“That weak?”
Hearing little dragon’s words, Ye Xinran could not help feeling disappointed.
“Forget it. Spar with me. I just broke through so many realms in succession, so I need to stabilize my cultivation too.”
“Don’t worry, little master. With me as your sparring partner, the results will definitely be incredibly good.”
Little dragon was brimming with confidence about being a sparring partner.
The two of them immediately disappeared from the main hall.
.....
At a rear mountain of the Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land.
Ye Xinran and little dragon appeared there.
“Little master, I’ve already sealed off this place. No one can know we’re here. Let’s begin. I’ll suppress my cultivation to the seventh layer of the divine ability realm.”
After little dragon finished speaking, he moved away from Ye Xinran and prepared to receive her attack.
He also kept his cultivation at the seventh layer of the divine ability realm, matching Ye Xinran.
“Suppress it to the same realm as mine? Are you sure?”
“Don’t worry, little master. I know my limits. Go ahead and attack.”
Little dragon waved his dragon claw, completely unaware of how serious the situation was.
Seeing this, Ye Xinran said nothing more.
A sharp aura suddenly surged around her, and her sword intent erupted with it.
Feeling Ye Xinran’s aura and state at that moment, little dragon was instantly stunned.
But before he could speak, Ye Xinran swept out her Sword-Finger Technique, and a sword radiance carrying powerful killing sword intent shot toward him.
“So strong!”
Little dragon was also somewhat excited.
His aura surged as well, and his dragon claw thrust out fiercely.
Boom!
Along with the deafening impact, a powerful spiritual power fluctuation swept toward the surroundings.
At the same time, little dragon’s figure was sent flying backward.
He only stopped after crashing through several large trees.
“No way, why are you so weak? I haven’t even exerted any force yet......”
Ye Xinran walked over to little dragon, who was lying on the ground, and asked,
a trace of disdain seemingly visible in her eyes.
Seeing this, little dragon immediately flew up.
“Little master, I just wasn’t prepared. Again!”
Hearing little dragon’s excuse, Ye Xinran smiled playfully. “Is that so? Then are you sure you don’t want to raise your realm?”
Hearing this, little dragon suddenly hesitated.
The feeling from that attack just now still lingered in his heart and could not be erased.
It could only be said that it was simply not something a cultivator in the divine ability realm could accomplish.
But raising his realm would make him lose face.
“You don’t need to worry about losing face. If I could only fight you in the same realm, could I still be your little master?”
Seeing through little dragon’s thoughts, Ye Xinran said with a confident smile.
At these words, little dragon’s eyes lit up.
“That’s right! It makes perfect sense!”
After saying this, the aura around him surged once again.
He directly reached the seventh layer of the King Profound Realm.
Ye Xinran: ......
I told you to raise it a little, and you directly became an entire major realm higher than me?
With Ye Xinran’s earlier words as justification, little dragon felt that no matter what realm he raised himself to, it would not be excessive. He had no reservations whatsoever.
“Little master, I’m at the seventh layer of the King Profound Realm now. How about it? Come on!”
Little dragon grinned as he moved away from Ye Xinran again.
“One major realm higher is still just one major realm higher. I’ll beat you senseless all the same.”
Ye Xinran did not doubt herself in the slightest.
The sword intent around her grew even stronger and continued increasing. At the same time, the phantom projection of a longsword appeared behind her.
Feeling this continuously strengthening sword intent, the grin instantly vanished from little dragon’s face.
It was replaced by seriousness and solemnity.
“As expected of the little master...... This sword intent is incredibly powerful! It is not the slightest bit weaker than the sword intent of the King Profound Realm sword cultivators I have seen before.”
“Most importantly, this sword intent is so mysterious. What kind of sword intent is it, to reach such a level in the divine ability realm?”
As little dragon muttered to himself, the sword shadow behind Ye Xinran became increasingly tangible.
The sword intent around her also reached an utterly terrifying level.
“Slash!”
Ye Xinran shouted in a low voice.
A sword radiance was unleashed.
This sword radiance was much larger than the previous one, and its aura was countless times greater.
In little dragon’s view, this single sword strike was enough to instantly kill an ordinary cultivator at the seventh layer of the King Profound Realm.
Thinking this, little dragon no longer held back. His aura surged throughout his body, and he lashed out with a swift tail strike, unleashing an attack of his own.
Boom!
The instant the two attacks collided, a deafening impact rang out, and space visibly twisted.
A large area of trees in the surroundings was completely annihilated by the shockwaves of the battle.
A huge crater also appeared in the ground.
Once the shockwaves subsided and the dust dispersed,
Ye Xinran, standing where she was, looked toward little dragon’s position.
But how could there be any sign of little dragon?
Clearly, Ye Xinran had sent him flying again.
In a large pit not far away, little dragon lay inside with an utterly hopeless expression.
Ye Xinran immediately appeared at the edge of the crater.
“Little dragon, are you all right?”
“I’m fine, little master. I just want to be alone for a while,” little dragon replied in a calm, flat voice.
Back then, he had also been a Heaven’s Chosen of his generation.
He had, at the very least, been an existence capable of becoming an emperor.
In his era, he had also been a powerhouse in the top ten.
Yet now, he could not even defeat Ye Xinran despite having an entire major realm advantage.
This nearly shattered little dragon’s worldview and even made him begin doubting himself.
“Little master, am I very weak?”
Little dragon gazed at the sky and asked dejectedly.
“Actually......”
“I want to hear the truth.”
“A little weak.”
Thud~
Hearing Ye Xinran’s words, little dragon seemed to hear the sound of his heart breaking.
“But that’s only compared to me. Against everyone else, you’re still incredibly powerful. Among those in the same realm, you’re closer to my back than they are.”
Ye Xinran spoke seriously.
“So don’t lose heart. Really, as long as you don’t compare yourself to me, you’re absolutely among the very best.”
“Really?”
Hearing Ye Xinran’s words, little dragon did not know why, but he suddenly felt somewhat happy, as if he had been praised.
“Of course it’s true. But speaking of which, I don’t even know what realm you’re in. Can you raise your realm any further?”
Ye Xinran suddenly remembered that she still did not know little dragon’s true realm.
She was also thinking about having little dragon raise his realm further so they could continue sparring.
At these words, little dragon instantly vanished from where he stood and appeared in front of Ye Xinran.
At this moment, he seemed to have become cheerful, even brimming with confidence.
It was as if they had finally reached his area of expertise.
“Hehe, little master, since you’re asking about that, I’ll have to properly introduce myself to you.”
“Oh? Your realm must be very high, judging by how confident you are.”
Seeing little dragon like this, Ye Xinran became interested as well.
“Of course, little master. I can tell you that throughout the entire Tianhuang Continent, apart from your father and the man named Shangguan Shi who follows him, my realm is the highest.”
“I am an emperor realm powerhouse!”
Little dragon stood proudly in the air with his head held high, confidence radiating from every inch of him.
“Emperor realm!?”
Hearing the words “emperor realm,” Ye Xinran was also startled.
She had never imagined that little dragon was actually an emperor realm powerhouse.
This made her look at little dragon in a new light.