Chapter 496: Who Else Dares To Challenge Me?!

“Palm World? Nothing special.”

“Break!” Jiang Ye gripped his long spear tightly, transforming into a bolt of lightning that shot toward the heavens.

The spear moved like a dragon!

Sizzle! A spear radiance pierced through the vast expanse of heaven and earth, then slammed into the world’s weak point with a thunderous roar.

Boom!

The entire world trembled, lightning flashed and thunder roared, blood rained down, painting a scene of apocalyptic destruction.

“So resilient?” Jiang Ye murmured, slightly surprised.

This spear strike would have killed most eighth breakthrough powerhouses. Yet, when aimed at the world’s weak point, it failed to completely shatter the Palm World. Its durability far exceeded Jiang Ye’s expectations.

“One strike isn’t enough? Then I’ll strike again!”

Jiang Ye swung his long spear, unleashing another explosive thrust.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

One strike.

Two strikes.

Three strikes!

Finally.

With Jiang Ye’s third strike, the world could no longer withstand the assault. A massive fissure tore through the heavens and earth.

Crack!

The fissure spread like a spiderweb, filling every corner of the world in an instant.

Then.

Boom! The entire world crumbled into dust.

“This Palm World was truly troublesome,” Jiang Ye mused inwardly.

Despite the overwhelming disparity in power, he still needed three consecutive strikes to completely destroy it.

It’s worth noting that Chu Jingye had only manifested a ‘miniature world prototype’, making its weak points relatively easy to exploit.

Once the prototype of the world was perfected, leaving no flaws, breaking through this Palm World would become ten million times more difficult.

The thought flashed through Jiang Ye’s mind in an instant. At the very moment he shattered the Palm World, the colossal, sky-obscuring hand vanished.

Whoosh!

Jiang Ye’s figure flickered, and he was free from the Palm World.

From the outside, onlookers witnessed a heaven-shaking spear radiance streak across the sky, piercing through the vast Palm World and shattering it completely.

Pfft!

Chu Jingye coughed up blood as if suffering a backlash, his body staggering backward.

“He broke through?”

“He actually forced his way out of Chu Jingye’s Palm World?”

“How is this possible?” Li Zihuang and the others stared in disbelief, utterly stunned.

Li Zihuang, in particular, trembled inwardly. She had personally experienced Chu Jingye’s Palm World and found herself utterly helpless against it.

Even among Transcendent Aptitudes, there were vast differences!

Chu Jingye’s innate ability was enough to utterly crush most others.

It was precisely for this reason that Li Zihuang had secretly aided Jiang Ye earlier. In her eyes, the truly formidable opponent was Chu Jingye!

But now?

“Jiang Ye was trapped in the Palm World, yet he escaped so quickly?”

“How did he manage that?” Li Zihuang felt incredulous.

Meanwhile, Jiang Ye completely ignored the gazes of others. Gripping the Black Divine Spear, he shattered the Palm World and transformed into a flowing light, charging toward Chu Jingye.

“Kill!” Jiang Ye’s aura surged like a rainbow.

A dazzling spear radiance slashed through the air.

“What?”

“So fast?” A flicker of disbelief crossed Chu Jingye’s eyes. He had never imagined his Palm World could be breached so easily.

But as a wielder of Transcendent Aptitude and the foremost Heavenly Pride of this era, Chu Jingye’s reaction was lightning-fast.

Clang!

Clang! Clang! Chu Jingye swung his long spear, engaging Jiang Ye in a fierce clash.

Yet with each strike, Chu Jingye was forced to retreat, overwhelmed by Jiang Ye’s terrifying, ocean-like power. He found himself barely able to parry.

“It’s over!” Jiang Ye’s gaze turned icy.

With the Palm World shattered, the suppression he had endured vanished completely.

“Ash, coalesce!” Jiang Ye roared inwardly.

Whoosh!

Countless rays of light converged, forming hundreds of gray long spears. Each spear, forged from the Ash Law, radiated terrifying power.

Heart of Counterattack!

In this desperate situation, all of Jiang Ye’s attributes surged.

Fueled by the stacked effects of the Martial Saint Bond, his attributes skyrocketed. While this surge didn’t deepen his understanding of the laws of heaven and earth, it allowed him to wield a greater number of them.

The more laws of heaven and earth he mastered, the greater the power he could unleash.

Swish!

In an instant, hundreds of long spears materialized, radiating overwhelming force.

Each spear, imbued with the Ash Law and empowered by buffs like Heart of Counterattack and Mayfly Shakes the Tree, could obliterate any powerhouse below the eighth breakthrough.

Now, hundreds of these spears were launching simultaneously?

Even early-stage or mid-stage eighth breakthrough powerhouses would meet their doom!

“Defend!” Chu Jingye waved his hand, instantly shattering several treasures to create layers of protective barriers before him.

But alas, these defenses proved futile.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In an instant, hundreds of gray spear radiances pierced through all of Chu Jingye’s defenses.

The Ash Law reduced everything to ashes!

Unless it was a demigod-tier treasure, any defense would be futile against such an overwhelming assault.

Pfft!

Pfft~ Chu Jingye’s body was instantly riddled with holes, the terrifying power causing him to explode.

Whoosh!

An invisible surge of energy teleported Chu Jingye away.

Whether it was an illusion or not, a faint, enigmatic smile seemed to flicker across his face as he vanished.

“He… he exploded?”

“Is Chu Jingye dead?”

“No way…” Li Zihuang and the other transcendent prodigies stared in horror.

Even a ninth breakthrough expert would surely die if their body were completely destroyed.

Moreover, Chu Jingye’s initial realm was only the seventh breakthrough.

Regardless of whether he was truly dead or not, the sight of Jiang Ye obliterating such a top-tier transcendent prodigy before their very eyes was an image that would forever be etched into their minds.

Unforgettable for eternity!

“Dead?” Jiang Ye also felt a flicker of doubt.

“He won’t die,” Bai Gui’s voice echoed. “The Creation Endowment doesn’t just create worlds; it also grants extraordinary regenerative abilities.”

“Even if only his head remains, there’s a high chance he’ll fully recover.”

“Is that really possible?” Jiang Ye thought, secretly astonished.

This Transcendent Aptitude truly defied imagination.

“However,” Bai Gui continued, “with his body completely shattered, such severe injuries will require at least several months to fully heal. Moreover, he won’t be able to regenerate again for the next few years.”

“Next time, he won’t be so lucky,” Bai Gui added.

Jiang Ye nodded slightly.

Now that makes sense.

If he could regenerate every time, such an ability would be far too overpowered, bordering on immortality.

“Transcendent…”

“I must become transcendent too!” Jiang Ye’s heart surged with ambition.

The All-Stars Champion title was now his unwavering goal.

With this resolve, Jiang Ye’s gaze swept across the distant crowd.

“Who else dares to challenge me?!”

(End of the Chapter)