Qi Diaonan didn't turn around, but his fingers caught the incoming sword with precision, gleaming with a metallic luster, capable of gouging holes even in Grade A alloys.
Tang Yu's other hand raised his longsword which surged with crimson flames, drawing a circle in the air, and clashed with the transcendent claw, emitting a metallic ring.
Suddenly feeling numbness in his palm, he saw the Transcendent lifting his foot, wrapped in Source Power Qi Flames, delivering a kick to his face with delayed yet surpassing speed.
The pierced air roared like thunder!
As if in the eye of a storm, the winds sharp as blades scoured his cheeks painfully before the foot even arrived.
In terms of speed, in terms of reaction, Tang Yu was, after all, not a Transcendent, and was much slower!
But he had anticipated this, and simply closed his eyes, his Perception spreading like ripples, a strong sense of crisis causing a prickling pain between his brows.
With the aid of "Transcendent Perception (Passive)," back when he reached the eleventh layer of Awakening, Tang Yu was already able to capture Yan's movements, and now they were even clearer!
Qi Diaonan's kick swept through, twisting the air and shattering afterimages.
Tang Yu's figure had already reappeared on the other side, his sword-wielding right hand still in the posture of a stab.
Qi Diaonan's palm strike unleashed a shadow of a colossal hand from the Source Power, which roared out hundreds of meters before fading away.
"Instant Movement Continuous Stabbing"
Endless gale tousled his hair, the Source Power in his Qi Sea burst through his meridians, traveling up his arm and into the sword.
Tang Yu's heart was as still as water; he still had not truly made his move.
Qi Diaonan was like a sun radiating endless light and heat, but in his continuous Perception, the sun's glare gradually subdued and became clear.
It was like a sprawling ink painting.
Upon it was sketched a figure unrestrained and wild.
Hands, feet, all had lines formed by the afterimages.
Every movement was just a character under the painter's brush, and Tang Yu was the artist.
—"Intent Realm" level Control Power!
Tang Yu, through repeated probing, was steering his opponent towards the direction he desired to place his pieces!
His eyes suddenly shot open, and his figure reappeared once again, the restrained radiance of his longsword blossoming at that moment!
Qi Diaonan's repeated attacks were futile, even though his actions were faster, the opponent seemed to dodge as if he had foreknowledge.
Each movement was as natural as clouds and flowing water.
He became increasingly focused, yet still to no avail.
Suddenly, Qi Diaonan sensed a threat. A cold light stabbed from behind, he twisted his waist, just about to swing his arm back when the other person appeared on his left side, striking with a most cunning angle, a sword thrust with intense flames.
The red and purple flames distorted the air into circles, even half a meter away, the burning sensation made Qi Diaonan feel as if he were in volcanic lava.
'How could he be so strong?'
He dared not let that thrust hit him, his body erratically sidestepped a meter away, yet he was still grazed, the Transcendent Force Field bursting like a bubble on the spot, leaving a tiny hole on his left arm and the sizzling sound of high temperature burning.
Fear finally appeared in Qi Diaonan's eyes, ignoring the counterattack, he kicked off the ground, the Transcendent Force Field propelling him rapidly backward.
A needle-like pain pricked the back of his neck, in Qi Diaonan's Perception, the youth was leisurely stabbing his sword from behind, his rapid retreat as if he were delivering himself to the door.
With one thrust, Qi Diaonan's figure vanished, a few droplets of fresh blood falling from the sword tip.
A mysterious power enveloped him, as Tang Yu returned to the Green Shadow's camp.
The tension in his spirit released, he went completely limp, barely able to lift his arms.
The battle hadn't lasted long, and it seemed that he had suppressed the opponent from start to finish, achieving a crushing 10:0, but in reality, only Tang Yu himself knew that he had used every trick up his sleeve, except for the Consuming Crystal mode, all his cards were played.
Only then had he finally defeated a newly advanced Transcendent, forcing the opponent to concede.
Thinking of this, a smile couldn't help but curve his lips.
Without the need for Consuming Crystal, without the need to cheat, he was able to legitimately defeat a Transcendent of a higher rank.
As for "Instant Step," "Instant Movement Continuous Stabbing," "Transcendent Perception (Passive)," "Source Power Sublimation (Passive)," and other skills obtained from the "Lord's Exclusive Mode" that greatly enhanced his actual strength, well, Tang Yu chose to ignore them.
Don't mind these little details.