Chapter 1586: Duel

Boom, boom, boom! Boom, boom!

The seven formidable martial artists joined forces to attack the wasteland, causing a series of explosions to be heard. They echoed through hundreds of thousands of kilometers. Even the soldiers in the five hundred Chaos Divine Boats surrounding them from afar could hear the explosions loud and clear.

Everyone was on the edge of their seats. Many Titled Battle Gods flew out of their Divine Boats and flew five hundred kilometers closer to the wasteland, wanting to see things more clearly. The Earth Emanations Sovereign, Phantom King, Wintry Sovereign, and Qi Qingchen’s hearts sank to the bottom of their chests. From the looks of it, the cracks in the Lava Wasteland were already very deep. With each attack by the seven formidable martial artists, the cracks got deeper and wider. Soon, the Lava Wasteland would explode into thousands of pieces.

“Eh?”

At that moment, Heavenly King Wu suddenly realized something was wrong. The more they attacked, the lower the temperature around them got. Even the flames sticking out initially were gone.

“Our attacks are causing the entire Lava Wasteland to shake and fall apart. Are the Prairie Flames dissipating as well?”

Heavenly King Wu could not figure it out because there was lava in the deepest recesses of the Lava Wasteland. The entire group could not tell what was happening from afar either. Heavenly King Wu had no choice but to cast these doubts aside. When the others discovered this oddity, they could not figure out the reason either.

Slowly, the cracks got bigger and bigger. The temperature of the surroundings, however, got lower and lower. Five minutes later, the seven formidable martial artists’ eyes lit up!

Boom!

There was a huge explosive sound as the entire Lava Wasteland fell into pieces. There were more than ten pieces in total, and large rocks scattered throughout the void. They were covered in lava, and traveling outwards like the suspending Milky Way, heading straight towards the seven martial artists. The scene was extraordinary and frightening. Many people’s hearts were in their throats. Many martial artists who went closer to watch were scared stiff as well.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Heavenly King Wu and the others retreated at the same time, afraid that they would be injured by the flying, burning rocks. Each of them dealt their own attacks at the flying rocks, causing them to be reduced to dust. At the same time, their divine senses shot out towards the center of the Lava Wasteland.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The Wintry Sovereign and Qi Qingchen led tens of the Wintry Domain’s soldiers forward. All of them used their divine senses to scan the surroundings. The Earth Emanations Sovereign and Phantom King did the same. All of their divine senses were locked in on one figure standing in the middle of where the Lava Wasteland stood.

The man had a head of red hair, and he was donning black supreme-grade battle armor. In his hand, he held an impressive Fire Dragon Sword. Standing around him were tens of thousands of strange beasts, which looked to be on fire. His expression was calm as he floated in midair, molten lava still floating underneath his feet. He looked just as shocking as the scene that the group just witnessed. All of them felt innate fear upon seeing his posture.

“Jiang Yi!”

Qi Qingchen shouted. The Wintry Sovereign’s aura immediately surged, pressing Qi Qingchen down. When Jiang Yi heard her cry, he turned around. A hint of a smile appeared on his lips. Other than that, however, he said nothing.

“Where are the Prairie Flames?”

Heavenly King Wu and the others used their divine senses to scan the surroundings, but not one of them found the Prairie Flames. All of them were shocked. It looked like as the Lava Wasteland fell apart, the Prairie Flames disappeared as well. Everything was gone.

“Kill—”

The seven of them did not hesitate at all; instead, they charged right towards the center. Hunting down a mere Jiang Yi had caused all of them to waste so much time. So many accidents happened along the way, too. This time, they were not going to let anything go wrong. They were prepared to join forces to end Jiang Yi once and for all.

“Hahahaha!”

Suddenly, Jiang Yi burst into laughter. Using his Fire Dragon Sword, he pointed to the void and turned one round, looking at the seven formidable martial artists. “Seven King-Ranked martial artists? Are you not ashamed of yourselves? You’ve all been living for hundreds of years—some even more than a thousand, and yet you’re making a fool of yourselves. All seven of you are ganging up against a young man who only ascended less than a year ago? Do you dare to duel with me one-on-one? Any of you can come!”

Jiang Yi used his heavenly powers to amplify his voice, causing it to travel thousands of kilometers. Everyone heard his words. Everyone burst into discussion at once.

Heavenly King Wu and the others looked enraged for a moment, but they stopped their joint attack at once. Instead, they remained in midair. Heavenly King Wu shouted in a cold voice, “Jiang Yi, you had no regard for military rules and went around killing the innocent. You’re a sadistic madman. You’re on the brink of death, and you’re still trying to talk your way out of it?”

“Keke!”

Jiang Yi smiled briefly and said, “Commander-in-Chief Wu, I admit to having no regard for military rules. But killing the innocent? Being a sadistic madman? Since when did I kill the innocent? Which one of those people I killed was innocent? If I really wanted to kill the innocent, would there be anyone left in the Divine Yang Race? If people don’t provoke me, I would leave them alone. If they do, I will make sure I take revenge!

“I won’t talk any more nonsense with you. Heavenly King You, do you dare to have a duel with me? If you’re afraid, you can ask others to go first. You can even take turns to fight me.”

Jiang Yi pointed his Fire Dragon Sword at Heavenly King You, his gaze challenging. His red hair continued to blow in the breeze. At that moment, his aura was no different from that of the Little Eagle King. Many people were secretly intimidated.

Heavenly King You’s burnt face twisted. Jiang Yi was pointing at him and requesting a duel. Could he reject this challenge in front of so many people?

Although Jiang Yi had many oddities about him and many uncertainties as well, a black, headless spear appeared in Heavenly King You’s hands. He roared in anger, “Die, little bastard!”

The Wintry Sovereign, the Earth Emanations Sovereign, the Wintry Sovereign, Qi Qingchen, and the others all held their breaths. However, none of them moved. On one hand, they could not move. On the other hand, Jiang Yi’s eyes looked confident and aggressive. It was almost as if he did possess the capabilities to kill Heavenly King You.

“How is this possible…?”

The four of them had the same thought, but it extinguished immediately. Jiang Yi aside, the skill level between even Titled Battle Gods and Heavenly King You was as far as the distance between heaven and earth. There was no way Jiang Yi could possibly be Heavenly King You’s match, much less would he be able to kill him.

Swish!

Heavenly King You charged at Jiang Yi like a scaled dragon. However, he remained cautious, not daring to get close to Jiang Yi. From afar, he summoned a fire dragon, which flew towards Jiang Yi at terrifying speed.

“Just nice.”

Jiang Yi activated the Power of Heaven and Earth within, causing his body strength to increase a hundred times. Then, he moved aside quickly. His Fire Dragon Sword struck the huge rock beside him harshly, pushing it outwards towards the fire dragon.

Boom!

The huge rock was reduced to dust. Jiang Yi’s speed had reached its limit, and he easily dodged the black dragon. However, a huge number of Heaven Flame Beasts perished. The Heaven-Swallowing Beast on Jiang Yi’s shoulder cried out twice, causing all the Heaven Flame Beasts in the sky to charge at Heavenly King You. At that moment, Jiang Yi disappeared. He activated his Art of Concealment and snuck towards Heavenly King You.

“Fool!”

The Phantom King cursed under his breath but dared not send a voice transmission to Jiang Yi. After all, Heavenly King Wu and the others had their divine senses locked in on Jiang Yi. If he sent a voice transmission now, they would be alerted for sure.

The Phantom Race’s Art of Concealment was indeed formidable, but what cultivation level was Jiang Yi? Did he really think that Heavenly King You would not be able to detect him? Was he actually trying to assassinate him? Was he a stupid fool or what?

The White River King, Heaven Desert King, and the others celebrated in their hearts. The corners of Heavenly King Wu’s lips twisted, but he could not bear to look away. Heavenly King You acted like he could not sense where Jiang Yi was; as he kept fighting the nearby Heaven Flame Beasts, he looked around as if looking for Jiang Yi.

It was obvious that he was waiting for Jiang Yi to get near him before he stabbed him with his spear!

The Wintry Sovereign shook his head and sighed softly. Slightly worried, he turned to look at Qi Qingchen. To his shock, he saw that her eyes were frighteningly bright; and the corners of her lips were twisted up in a beautiful smile.

Qi Qingchen knew Jiang Yi very well. He was no stupid fool. He must have been doing this for a reason.

She believed that Heavenly King You would either die or be severely injured this time!

Sixteen kilometers, eight kilometers… one and a half kilometers!

Heavenly King You had already killed more than half of the tens of thousands of Heaven Flame Beasts that Jiang Yi sent over. The flames on these beasts were terrifying, but their defense and speed were very weak compared to Heavenly King You’s attacks. He could easily blast them into pieces.

Heavenly King You wandered around, using his divine senses to sweep the surroundings as if trying to locate Jiang Yi’s body. His divine senses swept past Jiang Yi many times, but he pretended that he did not see him. He wanted to allow Jiang Yi to get closer.

Heavenly King You had no idea what Jiang Yi wanted to do.

He began to suspect if Jiang Yi was doing it on purpose, but he did not believe that Jiang Yi would be able to kill him. So what if he really did have these Heaven Flame Beasts? Without the Prairie Flames, the Heaven Flame Beasts would not be able to kill him. What’s more, if he allowed the distance between them to close up, Jiang Yi would not have a way of escape. He would be killed with a single blow!

“Prairie Flames?”

Thinking about the Prairie Flames reminded Heavenly King You of something else. When they were attacking the Lava Wasteland earlier, the surrounding temperature seemed to get lower and lower. At last, even when the Lava Wasteland exploded, the Prairie Flames disappeared. At first, they thought that the Prairie Flames dissipated naturally without the Lava Wasteland to contain it. At that moment, however, Heavenly King You realized that something was amiss.

“Not good!”

His heart jumped as he became wary. Immediately, he perked up and pointed his black, headless spear at Jiang Yi who had already closed up half the distance. Heavenly King You started to deal an attack.

“Too late, fool!”

Jiang Yi grinned. His body appeared once again in midair, and the Fire Spirit Pearl in his Fire Dragon Sword lit up. One by one, balls of orange flames appeared. He caused the Fire Dragon Sword to dance around, releasing his wind-elemental dao pattern. Tens of wind dragons carried the balls of orange flames out towards Heavenly King You, causing the temperature of the surroundings to soar.

“Oh, no!”

Heavenly King Wu and the others started. They were five hundred kilometers from Jiang Yi, and yet they could still feel the terrifyingly high temperatures. Heavenly King You was only two hundred and fifty meters away from Jiang Yi; how high must the temperature be where he stood? It was unimaginable!

“Indeed…”

Qi Qingchen’s face split into a full-on grin, making her look like a blossoming peony. She was beautiful beyond compare. The Wintry Sovereign was obviously astonished. The Phantom King and Earth Emanations Sovereign, who were both in hiding, celebrated inside. The Phantom King locked in on the Fire Dragon Sword in shock as the Earth Emanations Sovereign mumbled, “I knew his sword could not be so… weak?”

“Ah—”

The sound of a pig being slaughtered echoed throughout the void. Heavenly King You wanted to run immediately, but the temperature was too high, and his heavenly powers were taking a huge hit. In an instant, he got pulled back by the Prairie Flames.

Jiang Yi had to admit that King-Ranked martial artists’ bodies were extremely strong. Of course, this was partly due to the fact that Heavenly King You had on a set of Primitive Spiritual Treasure battle armor and was the second most powerful man in the Earth Domain. Even as the tenth most powerful flames in the Earth Domain touched him, he did not immediately get reduced to ash. Instead, he continued to writhe in the void, refusing to die.

“Jiang Yi, stop!”

Heavenly King Wu and the others shouted. Jiang Yi’s eyes glinted, but he did not stop. Instead, he charged towards Heavenly King You. Once he got close, he summoned a ball of six-colored flames and threw it at Heavenly King You.

It was obvious!

The six-colored flames were the Merged Flames in Jiang Yi’s ninth star sphere. The Fire Spirit Pearl was too strong. When the Prairie Flames engulfed him earlier, he remained absolutely fine. The Fire Spirit Pearl even began to absorb the flames at top speed. That was why the seven formidable martial artists felt the surrounding temperature drop. At last, Jiang Yi had absorbed all the Prairie Flames. When the group discovered that the flames were gone, they thought that they had dissipated.

There was too little time. Jiang Yi only managed to send a little Prairie Flames into his ninth star sphere to merge with his five-colored flames. However, this one little bit was enough.

The six-colored Merged Flames were obviously more powerful than the Prairie Flames. The moment he sent it out, Heavenly King You’s entire body combusted into flames. His flesh reduced to ash before their very eyes, causing Heavenly King Wu and the others to be scared stiff.

Buzz!

Heavenly King You was reduced to ash, and his interspatial ring was destroyed as well. However, his weapon and his battle armor were both Primitive Spiritual Treasures. Naturally, they did not get destroyed in the fire.

Jiang Yi flew over and grabbed the headless spear and the silver battle armor before turning to scan Heavenly King Wu and the others. Suddenly, he shouted, “Heheh, these are good things. Do you have similar treasures on you? Why not give me one or two pieces?”

“…”

The entire place was silent. Everybody watched as the flames beside Jiang Yi got absorbed into his Fire Spirit Pearl and immediately felt shocked. How many years had it been since they witnessed a King-Ranked martial artist be killed? This time, everybody was treated to a sight. Indeed, they had just witnessed the death of a King-Ranked martial artist; burned alive by a young man who had only ascended less than a year ago, no less.

More importantly, Jiang Yi’s expression was nonchalant. He looked as relaxed as though he had just crushed an ant. Watching the remaining Heaven Flame Beasts fly towards him and dance around him, the crowd became horrified.

That’s right, they were horrified!

If Jiang Yi were the Green Eagle King, perhaps they would not have felt so shocked. However, to them, he was a minor character who could be easily crushed. He was just a lowly ascendant.

Nobody dared to move!

The more formidable the martial artist, the more they feared death. They had huge family clans and careers; they could not afford to die. Heavenly King You was easily destroyed. That meant that apart from Heavenly King Wu, everybody else could be just as easily destroyed. If they charged forward, they would be giving Jiang Yi their treasures.

The Wintry Sovereign, Earth Emanations Sovereign, and Phantom King did not move either. They chose not to act earlier and were less likely to interfere now. They remained by the side, watching the drama unfold quietly. All of them focused on Heavenly King Wu, wanting to see how he would deal with the mess.

Heavenly King Wu’s eyes glinted. He was torn inside!

Honestly, he appreciated Jiang Yi’s talents. However, to a principled man like him who respected the rules, what Jiang Yi had done was unacceptable. Today, he even killed Heavenly King You in front of so many people. If he asked the group to back down, how would the Demon-Buster Army remain respected? How would he maintain order in the Earth Domain? If he did not kill Jiang Yi this time, the Earth Domain would descend into chaos. Jiang Yi had a killing machine in his hands; he was capable of killing anyone who did not do as he pleased.

His gaze hardened slowly, as his aura began to surge. Enraged, he roared, “Everyone, work together! Don’t get close to Jiang Yi. Keep a distance as you try to kill him. His speed and defense are not great. If we don’t kill Jiang Yi today, the Earth Domain would descend into chaos!”

“Kill—”

Heavenly King Wu’s final sentence motivated the entire group to get moving. The remaining five people charged at Jiang Yi at the same time, their weapons glowing in their hands. A crazed killing intent locked in on Jiang Yi.

“Old Wu, have mercy!” The Earth Emanations King could not take it any longer. He shot out of his hiding place and shouted, “You cannot kill Jiang Yi!”

The Phantom King showed his face as well, shouting, “Old Wu, stop!”

At the same time, Qi Qingchen turned to shoot a look at the Wintry Sovereign who sighed helplessly and said, “Old Wu, don’t do anything yet.”

“Kill—”

The three elite martial artists had appeared, but Heavenly King Wu’s killing intent was not to be stopped. His gaze was as hard as steel as he shouted, a huge metal rod appearing in his hands. It was growing by the second. The next moment, it was thirty kilometers long. It carried with it a destructive aura as Heavenly King Wu started to strike Jiang Yi with it.

“Kill!”

Everything was fine before the Phantom King and Earth Emanations Sovereign appeared, but once they did, the White River King and Heaven Desert King were completely angered. These two sovereigns were clearly out to protect Jiang Yi. If Jiang Yi did not die this time, would they have good days ahead?

Tsk! Tsk!

At that moment, the void suddenly lit up with a blinding white light. The beam of light shot towards Heavenly King Wu’s metal rod, and an extremely overwhelming aura descended, suppressing them all. Even the White River King and the others slowed down as their bodies trembled uncontrollably.

“Uh?”

Jiang Yi used his divine senses to sweep the surroundings. Suddenly, he stiffened, his eyes widening in shock.

This white beam of light was a tree branch. It was the exact same tree branch as the one in Divine Yang Mystic Realm!