Ninth In the World

As soon as he said this, Di Jiu made up his mind to kill Yue Henghe. It was highly likely that Yue Henghe had discovered something and gotten suspicious that he had the cultivation technique able to temper Spiritual Force. In that case, he’d better kill him quickly.

He wasn’t scared of the Genesis Sect, but of the Skygold Domain Lord.

The cultivators around didn’t doubt Di Jiu’s words. Although Di Jiu had said that he didn’t know the pair of tied-up cultivators, he had only wanted to make Yue Henghe lower his guard. Since he wouldn’t lower his guard, all he could do was fight.

Many people were looking forward to a battle between Di Jiu and Yue Henghe. Di Jiu was among the top 10 people on the Genius Roll and had entered the top 100 on the Sea Roll a few years ago—based on his improvement, he could possibly exchange a few moves with Yue Henghe.

Nobody actually believed that Di Jiu could possibly beat Yue Henghe.

“Ha ha…” Yue Henghe laughed and grabbed a Cosmic Spike. “You are gutsy. You have some guts indeed!”

Nobody questioned Yue Henghe. They knew that Yue Henghe, who was second on the Tripod Roll, was at the ninth-stage Ekayāna Tripod Realm. Given his strength, even someone at the early-stage Life Tribulation Realm might not be a match for him.

“That’s too much nonsense. Watch for my saber…” Di Jiu took a step and struck with the Heavenly Aqua Saber.

The area within a few hundred feet between Yue Henghe and him disappeared. In the blink of an eye, the Heavenly Aqua Saber transformed into a frightening killing intent that swept in towards Yue Henghe.

Yue Henghe was in a similarly wretched state. Even though he had triggered the sword intent, the force that had backfired had made him vomit a mouthful of blood too.

He felt a tinge of regret. He didn’t want to kill Di Jiu. All he’d wanted was to get hold of him and ask for the Spiritual Force condensation technique. However, Di Jiu’s greatness had exceeded his expectations. He had no choice but to use his trump card— the Domain Spirit Sword Intent.

Once the Domain Spirit Sword Intent was used, Di Jiu would be crushed and his soul would be annihilated, no matter how strong he was.

When the sword intent disappeared, Yue Henghe saw the seriously-injured Di Jiu standing in front of him. His eyes betrayed his disbelief. This was impossible. Absolutely impossible. His sword intent had been inherited from an ancient Domain Realm Sword Dao Expert. Even if Di Jiu was at the True Form Realm, he would have been ripped apart by this sword intent.

“You blasted a sword at me, so it should be my turn to bash you now.” Di Jiu didn’t even bother wiping away the blood stain at the corner of his mouth. He stood still as he threw a punch.

Without his level-nine physique and his level-nine Dao fire, his body would have disintegrated due to this sword intent, even if the Sky Screen and Heavenly Aqua Saber were shielding him.

As he used his fist, the surrounding space became stifling.

Peaks gathered and furious waves roared!

Amid this raging fist wind, everything was flattened and the Heavenly Ascension Great Dao was formed like rivers running through the Tong Pass [1. A pass is a gantry, so the rivers running through it make it a weak spot. This line is a verse from the poem Sheep on the Mountain Slope by Zhang Yanghao.]

Boom! As fist mountains blasted out one after another, the whole space was filled with gathering peaks.

Yue Henghe forgot about this frightening pressure. Maybe he knew that he couldn’t escape from the fists even if he tried, so he only muttered, “This is impossible…”

When the fist mountain came, he was finally awakened momentarily. A streak of lifeless gray flashed across his eyes.

He had never thought that he would die in the hands of a nobody one day. He, Yue Henghe, could ascend to the second place on the Tripod Roll not only because he had great potential, but also because he was more cautious and experienced than others.

When grouping up with others, Yue Henghe had never been at a disadvantage precisely because of his calculative nature. He could think of everything that others didn’t. He had dared wait for Di Jiu there that day because he had been completely sure that Di Jiu would be no match for him. In other words, even if Di Jiu had had a higher cultivation level, his trump card could have still destroyed him easily.

True Form cultivators were not allowed into the Small Central Planet. No matter how strong he was, Di Jiu couldn’t be a True Form cultivator. Actually, the Domain Spirit Sword Intent wasn’t afraid of True Form cultivators.

However, he had been wrong. Di Jiu’s strength had exceeded his imagination by far. The fact that Di Jiu had managed to survive the Domain Spirit Sword Intent had completely crushed the confidence he had built over time. The scariest thing for a cultivator was losing their confidence.

Bam! A huge fist mountain blasted against Yue Henghe. Yue Henghe’s body immediately disintegrated. Before his Principal Spirit left his body, a second fist mountain blasted again and his Principal Spirit dissipated. This was not the end. A third fist mountain swept in…

After the Gathering Peaks Move was used, a vast plain appeared. There was nothing in front of Di Jiu anymore. Yue Henghe was no longer around and neither were any clothes. There were only blood stains all over the ground. Di Jiu picked up a ring and put it away. If he hadn’t wanted this ring, there wouldn’t have been any blood stains on the huge rock.

When Di Jiu lifted and twisted his hand, the male and female cultivator tied on the pillar were let down. Yue Henghe’s restriction was like a toy to him.

The female cultivator was well aware of Di Jiu’s intent for saving them—Di Jiu had killed Yue Henghe by using them as an excuse. Yue Henghe had been an inner sect elder from the Genesis Sect, one of the five large sects, after all. If he had been killed without a reason, Di Jiu would have caused a public uproar. However, if they were his friends, then it would make sense for Di Jiu to kill Yue Henghe.

“Zhong Yu is thankful for your help, Big Brother. If it had not been for you, my husband and I would not have been able to escape our doom.” The woman quickly bowed as she thanked him.

The man also bowed and said, “Yuan Jia is thankful for your help, Senior Brother Di. I have something to tell you, Big Brother.”

Di Jiu nodded his head. Zhong Yu was smart enough to read his thoughts. This husband and wife were a third-stage Pioneer Sea Realm cultivator and a first-stage Pioneer Sea Realm cultivator. Their potential looked quite good.

“Let’s discuss any other matters later. Do you know what happened on the Planted Cultivators’ Mountain?” he asked casually.