Chapter 712: One Battle to Fame

The whole arena was utterly silent now; it was so still that they could hear the sound of Zhou Heng's body bursting apart clearly.

Everyone present only realized it when Ye Liuyun withdrew his hand and retracted the Guardian God Seal.

"So that's it? Zhou Heng was killed?"

Only the Elders could truly discern the subtleties of the two of their battle. The others, even those of higher realms, only got a rough sense.

Those of lower realms only saw Ye Liuyun launch a move, then rush behind Zhou Heng and punch him to pieces. Of course they could also feel the Soul fluctuations during the interval, but they didn't know who was attacking whom.

Ye Liuyun's might left some Elders astonished.

The suppressing Bloodline Power he just unleashed, though he controlled it well, was still sensed by the Elders as immensely strong.

Some Elders even thought Ye Liuyun's Soul was far stronger than his realm.

Pulling another's Soul into one's own Soul domain without absolute advantage is certainly impossible. This alone shows that Ye Liuyun's Divine Soul Power is far stronger than Zhou Heng's, not by a little.

Other Elders noted that Ye Liuyun used the Primordial Spirit Secret Technique, clearly having received the authentic transmission from Qian Feng.

Moreover, Ye Liuyun's Blood Thunder and Golden Crow Holy Fire made those old guys gasp in amazement.

"You two old guys really hit the jackpot!" some Elder congratulated Song Yan and Qian Feng.

They didn't care about the dead disciple at all. To them, a higher realm that can't defeat a lower realm is useless, and dying is just deserved.

Elder Yao Tian's expression at this moment was extremely grim.

So it wasn't until Ye Liuyun made his move that he realized how strong Ye Liuyun was. But it was already too late!

He had personally sent his own disciple to his death!

So Qian Feng had no intention of sparing his face.

"Ha ha ha, Yao Tian, how about it? Do you have any other disciples? Let them all try."

Yao Tian held his tongue for a while, then finally looked at Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun now stepped down from the arena, still just as when he went up, his whole body showing no trace of True Essence fluctuation. That calm demeanor instantly exuded an aura of great power.

"I'm old and my eyes are dull!" Yao Tian sighed, leapt into the sky, ignored Zhou Heng's corpse, and headed straight back to his residence in the back mountain.

In Ye Liuyun's hand was the Storage Ring he had casually taken from Zhou Heng's body as he stepped down.

His Divine Sense detected that inside lay a divine artifact, which Zhou Heng hadn't had time to use.

He had expected Elder Yao Tian would demand the artifact back, but unexpectedly he just left!

"So generous? Not even keeping the artifact?"

Ye Liuyun was a bit stunned, but immediately pocketed Zhou Heng's Storage Ring.

"Liuyun, from now on you're the fourth place on the Sky Pride List! Too bad the top three didn't show up today! Hurry back to cultivation, and don't slack off!"m.

Song Yan instructed Ye Liuyun. In fact he was speaking for everyone else, essentially announcing the competition results on behalf of the Steward judge.

Nevertheless, it was the truth, and the Steward judge could not refute it.

He had just been shocked by the result and forgot to announce it.

Ye Liuyun gave a brief assent, then followed Elder Song Yan and Elder Qian Feng, leaving the arena directly.

So the qualification to enter the Secret Realm naturally belonged to him alone. With these two Elders present, no one dared to cheat him.

It wasn't until they left that the crowd began to discuss.

Gu Changyun said to Qu Xuefeng with a hint of lingering fear, "You only said he's stronger than you, but you didn't say he's this strong?"

Qu Xuefeng shook his head helplessly, "I have no idea where his limit lies. He hasn't even used a blade yet!"

Upon hearing that, Gu Changyun patted his chest and sighed, "Luckily it wasn't me on stage; otherwise my fate would probably be worse than Zhou Heng's!"

Qu Xuefeng stared off toward Ye Liuyun, murmuring, "He seems stronger than before!"

He didn't know anything else, but the sudden surge of Bloodline Power from Ye Liuyun he could definitely feel; he is especially sensitive to Bloodline Power.

Ye Liuyun's current Bloodline eruption was not only far stronger than last time, but also much faster. So he couldn't have imagined that Ye Liuyun had once secretly learned his technique.

The disciples whispered, debating who would be stronger if Ye Liuyun faced the top three of the Sky Pride List. After that, no one stepped onto the stage to challenge.

The qualification tournament for entering the Secret Realm also ended here.

Ye Liuyun thus became famous from a single battle!

All sorts of legends about him spread throughout the Lingxiao Sect.

Many people came to query Qu Xuefeng, overwhelming him. In the end he simply shut the doors, turned away visitors, and hid to cultivate.

After returning, Ye Liuyun immediately went back into the Xuan Kong Shi to continue cultivating.

He needed to first cultivate the Primordial Spirit Secret Technique to the second stage, then the first palm of Qiankun Palm, Yin-Yang Wheel Rotation, up to Great Achievement. Then cultivate the power of Space World and the power of Heavenly Earth.

These were the requirements set by his two grandmasters.

So he was extremely busy, with no time to attend to other matters.

Inside the Xuan Kong Shi, everyone else was also seizing time to cultivate. Long Nv was even beginning to refine the second Yuan Pill.

Ye Liuyun gave the divine artifact he obtained from Zhou Heng to Long Nv. Among the few with strong combat power, only Long Nv no longer had an artifact.

It was a shape-shifting glove; once Long Nv wore it, even when she transformed into her true form, it still fit over her dragon claws perfectly.

With this artifact, Ye Liuyun felt more at ease entrusting Long Nv with battle assistance in the future.

Zhou Heng's fortune was sizable, with premium Spirit Stones piled like a small hill, and many Respect‑rank treasures.

Ye Liuyun handed everything over to Wu Qingcheng to handle, letting those in need choose for themselves.

Then he began to cultivate in earnest.

After a month inside the Xuan Kong Shi, Ye Liuyun's Primordial Spirit Secret Technique finally reached the second stage. Afterwards, he left the Xuan Kong Shi and began cultivating Qiankun Palm.

Qiankun Palm requires constant practice. His current power is too great; the Xuan Kong Shi cannot bear it, so he must train outside.

Fortunately, after ten uninterrupted days of training, he finally cultivated Yin-Yang Wheel Rotation to Great Achievement.

After gaining Elder Song Yan's approval, he returned to the Xuan Kong Shi to continue cultivating spatial power.

This time, instead of directly traversing the void to cultivate, he expanded his own Space World to strengthen his spatial power.

The expansion process was also his process of continually comprehending and utilizing the power of space, so both proceeded without delay.

Only when he expanded the Space World to a radius of about ten li did he finally stop.

As his understanding of space and his use of spatial power became more proficient, his current speed of expanding the Space World also grew ever faster.