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“Arrogant!”

A cold shout rang out.

It came from a young man of the Shadow Blade Sect. His black hair flowed freely, and his tall, slender frame was accompanied by a pitch-black long blade in his hand.

Clang!

A brilliant blade light slashed forth.

The blade light surged like a long river, rolling onward as if splitting heaven and earth, its might terrifying to behold.

With the green-robed man and the Shadow Blade Sect disciple taking the lead, the others hesitated only briefly before also making their moves.

In an instant, countless martial techniques lit up the sky, dazzling in their magnificence.

Each of the individuals present was no match for Li Xun alone, but they were eager to gauge the gap between themselves and him.

Now was the perfect opportunity!

“System,”

Li Xun stood firmly on the ground, his hair whipping in the wind as he watched the myriad martial techniques rushing toward him. His heart remained as calm as still water. In his mind, he swiftly commanded, “Claim my reward!”

Since entering the Phoenix Origin Secret Realm, he had earned numerous rewards that he had yet to claim.

Originally, he had planned to claim them all after leaving the secret realm, but the current situation was different. Even he dared not be careless.

If he wanted to decisively and efficiently defeat everyone, he needed to push his strength one step further.

If he remembered correctly, when he invested in Jiang Jue before, he had received twenty years of cultivation.

In the past, twenty years of cultivation would allow him to break through several realms. However, that was no longer the case; at most, it could raise him by a single minor realm.

Yet in a critical moment like this, even a minor realm could make a significant difference!

In his mind, as the words fell, a radiant divine light burst forth from Li Xun’s body. His cultivation, originally at the mid-stage of the Profound Elixir Realm, surged like a rising tide, advancing instantly to the late-stage of the Profound Elixir Realm!

At this moment, every inch of Li Xun’s body gleamed brilliantly, radiating boundless spiritual energy. Around him, golden blood energy transformed into blazing suns, stirring up tidal waves of unparalleled magnitude!

“Rise.”

With a soft exclamation, divine brilliance shone from Li Xun’s eyes. He reached out, grasping the shaft of his halberd as boundless spiritual energy surged forth. The earth beneath him was utterly overturned.

Boom!

A section of the ground nearly a thousand meters wide erupted upward, soaring high into the heavens like a massive mountain. The scene was as if the world itself had been flipped upside down.

This left many witnesses utterly speechless with shock.

“Th-this…”

Spectators from afar stuttered, struggling to find their words.

For a piece of the earth to be forcibly overturned—what kind of monstrous strength was this?

It would require at least millions of pounds of force, if not tens of millions, to achieve such a feat.

In their eyes, even juvenile true dragons or divine phoenixes likely couldn’t display such terrifying strength. The combat power Li Xun exhibited had already surpassed the realm of ordinary geniuses.

Boom!

The mountain-sized chunk of earth collided with the incoming martial techniques in the sky, unleashing a deafening roar. Lights from various abilities, mixed with shattered rocks, scattered in all directions.

Li Xun, bathed in divine radiance, resembled a god descending to earth. His demeanor was majestic, as if he ruled over mountains and rivers. The halberd in his hand roared like a tidal wave, seemingly capable of annihilating all creation.

Bang!

A single sweep of his halberd sent two figures reeling. Their bodies trembled violently as if struck by a massive blow, and they were flung a thousand meters away, coughing up blood.

“Late-stage Profound Elixir Realm!”

The two geniuses crashed onto a hillside. Just as they struggled to their feet, another mouthful of blood spewed forth, staining the ground beneath them.

Their faces turned grim.

They hadn’t anticipated that Li Xun had been concealing his true strength all along.

When fighting the green-robed man earlier, he had only displayed mid-stage Profound Elixir Realm cultivation. But now, in an instant, he had revealed late-stage Profound Elixir Realm power, catching them completely off guard.

“We can’t continue. Fighting any further would be courting death!”

A nearby genius shook his head lightly, his face pale, his heart filled with retreating thoughts. After all, they had no deep-seated enmity with Li Xun. There was no need to battle to the death.

Just moments ago, their confrontation with Li Xun was merely because they’d been tricked by a mysterious figure.

Now, Li Xun had protected the woman, and realizing they were no match for him, they could only back down and let the matter slide for the day.

“Late-stage Profound Elixir Realm! You’re at the late-stage of the Profound Elixir Realm!!”

The green-robed man rasped in disbelief, his voice tinged with shock as he noticed the difference in Li Xun’s cultivation from earlier.

His greatest confidence in fighting Li Xun had been his advantage of being a minor realm higher. Yet now, even that slight edge had completely vanished.

“Surprised, are you?”

Li Xun soared into the sky like a dragon, his energy surging violently. The azure  halberd in his hand transformed into an azure dragon, twisting and sweeping through the air, releasing a fierce and oppressive aura that enveloped heaven and earth.

“Even if I can’t kill you today, once we leave the Phoenix Origin Secret Realm, your death will be inevitable!”

Upon realizing Li Xun’s late-stage Profound Elixir Realm strength, the green-robed man understood he was no match for him.

Still, he struck back in fury, hurling a massive seal from his hand. The seal, majestic and mountain-like, collided head-on with the azure dragon. The clash sent powerful shockwaves rippling in all directions.

The expressions of the surrounding sect prodigies changed dramatically.

Among them, Zheng Chuan was the most terrified. His cultivation was the weakest—only at the early-stage Profound Elixir Realm. Although he had a few life-saving items, they were all stored in his storage ring, which had long been taken by Li Xun.

Now, he had neither strength nor weapons. While he could follow along as a bystander, encountering such devastating shockwaves spelled disaster.

Pfft!

A mouthful of blood spurted out as Zheng Chuan’s arm was reduced to a bloody mist by the residual force. Half his body was nearly shattered, and he fell to the ground, wailing in pain.

“You think too far ahead. Today, you will be the one to die with no place to bury your corpse!”

Li Xun spoke coldly, his gaze fixed on the seal suspended in mid-air. Retracting his azure dragon halberd, he switched to his Six Path Heaven Tyrant Fist and delivered a direct punch.

Previously, when Ning Cheng’s defensive spiritual treasure had been destroyed, Li Xun had felt some regret.

The green-robed man’s seal was a mid-grade spiritual treasure. If it were also destroyed by the halberd, the loss would be immense.

Bang!

The heavy punch landed squarely, dimming the light of the seal and significantly reducing its size from its mountain-like form.

Pfft!

The green-robed man spat blood.

As the seal was his bound spiritual treasure, its damage caused his soul to suffer as well, leaving him visibly weakened.

“Li Xun, you dare!?” he shouted in anger and panic. From Li Xun’s movements, he quickly deduced his intentions.

“I dare.”

Li Xun responded indifferently, pressing his advantage. After knocking aside the green-robed man’s two attendants, he unleashed a series of punches.

The seal’s radiance extinguished entirely, shrinking to the size of a fist before plummeting to the ground.

Clatter!

Before the seal could touch the ground, Li Xun caught it. With a casual flip of his hand, he stored it directly into his storage ring.