20: Encountering an enemy midway, one punch! One slash!

The three of them set off.

Long after leaving Lingyuan City, Zhang Yang frowned; he felt as if someone was watching him.

"Who's there! Come out!" Zhang Yang barked as he turned around, looking toward the direction he sensed.

"What's wrong, Zhang Yang? Is someone following us?"

Jiang Haochuan and Ji Zhipeng reacted instantly, their longswords unsheathed and at the ready.

But after being on guard for a while, they still didn't see a single soul.

Jiang Haochuan frowned slightly.

Of course, he believed Zhang Yang wasn't lying, but there truly were no signs of anyone around!

"Zhang Yang, could your senses be mistaken?"

After a while, Jiang Haochuan turned and asked.

"Impossible! My senses would never be wrong! Be careful!" Zhang Yang shook his head.

Since the rebirth of his physical body, his perception far exceeded what it used to be.

He definitely felt someone peeking from the shadows, and their cultivation was not low!

Another moment passed, and still, no one appeared.

"Jiang Haochuan, can you use your token to call for your father, Senior Jiang Dao, right now?" Zhang Yang asked.

Since this person wouldn't come out, Zhang Yang would force them out!

Zhang Yang gave Jiang Haochuan a look, and Jiang Haochuan nodded.

"I can! I'll call my father right away!!" After saying that, he pulled a jade token from his robes.

Suddenly!

"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Kid, I didn't expect your senses to be so sharp!"

A burly man dressed in blood-red robes with knotted muscles appeared out of thin air not far away, staring at Zhang Yang and the others with a playful expression.

This burly man's Aura was extraordinary, his blood qi soaring to the heavens, far surpassing any other enemy Zhang Yang had ever seen!

At that moment, the burly man waved his hand. Jiang Haochuan instantly lost control, and the jade token flew out of his hand, landing in the burly man's palm.

"Kid, you've got guts! How dare you trick me? This isn't a communication jade token at all!"

The burly man's expression changed as he took the jade token.

"Zhang Yang! This person isn't simple! He might be a Profound Core Realm Cultivator!"

Jiang Haochuan said in a low voice to Zhang Yang, his expression grave.

He then immediately reached into his robes and activated the actual jade token used to contact his father.

A Profound Core Realm Martial Artist was not someone they could deal with! They could only hold out until his father arrived!

"The Profound Core Realm?"

Zhang Yang looked at the burly man not far away and nodded slightly.

Now that his Great Sun True Fire Body Tempering Art was at Perfection, he really wanted to test the power of a Profound Core Realm Martial Artist!

"Kid! Don't think I'll be afraid of you just because you're calling your father!"

"This place is extremely far from Lingyuan City. Even if it's your father, it would take him dozens of minutes to get here!"

"Can you hold out until then?"

The burly man's face turned ashen.

He hadn't expected to be played by Zhang Yang and the others.

But it didn't matter; he had specifically waited until Zhang Yang and the others were far from Lingyuan City before acting, just to prevent this.

"Senior, I wonder what grievance or enmity we have with you?" Jiang Haochuan said.

He didn't understand; he shouldn't have any grievances with this person.

"Grievance? Hehe, you killed the resources I was raising! It wasn't easy for me to find two suitable Human Rations."

"Once they matured, I could have used them to refine a batch of Medicinal Pills, and I would surely have been able to take a step further!"

"But!"

The burly man's expression shifted, and his anger soared.

"You! Fifteen days ago! You killed my two Human Rations!"

"I waited for you outside Lingyuan City for fifteen days! Fifteen days!!"

The burly man roared, causing the surrounding air to tremble.

Hearing the burly man's words, Zhang Yang and the others immediately understood the cause and effect of the matter!

"Kid! I can see that your physical body is extraordinary; I'm practically salivating just smelling it!"

"If I eat you, it would probably be worth thousands of Human Rations!"

The burly man looked at Zhang Yang, a hint of desire flickering in his eyes.

In his eyes, Zhang Yang was like a walking Heaven And Earth Treasure.

"Don't move, let me test his mettle!"

Zhang Yang turned and instructed them, then walked toward the burly man.

"Be careful!" Jiang Haochuan's face was full of worry.

This was a Profound Core Realm Martial Artist; even if he followed the Evil Path, he wasn't someone they in the Spirit Aperture Realm could handle!

"Good kid! Instead of running away, you're walking toward me?" The burly man grinned ferociously.

Zhang Yang frowned, his nose twitching as a thick scent of blood wafted from the burly man.

With such a thick scent of blood, there was no telling how many people this man had killed to achieve it.

"Die, kid!" The burly man let out a roar, his right hand forming a fist as he struck toward Zhang Yang.

For a moment, the scent of blood overflowed, dyeing the surroundings blood-red.

As the punch came, the world changed color, and the air was instantly torn apart!

Blood-red flames even ignited upon the fist!

"Zhang Yang, be careful!" Jiang Haochuan shouted at the sight, his heart filled with worry.

A furious strike from a Profound Core Realm expert would likely be enough to kill Zhang Yang on the spot!

"Good timing!"

Zhang Yang gave a low shout, his eyes sparkling! He also threw out his right fist,

the essence of the Overlord Fist flowing through it, carrying a hint of overbearing air that looked down upon the world.

With a loud boom, both of them retreated ten steps.

"Good kid! Your physical body is indeed extraordinary!!"

The burly man's gaze sharpened as he stared intently at Zhang Yang, somewhat in disbelief.

He was a Profound Core Realm Martial Artist with an incredibly powerful body, yet the kid before him could actually exchange a blow with him without being at a disadvantage!

Zhang Yang, however, frowned.

He had thought that after reaching Perfection in the Great Sun True Fire Body Tempering Art, he would be very strong when clashing head-on with a Profound Core Realm expert.

He hadn't expected to be only a sliver stronger than this burly man, far from being able to crush him.

"It's actually a draw!"

Not far away,

Jiang Haochuan and Ji Zhipeng gulped as they saw Zhang Yang and the burly man each retreat ten steps.

A Profound Core Realm Martial Artist had actually fought to a draw after exchanging a punch with Zhang Yang, who was only in the Spirit Aperture Realm?

This was truly unbelievable!

"Let's end this battle!" Zhang Yang shook his head.

He already knew his current physical strength, so there was no reason to continue the entanglement.

He drew his saber.

"Die!" The burly man struck out with another punch.

This punch was different!

Under the shroud of Fist Intent, the world changed color! Its power had more than doubled!

"Kid! Die under my Triple-layered Fist Intent!!" The burly man was somewhat smug.

So what if the person before him had an unparalleled physical body?

How could his comprehension of 'Intent' possibly compare to his own thirty years of insight!

"Fist Intent, is it?" Feeling the Fist Intent atop the man's fist, the corner of Zhang Yang's mouth curled up.

"Sovereign Domination of a Thousand Autumns!"

In the next instant, the saber in Zhang Yang's hand struck out resolutely.

Six-layered Saber Intent surged from his body, enveloping the surroundings.

At the same time, the Saber Qi in his body merged into one, fusing into the blade,

and then combined with the Saber Intent, erupting with unprecedented power!

In an instant, the burly man's Fist Intent retracted into his body, unable to be mobilized in the slightest.

The burly man's face turned pale.

He naturally understood what had happened in this situation.

The level of Saber Intent comprehension of the person before him was at least two layers higher than his own!

Otherwise, it would be impossible to suppress his Fist Intent!

But the punch had already been thrown, and it was impossible to pull back; he could only watch as the saber approached his fist.

In the next instant, an unparalleled saber light emerged, instantly piercing through the burly man,

shooting toward the distance and splitting all the trees in its path in half.

Only after traveling a full thousand meters did the saber light gradually dissipate.

"You! How..."

The burly man's eyes were filled with immense shock. Before he could finish his sentence, his body split into two and collapsed to either side.