The man in the yellow robe chose to trust his instincts, seizing the recoil force generated by the collision between them to quickly retreat.

And it was at this moment, Su Changkong’s eyes shimmered with a sharpness like blades, the Blade Intent in his Sea of Consciousness vibrated, and with his left hand forming his fingers into a blade, he unleashed a Palm Blade Splitting Cut!

This Palm Blade Strike seemed unremarkable, yet it carried an impregnable force, along with an intent to annihilate everything! It could destroy the enemy’s physical body and spirit!

“Pfft!”

The massive toad phantom was effortlessly split by the Palm Blade, slicing a half-palm-wide scar in the air that lingered for a long time, accompanied by spurting blood.

The man in the yellow robe stumbled back explosively, a huge gash opening from his chest to his abdomen, blood spurting out!

If he hadn’t sensed the danger and retreated fast enough, that Palm Blade could have split him in half on the spot.

Even so, the man in the yellow robe had his chest and stomach torn open, he clutched the wound on his abdomen to prevent his organs from spilling out, his face a picture of shock, screaming as if he had seen a ghost, “Blade Intent… you… you’re a Five-Qi Grandmaster?”

“A Five-Qi Grandmaster?”

The man with a pale face and the man with tattoos both twitched, their hearts seemingly stopped!

Opening twelve Heavenly Pulses and achieving Three Flowers Gathering at the Top is the pinnacle for ordinary people or martial artists with limited aptitude.

With a good enough birthright and countless Spirit Pills consumed, even those with lesser talent would eventually open twelve Heavenly Pulses – it was only a matter of time.

But to take a further step and attain Five Qi towards the Yuan isn’t something that can be achieved with resources or Spirit Pills; it requires the grasping of Martial Arts at the Intent Realm.

This is about talent and insight – understanding Martial Arts at the Intent Realm and accessing the Sea of Consciousness, in order to draw the Five Qi into the Sea of Consciousness, thus achieving the state of Five Qi towards the Yuan!

Every Innate Martial Artist who reached Five Qi towards the Yuan has grasped Martial Arts at the Intent Realm, for this is a necessary condition to become a Five-Qi Grandmaster who can dominate unbeaten below the Innate Realm.

In absence of a Martial Saint, a Five-Qi Grandmaster is the most supreme combat force, unfettered and dominating a region!

And Su Changkong’s seemingly casual Palm Blade Strike had easily neutralized the man in the yellow robe’s lethal move, severely injuring him, weakening his spirit and resolve – this was the Blade Intent!

Naturally, the man in the yellow robe thought Su Changkong was a Five-Qi Grandmaster!

Of course, a Five-Qi Grandmaster must master Martial Arts at the Intent Realm, but not everyone who masters Martial Arts at the Intent Realm is a Five-Qi Grandmaster.

Under normal circumstances, most Innate Martial Artists only grasp Martial Arts at the Intent Realm after reaching Three Flowers Gathering at the Top and spending many years in secluded cultivation, thus stepping into the realm of Five Qi towards the Yuan.

Su Changkong was unlike these, with his Martial Arts realm progressing much faster than his Cultivation Realm; he had only Ascended to Innate not long ago when, through practicing Blade with a divine intent and astounding potential and insight, he managed to grasp the Blade Intent – such cases are extremely rare!

The man in the yellow robe’s misunderstanding was only too natural.

The man in the yellow robe, his face filled with terror, disregarded his injuries and pleaded fearfully, “Senior, spare my life, I, Huang Yongxian, was blind and offended you! Please, senior, have mercy!”

“This…”

Su Changkong was also momentarily stunned; the change in attitude had happened too swiftly.

But he thought it reasonable; in the eyes of the man in the yellow robe, Su Changkong was a Five-Qi Grandmaster, who were known to be unrivaled beneath the Innate Realm. Such masters were capable of founding their own sects.

Theoretically, if a Five-Qi Grandmaster obtained a Divine Seed, there was hope of achieving Martial Saint status!

Every Five-Qi Grandmaster possessed the potential to become a Martial Saint!

Like in the Five Immortals Sect, their strongest member was merely the Sect Hierarch, a warrior at Three Flowers Gathering at the Top. The Five Immortals Sect didn’t have a Five-Qi Grandmaster – someone even more powerful than their leader! How could he not feel fear and beg for mercy?

Su Changkong stood with his hands behind his back, sensing the fearful, wary glances from the three men, he spoke calmly, “I was merely purchasing the bodies of Innate Martial Artists in Poison Dragon Stronghold, yet you wanted to test me; who is the tyrant here?”

At these words, the man in the yellow robe, the pale-faced man, and the tattooed man all broke into cold sweats, lamenting internally; who could have known that this man buying the bodies of Innate Martial Artists in Poison Dragon Stronghold was a Five-Qi Grandmaster?

If they had known his background beforehand, even with ten times the courage, they wouldn’t dare to trouble him.

The man in the yellow robe hurriedly gritted his teeth and said, “It was… it was the junior who was disrespectful, my apologies! We are willing to offer compensation!”

Su Changkong also pondered that this was the rationale brought about by power.

Su Changkong was purchasing the bodies of Innate Martial Artists in Poison Dragon Stronghold, whether or not it infringed upon Poison Dragon Stronghold’s interests. The man in the yellow robe had suffered greatly at his hands, that much was certain, yet now he was bowing his head, deferent before and polite after, offering compensation of his own accord.

Su Changkong’s attention was slightly distracted; he saw the other two Innate Martial Artists, both tense, ready to flee in different directions if Su Changkong showed no signs of relenting.

If the three Innate Martial Artists fled in different directions, Su Changkong would struggle to capture them all, and if even one escaped, they would become a future problem, effectively making enemies with the Five Immortals Sect, which would certainly use every means to track and probe his true identity in response.

Su Changkong, who only wanted to quickly improve his Cultivation, had no desire for complications.

Therefore, Su Changkong inquired in a tone that revealed no emotion, “Compensation, how will you compensate?”

The man in the yellow robe’s heart stirred, and he quickly said, “Senior needs the bodies of Innate Martial Artists? I can offer three bodies of Innate Martial Artists as atonement!”

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