon tentative physical combat and immediately invade the Tongtian Palace, initiating a Soul War, was precisely his recognition of the importance of the overlord nation's prodigy.

As strong nations of the world, respecting Qi was respecting Chu, and valuing his opponent was valuing himself.

As for the prodigies outside the overlord nations, they naturally couldn't be considered opponents.

Within Xiang Bei's Heaven's Transverse Dual Suns double-pupil anomaly, a scroll instantly unfolded.

Vast, ancient, seemingly filled with the clang of weapons, the neighing of warhorses, and the rain of arrows, charged with murderous intent.

This was a secret of the Xiang clan that was not passed down, a soul-slaying secret art, Lone Rider Enters the Formation Diagram!

The first thing that appeared on this scroll was the "battlefield environment."

Every detail of the scenery within the "scroll" was lifelike.

One could see surging waves on a vast, solitary island, where a great dragon was coiled.

This "great dragon" was exceptionally well-nourished, radiating faint divine might, its scales and horns gleaming.

This was the foundation of the human body, the basis of the extraordinary.

It was the Tongtian Palace externalized by the Qi prodigy!

And Xiang Bei's own figure, mounted on a solitary steed and holding a halberd, also stepped onto this scroll.

The person was a manifestation of his soul, and the black steed beneath him was also formed by soul power. Only the halberd in his hand, named World-Overthrowing, was real.

It was the weapon of the famous general Xiang Longxiang.

In the Battle of the Valley, Xiang Longxiang, as the commander of the Chu army, died within the army. His body was trampled by ten thousand horses, and his head was hung in Xianyang.

His lifelong glory was shattered.

Only this famous weapon of the world was sent back by him before his death, bequeathed to the Xiang clan's unicorn child.

Apart from Xiang Bei, no second person could wield it.

At this moment, with the Halberd Spirit of the World-Overthrowing halberd manifested, Xiang Bei, riding the black steed, charged into the formation alone!

The horse trampled the green waves, leaping onto the solitary island. The manifested soul form was still fierce and valiant. Xiang Bei urged his horse forward, raised his halberd high, and struck down directly at that great dragon!

The Tongtian Palace's exclusion of foreign entities was instinctive. It was like a small world, naturally protecting itself and expelling external forces.

If the Tongtian Palace were compared to a city, it generally didn't prohibit the entry and exit of Dao Yuan force, soul force... all kinds of forces. "Guards" would only check briefly and usually let them through.

Because the Tongtian Palace was constantly transporting force, it was the source of human body's power and the basis of the extraordinary. Prohibiting the entry and exit of force was like crippling oneself.

If we use this analogy,

Jiang Wang's soul-hiding snake's invasion was like an assassin lurking, disguised as a "commoner," mixing into the city, and then revealing its ferocious appearance.

And the Xiang clan's Lone Rider Enters the Formation Diagram was about connecting two Tongtian Palaces and launching a direct assault!

The secret method of the Lone Rider Enters the Formation Diagram, in a sense, constructed an attack channel, making a frontal assault possible.

The difficulty of breaking into the Tongtian Palace with these two methods was incomparable.

The effects they could achieve were naturally vastly different.

An assassin lurking into the city could at most cause some chaos and be suppressed with a flick of a wrist.

A large army attacking and breaking a city, however, was to destroy the city and the nation, to change the sun and moon!

At this moment, Xiang Bei, relying on the Lone Rider Enters the Formation Diagram, was at the gates of the Tongtian Palace.

The Qi prodigy's Tongtian Palace defense was considered tough, but it was only that.

Under the gaze of the double-pupil anomaly, the weak points were completely visible.

The horse arrived and the halberd followed. He directly destroyed it with a single strike and leaped into it on his horse.

A lone rider breaking an enemy city!

Due to the effect of the Lone Rider Enters the Formation Diagram's secret technique, when he broke into the formation, he had already begun to compete for power directly with the original owner of the Tongtian Palace.

It was like after a large army captured an enemy city, the order of that city had to be redefined. It depended on the outcome of the street fighting.

In other words, the Tongtian Palace's protection of the original owner and repulsion of invaders had been reduced to the weakest degree!

All that remained was for him to kill the enemy general and plunder the enemy city!

The offense and defense of the Tongtian Palace could be likened to a siege battle in reality, but they couldn't be completely interchanged. For example, no matter when, the Tongtian Palace was always repelling invaders and protecting the original owner. This was not the case in a realistic siege battle, where the foundation collapses when the city is broken.

The reason why Xiang Bei could achieve this, capable of weakening the Tongtian Palace's repulsion of invaders, was due to the power of the soul-slaying technique, Lone Rider Enters the Formation Diagram.

The secret truyền thừa of the Xiang clan was naturally extraordinary.

Inner Mansion cultivators almost never experienced a battle for the Tongtian Palace.

Among the opponents encountered by this level of extraordinary cultivators, same-realm cultivators basically couldn't invade the Tongtian Palace and compete for its power. As for cultivators who could do so, they didn't need to take this risk; there were many simpler ways to kill their opponents without having to forcefully weaken themselves and fight within the opponent's Tongtian Palace.

The Great Chu Xiang clan's Lone Rider Enters the Formation Diagram was also never something an Inner Mansion cultivator could master.

Only Xiang Bei was an exception.

And since he cultivated this technique, he had never encountered any obstacle. Even renowned clan disciples like Dou Mian, when their Tongtian Palace sovereignty was lost, were at a loss and utterly defeated by him!

How could there be any accident today?

Entering the enemy city with a single halberd and a single horse, what he saw was naturally different.

This was an ancient, rugged, and vast Tongtian Palace.

It wasn't delicate or complex, but it had an ancient aura and a vast world.

Xiang Bei rode his horse in and looked up to see—

Nine starry Dao Vortices, like a galaxy, hung high in the dome, slowly rotating. Starry ribbons, deep and distant, dreamlike and ethereal.

Full and smooth Dao Yuan were occasionally spewed out by the Dao Vortices, scattering into the world, filling the power reserves of this Tongtian Palace.

A giant python, long and with dense scales, entwined with scattered starlight, was half-hanging in one of the starry Dao Vortices, as if it was wearing a ring of starlight.

And the python's head hung down, a pair of indifferent vertical eyes looking down at him.

On the head of this star-entwined python stood a young man in a green robe with flowing ribbons, holding a manifested sword spirit, his head held high and his back straight, his eyes calm.

Regarding this power struggle for the Tongtian Palace, this person was unexpectedly so composed!

Through the Lone Rider Enters the Formation Diagram, Xiang Bei could clearly feel the counter-attacking force continuously emanating from this Tongtian Palace.

Every aspect of the response was orderly. It was like a famous general of the world, sitting in the city. Although the city gates had been broken, he organized one defensive line after another, counter-attacking with composure.

Where was there any trace of panic or confusion?

With the power of his Heaven's Transverse Dual Suns double-pupil anomaly, and leveraging a top-tier soul-slaying technique like the Lone Rider Enters the Formation Diagram, he couldn't gain even a sliver of power. He could only barely ensure that he wasn't too suppressed.

What Xiang Bei didn't know was this:

Regarding the matter of contending for Tongtian Palace authority, Jiang Wang was so familiar with it that he would never forget.

He had contended with heart demons, which cultivators feared upon hearing about them, and with Zhuang Chengqian, a living legend who could deceive gods and trick ghosts, and it was a life-and-death struggle!

Furthermore, if he hadn't deliberately opened the "city gates" wide, relying on his exceptionally profound soul power, repeatedly enhanced by the Red Makeup Mirror, which was equivalent to heavily garrisoning a formidable city, how could Xiang Bei have so easily "broken through"?

Opening the gates to welcome the enemy was naturally for...

Closing the gates and beating the dog!

At this moment, Jiang Wang stood on the Star-Entwined Python, at the dome.

Xiang Bei sat on the black steed, on the ground.

The two of them were one high and one low in the Tongtian Palace, their eyes meeting.

There was no dialogue.

The soul was the most dangerous battle.

In a single thought, a thousand twists and turns.

In the outside world, it was only a blink of an eye, but at the soul level, it was said that life and death had already been decided.

Xiang Bei urged his warhorse forward, its hooves like ascending steps.

Clip-clop, clip-clop, stepping on air, moving upward.

From bottom to top, launching a charge.

With only one person and one halberd, he seemed to possess the might of a thousand troops charging forward!

And Jiang Wang pressed his hand on his long sword, watching with cold eyes, neither avoiding nor retreating.

Xiang Bei gazed at this Qi prodigy, seeing no trace of wavering or terror in those clean and calm eyes.

The black warhorse condensed from soul secret technique was, in a sense, usurping the authority of the Dao Meridian True Spirit within this Tongtian Palace. He could clearly sense the star-entwined giant python, whose vertical pupils already showed signs of agitation. However, under the suppression of the Tongtian Palace master, it remained motionless.

Everything he saw undoubtedly indicated that the enemy had a counter-move!

But Xiang Bei not only didn't retreat, he even urged the black steed to accelerate.

Once a charge was launched on the battlefield, there was no turning back.

Counter-moves would be broken, and traps would be flattened.

If a thousand armies lay in ambush, he would simply shatter them!

He had already charged halfway and had absolute confidence in his soul combat power.

And facing him, whose momentum was surging again, there were still no ripples in Jiang Wang's eyes!

Although his eyes were calm, Xiang Bei suddenly felt that the end of his charge had turned into a volcano!

That monstrously immense soul power, which was so vast it was difficult to conceal his surprise, erupted from his opponent's proudly standing soul form!

This power...

This vast soul power, like a deep sea!

It came crushing down, covering the sky and earth.

Half of it was in the sky, flying as soul flame sparrows.

Half of it was on the ground, swimming as soul-hiding snakes.

The soul flame sparrows chirped and flew, and the soul-hiding snakes hissed and swam.

In an instant, Xiang Bei was trapped in a heavy siege!

Charging into the formation alone, he indeed entered the formation!

But this time, it wouldn't be so easy to break out of the formation.

It was simply unimaginable that an Inner Mansion cultivator could possess such a powerful soul force!

His Xiang Bei was proficient in various soul-slaying techniques, and his soul power was naturally extraordinary, often twice that of his opponents. But compared to Jiang Wang, it was completely not on the same level. Even in terms of quality, the other party was not inferior at all!

Perhaps on the soul level, his only advantage was that his control over soul power was far more exquisite than his opponent's. If both sides were to engage in a direct battle, he might not have been without a chance of victory.

But at this moment, he was in his opponent's Tongtian Palace!

Although the Lone Rider Enters the Formation Diagram resisted most of the Tongtian Palace's suppression, it also tied up a large part of his soul power.

To use a war analogy, it was like he had led a thousand elite soldiers into the city, but needed at least two hundred warriors to hold the city gates. However, in the city... there were tens of thousands of fierce soldiers waiting, whose combat power was not inferior at all.

His soul-slaying technique could be compared to exquisite military tactics, but with such a vast difference in power, why would the other party need military tactics!

A swarm of attacks was enough to overwhelm him!

In fact, Jiang Wang was doing exactly that.

In Xiang Bei's double-pupil vision, Jiang Wang's existence was completely invisible. The entire space he could see and feel was filled with the overwhelming soul flame sparrows and soul-hiding snakes.

He prided himself on his courage, wielding a World-Overthrowing halberd, killing throughout the south and north, yet he could not kill them all, could not sever them all.

There was simply no need for any techniques. With such a powerful soul force as backing, it was absolutely impossible for his Xiang Bei to capture this Tongtian Palace!

Perhaps after reaching the Outer Tower, the power of the dual-sun transversal heaven double-pupil anomaly would surge again, capable of breaking through such a situation. But at the Inner Mansion realm, his strength was insufficient!

He could not hold on for long!

Xiang Bei quickly made a decision. The Heaven's Transverse Dual Suns double-pupil anomaly rotated in his eyes, and the Lone Rider Enters the Formation Diagram, which had been spread out for a long time, quickly "rolled up."

His figure, along with his halberd, began to peel away from this scroll.

The battle was unfavorable, retreat!

But at this moment, Jiang Wang, who had been standing motionlessly on the head of the star-entwined python, suddenly took a step forward.

The previous moment he stood like a sheer cliff and green pine, this moment he moved like a startled bowstring!

He stepped down from the high altitude, and his sword was drawn with a clang!

From top to bottom, a horizontal cut.

A horizontal line divided the heaven and earth.

This was a sword style that integrated the ten years of hiding his blade for one kill by Chaoyu.

Its name was, "Ten Years of Wretchedness, Life and Death Entwined with Hatred!"

A single sword strike cut across the Lone Rider Enters the Formation Diagram.

The horizontal line fell on the scroll, like a child's clumsy brushstroke, carelessly and easily staining the painting.

Rip!

Such a sharp, painful sound rang out at the soul level.

The entire "Lone Rider Enters the Formation Diagram" was cut in two!

The ancient and meticulous scroll was divided into two halves. One half showed Xiang Bei's figure holding the halberd and riding his horse, floating out of the Tongtian Palace. The other half showed the scenery of the Tongtian Palace, which fell into the swarm of hiding snakes and flame sparrows, instantly torn and swallowed completely!

This entire soul battle that took place within the Tongtian Palace was so fierce and perilous. However, in the outside world, only a few breaths had passed.

In the eyes of the onlookers, they only saw that as soon as Yu Xi announced the start of the eight-to-four battle, the surrounding performance stages were already filled with roars and intense fighting. But the prodigies of Qi and Chu seemed to be frozen.

Xiang Bei and Jiang Wang stood on either side.

Stunned for a few breaths.

Although this pause was brief, for such prodigies, it was enough to decide life and death several times!

Why?

Those who could come to the Guanhai Stage to observe the ceremony wouldn't have too low of a perspective. Even if they weren't clear, they would understand after hearing someone else explain.

The Inner Mansion realm prodigies of Qi and Chu were actually fighting on the soul level!

And the initiator of this soul battle was clearly Xiang Bei.

This was a confrontation that was extremely rare even at the Outer Tower level.

Xiang Bei, still at the Inner Mansion level, dared to invade his opponent's Tongtian Palace. And he could actually fight strongly within his opponent's Tongtian Palace!

Were there still any obstacles to the Divine Manifestation realm for him?

He was a truly peerless prodigy!

Most people present could not perceive the battle at the soul level. Furthermore, Xiang Bei had already penetrated deep into Jiang Wang's Tongtian Palace, and the battle happening within the Tongtian Palace was even less likely to be observed by outsiders.

But fortunately, the few breaths of time that seemed to be in a daze quickly ended.

Many people were still speculating whether Xiang Bei would be the one to finish his battle the fastest in the eight-to-four battle.

Even those who had more confidence in Jiang Wang before the battle began couldn't help but worry, worried about how much disadvantage Jiang Wang would suffer in this round of confrontation.

After all, the double-pupil anomaly was rare in ancient and modern times, a pair of eyes that were paramount in controlling the soul.

Ye Lingxiao glanced seemingly unintentionally and found that his daughter had unconsciously clenched her hands.

He pursed his lips and didn't speak.

However, in just over two breaths, less than three breaths later, the onlookers already saw—

The tall and burly Xiang Bei retreated three steps, his double-pupil eyes tightly closed, blood dripping from the corners of his eyes like tears.

And the green-robed Jiang Wang stepped forward, Long Xiangsi unsheathing with a clang!

In the battle at the soul level, Xiang Bei, who was born with the Heaven's Transverse Dual Suns double-pupil anomaly, and Xiang Bei, who could launch a strong attack on his opponent's Tongtian Palace at the Inner Mansion level, was actually the one who was defeated!

This was simply astonishing!

The cry of Long Xiangsi was like a dragon's roar, like the whistling wind, like gold and jade, with a metallic clang.

This was the first time Long Xiangsi was unsheathed on the Guanhai Stage.

It seemed determined to let everyone hear its voice and see its sharpness!

The young man in the green robe who charged forward with his sword was high-spirited, confident, and full of vitality!

He had a smile on his face and light on his body.

A youthful and reckless sword strike cleaved the distance on the performance ground, cutting through all tangible or intangible obstacles. It was the courage of a newborn calf not fearing tigers or leopards, it was the joy of a young man in his prime!

This was the sublimation of the youthful and reckless sword style.

Observing the sword to gain the sword, observing the person to gain oneself.

This sword strike was a head-on charge!

It could absolutely not be stopped, and it would absolutely not turn back.

Everyone who saw this sword could feel its resolve, experience its power, and understand Jiang Qingyang's confidence.

Xiang Bei couldn't see it.

He kept his eyes tightly closed, using a secret technique to nourish his heavily injured eyes.

Under the enhancement of the Heaven's Transverse Dual Suns double-pupil anomaly, his soul-level battles were always victorious, making him underestimate the heroes of the world. He had never considered the possibility of defeat at the soul level. In fact, he had indeed never lost a soul battle.

Today was the first taste of defeat.

And he was almost surrounded and killed in the Tongtian Palace!

Soul-level confrontations often happened in an instant. He presumed that even True Monarch Yu Xi would have to be extra careful to save the life of the loser.

Of course, the concept of time was not the same for Inner Mansion cultivators and Dao Evolution experts.

But whether Yu Xi could make it in time or not, he almost lost!

Nearly being defeated in a single exchange, this was the price he paid for his arrogance!

The price was more than that. Half of the Lone Rider Enters the Formation Diagram was forcefully severed. To repair it, it would take at least a year of hard work.

In the battles that followed, it was impossible to use it again.

Of course, he would no longer enter Jiang Wang's Tongtian Palace to court death.

At this moment, blood flowed from the corners of his eyes.

He closed his eyes and perceived this battle from another angle, another level.

Jiang Wang of Qi's sword strike gave him a familiar feeling. His mind moved slightly, and he immediately connected it to the battle between the Mu Kingdom prodigy and the Wei Kingdom prodigy in the Outer Tower realm.

This triumphant sword strike fully conveyed its meaning.

In his mind, a scroll slowly unfolded.

On the scroll was precisely a young man in a green robe, triumphantly wielding his sword.

Front view, side view, front view, back view, top view, bottom view...

Every angle appeared on the scroll.

One after another Jiang Wangs.

The Xiang clan's secret truyền thừa, Dragon Demon Battle Diagram!

Used for assisting in combat, allowing one to grasp enemy situations and anticipate the enemy's moves.

Xiang Bei, with his eyes tightly closed, stretched out his large hand.

The physical body of the World-Overthrowing halberd appeared in his hand, gripped tightly.

Black smoke climbed across his face.

The blood flowing from the corners of his eyes, and even his entire eyes, were covered by black ghost patterns.

His muscles bulged violently, tearing open half of his martial attire.

His upper body was bare, terrifying muscles knotted together, blue veins bulging like dragons and snakes.

He was already eight feet tall and majestic, now his entire body grew to twelve feet.

Black smoke lingered around his body, intermittently visible.

A terrifying aura instantly intimidated the entire field.

Divine Ability, Devour the Thief Overlord Body!

The human body has seven souls, and the fourth soul, Devour the Thief, is also the Soul of Strength!

Manifesting this divine ability greatly weakens all negative effects, including injuries, restraints, poison, illness, pain... and simultaneously grants infinite strength.

It is called, "Inner thieves do not die, outer thieves do not invade."

It is a top-tier offensive divine ability.

All this sounded slow, but it happened in an instant.

Xiang Bei retreated from the soul battle, and Jiang Wang immediately attacked with the youthful sword style that had recently been sublimated. It was a case of striking while the iron was hot, pursuing relentlessly, and leaving no room for escape.

And Xiang Bei immediately unfurled the Dragon Demon Battle Diagram and manifested the Devour the Thief Overlord Body.

The World-Overthrowing halberd rose like a giant dragon, like a high wall rising from flat ground, like a high mountain emerging from a plain. It stood firmly before him!

The Xiang clan's inherited technique, Eight Wastelands Returnless Halberd.

This halberd technique was once on par with the karmic blade technique. Historically, they had clashed several times, with no clear victor.

The triumphant sword strike was unstoppable, yet this halberd precisely blocked the triumph!

The tip of Long Xiangsi's sword reached the halberd surface.

After a metallic clang, the scene was still for a moment!

The World-Overthrowing halberd was a square-sky halberd, meaning it had crescent-shaped blades on both sides.

In everyone's view, the massive halberd surface of the World-Overthrowing halberd blocked across. It blocked before Xiang Bei's imposing face, and the snow-white sword body of Long Xiangsi was precisely pointed at one of the halberd blades.

This interception seemed effortlessly executed, reaching the peak of perfection.

But only Xiang Bei knew how powerful Jiang Wang's sword strike truly was.

He had manifested the Devour the Thief Overlord Body, and used the soul secret technique Dragon Demon Battle Diagram to assist in capturing the opportunity.

Yet he could only block it with the Eight Wastelands Returnless Halberd technique when the sword point reached his face.

However, while the process wasn't simple, blocking was blocking.

Even when defeated in the soul battle and severely injured, he could still strike later and defend against this sword strike without any damage. This indicated that at least at this moment, facing this sword, he held an overwhelming advantage!

Chong Xuanzun, who was watching from outside the arena, seemed to have just recovered from a serious injury, unable to bear it for long, and leaned back slightly.

He was not surprised that Jiang Wang was able to turn the tables in the soul battle.

He had long known that Jiang Wang's soul was extraordinarily strong. Fighting in his own Tongtian Palace, it was absolutely impossible for him to lose to any opponent in the same realm. Xiang Bei's rash intrusion into Jiang Wang's Tongtian Palace could only result in him reaping what he sowed.

But Xiang Bei's effortless halberd strike also made him unable to ignore it.

The world should know today that the Great Chu Empire's powerful killing techniques were not only the Seven Battle Styles, but also this Eight Wastelands Returnless Halberd technique.

Especially this man Xiang Bei, where was there any sign of injury now?

He was clearly severely injured, yet he could still perform at his peak. This was truly a strong person who had experienced life and death.

The performance of both sides.

Made him very much look forward to the subsequent development!

At this moment, Xiang Bei, who had manifested the Devour the Thief Overlord Body, enveloped in black smoke, and reaching a height of twelve feet, was simply like a god or a demon.

Jiang Wang, in his green robe with a vertical sword, appeared so thin and vulnerable in comparison.

But Long Xiangsi...

Forward!

The tip of the sword pointed at the lower crescent blade of the World-Overthrowing halberd, pushing it to deflect inwards, with its sharp edge facing Xiang Bei's face.

This was a difficult forward movement, the sword momentum was still pressing forward.

But Xiang Bei opened his eyes.

Surrounded by black ghost patterns, his Heaven's Transverse Dual Suns double-pupil anomaly appeared even more mysterious and unfathomable.

He glanced at Jiang Wang indifferently, his heavily muscled right hand just lightly twisted.

The halberd blade of the World-Overthrowing halberd suddenly bounced back and straightened!

A huge and terrifying force counter-attacked Long Xiangsi, and Jiang Wang, along with his sword, was sent flying several zhang away!

That was the sound of Xiang Bei's foot stepping on the ground.

He stomped on the performance ground, creating a muffled thud like a heavy drum. The next moment, he had already caught up with Jiang Wang, raising his halberd high, and chopping down with a single strike!

In mid-air, a cyan cloud mark flashed and disappeared. Jiang Wang was clearly still flying backward, but he moved as if on flat ground, turning lightly to make the halberd strike miss.

Then he turned around and slashed horizontally!

This sword was too beautiful.

Too潇洒!

Before the terrifying heavy halberd, he was as graceful as an immortal. Like a unrestrained and eccentric scholar, drunk and splashing ink with his brush.

With just one stroke, it was a horizontal line.

The Human Dao sword style, Famous Scholar Down and Out!

Ten years of wretchedness, entangling life and death with hatred.

The sword strike that severed the Lone Rider Enters the Formation Diagram in the Tongtian Palace reappeared on the field!

Xiang Bei's halberd strike missed. He immediately released his left hand, gripped the halberd tail with his right hand, held the halberd body upside down, and simply stood it upright in front of him!

And it blocked this sword strike!

This alone was naturally not enough. It could block the sword body, but it couldn't block the sword momentum and sword intent.

So, the roaring black smoke surged within the World-Overthrowing halberd, and terrifying halberd intent erupted.

Flipping his right hand, gripping with his left, the World-Overthrowing halberd spun a large circle in the air, and suddenly roared out with infinite killing intent!

Eight Wastelands Returnless Halberd, Western Extreme Style!

The phantom of a fierce white tiger flashed and disappeared. The World-Overthrowing halberd roared and charged directly at Jiang Wang's face!

Including Xiang Bei himself, everyone was waiting for Jiang Wang's reaction.

And Jiang Wang seemed as if he was scared silly. At this moment, he retreated, returning his sword to its sheath!

Two figures, one high and one low, flew rapidly in the air.

One advanced, one retreated.

One held a halberd and chopped angrily, the other returned his sword to its sheath.

One was surrounded by black smoke, like a god or a demon, the other was composed in his green robe, walking with ease.

Only the wind whistled!

"What does he want to do? Is he holding back?" Someone in the Qi spectator team asked.

This person was a distant relative of the Cao family, who had specially come to the Guanhai Stage to observe the ceremony. Aside from a few battles, he was not familiar enough with Jiang Wang.

Of course, he also had high hopes for his country's prodigy's victory, but at this moment, this Jiang Qingyang seemed to be intentionally holding back!

He couldn't understand.

Facing this halberd strike, he should never retreat!

This didn't conform to his choices, so he even said such a hurtful thing as "holding back"!

What kind of occasion was the Yellow River Meet? Who would dare to disregard national dignity and hold back on the Guanhai Stage?

Some people are just like this, their minds are too impoverished to have the ability to think. As long as they don't see what they want, they just blurt out "holding back." But it's also difficult to distinguish whether such people are foolish or wicked.

Chong Xuan Sheng said calmly, "You don't need to ask what Jiang Qingyang wants to do. In battle, he is always doing the right thing."

He turned his head and looked at this person: "What's your name?"

Foolishness should be cursed, wickedness should be killed!

That person was speechless, not daring to speak.

Li Longchuan's voice rang out at this moment, but it was much colder and shorter: "Divine ability."

It was an explanation for others who were also puzzled.

With his Candle-Eye ability, he could easily see details that ordinary people couldn't.

Including the... faintly trembling fire essence around Jiang Wang at this moment!

And for Jiang Wang, who was stepping on cyan clouds and retreating rapidly, he naturally never had the intention of abandoning the battle, nor the act of flinching.

Among all the Human Dao sword styles, the sublimated Famous Scholar sword and Youthful sword are now the two with the strongest killing power.

One sword horizontal slash, one sword straight thrust.

One sword is filled with wretchedness, desolation, and hatred, the other is youthful and reckless, with life's triumphs.

One sword is the momentum of dividing life and death, the other is the momentum of being unstoppable.

These two styles were almost not at a disadvantage before the Eight Wastelands Returnless Halberd, a top-tier halberd technique. Or to be precise, in Jiang Wang's hands, they could contend with the Eight Wastelands Returnless Halberd technique in the hands of a prodigy like Xiang Bei.

He unleashed the peak of the Human Dao sword style, but Xiang Bei failed to truly demonstrate the complete Eight Wastelands Returnless Halberd.

But this was already a great achievement, indicating that the Human Dao sword art already had the potential to become a top-tier sword art!

But it temporarily stopped here.

Facing the Eight Wastelands Returnless Halberd driven by the Devour the Thief Overlord Body, the current Human Dao sword styles could not continue to support.

A sword like Long Xiangsi was not meant to be smashed against a heavy halberd like World-Overthrowing.

So Jiang Wang returned his sword to its sheath, concealing his intent in his heart.

He retreated five zhang with the Cloud-Stepping Immortal technique.

Xiang Bei's Western Extreme Halberd also pursued for five zhang.

This was a five-zhang distance filled with crisis.

One's momentum was waning, the other's was waxing.

The battle seemed to have reached its end, and the great halberd was almost in his face.

Eight Wastelands and Six Directions, reaching the Western Extreme.

And Jiang Wang opened his mouth and spurted!

This was a scene of brilliant wonder.

A crimson seed bloomed with beautiful flame flowers.

Chirp, chirp, chirp!