287: The flawed jade is the king (26).

Eastern Region, Guantai Terrace.

This ancient battle stage, suspended above a sea of clouds, has witnessed the rise and fall of countless generations of prodigies.

At this moment, the place was already packed with people, drawing the attention of the masses.

When the figures of Wang Yun and Li Chunfeng appeared on one side of Guantai Terrace, they instantly attracted everyone's gaze.

“Is he that ‘Remnant Jade’?”

“He doesn't look like much. Does he really dare to come for a life-and-death duel with the Little Sage?”

Among the crowd, discussions rose and fell, mostly carrying tones of disdain and the intent to watch a spectacle.

At the other end, a magnificent chariot pulled by nine divine birds had already been waiting for a long time.

Atop the chariot, Yu Tianheng stood with his hands behind his back. He wore golden-threaded finery, his Saint Eye opening and closing at his brow as divine light flowed. Around him, a Supreme dao rhyme swirled, creating a pressuring Aura.

He watched the white-clothed figure walking calmly toward him, a cold sneer curling at the corner of his mouth.

However, at the very moment their eyes met—

Thump!

Within Yu Tianheng's chest, that Supreme Bone actually sent out a sudden, intense pang of sharp pain without any warning, as if it wanted to break free from his body and return to its true master.

“Hmm?”

Yu Tianheng's expression changed slightly as he forcibly suppressed the abnormality, a flash of surprise and suspicion crossing his eyes.

“Since you've come, then prepare to die!”

Yu Tianheng took a step forward, his figure instantly appearing in the center of the battle stage.

Without any nonsense, his terrifying cultivation base of the Late Stage True God Realm erupted violently.

“Saint Eye, open!”

The vertical eye at his brow snapped open, and a golden divine light containing an Aura of destruction tore through the Void Realm, shooting straight toward Wang Yun.

Wang Yun's expression remained calm.

Over the past few years, he had spent all his energy on nurturing the prototype of his third Supreme Bone, while simultaneously comprehending the mysteries of the first generation supreme bone—the Immortal Supreme Bone—and the grandmist supreme bone.

His cultivation base was merely stabilized at the Early Stage True God Realm.

To outsiders, this appeared to be a massive gap in Realm.

Wang Yun simply raised his hand, pressing his fingers together like a sword and casually slashing forward.

Chii.

That indestructible golden divine light was actually easily split down the middle by this Sword Qi, passing by both sides of his body and crashing into the distant sea of clouds, stirring up waves ten thousand feet high.

“Hmm?”

Yu Tianheng's pupils constricted.

The spectators were even more in an uproar.

“He... he blocked it?”

“How is that possible! He actually neutralized the Little Sage's Saint Eye light so easily?”

Upon the battle stage, Wang Yun's heart was as clear as a mirror.

Yu Tianheng was indeed very strong.

With the Saint Eye plus the Supreme Bone, he would definitely be considered a top-tier Prodigy even in the struggles of the Ancient Starry Road he had experienced.

But so what?

He, Wang Yun, had experienced nine lives of Reincarnation, and in his previous life, he had even become a Saint by his own power, Heaven-Defying.

If he couldn't take down a mere clown who had stolen his bone, then these ten lives of his would have been lived in vain.

“A bit interesting.”

Wang Yun smiled.

In the next moment, he no longer defended passively but took the initiative to launch an attack.

The battle erupted instantly.

Relying on his advantage in Realm, Yu Tianheng's offensive was bold and wide-ranging. With the light of the Saint Eye coordinating with the power of the Supreme Bone, every strike carried the might to suppress all Laws.

Wang Yun's figure was elusive. He did not clash head-on, instead continuously dodging and neutralizing.

In the eyes of outsiders, the two were trading blows back and forth, fighting on equal terms in an incredibly intense scene.

However, under the investigation of several obscured Venerable Divine Thoughts in the Void Realm, it was a different story entirely.

“Something's not right.”

“Yu Tianheng seems to have a surging Aura, but in reality, every move and every style is being led by the nose by that kid.”

“He is... being suppressed!”

A flash of surprise also crossed Li Chunfeng's eyes.

He saw deeper.

Every one of Wang Yun's dodges perfectly landed on the weak points of Yu Tianheng's offensive.

He appeared passive, but in truth, he had already taken control of the entire field's rhythm.

“He's playing.”

Li Chunfeng reached a conclusion that even he found somewhat hard to believe.

They fought for three hundred rounds.

The more Yu Tianheng fought, the more alarmed he became, and the more frustrated he felt.

He felt as if he were punching cotton; he had plenty of strength but nowhere to apply it.

“I don't believe it!”

Yu Tianheng let out a roar. He no longer held back, as the Saint Body Origin and the Supreme Bone power within him erupted without reservation at this moment.

“Saint Body Dharma Idol, suppress!”

A golden Dharma Idol a thousand feet tall condensed into form behind him, emitting a pressure that made the entire Guantai Terrace tremble.

That Dharma Idol struck down with a palm, blotting out the sky as if it wanted to crush Wang Yun completely into dust.

“It's over.”

Wang Yun looked at the giant palm descending from the sky and shook his head gently.

He reached out his hand and made a hollow pressing motion toward the ground below.

first generation supreme bone, innate Divine Ability.

“Myriad Things Born.”

Boom!

In an instant, the entire Guantai Terrace, forged from ten-thousand-year profound iron, began to tremble violently.

Countless emerald-green divine vines burst forth from that indestructible battle stage at an incredible speed.

They grew and intertwined frantically, instantly transforming into a green sky-blotting net that met the golden Dharma Idol.

Chii chii chii!

The divine vines collided with the Dharma Idol. That overbearing golden Dharma Idol was actually easily pierced and entangled by the seemingly soft divine vines, and finally, amidst a roar of unwillingness, it was forcibly strangled into pieces.

“Puff!”

Yu Tianheng felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He violently spat out a large mouthful of blood, his Aura instantly withering.

And at this very moment—

Thump!

Thump!

Thump!

The Supreme Bone in his chest once again sent out an intense, sharp pain as if it were about to burst out of his body.

That resonance was stronger than any time before.

“You... who exactly are you?!”

Yu Tianheng clutched his chest, staring fixedly at Wang Yun as he let out a roar of unwillingness.

Wang Yun did not answer.

He simply and calmly took out that ancient jade pendant from his robes—the one that had long been repaired yet still carried a faint Aura of being incomplete.

“Do you still remember this jade?”

The moment he saw that jade pendant, Yu Tianheng's pupils snapped to the size of needlepoints.

That jade, that character for ‘Yun’... a memory he had deliberately forgotten came flooding back into his mind.

“It's you!”

“You're actually still alive?!”

Remnant Jade... Remnant Jade... the incomplete jade, the incomplete person whose bone was stolen.

He finally understood.

“Today, I have come to take back what is mine.”

Wang Yun's voice was ice-cold as he walked step by step toward Yu Tianheng, whose mind and spirit had already collapsed.

The victory was decided.

This battle would not only determine the superior but also decide life and death.

Just as Wang Yun was about to strike a fatal blow—

“Junior, how dare you!”

A roar of anger exploded from the Void Realm.

A powerful Venerable pressure descended violently, and a giant Law hand fell from the sky, swatting toward Wang Yun.

The Venerable of the Yu Family had acted.

Wang Yun's eyes narrowed, and his figure retreated rapidly.

That Venerable did not pursue him, but instead swept up the heavily injured Yu Tianheng from the ground, intending to tear through the Void Realm and leave.

Under the protection of that Venerable, Yu Tianheng finally regained his senses. He looked at Wang Yun, his eyes full of resentment and madness.

“Old Ancestor! Kill him! He's that infant from back then! He's come back for revenge!”

Hearing this, the Yu Family Venerable's figure came to a sudden halt.

He turned back, and the look in his eyes as he watched Wang Yun was instantly filled with undisguised killing intent.

“So that's how it is. Then today, you must die here.”

However, just as he prepared to strike again—

A sharp Sword Light came from the Nine Heavens, separating him from Wang Yun.

Li Chunfeng's figure quietly appeared in front of Wang Yun.

“Old man of the Yu Family, you want to bully the young in front of me?”

“Li Chunfeng! This is a family matter of my Yu Family, what does it have to do with you!”

“I am protecting him.”

Li Chunfeng's attitude was firm and beyond question.

The two Venerables confronted each other in the Void Realm, the atmosphere tense and volatile.

The Yu Family Venerable's face was dark. He knew that with Li Chunfeng here, he could not kill Wang Yun today.

He snorted coldly, just about to leave with Yu Tianheng.

Right at that moment—

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Three waves of Heavenly Venerable pressure—far more terrifying and vast than ordinary Venerables, enough to make heaven and earth change color—descended violently from three different directions.

The entire Guantai Terrace, along with the space for a hundred thousand miles around, was instantly completely sealed.

The Yu Family had allied with the Heavenly Venerables of two top-tier Ancient Clans.

Three Heavenly Venerables had arrived in person!