Xiao Yi walked step by step.

"Bastard." The elder behind him was furious.

Especially when he saw those slow footsteps, as if leisurely strolling, it made his anger burn even hotter.

"Yi Xiao, do you really think the Heavenly Hidden Academy is a place you can come and go as you please?"

Whizz... The elder struck again.

"Ice Realm Sealing Demon."

A vast expanse of ice descended from the sky.

The ice fell, forming a barrier.

It was an octagonal barrier, made of Mystic Ice, chilling to the bone.

On top of the Mystic Ice, it was smooth and transparent, as if forming its own world.

Inside, Xiao Yi’s footsteps were still unobstructed.

Amidst flames cloaking him, he walked slowly.

Yet, everywhere he passed, the ice dissipated, and the flames spread.

On his arm, the Six-colored Ring spun faster and faster.

The power of six formidable flames in the world, how could mere Mystic Ice stop it?

Xiao Yi walked just like that, and when he arrived at the ice barrier, he didn’t make any move but walked right through.

The cold Mystic Ice instantly melted away.

Inside the octagonal ice barrier, a human-shaped gap was evidently melted open.

As Xiao Yi walked out, the entire ice barrier collapsed with a crash.

"Impossible." The elder’s face changed.

"Eight Extremes Cold Cone."

The elder’s face turned cold, and with another swing of his palm, he struck.

Xiao Yi raised his arm and blocked it.

Boom...

A seemingly simple clash erupted with a thunderous boom.

The booming sound seemed to shake the entire Heavenly Hidden Academy several times.

Two auras, one cold and one hot, clashed and surged into the sky, gradually transforming into Mad Dragons.

That Mystic Ice Mad Dragon, cold to the extreme, seemed to freeze the sky.

But the emerging Six-colored Flame Wandering Dragon was even more arrogant and formidable.

The huge flaming body, its defiant eyes brimming with a domineering presence, seemed unstoppable in battle.

Boom...

Another explosive sound.

The Mystic Ice Mad Dragon shattered inch by inch.

But the fragments of the Mystic Ice did not fall.

The entire Mystic Ice Mad Dragon, at the moment of shattering, was burned to nothingness under the Six-colored Flame Wandering Dragon, without a trace of dust remaining.

On the ground.

A flash of pain suddenly appeared on the elder’s face.

He was looking at his own palm.

His palm, covered in Mystic Ice, at this moment was pierced through, stained with blood.

His palm, when collided with Xiao Yi’s arm covered by the Beast Hand, was instantly pierced and injured by the retaliatory flame power.

His Mystic Ice could not protect him at all.

"How is this possible, such astonishing Scale Armor, not only hard but also this sharp?"

The elder gritted his teeth, the astonishment on his face growing deeper.

That menacing Beast Hand, it would have been enough to be hard and sharp; but the faint red flashes between the black scales clearly contained even more astonishing explosive power.

Those booming sounds were no less violent than the eruption of molten lava.

"What kind of demon beast is this?" The elder squinted his eyes, "Could it be that you, Purple Flame Yi Xiao, have risen to power so quickly because you awakened such a terrifying fire attribute Demon Beast Martial Soul?"

The elder spoke subconsciously.

But his tone had clearly placed Xiao Yi on the same level—or even above himself—as a Martial Artist.

Xiao Yi paid no heed.

The elder did not ask further.

On his face, a shocking battle intent emerged.

Whizz... The elder’s figure flashed, immediately blocking the path several meters ahead of Xiao Yi.

"Extreme Cold Yin Evil." The elder’s hands moved in unison, condensing strands of chilling sinister energy.

In just a moment, a barrier formed by chilling sinister energy was set up.

"Yi Xiao, I admit you are strong, your talent and power are indeed astounding."

"But with me here, you cannot harm Mo Youh, nor can you take her."

Xiao Yi remained silent, still walking.

When he came before the chilling barrier, he only threw a punch.

Indeed, the Heavenly Hidden Academy is a place where hidden talents and experts reside.

These three Academic Palace Supreme members are not ordinary individuals.

Take this elder before him, just his skill in Extreme Cold Yin Evil demonstrates his strength, even surpassing Ao Donglou.

Being in the Supreme 9999 Dao doesn’t mean there is no disparity.

This disparity lies between the gap of Supreme 9999 Dao and the legendary bottleneck.

The gap is unimaginably and unpredictably large.

Almost any means, any Secret Technique, cannot bridge this gap, nor allow someone of Supreme 9999 Dao to surpass the legendary bottleneck.

This gap, vast like a chasm, creates quite a disparity even among those of Supreme 9999 Dao.

Like these three Supremes.

Xiao Yi doesn’t recognize these three, nor knows how long they have been in seclusion within the Heavenly Hidden Academy.

But in Xiao Yi’s memory, amongst the famous strong figures of the Central Region, there haven’t been such individuals for at least a thousand years.

Of course, that’s all there is to it.

Xiao Yi threw a punch.

Under the cover of the Beast Hand, the punch was unstoppable.

The barrier formed by Extreme Cold Yin Evil was instantly breached.

That punch was fast and fierce to the extreme.

Between the sinister Beast Hand scale armor, faint booming sounds erupted into dazzling light in an instant.

Where the Beast Hand passed, the air vanished, and the Extreme Cold Yin Evil was also pulverized.

Sizzle...

A sizzling sound.

Xiao Yi’s Beast Hand pierced through the chilling barrier and simultaneously pierced through the elder’s chest before him.

In the distance, the pupils of the two other Supremes shrank.

From their perspective, only seeing the elder’s back, a menacing Beast Hand pierced through.

On the Beast Hand, the shining beast claws sent chills to the core.

"You..." The elder’s face turned pale, blood oozing from his mouth.

The elder stared at Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi showed no attention, not even looking at the blood at the elder’s mouth, nor the piercing wound.

He merely swung his arm.

The elder’s body was thrown heavily away.

The originally pierced body was pulled away from the Beast Hand.

Puff." As the elder hit the ground, another mouthful of blood spurted out."

The blood from the wound gushed profusely.

"Even his ultimate Mystic Ice couldn’t seal the wound or stop the bleeding."

"Purple Crystal Spirit Flame, Earth Vein Golden Fire, and several other formidable flames in the world are really powerful," the elder, face pale, gritted his teeth.

Xiao Yi didn’t spare him a glance.

Those cold eyes were already filled with ferocity.

Everyone around wore expressions of shock on their faces.

"Kill him on the spot." The person in the middle of the two other Supremes coldly uttered four words.

"Hmm." The previously expressionless person nodded slightly, face equally cold.

Whizz...

The person in the middle instantly blocked Xiao Yi’s path.

The other figure flashed before the injured elder.

"Jiu Han, are you alright?"

As he spoke, the elder rapidly pointed his fingers.

A rush of Pure Spirit Energy was swiftly injected into the injured elder’s wound.

"Ye Shang, thank you." The injured elder nodded.

"Jiu Han, Ye Shang?" Xiao Yi, who was walking slowly ahead, heard this and slightly frowned.

These two Supremes, he couldn’t recognize them, but upon hearing their names, he knew them.

Jiu Han, a formidable practitioner of the Ice Dao in the Central Region more than a thousand years ago, renowned far and wide.

It was rumored that at the height of his fame, he was invincible in the Central Region’s Supreme Realm.

He must be even stronger now.

Ye Shang, if Xiao Yi remembers correctly, was the Master of Ye Saint Mansion several tenures ago.

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