The Crone was utterly enraged at the mere mention of Yan Han by Lu Xuan, and one could tell just how esteemed he was to the Crone.
Everyone had shivers when they saw what just happened.
Everyone saw just how unbelievably powerful that Crone actually was.
Yet, Lu Xuan was able to cut down that power item of hers with just a single swing of the blade, showing just how far superior his powers were compared with the Crone’s.
The power difference between them was so obvious that one could say that the fight was a walk in the park for Lu Xuan.
That Crone continued to cast looks of disgust and contempt at Lu Xuan. However, she never expected that she would be pushed back by the young man to such an extent.
Her eyes looked very, very crazed, as her desire to tear Lu Xuan to pieces filled her being.
It was to her utter surprise that the shallow waters that were the Earth actually managed to breed a true dragon like Lu Xuan. If she were to not do anything to deal with the problem, the man before her could possibly become a threat to her young master in the future.
Her eyes were burning with craziness at that thought. This prompted her to take out a pill from her person.
The Crone then popped the pill into her mouth right away. Burning, unchecked levels of energy continued to burst from that Crone’s body in an instant.
The spectators all saw that the Crone was already burning red hot all over, looking like a furnace that was about to explode.
Extreme power continued to burst from her body as that pill enabled her body to bring about power several times greater than her current normal state.
That pill was also a trump card that Yan Han had prepared for her beforehand.
She never actually expected that she would need the pill, yet surprisingly, there she was all the same.
The laws of the world around them made it so that she was unable to crank that boost of power to even higher levels.
But then again, it was several times beyond what she had been bringing to bear so far.
One could see just how great the gap between individuals at the Airborne Realm could be.
The Crone then slapped at the air with her frail, shriveled-looking hand, yet that slap conjured heavy gusts of Spirit Qi out of her hand.
That gust of Spirit Qi then quickly became a huge hand.
That was a trademark ability of an Airborne Realm being as well.
All the Spirit Qi within several hundred meters radius was sucked dry by the Crone in an instant.
That huge hand conjured using Spirit Qi measured over 100 meters from end to end, which was being brought down on him like a small mountain.
“She was at the end of her strength just moments ago, and now her powers have actually grown several magnitudes.”
“That clearly had something to do with that pill she just popped.”
“So this is the level of powers Airborne Realm beings are capable of reaching, eh?”
The fighters all around the two had their jaws agape as they saw what happened before them. That measure the Crone just pulled was deemed far more terrifying than being blasted by any kind of missile.
The best way to take out a cultivator was still through another cultivator.
High-tech weapons of mass destruction had an area-of-effect too massive for precise control, after all.
“Despite her powers being unable to go surpass an Airborne Realm being, I bet that she is near the upper limit of the realm all the same,” Zhang Fashan, Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, commented casually.
He was clearly able to see that there was utterly no way the Crone could actually kill Lu Xuan, as she would not have had to use such a measure that would bring about a lose-lose situation otherwise.
He was of an age comparable to that of the Crone. Both were of very advanced age. When said age was to be compared to the level of the cultivation progress, one could say that both had one foot in the coffin already.
That battle alone would cost her at least ten years of life.
Ten years to an elderly person and ten years to a young person were not the same things. Those ten years were of completely different concepts and meanings to them.
One could tell just how unhinged the Crone actually became from that fact alone.
However, Zhang Fashan was curious as to how Lu Xuan was to take on the Crone, whose powers were cranked to crazy heights by then.
Would he continue clash head-on? Or would he retreat right away, waiting for the effects of that pill she swallowed to subside before striking again?
Lu Xuan remained completely unfazed by that ginormous a hand coming down at him at the moment. He clenched his fist right away, bursting with sheer might between his fingers, as he launched a dragon claw attack right away in an instant.
Boom!
That punch of his took the form of a dragon claw as it clashed head-on with that huge hand coming down at him. The clash felt like two shells flying at maximum speeds as they clashed in midair.
“That’s some might indeed.” Everyone was astonished. The attack Lu Xuan pulled was at least several times more powerful than what the Crone just used against him. The shockwave of that single clash rocked the entire place around the two.
It was due solely to the protection provided by the barrier of the Heavenly Palace base that no one ended up being crippled right away by that massive shockwave.
“Lu Xuan actually managed to take that head-on!” Everyone became even more shocked at how Lu Xuan managed to hold his own despite the Crone bringing such an unreal level of power upon him.
Furthermore, he looked completely unfazed when he took on the attack.
It was obvious that Lu Xuan had been concealing his strength before.
There was no way he could have taken on that attack from the Crone so easily otherwise.
Lu Xuan flicked his wrist and pointed with his finger. A blast of sword aura was then seen; it was almost like it was splitting the sky into two.
Everyone was able to clearly see the air in that air being literally split by that blast of sword aura with their naked eyes.
That blast then went straight for that Crone.
That Crone, whose face was all red hot, brought several of her own attacks to meet head-on with that blast of sword aura from Lu Xuan.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Both world-class, top-notch fighters kept bringing dazzling and terrorizing levels of powers to bear upon each other. Everyone was astonished by the spectacle taking place before them, especially those from out of the country.
The battle that took place at the moment was far beyond the intensity that they expected to see between Airborne Realm beings.
The battle was so intense that everyone around the two of them was shaken to their core, just watching the battle from afar. It was as if the shockwave from that battle alone would be enough to cause them severe injuries.
Lu Xuan continued to use his finger, like a sword, having no problem deflecting and breaking every single attack that the Crone brought onto him.
The Crone continued to bring blasts after blasts of her palm attacks while looking furious and red hot.
Every single attack from her felt like a mountain crashing down on Lu Xuan.
Every single attack she brought was a solid attempt to kill Lu Xuan outright.
However, the nonchalant blasts of sword aura from Lu Xuan packed unimaginable power as well. It did not matter just how fearsome the Crone’s attacks were, as Lu Xuan was able to break through all of them without trouble.
“Cranking up your powers by force through pills and whatnot is but asking for an early death.” Lu Xuan smirked dismissively and shot a look at the Crone. “Is Yan Han worth such a sacrifice from you?”
The Crone continued glaring at Lu Xuan, bearing the terrifying feeling and pain of every single cell in her body being energized to frightening levels. She was simultaneously being torn apart by the effects of the pill.
“Anything is worth it so long as I can take you down,” the Crone said coldly. Her eyes were filled with immeasurable killing intent and craze as she spoke.
The Spirit Qi within several kilometers radius began to boil alongside her burning will.
The terrifying pressure from that spirit qi bore down directly on Lu Xuan like a solid shackle.
However, the effects were hardly felt, as it took almost a split second for him to dispel all that terrifying pressure.
It took him only a single shout to break off the shackle from that terrifying pressure on the spot. The spectators were even feeling like they were able to hear his blood running through his veins like gushing torrents.
That manipulation of all that pressure around them was taken over by Lu Xuan in a single instant.
