Chapter 224 (1/2)

Translator: Radiant  Editor: Radiant

“Still, I would like to give it a try!” Xue Ying passed through the side door of the palace hall.

The White Fog Ape looked towards Xue Ying’s back before shaking its head. “He truly overestimates himself. I have great hopes for this Saint, so I wish he won’t break inside.”

“He won?”

The big black dragon entrenched just outside the cavern palace opened his golden eyes wide. He was truly shocked. Given his size, his head could extend all the way to the doorstep of the palace. He looked towards the White Fog Ape inside. “Hey, Wu Lei, aren’t you the one always boasting to me about your strength? The one who kept saying how stupid I am? Did something happen today so that you couldn’t even win against a Saint?”

“Hmph, you are just an idiotic dragon.” The White Fog Ape felt embarrassed. “Weren’t you defeated as well?”

“Defeated as well? I lost because of his True Meaning of Gravity. My body is too big, so it ended up being wholly controlled by him! Otherwise, I could’ve sent him flying with a single tail whip!” Despite his tone, the enormous dragon used his head to take a peek inside the palace. He was somewhat worried. “Ai, this brat charged further in. Hopefully, he can survive.”

As for the White Fog Ape, he exhaled, causing him to dissipate back into the the white which pervaded the entire hall. For countless tens of thousands of years, this was how he had been living.

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The corridor was about a hundred meters high and sixty meters wide. The walls sparkled like jade and were as smooth as mirrors.

It spanned more than a thousand meters in length.

Xue Ying walked alone along this corridor, his Stellar Fire Cloud Spear at his side. He was using his Gravity Domain to keep a constant check on his surroundings while also using it to maintain a tyrannical repulsive force.

After walking for more than a thousand meters, he finally reached an azure-colored set of stairs that extended downwards.

Deng deng deng. As he descended the stairs, he reached a depth of close to 200 meters underground before reaching the next level.

“Mn?” Xue Ying’s expression changed.

Hong—

The powerful gravitational force of repulsion which Xue Ying was constantly maintaining immediately pushed out an organism that had hiding behind the edge of the wall in front of him! This wall had seemed perfectly ordinary and would not have caused anyone to consider an organism was hiding within. However, the moment Xue Ying went past the array down to this level, the organism in hiding was naturally repulsed by the gravitational force which caused it to be revealed!

Chi chi chi~ This organism, which had previously been hiding, left the wall before turning into a gray-robed male with a pair of black rods on his back.

This organism grimaced in pain as he touched his face. He was somehow kneading himself into the shape of an ordinary human.

“I’ve actually been discovered. For you to triumph over that foolish dragon and Lei Wu as a Saint, you must have some ability.” The gray-robed male’s voice resounded with a disharmony akin to gold scraping against rock. “However… you’re just a Saint, which means you will not be able to win against me!”

Hong!

The gray-robed male immediately approached Xue Ying. He then grabbed his rods, which were about 1.3 meters in length, with his hands and waved one of them at him.

Hu~ As it was brandished out, the rod was accompanied by a feeling of being able to tear the world. Xue Ying felt like a terrifying might was crashing over him. Before the fight even truly began, Xue Ying had to depend on his Gravity Domain to get a clear understanding of the surrounding space. Naturally, he could deduce that this rod being brandished had a strength that could completely outclass his, and on top of that, a speed that was also so shocking that he could not retreat in time!

The only option was to defend.

He did not dare meet its force directly. Instead, he would try to divert it away.

Chi!”As the rod came crashing down, the spear moved like a swimming dragon towards it. The moment the spear touched the rod, it became truly slippery. At this point, Xue Ying had a change of expression as he felt his hands becoming numb, his body staggering backwards.

Hong long! The gray-robed male acted on instinct by waving the rod in his other hand.

Truly too fast.

Attack after attack was being unleashed, as if they were the blades of a turbine.

It was too sudden. Xue Ying could barely defend himself by placing his spear horizontally in front of him.

A loud hong! sound accompanied the clash. The body of the Stellar Fire Cloud Spear was twisted by the force, knocking back into Xue Ying’s chest. Although the force of the impact had been reduced by the True Meaning of Star, Xue Ying was still sent flying backwards. It was truly fortunate that the bulk of force had been transmitted through the body of the spear before reaching his figure.

Hong! The hands of the gray-robed male seemed like a turbine’s blades as a third rod attack lashed out.

While flying backwards, Xue Ying tried his utmost to parry the attack with his numb hands, but he was clearly a step too slow.

—Thump—

It actually whipped Xue Ying’s abdomen directly.

Xiu!

He flew backwards akin to a streamer before knocking into a layer of azure stairs behind him with a hong.

Pa pa pa! Xue Ying could feel six of his bones fracturing from the impact.

Pu! A mouthful of fresh blood spurt out from his mouth, and his face turned pale.

Peak stage Demigod. Xue Ying looked at gray-robed male with a pale expression. In terms of strength, the Black Dragon had also reached the realm of a peak stage Demigod. But could the two really be compared? The enormous dragon had similarly immense force, and its figure was so large it was like comparing an adult to an ant. Naturally, its strength would be huge as well. By a similar logic, the Black Dragon’s large figure also made it great at dishing out its absurd strength.

But this gray-robed male was different. He was as tall as a human, yet his strength was that of a peak stage Demigod! Furthermore, his rod techniques were imbued with Profound Mysteries of Space.

As for Xue Ying?

He had grasped hold of three different True Meanings, but he only had the strength of an early stage Demigod! He was completely suppressed when facing directly against this man!

Hong. As Xue Ying fell onto the stairs, the gray-robed male came towards him as fast as an illusion.

Xue Ying had no time retaliate in any way.