Chapter 1218: Suppression of Strength

Snap!
The Tiger Soul Divine Weapon plunged into the ground, sinking deep into the sand, with only a blade handle less than half a meter long visible above the surface.
Kai Xin held the Heavenly Crystal, from which a pure and powerful aura was continuously emitted, suppressing the violent energy of the Tiger Soul Divine Weapon.
“Heh…”
The leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance stood calmly in the distance, observing Kai Xin holding back the weapon with just a sword. He immediately understood and laughed out loud:
“Young master Kai Xin, do you intend to suppress the Tiger Soul while fighting me at the same time?” The tone was filled with obvious mockery and sarcasm.
As soon as he finished speaking, the leader’s expression changed, and he suddenly stepped sideways without warning.
Hiss!
With a soft sound, a milky-white finger wind swiftly shredded the cloak behind him into pieces.
The broken pieces drifted down like snowflakes onto the sand.
Seeing this, the leader’s gaze grew grave…
“Not bad finger techniques,” he said, his tone and expression shifting.
That finger strike was far more skillful than before—so fast that he could only barely dodge it, at the cost of his damaged cloak.
With the strike failing, Kai Xin calmly lowered his left hand, letting it hang naturally by his side, not even glancing at the leader:
“Your movement skills are also quite good.” His tone was laced with clear sarcasm, showing no respect.
The leader’s gaze darkened:
“Arrogant!”
No matter how magnanimous the leader was, being mocked repeatedly by a young martial artist made him furious. His fingers clenched, producing a harsh, grating sound from the metal finger guards.
As that harsh metallic sound rang out, the tension between them reached an unprecedented level. Kai Xin finally fixed his gaze on the leader and declared firmly, “There’s no need for all this nonsense between us!”
“Well said!”
As soon as he said that, the leader vanished instantly…
A slight dust rise left behind only a fleeting shadow that disappeared quickly.
Kai Xin tensed slightly.
Clearly, that finger wind had alerted the leader. He wasn’t willing to waste time and decided to get straight to the point, seizing the initiative—masters of the Way of Heaven always had an absolute advantage by blending in with the world!
But Kai Xin wasn’t going to let himself be slaughtered either…
He applied slight force to his feet…
Boom!!
The sand trembled slightly.
His hidden energy instantly swept across dozens of meters around him.
There was no spectacular sandstorm or tornado this time…
Kai Xin simply used his hidden energy to gently stir the surface sand.

Within dozens of meters, the area was instantly filled with layers of fine sand, resembling dust.
The next moment, every slightest movement within that range was clearly reflected in his spiritual senses…
“Found!”
In a flash, almost as soon as the space was filled with dust, Kai Xin had already used his spiritual senses to locate the rapidly approaching figure and the movement trajectory of the Heaven and Earth Alliance leader.
Whoosh!!
His long sword swept out diagonally…
A barely audible soft sound came from the air.
At the same time, a green claw with a fierce metallic texture emerged from thin air;
Crack!!
The sharp energy of the Heavenly Crystal Sword was caught mid-air by the Heaven and Earth Alliance leader, who crushed it instantly. Shards of the sword energy scattered in all directions, revealing the overwhelming power of this expert of the Heavenly Dao!
Yet the Heaven and Earth Alliance leader also suffered greatly.
Kai Xin’s swordsmanship had now reached the tenth level, with its lethality increasing dramatically. A sword infused with the essence of the Heavenly Crystal Sword and the attribute of breaking through barriers could not be fully absorbed by even an expert of the Heavenly Dao in an instant.
Bang!!
Although the sword energy was blocked, the Heaven and Earth Alliance leader’s body trembled. As he appeared out of thin air, he let out a groan and was shaken by a powerful inertial force, staggering several steps before finally stopping on the sand.
Both of them had used just one move…
One stood motionless beside the Tiger Soul Divine Weapon, calm and composed;
the other was forced to retreat several steps.
Who was superior was obvious at a glance!
Watching the increasingly serious expression of the Heaven and Earth Alliance leader, Kai Xin realized that he was only taking advantage of the attribute of breaking through barriers inherent in the Heavenly Crystal Sword’s essence. Although the Heaven and Earth Alliance leader was strong, his weapon was inferior, which was why he was under pressure.
If the Heaven and Earth Alliance leader focused on the Tiger Soul Divine Weapon and tried to seize it by force, it would be hard to say whether Kai Xin could still hold him back.
With this thought, Kai Xin suddenly noticed that the Heaven and Earth Alliance leader’s gaze had shifted from him to the Tiger Soul Divine Weapon beside him…
Though it was just a brief glance, Kai Xin caught it acutely and frowned inwardly:
As expected!
Boom!!
The Heaven and Earth Alliance leader attacked again.
He clenched his hand in mid-air…
A sense of pressure quickly filled the air, as if an invisible giant hand had suddenly sucked away all the air around.
Kai Xin immediately realized that the sand particles floating in the air were being pressed down by an invisible force, falling toward the ground!
Whoosh!
The Heaven and Earth Alliance leader disappeared from Kai Xin’s sight once more;
because the distance was too close…

This time, Kai Xin clearly didn’t have time to use the same method to track the movements of the Heaven and Earth Alliance’s leader.
His brows tightened!
Roar!!!
A violent gust of wind burst forth from Kai Xin’s body without any warning, accompanied by the roar of an enraged dragon that seemed to defy the heavens…
Ripples in space formed in a radius of dozens of meters as a result of that roar.
The intense sound waves also shook the Heaven and Earth Alliance’s leader out of his state of unity with nature.
He hesitated for a moment; before he could react, Kai Xin swiftly swung his sword in front of him!
The leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance was once again put at a disadvantage, with the sword energy looming over him!
His magical armor was damaged, and he was in grave danger. If that sword strike landed on him, even with protective barriers, he would surely suffer severe injuries—due to the destructive power inherent in the Sword of Heavenly Crystal.
It was utterly incredible!
The sword energy tore past the leader’s body…
But at the moment the sword cut through his body, he vanished like smoke from Kai Xin’s sight and from his perception.
It was the “Supreme Skill of Ruling Heaven and Earth”’s ability to achieve unity with nature!
Although Kai Xin quickly understood what had happened, he still couldn’t help but show a hint of shock on his face for a brief moment as the sword energy passed through the leader.
Whoosh!
The leader reappeared in his original position.
Without pause, he swept his arm, unleashing a massive force that sent waves of sand rushing toward Kai Xin…
They were so close that there was no way to avoid it; he couldn’t change his tactics either due to the old-fashioned moves he used.
He couldn’t even use the Dragon’s Tail technique to protect the Tiger Soul Divine Weapon!
In a flash…
Gritting his teeth, his white robes trembling slightly, he channeled hidden energy deep into the sand beneath his feet!
Boom!!!
A fierce battle erupted in all directions!
…
The leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance was also unlucky…
He used his ultimate tactic to avoid Kai Xin’s sword strike and aimed straight for the Tiger Soul Divine Weapon and Kai Xin. Though he acted at the perfect moment, he was still disrupted by the violent force that appeared in the air afterward.
This top-tier expert of the Heavenly Dao was suddenly stunned, his vital energy leaking out, causing him to stagger backward again.
He slammed his palm hard against Kai Xin!
Thud… thud…
The leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance retreated several steps.
Although the power of that hidden energy wasn’t strong, its effect was very noticeable; Kai Xin promptly activated his vital energy field to withstand the leader’s strike, also retreating one step and ending up beside the Tiger Soul Divine Weapon.

On the surface, it seemed that the leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance was at a disadvantage in terms of movement speed. But Happy knew that in his haste, he had not truly demonstrated the full power of his fierce combat skills; he had merely used the “shaking” effect of his techniques to defuse the danger, leaving the leader unharmed.
However…
Although the leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance also realized that the previous attack had caused no real damage, the opportunity he had created by using his ultimate move was easily ruined by Happy, so his expression naturally turned grim.
Being repelled twice in a row by a younger opponent with lower cultivation, returning empty-handed, further tarnished his reputation and left him in an awkward position…
This time, Happy did not let the leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance take control of the pace and initiative again.
“Die!!”
Enduring the leader’s swipe, Happy did not retreat but advanced instead, stepping forward swiftly to chase after the leader who had just landed:
Whoosh!!
Wind filled the sky!!
…
As the sword was swung…
A deep black streak appeared in the direction the celestial sword passed through!
…
At the moment Happy swung his sword, the leader’s expression changed drastically!
As a master of the Heavenly Dao, and one of the finest among them, he had a clear understanding of the forces of heaven and earth and could adapt to them to strengthen himself. It was precisely because of this understanding that he feared those forces even more.
With Happy’s sword strike, space itself split open, and a violent sucking force rose from the direction the sword energy swept through. The destructive aura forced him to decide to use his ultimate move to evade once again.
Swish!
His body disappeared into the void once more.
The long sword sliced through the air.
The leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance staggered out of his hiding place at even greater speed. His gaze was no longer sharp, his steps unsteady, and his chest rose and fell violently—clearly, using his ultimate move twice in a row to dodge Happy’s attacks had taken a heavy toll on him, leaving him unable to recover quickly.
“Too bad…”
Although Happy had known from the start that it would not be easy to kill the leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance, he couldn’t help but sigh in regret as he saw him evade his fatal strike once again.
But…
The leader’s misfortune wasn’t over yet.
With another sword swing, Happy arrived before him in the blink of an eye!
Heh…
Facing the leader’s shocked and furious gaze, Happy extended his left hand like a claw in a lightning-fast move.
Smack!!

The leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance used his ultimate move twice in a row, leaving him too exhausted to recover quickly. He could only watch as Happy used the Dragon Seizing Hand to grab his arm. A surge of power erupted from his dantian, pushing Happy’s arm away.

Ding!

System message: “The strength difference is too great; the Dragon Seizing Hand attempt failed…”

Happy had anticipated this outcome as well. With such a huge gap in skill levels, it was impossible to capture the leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance…

Yet, the brief stiffness effect still occurred. For Happy, that brief moment of stiffness was enough to determine his opponent’s fate—no exception even for the leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance.

Puh!!

A flash of sword light—this time, the leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance couldn’t dodge. A deep, bloody wound appeared on his chest, and his body was flung backward…

But!

As soon as he was thrown back, Happy pursued like a persistent pest. A green python-like shadow descended from the sky…

Dragon Coil!