Chapter 1184

At this moment, the entire scene was dead silent, without a sound, one could hear a pin drop!

The Heavenly Prides of the major factions and their guardians, including the Yaochi group and Bai Cailing, were all dumbfounded and in disbelief!

Yi Zhong of the Shennong Clan was even sitting paralyzed on the ground, his face pale, his pupils rapidly contracting, filled with extreme fear!

"This... how is this possible?"

Everyone was shocked in their hearts.

No one had expected that this old man not only possessed a powerful physical body, but even more terrifyingly, his physical body actually possessed divine abilities!

Profound Ice Ghost Mist Hand—with a single punch, that long halberd at the mid-grade immortal artifact level was shattered into a pile of metal pieces so easily!

This was a mid-grade immortal artifact!

Even for the Shennong Clan, the mid-grade immortal artifacts they could possess were few and far between, only given to Heavenly Prides like Yi Zhong who possessed powerful bloodlines, were highly valued by the clan, and had the qualifications to be candidates for the Divine Son.

Even Yi Zhong had treated this mid-grade immortal artifact long halberd as his trump card, concealing its edge, intending to reveal it during the Divine Son competition to catch his opponent off guard.

Yet now, not only was he forced to use this trump card early, but he couldn't even hurt a single hair on Xu Que, and instead, the entire mid-grade immortal artifact was destroyed so thoroughly on the spot.

This was hard for Yi Zhong to accept, and it was also hard for everyone present to believe.

With such a powerful physical body and such a powerful physical body divine ability, could this old man really be an Immortal King or even an existence above an Immortal King who had just woken up after sleeping for many years?

Otherwise, how could one explain his strength?

You must know, this old man hadn't revealed much of his strength from beginning to end. He just stood there, calm and composed, relying on his physical body to resist, and he hadn't even used dharma spells!

Looking at the world, unless it was someone above the Imperial Physician Golden Immortal stage using their full strength, and they must also possess an incredibly powerful physical body, who else could do what he did and shatter a mid-grade immortal artifact with one punch?

Everyone present became increasingly convinced of the speculation about Xu Que's identity as being above an Immortal King!

At the same time, Yi Zhong had already been helped up by his few guardians, who surrounded him for protection and were also vigilantly watching Xu Que.

Xu Que did not continue to attack either, standing calmly in place, silent.

He discovered that he had overestimated his strength a bit earlier. Although he already possessed a Small Success Saint Body, his speed and defense during the battle with Yi Zhong were far superior to Yi Zhong's.

Moreover, the power of the Profound Ice Ghost Mist Hand was indeed extraordinary; it could even shatter a mid-grade immortal artifact, truly the nemesis of immortal artifacts!

But in those few battles earlier, after he threw a full-force punch with his physical strength, he could only injure Yi Zhong but couldn't suppress and kill him.

This was the result caused by the gap in cultivation levels, and Xu Que was very helpless about it himself. He knew he wasn't truly invincible in physical strength!

In the collision with Yi Zhong just now, he looked like he was unscathed, but his immortal essence and vitality had already been shaken into chaos. If they fought a few more times, Yi Zhong would be more severely injured, but he himself might also suffer internal injuries and vomit blood.

Of course, Xu Que possessed the system's automatic recovery function, so this little injury meant nothing to him.

But Yi Zhong also had a physique that could recover from injuries. Calculating it this way, even if Yi Zhong's guardians hadn't come out, if they continued to fight back and forth like this, Xu Que felt that it wasn't certain he could really kill Yi Zhong, and the outcome might even be hard to determine.

The Heavenly Prides of these major factions in the Heavenly Continent were really not just hyped up; every single one of them was a powerhouse cultivated by factions with deep foundations using massive resources!

This made Xu Que feel somewhat helpless, and he shook his head silently in his heart. Ultimately, it was because his current cultivation level was too low, two major realms behind these Heavenly Prides. Wanting to crush them was still quite difficult!

If he could cross the heavenly tribulation and step directly into the Earth Immortal stage, then encountering this kind of situation, Xu Que would have a ten-percent certainty of suppressing and killing Yi Zhong. Unfortunately, he was still a short distance away from the Earth Immortal stage!

"This... Elder Xu, our Shennong Clan admits defeat. The remnant soul fragment is yours!" At this moment, one of Yi Zhong's guardians spoke up and handed over the remnant soul fragment!

Clearly, they were also wary of Xu Que's true strength. Regardless of whether their speculation was correct, they didn't want to gamble, because once they lost the gamble, the price would be the destruction of their entire Shennong Clan.

And this attitude from the other side made Xu Que feel extremely bewildered.

What's going on?

These people are actually so reasonable?

They admit defeat just like that?

According to the normal situation, at a time like this, Yi Zhong should be furious and have the guardians attack, right? How could they just let it go like this?

"Elder Xu, the Shennong Clan and our Yaochi have been on good terms for many years. Since they admit defeat, could you please show mercy and let this battle end here?" At this moment, Bai Cailing also took the initiative to speak, her tone vaguely carrying a hint of awe as she looked at Xu Que.

Xu Que was stunned for a moment, looked toward Bai Cailing's side, and was bewildered once again.

Almost everyone's gaze was on him at this moment, and their expressions were strange, their eyes filled with curiosity and wariness, as if they had seen a ghost!

Damn! What's going on here?

Xu Que frowned, feeling puzzled. He had only just shown the strength of his physical body; there was no reason it would make these people so wary, and even Bai Cailing was like this—it seemed a bit wrong!

"Fine, let it end here!" Xu Que couldn't figure out why, so he simply stopped thinking about it and nodded directly in response.

The few guardians of the Shennong Clan immediately breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a sense of relief.

At this moment, Yi Zhong also slowly raised his head, looking at Xu Que with extreme resentment, while also handing over the remnant soul fragment.

Xu Que's eyes narrowed, feeling increasingly confused.

This is too wrong. Yi Zhong is clearly unconvinced and unhappy, yet he is suddenly so patient—this is absolutely not normal.

Could it be... this guy is pretending to admit defeat and then planning to ambush this King of Acting Cool?

Thinking of this, Xu Que's eyebrows twitched.

He didn't know that his performance had already been guessed by everyone present as being an existence above an Immortal King, so thinking according to common sense, his first reaction was that the other side was planning to cheat.

However, after Xu Que took the remnant soul fragment, the other side still didn't make any other moves, and without a word, the group turned around and walked away, wanting to leave the altar and exit this battlefield ruin!

"You're just leaving like this?" Xu Que frowned and asked.

The Shennong Clan group's footsteps paused instantly.

Everyone present was also shocked, secretly thinking that this old man was unwilling to let the Shennong Clan go easily!

"Take this trash with you while you're at it. Protecting the environment is everyone's responsibility!" Suddenly, Xu Que pointed his finger at the pile of metal fragments on the ground and said.

These were the materials left after Yi Zhong's mid-grade immortal artifact shattered. Although the immortal artifact was destroyed, these materials were still incredibly precious. Who would have thought that in Xu Que's mouth, they were just a pile of trash.

The people of the Shennong Clan also twitched their mouths, thinking that this old man was going to make things difficult for them, but they didn't expect he just wanted them to take these materials away!

This made them feel secretly happy. Just a moment ago, out of wariness, they hadn't dared to move to pick up these metal materials, but since this old man had spoken and told them to take them, why wouldn't they?

He didn't look down on these materials, but they did!

"Yes, we will clean it up!" One of the guardians immediately said.

Yi Zhong, however, was getting impatient. He had lost all face and couldn't wait to leave.

Immediately, he turned around, walked to Xu Que, reached out, and swept up those metal fragments, storing them in his storage ring.

"Young man, there is always someone better than you. Don't be too arrogant in the future! This time, this old man doesn't want to argue with you, but next time, you might not be so lucky!" Xu Que looked at Yi Zhong and said with a smile.

Yi Zhong's face was gloomy, and he tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, but he didn't dare to attack Xu Que again, simply turning around and walking away.

Everyone present was silent, secretly thinking that it was lucky this matter could be settled like this, and the Shennong Clan was also lucky, thanks to Yaochi's intercession and this old man being tolerant enough not to argue with the Shennong Clan.

"Whoosh!"

However, just as Yi Zhong turned around, a sound of breaking through the air suddenly rang out behind him!

A pitch-black staff supported a dense shadow of staff images, falling heavily with lightning speed.

With a muffled "thud," Yi Zhong didn't even have time to react before his vision went black, and he fell headfirst to the ground, falling into a coma.

At the same time, a sharp sword also instantly pierced through his chest, blood staining his clothes, and a terrifying destructive force frantically severed the vitality within his body.

At this moment, Xu Que's face, full of smiles, appeared from behind Yi Zhong, shaking his head and laughing lightly, "Tsk tsk tsk, I told you just now that you wouldn't be so lucky next time. Why are you still so careless?"

【Apologies everyone, I played too hard last night and couldn't get a taxi back to the hotel to type, so scary!】