19: That's it? Your cheat isn't very good.

On the dueling ground, Lin Tian's seemingly casual punch appeared infinitely slowed down in everyone's eyes.

However, for Ye Fan, who faced the punch directly, the feeling was completely opposite.

Fast!

Extremely fast!

So fast that his neural reactions couldn't even keep up with the combat instinct granted by his S-Class [Golden Bloodline]!

He only had time to cross his arms, gathering all his golden Qi and Blood to form the strongest defense in front of him.

The next instant, the fist and the arms collided with a resounding impact!

There was no earth-shattering boom, only a dull "thump" like a drum!

Ye Fan felt as if he hadn't been hit by a fist, but rather by an extraterrestrial meteorite crashing into him at supersonic speed!

That power was wild, brutal, pure, and utterly unreasonable!

His proud golden Protective Aura, strong enough to withstand tank shells, was as fragile as a bubble in the sun before that tender little fist, shattering at a touch!

Crack!

The crisp sound of his arm bones breaking clearly reached his own ears.

Immediately after, an irresistible, terrifying force passed through his broken arms and slammed into his chest!

Pfft!

Ye Fan spewed out a mouthful of blood, his entire body flying backward like a baseball struck, at an even faster speed than it had come, tracing a pathetic arc through the air, finally crashing heavily against the transparent energy barrier dozens of meters away, then sliding to the ground like a pile of mud.

Dead silence... The entire dueling ground, tens of thousands of Long family disciples, after a brief moment of stunned silence, erupted into a roar of disdainful and mocking laughter, like a mountain collapsing and a sea raging!

"Oh my goodness! Is it over already? I thought they'd at least exchange a few moves!"

"One punch! Just one punch! That guy named Ye Fan didn't even qualify to be number zero heir's warm-up!"

"Don't forget, Your Excellency number zero heir is only fourteen! And that Ye Fan, I heard he's almost twenty, right? A whole generation older, yet still instantly killed by one punch—I feel embarrassed for him!"

Countless sarcastic words, like invisible sharp needles, fiercely pierced Ye Fan's heart.

He lay on the cold ground, listening to the waves of mockery, and saw in Su Mucheng's clear, beautiful eyes below the stage a hint of complex, hard-to-read emotion, like pity and sympathy.

Shame, indignation, resentment... all kinds of negative emotions, like a bursting dam, instantly swallowed all his reason!

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

He roared frantically and hysterically in his heart, communicating with his greatest trump card.

"Teacher! Lend me your power! I want to kill him! I must kill him!"

In the ring, that aged Soul sighed helplessly, but finally, a vast and majestic pure energy, far exceeding Ye Fan's own Realm, poured into his limbs and bones like a flood from an open gate!

Boom!!!

A terrifying aura, far exceeding the previous one, brewed, surged, and erupted from within Ye Fan's body!

His cultivation, astonishingly, climbed steadily within these few short breaths!

Peak A-rank!

Quasi S-Class!

After burning nearly half of his own essence blood and forcibly borrowing the old man's power, Ye Fan's aura actually broke through its Bottleneck on the spot, reaching a terrifying new level, infinitely close to S-Class!

This scene, witnessed by the surrounding Long family disciples, turned their mocking expressions into surprise and solemnity.

"Oh, this kid has some tricks up his sleeve; he can even achieve a Breakthrough in battle?"

"Something's not right; this aura... it doesn't seem like his own power, but rather some forbidden technique or external augmentation."

In the Void Realm, Long Zhanye and several other clan elders also witnessed this scene.

"Hmm, a little interesting." Long Zhanye was slightly surprised. "Forcibly borrowing external power and burning essence blood, this kid certainly has some guts."

"Heh heh, too bad he provoked your little monster," another clan elder said with a smile. "In the face of absolute talent and strength, any struggle is futile."

Facing Ye Fan's sudden "power-up," the entire audience was shocked, and Su Mucheng instinctively clenched her fists, her face showing worry.

Only Lin Tian, looking at Ye Fan opposite him, whose aura had surged, eyes were bloodshot, and who seemed to have transformed into a demon god, felt no ripples in his heart; in fact... he even felt like laughing.

"Oh, the classic trope has arrived."

He watched the other party with interest, conducting a precise "official Make complaints" in his mind.

"Can't win, so he cheats and calls for help (old man)? Starting to burn essence blood and forcibly make a Breakthrough?"

"I've seen this plot at least eight hundred times in those novels from my previous life."

"Playing 'on-the-spot power-up' in front of me, the biggest cheater? Isn't this showing off your axe in front of Lu Ban, or performing a broadsword dance before Guan Yu?"

At this moment, Ye Fan felt stronger than ever before.

The surging power restored his "mysterious confidence."

He struggled to stand up from the ground, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and stared fixedly at Lin Tian with eyes that looked at a dead man.

"Lin Tian! You didn't expect this, did you! Did you really think you were invincible?!"

"Next, I'll let you witness my true power!"

"S-Class Combat Skill — [Azure Dragon Soul Suppressing Seal]!"

Ye Fan roared, forming profound hand seals. The surging golden Qi and Blood behind him, perfectly fused with the borrowed ancient energy, condensed in the Void Realm into a hundred-meter-long, lifelike energy Azure Dragon!

The Azure Dragon roared to the sky, its Dragon might vast, carrying the terrifying power to suppress Souls, and swooped down, roaring, towards Lin Tian!

This was his ultimate killing move, learned from the old man, a trump card capable of challenging opponents beyond his Realm!

He seemed to already see the scene of Lin Tian being pulverized and utterly destroyed under this Azure Dragon!

"Lin Tian, kneel for me!"

Ye Fan's figure soared into the air, controlling the energy Azure Dragon to suppress Lin Tian!

However, facing this attack, which would make even ordinary S-Class Experts change their expressions, Lin Tian merely shook his head gently.

He raised his eyes, looking at the eager, passionate energy Azure Dragon that wanted to completely suppress him, and the young man behind it, who was completely immersed in his fantasy of "reversal," and calmly uttered two words.

"Pathetic..."

He raised his hand, and endless golden Qi and Blood surged like a vast sea, instantly unleashing the Myriad Weapons Returning to the Stream, which he had just learned not long ago!

Buzz—!

One, ten, a hundred, a thousand... an enormous energy halberd, even larger, more solid, and filled with an overbearing, world-splitting aura than the energy Azure Dragon, slowly condensed and took shape in the Void Realm above his head!

Dragon patterns coiled around the giant halberd, and at its blade, space itself subtly warped!

"The farce should end."

Lin Tian pushed one hand forward, and the energy giant halberd, with an unstoppable force that could sever all ages, cleaved down at the roaring energy Azure Dragon!

"How could this be!" Ye Fan's confidence and fanaticism instantly gave way to endless shock and fear!

He gritted his teeth, pushed the Azure Dragon with all his might, and met the giant halberd!

Boom!!!

Two S-Class powers collided fiercely in the center of the dueling ground!

The universe trembled!

However, the seemingly mighty energy Azure Dragon, before the absolute power and sharpness of the energy giant halberd, was like fragile porcelain; it held out for less than a second before being split in two from head to tail and exploding into fragments!

The energy giant halberd, its momentum undiminished, slammed into Ye Fan with the force of a thunderbolt!

Pfft!

Blood flew!

Ye Fan's Protective Aura was torn apart instantly, like paper! His entire body, from shoulder to waist, was cut with a terrifying, bone-deep wound, all his bones shattered, and blood gushed out!

He fell from the high sky like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily onto the stage, disheveled, covered in blood, utterly pathetic, already severely wounded and on the verge of death.

"Is that all?"

Lin Tian slowly withdrew his hand, tilting his head slightly, looking at Ye Fan lying in a pool of blood like a dead dog, his tone filled with undisguised disappointment.

A-pfft!

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan was overcome with rage, and a mouthful of heart's blood mixed with fragments of internal organs gushed out!

Humiliation!

Extreme humiliation!

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Su Mucheng.

Her expression showed no worry, only a cold indifference, as if looking at a stranger.

This look stung him more than any blade!

Lin Tian slowly walked up to him, looking down on him as if a god gazing upon an ant attempting to shake the heavens.

He spoke the most heart-piercing words in a calm tone, as if stating an objective fact.

"Your cheat isn't very good."

He scanned the entire arena, and finally, with a simple sentence, he drew a close to this farce.

"Before me, there is no such thing as... man conquering heaven."