Translator: CinderTL
The relentless barrage of water sword qi completely enveloped Jiang Ye.
"Not good."
"This power...?" Chen Zilu's fair face paled slightly as she watched from outside the battlefield.
Even she felt a palpable threat under the influence of Zhou Kun's Heaven-Earth Domain.
If Chen Zilu was feeling this way, the situation was even more dire for Song Gang, Song Xuan, and the others.
Despite Chen Zilu's assistance, Song Gang and Song Xuan trembled visibly, beads of sweat forming on their foreheads.
"Jiang Ye... can he really withstand this?" Song Xuan gritted her teeth, struggling to maintain her stance, her anxiety growing.
Even observing from afar, they felt immense pressure.
What must Jiang Ye be experiencing, facing such overwhelming force directly?
"Heaven-Earth Domain?"
"As expected of the top-ranked warrior. This level of power is truly formidable," Jiang Ye mused, sensing the lethal threat emanating from the eleven thousand water sword qi.
Each of these water sword qi strikes could easily overwhelm a peak seventh breakthrough expert.
Jiang Ye had no doubt about that.
Even if he unleashed his full power and countered with the mysteries of fire, he wouldn't be able to withstand this onslaught.
Water countering fire wasn't just a saying; it was a fundamental law of nature.
"However..."
"Why would I rely on the mysteries of fire to clash with you?" A smirk played on Jiang Ye's lips as he abruptly raised his long spear.
Whoosh!
One spear! A sweeping strike!
Accompanying the spear's arc was a surge of earth-yellow light. Countless motes of this light converged, reinforcing the spear radiance and amplifying its destructive power.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The earth-yellow spear radiance tore through the sky. The moment it collided with the tens of thousands of water sword qi, the water blades shattered into fragments.
One spear!
Empowered by the Heaven-Earth Domain, Zhou Kun unleashed tens of thousands of water sword qi, but they were all annihilated, dissolving into countless shimmering particles that scattered across the sky.
"Water counters fire."
"And earth counters water!" Jiang Ye sensed his spear radiance dissolving the water sword qi, feeling how they were penetrated and disintegrated.
"The mysteries of earth possess the properties of solidification and absorption."
"No wonder it can suppress the mysteries of water," Jiang Ye realized.
Earth, being heavy and solid, can bear all things.
And it can also absorb all things!
This inherent property allows earth to absorb water, depriving it of its fluidity and thus inhibiting the expansion of the mysteries of water.
In that instant, a flood of insights surged through Jiang Ye's mind.
Unconsciously, his comprehension of the mysteries of earth deepened.
"So that's how the mysteries of earth counter the mysteries of water," Jiang Ye murmured with a smile.
He had always known that earth counters water.
But his understanding had been incomplete, knowing the fact without grasping the underlying principle.
Now, through actual combat and profound insight, Jiang Ye's mastery of the mysteries of earth had advanced another step.
"What?"
"Mysteries of earth?" Zhou Kun's face finally paled with shock. "He's actually comprehended two mysteries of heaven and earth? How is that possible?!"
This development far exceeded Zhou Kun's expectations.
He had initially believed that even if Jiang Ye possessed peak seventh breakthrough-level comprehension of the mysteries of fire, he would still be no match for him.
But who could have imagined this?
Jiang Ye hadn't merely comprehended one mystery, but two!
And crucially, the second mystery was earth, which counters water!
Water counters fire—a fundamental law of nature.
Earth counters water—another fundamental law of nature!
For a moment, Zhou Kun felt like dying.
Outside the arena:
"Mysteries of earth!"
"Jiang Ye has actually comprehended the mysteries of earth? And his realm has already surpassed the late-stage seventh breakthrough!"
"How is this possible?"
"His true realm is only the fifth breakthrough, isn't it? Could he have truly comprehended two mysteries of heaven and earth in just over a month?"
The demigods erupted in chaos, staring in utter shock at the projection screen.
If Jiang Ye's earlier display of peak seventh breakthrough-level strength had merely surprised them, his current actions left them completely stunned.
Comprehending two mysteries of heaven and earth in less than two months?
What kind of monstrous talent was this?!
"No wonder!"
"No wonder his Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestation can exceed a thousand meters in height," the Li Family Demigod murmured. "Jiang Ye hasn't reached the peak of the seventh breakthrough in either the mysteries of fire or earth, but their combination grants him combat power equivalent to that level!"
"Truly unbelievable."
"We all underestimated him," the Li Family Demigod sighed.
Even from her perspective, this feat defied imagination.
"As expected," Alliance Leader Qi Tian remarked calmly. He had suspected as much when he first saw Jiang Ye's Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestation.
"No wonder."
"No wonder Old Chen insisted on protecting this kid, even at the cost of his life," Qi Tian mused inwardly. "This child is a once-in-a-millennium prodigy on Blue Star."
As the youngest demigod and strongest warrior in the Blue Star Federation, Qi Tian's innate talent was beyond question. Yet even he had only comprehended a single mystery of heaven and earth during his seventh breakthrough. Compared to Jiang Ye, he was far, far behind.
Suddenly...
"Hmm?"
"Wait, is he about to break through?" Qi Tian's eyes sharpened as he focused intently on the projection.
It wasn't just him.
The Li Family Demigod, the Zhou Family Demigod, and the other demigods all turned their attention back to the battlefield.
Within the arena:
"What good are the mysteries of earth?" Zhou Kun sneered. "In the end, they're just late-stage seventh breakthrough techniques." His expression hardened. "If this is your final trump card, then let's end this!"
He had no desire to prolong the fight any further.
As the top-ranked peak seventh breakthrough expert, he couldn't afford to be seen struggling against a mere fifth breakthrough novice. The Zhou Family's reputation would be utterly tarnished.
With that thought,
Boom!
Zhou Kun rode endless waves, his longsword raised, and charged at Jiang Ye once more.
Countless mysteries of water converged, forming a towering tsunami.
The sky-engulfing wave crashed down like a world-destroying deluge, unleashing boundless destructive force.
At the same moment, Jiang Ye snapped out of his meditative state.
Though the epiphany had seemed prolonged, it had occurred in an instant. Jiang Ye gazed calmly at the approaching world-destroying tsunami.
"Mysteries of earth, break!" Jiang Ye channeled a surge of earth-yellow light, his long spear sweeping horizontally.
This spear strike!
Fueled by the mysteries of earth, the divine resonance of spear art, the Luoshen Spear Technique, and a multitude of stacked buffs, its power surged to an indescribable level.
Boom!
A dazzling, earth-yellow spear beam collided with the towering tidal wave.
The clash erupted in visible energy ripples—one blue, one yellow—as if two terrifying forces were locked in a desperate struggle for dominance.
This was a clash between two mysteries of heaven and earth!
In the next instant, the earth-yellow light erupted violently, spreading like a virus and devouring the blue tidal wave.
"What?"
"His mysteries of earth... they've broken through to the peak of the seventh breakthrough?" A flicker of shock flashed across Zhou Kun's eyes.
If Jiang Ye's mysteries of earth had remained at the late-stage seventh breakthrough, Zhou Kun would have been confident in suppressing them.
But with their realms now equal, suppression was impossible.
In that instant, Zhou Kun felt an overwhelming force, as if it were about to consume him.
This was the suppression of opposing laws!
"I should thank you," Jiang Ye said with a faint smile. "Without your equally matched mysteries of water, my mysteries of earth might not have broken through so easily."
(End of the Chapter)
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