Chapter 1174: Chapter 1174: Fierce Battle with Cang Yue
Inside the cave.
Xiao Yi sat cross-legged, seemingly dozing with his eyes closed, waiting.
But then he suddenly opened his eyes, staring into the distance.
From afar, the aura of battle was approaching.
"A battle at the peak of the Saint King Realm?" Xiao Yi slightly frowned, then shook his head.
He wasn’t interested in watching the commotion, he was just waiting.
A few minutes later.
Xiao Yi opened his eyes again, revealing a hint of a smile.
"Finally here? Didn’t take too long after all."
With that, Xiao Yi stood up.
Almost simultaneously as Xiao Yi stood, an elder appeared out of thin air several dozen meters outside the cave.
The elder’s face was icy cold, even twitching slightly, seeming to suppress a great anger.
"Xiao Yi." The elder exclaimed, but those two words seemed to be squeezed out through clenched teeth.
"Cang Yue, long time no see." Xiao Yi sneered.
Indeed, this elder was Cang Yue.
In fact, when Xiao Yi took off the mask, he knew that Cang Yue would definitely find him.
"How exactly did you do it?" Cang Yue stared directly at Xiao Yi, asking coldly.
"Do what exactly?" Xiao Yi chuckled lightly.
Cang Yue gritted his teeth, his aged face full of rage, "How did you escape from Green Light City without a trace, evading even my detection."
"And when I discovered you had escaped, I could no longer find you."
"Even the Holy Artifact, Concentrated Breath Mirror, couldn’t trace your whereabouts at all."
"For a whole half year, six months, how did you do it?"
"Heh." Xiao Yi gave a cold smile.
For the better part of this half-year, he wore the Ghost Mask, training under the identity of Yi Xiao, with no one able to sense him.
It would be strange if Cang Yue could find him.
"Do I need to explain to you?" Xiao Yi sneered.
"You..." Cang Yue was furious, "Fine, no need to explain indeed."
"Anyway, I’ve found you."
"You think disappearing for half a year means I couldn’t find you?"
"Now that I’ve found you, explanations aren’t necessary; one who’s about to die needs no explanation."
"Are you sure you found me on your own?" Xiao Yi gave a playful smile.
"Hmm?" Cang Yue squinted his eyes, he wasn’t a fool, he understood Xiao Yi’s meaning.
"Did you let me find you on purpose?"
"You insolent brat." Cang Yue gritted his teeth, his fists clenching so hard they crackled.
He understood what Xiao Yi meant, that if he didn’t let him find him, he never would; and if he did, he’d appear willingly in front of him.
"Quite some skills, but that’s all there is." Cang Yue restrained his anger, coldly sneering.
Indeed, he restrained his anger, because now what surged in him was a killing intent.
"Arrogant talents like you, rarely live long."
With those words, Cang Yue attacked instantly, sending out a palm strike.
Xiao Yi remained unfazed, summoning the Blizzard Sword out of thin air.
As the sword emerged, starlight followed.
Strands of starlight pressed forward overwhelmingly.
Boom... A loud explosion followed.
Cang Yue’s palm was clearly marked with a white scar.
However, the starlight from Xiao Yi’s sword instantly dissipated.
"Hmm?" Cang Yue squinted, "Good kid, in just a year or so, you’ve gained such strength?"
Back when Cang Yue first found Xiao Yi, he was a weakling, someone he could seriously injure or even kill with just a wave of his hand.
But now, he could exchange blows, even slightly injure Cang Yue’s palm wind.
"Truly impressive." Cang Yue nodded, showing a hint of appreciation.
"With your talent, you barely qualify as a Supreme Genius now; if you survive, you could at least achieve the rank of Martial Arts Emperor in the future."
"But alas." Cang Yue shook his head, his expression returning to coldness.
"You just overestimate yourself and covet the Young Sect Master, sealing your own fate."
With those final words, Cang Yue attacked once more.
Xiao Yi frowned, withdrawing the Blizzard Sword, replacing it with the Cold Flame Sword.
Boom... Another explosion sound occurred.
This time, in the clash between palm and sword, Cang Yue had the slight upper hand.
Xiao Yi was forced back several steps.
"So strong." Xiao Yi was taken aback.
For half a year he trained, refining the Fire Dao, not the Sword Dao.
Yet his cultivation continued to grow.
His Qi Spring and Small World were vast, each cultivation increase notably enhancing his combat power.
Moreover, with the Cold Flame Sword in hand, his combat strength surged.
But even against Cang Yue, he lost a little ground.
Swish... Swish... Swish...
Xiao Yi sent out strands of Sword Qi, his sword moving mysteriously.
"Overestimating oneself." Cang Yue sneered, sending out another palm strike.
One palm alone made the oncoming Sword Qi crumble completely.
The fierce Palm Wind bore straight down on Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi shifted the Sword Edge, the cutting edge thrusting forward.
Boom...
The sharp sword tip pressed right against Cang Yue’s palm, emitting an explosive sound.
However, Cang Yue’s palm remained unscathed.
In contrast, Xiao Yi felt a shockwave travel through his hand, numbing his arm.
"So strong." Xiao Yi exclaimed inwardly once more.
What he spoke of was not Cang Yue’s strength.
But that Cang Yue, at the peak of the Saint King Realm, managed to match his full-force sword with just a palm, and Xiao Yi was on the losing end.
Cang Yue’s cultivation was truly at the peak of the Saint King Realm, Xiao Yi was certain of it — he couldn’t have been wrong.
But this peak Saint King Realm was absurdly strong.
Another peak of the Saint King Realm, like those martial artists he encountered in the Four-direction Dangerous Land, or those in the Dominating Star Mansion, couldn’t possibly withstand his previous strike.
Clank...
Cang Yue’s palm shivered, instantly turning the ground around them to dust.
Xiao Yi was sent flying back several dozen meters, feeling pain in his arm.
Xiao Yi shook his head, inwardly relieved that his judgment half a year ago was correct.
Half a year ago, when he received Senior Lei’s message in the Asura Hall Branch Hall in the Black Cloud Region.
He considered battling Cang Yue, since Cang Yue was simply a peak of the Saint King Realm, and he had fought against a peak Saint King Realm martial artist at Heavenly King Mountain before.
But at that time, he judged that Cang Yue wasn’t that simple, hence he refrained from acting impulsively.
In hindsight, if he had fought Cang Yue back then, he wouldn’t have withstood a few moves.
As Xiao Yi considered this, if he had known that Cang Yue had recently killed several peak Saint King Realm martial artists in a single move, he would feel even more grateful.
"Kid, this is your strength?" Cang Yue sneered, launching palm strike after palm strike.
The Palm Wind was fiercely sharp, reducing everything in its path to dust that passed by the ground, trees, and air alike.
Cang Yue sneered, yet his face showed extreme satisfaction, seeming to release long-suppressed anger.
"Damn." Xiao Yi squinted his eyes, "Star Illusion Sword Formation."
Swish... Swish... Swish...
Countless starlight swords formed a formation, trapping Cang Yue instantly.
"Sword Array? What a joke." Cang Yue launched a palm strike, blasting the formation almost to pieces.
"Gasp." Xiao Yi drew a cold breath.
He remembered Senior Lei once said that taking down Cang Yue required at least a Martial Arts Emperor of Hall Master title or above.
Martial Arts Emperor, the only one Xiao Yi had seen was the old Mountain Master of Heavenly King Mountain.
But viewing Cang Yue’s fierce capabilities now, not only a Martial Arts Emperor, even several Heavenly King Mountain Masters might not be able to restrain him.
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Third Chapter.
