Chapter 481: Chapter 157: Ruining Me?

Yue Hongyi’s tone was indifferent, exuding an air of authority.

“A doomed situation!”

Hearing Yue Hongyi’s words, Luo Cheng’s face grew even darker.

“Do they really refuse to tolerate my existence?”

Yue Hongyi replied, “To be frank, the orders I’ve received are clear: first, to see if your Wasted Martial Soul awakens and shows potential. If it does not, then you are to be crippled, and your foundation destroyed.”

“Cripple me!”

Luo Cheng clenched his fists tightly.

“To them, your very existence is a mistake. Not erasing you outright is already an act of mercy,” she said.

Yue Hongyi’s expression remained impassive, but her words carried a tone of charity and pity in Luo Cheng’s ears. He sneered coldly and responded:

“So, I should be grateful to them for this so-called mercy?”

Yue Hongyi replied, “Despite the cruelty, this is reality. Realizing it sooner is to your benefit.”

Luo Cheng chuckled coldly, “Reality! Haha! What a reality!”

Yue Hongyi frowned briefly and then shook her head gently, an air of displeasure crossing her face.

In her view, these words should have been enough to make Luo Cheng understand his position, to abandon pointless dreams and spend his life in mediocrity.

But it didn’t seem to work that way.

Unfortunately, some outcomes are sealed from the very beginning.

No amount of struggle will change them.

All it does is add unnecessary trouble!

“Enough talk. My task is complete. Farewell!”

Without further ado, Yue Hongyi turned to leave, bidding her farewell.

However, the Eldest Prince, Jin Tiandu, who had remained silent all along, suddenly stepped forward.

“Yue Hongyi, I have an unusual request. During the last Domain List competition, we had no chance to cross paths. How about we exchange a few moves this time?”

From the moment he saw Yue Hongyi, Jin Tiandu felt a sense of familiarity. Upon learning her name, he immediately recognized her identity.

Yue Hongyi was a Core Disciple of the Inner Sect from the Li Huo Sect in the Great Li Dynasty, an Earth Level Great Power ranked forty-seventh on the Yunlan Domain Group’s Domain List!

However, what Jin Tiandu hadn’t expected was her connection to the Ancient Family, the Ji Family.

In the last Earth Level Great Power Domain List contest, Jin Tiandu narrowly missed entering the rankings. Meeting Yue Hongyi now, he couldn’t resist the urge to spar with her and measure the gap between them.

“And you are?”

Yue Hongyi fixed her gaze on the Eldest Prince.

The Eldest Prince stiffened slightly before awkwardly responding, “Jin Tiandu. During the last Domain List contest, I ranked one hundred and seventy-second.”

“I have some impression of you.”

Yue Hongyi nodded slightly, her snow-white chin lifting as she prepared to refuse.

Someone who hadn’t even made it onto the Domain List wasn’t qualified to be her opponent.

However, noticing Luo Cheng, Yue Hongyi changed her mind and said:

“I’ll use just one move.”

“You…”

Seeing Yue Hongyi’s arrogance, the Ninth Princess, Jin Yuxi, was faintly annoyed.

Jin Tiandu was the Imperial Family’s brightest young talent, not yet twenty-five, already in the Late Stage of the Four Extremes Realm, and someone Jin Yuxi viewed as an idol. Yet, he was being so dismissed.

“Ninth Sister!”

Jin Tiandu stopped Jin Yuxi.

The disparity in strength and ranking between them was evident—being looked down upon was only natural.

“This place is too cramped. Let’s head up there!”

Leaving behind this declaration, Yue Hongyi transformed into a radiant streak of fire and soared into the skies.

“Big Brother, go for it! Show her the power of your Golden Dominating Fist!”

Jin Yuxi cheered her brother on.

Ever since arriving in Qishan City, Yue Hongyi’s every word and action had been lofty and dismissive, belittling Luo Cheng and even looking down on her elder brother. This filled Jin Yuxi with frustration.

“I’ll do my best.”

Jin Tiandu smiled wryly and followed her into the air.

Luo Cheng fixed his gaze on the two of them.

Thousands of meters above the ground.

Jin Tiandu and Yue Hongyi faced each other across a hundred-meter distance. The raging wind ruffled their clothes, which fluttered in the air.

Jin Tiandu saw through Yue Hongyi’s intentions at a glance and said:

“Yue Hongyi, you plan to crush Luo Cheng’s fighting spirit with a single move, forcing him to back down. That is likely futile—it will be wasted effort.”

“I only hope that he can understand his limitations and avoid sabotaging himself. If he cannot, the blame falls on his own lack of self-awareness.”

Yue Hongyi’s tone remained calm as she gazed at Jin Tiandu. Flames swirled around her, emanating an aura as intense as a blazing sun. She said:

“Enough talk. Make your move!”

Jin Tiandu fell silent. Clenching his fists firmly, his pupils shimmered with a faint golden light. His entire body radiated a golden glow, forming illusory golden mountain shadows around him that exuded an aura of unrivaled dominion.

Simultaneously, star-like patterns began to light up on his body.

The first star!

The second star!

The third star!

Each time a star lit up, Jin Tiandu’s aura grew stronger.

“Seven Secret Techniques!”

Luo Cheng instantly recognized the technique Jin Tiandu was using—the Seven Secret Techniques of the Imperial Family that could amplify combat power! NovelFire

He had encountered it once before during the Outer Sect competition in a match against Qi Guyun.

However, Qi Guyun had only mastered a single star, a far cry from Jin Tiandu’s dominance.

Rumble!

As five stars lit up in succession, Jin Tiandu’s aura surged to its peak, distorting the air within hundreds of meters. The once-illusory golden mountain shadows seemed to solidify into towering, genuine golden peaks.

In the next instant.

Jin Tiandu acted. Moving like lightning, he shot across a hundred meters of sky and unleashed a heavy right fist, condensed with layers of mountainous might.

“Take my punch—Fist Seals the Mountains and Rivers!”

Boom!

The golden fist power roared like an enraged golden dragon, tearing open a massive golden fissure several feet wide in the sky, hurtling toward Yue Hongyi. The surrounding space was instantly sealed, forming what seemed to be an inescapable heavenly prison!

Within the prison, space twisted, collapsed, and obliterated itself.

The ferocious aura, even from thousands of meters away, made onlookers’ scalps tingle with fear.

“Fist Seals the Mountains and Rivers! This is one of the deadliest moves of the Golden Dominating Fist! Coupled with the Seven Secret Techniques, even an ordinary Peak Earth Level Great Power would struggle to withstand it!”

Jin Yuxi’s eyes glowed with excitement, confident that this punch would embarrass Yue Hongyi.

Yue Hongyi, however, remained motionless.

As the fist power came within reach, the flame mark on her forehead suddenly erupted with dazzling brilliance, instantly extinguishing the terrifying momentum of the punch.

At the same time, streaks of fiery energy rose from her body, each one crystal-clear and radiant, with an intense and oppressive heat.

From afar, it looked as though a second sun had risen into the heavens!

“Golden Radiant Finger! Shatter!”

Yue Hongyi raised her right hand, her golden forefinger extending outward, and lightly tapped.

Rumble!

The air convulsed as an extremely condensed flame burst forth. The Finger Strength shot out, continually drawing in Heaven and Earth Essence Energy, growing more powerful by the second!

Boom! Boom! Boom…

Explosions echoed as the fist power unleashed by the Eldest Prince was pierced through, sending shockwaves that rippled visibly through the air.

Boom!

Finally, the Finger Strength struck the Eldest Prince’s Protective Essence Energy, pressing it into a deep crater.

The Eldest Prince couldn’t withstand the force and was sent hurtling backward over a thousand meters. A palm-sized scorch mark appeared on his chest where his clothing had been burned.

Whirl!

A whirlwind swept across Qishan City, chilling everyone to their cores.

“Just one finger broke Big Brother’s Golden Dominating Fist!”

Jin Yuxi stared in disbelief.

Luo Cheng’s blood surged.

So this was the might of an Earth Level Great Power, where even their aura alone could suppress him!

“I wonder when I can reach such heights!”

In the sky, Yue Hongyi withdrew her aura and said to the Eldest Prince calmly:

“You took my finger and weren’t injured. Not bad. You may have a chance to make it onto the Domain List. However, that chance is slim.”

Jin Tiandu smiled bitterly.

If it had been anyone else, he might not have accepted such a remark.

But coming from Yue Hongyi, he found himself unable to refute it.

Yue Hongyi shifted her gaze downward, locking onto Luo Cheng from above:

“Here’s a piece of advice: face reality and abandon your unrealistic fantasies. Otherwise, you’re inviting your own ruin!”

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