Peerless Sovereign

The new disciples had long since arrived at the arena, and many figures sat cross-legged on top of the stone pillars.    

"Su Lie didn't come?"    

Someone noticed that there was no one on the second highest pillar.    

"As the Peak Disciple, he dares to absent himself to challenge the rankings?"    

"He should be here soon …"    

They did not want Su Lie to give up his position as Peak Disciple for nothing. It was not only a position, it was also an honor and there was also a rich clan's reward behind it.    

Yu Ling sat cross-legged on the tallest stone pillar with a slightly annoyed expression on her face.    

"Unexpectedly, that guy actually snatched it away first …"    

Her small mouth pouted.    

She knew what was going on. It wasn't that Su Lie hadn't come, but that he had gone to a place they couldn't go. He had already left them behind and was no longer on the same level as them.    

"Su Lie, Senior Brother Wei, please!"    

At this moment, Su Lie was standing on a pitch-black arena. His entire body was made from a strange metal and there were numerous sword marks and spear holes on his body. He emitted a desolate aura, as if he was in an ancient battlefield.    

This was the arena of the 300 Peak Disciple.    

This year's five-year period was also the date of the Peak Disciple's ranking challenge.    

The pitch-black arena was thousands of meters wide, as though it was a real open battlefield. It floated in the air, surrounded by numerous mountain peaks, and on each peak, a figure could be seen quietly standing.    

Although they were several miles apart, every single one of them emitted an oppressive aura and their auras were different as well. They all had their own might.    

Su Lie stood at the center of the arena, and his eyes looked towards a peak that was like an eagle's beak.    

He spoke casually, but his voice was clearly heard within the three hundred mountains surrounding the arena.    

"Junior Brother Su has only been in the sect for less than a year, to actually have stepped into the Revealing Astral Realm, congratulations!"    

The black-clothed man spoke as he slowly walked through the air as if he was walking on flat ground. His pace was not fast, but he had only taken four to five steps to enter the arena.    

His expression was cold, but when he looked at Su Lie, there was still a trace of shock in his eyes.    

He still remembered how hard it was for him to break through to the Shining Realm back then. He had to suffer in the ninth stage of the Earth Origin Stage for a full three years before breaking through.    

Su Lie had only been in the sect for less than a year and had already stepped into the Revealing Astral Realm in a single breath.    

"I got lucky!"    

Su Lie smiled slightly and clenched his fists slightly. His expression turned serious as he said, "Be careful, Senior Brother Wei."    

The reason why he chose to challenge the Peak Disciple was not because he wanted to become an overnight celebrity or get into the spotlight, but because he was prepared to make a trip back to the Tianyuan Region. He did not know how long it would take and he did not want to keep worrying about the sect's rankings.    

Peak Disciple only had one ranking challenge every five years, so there was plenty of time.    

If it was an ordinary outer sect disciple, they naturally would not be able to directly challenge the Peak Disciple. Instead, they would first have to become an inner sect disciple and rank in the top ten of the inner sect disciples before they would have the qualifications to challenge the Peak Disciple.    

But Su Lie was different. He had already broken through to the Revealing Astral Realm.    

Regardless of whether they were outer or inner disciples, disciples of the Revealing Astral Realm had the right to challenge Peak Disciple directly.    

Even if it was the people ranked the lowest in the Peak Disciple s, they would still have the strength to contend with the Vanguard.    

Although there were more than three hundred people there, almost all of them were at the peak of the Earth Origin Stage, just that there were some strong and some weak ones.    

Although Su Lie did not look down on them, he was also unwilling to use his realm to suppress others. The one he was challenging was the one ranked 53rd, Wei Li.    

Su Lie planned on starting the challenge from the last person on the Revealing Astral Realm. Even he himself did not have confidence in what position he could reach.    

All the people on the Inner Sect's Heavenly Rankings were the elite of the younger generation, and none of them could be underestimated.    

"Make your move!"    

Although Su Lie had also stepped into the Revealing Astral Realm Realm, Wei Li still had his own pride and wasn't willing to make the first move.    

No matter what, he was an old man of the Heavenly Rankings. How could he possibly fight with a newcomer like Su Lie for an advantage?    

Su Lie's hands clenched into fists. With a slight movement of his consciousness, a mountain peak condensed above the arena.    

The mountain peak that was condensed out was dozens of metres tall, and its color had turned pitch black as well. It did not look like it was formed from earth elemental energy, but more like a strange metal.    

"Go!"    

With a light cry in his heart, the mountain peak instantly appeared above Wei Li. The speed of the falling mountain was too fast and the air rubbed against each other. Even the edge of the mountain peak had turned faintly red.    

Wei Li slightly raised his brows and moved almost at the same time. He stomped his feet and the huge stage slightly shook. The air around him moved like water and his body turned into a black smoke as he charged towards Su Lie.    

The mountain peak seemed to have become illusory, firmly locking on to the top of Wei Li's head. Wei Li had only traveled a few meters and already smashed into the top of Wei Li's head. It was only a fist's distance away from his scalp.    

At this moment, Wei Li raised his hand and slapped out.    

Boom!    

The air exploded and waves of air rolled like a turbulent undercurrent. A green golden hand that was a couple of feet large surfaced from the air and violently smashed onto the mountain peak.    

"Clang ~"    

Sparks flew in all directions.    

The enormous mountain, that was over a hundred feet in size, appeared as though it was carved out of wood in front of the green-gold giant palm. It flew backwards and flew into the sky as numerous cracks instantly spread on the mountain peak.    

"A Heavenly Rankings expert is indeed not to be underestimated!"    

Su Lie could not help but take a deep breath.    

Even the reverends of the's royal family's Revealing Astral Realm could break his first level of Triple Mountain Fragment, but they couldn't possibly do it as easily as Wei Li.    

"Then let's try the second level!"    

Su Lie's expression turned grim. Once again, his hands moved in a blur as a mountain peak slowly appeared in the air. It was like an ancient demon mountain, crushing down.    

"You want to beat me? But you can't do that!"    

Wei Li's body shook. On the stage, countless figures appeared.    

Although the Triple Mountain Fragment could lock onto energy mechanisms, it could still barely keep up with Wei Li's speed.    

"Whew ~"    

A gust of wind blew towards him and a black clothed figure suddenly appeared in front of Su Lie. The figure seemed to have traveled through the air and instantly appeared in front of him.    

Liu Ming stretched out his hand and it instantly turned into a cyan gold color. He then slapped his palm.    

Su Lie's eyes slightly narrowed. He knew that if he did not use his true strength, there was no hope for him to defeat Wei Li. Both of his hands slightly clenched as he abruptly threw a punch.    

"Bam!"    

The fist and palm collided. Suddenly, a loud sound erupted and a powerful wind ripple swept across the middle of the arena like a sharp blade.    

The moment the two touched, they separated. Their bodies slightly shook, but Wei Li took a few steps back.    

"In a head-on clash, Brother Wei is actually still at a disadvantage?"    

The disciples on the surrounding mountain peaks couldn't help but reveal a trace of surprise on their faces.    

The Peak Disciple s outside of the Heavenly Rankings were still somewhat unsatisfied and felt that Su Lie was too arrogant. It was only now that they understood that Su Lie had the strength and confidence to back up his words.    

"I still have too few methods to deal with my enemies …"    

However, Su Lie himself was not satisfied.    

Now that his strength had risen to his current realm, the only martial arts he could use could only be Triple Mountain Fragment, but now he realized that this Triple Mountain Fragment was just as Tian Zi said, too cumbersome. If he met a true expert, it wouldn't be of much use.    

"It seems like I have to think of a way to obtain a martial art!"    

Su Lie thought to himself.    

Wei Li's expression changed slightly when he was forced back by Su Lie's fist. The pain that faintly came from his palm caused him to be greatly shocked.    

His cultivation technique was special, it could cultivate a pair of palms to be comparable to divine weapons, and he also specially selected a type of palm technique that could increase the strength of his palms. Right now, even if it was a grade nine weapon, he could still crack it with his palm.    

"Then let's test the strength of the Astral Battle Armor!"    

The Triple Mountain Fragment did not pose much of a threat to Wei Li, and Su Lie did not want to waste any more time, so he directly used his current strongest move.    

Once the Astral Battle Armor was equipped, his strength would increase by multiple folds, and even if he did not use any martial arts techniques, it should not be a problem to fight against experts at the first or second stage of the Revealing Astral Realm.    

He clenched his fists and a 'weng' sound rang out. Dazzling light emanated from his body and instantly condensed into a set of battle armor. It was as if it was made out of transparent glass and was several inches thick.    

"What is this?"    

The moment the Astral Battle Armor appeared, the disciples around could not help but reveal a trace of suspicion.    

They had never seen this martial art before.    

"It should be a powerful defensive martial art."    

Some people guessed, but they were not sure.    

The moment the Astral Battle Armor appeared, the power from the thirty-six Heavenly Dipper Points poured into Su Lie's body, causing his strength to rise explosively.    

"Be careful!"    

Su Lie felt an inexhaustible energy in his body. His legs slightly bent, yet he did not even use Zephyr Blade Technique, and only relied on his strength to explode forth. His figure flashed, and shot out like a bullet.    

"So fast?"    

Wei Li's eyes widened, but he did not choose to dodge. He wanted to test just how strong Su Lie was.    

With a slight twist of his hand, the air in front of him was like a funnel as it compressed itself into his palm. He inhaled a slight breath of air before slowly slapping out with his palm.    

The moment his palm moved, the air rippled like water.    

"Bam!"    

The clash of fists and palms was like an explosion that shook the entire ring.    

Wei Li's palm only slightly touched it and his whole body flew away like a small stone.    

"Bam!"    

He had been sent flying several hundred zhang away, when he suddenly crashed into the edge of the stage, smashing against a stone pillar.    

"Crack …"    

A crack line quickly appeared on the stone pillar.    

"Hiss ~"    

A series of gasps could be heard.