Chapter 487 496: Breakthrough to the 9th Meridian

Ye Tian's battle with the Ouyang Family in the Imperial City attracted countless eyes.

Many people didn't understand why a single youth would provoke the Ouyang Family into mobilizing their entire clan just to kill him.

But upon seeing Ye Tian's terrifying combat prowess, they realized that this boy was truly a monster.

The battle also alarmed the upper echelons of the Imperial City Academy, including those in the Celestial Dragon Garden.

Streams of Divine Sense shot into the sky to observe the great battle.

Patriarch Ouyang's face was livid. "Ye Tian, you deserve to die! You really deserve to die! Do you truly believe we're helpless just because you broke our Array?

How could a mere brat like you possibly shake the foundations of my Ouyang Family, one of the most powerful families in the Imperial City?

Everyone, use your strongest attacks! Kill this boy with everything you've got!"

In an instant, a barrage of Martial Skills filled the sky. The terrifying Energy fluctuations could be felt for dozens of miles around.

Ye Tian was keenly aware of his Dragon Transformation's time limit. He had to end this fight before it wore off.

"Then let's go wild!" Ye Tian roared as a golden light erupted from his right arm.

His Divine Dragon Arm manifested instantly, and he lunged toward the nearest Elder.

Boosted by the Divine Dragon Arm, Ye Tian's combat power surged once more.

He was now pushing his strength to its absolute limit.

Within a few breaths, he had killed two Elders and severely wounded a third.

And this was with Patriarch Ouyang, an Eight Veins powerhouse, in the fight. Such a feat stunned all onlookers.

The Ouyang Family had never suffered such a great loss.

"Heavenly Slash!" Patriarch Ouyang roared, unleashing his strongest attack against Ye Tian with all his might.

A massive Longsword materialized in the air, a spectral blade over thirty feet long.

The very space above the Imperial City warped under the pressure of this single strike, and even the ground below was affected.

Cracks spiderwebbed across the ground, and numerous buildings began to collapse.

The heart of the battle descended into chaos. The destructive power of a fight between such powerhouses was terrifying to behold.

"Gold Slash!" Ye Tian countered, unleashing his own seemingly invincible strike.

A massive wave of Golden Sword Qi shot toward the giant spectral sword.

BOOM! A tremendous explosion rocked the sky.

The terrifying Energy kicked up a hurricane-force gale, tearing through the surrounding buildings.

Both Ye Tian and Patriarch Ouyang were thrown back dozens of meters by the recoil before managing to steady themselves.

Ye Tian felt his arm throb, and a single Dragon Scale actually flaked off and fell.

This was the first time such a thing had happened while using his Divine Dragon Arm, a testament to the power of his opponent's attack.

Patriarch Ouyang was in even worse shape. The hand gripping his sword trembled uncontrollably, and his entire arm was stained red with blood.

"So, this is all Patriarch Ouyang amounts to!" Ye Tian jeered.

His figure flashed as he lunged forward to attack again.

Not to be outdone, Patriarch Ouyang swung his sword to counter.

The two clashed back and forth in the air, and the few remaining Elders were completely unable to intervene.

A single touch from the stray Energy Attacks erupting from their duel could mean severe injury, if not death.

Ye Tian's stamina was draining fast. 'I've played all my trump cards, but I still can't kill Patriarch Ouyang.' A sense of urgency began to creep into his heart.

Patriarch Ouyang was even more shocked. His own stamina was also being heavily drained.

'This Ye Tian is just too heaven-defying! For someone his age to fight me to a standstill... In another year or two, killing me would be child's play for him.'

'I can't let this boy mature. Otherwise, he really might annihilate the entire Ouyang Clan.'

"You are strong," Patriarch Ouyang said. "If you hadn't killed Yeyu, I truly would not have wanted to make an enemy of you. But now, you've slaughtered so many of our clan's disciples and Elders. This ends only when one of us is dead.

Now, you can die!" he declared, pulling out a crimson Talisman.

"Despicable," Ye Tian spat.

"You should feel honored to die to a Tier Six Talisman. I paid a tremendous price to acquire it."

"Don't celebrate just yet," Ye Tian retorted. "A Tier Six Talisman might be powerful, but I'm no pushover." Inside, however, he was frantically trying to figure out how to withstand the terrifying Talisman.

"Heaven-Sundering Talisman!" Patriarch Ouyang roared, channeling his Spiritual Power into the Talisman.

The Talisman immediately flared with a blinding red light. In the next moment, a powerful Energy Barrier enveloped the area for several miles around.

The Talisman slowly floated from his hand into the air, radiating a suffocatingly powerful Energy wave.

"Ye Tian, even if you were at the Eight Vein Peak, you would still die to this Heaven-Sundering Talisman! It can severely wound even a Nine Vein Powerhouse, to say nothing of a whelp at the Early Eight Veins Realm like you," Patriarch Ouyang laughed.

He stared at Ye Tian with an expression of absolute certainty. Although his clan had lost many members, he still felt a sense of gratification at the thought of personally ending a top-tier genius.

The other powerhouses observing from across the Imperial City were also shocked. They never expected Patriarch Ouyang to pull out a Tier Six Talisman.

Such a terrifying Talisman was thought to be impossible to find within the Empire. The only place one could possibly originate from was a Holy Land.

And even in the Holy Lands, they were exceedingly rare.

"What a shame. Such a young genius... given time, he surely would have become a true powerhouse."

"To push Ouyang Chen this far at his age is enough to make him famous for a thousand years. Even in the Holy Lands, you'd be hard-pressed to find a genius who could compare!"

"Maybe a miracle will happen. I have a feeling this kid isn't going to die."

The top powerhouses of the Imperial City murmured amongst themselves, thoroughly stunned by the day's events.

Ye Shixue, however, just smiled faintly. 'A Tier Six Talisman is powerful, but it's impossible for it to kill Ye Tian.

'How could the Inheritor of the War Dragon be so easily slain? You all underestimate the War Dragon far too much.

'Even I can't guarantee that I could kill him as he is now!'

The Talisman in the air began to spin rapidly, and a massive hexagram materialized in the sky.

Ye Tian felt a terrifying power lock him in place, rendering him immobile.

He couldn't break free with his current strength, a testament to the Talisman's terrifying power.

Immediately after, bolts of lightning began to lash out from within the hexagram.

The blinding light made it impossible to look directly at it as the bolts of lightning all converged on Ye Tian.

Yet, Ye Tian wasn't nervous at all. A faint smile even played on his lips.

'I was just worrying about not having enough Energy to break through. This Thunder Power has come at the perfect time!'

If anyone knew what he was thinking, they would surely think he was a madman for wanting to use the Thunder Power to break through to the next Realm.

To the onlookers, Ye Tian was completely engulfed in lightning. In reality, he had erected a powerful Spiritual Barrier and was slowly absorbing the Thunder Power.

The Thunder Power caused excruciating pain as it entered his body, but Ye Tian gritted his teeth and endured.

He could clearly feel his physical body being destroyed and rebuilt, growing stronger bit by bit.

The same was happening to his meridians; they were becoming tougher and wider.

The pain only made him more excited.

'A single bolt's worth of Thunder Power is too weak,' he thought. 'I need more.'

He increased the intensity of his absorption, drawing in two bolts at once, then three, then four.

His body was constantly being destroyed and repaired.

Unconsciously, his Ninth Vein began to form. While it wasn't fully opened yet, it was only a matter of time.

The hexagram in the sky continued to unleash lightning, and the electricity coursing over Ye Tian's body grew ever more intense.

The lightning bolts formed roaring dragons of thunder that coiled around him, creating a terrifying, apocalyptic scene.

And yet, Ye Tian was in the middle of it all, continuously absorbing the lightning to break through his Realm.

Finally, Ye Tian was completely enveloped by the thunder dragons, obscuring him from view.

Patriarch Ouyang burst out laughing. "If you still don't die after all this, then there's no justice in the heavens!"

For a moment, the only sound was the crackling roar of thunder.

But then, Ye Tian's voice cut through the noise. "Got any more of those talismans? I feel like this one isn't powerful enough!"

Upon hearing this, Patriarch Ouyang nearly stumbled and fell right out of the sky.