Chapter 257: Being Mortal

A powerful energy undulation seeped out of the golden spacetime tunnel, and a young man walked out of the spacetime tunnel under everyone’s gazes.

The young man was wearing a cotton robe with clear and sharp facial features. He stood up straight as if nothing could make him bend. His eyes were shining beneath his lush eyebrows, and his lips were curled up into a smile.

He was radiating a mad and sinister vibe.

“Yong Qi!” the Divine Spirits exclaimed. The crowd erupted into murmurs upon hearing his name.

Yong Qi was ranked third on the True Martial List, and he was the youngest Time Immortal Realm cultivator the True Universe had seen in the past thousand years.

He became a Time Immortal Realm cultivator when he was just seventeen years old, and he was bestowed the Great Sovereign title at eighteen years of age. In other words, he was the youngest Time Immortal Realm cultivator and holder of the Great Sovereign title that the True Universe had seen in the past three thousand years.

Understandably, the Divine Spirits were thrilled to see Yong Qi.

The Divine Spirits were frustrated because they hadn’t won even a single match since the fights started, and they felt especially suffocated whenever Ye Guan was fighting one of their own.

Ye Guan was just too strong, and he was also a hooligan, frustrating the Divine Spirits to no end.

Honestly, they wanted to make the top three listers on the True Martial List fight, but the others on the list didn’t like the idea. They were all prideful cultivators of the True Universe, so who among them wouldn’t want to fight for their universe?

Fortunately, Ruler An took the words out of their mouths. Otherwise, they would have had no choice but to send their people to their deaths.

Mu Niannian abruptly appeared next to An Nanjing. She looked down at Yong Qi and said, “It’s going to be a difficult fight.”

An Nanjing nodded in agreement.

Mu Niannian continued. “This batch of young talents from the True Universe are extraordinary.”

An Nanjing’s gaze quietly landed on Ye Guan, and her eyes were shining with worry.

At the moment, Ye Guan and Ye Qing were the only ones strong enough to fight the younger generation of the True Universe. In other words, the Guanxuan Universe’s younger generation was indeed too weak compared to the True Universe’s.

Yong Qi walked until he was about a hundred meters away from Ye Guan. He stared deeply at Ye Guan, but he didn’t bother talking as he lifted his hand and punched out.

Rumble!

Yong Qi’s punch seemed to contain a cataclysmic might that sent ripples throughout a kilometer of spacetime around him.

Ye Guan felt like a small boat in the middle of giant waves, but his expression was calm as he thrust his sword forward.

His sword move contained the combined power of forty-five swords!

Ye Guan’s limit was forty-five swords, but his sword move couldn’t be underestimated, as it was enhanced by the Invincible Sword Intent and the Invincible Sword Soul.

Neither of the two decided to test the waters—they immediately went all-out.

A dazzling sword light bloomed at the tip of Ye Guan’s sword.

Boom!

Ye Guan was sent flying at least a few hundred meters away, but Yong Qi remained unmoving.

The denizens of the Guanxuan Universe looked somber. He’s that strong?

Meanwhile, the Divine Spirits erupted into raucous cheers. It was their first time seeing Ye Guan being dominated in a fight, and they felt like their pent-up frustration was finally released, causing them to cheer to no end.

Ye Guan looked down at his arm; it had gone numb from the collision just now.

How terrifying…

Ye Guan’s sword move just now contained the power of forty-five swords, and it had also been enhanced by his Invincible Sword Intent and Invincible Sword Soul, yet his sword move actually failed to match up to his opponent’s attack.

“Again!” Yong Qi shouted before sending out another punch. It was a simple punch, but the power it held distorted the surrounding spacetime.

The onlookers were already more than ten kilometers away, but they still retreated in a hurry. The powerful undulations radiating from Yong Qi’s fist gripped their hearts with a sense of trepidation, making them feel breathless.

Ye Guan stared calmly at the oncoming punch before stepping out.

Boom!

A loud explosion echoed as Ye Guan circulated the full extent of his power as a Great Sword Sovereign to perform another sword move. It was the same sword move earlier, but it was enhanced by not just his Invincible Sword Intent and Invincible Sword Soul but by his Great Sword Sovereign sword force as well!

Boom!

Ye Guan’s attack collided with Yong Qi’s fist, and the spacetime around them briefly turned illusory. The surrounding spacetime failed to withstand their power and was obliterated before it was quickly restored by the Heavenly Dao.

However, it seemed that Yong Qi was dissatisfied as he clenched his fist once more and sent another punch.

Rumble!

An indescribably powerful energy wrapped his fist, but the spacetime around Yong Qi abruptly collapsed. Ye Guan was blasted at least a few kilometers away, and when he stopped, he was shocked to find the spacetime in front of him pulsing and twisting into strange shapes.

“Mortal[1] Fist Force!" someone exclaimed, sending the crowd into an uproar.

The denizens of the Guanxuan Universe stared at Yong Qi in disbelief.

He had actually cultivated his fist until it reached the Mortal Fist Realm.

It had to be known that there was an incomparably massive chasm between the Mortal Realms and the realms beneath them, so no one would have thought that Yong Qi had already reached the Mortal Fist Realm.

The expressions of the Guanxuan Universe’s denizens turned ugly.

Meanwhile, the Divine Spirits erupted into cheers. They all believed that there was no way Yong Qi could possibly lose against Ye Guan. It wouldn’t make sense for Yong Qi to lose when his cultivation base and fist cultivation base were higher than Ye Guan's cultivation base and sword cultivation base.

Ye Guan looked down at his sword force and chuckled. His enemy had completely dominated his sword force, and he found it so absurd that he couldn’t help but laugh.

The Divine Spirits frowned upon seeing Ye Guan laugh. Why is this guy laughing? Does he still have a trump card?

A Divine Spirit with a spear in hand sneered, “It’s funny how you’re laughing in the face of death. It seems that the Guanxuan Universe isn’t anything special.”

“Shut up!” A man in white glared at the Divine Spirit holding a spear and said, “You speak as if you can do what he has done! What? Want to have a go at it?”

Everyone rolled their eyes at the Divine Spirit holding a spear.

They weren’t stupid enough to keep underestimating Ye Guan after what he had done over the past few matches. Honestly, if Ye Guan were a denizen of the True Universe, he would have definitely become a part of the True Martial List.

Only fools would mock those stronger than them…

The expression of the Divine Spirit holding a spear turned ugly when he realized that even his fellow Divine Spirits were staring at him with disgusted gazes.

The man in white glared coldly at him and said, “Even Yong Qi doesn’t dare to underestimate Ye Guan, so who are you to look down on him? I don’t think he can beat Yong Qi, but he can definitely beat you up like you’re his grandson.”

The man in white turned to look at Ye Guan and muttered, “He’s extremely talented, and he’s going to become a massive headache to the True Universe if he were allowed to grow any further.”

The Divine Spirits went silent.

The True Universe was the hegemon of the All Worlds and the other universes, but it had never dared to underestimate the Guanxuan Universe. After all, the Sword Master had once fought his way into the True Universe.

In addition, the Guanxuan Universe was the only place that the True Universe had never truly conquered!

Meanwhile, Ye Guan chuckled and exclaimed, “Let me see just how powerful you are with your Mortal Fist!”

Swoosh!

Ye Guan abruptly vanished, and a sword light streaked across the air.

Yong Qi’s eyes narrowed. He stepped out and threw a punch.

Boom!

A tidal wave of overwhelming force swept across the battlefield, and the entire Xuzhen World itself seemed to tremble as it loomed over Ye Guan.

Crackle!

The sword light shattered, and Ye Guan was sent flying at least a kilometer away.

However, Ye Guan disappeared as soon as he regained his footing.

The onlookers blinked once, and they found a dazzling sword light not too far away from Yong Qi.

Yong Qi threw another punch, shattering the sword light and blasting Ye Guan away.

However, there was a change on the battlefield as Yong Qi chased after Ye Guan in mid-air and sent a punch toward the latter.

Ye Guan twisted and adjusted his position in mid-air before swinging his sword with his waist in a sword thrust. It was a haphazardly executed sword move, but it still contained the power of forty-five swords, and it sent ripples throughout the surrounding spacetime.

𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Yong Qi’s punch shattered Ye Guan’s sword made out of sword energy, blasting Ye Guan a kilometer away.

Yong Qi chased after Ye Guan once more. This time, a powerful fist force formed a vortex that converged on his hand. His figure turned blurry, and he reappeared not too far away from Ye Guan.

Ye Guan remained calm in the face of the oncoming punch. He raised his sword and thrust forward.

Kaboom!

There were no surprises.

The sword light shattered, and Ye Guan was sent flying once again.

The denizens of the Guanxuan Universe were anxious.

It was their first time seeing Ye Guan being dominated by his opponent.

Yong Qi was so strong that it seemed like Ye Guan was stuck in a quagmire.

Was he really going to lose?

Everyone’s eyes were fixed on Ye Guan.

They didn’t want to admit it, but Ye Guan was the only one who could fight the young talents of the True Universe. Ye Guan’s defeat would put the lives of the Guanxuan Universe’s younger generation in danger.

Ye Guan was their most powerful and only fighter. They would all die if he ended up losing because none of them were strong enough to fight the Divine Spirits. How about asking the older generation of the Guanxuan Universe for help?

It was impossible. The Guanxuan Universe’s younger generation would never be able to lift their heads again if they were forced to do such a thing.

Simply put, Ye Guan’s death also meant the death of an entire generation. The younger generation of the Guanxuan Universe would lose all their backbone and motivation. In other words, the Guanxuan Universe itself was in peril.

Nalan Jia clenched her fists as Ye Guan was sent flying by his opponent again and again.

Meanwhile, the Divine Spirits cheered at the exciting sight. Ye Guan was the Guanxuan Universe’s most powerful young talent. Despair would fill the hearts of the Guanxuan Universe's younger generation once Ye Guan was dead.

By then, they would be like lambs at the slaughterhouse.

Ye Guan had to die today!

Boom!

All of a sudden, a loud explosion rocked the Xuzhen Battlefield. Ye Guan flew at least a kilometer away, and blood spurted out of his mouth as if it were an arrow that had just been let go.

Ye Guan’s fleshly body was mangled, and he was drenched in his own blood.

Yong Qi stepped forward. This time, he used all his might for his next punch.

Rumble!

The heavens and the earth themselves seemed to groan as Yong Qi’s punch tore through the air. The punch contained a cataclysmic might that made Ye Guan feel as if a mountain was falling down toward him at breakneck speeds.

The spacetime around Yong Qi twisted and distorted violently as the punch made a beeline for Ye Guan.

However, Ye Guan didn’t retreat before the terrifying might of Yong Qi’s punch. Instead, he closed his eyes and examined the power of the oncoming fist. Moments later, he grinned and muttered, “So this is what being mortal means...”

Ye Guan bravely stepped forward.

Boom!

A horrifying sword force burst out of him. A sword manifested in the blink of an eye, and Ye Guan immediately thrust it toward Yong Qi’s fist.

Boom!

The sword and the fist collided, but the sword didn’t shatter.

It seemed undisturbed as it rushed toward Yong Qi.

The onlookers were beyond stupefied.

Mortal Sword Realm!

The entire battlefield went quiet; it was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

1. Similar to the Mortal Sword Realm. I guess it’s not swordsman-exclusive ☜