"Lan Haichen, do you dare to come up and fight?"

Di Tian stood in the air within the Floating Battlefield, his indifferent gaze fixed on Lan Haichen.

The entire Celestial Pride War Hall fell silent, then erupted into a tremendous uproar...

"Di Tian is challenging Lan Haichen?"

"This Di Tian kept a low profile before. It wasn’t until this Celestial Fate Hunting that he shot up the Venerable List, and even then he was only ranked ninth or tenth. Why would he suddenly challenge Lan Haichen?"

"Alliance Leader Di Tian will definitely win!"

The last cry came from an expert of the Emperor Alliance.

Now...

The experts of the Celestial Alliance had already been completely wiped out, leaving only Lan Haichen.

Naturally, there was no one left to speak up for Lan Haichen.

Seated upon his Golden Throne, Lan Haichen rose to his feet. He stepped into the void, each footfall producing a series of BOOMING sounds, like the rolling thunder of war drums.

The roaring noise made everyone’s ears ring!

It felt as though their very souls were being shaken.

"Di Tian, are you certain you want to challenge me?" Lan Haichen asked coolly as he entered the Floating Battlefield, his face a mask of cold arrogance.

Both of them were prodigies from the Inner Sect of the Saint Martial Sword Sect.

Saint Child Lan Haichen!

Holy Dragon Knight Di Tian!

Before Jiang Chen’s arrival, these two were the most prominent figures in the Saint Martial Sword Sect. Even the Crown Prince, Yuwen Tiandu, seemed to pale in comparison before them.

But...

Whether it was Lan Haichen or Di Tian...

...they had a tacit understanding to never engage in any serious conflict with each other. In fact, from beginning to end, they had never truly fought.

Even though rumors outside claimed that Di Tian was inferior to him, Lan Haichen...

...knew very well that Di Tian was the only peer in the entire Saint Martial Sword Sect who made him feel wary.

Di Tian smiled faintly. He gently stroked the Black Dragon coiled around his arm and said, "It is my mission. I have no choice but to fight."

"Mission?"

Lan Haichen froze.

Di Tian’s expression was blank, but he secretly sent a mental transmission: "Lan Haichen, how long are you going to play dumb? Did you think you were the only one who knew about that final thing in the Celestial Fate Hunting? My goal is the same as yours. I came for that very thing!"

BOOM—

Lan Haichen’s expression changed drastically.

Shock. Astonishment.

And a hint of panic!

It had taken him immense effort and time to discover that ’that thing’ was a part of the Celestial Fate Hunting. As far as he knew, besides himself, only that one mysterious being was aware of it.

But now...

Di Tian actually knew of its existence too.

How could this not shock Lan Haichen?

His face darkened as he transmitted back, "How do you know about that thing?"

"You will find out in the future!" Di Tian said lightly. "For now, make your move!"

"Damn it..."

Lan Haichen’s face alternated between green and white. Di Tian’s indifferent attitude was a great humiliation, and a vicious light flickered in his eyes. He said in a low voice, "I don’t care how you found out about its existence. As long as I’m here, you can forget about taking it from me. It belongs to me!"

"Then let’s see if you have the skill!"

Di Tian laughed heartily.

Suddenly, a burst of black light erupted from his body. The Black Dragon on his arm instantly grew larger.

It straightened out!

It shot toward the heavens, and then, amidst a swirl of black energy, transformed into a suit of pitch-black, dragon-headed battle armor, enveloping Di Tian’s body.

A Celestial Tier Profound Armor—the Dark Demon Dragon Soul Armor!

SWISH—

A bloody gleam pulsed, and a blood-red long spear landed in his palm.

Di Tian thrust his spear from mid-air.

SWOOSH!

The blood-red spear light shot through the air like a long rainbow, stretching across the apex of the sky.

"Immortal Dragon Soaring Spear!"

With a cold snort, Di Tian’s face grim, the blood-red spear light instantly transformed into a long, bloody dragon. It opened its massive maw, its jagged fangs glinting with a sharp, cold light as it charged straight for Lan Haichen.

Lan Haichen’s expression darkened.

He turned his palms upward and raised them high above his head, shouting, "Rise!"

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE—

Following Lan Haichen’s low roar, the entire vast ocean below began to tremble violently, the rumbling sound incessant.

One after another, blue walls of water began to rise continuously.

They formed a series of water walls blocking his path. Each wall was over ten meters thick, and a full hundred of them stretched across the vast sea.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The blood-red spear light repeatedly slammed into the water walls, blasting them apart. Water vapor filled the sky, turning into a torrential downpour that swept across the air above the vast sea.

Only after shattering more than eighty of the water walls did the blood-red spear light finally exhaust its energy and dissipate into nothing.

"I once heard Master mention that the Undying Divine Technique you cultivate is a legendary cultivation technique. Today, I’d like to experience it for myself. Let’s see if your Undying Divine Technique is more formidable, or if my Vast Heavenless Technique is sharper!" Lan Haichen’s eyes burst with a brilliant light, and an incomparably resplendent and vast aura emanated from his body.

The Vast Heavenless Technique!

A Celestial Tier High-level Technique, it was one of Lan Haichen’s greatest trump cards.

This technique was based on the vastness of heaven and earth, condensing Vast Righteous Qi. Every move was grand and majestic.

This technique could only be cultivated by a Martial Artist who possessed the Vast Righteous Qi Book. Lan Haichen’s Martial Soul was precisely that: the Celestial Tier Fifth Grade Vast Righteous Qi Book. The Martial Soul Talent of such a Martial Soul was what allowed him to possess an endless supply of Vast Righteous Qi.

It was as if he himself were a wellspring of energy, unlike others who needed to absorb the Power of Heaven and Earth and convert it into a suitable form. It was by relying on the Vast Heavenless Technique and the Vast Righteous Qi Book Martial Soul that Lan Haichen could be invincible among those at the same level!

Vast as the heavens!

Righteous in the world!

"Vast Mountain Flipping Seal!"

Lan Haichen roared, his hands forming a profound Hand Seal. Countless streams of Spiritual Qi from heaven and earth converged, condensing into a ten-thousand-zhang-tall mountain peak. The peak flipped upside down, the sun and moon seemed to revolve, and Qiankun itself fell into disarray. The power of this strike was immense!

A red glint flashed through Di Tian’s eyes as he laughed coldly. "The Vast Heavenless Technique? If it were an ordinary person, they would certainly be affected by your Vast Righteous Qi. But I am different! Lan Haichen, open your eyes and see clearly! The reason I never fought you before wasn’t because I feared you, but because in my eyes, you are utterly weak!"

"Undying Divine Body—War God Immortal!"

BOOM—

A terrifying radiance pulsed around Di Tian’s body.

Rings of black light floated around him, each one like a merciless chain of death.

To touch it was to die!

Shrouded in a haze of black light, he seemed to have truly transformed into an Undying Body!

In the crowd.

Jiang Chen’s pupils contracted sharply. The change in Di Tian reminded him of a terrifying existence from the Celestial Demon Emperor Venerable’s memories—the Undying Divine Body!

According to legend...

...besides powerful Martial Souls, Martial Artists could also possess some extremely rare physiques, such as the Fire Spirit Body, the Water Spirit Body, and so on.

The talent possessed by experts with special physiques was even more terrifying than that of those with Celestial Tier Martial Souls!

And this Undying Divine Body was a terrifying existence that could rank in the top ten among the many special physiques of the Qiankun Grand Path!

"Spear of the War God!"

Di Tian snorted coldly, sweeping his blood-red long spear outwards.

DONG—

The ten-thousand-zhang-long spear light smashed fiercely into the enormous mountain peak, sending the entire mountain crashing down into the vast ocean.

Di Tian grew stronger as the battle raged on, charging toward Lan Haichen.

Lan Haichen’s expression was incredibly grave. He continuously unleashed powerful attacks: "Vast Heaven-Overturning Seal!"

BOOM—

A Cyan Heaven and White Sun Seal appeared in the firmament. Like the hand of a Divine Spirit, it pressed down on Di Tian.

Di Tian snorted. "War God Infinite—Heaven-Reaching Divine Light!"

SWISH!

A swath of blood-colored light condensed into the figure of a blood-red War God. It crashed viciously into the Heaven-Overturning Seal. With a deafening BOOM, the two energies exploded simultaneously, and a terrifying storm swept out in all directions.

The terrifying power made the expressions of all the spectators change drastically.

Xue Yinhao looked at the Night Emperor, his eyes filled with horror. "Night Emperor, do you think you could defeat this Di Tian?"

The Night Emperor was silent for a moment before shaking his head with a bitter smile. "Whether it’s Di Tian or Lan Haichen, they’ve both surpassed me by far. I’m no match for them."

"Yes, the gap is too big," Xue Yinhao also said with a bitter smile. "I thought I might have a chance to compete for the top spot in this Celestial Fate Hunting, but I never expected we’d end up as mere foils."

Watching the two men fight fiercely in the Floating Battlefield.

All the other geniuses felt a wave of powerlessness!

The situation on the battlefield was changing in the blink of an eye.

Di Tian, like an invincible War God, was unbelievably ferocious. He was unexpectedly suppressing Lan Haichen.

Lan Haichen was forced back step by step.

A look of fury appeared on his face. He was the number one prodigy, yet he was being suppressed and beaten? The feeling was unbearable.

’Damn it, how can this Di Tian be so strong?’

Lan Haichen found it hard to believe. Di Tian was actually stronger than him—it was simply inconceivable!

Suddenly...

...his pupils contracted violently. A streak of blood-red light tore through the air, transforming into a bloody meteor that, with a SWISH, viciously struck the rapidly retreating Lan Haichen.

"Ngh?!"

Lan Haichen’s expression changed drastically, and he couldn’t stop a mouthful of fresh blood from spraying out of his mouth.

"Lan Haichen, you have lost!"

Di Tian’s icy voice suddenly exploded in his ear as a terrifying, thousand-zhang-long spear light suddenly fell from above.

BOOM—

With a huge bang, the blood-red spear light landed on Lan Haichen’s body.

BANG!

Lan Haichen plummeted like a falling star toward the vast ocean below. With another deafening BOOM, he was slammed viciously into the seabed.

"..."

At that moment, outside the Celestial Pride War Hall, everyone was so stunned they even forgot to breathe.

Lan Haichen... was defeated?