Chapter 71: How dare a mere Shattered Pill Realm cultivator be so arrogant?

Gong Taishang, who usually acted decisively, hesitated greatly when facing Li Xuanfeng, a fourth-level Shattered Core Realm Cultivator.

The Cultivators watching this scene from afar were all startled.

What's going on?

What did Gong Taishang see in that Cultivator's Soul memory just now?

And who was this Shattered Core Realm Cultivator who dared to approach Gong Taishang?

“Hmph!”

“You almost bluffed me!”

Gong Taishang suddenly snorted coldly.

He forcibly removed the negative emotions.

He felt that his fear of Li Xuanfeng was entirely due to the influence of that Cultivator's Soul memory.

He, the Old Ancestor of Ku Xuan Sect, a powerful third-level Divine Transformation Realm Cultivator, actually felt fear towards a mere Shattered Core Realm Cultivator. If word got out, he would surely be ridiculed by his peers!

It was true that Li Xuanfeng was a Prodigy.

But a Prodigy was not invincible.

No matter how astonishing a Genius, as long as he hadn't fully grown, he could be suppressed with a mere flick of a hand in front of true powerhouses!

Gong Taishang was shocked by Li Xuanfeng's talent, but he felt that Li Xuanfeng was not his opponent yet.

Every level difference in the Divine Transformation Realm meant a very obvious gap in strength!

Judging from Li Xuanfeng's performance in breaking the Formation, his strength should be between the first and second levels of the Divine Transformation Realm.

Even with Spiritual Artifacts, his strength would probably only be equivalent to a second-level Divine Transformation Realm.

He definitely had the strength to suppress Li Xuanfeng; at least, he currently believed he possessed such strength!

“This might be my last chance to suppress such a Prodigy!”

A thought flashed through Gong Taishang's mind.

If Li Xuanfeng, a Prodigy of his caliber, was given even a little more time to grow, he would no longer be an opponent.

So, he had to suppress him early.

As for his background, he couldn't worry about that now; Hall Master Pei of the Blood Fiend Gate would arrive soon.

With Hall Master Pei's Harmony Realm cultivation, no matter how Heaven-Defying Li Xuanfeng was, he wouldn't be able to stir up any waves!

“The person before me is the murderer, lock the Formation!”

Gong Taishang's voice was like thunder, rolling across the sky.

“Lock the Formation!”

The aura of the five Shattered Core Realm Grand Elders of Ku Xuan Sect shook heaven and earth.

The Heaven-Sealing, Earth-Locking Grand Formation began to shrink.

The strength of this Formation was greatly related to its range; the wider the covered area, the lower its strength.

The smaller the covered area, the higher its strength.

The Grand Formation quickly sealed off Li Xuanfeng at an extremely exaggerated speed, and its strength also rose linearly, seemingly intending to trap him completely.

However, no matter how much it rose, it was still just a Formation formed by the combined efforts of five Shattered Core Realm Cultivators.

Li Xuanfeng casually raised his hand, and a giant Spiritual power sword condensed out of thin air.

The giant sword streaked across the sky, tearing through the firmament, and at the same time, the rapidly shrinking Grand Formation was also torn apart.

Bang!

The Formation was shattered by brute force, and the five Grand Elders suffered backlash, their internal organs churning, and their heaven-shaking aura suddenly dissipated.

“What?!”

“This…”

All five Grand Elders were greatly shocked.

They had never expected the Heaven-Sealing, Earth-Locking Grand Formation to be broken so effortlessly.

This person was actually this powerful?

Could a fourth-level Shattered Core Realm Cultivator be this strong?

If Li Xuanfeng had used a trump card to break the Formation, they wouldn't have been surprised.

But that was clearly just a casual strike from him!

“What Heaven-Sealing, Earth-Locking Grand Formation? The name sounds intimidating, though.”

Li Xuanfeng said indifferently.

His expression was calm, but the Cultivators watching from afar were too shocked to speak.

What kind of power was this?

Didn't the aura emanating from him belong to a fourth-level Shattered Core Realm Cultivator?

How did he break the Formation so easily?

The so-called Heaven-Sealing, Earth-Locking Grand Formation was as fragile as paper!

These Cultivators had not entered the Secret Realm and did not know what had happened there. At this moment, they only felt their minds shaken and their perceptions overturned.

However, the Cultivators who had emerged from the Secret Realm with him found it quite normal and quickly moved away from the battlefield while the Grand Formation was broken.

Gong Taishang's cloudy old eyes narrowed.

Li Xuanfeng's combat power had indeed reached the Divine Transformation Realm.

Whoosh!

A large Saber appeared and ruthlessly slashed down at Li Xuanfeng.

Terrifying Saber Intent缠绕其上, tearing black cracks in space!

Gong Taishang had comprehended six-tenths of the Withered Saber Intent.

This kind of Saber Intent was relatively rare, but its power was not small.

Whether a Shattered Core Realm or Divine Transformation Realm Cultivator, if struck, their flesh, blood, and power would all wither away due to the Saber Intent's erosion!

Ultimately, they would die like withered wood!

Clang!

However, his Saber strike was blocked by Xin Tian Sword.

At the point where the Saber and sword collided, spatial cracks spread out like a spiderweb!

A powerful suction force came from the cracks, as if trying to swallow people whole.

However, both Li Xuanfeng and Gong Taishang were able to resist the suction of the spatial cracks with their powerful strength.

The power of the spatial cracks was immense; if either of them were truly affected by the cracks, their bodies would not be able to withstand it.

Fortunately, space had a self-repairing function, and the cracks only appeared for an instant before immediately returning to normal.

“It truly is Chaotic Sword Intent!”

Gong Taishang's pupils contracted. Only by facing this legendary Sword Intent directly could he deeply appreciate its vastness and terror.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Li Xuanfeng and Gong Taishang's figures disappeared simultaneously. The sounds of Saber and sword clashing rang out repeatedly, and spatial cracks were vibrated open by powerful energy, only to quickly recover.

The speed of their exchange was extremely fast, and many Cultivators' gazes couldn't even keep up.

It was only when the surging energy fluctuations spread and space was vibrated open with cracks that they knew where the two had exchanged blows.

The Cultivators who had already retreated to the horizon couldn't help but move even further away, fearing being caught in the aftermath.

They had seen that the slightest residual ripple from the two fighting had landed on several large mountains.

Those large mountains instantly turned into dust!

The strength of a Divine Transformation Realm Cultivator was terrifying indeed!

To avoid holding Li Xuanfeng back, Xu Miaozhen had also retreated to a very distant location early on.

“I didn't see wrong, did I? Can a Shattered Core Realm Cultivator be this strong?”

“What kind of Sword Intent has he comprehended? We're so far away, yet why does my Soul feel an uncontrollable fear?”

“I've never seen such vast and terrifying Sword Intent!”

“This kind of Concept power that instills fear from the Soul level, I can only think of one possibility, and that is the legendary supreme Sword Intent—Chaotic Sword Intent!”

“This… is this really Chaotic Sword Intent?!”

“It's worth it, it's worth it! To witness Chaotic Sword Intent with my own eyes is absolutely worth it!”

Countless Cultivators were inexplicably shocked, and some were even excited to have witnessed Chaotic Sword Intent firsthand.

The five Grand Elders of Ku Xuan Sect also looked on with disbelief, their hearts churning.

It turned out they had been wrong all along.

No one had used a trump card to kill Jing Wuyi!

Instead, Li Xuanfeng, with his fourth-level Shattered Core Realm cultivation, possessed combat power comparable to a third-level Divine Transformation Realm Cultivator!

With such strength, why would he need a trump card to kill Jing Wuyi!

“Why does such a Prodigy-level monster exist in this world?!”

The Grand Elders found it hard to believe.

They felt that their understanding of Geniuses and Prodigies had been completely overturned since they began cultivating!

“Old Gong can't even suppress him?!”

“Hall Master Pei hasn't arrived yet; this won't do!”

“Just now, it seemed there was a woman beside him. We don't know their relationship, but let's capture her first!”

The several Grand Elders communicated with their Divine Sense.

They prepared to capture Xu Miaozhen first to make Li Xuanfeng apprehensive.

However, just as they shot towards Xu Miaozhen, they felt a threat of death.

An indescribably terrifying thread, Star Draws a Line, stretched for dozens of miles, tearing through space and assailing the several people, reaching them almost instantly.

“Retreat!”

The several Grand Elders were terrified.

However, Star Draws a Line was incredibly fast, and it seemed to have a locking function.

In fact, the so-called locking was merely Li Xuanfeng attaching a portion of his Divine Sense to adjust direction and accuracy, allowing the attack to pursue the enemy's escape direction.

When a Cultivator's Divine Sense reached a certain level of strength, achieving this was not difficult.

Coincidentally, Li Xuanfeng's current Divine Sense was already comparable to a Divine Transformation Realm Cultivator's!

Except for one Grand Elder who managed to escape by using a trump card to block an attack, the other four Grand Elders all failed to escape and were severed at the waist by the thread.

The next moment, their broken bodies were eroded by Chaotic Sword Intent, gradually grinding into ashes!

“Old Gong, save me!”

The four cried out in terror.

But it was futile; Chaotic Sword Intent was not something they could resist!

“Damn it!”

Gong Taishang roared in anger.

He couldn't suppress Li Xuanfeng, which both startled and angered him.

He had no way to save those four Grand Elders.

The fact that Li Xuanfeng could distract himself to attack the distant Grand Elders while fighting him already indicated many problems.

“What are you yelling about, old man? I was just testing my sword on you. I'll send you to join them soon!”

Li Xuanfeng said coldly.

Facing the third-level Divine Transformation Realm Gong Taishang gave him some more ideas.

He wanted to use the battle to verify some of his conjectures and further deduce the Martial Skill “Star Draws a Line”!

To make it reach Heaven-Grade as quickly as possible!

Deducing Martial Skills in battle often yielded much better results than purely theoretical contemplation.

With Li Xuanfeng's current Comprehension Ability, after the previous battle, he had already gained a lot, with many new insights.

Without activating the power of the eighth-tier Spiritual Artifact Xin Tian Sword, without unleashing all his Sword Intent, without activating his Blazing Sun Golden Bones, and without activating his Chaotic Sword Body, the third-level Divine Transformation Realm Gong Taishang could barely fight him to a draw.

But once Li Xuanfeng became even slightly serious, he could easily kill Gong Taishang!

Moreover, after a period of fighting and the “Star Draws a Line” he had just unleashed, inspiration burst forth in Li Xuanfeng's mind, and he knew how to improve this Martial Skill.

Therefore, Gong Taishang had already lost his value, and it was time to send him on his way!

“You!”

Gong Taishang was startled.

What did Li Xuanfeng mean by that?

Could it be that he hadn't used his full strength yet?

Considering he could still distract himself to unleash that sword strike during the battle, he most likely truly hadn't used his full strength!

As an Old Ancestor of a Sect, his juniors all relied on Gong Taishang to bestow life-saving trump cards.

But he had no stronger Cultivator to rely on, and facing Li Xuanfeng's move, he could only say he was barely confident in blocking it.

But if that wasn't Li Xuanfeng's full strength, Gong Taishang began to feel apprehensive.

Thinking of this, Gong Taishang decisively retreated rapidly.

“Can you escape?”

Li Xuanfeng's expression was indifferent.

Some deficiencies and flaws of Star Draws a Line had been improved by him, and its power had almost reached Heaven-Grade.

If he went all out, his strength should be equivalent to a fifth-level Divine Transformation Realm!

However, just as Li Xuanfeng was about to pursue and unleash his strongest strike on Gong Taishang, his figure suddenly froze, as if trapped in a quagmire.

A vast aura, like an abyss and a sea, enveloped heaven and earth, and the entire space seemed to fall into stagnation.

“A mere Shattered Core Realm Cultivator, daring to be so arrogant?”

Along with the vast aura, a cold voice, like heavenly might, also descended.