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Ice essence shrouded Lin Xiang's fist. He took a step forward, instantaneously leaping right towards Yan Wu!

Yan Wu's eyes widened. He couldn't afford to look down on Lin Xiang. The pressure was far too great!

"Scram! Phantom Moon!"

Luminous shiny Ice essence similarly shrouded Yan Wu's fist. But as he revolved his cultivation art, streams of Ice essence whirled from his fist. All of the Ice essences converged into the phantom image of a gorgeous blue moon!

Frosty mist spewed from the phantom moon. Every strand of frosty mist not only froze the air but can also rapidly freeze a cultivator's internal body.

Through Yan Wu's precise control, the Phantom Moon solely concentrated on Lin Xiang.

But even then, Yan Wu's friends and Lin Tu went pale at the Phantom Moon's great pressure. None of them could survive this attack for even a second!

Yet, Lin Xiang cared little about the Phantom Moon.

'Pointless.' A faint sneer hung on Lin Xiang's face.

Not stopping, Lin Xiang smashed his Ice essence fist right upon the Phantom Moon!

All expected a violent clash of energy or either Yan Wu or Lin Xiang flying away. However, what had happened shocked everyone to their core.

Instead of cracking apart or smashing Lin Xiang away, his fist stayed right in the center of the Phantom Moon!

Ice essence spread from Lin Xiang's fist and penetrated deep into the Phantom Moon. The superior Ice essence forcefully suppressed and then pulled every ounce of essence from the Phantom Moon into Lin Xiang's fist!

Just with the superiority of Lin Xiang's bloodline, he could easily control the inferior Ice Laws Yan Wu produced.

The power of the Phantom Moon instantaneously transferred right into Lin Xiang's fist. His already increased prowess was massively boosted once again. A more unfathomable pressure bristled out of Ling Xiang's body. Everything around here became several times colder.

Without stopping, Lin Xiang violently swung his ice-encased fist straight at Yan Wu's Phantom Moon fist.

Lin Xiang's speed was exceedingly swift. The phantom image of a gorgeous blue moon appeared right behind his fist!

"Damnit!!" Facing the impending moon fist, Yan Wu felt helpless. There wasn't any time to dodge! Moreover, having his cultivation art forcefully severed disturbs his Spiritual Sea.

His powers had considerably lessened. He only had a split-second to defend. Yan Wu crossed his arms in front of his face while forcefully generating more Ice essence from his Qi Sea.

A faint Phantom Moon covered his arms. This Phantom Moon was supposed to freeze any incoming attack and provide Yan Wu with an impregnable defense of hardened ice.

However, it was all useless!

'Bang!'

Lin Xiang's Ice moon fist smashed apart the faint phantom moon into tiny bits of particles. Only a small amount of the fist force lessened. The remaining force violently smashed into Yan Wu's Ice essence arms!

Powerful airwaves gushed from the clash. Both of Yan Wu's friends were forcefully pushed away, their expression widening in horror, feeling as if a massive boulder had just smashed into their bodies!

At the same time, Yan Wu issued a loud groan of pain. His body flew back like a withered leaf. Unable to stop his momentum, his body heavily smashed into the ground.

Yan Wu vomited great mouthfuls of blood. His organs painfully shifted around, bones in his back and the back of his skull cracked. His arms were most certainly broken!

The remaining energy force violently tore through Yan Wu's internal body. It was only when Yan Wu forcefully gathered more energy from his Qi Sea, nearly spurting more blood in the process, did he suppress the invading force.

He lay on the ground completely horrified. On instinct, feeling a threat to his life, a blue light flashed in Yan Wu's palm.

A strange silence engulfed the atmosphere.

Lin Tu's eyes went widened in complete awe. "Not only did he decimate a Martial Skill with just force, but he also overpower a higher cultivation base?!"

It was simply too maddening to believe. Lin Xiang, someone as average as him, can erupt with such monstrous strength?!

A higher cultivation base means one has a higher control over Profound energy and the Novice Law stage, allowing them to exert greater power. Yet, Lin Xiang crossed over these higher chasms with absolute ease.

Lin Tu nearly felt this was just some sort of dream he was imagining. But no matter what he thought, reality couldn't be changed.

Lin Xiang's calm face didn't change at all. He simply didn't care about concealing his prowess. A plan in mind has already been formed since the first moment he read about bloodline and cultivation art. This was merely a minor distraction.

For a moment, Lin Xiang did think about simply killing Yan Wu and his friends to eliminate the roots of the problem. However, his Soul Sense detected a faint contained power within Yan Wu's palm.

His experience instantly identify this contained power. A protective talisman has been summoned. Even though Lin Xiang was confident, he also knew his current prowess won't allow him to face powers at the peak of the Profound realm, much less the Heavenly Origin realm.

Thus Lin Xiang calmly said, "Well? Do you still insist on demanding payment."

His voice made Yan Wu tremble. The metallic taste of copper continually filled Yan Wu's mouth. Much less fighting, it was taking a tremendous amount of concentration to not pass out!

This energy force was just too potent. Yan Wu merely had 5% of energy from his Qi Sea to fight with.

Given that even his full power was decimated in seconds, there was only one obvious choice. Although there was another more insidious option. But Yan Wu didn't want to pay the price for activating this power in his current state.

Yan Wu hurriedly forced himself up and nodded indifferently. "We will be expecting the original payment much later than."

After speaking, he didn't hesitate to turn around and then run off.

His friends were briefly stunned at Yan Wu's lack of hesitation. But after fearfully glancing at Lin Xiang, the two similarly didn't hesitate to frantically run in the same direction as Yan Wu.

Lin Xiang smiled and spoke without looking back. "Shall we continue on?" He didn't wait as he walked on. Crushing brats like that was only because of slight karma.

Other than understanding his own strength, the experience was nothing to Lin Xiang.

A slight tremor coursed through Lin Tu's mind and body. The back of Lin Xiang nearly looks unrecognizable to him. 'How...just how did his prowess increase so much? This...this...'

In the moments he was stunned, Lin Tu watched as Lin Xiang walk farther and farther.

Lin Tu quickly jolted out of his awe. He quickly ran up to Lin Xiang with a complicated expression twisting his face. Words wanted to come out of his mouth, but he truly didn't know what to say.

However, Lin Xiang seemingly sensed his dilemma without even looking back. He casually said, "Are you wondering just how my Laws increased so much in power?"

Lin Tu was slightly jolted. A hesitant expression crossed his face, but he still asked, "Yes...from what I know, the Dao of Ice isn't too high of a Dao grade. Its innate advantages don't give people a higher combat prowess. And I can't see how your Dao of Fire can also boost your prowess to jump up layers. Plus, you didn't even use your cultivation art! Without a high-tier bloodline, cultivation art, or at least tremendous comprehension, it's impossible to increase your combat prowess."

These were all reasonable doubts plaguing Lin Tu's mind. It was a common fact throughout their society of the power differences between minor boundary layers and major realm boundaries.

Only great geniuses can display incredible prowess that transcends their current cultivation base.

Lin Xiang was more aware of this than Lin Tu. He himself knows that his Law isn't special in the slightest. It's one of the most fundamental Laws most people across their entire universe can grasp.

The Laws of Fire and Ice. Nothing too special and one would certainly need other enhancements if they want to increase their prowess with these Laws.

Fortunately, Lin Xiang has the greatest enhancement of them all for his combat prowess.

That is, his Absolut Yin-Yang bloodline!

The power he can generate from his bloodline tremendously boosts his base prowess beyond belief. Just a mere slight portion of his bloodline power enhances his Ice essence by dozens of times.

Adding on to his prowess was his Heavenly Origin Soul. Which also caused an innate suppression since his foe's soul power was at a far weaker level.

Of course, Lin Xiang wasn't going to tell Lin Tu any of this. He merely smiled and said, "All valid concerns. But, all I can really say is that my mind has broadened. I've come to understand a true passion for the Dao of Fire and Ice, hence increasing my prowess beyond the usual standard. Really, what matters most in our world is a broad comprehension ability."

While Lin Xiang was omitting the truth, he also didn't just give out useless advice. Comprehension goes a long way. It is how anyone is able to perceive the surrounding universe.

Perception abilities are required to increase one's cultivation base, grasp a better understanding of their Laws, control their cultivation art to perfection and draw out the deep power of their Spirit Weapon.

After all, how can one operate something without understanding it?

Without proper understanding, a cultivator would never be able to control the energies of the Heaven and Earth or perform powerful feats.

Lin Tu could at least see the fundamentals of what Lin Xiang is describing. However, he still felt lost on some matters. It felt like this was a profound understanding, but also something not really useful.