The presence of Dongfang Le'an's giant hand was significant from the start.

It seemed like he was prepared to directly kill Xia Feng to avenge his past humiliation.

If it weren't for this, those distant empires might not have noticed the situation here.

Now, almost all the renowned Martial Saints and Martial Sovereigns on the Celestial Essence Continent were watching intently.

Dongfang Le'an felt quite trapped, like riding a tiger and unable to dismount.

Originally, when he appeared, only a small part of the Great Xia Empire's population had witnessed his fearful retreat. He intended to destroy Xia Feng first, followed by the entire Great Xia Empire.

If he were to lose to Xia Feng today, however, all eyes on the Celestial Essence Continent would be upon him.

He neither dared nor could he kill everyone on the continent, could he?

Thus, in the upcoming battle, he must win and could not afford to fail!

With this thought, a more potent Power of Rules exploded from Dongfang Le'an's body.

The Power of Rules from the Great Dao of Power enveloped him, ultimately attaching to his palms.

With a somewhat ferocious smile, he said, "Bastard, you're the first to see my second Great Dao."

"To die by my rule is your destiny!"

His palms, as heavy as a thousand pounds, swept through the Power of Rules towards Xia Feng.

Xia Feng's expression turned serious as he swiftly drew out the Qingxue Sword. The thick Sword Dao Rules enveloped it, and he slashed it towards the incoming palms.

Many Martial Sovereigns thought Xia Feng would have the upper hand with a weapon against flesh.

Instead, he was pushed back seven or eight steps by the force of the Great Dao of Power.

Dongfang Le'an's cruel smile widened as he shook his somewhat numb hands from the counterforce.

Then he clenched his fists and smashed them towards Xia Feng again.

Xia Naiwen, along with the previous emperors of the Great Xia, watched the situation closely from the top of the Great Xia Empire's Royal Palace with hearts in their throats.

They knew the Great Xia might be facing the most severe crisis since its establishment.

If Xia Feng failed, even if Dongfang Le'an didn't annihilate the Great Xia Empire, the surrounding empires like predators would certainly come to take their share.

So they could only pin their hopes on Xia Feng to defeat Dongfang Le'an.

But hope was just hope, and everyone was uncertain.

Could Xia Feng, who just broke through to demigod, really defeat a Yellow Tier First Layer Martial God?

Xia Feng was unaware of their thoughts as he held the Qingxue Sword, channels of Sword Qi gathered around him, countless vague transparent small swords forming around him.

He raised the Qingxue Sword high, his eyes burning as he stared at Dongfang Le'an, and slashed down fiercely from mid-air!

While the Power of Rules of Dongfang Le'an's Great Dao of Power was strong, it had a fatal flaw.

That flaw was that Dongfang Le'an's fists had to physically clash with Xia Feng to wield this Great Dao.

Simply put, it was limited to close-range attacks, so if Xia Feng kept a distance, Dongfang Le'an could only close in to try and attack again.

Thus, Xia Feng started circling within the mountain range.

Occasionally, he'd turn back to use various Powers of Rules to harass and attack Dongfang Le'an from afar.

Dongfang Le'an was so furious he almost spat blood.

This was the most frustrating battle he'd ever fought; the young man ahead was slippery like a loach.

"Stand still, damn it! Stop running, if you have the guts, take me head-on!"

The exasperated Dongfang Le'an accelerated madly to catch up to Xia Feng.

But inexplicably, the distance to Xia Feng always remained just a little bit away.

It seemed so close that a slight acceleration would catch up, yet it felt like they were separated by a chasm, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't reach him.

With venomous eyes, Dongfang Le'an suddenly flung the Power of Rules from his Great Dao of Power with his right hand towards Xia Feng.

Unable to completely dodge, Xia Feng was grazed by this Power of Rules, and a faint blood-colored mist arose around him again.

He paused momentarily, a look of realization appearing on his face.

"Didn't you ask me to stand still? I'll stand here and take your move, let's see what you can do to me."

Squinting his eyes, Xia Feng remained where he was, seemingly planning to rely on his body's strength to take on a Martial God's move.

Dongfang Le'an's face lit up with joy, but the previous emperors of the Great Xia wore looks of panic.

"What is Xia Feng doing! If he follows his earlier methods, maybe he still has a fighting chance."

"With all the elixirs on him, his endurance should surely surpass that of the Martial God, why give up his advantages!"

"Yes, why suddenly stop to confront directly?"

Xia Naiwen clenched his fists, the most worried about his son among the gathered.

This time, he could only comfort the ancestors and elders around him: "Feng'er must have his own plan, don't we all know the nature of that child?"

Remembering Xia Feng's journey, never letting his guard down against his enemies, made the previous Summer Emperors ponder.

Maybe he really has a plan.

Xia Feng narrowed his eyes, even putting away the Qingxue Sword. With the Great Dao of Purple Thunder Rule spreading from his right palm, it seemed to be gathering an exceptionally large power, flashing with continuous thunder.

Dongfang Le'an sneered, thinking Xia Feng wanted to counter him with the Great Dao of Purple Thunder Rule.

"Naive!"

If he only used the Great Dao of Earth Rule, he might have been disadvantaged.

The earth-yellow Great Dao of Earth Rule intertwined with the Great Dao of Power Rule and fiercely attacked Xia Feng's right hand.

A knowing smile appeared at Xia Feng's lips as the compressed Great Dao of Purple Thunder Rule madly flickered on Dongfang Le'an's right hand.

Though Dongfang Le'an's Great Dao still affected him significantly, causing Xia Feng to retreat violently more than ten meters and spit blood.

Dongfang Le'an, on the opposite side, was also not doing well.

The Purple Thunder Great Dao Rule on his palm had somehow transformed into the Great Dao of Li Huo Rule, starting to burn.

Then it suddenly turned into the Great Dao of Life Rule, trapping Dongfang Le'an completely, a long-unused Life Cage.

But this cage couldn't imprison Dongfang Le'an for long.

The Rules on his body spread and suddenly shattered that layer of the cage.

Dongfang Le'an, with a weary look punctuated by fatigue and lethargy, glanced at Xia Feng.

"Kid, didn't you just break through as a demigod... how..."

His eyes showed a hint of shock as such a proficient transition between various Great Dao Rules exceeded that of a Yellow Tier First Layer Martial God.

Xia Feng sneered, wiping the blood off his mouth with his sleeve, though there was a trace of regret in his eyes.

He had thought that the layer of blood mist could withstand Dongfang Le'an's attacks.

And believed that his sudden transition of Daos would injure Dongfang Le'an. But now, seeing him with just a hint of weariness, he didn't seem seriously hurt at all.

Was he still thinking too simply?

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