Chapter 538 548: Using the Pressure

The Qingshan Elder saw the killing intent in Wen Qingye's eyes and couldn't help but sneer inwardly. 'Truly clueless. Little brat, today I'll teach you your place.'

Instantly, a boundlessly violent wave of Primordial Qi swept out from his body. Contained within that vast energy was a tyrannical pressure that emanated from the Qingshan Elder.

Wen Qingye's eyes narrowed. 'The Life and Death Realm is truly on another level. Even someone just a half-step into the realm can give off such immense pressure.'

'If Cai Tianyuan had managed to break through to the Half-Step Life and Death Realm back then, I probably would have been the one to lose.'

"Let's see what a mere Seventh Heaven of Destruction Realm Martial Artist like you is capable of."

The Qingshan Elder's voice dripped with killing intent. In the next instant, a roar thundered through the air as his figure shot forward, transforming into a streak of cyan light. With speed like a bolt of lightning, he appeared in midair before Wen Qingye in a flash.

BOOM!

The Qingshan Elder's face was grim as he looked down on Wen Qingye. He then slammed his palm down. Endless cyan light converged in his palm. The strike seemed to descend lightly, yet it contained an almost explosive force.

"Cyan Light Massacre!"

The single palm strike seemed to gather a myriad of cyan lights, as if blotting out the very brilliance of heaven and earth.

The cyan light reflected in Wen Qingye's pupils. He watched the Qingshan Elder hurtle down, wreathed in violent cyan light, and his own eyes flashed.

'There truly is an insurmountable gap between the Qingshan Elder, a Half-Step Life and Death Realm expert, and Cai Tianyuan, who was at Destruction Ninth Heaven.'

Wen Qingye smiled faintly as a brilliant, five-colored radiance erupted from his body. His very bones seemed to tremble, emitting a faint, strange resonance that vibrated outward.

Wen Qingye was pushing his Five Elements Body Refining Technique to its absolute limit.

The vital energy and blood in his body boiled, and his Primordial Qi could no longer be suppressed. With a sudden stomp of his foot, Wen Qingye's figure shot straight up, the sword in his hand emitting an incredibly brilliant golden light.

"Fifth Form of the Sword Emperor Technique! Sword Dominator of the World!"

From the void, a colossal sword that seemed capable of cleaving the heavens slashed down, appearing to merge with the One Thought Sword in Wen Qingye's hand. It was imbued with thirty thousand catties of force from the Rock Law.

"You've got guts, kid!"

When the Qingshan Elder saw that Wen Qingye actually dared to charge him head-on, a savage expression appeared on his face.

Forget an ordinary Seventh Heaven of Destruction Realm Martial Artist—even some at the Peak of Destruction Realm wouldn't dare to face the Qingshan Elder's palm strike head-on. In his eyes, the fact that Wen Qingye dared to meet the attack was undoubtedly a death wish.

BOOM!

The sky-rending giant sword and the colossal cyan hand slammed into each other. A deafening roar instantly echoed in all directions. At the point of impact, ripples like those on water spread out into the distance.

Neither of them retreated a single step. In the sky, the golden giant sword and the colossal hand were locked in a stalemate.

"Wen Qingye is actually fighting a Half-Step Life and Death Realm expert!"

In the distance, the people from the Celestial Martial Country were all astonished. They clearly hadn't expected Wen Qingye to be so powerful.

Ling Xiao said in disbelief, "In such a short time, he's already become strong enough to fight a Life and Death Realm expert?"

Ling Jiao looked up at Wen Qingye, the same admiring glint in her eyes as all those years ago. She muttered to herself, "This just proves I wasn't wrong about him."

Not far away, Xia Qianhe's profound cultivation was completely suppressing Elder Heishan, leaving him powerless to defend himself. Gradually, the thought of retreat began to form in Elder Heishan's mind.

But in the next moment, he dismissed the thought.

Elder Heishan thought to himself, 'I just need to stall for a little longer. It'll be fine once the Protector, the Great Elder, and the others hear what's happening and rush over.'

The purple-robed elder was similarly being overwhelmed by Gao Changtian. Gao Changtian's cultivation was indeed a cut above the purple-robed elder's, and the Magic Technique he cultivated was far superior as well.

DONG!

And while those four were locked in their own battles, the violent cyan and golden lights in the distance continued to rage and clash without end.

The Qingshan Elder's face had become somewhat twisted. He stared savagely at the scene before him, fury surging in his eyes.

He truly hadn't expected that a strike he was certain would be decisive would be blocked by someone at the mere Seventh Heaven of Destruction Realm.

"A praying mantis trying to stop a chariot! You don't know your own limits!"

The Qingshan Elder roared through gritted teeth as Primordial Qi surged from his body like a flood. The cyan light beneath his palm erupted with frantic intensity, and the surrounding air seemed to detonated.

The force of his cyan-lit palm suddenly skyrocketed, threatening to destroy the giant sword in a single blow.

Wen Qingye felt the elder's increased power through the body of his sword and was forced to retreat rapidly, frantically pulling back.

The Qingshan Elder looked at Wen Qingye and sneered, "Kid, I told you. For me, killing you is as easy as slaughtering a chicken or a dog. Do you believe me now?"

"We'll see if you have the skill for it!"

Wen Qingye's heart was like Still Water. The sword in his hand, filled with an endless, domineering might, pressed down from high above. His own spiritual presence seemed to expand, until he stood like a pillar between heaven and earth.

"Sixth Form of the Sword Emperor Technique! Only I am the Emperor!"

A beam of Sword Aura, ringing with the roars of a myriad of voices, slashed down heavily toward the Qingshan Elder. Its momentum was incomparably tyrannical, its power utterly soul-shaking.

THUD! THUD!

For some unknown reason, the members of the Heaven-Burying Sect in the distance felt an immense pressure on their knees and were forced to kneel.

It was as if they were kowtowing to Wen Qingye in submission.

CHH!

The Qingshan Elder's brow twitched. He thrust his colossal hand forward, and boundless Primordial Qi gathered frantically into his palm, emitting a blinding cyan light.

Waves of cyan light pulsed out from the Qingshan Elder's hand. Each ripple that vibrated outward distorted the very fabric of space.

"Cyan Essence Seal!"

Cyan light illuminated the world, vast and boundless. Streaks of dazzling cyan light gathered to form a massive cyan seal, which then floated high in the sky.

The cyan seal seemed to be continuously absorbing the world's Primordial Qi. This was the power manifested by one of the Laws the Qingshan Elder cultivated.

The Unceasing Law. When he used it, his techniques could borrow or absorb the surrounding Primordial Qi from the world, making them even more powerful.

After the cyan seal absorbed the surrounding Primordial Qi, its light pulsed violently before it surged frantically toward Wen Qingye's Sword Aura.

Under the gazes of the crowd, Wen Qingye raised his head, looking up at the cyan seal bearing down on him, and met it with a direct slash of his sword.

KABOOM!

The moment of impact, a blinding light erupted, forcing everyone to squint their stinging eyes shut.

Yet, in that same instant of collision, the Qingshan Elder's expression changed dramatically. He saw his descending cyan seal actually slowing down, gradually grinding to a halt.

The Qingshan Elder cried out in alarm, 'He blocked it? How is that possible? His cultivation is only at the Seventh Heaven of Destruction Realm!'

At that moment, Wen Qingye felt the immense pressure surging through the body of his sword. The Primordial Qi throughout his body, like a volcano that had been dormant for ages, began to erupt with torrential force.

'I'll use this pressure to break through again.'