Back when they first encountered each other in the Mountain and Sea Realm, he believed he had a hidden advantage. How much stronger he was today, yet he couldn’t seize even the slightest opportunity.

How could he accept such a result?!

Crack, crack, crack.

His bones exploded one by one.

The dragon of his spine liberated to the twenty-first section, unleashing the power of the Martial Dao 21st Heaven!

Buzz~~

A sound like a bowstring being fully drawn tautened the air, as his muscles tightened at a terrifying rate, each piece straining.

Like intricate puppet parts, every part of his flesh body was unleashing power in an instant.

The sound shaking the void, like a raging beast’s roar, was his roaring blood rushing.

This power swelled to the limit, causing the space to twist.

The dragon of blood soared up, igniting a blood-colored flame outside its body. This blood flame appeared not the least bit evil; rather, it was mighty and clear, blazing like the sun, with awe-inspiring majesty.

This blood flame also boiled on Zhongli Yan’s skin. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

At this moment, they seemed to have become the same, already connected.

The dragon of blood rapidly shrunk, suddenly plunging down, wrapping around the Nanyue Sword, entwining Zhongli Yan’s palm and the sword hilt, and then vanished.

Between heaven and earth, there seemed to be Dao’s sound manifesting.

Crack.

The floor tiles pressed by Zhongli Yan’s back spread out with web-like cracks!

Whoosh!

All majesty, grandeur, and excitement...

In the end, was just a faint "pop."

The bow fully drawn, the arrow leaves the string.

With astonishing speed, he charged towards Jiang Wang once again.

This process was so fast it couldn’t be captured by sight.

But boom!

What greeted him was another Flame Flower Burning City.

Too precise, too apt.

It all happened almost simultaneously, creating the impression that Zhongli Yan suddenly erupted and then recklessly crashed his flesh into the Flame City.

A fully liberated power of the Martial Dao 21st Heaven, Zhongli Yan at this moment shockingly withstood the Flame City.

Veins bulged on his arms like dragons, as the Nanyue Sword resisted, making the space hum.

Man and Flame City, fixed in mid-air!

For a moment, people couldn’t tell if the Flame Flower Burning City’s scarlet flame was hotter, or if the blood flame surrounding Zhongli Yan was more intense.

But Jiang Wang had no intention of discerning it.

A figure in a blue robe walking in the city of flames, like a Sword Immortal from the Heavens, walking in his heavenly realm.

In the brilliant flames, among the familiar street scenes, his sword light still soared.

At that moment, it was impossible to see how many swords he drew; people could only see the torrent of Skills and Divine Skills—

The grayish-white was the light of withered wood.

The scarlet was the Samadhi True Fire.

Envy Fire, Rage Fire, Bi Fang Seal.

The one-legged divine bird raised its head and spread its wings.

Hundreds of birds facing the phoenix, chirping, ensuing with eight tones burning the sea!

The Disaster Fighting Seal, a faint glow appeared for a moment.

The sword light rose again, already slicing out with the Buzhou Wind!

Under this torrent, Zhongli Yan kept falling, kept falling, swinging his sword hundreds, thousands of times, yet could only continue to fall——

Boom!

He fell to the ground once more, right into the spot he had previously fallen, his entire body fitting seamlessly into it. The already cracked tiles now turned to powder, floating in the wind!

The surrounding stands, were terrifyingly silent for a moment.

Wu Yan Lanzhu’s heart leapt to her throat, almost crying out, but in the surrounding dead silence, she bit her lip hard.

Only then did she realize, her hand had been grasped until it turned pale and green by her close friend.

Swish!

In the complex and varied gazes of the onlookers, the last wisp of frost-white Buzhou Wind, suddenly folded before Zhongli Yan’s neck, then returned.

Jiang Wang sheathed his sword, pressed with a single hand using the Disaster Fighting Seal, smoothing out the chaos of Prime Energy, the chaotic sword Qi, the blood energy, and even the space fragments.

His frost wind dissipated, the red flame vanished, the Tianfu Wheel’s radiance gathered into the invisible.

For a moment, the sky was clear and the earth bright, all around peaceful, only a tranquil as water blue robe, gracefully standing in the human world. As if the previous battling heaven and earth, all grand events... had never occurred.

Only Zhongli Yan lying down, already exhausted, that bewildered gaze... could still illustrate the ferocity of the battle.

It could still describe a bit of his mood.

He had never truly underestimated the heroes of the world, nor ever looked down on himself.

No matter when, no matter how miserably losing before Dou Zhao, he had never given up on himself.

The Great Chu founded its nation for thousands of years, the history of the Human Race spans countless ages, not knowing how many people have had a graceful demeanor.

He believed he would always have a place.

He believed he must possess extraordinary talent, must have an extraordinary mission, must be able to conquer all——

But for Dou Zhao being naturally gifted, how could there still be a Jiang Wang in the world?

Younger than Dou Zhao, yet the pressure he brought was akin to that of Dou Zhao.

The entire battle he was completely suppressed, unable to find the slightest opportunity, unable to even feel unwillingness!

At this moment, a hand reached out before him.

Then it was the calmly observing face of Marquis Wu’an of Daqi, appearing more and more with immortal beauty, looking at him.

No sarcasm, no mercy, just very ordinary... akin to "seeing a passerby fall, reaching out to help," such a common emotion.

"This scoundrel is not quite the same as Dou Zhao after all. In this kind of situation, Dou Zhao usually would step on you once more..."

Zhongli Yan thought inexplicably.

Slap!

Suddenly he slapped away the hand before him.

Zhongli Yan turned over and jumped up, leaping out of that human-shaped pit, angrily saying: "This time I was caught off guard, you got lucky, mark my words, next time you will see!"