CHAPTER 26: CHAPTER 26: STEPPING DOWN WITH ONE FOOT

Amidst the dust, Lu Ming slowly rose, a massive aura enveloping him, his robe billowing, eyes cold as ice, his heart both astonished and furious.

What astonished him was that Ye Qingchen actually possessed such strength.

What made him furious was being publicly blasted away by the opponent with one strike.

To him, this was simply a lifelong humiliation!

"I will kill you!"

With an angry roar, Lu Ming, enveloped in a storm of wild True Qi, dashed forth fiercely.

The surging power of the Half-Step Spirit Sea raised a mighty whirlwind, even causing trees hundreds of meters away to resound loudly.

"Slash!"

He slashed downward, raising a terrifying blaze, which looked from afar like a raging fire dragon, baring its fangs, crazily rushing to tear at Ye Qingchen.

Such frightful power caused many young contestants to be aghast, retreating swiftly to the rear.

In the violent blade wind, Ye Qingchen did not retreat in the slightest. Instead, he gripped his long sword tightly and erupted with the formidable aura of the Qi Refining Twelfth Layer, likewise shooting out explosively, fiercely striking toward the attacking Lu Ming.

In the eyes of the crowd, the two were like two hurricanes of destruction, sweeping across the sky, colliding fiercely in an instant.

Boom!

This collision shattered the surrounding air entirely, the fearsome power sweeping in all directions, shredding all nearby trees to pieces.

The surrounding young onlookers were instantly sent flying by the force of the clash.

Without a thought of getting up, everyone looked forward in horror.

However, upon seeing, they couldn’t help but widen their eyes.

In this strike, Lu Ming was actually blown away again, his body slamming hard into the ground, creating a large pit several meters in size.

In contrast, Ye Qingchen remained unmoved.

"So strong!"

"This Ye Qingchen is terrifying!"

"Facing Lu Ming, he can easily suppress him! It seems his strength has been vastly underestimated!"

Seeing this scene, many couldn’t help but exclaim in disbelief.

"How is this possible?"

Lu Ming, who was blown away again, had eyes full of incredulity.

"Escape!"

Without a moment’s hesitation.

Lu Ming flipped over, darting towards the depths of the forest like an arrow.

"Trying to escape?"

Everyone’s heart trembled.

Lu Ming had to escape; he initially thought he had been blown away by the opponent because he was too careless. But this frontal confrontation shattered all his confidence.

Ye Qingchen’s strength was too overwhelming!

To him, it was a crushing existence. If it continued, he would undoubtedly die!

However, as fast as Lu Ming was, Ye Qingchen was faster.

At the moment Lu Ming tried to flee, Ye Qingchen suddenly descended from the sky, almost without warning, stomping heavily on Lu Ming’s chest.

"Boom!"

With a terrifying tremor.

Lu Ming’s body was again blasted into the ground.

Dust flew, countless dense cracks spread out wildly along Lu Ming’s body, while he completely fainted.

At that moment.

The entire forest seemed frozen in time, the surroundings in complete silence.

The numerous prodigious youths stood there petrified, with pale faces.

Lu Ming fainted, Sun Xuantong and Yang Jian fell.

The sword mark casually drawn by Ye Qingchen, the words ’those who cross this line, die’. Initially seemed like a joke to everyone.

But now, it was like a celestial chasm, shocking the followers, rendering them motionless!

"Who else wants to try?"

Ye Qingchen’s gaze swept over, and whoever met his gaze dared not hold their head high.

Even among them, the strongest Lu Ming was trampled by Ye Qingchen. What courage did they have to challenge Ye Qingchen?

"Young Master Ye, we submit!"

Lu Ming’s followers exchanged looks, finally, a youth carrying a sword sighed softly, quickly bowing respectfully. The others also lowered their heads in submission.

"If there’s no objection, get lost!"

Ye Qingchen said indifferently.

"Yes!"

The sword-carrying youth’s mouth was bitter.

They had so many people plus Lu Ming, ranked fifty-sixth on the genius chart. They should have swept across the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range. Yet they were stomped with no chance to resist!

At that moment, Lu Ming also struggled to stand up, taking a fearful glance at Ye Qingchen, and walked away without looking back.

Though Ye Qingchen didn’t kill him, he never dared seek revenge again.

Because he was utterly terrified!

The surrounding crowd was also greatly shaken, turning away one by one, as this battle delivered a massive shock to their hearts.

They watched as Ye Qingchen single-handedly stomped down Lu Ming, ranked fifty-sixth on the genius chart, with such ease. His true strength was likely even greater.

"Only three hours left, time to hunt monsters with all my might!"

Glancing at the departing crowd, Ye Qingchen turned around and vanished into the forest.

At the same time.

As the crowd dispersed.

The news of Lu Ming’s defeat swept through the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range like a hurricane, known by every young prodigy participating.

"Did you hear? Lu Ming was defeated!"

"Lu Ming, the one ranked fifty-sixth? Who could defeat him? Could it be those ranked above him?"

"Not those people, it’s Ye Qingchen!"

"What, Life and Death Sword Ye Qingchen?"

...

"He actually defeated Lu Ming too?"

An Mengxiang was utterly dumbfounded.

"Yes!" another beautiful young girl excitedly described the scene. "Ye Qingchen struck Lu Ming with just two moves, scaring him witless, and the final stomp left him with no power to resist!"

An Mengxiang was incredibly stunned, unable to speak.

She never expected.

The fight that killed Chu Mingyang that day was not even the boy’s limit.

...

In another forest of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range.

"Oh, you say Lu Ming was defeated?"

A young man in a cyan robe, hands behind his back, gazed into the distance. His appearance was delicate, but what left the deepest impression were his hands, as flawless as marbled jade.

He was none other than the number one on the genius chart, Cloud-Weaving Hand Lei Qianjue!

"Indeed!" a reporting young genius nodded, "Rumor has it, he used only three moves to defeat Lu Ming completely, who dared not resist! He could only scurry away humiliated. I estimate his strength could at least rank in the top twenty of the genius chart!"

"Top twenty?" Lei Qianjue sneered with disdain, laughing heartily, "To deal with Lu Ming, would I need three moves? An obscure kid, what right does he have to warrant my attention?"

"Yes!"

The reporting young genius felt a surge of pride upon hearing this.

Lei Qianjue was the contemporary’s first genius!

Only the second-ranked Heaven-Sundering Saber Chen Beixuan and third-ranked Heaven-shocking Pointing Zhao Yue could catch his eye.

"Let’s go!"

Lei Qianjue strode out with hands behind his back, "I don’t want the Newcomer King of this sect selection tournament to fall under someone else’s hand!"

"Yes!"

The reporting youth’s blood surged with excitement.

As long as this figure takes action, the Newcomer King could not belong to anyone else.