895: Chapter 896 I refuse to believe you're this powerful!

This Core Disciple was named Li Ye, with a cultivation at the sixth level of the Tongtian Realm.

He was somewhat famous on Xuanwu Peak, and in his daily life, he often rode on Zhao Qian's coattails to bully others.

At this moment, he stared at Mo Yu as if staring at a piece of fat meat that was easily within reach.

A newcomer at the first level of the Tongtian Realm might be considered decent on the outside, but in a place like the Wanxiang Secret Realm, he was simply not enough.

“You can only blame your bad luck.”

Before Li Ye's voice could fade, his figure suddenly shot forward, his five fingers forming a claw.

An earthy-yellow sharp spiritual energy lingered at his fingertips, tearing through the mist and aiming straight for Mo Yu's throat.

This claw strike was both fast and ruthless, without the slightest intention of testing the waters, clearly aiming for a one-hit kill.

Mo Yu had already become alert the instant that surge of killing intent rushed toward him.

His pupils contracted slightly, and without any conscious thought, his feet instinctively shifted his body half a step to the left.

Rip—

The earthy-yellow claw wind grazed his neck, tearing a long gap in the mist behind him.

Mo Yu landed, his posture sinking slightly. His gaze fell upon the man opposite him, his expression calm, yet a hint of coldness had appeared in the depths of his eyes.

“Huh?”

Li Ye withdrew his hand, a flash of surprise crossing his eyes.

He originally thought that with this claw strike, even if the opponent didn't die on the spot, he would at least be heavily injured and fall to the ground.

He hadn't expected that not only did the other party react in time, but he had also dodged so cleanly and nimbly.

“You actually dodged it?”

Li Ye sized Mo Yu up and down, the smile at the corner of his mouth becoming somewhat playful.

“I underestimated you a bit. No wonder you had the courage to offend Senior Brother Zhao; it turns out you do have some skill.”

Hearing this, Mo Yu's eyes flickered slightly. “Zhao Qian's man?”

“Smart.”

Li Ye cracked his wrists, his bones popping, as layers of thick, earthy-yellow spiritual energy surged around his body.

The swamp mud, drawn by the spiritual energy, swirled and circled around him.

“Since you know, it saves me some breath. Will you end your own life, or should I do it?”

Faint flames slowly rose around Mo Yu, and his Innate Qilin Bloodline began to faintly boil:

“With just you, you don't have the right.”

Li Ye's face darkened, and a ruthless Aura instantly covered his face.

As a Core Disciple of Xuanwu Peak, he had fought his way out of thousands of Inner Sect Disciples to secure his current position; he was by no means mediocre.

The sixth level of the Tongtian Realm against a mere first level of the Tongtian Realm—with a five-level gap in Realm right before him, it was already a crushing defeat in his eyes.

“Courting death!”

With a low shout, Li Ye suddenly charged, Earth dao patternss rumbling all over his body as his fists, wrapped in the heavy pressure of a mountain, smashed fiercely toward Mo Yu's chest.

The entire swamp ground continuously sank with his footsteps, and gravel and mud hovered in the air, following him with the momentum of two small mountains pressing down.

Mo Yu's pupils contracted slightly. Neither dodging nor avoiding, he let the Qilin Origin True Fire erupt from his palm, the golden-red flames turning into a thick, shield-shaped light barrier in front of him.

Boom! A world-shaking collision!

Dirt and stone fragments splashed everywhere in the sky. The heavy force of the earth and the Qilin True Fire violently clashed against each other, and a wild shockwave swept across the entire swamp.

Li Ye only felt a scalding, peerless force frantically rebounding along his arms, and the bones of his two arms sent out ear-piercing vibrations one after another.

The massive impact directly shocked him into retreating seven or eight steps consecutively. His arms felt sore and numb, and his flesh was scorched with light brown burn marks by the raging flames.

Holding his wrist, his eyes were full of disbelief, and a turbulent wave surged in his heart.

The scene of that white-clothed Sword Cultivator from the Huangyun Market heavily injuring four Cultivators of the third level of the Tongtian Realm with a single sword strike surfaced once again.

At that time, he had only regarded it as an exception, thinking that the other four were of mediocre strength.

But only after fighting in person did he realize that the youth at the first level of the Tongtian Realm before him...

...could actually head-on withstand him, a Xuanwu Core Disciple, and take the heavy earth punch without a scratch!

A terrifying thought exploded in his mind:

Could it be that all five of them possessed the terrifying strength to fight across Realms?

As soon as this speculation arose, a layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on Li Ye's back, and his confidence suddenly decreased by more than half.

But the arrow was already on the string, and there was no room for him to back down.

“I don't believe you can really defy heaven!”

He gritted his teeth hard, forcibly suppressing the shock in his heart, and his hands suddenly formed hand seals.

The thick, earthy-yellow spiritual energy around his body rolled violently like boiling mud.

“Xuanwu True Art, Earthbound Cage!”

Rumble—!

The entire swamp seemed to have come alive.

The mud beneath Mo Yu's feet instantly turned into countless mud ropes as thick as pythons, carrying suffocating Earth-attribute dao patternss.

They frantically shot out from all directions, tightly binding Mo Yu's limbs and torso.

At the same time, above Li Ye's head, huge rocks rapidly gathered, turning into a rock giant hammer that was several Zhang tall.

With a terrifying momentum like Mount Tai pressing down, it smashed down toward Mo Yu's head!

Bound from below and smashed from above, his escape route was completely blocked.

In this strike, he held nothing back, swearing to grind Mo Yu into mincemeat.

Faced with this unavoidable, fatal situation, Mo Yu slowly raised his eyes. In the depths of his pupils, a crimson vertical slit suddenly lit up.

Boom!

A terrifying pressure originating from an ancient Divine Beast erupted from his body without any warning.

It was not a fluctuation of spiritual energy, but a domineering Aura engraved in the depths of his Bloodline, reigning supreme over all beasts.

The moment those mud ropes that had just wrapped around Mo Yu's body came into contact with this Aura,

...they trembled violently, and then shattered inch by inch, turning into dust that filled the sky.

“This... what kind of Bloodline pressure is this?!”

Li Ye felt his heart suddenly contract, as if he were being targeted by an ancient Vicious Beast, and even his breathing stopped for a moment.

At the very moment his mind wavered, Mo Yu moved.

Facing the rock giant hammer smashing down from above, he took a step forward.

With this step, a red-gold fire lotus bloomed out of thin air beneath his feet.

“Qilin Fire Step.”

Mo Yu gave a low shout, clenched his right fist tightly, and the Immortal Heavenly Scripture within his body circulated frantically as his Qilin Bloodline completely boiled.

The Aura around his body suddenly climbed. The spiritual energy fluctuations that were originally only at the first level of the Tongtian Realm skyrocketed at this moment to an altitude that was completely unreasonable.

The crimson flames climbed along his arm, ultimately compressing to the limit on his fist, emitting a wild and ancient Aura.

“Shatter for me!”

Mo Yu threw a punch, directly meeting that huge rock giant hammer.

Boom—!!!

A deafening explosion resounded through the swamp.

Li Ye's pupils suddenly contracted.

He felt that his rock giant hammer, which was condensed from pure Earth-attribute spiritual energy and was enough to smash the Protective Aura of a Cultivator at the seventh level of the Tongtian Realm,

...the moment it came into contact with the Qilin True Fire, emitted an ear-piercing cracking sound.

Impossible!!!

Before he could react further, that huge rock giant hammer was completely exploded from the inside by the terrifying flames like fragile glass!

Gravel filling the sky, mixed with golden-red fire rain, fell like meteors.

The fist print's residual force did not diminish, and with an unstoppable momentum, it heavily slammed onto Li Ye's crossed, blocking arms.

“Pfft—!”

Before Li Ye could even let out a scream, he was violently sent flying by this wild shockwave.

His proud Earth-attribute protective spiritual energy was instantly burned to ashes like paper in front of the Qilin True Fire.