Chapter 547 557: Earth-Shattering

"Go!"

The black-robed man's eyes were cold. He swung his arm toward Wen Qingye, and the flames behind him transformed into a ravenous, surging beast. It howled as it rushed forward, overwhelmingly enveloping Wen Qingye.

FWOOSH! FWOOSH!

The flames seemed to have a life of their own.

Wen Qingye's eyes were just as icy. With a wave of his arm, he drew in the surrounding Primordial Qi. A Seal Technique began to form between his fingers as countless black and white streams of energy swirled about.

CRACK! CRACK!

An Eight Trigrams Array Map appeared behind him and began to slowly turn. With each rotation, Wen Qingye's aura swelled, rising ever higher.

"Undying Seal Technique, Second Style! Separation and Death Shatter the Heart!"

The Seal Technique condensed and materialized, growing larger as it shot from Wen Qingye's hands toward the raging flames.

But just as the Undying Seal was about to collide with the flames, a sinister smile crept across the black-robed man's lips. He barked a single word, "Detonate!"

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Earth-shattering explosions roared. The crimson flames erupted violently, forming a myriad of firestorms that instantly engulfed Wen Qingye. The tempest of fire was nearly a hundred zhang high, and the ground below buckled from the tremors, sinking deep into the earth.

The terrifying spectacle made most of the onlookers turn pale. Even they couldn't help but feel a sense of dread at a clash of this magnitude.

The firestorm raged on, and everyone stared intently into its heart. 'To be hit with such a terrifying attack…' they thought, 'Surely, no matter how talented Wen Qingye is, his mere Destruction Realm cultivation won't be enough to endure this, right?'

At last, the firestorm began to wane. Every eye was fixed on the spot, unblinking. Then, as most of the combatants paused their own battles to watch, a rising chorus of suppressed, shaky gasps could be heard.

High in the air, the black-robed man's pupils constricted.

As the firestorm dissipated, a figure remained hovering in the sky. It was Wen Qingye.

The edges of Wen Qingye's robes were slightly torn. A five-colored brilliance flowed across the surface of his body, shimmering faintly. From deep within his muscles, bones, and blood, a soft crackling sound emanated.

Other than his torn robes, Wen Qingye was completely unscathed.

"Terrifying… How in the world did Wen Qingye cultivate such a body?" a master from the Heaven-Burying Sect stammered, swallowing nervously.

In the sky, Wen Qingye stood against the wind. Although his slender frame was not particularly brawny or imposing, that seemingly slight figure gave off an unshakeable impression—as if he would remain standing tall, completely unmoved, even if the heavens fell and the earth split asunder.

Wen Qingye's black eyes had grown incredibly deep. Pale golden Primordial Qi swirled around him as a surging Dragon's Might washed over the surroundings. He looked down with disdain at the black-robed man before him.

If not for his profound Primordial Qi—comparable to that of a Half-Step Life and Death Realm expert—and his incredibly powerful physique, Wen Qingye would have surely died from that last attack.

"You think you can kill me with a move like that? It's not nearly enough!"

Wen Qingye's voice was calm and measured, but carried on the boundless Dragon's Might, it resonated like the roar of a dragon, shaking everyone to their core. Each word he uttered boomed and echoed between heaven and earth, causing the very air to vibrate.

As his final word fell, people suddenly felt the world grow dim. Looking up sharply, they saw a dark, gloomy aura shrouding the clouds above.

Within a radius of several hundred zhang, everyone felt an extremely oppressive atmosphere, so much so that they dared not even breathe. This had little to do with their own cultivation; it was purely the power of his presence.

Wen Qingye had already honed his Martial Arts to a state of absolute perfection. No expert could escape the pressure of his aura.

The Seal Technique in Wen Qingye's hands began to shift and change, as endless Primordial Qi gathered and churned wildly in his palms.

"Undying Seal Technique, Third Style! Judgment of Yin and Yang in Yama Hall!"

RUMBLE!

Yama Hall materialized behind Wen Qingye. The great hall, standing tall against the sky, emanated a boundless and eerie cold.

With a thrust of his palm, Wen Qingye sent the Seal Technique crashing down as if from the heavens themselves. This Seal Technique was far from simple; it was imbued with the Killing Lifeless Principle of the Lifeless Sword Dao.

Seeing Wen Qingye's Seal Technique bearing down on him, the black-robed man's brow furrowed sharply. Immediately, endless flames erupted from the sky and converged on him.

SZZZ!

Countless flames surged into his fist, and in an instant, it transformed into a crimson, blazing Fire Fist.

"To deal with you, Wen Qingye, one move is more than enough!"

Amidst the crimson flames, the black-robed man's icy eyes locked onto Wen Qingye. With a thunderous boom that shook the heavens, he took a step forward. In the next instant, he shot forward like a phantom to meet the rapidly descending Seal Technique, his Fire Fist punching upward to meet it.

"Luo Fire Dao! Fire Burning in All Directions!"

Flames danced across the sky. A monstrous torrent of Primordial Qi howled out from his vast Qi Sea, all of it surging into his arm.

All of that Primordial Qi was concentrated into a single punch, carrying with it an unstoppable force.

BOOM!

The punch flew, and a wave of fire rolled out, threatening to tear the very heavens and earth asunder.

Seeing this punch, many experts in the distance—even those at the Life and Death Realm Second and Third Layer—turned pale. Even without using the Law of a Dao, the power contained in that punch was far beyond what an ordinary Life and Death Realm Second Layer expert could muster.

The crimson wave of fire crashed directly into the Undying Seal, and in the next moment, the entire world seemed to tremble.

DONG!

In the sky above, flames devoured everything as a deafening roar echoed across the land. The might of the black-robed man's punch had clearly reached a level that, for now, Wen Qingye could not hope to match.

This single punch would put an ordinary Life and Death Realm Second Layer expert to shame.

A dense web of cracks instantly appeared on the Undying Seal where the punch had struck. Then, with a final boom, it exploded.

Wen Qingye felt as if he'd been thrown into a stormy sea. His body shot back nearly twenty zhang before he could stabilize himself, a trickle of blood trailing from the corner of his mouth.

"His power is terrifying. Just who in the world is he?"

"The members of the Heaven-Burying Sect call him 'Young Master,' but since when did the Sect have such an incredible figure among their ranks?"

"He must be a peerless genius. How else could someone at the Life and Death Realm Second Layer unleash such a devastating attack?"

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The members of the three sects watching from the sidelines exclaimed in astonishment.

The face hidden beneath the man's black hood paled slightly. He stared at the distant Wen Qingye and sneered, "Quite the technique. I had no idea the Celestial Profound Sect's Dao of Profound Destruction had such an insidious and unavoidable trick—a direct assault on one's Heart Spirit."