Chapter 55: Battle Intent Erupts

Seeing that Su Yang was still ignorant of what was good for him and continued to spew vulgarities, Elder Wuqing was not angry at all. Instead, he said in an icy tone, "Since that is the case, then go and die!"

"Power of Genesis, Divine Moon Slash!"

"Hah!"

Elder Wuqing pressed his palms together, gathering moonlight as majestic spiritual energy raged and danced about.

Soon, the moonlight turned into a sword, illuminating the sky.

It seemed to carry an aura of destruction, causing the entire void to tremble uncontrollably.

Su Yang's expression turned grave. He could feel that this aura alone made his whole body tremble involuntarily. Even the surrounding air felt like wind blades, cutting open wounds on his skin the moment it brushed against him.

One could only imagine that this single sword strike was powerful enough to plunge Su Yang into eternal damnation.

"Fall!"

Elder Wuqing's expression twisted viciously as he swung his joined palms fiercely downward toward Su Yang. It was like a long, bright moon descending from the heavens, cleaving the void asunder.

"Sect Master! If you do not make a move, Su Yang will surely die!" Seeing Elder Wuqing unleash the Divine Moon Slash, Yu Qiuyue blurted out anxiously.

Even she would probably have to handle this sword strike with utmost caution, let alone Su Yang.

Xuantian did not respond. He simply gazed fixedly at Su Yang high in the sky. Seeing not a shred of fear on the young man's face, for some reason, a trace of anticipation welled up in his heart.

Anticipating what? Anticipating that Su Yang could once again defy the heavens?

"Su Yang... Let this Sect Master see whether you are a dragon or a worm," Xuantian thought to himself.

Prince Liang wore a peculiar expression. Watching Elder Wuqing's terrifying slash, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "It seems this boy's fate ends here. Perhaps this is for the best..."

Everyone was shocked by Elder Wuqing's slash, convinced that Su Yang was doomed to die this time.

No one dared to underestimate an expert of the Genesis Realm.

Even less did anyone dare to belittle the strength of Elder Wuqing who, as a secluded elder of the Moon Gazing Sect, had long been a formidable and renowned expert across the Central Province.

"Kid, with your current cultivation level, you should barely be able to use the second form of the Battle Saint Art. Do you still remember that feeling of being unable to control the battle intent last time?" At this critical juncture of life and death, the Great Saint also turned solemn. Earlier, Su Yang had already broken through to the second form of the Battle Saint Art, but due to his low cultivation at the time, he could not control that rampaging surge of battle intent.

Now, having broken through at least a few minor realms, he could only give it a try.

"Yes, Master, this disciple remembers," Su Yang replied in a grave tone.

"Good! Then let them witness the true power of the Battle Saint Art!" The Great Saint was immensely confident in the technique he had created. What did a gap in cultivation realms matter? In the face of battle intent, everything was reduced to nothingness. Fight towards death, and be reborn through death!

Su Yang took a deep breath, throwing the black rod in his hand higher into the void, while recalling the combat posture of the Battle Saint Art in his mind.

At this moment, all the power within his body fell completely still.

Only the battle intent continued to surge upward!

Down below, seeing Su Yang throw away his black rod, the crowd assumed he had given up resisting and was bracing himself for death.

The Third Prince stared fixedly at Su Yang, his fists clenched so tightly that he seemed even more concerned about Su Yang's survival than Su Yang himself.

"What on earth are you doing? Have you really just given up like this?"

The Third Prince roared and raged in his heart.

"It's over... Everything is over. What a pity, this kid was simply too arrogant. If he had been given another two years, he might have been able to stand toe-to-toe with Elder Wuqing," Prince Liang shook his head and sighed.

Even Li Shanshan shed two streams of warm tears at this moment, believing that Su Yang was truly giving up on resistance.

"Su Yang..."

......

Regarding Su Yang's fate, some rejoiced while others mourned.

After all, a youth of such monstrous talent—if one could not befriend him, one certainly should not make an enemy of him. Rather than letting him become a future scourge, it was better for him to die right here and now.

Besides, it was Su Yang courting death himself by stubbornly insisting on challenging Elder Wuqing. Who else could he blame?

Right at that moment, a white tiger flew over from the distance.

Upon seeing the scene before her, the glamorous woman riding the white tiger turned pale and muttered, "Could it be that this palace has arrived too late..."

Just when everyone thought Su Yang was bound to die,

inside an artifact shop, an old man lying on a rocking chair suddenly sprang straight up as if startled.

With wide eyes, he stared up at the void, saying in utter shock, "This kid—what terrifyingly massive battle intent! Who on earth is he? Why is it so similar to that legendary martial art? Impossible! This is absolutely impossible, that's just a legend... just a legend..."

Although the old man kept reminding himself that it was merely a legend,

he still couldn't help vanishing from the artifact shop...

High in the void, seeing that Su Yang had discarded his weapon and given up resisting, Elder Wuqing mocked, "Knowing it would come to this, why act beyond your capabilities? A mere grain of sand, yet you dared to covet this old man's life? When this elder made his name, you probably weren't even a tadpole."

Su Yang was completely cut off from all external interference at this moment, as if he had been cast into a dark, boundless void.

Battle intent raged. There, a massive bronze door stood tall in the solitary darkness—lonely, desolate, and empty.

Su Yang saw that door once more, but soon, a searing, scorching light burst forth from the dark void—it was boundless battle intent!!!

"This is the feeling. Come, let me control this power, let me go on a grand slaughter!"

"Hah!"

In an instant, Su Yang opened his eyes, golden light radiating from his pupils.

Like a blazing sun, a formidable battle intent erupted, making even the bright moon appear dim and lusterless by comparison.

The dazzling battle intent forced Elder Wuqing to shield his eyes with disbelief, muttering, "What is happening? What did this fellow do? Even the moonlight has been eclipsed!"

"How can this be! What on earth is this battle intent?"

At this moment, apart from Xuantian, Prince Liang, the Third Prince, and the woman on the white tiger, everyone else had their eyes burned and scorched by the sun-like battle intent.

No one dared to open their eyes casually, feeling as though they were standing directly beneath a blazing sun, filled with terror.

"Gosh, what is going on?"

"My eyes, my eyes..."

"Do not look up!!!"

"What on earth is this terrifying battle intent?"

"......"

In the distance, the Great Xia Empire!

Emperor Xia stared intently into the void, his eyes narrowing slightly as he caught sight of the majestic battle intent erupting from within Su Yang's body. With a moved expression, he murmured, "Monstrous battle intent... What manner of background does this youth possess?"

"Could it be that the landscape of my Central Province is truly about to undergo a complete reshuffling?"

With that, the figure of Emperor Xia also vanished from the imperial palace, seemingly wishing to witness with his own eyes what kind of body lay behind this heaven-shattering battle intent.