The Martial Emperor with Dragon Blood

Chapter 1444 - 1445: Astonishing the Whole Arena

As soon as Ye Mo’s words fell, it was like a deep-water bomb detonating right in the crowd. Everyone stared at Ye Mo in disbelief—this Ye Mo actually wanted to challenge Xiang Qiu, a Divine Venerable Seven Souls, and not just any Seven Souls, but the Xiang Qiu who had defeated Wang Luo Sha.

"That Ye Mo should only be at the Divine Venerable Five Souls realm. There’s no way he’s Xiang Qiu’s match."

"Maybe he’s just too proud for his own good and asking to suffer!"

The surrounding Disciples all started talking at once.

Even Xiang Qiu hadn’t expected Ye Mo to actually dare challenge him. Even without his seal, he was absolutely not someone Ye Mo could contend with.

"Xiang Qiu, looks like that brat Ye Mo really doesn’t know what death is."

Yan Lingfeng also said with a smile.

"I’ll make him look good!"

After Xiang Qiu finished speaking, he leaped and landed directly on the tournament arena.

"Xiang Qiu, I said I would fight in Senior Brother Li Xiuyuan’s stead and defeat you. Someone like you isn’t even fit to be a Heaven Ranking Disciple. I’ll废 you on the spot."

Ye Mo said calmly.

"废 me? What a joke. If it were before, maybe you might have been able to废 me, but now I am a Divine Venerable Seven Souls Martial Artist. Crushing you is as easy as crushing an ant. You actually had a chance to escape this calamity, yet you still chose to challenge me. To be honest, killing people during the Heaven Ranking Challenge is usually not allowed, but for a genius, that rule can be completely ignored. The clan won’t blame a genius over the death of an ant."

Xiang Qiu sneered. A genius killing a piece of trash—even if done on purpose—the genius would never be punished.

"So that’s how it is. For a genius, this rule can be ignored. In that case, if I kill you, I’ll have even less to worry about."

Ye Mo said with a faint smile.

"Xiang Qiu stole Li Xiuyuan’s fiancée, and Li Xiuyuan later fell during an Epic-level mission. Ye Mo wants to vent that anger for Li Xiuyuan. And Ye Mo also stole Xiang Qiu’s limelight on the life-and-death stage. You could say that this time Xiang Qiu is very likely going to kill Ye Mo."

"This time that Ye Mo is probably in danger. No matter how strong he is, he’s only Divine Venerable Five Souls, while Xiang Qiu actually defeated Wang Luo Sha."

The whispers around them drifted into Xiang Qiu’s ears, making him even more pleased with himself.

"Xiang Qiu, I have to admit, your natural talents aren’t bad. You actually managed to catch up later and break through to Divine Venerable Seven Souls. But no matter how strong a Martial Artist’s Cultivation is, what use is it?"

Ye Mo said evenly, "You used your status as a Heaven Ranking Disciple to snatch Senior Brother Li Xiuyuan’s fiancée. Later, after your strength rose to Divine Venerable Seven Souls, you tossed her aside and welcomed a new favorite—Yan Lingfeng, ranked third on the Heaven Ranking. Yan Lingfeng is indeed a natural beauty, but her liking you is not because of you as a person; it’s only because of that strength of yours that looks down on everyone else."

"So what?"

Xiang Qiu sneered. "The stronger I am, the more women throw themselves into my arms. Isn’t that great?"

"In the end you’ll realize you’re nothing but a jumping clown. They throw themselves at you only because of your strength, because your strength can bring them improvement. If one day your strength is gone, that Yan Lingfeng will definitely abandon you without a second thought."

Ye Mo said.

"Haha, and what of it? Right now I possess such powerful strength and am about to become a Great Celestial Son. With just a crook of my finger, women will rush into my embrace. That’s something you can’t even envy your way into."

Xiang Qiu laughed loudly. He just felt everything Ye Mo said was ridiculous. With his current Cultivation, as long as he cultivated steadily, his path would be smooth sailing.

"If that’s really what you think, then I can only feel sorry for you."

Ye Mo said coldly, "In a moment, I’ll let you experience what despair truly is!"

"I’ll make you despair right now!"

Xiang Qiu no longer wanted to waste words with Ye Mo. His body moved, swift to the extreme, fast as lightning. His arms swung again and again, wind and thunder roaring like surging tides.

With every swing of his arms, Xiang Qiu’s aura surged a bit higher, then instantly skyrocketed to its peak.

A bow formed in his hands. This bow was condensed using Wraith Energy, and it was actually similar to the Sacred Fire Bow. This was a martial pursuit Xiang Qiu had created himself, derived from the principles of that seal.

"Burial Sky Bow!"

Xiang Qiu hovered in midair and suddenly pulled back. A huge vortex formed with the arrowhead as its center, rapidly condensing and spinning, as if summoned down from the sky.

Wraith Energy gathered swiftly in Xiang Qiu’s hands, and even the sky began to tremble and shake.

Whoosh!

With a loud boom, the long arrow left the bowstring, turning into a streak of arrow-light, bright as lightning, like a razor-sharp beam piercing the darkness and turning it into daylight.

This arrow seemed capable of piercing through an entire Lingwu Continent.

The long arrow swept across the void, flickered, and shot straight at Ye Mo.

The tip of the arrow carried an incomparably powerful pressure, making it so that anyone facing this shot would find it hard to resist and even impossible to dodge.

The Disciples around the tournament arena all cried out in shock when they saw this arrow. Clearly they were stunned by this move of Xiang Qiu’s. Everyone present felt that they themselves would be unable to withstand this strike.

"Ye Mo, you can’t dodge this. This move is a martial pursuit I created myself—Burial Sky Bow. Dying under this move of mine is a blessing for you."

The long arrow drew ever closer, pressing straight toward Ye Mo’s body. Along the way, the void split open into layer upon layer of cracks.

Boom!

The Burial Sky Bow pierced straight into Ye Mo’s body, unleashing a gigantic storm of Energy Center. All the Disciples immediately used their Heart Force to probe, wanting to see what Ye Mo’s end would be.

"What?"

When they saw clearly, everyone was stunned. Ye Mo had not blocked this move at all; he had simply let Xiang Qiu’s Burial Sky Bow run through his body.

But Xiang Qiu’s Burial Sky Bow didn’t just fail to injure Ye Mo, it hadn’t even broken through the aura field around Ye Mo’s body.

He was actually completely unharmed!

No one dared believe what they were seeing. Yet as the Spatial Storms dispersed, Ye Mo’s body stood there ramrod straight like a spear, with only a pit in the ground beneath his feet.

They had originally thought that the duel between Ye Mo and Xiang Qiu would be a battle without suspense. But now it seemed that it truly was without suspense—only the roles of victor and loser had been completely reversed.

Xiang Qiu, a Divine Venerable Seven Souls, had unleashed an almost all-out strike, yet he hadn’t even managed to touch Ye Mo’s clothes.

Just how terrifyingly strong was this Ye Mo?

"Did I see that right?"

"That Ye Mo is clearly only at the Divine Venerable Five Souls realm, yet he took Xiang Qiu’s attack head-on and is still completely unharmed."

"So strong, way too strong. They’re not even on the same level."

Exclamations echoed from every corner of the tournament arena. Not only the Disciples, even some of the Supreme Elders were shocked. Even for them, relying on their aura field alone to block Xiang Qiu’s move wouldn’t be easy.

"Xiang Qiu, do you know why the two Clan Leaders both want to take me as their Disciple? Do you know why we were able to complete an Epic-level mission? Today I’ll let you see what a true genius is, and what an ant is!"

Ye Mo shouted, and all the power in his body erupted. The bones in his body crackled like exploding firecrackers. The power within Ye Mo’s body was like a volcano erupting. In an instant, the power around Ye Mo roiled violently, as if a Divine Demon had descended from the sky. A terrifying aura spread out, enveloping the entire arena.

"Divine Venerate Eight Souls!"

All the Supreme Elders shot to their feet, eyes full of shock. All the Disciples around the arena also stood up one after another, staring wide-eyed in disbelief at the scene before them.

The aura Ye Mo was releasing had already reached the level of Divine Venerate Eight Souls.