85: Chapter 85 It's a pity you guys exposed yourselves too late.

The battle erupted.

The sky was split into two battlefields.

Ye Xiu fought frantically amidst dozens of rules. The blade light transformed from Yang Power in his hand was extremely sharp, capable of not only tearing apart all the techniques before him...

...but also withstanding the attacks of most rule-based techniques.

"This human's attack can ignore rules..."

A Saint was sent flying by a single slash, eyes filled with horror. The blade light formed from Yang Power had not only shattered its fire rules...

...but had also directly inflicted heavy injuries upon it.

And the golden barrier shrouding that human also possessed the ability to resist rules.

Unless they attacked in unison,

it was nearly a pipe dream for an individual to break through.

Yet the intensity of his aura...

...had clearly not even reached the Saint Realm.

Why was the Human Race so powerful?

In their memories, even among the Gods and Demons in the Alliance of the Heavens, there were very few such formidable Cultivators.

Why would there be such a monster-level Prodigy among the Human Race?

These Fire Rhino Clan Saints who were besieging him could not understand.

The more they fought, the more their hearts grew cold with fear.

As a race naturally attuned to fire rules, their inherent fire power could burn almost everything in heaven and earth.

Yet in the eyes of their opponent,

it was difficult to even break through his defense. Why was the gap between their rules so vast?

Above the clouds,

fire burned across the entire sky.

Ye Xiu brandished his blade light like an invincible god of war, frantically slashing away at one fire-based attack technique after another.

Die!

After seizing an opportunity,

he ignored the fire cage and directly hacked a heavily injured Saint to death on the spot.

The Yang Power within his body was too strong.

Even though these Fire Rhino Clan members had already broken into the Saint Realm and controlled rule power far stronger than his own,

under rule suppression,

all of their fire techniques were directly negated.

The battle was almost entirely one-sided.

To clash head-on with Ye Xiu's Yang Power, one would need those T0-tier equivalent rules; otherwise, this Yang Power, which was fused with Immunity to Ten Thousand Laws, naturally countered everything below T0-tier.

Unless one could crush him

using a tenfold power gap to forcibly break the Yang Power attribute.

But currently, those capable of reaching such a level were likely only Supreme-level Cultivators.

After all, with 10 strands of Yang Power, Ye Xiu's God-Slaying Style blade light possessed a fivefold amplification.

That was 50 strands of Yang Power.

Converted into rule power, that was 500.

This had already reached the strength of the Saint Realm.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to force these dozens of Fire Rhino Clan Saints into a retreat.

After all, rules were also categorized by strength.

In the rule system Ye Xiu understood,

the rule power converted from ordinary Daos of rules could only reach a maximum of 100 strands, making it impossible to even break into the Saint Realm.

These were generally weaker rules.

Such as the Dao of Transformation, the Dao of Evasion, the Dao of Haste, and so on—rules that had no branches and were relatively weak in attack, defense, and support.

They all belonged to ordinary rules.

Even if one could master multiple ordinary rules and apply a large amount of rule power simultaneously, the rule's attribute determined its upper limit.

The combat power amplification was limited.

Whereas for Advanced rules,

the maximum conversion value of rule power could reach 500 strands.

Mastering it to the extreme

was entirely enough to break into the Saint Realm.

Such as the Five Elements, elements, and so on.

These Advanced rules, besides their inherent rule attributes, could also extend into many branch rules.

Just like the Fire Rhino Clan before him; besides the fire rule, most of these Saints also mastered branch rules of fire such as Flame Burst, Magma, and Flame Liquid.

Cultivating them to a profound level could even lead to the position of a Supreme.

Above that

were T1-tier rules.

Such as the formidable cultivation rules of Martial Dao, Sword Dao, and Blade Dao.

If these three types of rules

could obtain the recognition of heaven and earth, one could achieve the position of a Dao Lord, governing the Daos of heaven and earth and becoming a master of rules.

Reaching this Realm, one could be called a Dao Lord.

At the same time, this Realm was the end of the path of rules, the number one person beneath heaven and earth.

Whereas the equivalent Heavenly Sovereign

required a Cultivator to go into Chaos and open up their own Great Dao.

If successful, they would become a Heavenly Sovereign, possessing the qualification to attain Immortality and transcend heaven and earth.

As for T0-tier rules, they were basically the Bloodline rules of divine bodies.

If one achieved the position of a Dao Lord using such rules,

their combat power would absolutely be among the strongest of Dao Lords, potentially even capable of fighting a Heavenly Sovereign.

Boom...

The battle continued.

The blade light in Ye Xiu's hand danced rapidly.

He split apart one fire technique after another. Only an hour had passed,

and no fewer than five Saints had already died under his blade light.

Seeing the situation so disadvantageous, the remaining fewer than thirty Fire Rhino Clan Saints could only fight desperately, seeking to trade injuries for injuries.

But Ye Xiu's physique was too strong.

His body, which could temper Yang Power, was itself horrifyingly tough.

Naturally, he had no fear of this style of trading injuries.

After all, outside his physique, there was also a layer of golden barrier.

Even if he was attacked, the damage sustained was extremely limited.

The Fire Rhino Clan was different.

If struck by the blade light, they were injured at best and dead at worst.

As time passed,

the battle above the clouds grew increasingly intense.

"Everyone, if we lose, the Fire Rhino Clan will cease to exist."

A look of fatal resolve appeared in the eyes of the remaining Fire Rhino Clan Saints.

Their auras began to surge frantically.

"What's going on?"

Ye Xiu looked at the Fire Rhino Clan members who were withdrawing from the battle circle, leaving only one Saint to fight him, and was somewhat puzzled.

Just as he was about to take the opportunity to kill it,

the Fire Rhino Clan member he was fighting had already rushed in close. With a thunderous boom, a blinding light illuminated the entire Domain.

It self-detonated.

The formidable shockwave of the explosion

directly shattered the golden barrier formed by Yang Power.

As for Ye Xiu,

he was also sent flying, coughing up blood from the blast.

But it wasn't over yet.

Those Saints who had withdrawn from the battle circle were like a relay race,

rushing toward Ye Xiu one by one.

They self-detonated in succession.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom...

Continuous explosions echoed through the clouds.

The sky was illuminated by endless firelight.

This terrifying explosive shockwave even caused space to collapse, revealing the pitch-black void outside the Domain.

Three minutes later.

All the Fire Rhino Clan Saints had died in battle, turning into explosive fireworks that dissipated within their own Domain.

The Domain became somewhat unstable.

In the distance, the three Great Saints were filled with grief and rage.

But Xing Mu's attacks were also horrifyingly strong; even with the three of them joining forces, they could only barely contend with her.

"He wouldn't have been blown to death, would he?"

Xing Mu looked at the situation over there, a hint of worry flashing in her eyes.

The continuous self-detonation of over twenty Saints would kill even a Great Saint, let alone Ye Xiu, who should only be in the Tongtian Realm.

When the explosive ripples completely subsided,

a skeleton appeared at the site of the spatial collapse.

It was Ye Xiu!

He had been blasted by the terrifying explosive force until only a skeleton remained—and a skeleton covered in cracks at that.

"I almost died... what a pity..."