Ye Fan had made up his mind to kill Hua Yunfei. Not a single superfluous word was spoken. Golden great hands covered heaven and earth, the pressure collapsing the void, shaking heaven and earth as the full power of the Imperishable Sacred Physique erupted completely.

The Immortal King Descending upon the Nine Heavens phenomenon merged with him as one. The nine levels of heaven were vast and soaring, wisps of cloud flowing, manifesting beneath his feet, making him appear like a deity.

With each step he took, heaven and earth would shudder once. There was a terrifying yet mysterious rhythm that made many people’s hearts ready to leap from their chests, on the verge of shattering.

He was like a sacred spirit cast from divine gold — his entire body blazing with boundless light, golden blood energy soaring to the heavens. His golden great hands swept forward, enveloping heaven and earth.

Hua Yunfei ordinarily kept a low profile, yet his strength was extraordinarily powerful. Like a transcendent immortal rippling across water, surpassing the limits of speed, at this moment he became the embodiment of the Dao.

He severed the void, transforming into a blue beam of light, Dao markings flowing across his body. He barely avoided the Immortal King Descending upon the Nine Heavens phenomenon, slipping just past the golden great hand.

“BOOM!”

Ye Fan gave a cold laugh. The Chaos Seed Blue Lotus phenomenon fell pressing downward — strand after strand of mist cleaving apart heaven and earth. The blue lotus, imbued with the meaning of three begets ten thousand things, swayed violently as though about to split open the heavens and earth!

“Clang!”

At the critical moment, the star that had materialized from Hua Yunfei’s brow blocked this blue lotus. He was like rippling light, like a sweeping shadow, his body merging with the void, vanishing into the distance in an instant.

“You think you can leave — impossible!” Ye Fan shouted coldly. The Yin-Yang diagram struck out like a volcanic eruption, rumbling thunderously, cutting off the path ahead and splitting apart heaven and earth.

“BOOM!”

The powerful Yin-Yang phenomenon sealed heaven and earth, seeking to suppress Hua Yunfei within it. The Yang diagram and Yin diagram came together, pressing down simultaneously.

“Ding!”

A light chime sounded. The same star flew out once more, striking against the Yin-Yang diagram and resisting this heaven-sealing great power. Hua Yunfei retreated decisively in a great backward arc.

All of this was far too fast. Onlookers watched in dazzled confusion, unable to keep up with their speed. Both people were like two beams of light in motion.

“BOOM!”

The Magnificent Mountains and Rivers phenomenon emerged. Ye Fan stood alone within the field — hair flying chaotically, like a demon god — suppressing Hua Yunfei beneath him.

A merciless cold smile played at the corners of his mouth. His golden great hand transformed into a heavenly stele that came smashing downward; the void cracked apart, and black great fissures spread into the far distance.

Hua Yunfei’s star blazed with dazzling brilliance, burning like a sun that illuminated the entirety of Yan City. Every person was unable to open their eyes.

He resisted the Magnificent Mountains and Rivers phenomenon with fierce determination — for once confined within a Sacred Physique’s phenomenon, it would be a near-certain death situation. This was widely known, and countless legends spoke of it.

“Clang!”

The phenomenon was blocked, but Ye Fan’s great hand pressed down nonetheless. Hua Yunfei had nowhere to dodge and had no choice but to take it head-on, divine light enveloping his body, Dao diagrams manifesting.

“BOOM!”

Ye Fan kept slapping his golden great hands forward in successive waves. The power was horrifying; the many onlookers in the distance were all struck with cold dread. This kind of force would pulverize even a cultivator of the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm.

“Clang”… “Clang”…

Heaven-shaking sounds rang out as Ye Fan slapped nine palms down in succession. Hua Yunfei coughed up nine mouthfuls of blood, his complexion utterly ashen, his physical body on the verge of splitting open. He had suffered no light injuries.

Yet Ye Fan was inwardly alarmed. This opponent was too terrifying. Even if an elder of the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm were forced to this close a distance, death would be certain.

Yet Hua Yunfei had taken it with his physical body and had not shattered. He was continuously pulling back distance, beginning to mobilize a surging tide of magical power.

“BOOM!”

The star flickered as though some enormous presence was awakening, as though an ancient king was rousing, saturated with a terrifying aura.

“Heavens — the most precious treasure of Supreme Mystery’s Star Peak. One seal has been undone!” The observers cried out.

“This treasure is incomparably terrifying, refined from a true star, sufficient to suppress world-shocking powerhouses!” Many people’s expressions changed.

Hua Yunfei retreated swiftly. His complexion was snow-white; he had consecutively coughed up more than ten mouthfuls of blood. A surging tide of magical power like a boundless ocean rolled outward, drowning toward Ye Fan.

In particular that star blocked the Magnificent Mountains and Rivers, radiating hundreds of millions of beams of starlight that cut across the firmament, barring Ye Fan outside and preventing him from drawing near.

“The Sacred Physique’s physical body is too terrifying. Any powerful enemy forced into close proximity can only drink bitter defeat. That Hua Yunfei could endure it and hold on is truly astonishing.”

“This Hua Yunfei has a certain level of fame, yet there was never any talk of remarkable battle records. And yet he blocked the Sacred Physique’s close-combat assault — that is truly frightening!”

Many people exclaimed in disbelief, some unable to accept what they were witnessing.

Even though Hua Yunfei had consecutively coughed up more than ten mouthfuls of blood and suffered considerable injuries, people did not feel he had fallen to a disadvantage — for the Sacred Physique’s physical body was unequaled in this world. To survive an exchange of close-range combat with him already counted as a miracle.

Ye Fan let out a quiet sigh. Hua Yunfei’s strength had surpassed his expectations. Even in close-range combat, he had not died, and had still managed to cough up blood and escape.

“Brother Ye, what is the meaning of this? We have no old grudges and no recent enmity — why do you want my life?” Hua Yunfei’s blue robes were speckled with drops of blood. Yet he remained ethereal and transcendent even so; he was remarkably serene even in such a situation.

“Ye Fan, why exactly are you doing this? Senior Brother Hua heard you were going to the Ancient Forbidden Land and came thousands of miles to Yan City specifically to see you off — and this is how you repay him?” Li Xiaoman stood in the distance, equally demanding answers.

“Step aside — this is none of your business.” Ye Fan glanced at Li Xiaoman, then stepped forward one pace at a time, heaven and earth shuddering with a rhythmic pulse from his footsteps. His powerful aura made people tremble.

“You…” Li Xiaoman could not remain calm.

Yan City had many cultivators rushing over. The Sacred Physique fighting someone drew exceptional attention; Ye Fan had been on the crest of every wave and surge of events for some time now.

No one knew why the two were fighting, yet all were incomparably eager, hoping to witness a battle between dragons and tigers.

“Brother Ye, do you truly intend to fight me?” Hua Yunfei gave a quiet sigh and removed his blood-stained blue robe, flicking it away with a shake of his hand.

“You came to Yan City to kill me, didn’t you? Why put on this act of pretense — though now you have no time left to make elaborate preparations.” Ye Fan was equally calm.

“Brother Ye, why do you say this? Why would I want to kill you?” Hua Yunfei showed an expression of surprise, as though genuinely at a loss.

“Do you think it’s watertight? I have long since known everything.” Ye Fan gave a cold laugh, applying pressure to the other party’s heart.

“I don’t understand what you’re saying. But what I do know is that Brother Ye has firmly made up his mind to fight me. Though Hua is of little talent, I fear no one.” Hua Yunfei was serene, with a thread of firm resolve.

“Stop presenting yourself as though you’re entirely innocent. You’re not far from becoming an enemy of all the world.” Ye Fan gave a faint smile.

“Hum!”

He struck again. His golden fist swung out, piercing through the firmament, striking toward Hua Yunfei high in the sky. This was a fight to the death — everyone could feel the bone-chilling killing intent.

“Ding!”

A qin string was plucked. Hua Yunfei also launched his offensive. He was forceful in bearing, sweeping aside the serenity of a moment ago. He sat cross-legged in the void, hands resting on an ancient qin.

“Since it has come to this, Brother Ye — I will accompany you in battle!”

“Ding, ding, dong, dong…”

The qin music was like heavenly melody, yet concealed within it was a thread of soul-shaking killing intent. One beam of light after another shot from the qin strings, striking toward Ye Fan’s golden fist.

“Clang!”

These were sharp edges even more fierce than sword energy, capable of killing cultivators at the peak of the Four Extremes Secret Realm in full completion. The many onlookers all changed color.

“Hua Yunfei is this powerful — his qin music alone can kill people within it without form!”

“If not for the Sacred Physique’s physical body being so incredibly formidable, a normal person under such qin music would surely be pierced full of holes like a sieve!”

“BOOM!”

Essence energy within Ye Fan’s body seethed and boiled. His entire body was as though cast from gold, radiating divine brilliance with even his hair strands dyed in golden radiance. He merged with the Immortal King Descending upon the Nine Heavens phenomenon and charged forward with great strides.

The qin music was like a blade — though it came in ten thousand waves, under his golden blood energy all of it dissolved into nothingness and could not harm him in the slightest.

“Brother Ye surprises me. Having only recently entered the Four Extremes Secret Realm, he is already sufficient to command supremacy over his peers.” Hua Yunfei’s voice was gentle. His fingers were nimble; as he plucked the qin strings, the rhythm suddenly changed — the melody entirely different.

Phoenix Cry Stirs the Nine Heavens!

In this moment the qin music vanished, replaced only by the cry of a phoenix — reverberating throughout Yan City, piercing through the vault of heaven. Nine divine phoenixes could be clearly seen bursting forth from the ancient qin.

They spread their wings and soared. Though incomparably beautiful, they emitted an extremely terrifying aura, as though true immortal spirits had descended into the mortal world.

“This is a lost ancient composition, called the Nine Tribulations Phoenix Song. It can be called a divine melody — directly killing the original source of its targets, destroying all vitality, profound and mysterious beyond measure.”

“It really is the Nine Tribulations Phoenix Song — heavens, it has reappeared in this world! It had disappeared for at the very least tens of thousands of years. In accord with the Dao, its power is boundless, grinding down all enemies.”

Many people cried out in shock, all revealing expressions of awe.

The waves of energy emitted by the nine divine phoenixes made people involuntarily tremble. They possessed an incomparably powerful might, giving the sensation of something that could not be resisted.

Ye Fan’s heart turned cold. The nine divine phoenixes’ magical power reached to the sky, transforming into beams of light that came charging toward him — aimed directly at the original source of his Sacred Physique’s life.

In this moment, even his golden bitter sea was boiling. The nine divine phoenixes were actually on the verge of entering his body, their cries stirring the nine heavens, destroying all vitality.

“Clang”… “Clang”…

Ye Fan resisted with his physical body. His golden palms bore innate markings that flickered as he battled the nine divine phoenixes, killing intent soaring to the heavens.

“BOOM!”

The Magnificent Mountains and Rivers phenomenon burst outward. Ye Fan had no desire to waste time; he directly confined the nine divine phoenixes, then one fist after another pummeled them all to dust.

This left everyone aghast. This was the legendary Nine Tribulations Phoenix Song — its divine power incalculable in difficulty to measure. Yet he had punched them apart one by one.

Hua Yunfei let out a quiet sigh, like a sorrowful deity. He then plucked the nine qin strings in rapid succession, and a wondrous great power arose — heaven and earth were torn apart like a sheet of window paper.

The nine tribulations within the Nine Tribulations Phoenix Song truly manifested. Nine small-world gateways opened in the firmament above, as world-annihilating energy surged downward.

“A divine composition — a divine composition that manifests heavenly tribulations!”

Nine heavenly tribulations transformed into nine phoenixes, drawing upon nine small worlds, channeling heaven and earth to descend and suppress Ye Fan.

This was a supreme killing intent. In this world, how many people could withstand nine simultaneous heavenly tribulations? Not a single person was not shaken.

Ye Fan was naturally the exception. He had experienced no shortage of lightning strikes recently. Perhaps he alone in this world, with his particular physique, feared heavenly tribulation least of all.

“If it were anyone else, death would be certain. Hua Yunfei is terrifying!”

“This person is so low-key, and yet this powerful. I fear he is no weaker than the Divine King Physique and those of his level!”

……

“BOOM!”

Ye Fan charged upward against the nine heavenly tribulations, leaving golden footprints in the sky as he rapidly closed in on Hua Yunfei.

“Brother Ye, do you truly intend a fight to the death?” Hua Yunfei sighed softly, then slowly moved both hands through the void in gestures whose trajectory was profound and mysterious beyond measure.

The nine small-world gateways shook violently, as though nine divine beings were about to burst out from within. An overwhelming and terrifying wave of energy spread across the sky in all directions.

“BOOM!”

All of a sudden, a golden ocean surged from within Ye Fan’s body, swallowing Hua Yunfei completely. Ye Fan had never once used this phenomenon — he had always kept it as a reserve. A blue lotus rose and sank within the golden ocean; chaotic mist rolled and surged, locking the nine small-world gateways in place, pressing down toward Hua Yunfei.

“BOOM!”

Ye Fan charged to close range. All phenomena emerged simultaneously and merged as one, suppressing Hua Yunfei within!

“Ye Fan, you cannot recklessly kill the innocent…” Li Xiaoman cried out.