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Inside the post station room, Blood Heartless was utterly shocked.
How could there be a martial artist in the border wasteland?
Moreover, this young martial artist seemed to be amiss!
He was about to leave the post station and head towards the nearby city, seeking a blood sacrifice to recover from his injuries.
Suddenly, he sensed a powerful presence rushing down the official road. The exuberance of this energy’s blood force shocked him.
“A martial artist from the Inner Domain pursued me here?”
No! It’s wrong, why is there such a terrifying surge of blood energy.”
Blood Heartless was startled. With a sudden move, he retreated back into the post station.
This powerful presence was too unrestrained and too overwhelming. Moreover, the strength of its vitality was downright petrifying!
How could there be such terrifyingly vital beings in the world?
“If I could devour his vitality, wouldn’t 1 instantly recover from my injuries, perhaps even enhance my powers?”
The more Blood Heartless thought about it, the more excited he became.
“The border wasteland, where the Heavenly Earth Lingji was annihilated, should not be home to any martial artists. However, neither should the Inner Domain harbor any martial artists with this horrifying blood energy, not even a Great Grandmaster would have such vigorous vitality.”
The more Blood Heartless thought, the more perplexed he became.
“Could it be that martial arts can be practiced in the border wasteland?”
“No, absolutely impossible!”
As Xu Yan entered the post station, even though he stopped deploying his movement techniques and retracting his vitality, Blood Heartless could still sense the massive vitality within Xu Yan’s body due to his acute sensitivity to blood energy.
The more he sensed, the more shocked he was.
“Is this vitality? It feels different, and why is there a sensation of blazing fire? It’s as though it’s immense and inexhaustible, it can’t be vitality, can it?”
Questions filled Blood Heartless’s mind.
“By killing him, 1 can feel it. If 1 can devour his vitality, not only will I recover from my injuries, but my foundation will be more solid, and 1 might even break through!”
Blood Heartless’s eyes were full of bloodthirsty light.
With a flick of his finger, the Blood Vampiric Silk shot out towards Xu Yan’s heart.
The moment he made his move, he saw the youth strike out with his palm. Accompanied by a thunderous sound, a giant red dragon, with an unimaginable force roared forward.
“What cultivation technique is this!”
Blood Heartless’ face horribly paled.
Boom!
The room collapsed, debris flew around, and Xu Yan pushed out another palm, and a red dragon descended from the sky.
The domineering force of the Descending Dragon Palm directly evaporated the Blood Vampiric Silk. Xu Yan, however, had a serious expression and his eyes held some confusion.
As he looked at Blood Heartless, who had soared into the air to evade the attack, he was utterly shocked.
“An Innate Realm martial artist? Is that True Qi?”
That cold silk line seemed to be condensed from True Qi.
“No! That’s not right, True Qi isn’t that weak!”
“The Innate Realm shouldn’t be so weak either, what’s going on with him?”
Xu Yan was filled with questions too.
As Blood Heartless stared at Xu Yan, the more he observed, the more he was shocked!
“A martial artist! He really is a martial artist!”
“Came from the Inner Domain in pursuit? No! That’s not right, if he were a martial artist from the Inner Domain, he would have already known it’s me.”
Blood Heartless dismissed the idea that this was a martial artist from the Inner Domain.
Clearly, this youth was a martial artist from the border wasteland!
“Is he a third-tier martial artist? No, he’s stronger than a third-tier martial artist. Second-tier? That’s also wrong, he’s not a second-tier martial artist either. A first-tier martial artist?”
“Such a young first-tier martial artist?”
“Something is wrong, what type of martial artist is this? Even a first-tier martial artist should not be this strong!”
While Blood Heartless was in shock, he was also full of doubts.
“Vitality as strong as Gang Qi? What type of martial artist is this, what martial art, what cultivation technique? First-tier martial artists refine their Gang Qi, but it’s not as vast and domineering, not as powerful.
“Why does it feel kind of like a Qi refining Grandmaster?”
“But, his technique doesn’t feel like the inner Qi of a Grandmaster. It seems to be just vitality. Why would the vitality be so strong?”
Blood Heartless felt like his head was a mess.
What the heck is going on?”
Xu Yan was equally dumbfounded. Blood Heartless exuded a cold aura, that powerful force seemed to be True Qi, but it was weaker than True Qi and lacked the strength of Innate True Qi.
However, the opponent was actually able to fly, which was something only those in the Innate Realm could achieve.
If he is in the Innate Realm, why is he so weak?”
“Could it be because the cultivation technique I practiced is too strong?”
Xu Yan fell into deep thought.
“That’s not right either. Why do I feel that his physical strength is not high? It seems like his martial arts foundation is not solid, and it seems like he has never cultivated vitality?”
“How peculiar, is he truly an Innate Realm Martial Artist?
“He doesn’t seem to be a good person, be careful!”
Blood and qi roused, an enormous dragon coiled around him. Another hovered above his head, and yet another stood ready to strike at his sides.
Facing a powerful enemy, Xu Yan dared not be negligent.
Seeing the monstrous surge of blood and qi, as intense as fire, gave Blood No Heart an intense sense of threat but also stirred his desire.
Instinct suggested that if he could consume his opponent’s blood and qi, he could not only heal his injury but also enhance his strength!
A glimmer of bloodlust flashed in his eyes.
His already pale face turned even more ghastly. A chill spread around him, a frigid shroud that enveloped his entire body.
Sliding out from his robe, an elongated blade radiating an icy ominous light.
Xu Yan’s gaze sharpened on sensing the threat emanating from his opponent’s blade.
“It’s a divine blade!”
This blade resembled the sword he had obtained from the royal treasury of Qi Country. Its composition was hardly of simple steel.
“I didn’t bring my sword!”
Xu Yan tensed slightly.
“Once 1 get back, 1’11 learn swordsmanship!”
He resolved in his mind to seek his master’s guidance on this aspect once he returned.
Buzz!
With the long blade in Blood No Heart’s hand, a dull hum emitted as the blade surged with cold energy. Around the blade, strands of fine threads floated, resembling long needles.
“Attack first to gain the upper hand!”
Upon witnessing this, Xu Yan pushed his palms forward. With a thunderous sound, the Descending Dragon Palm Technique violently blasted out.
With a cold look in his eyes, Blood No Heart swung his blade.
The icy blade aura, carrying strands of thin threads, was inexplicably fierce, it directly shattered the force of the Descending Dragon Palm Technique.
Boom!
Blade aura streaked across the air as the freezing atmosphere spread out and the temperature instantly plummeted.
Xu Yan swung both of his hands, executing the Descending Dragon Palm Technique. In an instant, nine dragons swept across from all directions towards Blood No Heart. His alarming blood and qi resembled a blazing flame.
Under his searing blood and qi, the frosty aura was immediately evaporated.
“I must not let this child live!
Blood No Heart’s heart turned murderous. His opponent’s burning blood qi could suppress his Inner Qi, this caused his power to fall over two-tenths.
If it wasn’t for his superior realm, he would have been completely overwhelmed in equal standing.
At this moment, the blade light sweeps across, the fine threads like spider silk constantly coiling around to form a massive net.
Boom!
Nine enormous dragons swept across in all directions towards Blood No Heart. The domineering palm’s force layered on top of one another, appearing infinite. However, the blade aura from Blood No Heart seemed even more sinister and fierce.
With every strike, blades shattered the dragons. His figure darted around, continuously pressing closer.
The battle had turned the whole area into ruins.
So strong!”
Xu Yan tensed inwardly. The opponent’s blade technique was ruthless, and his blade aura had managed to break his Descending Dragon Palm Technique. Regardless, he did not step back instead he braced himself ecstatically.
Eventually, he had encountered a worthy adversary.
He could finally fully engage in a battle!
Against the God’s Might Army, he still couldn’t cut loose.
Now, he finally could!
A Martial Artist lives to battle!
With the surging blood and qi, the force of his Descending Dragon Palm Technique grew even stronger. With a thunderous sound, the tenth dragon emerged to further enhance its impact.
“Why do 1 get the feeling he’s not that powerful? An Innate Realm Martial Artist shouldn’t be this weak.”
Even though his opponent currently had the upper hand, Xu Yan was neither panicked nor confused but rather felt a sense of curiosity.
The opponent was definitely too weak. He lacked the strength befitting of an Innate Realm Martial Artist.
If his blood and qi had been at their peak, he would definitely have defeated his adversary!
The battle left Blood No Heart increasingly alarmed. Although he had the upper hand, defeating Xu Yan proved to be an immensely challenging task.
That dragon-shaped palm technique was incredibly domineering and blazing.
Moreover, the palm technique could change its attack pattern. What initially seemed to be a dragon head attack turned, at mid-air, into a tail slap!
What kind of technique could do that?
“Something’s off. What kind of Cultivation Technique is he practicing? Judging by his condition, he seems like a first-class martial artist? But no first-class martial artist holds this kind of strength or possesses such overpowering force!”
Blood No Heart took a deep breath. He must finish this fight quickly!
Executing a strike with his blade, countless blood-sucking filaments continuously entangled the dragons, obstructing their flexibility and speed, and stopping the dragons’ attack speed.
With his body soaring, at the moment Xu Yan executed his Descending Dragon Palm Technique, revealing a flaw, he launched himself into the air and thrust his blade down from mid-air!
