Chapter 561: One Attack, Astonishment On All Sides

The foot of Sumeru Mountain.

When Su Yi and his companions arrived, the entire ritual grounds were thrown into uproar.

Most were surprised; they wouldn’t have guessed that Su Yi would dare appear so openly. The way they saw it, this was no different from suicide!

When Li Handeng saw this, he couldn’t help but admire Su Yi’s courage.

“The Gathering Stars Realm? Hah, so, it turns out you’ve broken through.” Huan Shaoyou burst into brazen, unbridled,?ridiculing?laughter.

Mo Xingzhe, Qi Xiao, and the others discovered the change in Su Yi’s cultivation too, but they didn’t care.

The Origin Dao was, ultimately, different from the Spirit Dao.

After entering the Spirit Dao, both their strength and their mental state had changed. They no longer feared Su Yi as they had before.

Besides, there were nine Spiritual Manifestation cultivators in their camp, and all of them had extraordinary foundations and talent. They were far beyond the older generation of Spiritual Manifestation cultivators.

Thus, when they faced Su Yi now, they looked down on him from on high.

Despite all the eyes focused on him, Su Yi didn’t seem the least bit concerned. He stood there with his hands behind his back and swept his calm gaze across Huan Shaoyou and his companions. “How about we wait a while longer?”

The crowd was stunned, and a bit confused, too.

“Are you waiting for reinforcements?” Qi Xiao furrowed his brow.

“No,” corrected Su Yi. “I’m giving you an opportunity to find a few more reinforcements of your own. That way, when we fight, I can take you all down together.”

Following this declaration, the atmosphere instantly grew stifled and heavy.

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Neither Huan Shaoyou nor Chen Lu, nor any of their allies knew what to say to that.

Feng Zidu and his companions were watching from afar, and they too were struck dumb.

Zeng Pu burst into laughter, while?Chi?Jiansu was flabbergasted.

The corners of Gu Cangning’s lips twitched.?Just as I thought, he’s as conceited as ever. He hasn’t changed at all!

“Ha, haha, hahaha…” Huan Shaoyou reacted as if he’d heard the funniest joke in the world. He flung back his head and laughed so hard he almost cried.

Mo Xingzhe and the others laughed too.

The laughter and commotion dispersed the formerly stifled atmosphere.

It was obvious that Huan Shaoyou and his allies saw Su Yi’s words as a joke; they were utterly contemptuous and disdainful.

When Su Yi saw this, he turned to his companions. “Watch the battle from a distance. Once I’ve dealt with these eyesores, we can proceed to Sumeru Mountain.”

His companions nodded, then retreated far away.

When they saw this, the crowd suddenly realized that Su Yi was serious!

Huan Shaoyou and his allies’ smiles gradually faded. They frowned; Su Yi’s behavior was truly strange.

This guy… Where the hell is his confidence coming from!?

“Su Yi, don’t tell me you really think the nine of us Spiritual Manifestation cultivators combined are still no match for you?” Mo Xingzhe’s eyes flashed.

“If you think you can take me down, stop talking nonsense and get to it already,” Su Yi said flatly.

As he spoke, he walked toward the Platform of Heaven’s Ascension with his hands behind his back.

He was all alone, just one person, yet it was as if he didn’t even see Huan Shaoyou. That proud, aloof bearing bewildered the distant onlookers.

Where exactly did Su Yi get the confidence to provoke them like this?

“Qi Xiao, go test him out,” Mo Xingzhe ordered when he saw Su Yi step onto the platform.

“Okay!” The white-haired, ornate-robed Qi Xiao immediately stepped forth.

“Su Yi, hurry up and use your trump cards. Without them, at your cultivation, there’s no way you’ll be a match for me,” Qi Xiao said calmly. His robes billowed and his white hair fluttered around him. The aura of the Spiritual Manifestation Realm silently circulated and reached its peak state.

It was obvious that he attributed Su Yi’s confidence to some kind of extremely powerful killer weapon.

“Do I need my trump cards to squash an ant like you?” Su Yi laughed dryly and slapped the air.

Qi Xiao still had a calm smile on his face, but suddenly, his pupils constricted.

Bzzzz!

A sound like a millstone rumbled through the air, as if a god were pushing a giant wheel through the sky. A single clear palm imprint appeared overhead.

It looked little different from an ordinary hand, yet it seemed as if it had been forged from clear immortal gold. Wind and lightning surged on its surface, and it emanated a terrifying destructive aura. It was like the hand of a god.

The Great Nirvana Wind and Lightning Art!

This was a tyrannical Daoist inheritance. Only those who’d mastered the Dao Charm of Wind and Thunder could unleash its true power. In the past, Su Yi couldn’t use this technique, but it was different now. He’d mastered the Dao Charm of Lightning, and with his current attainments in the Grand Dao, he could already display the essence of this supreme legacy.

“What kind of bullshit technique is that? Have a look at my Void Burning Spirit Severing Saber!” Qi Xiao laughed coldly and reached for his back.

Clang!

A crimson saber jumped into his hand, and his aura transformed.

The Void Burning Spirit Severing Saber he cultivated was a matchless ancient legacy of the Dao of the Saber. It was the work of an Imperial Realm cultivator, and it was mystical and inscrutable. Within the Spirit Dao, it was a first-rate secret art!

Whoosh!

As soon as his saber entered his hand, Qi Xiao swung.

Blood-colored flames blazed on its crimson blade. Then, the entire saber transformed into a crimson dragon over a hundred feet long and manifested?of pure?saber qi. It had a terrifying imposing aura as it cleaved into Su Yi’s palm imprint.

“With that attack alone, Qi Xiao could make the world’s older generation Spiritual Manifestation cultivators lower their heads in shame!” Li Handeng narrowed his eyes.

In the current Azure Continent, due to the limits of their aptitude and foundations combined with the sparsity of the ambient spiritual energy, most Spiritual Manifestation Realm cultivators were merely mediocre.

They couldn’t even begin to compare to Qi Xiao, a monster of the ancient era with extraordinary talent and foundations.

Qi Xiao is already so strong, so how terrifying must Huan Shaoyou and Mo Xingzhe be??Quite a few of the onlookers’ hearts shook.

As Qi Xiao attacked and the aura of a Spiritual Manifestation Realm cultivator spread out around him, the onlookers couldn’t help but sweat on Su Yi’s behalf. They couldn’t even imagine how he would counter this.

“Break!” Qi Xiao’s white hair fluttered around him, and his eyes flashed like lightning. His entire being fused with his crimson saber qi, and he soared into the sky like a flood dragon ascending into the nine heavens.

Not bad, not bad. Qi Xiao isn’t taking his opponent lightly; he’s used his true killer move right from the start.?Mo Xingzhe nodded to himself.

The other monsters of the ancient era all looked eager. Scenes of Su Yi suppressed after just one attack floated into their mental seas.

However——

Su Yi looked utterly calm. He casually pressed downward.

Rumble!

Like a deity stretching out his hand to suppress the human world.

Immediately afterward, the Great Nirvana Wind and Lightning Art descended with unstoppable power, instantly slamming into the incoming slash.

The hundred-plus-foot-long streak of crimson saber qi burst apart and shattered like glass.

The palm imprint continued ahead, its power not reduced in the slightest, and sent both Qi Xiao and his saber flying on impact.

Bang!

Qi Xiao slammed into the dirt over one hundred feet away. Blood sprayed from his mouth and nose. The clothes covering his chest were in tatters, revealing the glittering silver heart-protecting mirror below.

There was now a palm imprint on the mirror’s surface. It was so detailed that even the lines of the palm’s fingerprints were clearly discernible.

The entire ritual grounds fell deathly silent.

Everyone, from Huan Shaoyou and his allies to the distant onlookers, was wide-eyed and tongue-tied.

Even Wen Xinzhao and Yue Shichan, who’d had enormous confidence in Su Yi, wouldn’t have guessed that a Spiritual Manifestation Realm monster of the ancient era like Qi Xiao would fail to block even a single palm strike! He’d been sent flying as easily as if he were a baby chicken!

“This…” Buddhist Son Chen Lu, Li Handeng, Yu Wenshu, Jiang Li, and the others’ pupils constricted.

Based on his cultivation technique, cultivation boundary, and foundations, the Spiritual Manifestation Realm Qi Xiao shouldn’t have lost so badly.

He was a top figure even among monsters of the ancient era. He might not be as heaven-defying as Huan Shaoyou and Mo Xingzhe, but he was already in the Spiritual Manifestation Realm, and he’d mastered an ancient secret art. His crimson saber was an ancient treasure that had been passed down for a long, long time. How could he have lost so badly?

“What a domineering attack!” exclaimed Zeng Pu.

Indeed, his eyes hadn’t mistaken him. Su Yi had obviously come prepared!

Chi Jiansu’s heart shook; this attack stunned her too.

He’d sent a Spiritual Manifestation Realm monster of the ancient era flying, and it looked no harder than turning over his hand. She couldn’t even imagine how the Gathering Stars Realm Su Yi had accomplished this.

Gu Cangning inwardly whooped for joy.?Fortunately, I refused Huan Shaoyou’s offer to join their alliance!

Off in the distance, Feng Zidu, Mei Yanbai, and the others’ minds buzzed. They stood there in a daze, rooted to the spot.

They suddenly realized just how fortunate they’d been to escape their encounter with Su Yi alive!

In short, Su Yi’s attack changed the entire situation. The way everyone looked at him changed too.

They now realized why Su Yi dared appear here on his own without fear of Huan Shaoyou and his alliance of nine Spiritual Manifestation cultivators!

It wasn’t that Su Yi was inhumanly gutsy, and it wasn’t because he’d mastered some mighty killer weapon.

It was because he was strong enough that he had no need to fear going to war with a group of Spiritual Manifestation Realm cultivators!

“You only just entered the Spiritual Manifestation Realm, and your cultivations have yet to truly stabilize, but you’re already in such a hurry to jump around? I’ve never seen someone so eager to get himself killed.” Su Yi shook his head.

Huan Shaoyou and the others hesitated, their expressions uncertain.

After just one attack, all of them could tell that even though they’d entered the Spiritual Manifestation Realm, they absolutely couldn’t afford to underestimate someone as heaven-defying as Su Yi.

As he spoke, Su Yi continued toward Huan Shaoyou and his companions. He said casually, “All of you, attack at once. Otherwise, killing you will be boring.”

It was just one sentence, but all of their expressions instantly turned unsightly.

“That so?” Huan Shaoyou snorted coldly, his qi booming around him. He raised his hand and took out a purple spiritual sword. Sharp light circulated around it.

Boom!

His energy exploded around him. Blood qi formed crimson dragons and circulated around his body, making his imposing aura limitlessly terrifying.

“Everyone, attack at once and hold nothing back. Let’s kill this bastard!” Huan Shaoyou said coldly.

His allies didn’t need the reminder. All of them immediately circulated their cultivations and took out their treasures.

Boom!

Up on the Platform of Heaven’s Ascension, the auras of nine Spiritual Manifestation Realm cultivators soared into the sky, blanketing heaven and earth and enveloping the entire ritual grounds. The wind and clouds shifted in response, and the air currents were thrown into chaos.

All of the terrifying murderous intent sweeping forward like waters at high tide was locked onto just one person: Su Yi.

Just like that, a grand battle broke out!