It had been over six thousand years since the Yu Huang Sect was established. Throughout history, there were indeed those who dared to confront the sect at its gates, arguing their case. However, very few had ever dared to resort to physical violence and truly wreak havoc upon the Yu Huang Sect. Previously, disputes were settled with mere words, but once a fight broke out, lives were at stake. Furthermore, the entire land of Kyushu held a deep apprehension toward the Yu Huang Sect.
Few dared to truly challenge the Yu Huang Sect.
"Teng Qingshan, what are you doing!" Huang Tianqin roared out in alarm, while Liu Xia and Yu Feng tensed their stances, staring intently at Teng Qingshan.
"What am I doing?"
Teng Qingshan let out a cold laugh, pointing directly at the trio of Huang Tianqin. "I, Teng Qingshan, am not one to seek trouble, but neither am I one to be bullied. Listen closely, all of you. Aside from the publicly released Tiger Form Fist, the multitude of other secret manuals for the internal martial arts lineage I created are secrets never to be shared outside my Xingyi School. Anyone who dares to steal and learn my internal martial arts manuals makes themselves an enemy of my Xingyi School!"
"Today, your Yu Huang Sect steals my Xingyi School's manual; tomorrow, another sect steals another. If this continues, where will it end?"
Teng Qingshan swung his long spear, the weapon a stark extension of his resolve. "Since your Yu Huang Sect dared to steal from my Xingyi School, today, I will first destroy your Yu Huang Sect's Sacred Hall, and then smash your many palaces into ruin." The moment Teng Qingshan finished speaking, he let out a sharp cry, and the Undying Phoenix, 'Xiao Qing,' immediately shot toward the Sacred Hall not far away at top speed.
"Insolent!"
"Audacious!"
"Stop!"
Huang Tianqin, Liu Xia, and Yu Feng roared in unison.
Destroy the Sacred Hall? Smash the palaces?
How could this be tolerated?
"Yu Feng, stay back," Huang Tianqin commanded via sound transmission. Yu Feng, having only just stepped into the Void Realm, would simply be courting death if he engaged Teng Qingshan in battle. Simultaneously with his transmission... Huang Tianqin gripped a heavy-backed, dark-purple battle saber, while Liu Xia brandished an astonishingly large battle-axe, somewhat resembling the mythical Sky-Splitting Divine Axe.
Swish! Swish!
Huang Tianqin and Liu Xia, each wielding their divine weapons, flew forward with furious shouts.
"Haha, excellent timing." Teng Qingshan leaped directly from the back of the Undying Phoenix, 'Xiao Qing,' while transmitting back, "What, you want to gang up on me? Very well!"
"Hmph, you are not worthy yet." Huang Tianqin halted his advance, positioning himself directly in the path Teng Qingshan was taking toward the Sacred Hall to block him, sneering coldly, "Teng Qingshan, today I will let you taste... the might of the axe techniques passed down from the Yu Huang Sect's Nine Tripod Heavenly Tome." Beside him, Liu Xia, wielding a battle-axe, had already rushed towards Teng Qingshan.
One-on-one!
Even at this moment, the people of the Yu Huang Sect still clung to their pride. Nor were they blindly arrogant; having cultivated the Nine Tripod Heavenly Tome, once they reached the Great Accomplishment stage of the Void Realm, they could fully unleash their ultimate power—twelve-tenths of the world's power! This was the pinnacle of the Great Accomplishment stage of the Void Realm. In a straight fight against another cultivator at the same level, they shouldn't logically lose!
Regrettably—
They had encountered Teng Qingshan!
Teng Qingshan could similarly unleash the power of twelve-tenths of the world's energy, and what's more... he possessed a physical strength equivalent to an additional one-tenth of the world's power. In other words, Teng Qingshan's limit was—thirteen-tenths of the world's power. That single tenth was the final straw that breaks the camel's back!
"Hmph!"
Liu Xia, soaring through the air like a meteor, resembled Pangu from ancient myths splitting the heavens and the earth, raising the divine axe high with both hands. In that instant, the surging world energy seemed to darken and muddy the surrounding sky. Between heaven and earth, only the divine axe held aloft by Liu Xia's hands remained visible, a faint, almost imperceptible gleam flickering along the axe edge.
"Break for me!" Teng Qingshan roared low.
He fiercely stirred the Reincarnation Spear in his hand!
Rumble~~~
"Roar~~" A tiger's roar echoed through the mountain range. At the tip of Teng Qingshan's Reincarnation Spear, the faint phantom of a tiger's head swirled, staunchly meeting the extremely fierce swing of Liu Xia's axe.
Five Elements Spear — Crimson Tiger's Roar!
Among the five moves of Teng Qingshan's Five Elements Spear, only the 'Poison Dragon Drill' could currently unleash its peak power, reaching thirteen-tenths through the combination of twelve-tenths world energy and physical strength. The other four moves could only manage about eleven-tenths world energy, bringing them up to twelve-tenths when combined with his physical power.
The Crimson Tiger's Roar possessed the might of twelve-tenths world energy!
"Peng!"
The spear and the divine axe clashed mid-air!
A deafening explosion erupted from thin air. A powerful shockwave spread outward like ripples, causing the very space to tremble. Nearby trees, flowers, grass, and massive stones were instantly pulverized into dust. The surrounding mountaintops looked as if they had been "shaved"; a thick outer layer was sheared off, leaving behind only bare rock.
"Get away quickly!"
"Dodge!"
The elite disciples of the Yu Huang Sect who had been observing, along with those clueless black bears looking up, scattered in terror, trying to flee the battleground of two Great Accomplishment Void Realm experts. The Void Realm expert, 'Yu Feng,' even shouted orders: "Get far away, at least a mile from them."
After the first exchange shook them apart, Teng Qingshan and Liu Xia were forced back several tens of feet before stabilizing again in the air.
"Teng Qingshan, I did not expect your spear techniques to be so formidable," Liu Xia managed, suppressing the violent tremors of blood within him, yet still laughing in admiration. Historically, there were no supreme experts utilizing long spears, so this incredible spear technique must be Teng Qingshan's own creation; Liu Xia had to admire him, secretly acknowledging Teng Qingshan as a truly incredible, almost monstrous genius.
"Your axe work is not bad either."
Teng Qingshan moved, soaring rapidly from the sky back toward Liu Xia.
"What, he doesn't need rest or recovery?" Liu Xia was greatly alarmed. That previous clash was a head-on collision of twelve-tenths world energy; the recoil force alone, if Liu Xia hadn't managed to control it, would have made him vomit blood.
It was like two ordinary people swinging iron rods and striking their opponent with full force—the impact of the collision sent jarring vibrations through the body, making one feel extremely uncomfortable.
Liu Xia knew that Teng Qingshan, the creator of internal martial arts, possessed a strong body.
But—
Regarding internal martial arts, Liu Xia only knew that ordinary practitioners could possess thousands of pounds of strength. However, this type of recoil force targeted the internal organs. Even an ordinary internal martial arts practitioner, no matter how strong their body, usually only had strong muscles. Even reaching the 'Grandmaster Realm' meant only cultivating muscle, sinew, and gaining control over vital energy; they could only control Qi and blood.
The five viscera and six bowels were not truly hardened.
Only when one's physical strength reached eight hundred thousand pounds and one attained the Late Stage of Gang Jin would the internal organs be reinforced to be as tough and powerful as the sinews and bones—stronger than profound iron. This constituted a truly perfect body, perfect inside and out. Only with such viscera could they withstand the recoil force of twelve-tenths world energy without any issues.
Even Teng Qingshan's senior disciple, 'Teng Shou,' although in the Late Stage of Gang Jin, currently only possessed a physical strength slightly over five hundred thousand pounds and was still slowly growing, yet to achieve perfection.
Therefore, the secret of the perfect body was known to very few. At the very least, the people of the Yu Huang Sect were unaware of it.
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In the sky above the Bear-Blind Mountain Range, Teng Qingshan moved like a berserk demonic god, wielding a divine spear, relentlessly and furiously attacking 'Liu Xia,' blow after blow! Like the ceaseless torrent of a bursting celestial river, the attacks followed one after another without pause.
"Puff!"
After barely enduring three strikes, on the fourth, Liu Xia was violently shaken and spat out a mouthful of bright red blood.
"Why is he completely fine?" Liu Xia wailed internally, casting aside all pretense of dignity, and turned to flee.
"Liu Xia, don't run!" Teng Qingshan roared coldly, pursuing rapidly.
"What's happening?" Huang Tianqin, the other Great Accomplishment Void Realm expert observing nearby, watched his expression shift, and he swiftly charged over. He then stood beside Liu Xia; the two Great Accomplishment Void Realm experts had finally joined forces.
Teng Qingshan stopped in mid-air.
The three Great Accomplishment Void Realm experts faced each other from a distance in the sky.
"What, teaming up again?" Teng Qingshan swept his gaze over the two. "Didn't you say just now that one of you was enough to deal with me? And that I wasn't worthy?"
The faces of Huang Tianqin and Liu Xia both looked grim.
"Liu Xia, what happened? How did you lose?" Huang Tianqin transmitted urgently. Watching from the side previously, Huang Tianqin hadn't been able to discern the precise power levels of the attacks exchanged between Teng Qingshan and Liu Xia.
"Freak," Liu Xia said grimly via sound transmission. "Martial Uncle, I used my ultimate move in the very first exchange, intending to defeat Teng Qingshan in one go. But I never expected... that Teng Qingshan's spear technique would also possess the might of twelve-tenths world energy."
"What?" Huang Tianqin exclaimed in shock.
"Not only that. He could deliver continuous, unbroken attacks using twelve-tenths power in his spear techniques. That immense recoil force, he seemed to feel absolutely nothing from it... it was as if, just like, yes, just like a Void Penetration Realm expert," Liu Xia explained. "Void Penetration Realm experts use the power of their own world to temper their bodies to the absolute extreme."
Huang Tianqin also found it hard to believe: "This Teng Qingshan is clearly not a Void Penetration Realm expert."
Both of them could sense Teng Qingshan's aura; the aura of a Void Realm expert and that of a Void Penetration Realm expert were entirely different.
...
"Have the two of you decided how you're going to attack?" Teng Qingshan glanced at Huang Tianqin and the other man, then leveled his long spear horizontally; the tip of the Reincarnation Spear reflected a cold, golden light under the sun.
"Teng Qingshan, don't get too arrogant," Huang Tianqin sneered.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Huang Tianqin and Liu Xia charged toward Teng Qingshan almost simultaneously from two different angles. Finally, they abandoned all concern for face and agreed to fight together. Whether it was Teng Qingshan's side or the Yu Huang Sect's side, neither deployed their Void Realm demonic beasts at this juncture, clearly showing confidence in their own fighters.
"Two of you, I will crush you both all the same!"
Teng Qingshan's large hands, illuminated by the sun, looked as if they were cast from iron.
Wielding the Reincarnation Spear, his weapon transformed into layers of spear shadows... much like countless vibrant trees suddenly sprouting from a vast, barren earth. Teng Qingshan's spear shadows swept forward, and at the same time, Liu Xia and Huang Tianqin felt a surging vitality washing over them, as if being submerged by an endless forest.
"Puchi!" "Puchi!"
Teng Qingshan utilized the skill 'Shadow Follows Form' with his powerful hands, unrestrained and relentless!
Moreover, in nearly every strike, Teng Qingshan unleashed his utmost power.
"Peng!" "Peng!"...
Teng Qingshan attacked wildly, as if possessed, while Liu Xia and Huang Tianqin, fighting together, appeared unsteady under the onslaught of Teng Qingshan's offensive.
"Puff!" Liu Xia, already wounded, spat out another mouthful of blood and was violently thrown backward, crashing into a distant mountaintop.
"You get out of the way too," Teng Qingshan roared suddenly.
He spun his spear technique, unleashing the move 'Mountain Splitter.'
Raising the Reincarnation Spear high above his head with both hands, he brought it down fiercely toward Huang Tianqin, whose face had already flushed crimson!
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