Translator: CinderTL
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Powerful auras erupted, rapidly closing in.
Several black-clad experts surrounded the area, each radiating immense power.
The leader among them emanated an overwhelming, terrifying aura.
"This is bad!" Song Xuan's face paled as she glared at the leader. "It's Yan Ya—peak sixth-tier!"
Although everyone's realm was unified at the early-stage seventh breakthrough within the civilization ruins, their initial combat power still determined their maximum potential.
Song Xuan's initial combat power was only at the early-stage sixth breakthrough.
Facing Yan Ya, whose initial combat power was at the peak sixth-tier, she was at a significant disadvantage.
Not to mention the other powerful experts encircling them.
"Jiang Ye, run!" Song Xuan telepathically urged, already shifting her form to attempt a breakthrough.
"Hmph!"
A cold snort echoed through the air. "Trying to escape now? Isn't it a little late?"
Whoosh!
Yan Ya, the leader, took a single step forward, unleashing his overwhelming aura. He instantly teleported before Song Xuan, moving more than twice as fast.
This was the overwhelming difference in fundamental combat power!
Even being in the same realm couldn't bridge the gap.
"Hand over the civilization fire and withdraw from the tournament," Yan Ya said calmly, his hands clasped behind his back. "I'll spare your lives."
"Hahaha."
"Song Xuan, you're not the only one with teammates," the black-clad youth who had spoken earlier laughed loudly. "You and your teammate should obediently hand over the civilization fire."
"Damn it," Song Xuan thought, despair washing over her as she watched the scene unfold.
They had only just entered the Great Stellar War—was she already going to have to give up?
Handing over the civilization fire meant immediate elimination.
She wouldn't mind being eliminated herself.
But the real problem was that she had dragged Jiang Ye into this.
"I shouldn't have asked Jiang Ye for help. I've put him in danger," Song Xuan thought, her heart filled with regret.
Just as Song Xuan was drowning in remorse, a calm voice suddenly cut through the air.
"There are five of you. Hand over the civilization fire," Jiang Ye said casually. "I might let you leave."
Silence!
Absolute silence!
Everyone, including Song Xuan, stared at Jiang Ye in disbelief.
Has this guy gone mad?
Does he even realize what he's saying?
"You're Jiang Ye, right?" Yan Ya narrowed his eyes. "Daring to challenge Transcendent Aptitude to a duel... you certainly have some courage."
"Too bad your strength falls short."
As his words faded, a thunderous explosion erupted from the spot where Yan Ya stood.
He had transformed into a blur, his long blade flashing as he unleashed a torrent of terrifying sword strikes, each aimed relentlessly at Jiang Ye.
"Little whelp, withstand three of my strikes, and I'll spare your life!" Yan Ya's icy voice echoed.
As a peak sixth-tier expert, he saw Jiang Ye as nothing more than a bold junior. Even though their realms were now equal, Yan Ya remained utterly confident in his ability to annihilate his opponent instantly.
"Kill!" Yan Ya roared.
Whoosh! Countless sword beams danced through the air, descending upon Jiang Ye like a storm. Each strike sliced through the void, leaving visible rifts in its wake.
Void Rifts!
A seventh breakthrough realm expert could truly cleave the void, a power far beyond mere void traces. Any peak sixth-tier cultivator facing such might would inevitably meet their demise.
Whoosh!
Beneath the storm of sword beams, Jiang Ye suddenly moved. Gripping his long spear, he executed a single, sweeping strike.
Whoosh! Boom!
The spear arced through the air in a dazzling arc, cleaving through the overwhelming saber light like a tide parting before a blade.
Spear Art Divine Resonance: Annihilation!
Whoosh! Silently, the countless saber flashes unleashed by Yan Ya vanished as if swept away by an invisible hand, dissolving into nothingness.
"What?"
"How is his strength even possible?" Yan Ya, who had been charging toward Jiang Ye, was stunned.
The saber strike he had just executed might have seemed casual, but it was actually his second most powerful saber technique, second only to his ultimate move!
And Jiang Ye had shattered it with a single spear thrust?
"He shattered Brother Yan Ya's ultimate saber technique with a single spear strike?"
"Isn't Jiang Ye only at the fifth breakthrough?" The other black-clad experts were equally astonished. "How can his strength be so terrifying?"
Though it was only a brief exchange, Jiang Ye's power had already exceeded all expectations.
"Kill!" Jiang Ye gripped the Black Divine Spear, swinging it again. The spear tip traced an arc through the air, piercing directly toward Yan Ya.
Boom! Even before the spear's energy arrived, the surrounding void shattered.
Where the spear passed, the void split like the sea, unleashing a white shockwave that surged thousands of meters high.
Its destructive power was utterly devastating!
"It seems I'll have to show you my true power to take you down," Yan Ya said, his voice ice-cold.
Though surprised by Jiang Ye's strength, he remained confident.
Yan Ya knew his greatest advantage: his initial combat power.
The higher one's initial combat power, the greater their ability to unlock the full potential of the seventh breakthrough realm after unifying their realm at that level.
"I was already at the peak of the sixth breakthrough realm, so my mastery of the seventh breakthrough realm far surpasses that of someone who reached it from the fifth breakthrough," Yan Ya declared, his battle intent soaring. "Boy, I'll show you the true power of a seventh breakthrough realm expert!"
Boom!
Yan Ya's aura erupted, sending invisible shockwaves rippling outward.
In the next instant, his body rapidly expanded, swelling to over ten meters tall in the blink of an eye. He transformed into a colossal giant, radiating an overwhelming presence.
This was the most iconic technique of a seventh breakthrough realm expert: the Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestation!
Yet this technique was beyond the reach of Song Xuan and the other black-clad experts.
The Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestation required profound comprehension of the mysteries of heaven and earth, as well as the support of one's true realm.
Though Song Xuan and the others had reached the seventh breakthrough realm, their low initial realms prevented them from mastering this technique. As a result, they could hardly be considered true seventh breakthrough realm experts.
Yan Ya, however, was different.
Yan Ya, already a peak sixth-tier expert, had mastered this formidable technique in an astonishingly short time after unifying his realm into the seventh breakthrough.
Of course, his Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestation still fell short of that of a true seventh breakthrough expert.
Yet compared to Song Xuan and the others, it was more than enough to establish a crushing advantage.
Though it takes time to describe, all this unfolded in the blink of an eye.
"Die, boy!" Yan Ya roared, his towering, ten-meter-tall form charging directly toward Jiang Ye.
An overwhelming aura swept across the battlefield.
The two collided head-on.
BOOM!
The cataclysmic impact unleashed a terrifying shockwave that surged outward like a tsunami, pulverizing the ground for dozens of kilometers in every direction.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Jiang Ye, gripping the Black Divine Spear, retreated several dozen meters.
Yan Ya, however, was sent flying backward hundreds of meters before barely managing to regain his footing.
"What?!"
"Yan Ya used the Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestation, yet Jiang Ye still suppressed him?"
"How is this possible?" The other black-clad experts stared in disbelief.
Jiang Ye retreated several dozen meters, while Yan Ya was hurled back hundreds.
The disparity in their strength was undeniable.
(End of the Chapter)
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