Ye Jingyu bolted, but Sakura Oshi’s speed was astonishing; he closed the distance in mere strides...

“Vile human, I will personally gouge out your heart and imprison your soul, leaving you unable to live or die...” Sakura Oshi roared, his form instantly manifesting before Ye Jingyu. The deep-blue spear in his hand pulsed with blinding azure light...

Feeling the immense power radiating from Sakura Oshi, Ye Jingyu’s heart hammered with residual dread. He had never imagined encountering such a monstrosity; this was no being of the mortal realm, and with his current strength, resistance seemed utterly futile.

But what choice did he have? Escape was impossible. What was he to do?

“Whoosh...” Just as Ye Jingyu wrestled with his options, Sakura Oshi lunged, flicking his spear toward Ye Jingyu’s chest in a lethal thrust...

Ye Jingyu flinched, bringing up his Heavenly Sovereign Blade to intercept. Sakura Oshi merely twitched the spear tip upward. It struck the blade, and with a powerful vibration, the sheer force numbed Ye Jingyu’s right hand, forcing the Heavenly Sovereign Blade to slip and clatter to the ground...

Sakura Oshi’s spear continued its trajectory toward Ye Jingyu’s heart...

Seeing the hurtling spear point, Ye Jingyu suddenly extended his left hand and clamped down hard on the shaft...

His grip was immense. Even for the mighty Sakura Oshi, the point failed to pierce the hardened flesh for a critical moment...

At this juncture, Ye Jingyu raised his right arm. Golden radiance erupted from his limb, and his entire arm suddenly transformed into a blade—a peerless, gleaming golden battle-saber...

“Shattering Annihilation Slash!” Ye Jingyu roared. The golden light of his arm flared instantly, bringing down unparalleled force to cleave against the deep-blue spear...

“This spear is forged from ten-thousand-year cold iron; did you truly believe you could sever it?” Seeing Ye Jingyu attack his weapon directly, a mocking smile touched Sakura Oshi’s lips...

“Crack...” A sharp sound echoed. Ye Jingyu’s blade-like hand struck the shaft. Instantly, hairline fractures spiderwebbed across the otherwise impossibly sturdy metal...

The smile froze on Sakura Oshi’s face, his eyes wide with disbelief. This... how could this be? This was a supreme divine weapon! How could it be shattered by a simple hand-chop?

“In this world, there is no strongest weapon, only stronger techniques. If you want to kill me, first you must witness my true might!” Ye Jingyu bellowed, his inner Overlord Force spinning wildly as he clenched his right fist once more...

However, compared to moments before, his right fist was now bleeding profusely and trembled slightly—the instant the spear shattered, the bones in his hand had fractured as well...

Yet, ignoring the throbbing pain, Ye Jingyu slammed his fist toward Sakura Oshi. A silver-white light erupted from his knuckles, spreading out like waves of pure energy...

This was the Light Wave Battle Fist from the Battle Techniques Compendium.

Seeing Ye Jingyu’s desperate strike, and remembering his spear had been shattered, the enraged Sakura Oshi met the blow with a ferocious punch of his own...

His knuckles glowed with swirling azure energy, an aura of pure annihilation emanating from his strike...

“Rumble...” The sound was deafening. Ye Jingyu’s light waves were systematically pulverized. The massive rebound force hurled Ye Jingyu backward, but even Sakura Oshi was staggered, forced to retreat several steps...

Sakura Oshi felt a jolt of terror. He had already broken his seal; though his power wasn't fully restored, he was currently equivalent to a Second Heaven Martial God. How could he fail to dispatch someone who hadn't even reached the Martial God realm?

Ye Jingyu was far from unscathed. That full-power blow had indeed shattered Sakura Oshi’s spear, but his own hand bones were utterly pulverized. While his Overlord Force was potent, his reserves were limited; he could not sustain such terrifying expenditure indefinitely...

For techniques as devastating as the one just used, his current body could withstand maybe a few more exchanges at most...

The ultimate moves in the Battle Techniques Compendium were earth-shattering, wielding devastating power. They harmed the enemy invisibly, but they also harmed the user just as surely. He would never employ them lightly unless absolutely necessary.

Seeing that his utmost effort had only managed to push Sakura Oshi back a few paces, Ye Jingyu’s confidence wavered...

“I refuse to believe I can’t kill you today!” After a moment of stunned silence, Sakura Oshi roared, and blue light flared around him again. A pair of azure horns sprouted from his head, and his handsome features became overlaid with swirling blue demonic markings, making him look utterly grotesque...

“Die, World-Destroying Demonic Fury!” Sakura Oshi shouted, sweeping his arms up from his abdomen and unleashing a terrifying blast of power toward Ye Jingyu...

Feeling the sheer magnitude of the approaching force, Ye Jingyu could no longer concern himself with whether his body could bear the searing prick of the Overlord Force, nor his near-depleted energy reserves. He stepped forward, then smashed his own sternum with a punch, his mouth snapping open to unleash a torrent of searing sonic waves...

It was the battle technique, Netherworld Raging Howl...

In an instant, the world seemed to dim. Countless desolate spirits wailed mournfully, and fissures began to open in the ground beneath them, racing toward Sakura Oshi...

Furthermore, the very void trembled uncontrollably, as if the entire fabric of reality was about to tear apart...

The blue light burst forth by Sakura Oshi was instantly shattered. The violent shockwave left his ears ringing painfully, stars swimming before his eyes, and his bloodline churning violently, threatening to erupt outward...

At that critical moment, Ye Jingyu surged forward again. Exploiting Sakura Oshi’s momentary blindness, he launched a devastating strike...

Fierce Tiger Battle Fist...

A colossal tiger phantom materialized in the void, then dissolved into a streak of golden light that flooded into Ye Jingyu’s body. His entire right arm disintegrated, and blood simultaneously erupted from his mouth, eyes, nostrils, and ears...

However, that immense accumulated energy coalesced entirely onto his right fist, slamming directly into Sakura Oshi’s chest...

“Boom...” A colossal impact. Sakura Oshi’s body was blasted backward, spitting copious amounts of blue blood from his mouth. A cavernous, bloody hole was blasted into his sternum.