Chapter 192

Chapter 192: Invincible Momentum!

Ye Tianming was so shocked because the middle-aged man before him looked exactly like Ye Zong.

What was going on?

Ye Tianming stared at the middle-aged man radiating a terrifying fist intent,his mind completely blank. Why did this person look exactly like Ye Zong?

The middle-aged man was also staring at Ye Tianming at that moment,but he clearly didn’t recognize him. He looked Ye Tianming over,then smiled. “Interesting,so young.”

Ye Tianming said in a low voice,”Senior,you……”

Noticing that Ye Tianming’s expression seemed off,the middle-aged man asked with a smile,”What is it?”

Ye Tianming said seriously,”I have a younger brother who looks exactly like you.”

The middle-aged man froze,then said,”Looks exactly like me?”

Ye Tianming nodded. “Yes.”

The middle-aged man furrowed his brow,as if thinking of something. He suddenly slowly closed his eyes,and after a moment,opened them again. “Hm?”

Ye Tianming quickly asked,”Senior,what is it?”

After a brief silence,the middle-aged man smiled. “So,my original body is no longer around…….”

Ye Tianming said in a low voice,”What do you mean?”

The middle-aged man looked at Ye Tianming. “It means I’m already dead.”

Ye Tianming froze.

The middle-aged man said,”You and your brother look very alike……can you tell me about your brother?”

Ye Tianming nodded and gave a brief account of Ye Zong’s story.

After hearing Ye Tianming’s words,the middle-aged man suddenly burst out laughing.

Ye Tianming looked at him,his voice trembling. “Senior,you……”

At that moment,he had already guessed something.

The middle-aged man looked at Ye Tianming and smiled. “Actually,just now I was still wondering — my original body was reincarnated,so by all rights I should have been blessed with great fortune,yet I died so early. That’s clearly not normal. But seeing you now…….I suddenly understand.”

As he spoke,a complex look flashed through his eyes.

No matter how heaven-defying one’s fortune,it would be useless against the person standing before him.

The karmic weight on this young man was unlike anything he had ever seen. Once drawn into his karmic web,even the most heaven-defying fortune couldn’t hold up.

Ye Tianming immediately understood what the other meant. He lowered his head slightly. “I’m sorry……”

But the middle-aged man shook his head. “You don’t need to apologize. I,Wu Zong,have always acted with a clear conscience. Besides,a past life is a past life,and this life is this life. Even if you wanted to apologize,it wouldn’t be to me.”

With that,he smiled. “I’ve loved battle all my life. I’ve fought every single person who has come here,but you…….little brother,you’re a bit weak right now.”

Ye Tianming smiled. “Not weak.”

“Oh?”

Wu Zong smiled. “Show me what you’ve got?”

Ye Tianming flicked his sleeve.

Hum!

A streak of sword light slashed out,fast as a thunderclap,vanishing in the blink of an eye.

Not far away,Wu Zong raised his hand and drew a circle.

Bang!

The sword light shattered,turning to ash.

“Oh?”

Wu Zong was somewhat stunned. He looked down at his fist — it had cracked in half,and on top of that,half of his soul had begun to grow faint.

Wu Zong looked up at Ye Tianming in the distance,shocked. “You can actually injure my physical body.”

Ye Tianming smiled. “Senior,please guide me.”

As he spoke,he opened his palm,and the Tianming Sword appeared in his hand.

“Ha ha!”

Wu Zong burst out laughing. “Good,good,you really surprise me. Come on,let’s have a proper fight.”

With that,he suddenly suppressed his cultivation to match Ye Tianming’s,then charged forward. That single charge caused the space around them to twist into a spiral,and at the same time,wave after wave of terrifying fist force bore down on Ye Tianming like a volcanic eruption.

The might of a single punch — utterly terrifying!

Feeling the terrifying fist intent contained within Wu Zong’s punch,Ye Tianming’s eyes immediately lit up with excitement.

He had improved quite a bit recently and had been looking for a chance to test himself in real combat.

This was perfect timing!

Hum!

As a sword cry rang out,Ye Tianming gripped the Tianming Sword and launched a strike.

He didn’t use the Law of All Beings. With such a rare opportunity for real combat,he naturally didn’t want to waste it.

He was now at the Dao-Establishing realm,and the power of this sword strike was worlds apart from what it once was.

Even so,his sword force was instantly suppressed by Wu Zong’s fist force.

Boom!

Countless sword forces shattered. Ye Tianming was blasted back thousands of zhang by Wu Zong’s punch,and the moment he stopped,both his physical body and the Tianming Sword suddenly exploded apart.

Wu Zong!

The greatest powerhouse of the ancient true era. Though this was not his original body,his strength was still far beyond what Ye Tianming could currently contend with.

The moment Ye Tianming’s body and the Tianming Sword shattered,Wu Zong immediately stopped. A flash of disappointment crossed his eyes,but in the next moment,Ye Tianming’s shattered body restored itself on the spot — and the Tianming Sword in his hand instantly recovered as well.

The Mortal Body of All Beings!

As long as all living beings existed,his physical body would exist eternally.

And so too would his sword.

“Oh?”

A flash of shock crossed Wu Zong’s eyes. “Little brother,you actually have a mortal body……no,wait,your mortal body is a bit unusual.”

Ye Tianming grinned. “Senior,come again.”

With that,he suddenly transformed into a streak of sword light and shot into the sky.

One sword to decide life and death!

The moment this sword was unleashed,it gathered ten thousand sword forces in an instant. The overwhelming tide of sword force surged up and actually managed to hold firm against Wu Zong’s terrifying martial pressure.

Seeing this,Wu Zong burst out laughing. “Come on then!”

With that,his body shuddered,and he tore through space,crashing straight toward Ye Tianming.

And the force of this punch was even more terrifying than the last.

Boom!

The moment fist and sword met,wave after wave of terrifying sword radiance and fist force shockwaves exploded outward in all directions. Everything in their path began to shatter and crumble — utterly horrifying.

One punch!

One sword!

Both of their Daos were plain and unadorned,without any flourish,yet each had pushed their own “force” to the absolute limit.

As before,Ye Tianming began to build up force,sword after sword,accumulating it within the blade,while Wu Zong’s fist force grew stronger and stronger,firmly suppressing Ye Tianming’s sword force.

No matter how strong Ye Tianming’s sword force became,Wu Zong’s force could always suppress it — yet Ye Tianming’s sword force kept growing stronger as well.

And so the two fought for a full several hundred exchanges,and the space around them had been torn to pieces by their combined power.

Finally,Ye Tianming unleashed all the force he had been building up.

Hum!

A piercing sword cry shot into the sky,and then a supremely domineering streak of sword light slashed ferociously toward Wu Zong. The power of this strike was more than ten times that of the last.

Feeling the terrifying sword Dao power contained within Ye Tianming’s strike,Wu Zong burst out laughing. “Come on then!”

With that,his body shuddered,and he hurled a fierce punch toward Ye Tianming. Before the punch even landed,the terrifying fist force erupted like a volcanic explosion.

Boom!

The moment fist and sword met,a burst of sword light and fist radiance exploded like a volcano. Ye Tianming was sent flying backward by the shockwave of that terrifying force.

When he finally stopped,his physical body and the Tianming Sword shattered once more — but in the next moment,both restored themselves on the spot.

Ye Tianming took a deep breath. Even after his body recovered,he could still feel the terrifying power of Wu Zong’s fist force. It was a force that was nearly impossible to extinguish — each punch stronger than the last,with seemingly no upper limit. At least,that was how it felt to him right now: the other’s fist force had no ceiling.

An invincible momentum!

“Ha ha!”

Not far away,Wu Zong burst out laughing. “Satisfying,so satisfying…….”

As he spoke,he waved his hand,and all the fist force in the area instantly dissipated,as if it had never existed.

Ye Tianming also laughed. “Truly satisfying.”

He had to admit,this battle had been thoroughly exhilarating. The person before him was the greatest powerhouse of the true era of old.

Even though the other wasn’t his original body,even though the other had suppressed his own cultivation,Ye Tianming had still fought to his heart’s content. At the same time,it made him acutely aware of the gap between himself and his opponent.

He,Ye Tianming,still could not achieve true invincibility within the same realm.

Especially when placed against the full sweep of history —

There were far too many prodigies and monsters.

There would always be someone stronger,always a higher sky beyond the sky.

Wu Zong looked Ye Tianming over and smiled. “Your sword technique is interesting,especially that last sword just now. You were actually able to accumulate force and then release it all at once at the end — and most importantly,every sword before that still kept getting stronger.”

Ye Tianming shook his head with a smile. “Compared to you,Senior,I’m far behind.”

Wu Zong laughed heartily. “Don’t be modest. In the same realm,if you had used that law from earlier,I wouldn’t have had much chance of winning.”

Ye Tianming said earnestly,”Senior,may I learn your Dao?”

Wu Zong smiled. “You already have your own Dao,and it’s not weaker than mine. Why do you want to learn my Dao?”

Ye Tianming said,”To take the best from all schools.”

Wu Zong stared at Ye Tianming for a moment,then smiled. “I couldn’t ask for more.”

His original body was gone. If he didn’t pass on his legacy now,his Dao would completely vanish from this world.

He knew this was Ye Tianming’s purpose. Of course,he didn’t know that this was only one of Ye Tianming’s purposes.

In the time that followed,Wu Zong continued to fight alongside Ye Tianming — though calling it a fight was really just Wu Zong teaching Ye Tianming how to stack his own force. This was different from the Heaven-Cleaving Sword Draw,which focused on a single explosive burst. Wu Zong’s method was about continuous accumulation.

This kind of sustained stacking,once it reached a certain level,would bring the one throwing the punch into an entirely new state.

An invincible momentum,flowing like a great river — endless,inexhaustible,never running dry.

In this state,one’s strength would surge wildly with every passing moment,with virtually no upper limit,until the very moment of death in battle.