Chapter 397 - 396: Ascending to a Higher Level
Within the Seven Peaks.
Wang Huang, Lü Xin, Muh Qing, and the others were gathered, their gazes fixed on the sky above, their expressions grave. They hadn’t expected Qin Ya’s succession as Peak Master to draw out Leng Qiushan. At the same time, they were utterly shaken by Qin Ya’s strength!
He had defeated a Celestial Human Perfection expert with a single blow.
He had beaten and even shattered the Dharma Aspect of Ling Zhan, one of the peak’s three great prodigies.
And now, he was even holding his own against a Master of One Peak for so long.
At this point, any doubts they or the other Peak Masters had about Qin Ya’s ability to serve as the Master of Seven Peaks had completely vanished. All that remained was awe!
Awe for his transcendent strength and terrifying Talent.
High in the sky, the two men had condensed their powerful attacks to the absolute limit. A soaring War Intent suddenly erupted from their eyes, and then, the energy exploded outward!
A Power of Nature that seemed to annihilate everything!
A Sharp Sword Qi that seemed to tear all asunder!
The moment the two attacks made contact, the wind stilled, and the clouds froze.
But an instant later, an incomparably brilliant light erupted. A storm-like Energy Aftermath swept across heaven and earth, striking fear into the very mountains and rivers!
Seeing this, the pupils of the spectating Martial Artists contracted as they shot backward! Those who couldn’t dodge in time were sent flying like kites with their strings cut, tossed away by the storm.
Even the mountain peak closest to their battle suffered immense devastation. Rocks shattered, vegetation was obliterated, and the very peak itself was pushed by the force.
Wang Huang, Muh Qing, and the others unleashed their True Essence to resist the terrifying Energy Aftermath. The surrounding earth and trees were torn from the ground, and pavilions collapsed one after another.
After the aftermath subsided, everyone was utterly stunned.
All they could see was a scene of devastation. The ground was scarred and battered as if it had suffered an apocalypse, pitted with craters and completely unrecognizable.
Everyone sucked in a cold breath, staring in disbelief at the two figures high in the sky. Their eyes held nothing but awe, and a sense of despair welled up in their hearts.
’Our Realms aren’t that different from theirs, but our combat power is worlds apart.’
Qin Ya’s face was slightly pale. He stared at Leng Qiushan not far away, a hint of admiration in his eyes. To date, Leng Qiushan was the only Celestial Human Martial Artist who had taken that move from him without using a Dharma Aspect. How could he not be surprised?
If he was surprised, Leng Qiushan was even more shocked.
’What terrifying Attack Power. To be able to unleash such frightening combat strength with only Sky-Controlling cultivation... In the entire history of Kunyun Palace, he is probably the only one.’
’My sword strike, unleashed with my full power at Celestial Human Realm Perfection and my mastery of the Mysteries at the Peak of Second Heaven, actually failed to defeat him. What a terrifying genius.’
’I am no match for such a peerless prodigy.’
Leng Qiushan sighed and said, "Qin Ya, I am not your equal."
Qin Ya was taken aback, not expecting Leng Qiushan to say such a thing.
"But, right now, I really want to know what you’re truly capable of!"
As he spoke, a sharp glint flashed in Leng Qiushan’s eyes. His tone was filled with intense curiosity—yes, he was incredibly curious. Curious about where Qin Ya’s limits lay.
"Dharma Aspect!!"
At this moment, Leng Qiushan was treating Qin Ya as the greatest enemy he had ever faced. A sharp edge appeared in his expression as endless Primordial Qi surged, condensing his Dharma Aspect!
His Dharma Aspect was a hundred zhang tall and completely golden. It radiated an indescribable sharpness, as if it were the summation of all Sword Artifacts in the world combined!
Qin Ya’s eyes narrowed slightly. With a low shout, the surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi suddenly erupted, surging and gathering. A silver-white Dharma Aspect, only eighteen zhang tall, instantly enveloped him. With a thought, a long spear appeared in the Dharma Aspect’s hand.
When the crowd saw this, shock washed over them like a tidal wave.
"A Dharma Aspect! He can actually condense a Dharma Aspect!"
"Heavens, condensing a Dharma Aspect in the Sky-Controlling Realm... what will he be like when he reaches the Celestial Human Realm?"
"This kid is just too strange. Throughout all of history, there have been very few peerless prodigies like him. He’s completely beyond our comprehension."
"At this point, I wouldn’t even be surprised if he did something else astonishing."
The crowd was aghast when Qin Ya unleashed his Dharma Aspect.
SWOOSH! With a sound of tearing air, Qin Ya’s figure vanished in an instant.
When he reappeared, he was already in front of Leng Qiushan’s Dharma Aspect. He raised his long spear, unleashing a tempestuous storm of spear shadows that blasted forward.
Qin Ya’s Dharma Aspect was only eighteen zhang tall. Facing Leng Qiushan’s hundred-zhang golden Dharma Aspect, it looked like a mere child. But the ferocity of its offense and the speed of its attack made Leng Qiushan not dare to be the slightest bit careless. He held his longsword, gave a low shout, and an endless torrent of Sharp Sword Qi erupted from his Dharma Aspect’s body!
The Sword Qi filled the sky, its power surpassing the spear shadows by a fair margin.
Seeing this, Qin Ya was unwilling to clash head-on and immediately retreated. At the same time, his Four Symbols Mysteries erupted, enhanced by the Mysteries of Destruction, and converged on his long spear, which he thrust out like a shooting star!
The long spear instantly crossed hundreds of zhang, striking Leng Qiushan’s Dharma Aspect. BOOM! Amidst the churning Qi Force, a huge hole was blasted clean through the Dharma Aspect. Leng Qiushan circulated his True Essence, trying to repair it, but wisps of Destruction aura lingered at the edge of the hole, actually preventing his True Essence from connecting with the Dharma Aspect.
"What tyrannical Mysteries."
Leng Qiushan grunted. His longsword slashed out, sending peerlessly powerful Sharp Sword Qi across the sky. Qin Ya’s figure flickered, instantly dodging it. At the same time, as his body moved at extreme speed, he created sixteen Illusions of himself that all attacked Leng Qiushan at once with a low shout!
’His speed is so fast it creates this many illusions?’
Leng Qiushan was rather astonished, but his True Essence erupted. He slashed out with his sword, and countless golden streams of Sword Qi burst forth from his Dharma Aspect, circling it like an impassable natural barrier. Qin Ya’s movements faltered for a moment, and the Illusions shattered!
In the instant he paused, the Sword Qi around the golden Dharma Aspect shot through the air like a Sword Rain. His figure flickered, moving like an elusive bolt of lightning in a downpour. His terrifying speed actually allowed him to dodge the Sword Qi.
"Your combat power is even higher than I imagined."
"Is this your limit?"
With Leng Qiushan’s low shout, a dazzling golden light erupted from the golden Dharma Aspect’s eyes. A brilliant golden beam of Sword Qi shot out from them. The Sword Qi was so fast that in a flash, it caught up to Qin Ya!
Qin Ya’s pupils shrank. He shot back explosively, but the golden Sword Qi still hit his shoulder. An arm was forcefully severed from his eighteen-zhang Dharma Aspect.
His figure flickered. Pushing past his limits, he broke through them again, forcefully creating twenty-four figures this time. He raised his long spear and thrust toward Leng Qiushan.
"It’s useless. It would be the same even if you had a hundred figures."
As he spoke, Sword Qi filled the air, circling him like a natural barrier.
But Qin Ya didn’t dodge or evade. Instead, the twenty-four figures merged into one in an instant. The long spear in his hand trembled and then smashed against the countless streams of Sword Qi. In a flash, it pierced through the layers of Sword Qi, thrusting forward unstoppably!
Leng Qiushan’s pupils contracted violently. Just now, in the instant the twenty-four figures merged, he felt an indescribable sharpness erupt from the long spear in Qin Ya’s hand. It was as if his own surrounding Sword Qi had been struck hundreds, even thousands, of times.
In an instant, the Sword Qi was broken!
Qin Ya’s mastery of the Mysterious Speed had actually risen to another level!