Chapter 319: A Clash of Aura

"No! Absolutely not! Heng Shidi, it's a misunderstanding. Even if you want to deal with me, you have to look at the sect rules. You've just returned, there's no need to..."

Liu Qing felt as if he were instantly shrouded in the shadow of death, and he couldn't help but plead for mercy.

He could not resist, nor did he dare to engage in a duel on the Fighting Platform with Heng Xian as he had four years ago.

He had seen many Yuan Dan Realm cultivators, and his own elder sister, Liu Yu, had just broken through to the Yuan Dan Realm, but he had never seen such terrifying Yuan Dan power and pressure as Heng Xian's.

His current cultivation was at the ninth level of the Qi Hai Realm, about to condense a Void Dan and enter a life-or-death seclusion, yet he couldn't withstand even a sliver of Heng Xian's Yuan Dan pressure, let alone harbor thoughts of resistance!

Heng Xian stopped speaking and simply pressed his aura forward, bit by bit.

Liu Qing couldn't even lift his head anymore.

"Stop!"

Just then, a rush of wind came from outside, followed by a flurry of figures landing.

In the blink of an eye, more than twenty people appeared in the room.

They were all experts from the Earth Ranking, including Wu Tong, Luo Sihai, and Liu Qing, all present in the ranks.

They had also received Liu Qing's message that Heng Xian was at the "Ten Thousand Nest Peak."

Seeing Liu Qing prostrate at Heng Xian's feet, the group's expressions shifted. Wu Tong looked Heng Xian up and down before cupping his hands and saying, "Heng Shidi, what is the meaning of this? We are all fellow disciples; why treat Liu Qing Shidi this way?"

As he spoke, four Yuan Dan Realm disciples stepped forward, preparing to help Liu Qing up.

"Did I give you permission to touch him?"

Heng Xian looked at the four of them, unleashing his full Yuan Dan Initial Realm aura. Using his ability to "sever the spiritual Qi of heaven and earth within a hundred-zhang radius," he forcibly suppressed them!

The four felt their bodies grow heavy and their expressions changed. They wanted to resist, but couldn't muster even a shred of strength; their legs felt as if they were filled with lead.

Luo Sihai, Wu Tong, and the other twenty-three people exchanged glances and immediately surged their auras, using their own "severing of heaven and earth spiritual Qi" abilities or Qi Hai Realm pressure to push back.

Yet, upon this "clash," they discovered that Heng Xian's pressure was vast and boundless, like mountains and rivers, wave after wave. The twenty-three of them barely managed to push back a little before being suppressed once more.

"Crack..."

Now, not only Liu Qing, but the four disciples helping him were forced to their knees, struggling to move.

Luo Sihai and the others were also under immense, increasing pressure.

"Creak, creak—"

Spiderweb-like cracks began to spread across the walls of the room.

Luo Sihai, Wu Tong, and the others' expressions turned completely grim!

They had been clamoring to challenge Heng Xian for days, but now that they had met him, they realized that even with over twenty of them joining forces, they couldn't withstand his aura?

Both were at the Yuan Dan Initial Realm; by what right was his aura so thick and his Yuan Dan power so terrifying?

Meanwhile, the "Square-faced Man" and the others in the corner had long since turned pale and rolled to the side, falling into a semi-conscious state. The only thought in their minds was: why were these terrifying Earth Ranking experts fighting here?

"Creak, creak—"

Inside the room, the terrifying aura and spiritual Qi collision slowly formed a vortex, and the walls began to show more and more cracks.

Liu Qing's face was as pale as paper, and the four helping him were bent nearly to their knees.

Luo Sihai and the others were sweating profusely!

Yet Heng Xian remained expressionless, as if this matter had nothing to do with him, as if it didn't matter how many people came.

Just then, another rush of wind came from outside, and another group arrived.

It was Zhao Wuming, Zhang Yu'er, and the other twenty-plus Earth Ranking disciples who had been tearing into Heng Xian recently.

They, too, had received Liu Qing's message and had come specifically.

However, the situation here did not seem right.

Seeing them, Luo Sihai and the others shouted, "Fellow disciples, the Heng Xian you wanted to challenge is right here! Help us!"

Zhao Wuming, Zhang Yu'er, and the others looked at Heng Xian sitting in the corner. Although they had been very diligent in rejecting and resisting Heng Xian these past few days, they had never actually met him in person.

Heng Xian's appearance was somewhat unexpected; he was completely different from the cold, overbearing image they had imagined, possessing instead the refined and handsome look of a neighbor's boy.

But that didn't matter. The vortex of terrifying aura and pressure in the room was growing denser, and the cracks in the walls were multiplying.

It appeared that Heng Xian was holding off Luo Sihai's group single-handedly.

Zhao Wuming and the others exchanged glances and, without a word, raised their auras to the limit, joining in to "push back."

"Hum—"

The "vortex" in the air swayed violently, showing signs of dispersing, and the pressure on Liu Qing and the four helping him eased slightly.

But the next moment, an even heavier and more boundless pressure descended.

"Boom—"

The "vortex" reappeared, larger and spinning faster.

"Pfft..."

Liu Qing spat out a mouthful of blood, staining the floor.

The four helping him turned pale and finally collapsed to their knees.

Zhao Wuming and the others' expressions shifted. They gritted their teeth and increased their aura, but just as they were about to push open that "aura vortex," it appeared again!

"How... how can his aura pressure be so strong?" Zhao Wuming looked at Luo Sihai in shock.

Luo Sihai's upper body was soaked in cold sweat, his body trembling slightly: "Why ask me, Zhao Shixiong? Haven't you seen the person opposite us?"

Zhao Wuming looked at Heng Xian, a trace of fear and palpitation appearing in his pupils.

Beside him, Zhang Yu'er and the others also had incredibly ugly expressions. This guy was actually... this terrifying?

Heng Xian remained expressionless, as if he were indifferent to all of them!

With his Qi Sea refined nine times, the Ancient Sword Saint True Body, the Hunyuan Qi Condensation, the Hunyuan Qi Sea, the Hunyuan Dan Formation, plus the recent addition of the Eight-Nine Profound Art body-refining fragment, he could easily suppress forty or fifty ordinary Yuan Dan Realm cultivators in terms of pure aura and Yuan Dan power.

However, the more indifferent he appeared, the more unfathomable he seemed to the forty-nine people opposite him.

A group of people even began to suspect whether this Heng Xian was a Yuan Dan Middle Realm cultivator in disguise!

"Creak, creak—"

The walls were already on the verge of collapse; Liu Qing and the four helpers were completely prostrate on the ground, teeth clenched, eyes splitting.

Zhao Wuming, Luo Sihai, and the others were trembling uncontrollably.

Zhang Yu'er couldn't take it anymore: "His aura is too strong, his Yuan Dan power too thick. Let's fight with everything we've got!"

She made a move to summon her Dharma treasure and magical artifacts.

Heng Xian suddenly stood up and walked toward them step by step: "Are you sure you want to fight to the death inside the sect?"

As he approached, his aura and pressure grew even stronger.

"Creak, creak—" It wasn't just the walls; the bluestone floor also began to crack.

Zhao Wuming, Luo Sihai, and the other forty-nine people all felt the pressure on them increase, and they couldn't stop trembling.

Zhang Yu'er really didn't dare to fight to the death inside the sect, so she couldn't help but shout angrily: "What do you want?"

"What do I want?"

Heng Xian countered, walking closer step by step. With every step, the pressure on the group increased: "You are that group from the Earth Ranking, right? Didn't you want to challenge me? I accept your challenge!"

Zhao Wuming's cold, stern face twisted: "A challenge can't happen here!"

"Oh?" Heng Xian smiled. "You can't even handle it here, and you want to go somewhere else?"

"Crack!"

Zhao Wuming was forced to his knees by an extremely powerful aura, his body trembling violently. "You..."

Beside him, Zhang Yu'er's thin lips cracked, her breathing ragged: "If, if you have the ability, let's go to the Fighting Platform, one-on-one... ah!"

Before she could finish, a "crack" sounded as the bones in her knees shattered.

Luo Sihai and the others' pupils contracted. Resisting the pressure, they retreated step by step.

Heng Xian looked directly at the group: "Is that it? And you still want to challenge me? Yuan Dan Realm is one thing, but a bunch of Qi Hai Realm cultivators want to challenge me too? Who gave you the courage? Who gave you the confidence? Even if I gave you the first place on the Earth Ranking, could you hold it?

It's better to be forgiving when you can. I have already rejected you separately; why must you fight to the death to send challenge letters? Hmm?"

(End of Chapter)