Infinite Professions-Chapter 70 - 65: Final Emergence

"Boom!!!"

Dongfang Bai leaped forward with his sword, but was met with a blinding golden light. A force of unmatched vigor surged toward him, overwhelmingly powerful, instantly shattering his Earth Spirit Sword Qi and sending his body tumbling a hundred zhang away.

"Young Master?"

"How can this be!"

Witnessing this scene, not only the audience, but even the experienced Spirit-level Spirit Masters like Feng Qingming were rendered speechless, staring in shock at the defeated and injured Dongfang Bai.

Just a moment before, in the blink of an eye, Li Taiyi had thrust both palms forward, releasing a blinding golden light that instantly coalesced into six dragon shadows. With overwhelming force, it shattered Dongfang Bai’s Earth Spirit Sword Qi.

Although it was known that he acted with backing, the outcome was still hard for everyone to accept.

"The Young Master used the Spirit Fusion Combat Skills and has Spirit Control Armor, with the power of dozens of Tier Four Spirit Beasts. How could he have been defeated empty-handed?"

"Could it be that he has a fourth King Species Spirit Beast, pre-fused within him?"

"No, even with a King Species Spirit Beast, it’s impossible to elevate power to such an extent without Spirit Control Armor."

"Unless... it’s an Emperor Species?"

"Impossible, impossible!"

"Young Master, quickly summon the Earth Dragon Beast!"

The crowd speculated endlessly, but none could conclude, all eyes on Dongfang Bai, hoping he would summon the Earth Dragon Beast quickly.

However...

The battlefield remained shrouded in dust.

Dongfang Bai, half-kneeling on the ground, then stood again, eyes fixed intently on Shen Hex: "Do you have a fourth King?"

His words barely spoken, Shen Hex did not reply, negating his query with another phrase.

"No!"

"My Earth Armor was forged from twenty-nine Tier Four Spirit Beasts, using the secret technique of elemental fusion of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth."

"Even if you possess a fourth King or a Tier Five Spirit Beast fusion, it’s impossible to unleash such power without Spirit Control Armor."

"Unless..."

Dongfang Bai stared intently at Shen Hex: "Is it a Tier Five Monarch, or a Tier Four Emperor?"

Shen Hex remained unchanged in expression, offering no further explanation: "Summon the Earth Dragon Beast, it’s your only chance."

"..."

Dongfang Bai fell silent, then made no sound, instead lifting his battle sword and driving it into the ground.

"Rumble!"

Suddenly, the ground shifted with a thunderous roar, gravity surged exponentially, exerting pressure on Shen Hex, attempting to subdue him.

Spirit Fusion Secret Technique—Thousand Mountains Suppressing Peak!

This technique could harness the Earth Element Power, magnifying the earth’s gravity hundreds to thousands of times, like merging a thousand mountains into one peak, thereby subduing even a Monarch beast without mercy.

"Bang!!!"

Under such overwhelming gravity, the earth suddenly sank, some scattered rocks instantly pulverized into dust.

Yet Shen Hex stood immovable, Martial Dao True Essence coursing through his body, causing it to shine brightly, with draconic and tiger forms faintly visible beneath his robe.

Then, he stepped forward, the multiplied pressure as if non-existent, his footprints only lightly imprinting, not sinking three chi deep, reaching a realm of lifting the heavy as if it were light, and the light as if it were heavy.

Dragon-Slaying Tiger-Subduing!

This was the manifestation of Xingyi Fist at Great Success, completely subduing one’s strength, whether the fierce power of the dragon form or the gentle power of the tiger form, fully subdued and mastered, reaching a state where strength is unleashed at will, freely and effortlessly.

In a decade, through arduous cultivation with many Spirit Beasts and centuries of accumulation in the Martial Dynasty, Shen Hex not only advanced his Martial Arts Cultivation to Tier Four Realm but also mastered Xingyi Fist Skill to Great Success, achieving Dragon-Slaying Tiger-Subduing, reaching perfection.

Further progression would lead to Xingyi Perfection, thoroughly establishing a foundation to further cultivate numerous Upper Martial Arts, or advance Xingyi Fist to its next level—the Xingyi Divine Martial Scripture!

It was said that Teng Qinglong, this Xingyi Martial Sect master, had mastered the Cyan Dragon Divine Gang of the Xingyi Divine Martial Scripture, thus gaining the power to transform into a Cyan Dragon.

Shen Hex was currently only at Great Success, not yet achieving perfection, thus not daring to aspire for Xingyi Divine Martial, but in the realm of Great Success, Xingyi Fist of Dragon-Slaying Tiger-Subduing remains an overwhelming force, unparalleled even by Emperor’s Combat Skills.

Dongfang Bai knew nothing of this crucial detail; he only saw Shen Hex advancing under thousands of times the pressure, as if the Spirit Fusion Secret Technique had no effect.

Should he summon the Earth Dragon Beast?

If he summoned it, such power was undoubtedly fused with a Tier Five Monarch or Tier Four Emperor. Since he first utilized the Emperor’s Power, counteracting is justified.

But he had not used Spirit Control Armor; even wielding Emperor’s Power, with Earth Spirit Armor, they are comparable. If he summons the Earth Dragon Beast now...

Watching Shen Hex step by step approach, Dongfang Bai’s heart was full of conflict, but he quickly cut it off determinedly: "Taiyi, I won’t lose to you, I won’t lose to anyone!"

"Heaven and Earth-Sundering Dragon!"

Resolute in thought, Dongfang Bai acted decisively, raising the sword with both hands, thrusting it into the ground, a dull yellow light exploded beneath the sword, rapidly altering the earth, from which a dragon shadow surged out, lifting him as it ascended into the sky, then diving down to split the earth with a single strike.

Emperor’s Combat Skills—Heaven and Earth-Sundering Dragon!

The Earth Dragon erupted from the split, rising proudly to the skies, then swooping back to earth, earth element gravity increasing wildly, before the dragon’s head fell and the sword’s edge arrived, the terrifying weight pressed the cement ground several meters down, forming a massive pit.

In the deep pit, with its haunting pressure, Shen Hex seemed unfazed, the synergy of Dragon-Slaying Tiger-Subduing propelling Gang Yuan, he then spiraled upward like a whirlwind, striking toward the sky.

"Roar!!!"

Amidst swirling clouds, the tornado reached skyward, radiant light emerged boldly, colliding with the crushing Heaven and Earth-Sundering Dragon.

"Boom!!!"

With a deafening crash, rocks crumbled and the Earth Dragon shattered into pieces, revealing a figure, the surrounding spirit light bursting apart, resembling a sack flying through the air, or a meteor crashing to earth, digging a hundred-zhang long trench.

"Young Master!"

"Husband!"

Feng Qingming and members of the Dongfang Clan screamed urgently, barely restraining themselves from rushing into the arena, spectators in the stands rose in shock, thousands of eyes pinned on the battlefield.

In the battlefield shrouded in dust, a hundred-zhang long trench buried deep into the earth, with rubble and soil piled heavily at its end, exposing a half-kneeling figure, cracked battle armor and sword, crimson flowing from the corners of his lips.

Dongfang Bai!

"How could this be, how could this be!"

"How could I lose to you, how could I lose to you!"

"I won’t lose!"

"I can’t lose!"

As if possessed by demons, his frenzied and pained words robbed him of reason, Dongfang Bai’s eyes reddened, disregarding everything, pressing a hand to the ground, Spirit Control Light surged violently, penetrating the earth.

Suddenly...

"Roar!!!"

A dragon’s roar rose, piercing the heavens and earth with shock, a surge of mighty aura emerged from the earth, forming an extremely terrifying pressure, like a deity descending, a True Dragon on parade.

Though separated at a distance with resistance from spirit arrays, those in the stands felt bowed by overwhelming pressure, compelled by an urge to worship, while Spirit Beasts outside the arena collapsed directly to the ground, trembling, and even fainting.

The Emperor... has emerged!