Chapter 621 - 616: He’s Back

Chapter 621: Chapter 616: He’s Back

High in the sky, several Earth Martial Realm experts blocked Ning Jiang’s path.

"You were supposed to walk up from the foot of the mountain?"

Ning Jiang’s gaze was indifferent. He glanced down the mountain and saw numerous Martial Artists ascending the stone steps. He understood this was a method the Extreme Heaven Sect used to establish its authority. A Super Sect naturally had to have the rules of a Super Sect.

Unfortunately, such rules didn’t apply to him.

"Block me and die!"

Ning Jiang spat out four cold words.

"How audacious! Ever since our Extreme Heaven Sect became a Super Sect, no one has dared to cause trouble. Today, we’ll make an example of you."

One of them shouted, his face filled with killing intent.

"Courting death."

Ning Jiang shook his head, stepped through the void, and continued forward.

"Kill him."

The experts unleashed their attacks, blasting them toward Ning Jiang. With his hands behind his back, Ning Jiang didn’t even bother to block. As soon as the attacks came within about thirty feet of him, they vanished without a trace.

This was his Domain Power.

Earth Martial Realm experts wielded Domain Power, yet these men couldn’t even break through his Domain.

"What?"

The men were stunned. When had someone like Ning Jiang appeared among the younger generation of the Six Eastern Provinces? With such strength, he should have been famous long ago.

"No, wait, I remember now! That face... I’ve seen it before! He’s Ning Jiang—"

Suddenly, one of them cried out in alarm, but before he could finish, his voice was cut short. With a flick of his finger, Ning Jiang sent several beams of Sword Aura flying out. They shot through the men’s heads, annihilating even their Primordial Spirits.

...

「On the mountain’s peak.」

"Sigh... What a shame. If I had been born a year earlier, I could have competed with the likes of Ling Tianxu. This feeling of being invincible now... it’s so lonely," Liu Fenglei lamented.

His disdainful gaze swept over the talented disciples of the Seven Great Super Sects, but not a single one dared to meet his eyes.

He had already proven with his strength that he was the number one expert of the younger generation in the Six Eastern Provinces!

"Liu Fenglei’s rise is complete. He truly has the air of Ling Tianxu from back in the day."

Someone exclaimed in admiration. The Liu Fenglei of this moment was just like the Ling Tianxu of the past. Back then, Ling Tianxu had single-handedly suppressed all the other geniuses of his generation. Even young titans as strong as Jian Jiuge, Yan Qingxue, and Xia Tianyu had admitted their inferiority.

"With his level of strength, even if Senior Brother Ling Tianxu were still around, it would probably be a fifty-fifty match, right?"

A disciple from the Celestial Sword Sect said with a grave expression.

"Vice Palace Master, what do you think of Liu Fenglei?"

Elsewhere, a few gazes were also focused on the scene. It was a group of women, each as beautiful as a flower. They were from the Moon God Palace.

The woman leading them was none other than the Vice Palace Master of the Moon God Palace, Su Yuying.

Of course, the Moon God Palace had sent people to offer congratulations for Liu Fenglei’s wedding, but a major figure like her didn’t need to attend personally. She had actually come for her own reasons.

Not long ago, the Extreme Heaven King had visited the Moon God Palace to propose marriage to her.

She and the Extreme Heaven King were from the same generation. In his youth, the Extreme Heaven Monarch had pursued her, but she had rejected him. Now that the Extreme Heaven Monarch had stepped into the Celestial Martial Realm and become a revered King, he was at the height of his power and prestige. His marriage proposal had even received the approval of the Moon God Palace’s Palace Master.

After all, if their two Sects were to join forces, the two Kings would effectively be on the same side.

However, for Su Yuying, this was a major life event and not something to be decided rashly. She had come this time hoping to meet with the Extreme Heaven King alone before making up her mind.

"Wind and Thunder Unity is indeed extraordinary. His strength is no less than Ling Tianxu’s."

Su Yuying affirmed.

She stood there in a form-fitting dress that hugged her exquisite, curvaceous figure. Time had not left a single trace on her face; instead, it had added a mature and charming allure, making her as lethal as a ripe peach.

"Then... what about compared to *that* person?"

The disciple beside her couldn’t help but ask.

A glint flashed in Su Yuying’s beautiful eyes. She of course knew who "that person" referred to. While the Sword King Body Ling Tianxu had been stunning back then, there was someone who stood even higher: a man named Ning Jiang!

He was the true number one of the younger generation in the Six Eastern Provinces!

But over the past year, that name had gradually become taboo in the Six Eastern Provinces, and few dared to mention it. Ning Jiang had offended far too many enemies. Every one of the Seven Great Kings wanted him dead. The current Extreme Heaven King, in particular, held a deep-seated grudge against Ning Jiang after suffering a loss at his hands.

In such a situation, who would dare to bring up Ning Jiang’s name?

Thus, many people had begun to selectively forget Ning Jiang.

"That person was indeed brilliant and talented, but unfortunately, he didn’t know when to advance or retreat. He insisted on confronting the Seven Great Kings. Admittedly, that was very courageous, but it was far too impulsive. If he had chosen to make peace with the Seven Great Kings back then, the Six Eastern Provinces would be his to rule today."

Su Yuying commented.

Hearing this, the Moon God Palace disciple beside her was secretly shocked. Su Yuying’s words were also a statement of her opinion: that Ning Jiang was even stronger than the current Liu Fenglei!

"Since no one else wishes to fight, let the wedding ceremony begin."

Liu Fenglei stood on the arena stage and announced arrogantly.

At his words, Lan Nongyu’s pretty face turned pale, and her pearly teeth bit down hard on her red lip. She clenched her delicate fists so tightly that her nails dug deep into her palms. A trace of sorrow and despair appeared in her beautiful eyes. ’What’s coming has finally come...’

"GET OUT!"

Just then, an earth-shattering voice boomed through the air.

Everyone was stunned. Their gazes shifted to see a young man striding through the heavens. A few Extreme Heaven Sect Guards who rushed up to stop him were instantly slain with a flick of his finger.

"Who is that? What audacity! How dare he come to the Extreme Heaven Sect to cause trouble at a time like this? Does he have a death wish?"

"Probably just some fool who doesn’t know any better."

People discussed among themselves, shaking their heads repeatedly.

But soon, they noticed something was wrong.

"Brother Li, what’s wrong? You look like you’ve seen a ghost."

His friend was staring with utter disbelief, his eyes practically bulging out of their sockets. Looking around, more than half of the Martial Artists in the vast plaza were staring at the arriving young man with the same shocked expression.

Among them was Su Yuying, her beautiful eyes filled with incredulity. A year ago, Ning Jiang had been hunted by the Seven Great Kings and his whereabouts were unknown. Yet now, he had reappeared so brazenly.

"Brother Li, what is it? Who on earth is this person? Does he have a powerful background?" a Martial Artist who didn’t recognize Ning Jiang asked.

The young man called Brother Li gave a bitter smile and said slowly, "A powerful background? That’s an understatement. You don’t recognize him because you’ve never seen him in person. One year ago, his name was known by everyone in the Six Eastern Provinces!"

"You’re saying he’s... Ning Jiang?" The man’s eyes shot wide open, and he sucked in a sharp breath.

"That’s right. After a year, he has returned!"