105: Chapter 105 The Overlord Reborn

[ Xiang Tian has challenged you. Do you accept? ]

A long-lost message from the Secret Realm appeared in Chen Moxuan's eyes.

Chen Moxuan was stunned for a moment, then he remembered.

The summit of Poyun Peak could be considered a special area within the Secret Realm.

Here, one could initiate a one-on-one challenge against anyone in the area.

The winner could choose to strip the loser of all their points.

"The Xiang Family... The Xiang Family of the Tiannan Base City?"

Hearing Xiang Tian introduce himself, Chen Moxuan felt slightly familiar with the name and asked.

Only a Family that had produced at least one Martial Dao Profound Saint, possessing the heritage of a Xuan Saint, could be called a Martial Dao Family.

Among the many Martial Dao families in the Great Xia Kingdom, the Xiang Family was considered one of the Five Great Families.

The Xiang Family was rooted in the Tiannan Base City, located on the first defensive line of the Great Xia Kingdom, and had made bloody contributions to fighting against alien races for generations.

In many news reports about the front lines, the figure of the Xiang Family could often be seen.

"Indeed. Since you know I am a descendant of the Xiang Family, you should understand the weight of me introducing myself and issuing a challenge."

"State your name at once!"

Xiang Tian's words carried an unquestionable tone.

Zhong Haoran stood to the side, his expression solemn.

When he woke up and told Xiang Tian the fact that someone else was at the top of the rankings and that the Beast King had likely been killed by this person, the other party had acted as if he had lost his mind.

As a long-time rival and old acquaintance, Zhong Haoran knew the pride in Xiang Tian's bones all too well.

He absolutely could not accept being firmly suppressed by someone he had never heard of or seen before.

If they could not truly compete, Xiang Tian's Heart-Phase Dao Seed would likely be difficult to condense, and his hope of entering the Spirit Ascension Realm would be slim.

Seeing that Xiang Tian was on the verge of Qi Deviation, while Zhong Haoran was racking his brains for a solution.

Xiang Tian suddenly muttered that he wanted to go to the top of Poyun Peak, saying that he could find that person there.

Out of worry, Zhong Haoran had helplessly followed him.

They waited for two days.

Unexpectedly, they actually waited for him to arrive in the end.

Xiang Tian held a high status among the younger generation of the Xiang Family and was being groomed almost as one of the candidates for Clan Chief.

In this Family that revered battle honor as a creed, every victory or defeat concerned the Family's dignity and personal status.

Especially when challenging peers, there was no room for failure.

With Xiang Tian's status representing the Xiang Family to issue a challenge to a peer, it would be fine if he won, but if he lost, it would almost be equivalent to completely losing the qualification to compete for the position of Clan Chief.

Knowing the risk was so great, Xiang Tian still did so, wanting to use the weight of the Xiang Family to force Chen Moxuan to accept the challenge.

Otherwise, it would be disrespectful to the Xiang Family disciples, and he would surely be condemned afterwards.

However, in reality, Chen Moxuan did not know the reasons behind this.

His understanding of the Xiang Family was limited to knowing that they were one of the Five Great Families.

Chen Moxuan said in a flat tone: "Sorry, I'm in a bit of a rush, and I'm not lacking in points right now. What good does it do me to accept your challenge?"

These words were like a basin of cold water poured over Xiang Tian's head.

His knuckles gripping the long halberd turned white, crimson Protective Aura surged violently on the halberd blade, and his eyes burned with raging anger:

"You..."

Having his determination treated with such contempt, Xiang Tian was completely enraged. His Aura surged, and the snow within a ten-zhang radius was shaken into the air.

"If you can defeat me, from now on, I, Xiang Tian, am willing to follow your lead and respect you as superior on the path of Martial Dao cultivation!"

Once these words were spoken, Zhong Haoran's expression changed drastically:

"Xiang Tian, this is too..."

"Shut up! Stay out of this!"

Xiang Tian interrupted rudely, slamming his long halberd into the ground, emitting a deafening roar.

He stared fixedly at Chen Moxuan, his voice like a booming bell:

"Will you fight or not?!"

Watching the other party's stubbornness, Chen Moxuan sighed in his heart.

Xiang Tian's previous blow had already been enough to disrupt the Power of Heaven and Earth, making it impossible for him to condense his escape light.

Seeing the other party like this, he certainly wouldn't let him leave without a fight.

He controlled a wisp of Spiritual Sense to quietly probe, sweeping across Xiang Tian's entire body without leaving a trace.

The True Qi in the other party's body was like a surging tide, and the cultivation fluctuations of the Late Stage Tiangang Realm spread wantonly. The vigorous amount of True Qi and its level of refinement far exceeded any opponent he had encountered in the Secret Realm before.

His Physical Body was also extremely formidable, with his life-blood surging like a dragon around his body, and it could actually circulate on its own just like his.

This person had very likely cultivated his Body Refinement Method to Perfection during the Blood Accumulation Realm, forging a Martial God Body.

He had just made a Breakthrough and was in need of a battle to practice.

The person in front of him was enough to serve as a practice partner.

Chen Moxuan looked at Xiang Tian, pondered slightly, and said slowly:

"Henghuo Martial Arts School, Chen Moxuan."

[ You have accepted the challenge from Xiang Tian ]

"Henghuo Martial Arts School?"

Xiang Tian furrowed his sword-like brows, but deep in his memory, he couldn't find any trace of Henghuo Martial Arts School.

However, it didn't matter.

He just wanted to have a battle with this person at the top of the points leaderboard to see if the other party was truly qualified.

Zhong Haoran had competed with him for many years; although he might feel unconvinced if the other party took first place, he could still acknowledge it.

But if some unknown person who popped out from nowhere took away the first place, he absolutely would not acknowledge it!

"Chen Moxuan, right? Take this!"

Xiang Tian roared like thunder, and the crimson Protective Aura around his body exploded, sending ice and snow splashing beneath his feet.

In his perception, Chen Moxuan only had the Martial Dao cultivation of the Middle Stage Tiangang Realm.

But he knew better than anyone that in a battle between Martial Artists, there was no logic in looking only at cultivation.

If that were the case, Martial Artists would only need to explode their Qi at each other to compare whose cultivation was stronger; why would they need to fight?

He himself had the astonishing record of defeating a Late Stage Tiangang Realm Martial Artist with an Early Stage Tiangang Realm cultivation.

Whether it was Chen Moxuan's calm evasion of his previous blow or the intuition deep in his heart that felt like needles on his back.

Both were telling him that he must attack with full force!

"Hah!"

Xiang Tian took a fierce step forward, and the long halberd swept out, wrapped in an Aura like burning flames that could scorch the heavens.

Amidst the screeching sound of the halberd blade tearing through the air, the snow within a ten-zhang radius was instantly evaporated, turning into rising white mist.

As if he had predicted it long ago, Chen Moxuan dodged the blow lightly and threw a heavy punch wrapped in True Qi.

A simple punch, yet it caught Xiang Tian off guard.

The timing of this punch was exactly at the moment when Xiang Tian's long halberd sweep reached its exhaustion.

The old force had been exhausted, and the new force had not yet been born.

Xiang Tian's pupils constricted sharply, and he roared, forcibly twisting the direction of his True Qi, pulling back the sweeping long halberd to block the fist shadow wrapped in thundering True Qi with the halberd body.

"Clang!"

The loud sound of metal collision shattered the ice field, and the sound waves rippled out like substance, shaking the snow within a few zhang to fall rustlingly.

Xiang Tian's arms went numb, and that immense force surged along the halberd body.

He retreated several steps, his combat boots plowing two zhang-long trenches in the snow, until he pushed the long halberd back fiercely to withstand the impact.

Looking at the figure exhaling and retracting his punch, Xiang Tian's eyes were full of shock.

The S-grade Breathing Method he practiced, Overlord Force, was known for its domineering and rigid strength.

Although his opponent had accurately grasped the critical point of his exhaustion, this was undoubtedly the first time he had fallen into a disadvantage in a direct confrontation with a peer.

And it was someone whose cultivation was one minor Realm lower than his!

However, after a brief shock, Xiang Tian threw his head back and laughed, his Battle Intent surging even more:

"Good! Good Chen Moxuan, you really have some skills!"

"I acknowledge your strength!"

"But the victory or defeat has only just begun!"

As his voice fell, the Aura around Xiang Tian surged like a volcanic eruption, and crimson True Qi condensed into two phantom images behind him.

The phantom images each stretched out their hands to grasp his long halberd.

The Xiang Family secret technique [ Overlords Heavy Body ].

It could borrow the power of the phantom images to amplify the Physical Body, erupting with several times the strength.

He stepped out fiercely, and the phantom images behind him moved in sync.

A crimson afterimage tore through the sky, his figure turned into a stream of light, rushing over with an overwhelming Aura.

"Originally, my strength was not as good as yours, but what about three times that!"

The long halberd, wrapped in the momentum of a thunderbolt, slashed down at Chen Moxuan's head once again.