Chapter 378: Fledgling Dragon and Snake

Chapter 378: Chapter 378: Fledgling Dragon and Snake

Di Heng blasted Yi Xiaoyao away, severely injuring him with a single palm strike. But the cruel, triumphant look on his face lasted only for an instant before twisting into horror.

Because beneath his torn clothes, Yi Xiaoyao’s chest—which had just been seared and mangled by the flames—was already perfectly healed.

This was, of course, the effect of the Cyan Wood Undying Body. Cyan Wood itself was the essence of Vitality, and with the Heaven and Earth Wood Essence granting him control over the Power of Ten Thousand Woods, Yi Xiaoyao’s Power of Self-Healing had reached a terrifying level.

"How could you..." Di Heng cried out, staring at Yi Xiaoyao in disbelief.

Yi Xiaoyao rose to his feet, his icy gaze meeting Di Heng’s.

’It’s not hard for me to kill a Fourth-Layer Void-Entering expert now, but this guy’s Flame was much, much stronger than before. It’s as if some strange power has been added, causing it to transform.’

Yi Xiaoyao thought to himself. ’Killing this man, it seems, won’t be as simple as I imagined.’

Di Heng quickly regained his composure, hatred refilling his eyes. He believed he now understood what had just happened with Yi Xiaoyao’s recovery.

"That healing ability of yours is truly impressive, but it must consume a massive amount of Spiritual Power. Against me, you can only take a beating. I’d like to see just how tough you really are!"

With a vicious grin, fiery light surged in Di Heng’s hand, condensing into another Fiery Flame Palm Seal imbued with his powerful Fiery Flame Will.

Seeing the Flaming Palm bear down on him, Yi Xiaoyao’s lips curved into an icy smile.

"As if I’d let an old bastard like you waste my time here. If you cause me to fail in obtaining the Alchemy Dao inheritance, not even ten thousand of your lives would be enough to pay for it!"

Yi Xiaoyao was not exaggerating. Failing to obtain the Alchemy Dao inheritance meant he wouldn’t get the Cyan Emperor Order, and without that, he couldn’t save the Cyan Wilderness.

Compared to the fate of the entire Cyan Wilderness, this thick-skinned old dog who blindly protected his whelp without a care for right or wrong was not worth sparing!

Therefore, Yi Xiaoyao had to end this fight quickly. He had to kill this man as fast as possible.

"Soul Burning Forbidden Technique!"

Just as Di Heng’s Palm Seal, imbued with Fiery Flame Will, appeared a few dozen feet before Yi Xiaoyao, an ethereal Soul Flame ignited around him.

"Eternal Life Sword!"

A beam of cyan sword light shot out. It then split into two, which in turn split into four. In an instant, four razor-sharp cyan beams slashed down toward the gaps between the fingers of the palm seal.

He could only barely execute this slash with the support of the Soul Burning Forbidden Technique. And though each of the four beams of sword light was even more powerful than his Cyan Wood Life-cutting Sword, Yi Xiaoyao’s brow furrowed slightly.

He had expected the slash to create at least ten beams of light and instantly finish Di Heng.

The reason it fell short was that after using the Soul Burning Forbidden Technique, his Cultivation had surprisingly only increased by a single layer.

Still, even an increase of a single layer was enough to deal with Di Heng.

The next moment, the four beams of sword aura from the Eternal Life Sword slammed into the Flaming Palm, unleashing a staggering shockwave.

The cyan Sword Aura was again seared glowing red by the Fiery Flame Will, but it showed no signs of dissipating. Instead, it pressed forward and cleaved the Palm Seal into five pieces, shattering it.

In the face of absolute power, the Power of Will was utterly useless!

"What!"

Di Heng’s expression was one of pure horror. He watched his Flaming Palm get cleaved apart, his eyes filled with disbelief as he saw the four beams of sword light, their power now magnified immensely.

"Flame Wave Dragon Soar!"

With a desperate roar, Di Heng swept his arms, conjuring massive Flaming Dragon Waves. His Fiery Flame Will billowed forth, attempting to push back the four beams of Life Sword Light.

However, the four beams of light carved through the flaming tidal waves, advancing unstoppably until they had sliced the Flame Wave into five sections before finally dissipating.

"Now do you understand who is the hunter, and who is the prey?"

The icy voice reached the horrified Di Heng’s ears, sending a violent shiver through his entire body.

As Yi Xiaoyao spoke, another four beams of the Eternal Life Sword shot forth, following the path carved through the Flame Wave. Di Heng finally realized he was finished.

’Why... why had he become the prey?’

Then Di Heng remembered. It was because the Alchemy Dao Arena was suppressing his Cultivation. With his original Cultivation at the peak of the Void-Entering Realm, he could have easily annihilated Yi Xiaoyao, no matter how strong the boy’s Power of Self-Healing or his ability to fight those in higher realms.

But now, with his Cultivation suppressed by five layers, not only could he not avenge Di Shen, but he was about to be counter-killed by Yi Xiaoyao.

At this thought, Di Heng let out an indignant roar of fury.

"If my Cultivation wasn’t suppressed, how could I ever allow a little whelp like you to be so arrogant before me! This is a tiger stranded on the plains, being bullied by dogs! A tiger stranded on the plains, being bullied by dogs!!"

His eyes burning with indignation, Di Heng unleashed a barrage of crimson fists imbued with Fiery Flame Will, desperately trying to fight back against the impossibly sharp cyan Sword Aura.

"’A tiger on flatlands gets bullied by dogs?’ Hmph. You have some nerve saying that!" Yi Xiaoyao sneered mockingly when he heard the man’s shouts.

Immediately, the Eternal Life Sword began to divide again and again, unleashing a torrent of slashes at the frenzied Di Heng.

"I’m nineteen years old! I’m more than twenty years younger than you!"

"If we were the same age, killing you would be easier than crushing an ant!"

"A fledgling dragon, no matter how weak, is still stronger than a full-grown serpent!"

Yi Xiaoyao’s words brought Di Heng’s indignant shouts to a sudden halt, and his heart began to tremble violently.

He was right. Di Heng was over forty years old, while Yi Xiaoyao was only nineteen.

’If they were the same age, so what if he, Di Heng, had the full power of a peak Void-Entering Realm expert? What would Yi Xiaoyao be capable of?’

To have reached such a level at only nineteen... Di Heng couldn’t even begin to imagine how powerful he would be after another twenty years of Cultivation.

At the very least, Yi Xiaoyao’s claim that killing him would be easier than crushing an ant was no empty boast!

’In that case, who was truly the tiger, and who was the dog? Who was the dragon, and who was the serpent?’

A tiger on flatlands gets bullied by dogs.

Facing Yi Xiaoyao, Di Heng had no right to say such a thing!

At this realization, Di Heng’s face turned ashen. His desperate barrage of Fist Auras had been completely annihilated by the cyan Sword Aura.

SHLICK SHLICK SHLICK SHLICK SHLICK...

Dozens of beams of Sword Aura descended like a storm, gleaming with a cold, killing light, and instantly shredded his body to pieces.

Di Heng was dead!

Di Heng, the father of Di Shen—the man who, before entering the Alchemy Dao Arena, had pointed at Yi Xiaoyao in front of everyone and declared, "I am only here to kill you!"—had fallen.

He had died at the hands of Yi Xiaoyao, a man seven full Realms beneath him in Cultivation and less than half his age.

Seeing this, the great figures standing atop the giant, crimson gate were all utterly shocked, some even crying out in alarm.

This outcome was far beyond anything any of them had expected!

Di Shen had reaped what he sowed, getting his own Cultivation crippled and his bright future turned to dust.

His father, Di Heng, caring nothing for right or wrong and shamelessly bullying his junior, had sought revenge for his son, only to fall at Yi Xiaoyao’s hands as well.

And Di Shen, now a cripple, was still waiting below the Alchemy Dao Arena for his father to avenge him and return with news of Yi Xiaoyao’s death.

Little did he know, he was the one who had gotten his own father killed!

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