Chapter 210: Chapter 196: Wiping Away the Shame (3)
"You?"
Upon seeing the newcomer, Ye Jian Mountain’s expression faltered slightly, revealing a hint of astonishment.
"That’s right. It’s time we settled our previous score."
Xiang Ji’s expression was calm as he gazed at the man who had, not long ago, knocked him off the arena platform before the eyes of the world.
He had almost lost himself in that defeat.
"This damned Array... I was just wondering where to find someone. I never thought a loser like you would come running to your death. I didn’t kill you in the arena back then, but you won’t be so lucky this time."
The smile on Ye Jian Mountain’s lips grew even more ferocious.
GURGLE GURGLE!!
His cells seemed to unleash themselves further as the muscles all over his body began to grow wildly. His form became increasingly terrifying, like a mountain of flesh, exuding an incredibly dreadful sense of power. He was nearly identical to his final form from the arena!
THUD THUD THUD!
Even the slightest shift of his feet made the ground tremble as if in an earthquake.
They had fought before and knew each other’s capabilities. Under these circumstances, there was no longer any need to hold back!
At the same time, Xiang Ji also activated his Qi and Blood and his Secret Technique.
ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!
His Qi and Blood surged within him, his Celestial Dragon Body pushed to its absolute limit. This time, however, the sound of his rushing Qi and Blood wasn’t like the charge of a thousand-man army as it had been before. Instead, it was like a series of defiant shouts.
The sound was virtually identical to Xiang Ji’s own voice.
His Secret Transmission had changed.
The aura he exuded was no longer aggressive and overbearingly domineering. Instead, black smoke condensed as if it were tangible, shrouding his body.
The next moment—
BOOM!!
The two shot toward one another. Ye Jian Mountain shoved out with both palms as Xiang Ji slashed down with his halberd. The brutal collision of flesh and force produced a muffled boom, sending shockwaves through the air.
Ye Jian Mountain’s power was terrifying to the extreme. Under the force of that one blow, Xiang Ji was sent flying backward once again, crashing heavily into the wall behind him.
"HAHAHAHA! I thought you might have improved, but you’re still the same! Pathetic, absolutely pathetic!!"
Ye Jian Mountain roared with laughter.
"Is that so?"
Xiang Ji’s voice was incomparably calm, yet the flow of Qi and Blood within him grew even more intense. His whole body trembled, and the black smoke swirling around him suddenly erupted upward like a signal fire.
Within the smoke, a figure seemed to be taking shape.
He once practiced the Celestial Dragon Extreme Breakthrough, vowing to recreate the divine might of the Ancient Overlord.
Or rather, it was not just him, but every generation of the Xiang Family.
Yet, for generations, from ancient times to the present day, no one had been able to become the Overlord. Instead, the Overlord had become the Heart Demon of the entire Xiang Family.
Everyone wanted to be him, but no one could truly become him.
Born in a chaotic era, he established a legacy, slew enemies on the battlefield, and stood as a one-man army, impassable by thousands.
The right time, the right place—a chaotic age forges a hero.
There was only one Ancient Overlord.
Although Xiang Ji had inherited the Celestial Dragon Extreme Breakthrough, he had never truly been on a battlefield. And this was not the same era the Overlord had lived in.
This defeat had made him understand: he could never become the Overlord. He could only be himself. And only by becoming himself did he have any chance of reaching the Overlord’s realm—or even surpassing it!
The Overlord was defined by Breaking the Pot and Sinking the Boat—unyielding and indomitable, he conquered the world, but a single defeat was his end.
But he was different.
’My path of dominance is to fight a hundred battles even if I face a hundred defeats! I seek not to conquer others, but to conquer myself!!’
"KILL!!"
Xiang Ji roared. His Qi and Blood surged wildly. The combination of his intense spiritual will and the pressure from his opponent plunged his Spirit and body into a strange state of fusion, producing a miraculous effect.
His powerful Spirit suppressed his body’s instincts. Under this immense pressure, he ignored the damage to his body, continuously breaking through his limits to unleash power that surpassed them.
To constantly surpass himself in battle, to unleash even greater strength than before, right up until the very last moment before his body disintegrated.
This was the true path of Breaking Extreme that belonged to him, Xiang Ji!!
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