He thought that the other party, as a peak Saint, would at least be able to put some pressure on him, if not defeat him.
To his surprise, he was greatly disappointed. Was this all a Heavenly Realm Immortal could do? Is that it?
Ye Yun shook his head. He gathered enough profound energy into his Fenglan Spirit Sword and struck out, facing the golden palm print descending from the sky.
"Still acting tough in front of me? Break for me!"
With a single sword strike, the sword light shot out from the blade, heading straight for the sky. It instantly transformed into a ten-thousand-zhang sword aura, tearing apart the shocking palm print that descended.
Following the direction from which the palm print came, the boundless azure sword aura then cleaved through the sea of clouds, striking directly towards the nine heavens.
In an instant, the might of this sword struck the vast sky, unleashing its earth-shattering radiance.
Accompanied by the explosion of brilliant light and the ensuing screams, everyone's scalps tingled.
"This... could this sound be from a Heavenly Realm Immortal?"
"Impossible, could a Heavenly Realm Immortal be defeated so easily?"
"This is unbelievable, am I dreaming?"
...
Everyone watched in stunned silence, while Ye Yun didn't hesitate. Seeing that he had heavily injured the opponent with a single strike, he moved along with the pull of ascension towards the sky.
At the last moment, he glanced at the crowd below and let out a loud laugh.
"My friends, we shall meet again. I shall depart first!"
As his words fell, Ye Yun's figure twisted with the force of ascension and transformed into a golden streak of light, ascending into the heavens.
Ye Yun completely vanished into the sky, leaving behind a crowd of deeply shocked onlookers exchanging bewildered glances.
After a long while, many people finally recovered. Someone swallowed hard.
"Even a Heavenly Realm Immortal couldn't stop him. Elder Ye is too formidable!"
"Indeed. Elder Ye truly possesses the aura of an Emperor, and his future in the Heavenly Realm is limitless!"
"Hahaha, I have a feeling that the immortals in the Heavenly Realm will soon witness what kind of monster Senior Ye, who came from our Xuantian Continent, is!"
Almost everyone was excited, as Ye Yun's ascension had broken the record of no one flying up from the Xuantian Continent for ten thousand years.
Only Gu Xiaoyue looked up at the sky with a worried expression.
Initially, she thought her greatest concern was whether Ye Yun would forget her. But after he truly ascended, she realized that there was something a hundred times more important than whether he remembered her.
"You… you must be careful and wait for me to find you in one piece!"
...
Inside Ascension Channel Ninety-Eight.
The man in black stood in the void, spitting blood continuously, his face as pale as a corpse.
Even now, his eyes were filled with disbelief.
"This is truly bizarre. How can such a powerful individual exist in a mere small realm! If my combat power is one thousand, his must be at least ten thousand or more..."
A single sword strike that broke through space and heavily injured him, a peak Saint, was something no Saint realm cultivator could achieve.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but swallow.
"Could he truly be a cultivator beyond the Saint realm?"
The only explanation was the Profound Immortal realm.
The sword intent and power contained within that sword strike were almost equivalent to that of the Profound Immortal realm.
In the Heavenly Realm, the Profound Immortal realm was already considered a powerful cultivator, and he, a low-level cultivator, was no match for them.
Furthermore, the man in black even harbored a more terrifying thought.
"This guy... isn't he the prophesied person?"
Otherwise, how could such a powerful individual appear in the lower realm? This defied common sense!
He no longer dared to delay. He immediately took out a talisman that emitted a silvery-white light.
This spatial transmission talisman was the most precious communication tool distributed to each of them, the Guardian, and it could transmit a message across space to the nearest Heavenly Dao Branch Hall.
"I hope I'm not mistaken. If this is the case, I might be able to get promoted."
The man in black's expression recovered slightly. He thought of this as a blessing in disguise. Although he was severely injured, discovering such a significant threat was a tremendous contribution.
After this, he was certain he could escape the position of Guardian, advance several levels to the management tier, and perhaps even marry the daughter of a branch hall master...
The more he thought about it, the happier he became, and he eagerly activated the spatial transmission talisman.
"My dreams are entrusted to you, go!"
The man in black's lips curved upwards as he held the spatial transmission talisman in his hands and sent it out.
He watched quietly as the talisman, carrying his ambitions, turned into a silver light and flew out at an extremely fast speed.
Then... then it was shattered by an azure sword light.
"What? You were acting all arrogant before, and now you want to call for backup?"
Under the astonished gaze of the man in black, a figure holding a sword stood quietly not far away, smiling and looking at him. It was none other than Ye Yun.
At this moment, the man in black was completely panicked. He had absolutely not expected Ye Yun to arrive so quickly and to locate him so precisely in such a vast spatial tunnel.
Seeing Ye Yun gradually approaching, the man in black wanted to escape, but he couldn't.
Severely injured by Ye Yun, it was already difficult for him to maintain his form without being torn apart by the surrounding spatial forces, let alone having the strength to flee.
Looking at Ye Yun before him and the gleaming sword in his hand, the man in black swallowed.
"You... you can't kill me!"
Ye Yun raised an eyebrow and said, "Can't kill? Tell me why."
Hearing this, the man in black clutched at it like a lifeline and said in a deep voice.
"I am a registered Guardian of the Heavenly Dao Divine Hall. If you dare to kill me, the nearest Heavenly Dao Branch Hall near our Disciplinary Division will discover it immediately."
"At that time, no matter how powerful you are, you will not be able to escape death when surrounded and hunted by the powerful cultivators of our Heavenly Dao Divine Hall!"
He deliberately omitted the matter of prophecy, fearing that Ye Yun would find out and kill him to silence him.
Now, he could only hope that this monster would be wary and spare his life, as his chance for promotion was right before him, and he did not want to die at this moment.
Ye Yun, however, seemed deep in thought, and soon his lips curved into a smile.
As if he had thought of something, Ye Yun looked at him kindly and said.
"Alright, since that's the case, answer me a few questions, and I will promise not to kill you."
This sentence... Ye Yun inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had said it somewhere before.
The man in black, however, didn't think too much about it and nodded repeatedly.
"No problem! I'll tell you anything I know! Just please don't kill me!"
Ye Yun nodded and said, "Okay, what I want to ask is..."
What he asked for was naturally basic information about the Heavenly Realm, allowing him to gain some understanding of it.
For example, the cultivation realms in the Heavenly Realm were divided into: Mortal Realm, Saint Realm, Profound Immortal Realm, Earth Immortal Realm, Heavenly Immortal Realm, True Saint Realm, True Immortal Realm, and the Emperor Realm, which was above all others!
Geographically, it was divided into the various continents of the Heavenly Realm.
In terms of power, it was mainly one Hall, three Mountains, eight Sects, and sixteen Cities.
The Chaofeng Mountain, which he had heard of from Xing Wu, was one of the three Mountains, possessing strength closest to the Hall, which was the Heavenly Dao Divine Hall.
After asking about some basic matters, Ye Yun remembered something and looked at the man in black.
"By the way, I need to inquire about someone."
"Uh... whom are you referring to?"
"I don't have much information. I only know her name is Xing Wu."
"Xing Wu?"
Upon hearing this, the man in black was first stunned. After a moment of thought, his face turned even paler.
He seemed to have thought of something incredibly terrifying, and his voice trembled.
"You... you... how do you know this person?"