Reason never existed in the Black Sea. The weak would not gain sympathy.
“Bang!”
The new arrival was somewhat surprised. Despite his strong aura and pressure, the other party, who was a newly advanced Great Perfection quasi-Emperor, did not choose to retreat.
This new arrival’s lips curled up in a cruel smile. He said coldly, “Just a mantis trying to stop a chariot. Scram!”
This person sent out a palm strike as well. Flames surged, and blazing mountains formed behind him. A total of eighteen flaming mountains appeared instantly.
A complete flaming desert manifested. The acrid air burned everyone’s skin, forcing the cultivators who came to watch to back off by a kilometer.
The hair and eyebrows of some of the weaker cultivators even started to singe.
This showed how horrifying the might of this one palm strike was, and how startling the energy erupting from the eighteen mountains was.
After getting a clear look at the new arrival, several cultivators exclaimed in surprise. Evidently, they recognized this person, and his appearance was very unexpected.
On the other hand, Xiao Chen’s palm strike seemed very ordinary. There was no wind or waves, no horrifying mysterious phenomenon at all.
When seeing this scene, several cultivators shook their heads. This white-robed youth was going to be in for it.
Only Yue Bingyun knew that Xiao Chen did not use his full power. If he truly did, he would be able to suppress this person with his aura in an instant.
“Boom!”
A loud sound rang out the moment the two palms clashed. The surrounding space twisted, and the eighteen flaming mountains erupted at the same time, rumbling endlessly.
A surging heat wave spread everywhere. The flames curled into all sorts of shapes in the twisted space, preventing the cultivators around from seeing the situation inside.
However, not being able to see did not mean much to these people. Not many people thought that the white-robed youth could block under such a situation.
With such a horrifying palm strike, even if the white-robed youth did not die, he would be severely injured. This was the consequence of being rash and arrogant. Sometimes, one needed to admit they were inferior.
Sometimes, youths should not appear too sharp. If one could not restrain their temper when they suffered some grievances, the situation in front would be the best example of what would happen.
“Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!”
Suddenly, the clear, melodious hum of a saber rang out in the space twisted by the fire. It sounded like a pleasing zither, echoing everywhere.
This zither-like saber hum swept away the endlessly surging heat wave bit by bit.
The twisted space returned to normal, and the flames vanished, allowing everyone to see the situation clearly.
Everyone saw that the two exchanging palm strikes were roughly comparable. Xiao Chen, who had not used a Martial Technique, did not even move back half a step despite his opponent’s palm strike.
The two still held the posture of when their palms clashed. Despite the strong pressure, Xiao Chen’s body was as perfectly straight as before.
Xiao Chen’s spotless white robes and his hair swayed with the wind, like they were zither strings slowly vibrating and radiating killing intent.
Everyone was shocked; no one said anything, stunned. Even the Heavenly Cauldron Pavilion staff could not help feeling surprised.
However, this surprise was not because Xiao Chen displayed incredible combat prowess. Instead, it was his Martial Technique. The person from the Heavenly Cauldron Pavilion had never seen or heard of such a Martial Technique at all.
A person could actually turn his clothes and his hair—every part of himself—into a saber.
“Where is this white-robed person from? Unexpectedly, a descendant of Jiang Heng, one of the great bandits of the Black Sea, could not knock him back with one palm strike.”
“And this Martial Technique! I’ve never seen anyone use this before. How did he do it, turning every part of himself into a saber? That is too incredible.”
“I’ve never heard of it before. It seems like no one has ever used anything like this even in ancient times. This is a completely new direction.”
“This is truly incredible. There are thousands of saber Dao, but I have never seen such a saber Dao before.”
Cries of surprise resounded. Everyone found this incredible, surpassing what they knew.
Yue Bingyun took this in stride. However, the identity of the other youth gave her a bit of surprise.
This arrogant and despotic youth was actually Jiang Feng, a descendant of one of the thirteen great bandits of the Black Sea, Jiang Heng. Of the thirteen great bandits, Jiang Heng ranked third, an extremely strong Sovereign Martial Emperor.
Jiang Heng was known as the Inferno Sovereign, a major character who swept his way through the five sea domains of the Black Sea. His strength was overwhelming and unfathomable.
Shock flashed on Jiang Feng’s face. He had not expected to run into an incredible character when he casually made a move in Black Water City.
Even in Dark City, where outstanding talents were as ubiquitous as the clouds, the number of quasi-Emperors who would dare to receive his Flame Palm without using a Martial Technique would be no more than ten.
Unexpectedly, one such person appeared in Black Water City. Furthermore, this was an outstanding young talent about the same age as Jiang Feng.
“You are somewhat capable. However, if that is all you have, it will be insufficient before me. Go back!” Jiang Feng roared furiously, and a black flame billowed out, his aura rising infinitely high.
The power of the world swelled, turning into endless fiery energy. Then, as Jiang Feng threw a palm strike, the fiery energy surged towards Xiao Chen like waves.
Several people across Xiao Chen all felt the surging heat, which strengthened with each wave. With the heat wave assaulting them, they had no choice but to move farther back.
Xiao Chen did not move, letting the heat wave rush over and showing no intention to retreat.
His saber soul and will of thunder merged in his sea of consciousness. Then, they erupted with a thought. Purple lightning leaped out of his body, each bolt of lightning containing an unparalleled, sharp saber intent.
The perfectly merged lightning and saber intent held back the fiery energy that kept getting stronger with each wave.
Xiao Chen used his lightning saber soul together with his Flawless saber Dao to block this surging fiery energy, not even bringing out a trump card.
As the seconds passed, reaching a minute, everyone discovered that something was wrong with the atmosphere. This was just a simple exchange of palm strikes, but the two actually pushed it to this level.
The Heavenly Cauldron Pavilion staff frowned slightly. If the two kept fighting like this, it would end up with both sides severely injured. That would not be good for the auction.
At the same time, that person heard a soft voice in his ears from the manager of the Heavenly Cauldron Pavilion, who was behind the scenes. The manager wanted him to make a move and end this face-off.
Without hesitation, the Heavenly Cauldron Pavilion staff sent out a palm strike. A palm wind appeared and split into two, rushing at Xiao Chen and Jiang Feng.
Given this person’s cultivation as a Consummation quasi-Emperor, the two who were fighting would have no choice but to retreat.
Jiang Feng cursed but was helpless to do anything. Currently, he could not divide his attention to deal with this palm strike.
Right as the palm wind approached, Jiang Feng’s figure flashed, retreating. He somersaulted in the air a few times before landing firmly.
The Heavenly Cauldron Pavilion staff smiled with satisfaction. However, before he completed his smile, he saw that Xiao Chen did not evade his palm strike.
Instead, Xiao Chen’s left hand, which he had kept down, suddenly shot up. A vigorous and sprightly bright moon soared up from behind him, burning like a flame.
Lofty aspirations and hot-bloodedness.
This palm strike made everyone’s hearts surge with emotion. Their blood rushed like they had imbibed strong wine, making them feel very uninhibited and carefree.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Chen broke the half of the palm wind from the Heavenly Cauldron Pavilion’s Consummation quasi-Emperor.
Xiao Chen just finished a deathly clash with Jiang Feng and did not have any time to rest or recover. However, he managed to break the Consummation quasi-Emperor’s attack by raising his hand.
Such a scene shocked many onlookers, their eyes widening in surprise.
One fled wildly while the other did not take even half a step away. It was clear who came out on top in this clash.
The strong wind stopped blowing, and Xiao Chen’s hair and clothes settled down. The saber hum echoing in the air also stopped immediately.
Xiao Chen stood upright with his hands behind his back, his delicate face exuding an indescribable pride.
“You are lucky. That palm strike was originally meant for you,” Xiao Chen said coldly to Jiang Feng. Then, he turned around, ignoring Jiang Feng, and headed for the metal dummy.
“Bang!”
A loud sound rang out when Xiao Chen punched the metal dummy. The report was like thunder roaring angrily, shocking awake all the cultivators around.
Everyone looked at the stele curiously, waiting to see the results of this mysterious white-clad youth.
The colors on the stele changed quickly as the rows of gems lit up.
The first row lit up instantly, likewise the second row. Then, the ten gems on the third row took three seconds to light up.
The lighting of the gems proceeded at a rapid pace, only slowing down when it finally reached the fifth row.
Barring the unexpected, Xiao Chen would light up the tenth gem of the fifth row—that should be the limit of a peak Great Perfection quasi-Emperor.
As for the sixth row of gems, only a Consummation quasi-Emperor, a cultivator who had merged their soul with the Heavenly Seal, could successfully light them up.
So far, all the cultivators who managed to light up the gems of the sixth rows were Consummation quasi-Emperors.
The gems of the fifth row slowly lit up one by one. To no one’s surprise, all ten gems lit up.
“As expected. Even though he is a newly advanced Great Perfection quasi-Emperor, he already possesses the combat prowess of a peak Great Perfection quasi-Emperor. No wonder he came out on top of Jiang Feng!”
“This is an expert, but I’ve never heard of him in the Black Water Sea before, nor in the nearby Black Wind Sea and Black Fire Sea. He should be from another sea region.”
As the onlookers discussed Xiao Chen, one of the eye-catching purple gems of the sixth row suddenly and silently lit up.
A hush descended on the place. The cultivators who had been chatting with each other all gaped wide, flabbergasted. They all goggled at the scene with disbelief.
After a while, once the crowd was sure of what they were seeing, a huge commotion broke out.
A Great Perfection quasi-Emperor actually displayed the strength that only a Consummation quasi-Emperor should have. This was extremely shocking.
However, Xiao Chen, who was standing in front of the metal dummy, was not satisfied and frowned slightly.
He had used his full power in that earlier punch. Aside from not using his saber or a Secret Technique to increase his strength, he had not held anything back.
However, unexpectedly, only one purple gem of the sixth row lit up. There was a clear difference in strength compared to a Consummation quasi-Emperor.
Even if Xiao Chen used a Secret Technique, he would probably be able to light up only three or four gems at most. If he ran into an even more powerful Consummation quasi-Emperor, he would still pale in comparison.
“Young man, you are pretty strong. Here, this is the ticket for a private room on the sixth floor.”