Chapter 1168: Chapter 1168: Ice Emperor Palace Powerhouses
Xiao Yi soared into the sky and flew away.
All around, a group of martial artists watched the rapidly departing flame, their faces showing expressions of surprise.
The four characters Purple Flame Yi Xiao had long been renowned in the Four-direction Domain.
But from today onward, these four characters will shine even brighter, and their significance will be different.
Because the 16 Venerable Envoys, these 16 who represent one of the most outstanding heavenly talents of the time, have not been defeated by martial artists of the same level for many years.
But now, someone appeared and defeated them so thoroughly.
The four characters Purple Flame Yi Xiao, from today onward, will no longer represent merely a rising demon hunter but a future powerhouse whose martial arts dao is boundless, with the position of martial arts great power within reach.
Such a supreme monster, standing proudly atop the continent one day and stepping into the supreme position, is not impossible.
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Xiao Yi paid no attention to the gazes of the crowd, having already flown far away.
Several hours later, he left the Four-direction Dangerous Land.
"Phew." In the high sky, Xiao Yi took a deep breath.
He was calming the aura within his body.
The battle with the white-clothed young man seemed easy, but was, in fact, not simple.
Especially with the addition of the elder from Dominating Star Mansion, fighting one against two, Xiao Yi’s pressure increased sharply.
Of course, he wasn’t injured.
But fighting one against two, his primordial power was excessively consumed, causing him to feel slightly weak now.
Additionally, the Furious Flame Finger is currently his strongest martial technique in the Fire Dao, and also his greatest harvest in perfecting this dao.
It could even be said that the Furious Flame Finger equates to the perfection of his martial arts in the past half a year.
A single pointed finger, seemingly simple, is indeed the eruption of more than 80 supreme flame martial arts.
Naturally, it is immensely powerful, but also extremely consuming of primordial power.
Especially as his true cultivation level is only at the Saint Realm Eighth Layer, while the white-clothed young man and the elder from Dominating Star Mansion are both at the peak of the Saint King Realm.
Therefore, it seemed like a single finger defeated these two, but Xiao Yi’s primordial power within was almost completely depleted in that moment, excessively consumed.
"Fly a bit further, and I’ll need to find a place to recuperate." Xiao Yi muttered indifferently to himself.
Though his strength is formidable, his true cultivation level is ultimately too low.
However, after such a tremendous battle, only needing to recuperate briefly afterwards is already remarkable.
As Xiao Yi thought this, just as he was about to speed up and fly away, his figure suddenly paused.
An overwhelming icy coldness instantly assaulted every part of him.
A shuddering feeling from the depths of his heart made him instantly extremely alert.
"Hmm?" Xiao Yi squinted his eyes, his cold gaze fixed tens of meters ahead.
There, an old man now stood.
The old man appeared at some unknown time and by some unknown means.
Xiao Yi had been flying all along, eyes fixed ahead.
Yet even so, he was oblivious to how the old man appeared in front of him.
"Who might you be?" Xiao Yi steadied his mind, asking in a deep voice.
The feeling the old man gave him was filled with fatal threat.
No, he could hardly see through this old man, feeling as if he were an icy abyss, terrifying beyond compare.
"Haha." The old man opened his mouth, chuckled lightly, and looked directly at Xiao Yi.
"You took the Ice Venerate Token, injured my heavenly talent of the Ice Emperor Palace, and still ask who I am?"
"An Ice Emperor Palace member?" Xiao Yi’s expression changed.
"Haha." The old man stood there, hands held behind his back, neither hurried nor slow.
But in those aged eyes, there was a dangerous implication.
"Do you wish to take back the Ice Venerate Token? Or, are you here to find trouble with me?" Xiao Yi steadied his mind and asked coldly.
He indeed couldn’t see through this old man.
But since the old man clearly didn’t come with good intentions, being an enemy, there was no need to overthink.
Battle alone.
"What do you think?" The old man looked at Xiao Yi, chuckling lightly.
"I suppose such a heavenly talent should be a wise person."
"Will you obediently hand it over yourself, or will this old man take action personally?"
"What do you think?" Xiao Yi retorted, his voice extremely cold.
"Hmm? Something’s not right."
Xiao Yi suddenly frowned, in his perception, the old man across wasn’t ’human’, not even having a hint of human aura.
"Oh, I see, it’s merely a Martial Arts Illusion." Xiao Yi sneered.
The so-called Martial Arts Illusion is a highly advanced technique.
Only a Martial Arts Emperor, and only with extremely high mastery in such realms, can wield it.
The true self is thousands of miles away, with a single thought, can leverage the Heaven and Earth Martial Arts Power to condense a Martial Arts Illusion in the distance.
This technique is somewhat similar to how Duanmu Palace Master branded a martial arts mark across a million miles in the Central Region on Wind Saint Cliff.
Duanmu Palace Master was on Wind Saint Cliff but could brand a mark in the sky above Star Swapping City across a million miles.
This mark lingered without dispersing, always guiding Xiao Yi’s path forward.
However, Duanmu Palace Master merely mobilized a trace of Heaven and Earth Martial Arts Power.
While this old man in front, mobilized significant Heaven and Earth Martial Arts Power to condense this Martial Arts Illusion.
"Oh? You can recognize a Martial Arts Illusion, you do have some skill." The old man was slightly surprised.
"But, then what?"
"Then?" Xiao Yi sneered, "If your true self were here, my meager cultivation would surely be inadequate."
"A mere Martial Arts Illusion, to make me hand over the Ice Venerate Token? Ridiculous."
The old man shook his head at these words, "It seems you’ve chosen the latter."
As he spoke, the old man said no more, and struck out with a palm.
This seemingly slow palm seemed to transcend spatial distance.
Where the palm wind passed, everything was sealed in ice.
Nearly the instant the old man struck, the palm wind had arrived in front of Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi’s pupils shrank, he stepped back, and quickly conjured flame barriers around himself.
Facing such an unfathomable old man, Xiao Yi was not careless in the slightest.
Five powerful flames were instantly unleashed.
Five flame barriers were instantly formed.
However, the moment these five flame barriers came into contact with the palm wind, they were already sealed in ice.
The leading Purple Flame Barrier instantly shattered into ice flakes.
"Hiss." Xiao Yi drew a cold breath, grateful he wasn’t careless earlier, instantly exhausting his strength.
Otherwise, he would now be sealed in ice, quite possibly turned into ice flakes.
The five flame barriers ultimately blocked a trace of the palm wind, granting Xiao Yi time to react.
"Furious Flame Finger." Xiao Yi shouted, pointing a finger.
Boom...
A loud bang echoed in the sky.
As the flames dispersed, the palm wind vanished, and Xiao Yi had already fled away.
The old man’s eyes narrowed, watching Xiao Yi’s retreating figure but not pursuing.
However, in those aged eyes, there was nothing but venomous hatred.
"Impressive, to survive my palm, no wonder you could defeat a Venerable Envoy."
"Yet such a monster, having already formed a feud, should be eliminated sooner rather than later."
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In the distant land, thousands of miles away, Xiao Yi swiftly fled, blood pouring from his mouth.
He didn’t worry about the old man pursuing.
Because a Martial Arts Illusion isn’t the true self and can only strike once.
After the old man’s attack, the illusion would dissipate.
He fled swiftly because he was now severely injured.
The old man’s strength far exceeded his imagination, with just a single palm, it left him critically wounded.
"Such terrifying cold ice power." Beneath Xiao Yi’s mask, his face was extremely pale.
He distinctly felt a terrifying cold ice power rampaging within, freezing all his organs, limbs, and cells to a thousand wounds.
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The third update.
