A face to face

In a cave shimmering with divine light and dense with spiritual essence, Diao Deyi stared intently at Zhong Qing.

Zhong Qing stood opposite him, dressed in white, with his long black hair cascading behind him like a starry river waterfall.

He stood with his hands behind his back, tall and slender, like an immortal pine, exuding an ethereal, transcendent aura.

Zhong Qing's sudden voice had startled Diao Deyi earlier.

Now, the fact that he could appear silently before him without Diao Deyi noticing, coupled with Diao Deyi's inability to discern Zhong Qing's cultivation, caused a strong sense of vigilance to rise within him.

"Who are you?"

"Zhong Qing!"

"Among the Human Race of the Void Domain, there doesn't seem to be anyone like you!"

"I just arrived in the Void Domain, so it's normal that you don't know me.

But now you do, don't you?"

"What brings you here, sir?"

"Well, I heard you wanted to attack the Human Race's Eastern Continent, so I came over!"

The conversation flowed smoothly, a rapid exchange of questions and answers.

Zhong Qing looked relaxed, but Diao Deyi's eyes grew increasingly dangerous.

"You want to stop me?"

"Something like that.

I want you to abandon this dangerous idea."

Hearing this, Diao Deyi burst into arrogant laughter.

"Under my ancestor, there are a hundred thousand warriors, each possessing the divine power to overturn mountains and seas, and the ancestor himself is a Great Saint Realm Seventh Heaven expert."

"You, what makes you think you can?"

"Just those two women above the clouds?"

As he spoke, his eyes were filled with sharpness, danger, and a hint of aggression.

Undeniably, Zhong Qing's sudden appearance had indeed filled Diao Deyi with apprehension.

He had initially thought that a large number of Human Race experts had already surrounded the area.

But as he spoke, he repeatedly swept his divine sense across a radius of ten thousand miles.

The result was that, apart from Zhong Qing, there were only two Great Saint Realm Third Heaven women hidden in the sky near the mountain range.

Two Great Saint Realm Third Heaven cultivators, plus one Zhong Qing, wanting to stop his Golden-Winged Red Eagle Clan from invading the Human Race was simply wishful thinking.

Zhong Qing smiled!

He casually took a sip of wine.

Then he said indifferently, "What you see on the surface isn't necessarily true!"

"Without them, I can still deal with you!"

Upon hearing this, Diao Deyi was enraged.

Zhong Qing's words and actions made him feel an unprecedented level of contempt.

To come alone to his Golden-Winged Red Eagle Clan's main camp and directly state that he could deal with him.

He clearly didn't put him in his eyes.

As the ancestor of the Golden-Winged Red Eagle Clan, he had always been confident and proud.

Zhong Qing's attitude was undoubtedly trampling on his pride.

He angrily roared, "This ancestor has lived for so long and has never seen such an arrogant person."

"Today, this ancestor wants to see if your strength can match your arrogance!"

"Boom..."

As Diao Deyi spoke, he took a step forward.

He charged towards Zhong Qing like an ancient divine mountain.

He extended one hand forward, and his palm contained terrifying power of rules.

Rules are a unique standard for advancing to a Saint and a unique method for Saints.

At the top of the cultivation world's pyramid, a saying has always circulated: "Below the Great Saint Realm, all are ants."

This saying clearly demonstrates the transcendent nature of Great Saint Realm experts.

If other realms still held the possibility of fighting across major realms, then below the Great Saint Realm, no matter how astonishingly talented, how exceptionally gifted, or how unparalleled one's talent might be through the ages, it was impossible to kill an enemy across a major realm.

The difference in major realms below the Great Saint Realm is a chasm, and between the Supreme Realm and the Great Saint Realm, it is a natural moat, two completely different heavens and earths.

The gap is so vast that it can make people feel despair.

This is an insurmountable forbidden door.

The reason for all of this lies in the unique power of rules that Saints wield.

If laws are the veins through which heaven and earth operate, then rules are the very bones that construct heaven and earth.

A single wisp of the power of rules, when unleashed, is enough to crush ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers.

If in a place like the Void Domain, a Saint's full power could even directly destroy and annihilate an entire domain.

The might of a Saint has completely transcended the human level.

And at this moment, Diao Deyi immediately used his full power.

The terrifying power of rules, suspended and flickering in his palm, transformed into an indestructible hand blade.

Not a single wisp of energy escaped, but the terrifying power contained within it seemed capable of cleaving heaven and earth.

Zhong Qing felt a bit eager to try!

His current cultivation was at the Supreme Realm Nine Heavens.

However, he had always known that his realm and others' realms seemed to be a tiny bit different.

He had never even been able to ascertain his true strength.

Therefore, he really wanted to see if he could break through that forbidden door spanning between the Supreme Realm and the Great Saint Realm.

But this thought had barely appeared before he discarded it.

Because the moment he raised his hand, it was as if he knew that if he used his full power, he might instantly kill the opponent.

If he were to kill the opponent, it would somewhat go against the original intention of his trip.

This made him truly unsure how much power to control to just enough to subdue him without killing him.

The main reason was that Zhong Qing didn't know what his limit was.

He would try again later when he encountered someone stronger!

As this thought emerged, Zhong Qing's mind stirred, and he released two Great Saint Realm puppets.

These two Great Saint Realm puppets were treasures he had obtained from the ten thousand rewards after the Heavenly Dao Rankings ended.

They possessed Great Saint Realm Peak cultivation.

Two Great Saint Realm Peak puppets were more than enough to deal with a Great Saint Realm Seventh Heaven Golden-Winged Red Eagle!

On the other side!

Diao Deyi saw that his attack was only a foot away from Zhong Qing, yet the latter still showed no intention of retaliating.

This made him secretly disdainful.

Such a person actually dared to say he would stop the ancestor from invading Human Race territory.

Now that the ancestor's power was fully unleashed, he was actually so scared that he didn't dare to retaliate, frozen in place by his aura.

He had previously felt some apprehension towards Zhong Qing, but he hadn't expected the opponent to be a mere paper tiger.

For such a person to die by his hand, he even felt it was an insult to him.

Just as he was thinking this, two streaks of white light suddenly shot out from Zhong Qing's sleeve.

"What is it?"

Diao Deyi raised an eyebrow.

Before he could even see what it was.

He felt two fist-sized blows directly strike his face.

Then, he only felt a sharp pain in his eyes.

It was as if his entire being had collided with an ancient divine mountain.

Not only was his killing move completely neutralized, but his entire body was instantly restrained, unable to move.

"This... how is this possible?"

Diao Deyi's scalp tingled, and an endless storm of shock raged deep within his heart.

Who was he?

The ancestor of the Golden-Winged Red Eagle Clan, a Great Saint Realm Seventh Heaven expert, yet at this moment, he was subdued in a single encounter.