"Zuoqiu Youyu, get out here right now!"
Xia Yan was nearly driven to madness. The aura of a second rank Martial Emperor radiated from her body, manifesting as visible flames that swept across heaven and earth.
Not only that, she drew her weapon.
It was a white jade longsword. The moment it appeared, its might was equally overwhelming.
It was an Emperor Armament!
There was no denying it — right now, Xia Yan possessed an incredibly oppressive presence, both in terms of her aura and her stance.
Especially with that posture of hers, it was clear she truly intended to fight Zuoqiu Youyu to the death.
"Xia Yan, words require evidence. Don't you dare make false accusations."
"What kind of place is this? This is the Yin-Yang Withered Well Realm. Nothing that happens here is strange. If you had the guts to come, then be prepared to face danger. Stop your incessant whining."
Yet facing the furious Xia Yan, Zuoqiu Yanliang showed no fear whatsoever. Instead, he berated her right back.
Zuoqiu Yanliang's angry expression was so convincing that it even made people wonder whether Xia Yan had truly wronged Zuoqiu Youyu.
"Drop the act. Everyone knows full well about the grudge between your family and Chu Feng."
"Since Zuoqiu Youyu won't come out, then you can pay on his behalf."
As Xia Yan spoke, she pointed the Emperor Armament in her hand straight at Zuoqiu Yanliang.
"Hmph."
Zuoqiu Yanliang let out a cold snort. A far more powerful aura erupted from within his body, instantly suppressing Xia Yan's aura.
It was the might of a third rank Martial Emperor.
"You want to take me on? You're truly overestimating yourself."
"Xia Yan, all this time I've been unwilling to bother with you out of respect for your grandfather and your maternal grandfather. Did you really think I was afraid of you?"
Zuoqiu Yanliang gazed at Xia Yan with contempt.
Boom!
But right after, the red flames above the void churned endlessly as strange phenomena manifested. Xia Yan's aura instantly surged, climbing from second rank Martial Emperor all the way to third rank.
And then, the phenomenon in the void solidified from a blur into a tangible form — a colossal red wolf appeared.
The red wolf stretched tens of thousands of meters long as it slowly descended from the sky, blotting out the heavens.
Most importantly, once the red wolf appeared in the phenomenon, Xia Yan's aura rose yet again, reaching the level of a fourth rank Martial Emperor.
"You've actually cultivated your God-Granted Divine Body to this level?"
Seeing Xia Yan's transformation, even Zuoqiu Yanliang was visibly surprised. The dismissive look in his eyes turned grave.
As for the other disciples, they were utterly dumbfounded.
They had long known that Xia Yan's God-Granted Divine Body was incredibly powerful.
But they never imagined she had cultivated it to such an extent — that she could, at the Martial Emperor realm, use the power of her God-Granted Divine Body to break through two consecutive ranks.
And it was well known that Zuoqiu Yanliang was a third rank Martial Emperor who possessed a powerful Heaven-level Bloodline. Back when he was still at the Supreme Realm, he had been able to manifest the Lightning Mark and the Lightning Armor — his talent was equally extraordinary.
However, after reaching the Martial Emperor realm, his Heavenly Lightning Bloodline had become restricted. Now he could only manifest the Lightning Mark; the Lightning Armor was beyond his reach.
So even though Zuoqiu Yanliang was a third rank Martial Emperor — a full rank higher than Xia Yan in actual cultivation — because he could only boost his cultivation by one rank in the Martial Emperor realm, the strongest he could reach was fourth rank Martial Emperor.
Looking at it that way, the current Xia Yan was truly capable of fighting Zuoqiu Yanliang head-on.
Hum— But suddenly, the space around Xia Yan twisted violently.
Then, Xia Yan vanished.
After Xia Yan disappeared, the space continued to warp and distort.
Li Muzhi, Zhao Shi, Song Xi, Tu Yuanyuan, and the others disappeared one after another.
Then even Zuoqiu Yanliang vanished.
The crowd initially panicked, thinking something had gone wrong.
But once Zuoqiu Yanliang disappeared, no one else vanished after him.
This put everyone's minds at ease.
As for Zuoqiu Yanliang — he had not actually disappeared. He had been transported by someone's power to an entirely different location.