“Xu Zong!”

In the sky, Atkin’s voice thundered.

“Where is Catalin?”

He stopped near Xu Zong, his face dark as he looked at Xu Zong.

“Look at the blood on the tip of this spear!”

Xu Zong raised the torch gun with a light laugh. A drop of crimson blood flowed down from the silver spear tip and fell into Atkin’s eyes, dazzling him.

Xu Zong took the opportunity to open the chat group and instantly shared the intelligence reduction aura of Battle Through the Heavens Xu Zong.

“Alright, alright! You dare to do this! I kindly want to discuss important matters with you, but you treat me like this. Do you think I’m dead at the Celestial Level Third Order?”

Atkin felt a surge of anger rising from his heart, rushing up to his brain and scattering his rationality.

“Today, I will teach you a lesson and let you know that the might of the number one person on Earth cannot be challenged!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Atkin drew out his curved knife, activated the blue primal energy, and created a long tail like a falling meteor, fiercely slashing towards Xu Zong in anger!

“Haha, you really think highly of yourself!”

Xu Zong sneered, activating his primal energy. His figure traced a comet-like trajectory in mid-air, not dodging or avoiding, but instead lifting his gun to strike Atkin from below!

“Boom!”

The piercing roar exploded like a thunderbolt on a clear day, and the scattered airwaves rushed towards hundreds of meters away.

Atkin’s eyes suddenly widened, and he flew back like a missile, his face filled with disbelief.

“How is this possible? This power is even stronger than mine! You, could it be that you have already broken through to the Celestial Level Third Order?”

Although he was in a defensive position just now, the sensation in his hand when he was hit told him that his opponent was definitely not at the Celestial Level First Order. His strength surpassed his own at the Celestial Level Third Order!

“Enough nonsense. If I don’t teach you a lesson today, you will really think you are invincible!”

Xu Zong sneered again, raising his gun once more and thrusting it towards Atkin!

After passing the second level of the ruins and more than ten days had passed, Xu Zong’s power had already reached more than ten times. Coupled with his talent for the Windless Zone, his strength was more than enough to fight against a Celestial Level Fourth Order!

“I don’t believe you are really stronger than me!”

Atkin’s blood surged, and he absolutely couldn’t accept being driven away as the strongest person on Earth in less than five months. What happened just now was just a coincidence. Even ordinary people can have sudden bursts of power, let alone a Celestial Level expert like him. This brat is definitely not his match!

With bloodshot eyes, Atkin’s wrist shook, and the curved knife in his hand suddenly split into three, all slashing towards Xu Zong at the same time!

Xu Zong’s eyes narrowed, and he couldn’t even tell with his naked eyes which one was Atkin’s true attack. This brat still had some skills!

Unfortunately!

Xu Zong simply closed his eyes, and his spiritual power swept out!

In an instant, he distinguished the true curved knife. The spear tip he thrust out hit the blade with a difference of only a hair’s breadth, sparking countless sparks upon collision. Then, the spear tip slightly shifted, stabbing straight towards Atkin’s chest!

At such a close distance, the spear tip suddenly changed direction, and Atkin completely failed to react. He was stabbed head-on by the spear, and his whole body flew out like an arrow in a sorry state!

“So, you’re actually a Mind Teacher?”

Atkin covered his chest and stopped his figure. His chest was in turmoil, but he was even more shocked by Xu Zong’s spiritual power sweep, his expression becoming more astonished and angry.

“The SS-level secret technique, Phantom Blade Art, was created by you, right? If I’m not mistaken, this is a blade technique with the water element. By utilizing the principle of refracting light with water vapor, it creates illusions that are invisible to the naked eye. Unfortunately, it’s useless against spiritual power!”

A fierce smile appeared on Xu Zong’s face.

Spiritual power relies on the sweep of spiritual power to discern enemies, so it doesn’t need to use the eyes and won’t be deceived by illusions. Xu Zong’s spiritual power was not abundant, only at the level of a War God, but it was more than enough to sweep enemies!

“A shitty Mind Teacher!”

Atkin couldn’t help but curse.

This scene reminded him of when he competed with Est for the position of the Fourth Speaker. Est was a Celestial Level Second Order Mind Teacher at that time, and their strengths were similar. However, because Est’s spiritual power couldn’t be deceived, he suppressed Atkin in the fight. As a result, Atkin lost the position of the Fourth Speaker and had to settle for competing for the position of the Fifth Speaker.

Mind Teachers were the nemesis of his Phantom Blade Art!

Atkin’s face became extremely gloomy, and he began to feel that this battle was very unfavorable for him.

This kid’s power surpassed his own, his speed was faster than his, and although their martial arts levels were similar, his blade technique was completely suppressed. If this continued, forget about teaching this kid a lesson, he might even be the one getting taught a lesson!

By then, his position as the strongest person in his world would truly be unstable!

Atkin surveyed his surroundings. This place was a wilderness. Fortunately, this scene where he was suppressed by Xu Zong wouldn’t be captured by anyone, but just thinking that Xu Zong was someone who liked to monitor silently, his mood became extremely bad.

“How about we make a deal?”

Atkin took a deep breath, and like a sudden change in a Sichuan opera, a brilliant smile appeared on his face, as if his previous anger and hostility were all fake.

“I won’t touch a single hair of the Luo Family in the future, and I won’t pursue the matter of you killing Catalin. Let’s each occupy one pole of the world, how about it?”

Everyone was wearing the Black God set, and their strengths were not much different. Neither could do anything to the other. It was obviously the best choice to stop here.

“Give me ten Mu Yajing, and I won’t pursue this matter.”

Xu Zong caressed the torch gun in his hand, a fake smile appearing on his face.

“Ten? I don’t even have that many myself!”Atkin’s breath hitched, and his tone once again overflowed with hostility.

“Don’t push your luck, I’m just not interested in dealing with you, not because I’m afraid of you!”

“Get one thing straight, Atkin, this time you’re the one provoking me, not the other way around!”

Xu Zong gave a light, floating laugh, but his tone turned icy.

“And don’t tell me that the incident with my Little Uncle wasn’t orchestrated by you. Don’t think that just because I look sixteen, I’m that naive!”

Atkin’s expression faltered.

Alright, he did indeed instruct Kateran to manipulate Xu Qi, intending to control Xu Zong through him, and then he could peacefully collect Luo Feng’s inheritance. Of course, the method of controlling Zhao Yun was Kateran’s own idea. He just didn’t expect that Xu Zong would interrupt the plan’s execution.

“I only have one Mu Yajing left, I can give it to you.”

“Less than ten, don’t bother talking.”

“Xu Zong, don’t go too far!”

Seeing that he had already made concessions, yet Xu Zong still didn’t give an inch, Atkin’s face darkened, and he spoke with a fiery expression.

“Even the Luo Family might not be able to produce ten Mu Yajing, are you playing me?”

This was Atkin’s own guess.

Of course, Xu Zong knew that the Luo Family had an alarming amount of Mu Yajing, no less than dozens, since Baba Tower had plenty. However, Xu Zong had never asked Luo Hua how many Mu Yajing they had at home. Asking such a question would inevitably sour his relationship with the Luo Family.

“Oh my, how do you know I’m playing you?”

Xu Zong suddenly laughed brilliantly.

“I want you to lose face in front of the whole world, to be ridiculed by everyone. People like you are simply not worthy of standing at the pinnacle of Earth!”

With Hong as the strongest on Earth, the atmosphere of the entire planet was stable and improving. If Atkin became the strongest, the international situation would instantly become murky.

Xu Zong didn’t care who was at the pinnacle of Earth, it didn’t matter if it wasn’t him. But for a jerk like Atkin to stand at that highest position and give orders? It was disgusting!

He knew he couldn’t kill Atkin, so the purpose of everything he did today was to kick Atkin off the throne of the strongest!

“You’re nothing more than a piece of stupid, stale bread!”

Atkin cursed loudly, turning and descending towards the wilderness below.

Xu Zong scratched his ear, Western cursing skills, not so good!

Without hesitation, Xu Zong chased after Atkin.

With the gap in speed, Atkin was caught up within a few minutes and was sent flying by a fierce blow from Xu Zong.

Despite Atkin’s full defense, Xu Zong’s spear technique was extremely tricky, and the force was simply unblockable.

Atkin flew out with a face full of embarrassment, feeling stifled, but unable to vent.

His gaze kept shifting back and forth on the wilderness on both sides. Soon, he saw a river ahead, his eyes lit up, and he dove directly into the river.

Suddenly, his speed increased by more than ten percent, and he quickly swam forward along the river, splashing a large wave.

“A water attribute talent?”

Seeing this, Xu Zong raised an eyebrow.

Under normal circumstances, any human powerhouse, whether a Warrior or a Mind Teacher, would have their speed and strength greatly reduced due to the resistance of the water flow after entering a river.

This was also why Hong and Thor, despite being able to kill the two Beast Emperors, had always let them roam freely.

The two Beast Emperors were very cunning, their wisdom in no way inferior to humans. They hid in the sea because they feared Hong and Thor, knowing that they would be killed as soon as they came ashore. Even the invincible Hong and Thor would have their strength greatly reduced in the sea.

It wasn’t until five months ago that one of the two Beast Emperors, the Octopus Emperor, came ashore when the Golden Horned Beast was born, attacked a human military base, and was killed on the spot by Luo Feng.

Unexpectedly, Atkin’s talent was similar to a water escape technique, very good at underwater combat, and could easily escape through the sea.

“You swim as slow as a squid, take this!”

Xu Zong immediately chased after him.

The river on land had many bends, and Atkin’s speed was quickly hindered. Xu Zong’s eyes lit up, and he threw a fierce spear, hitting Atkin squarely!

Atkin was sent flying in a sorry state, quickly adjusted his angle, turned a corner, and continued forward.

Xu Zong picked up the thrown signal gun and followed without stopping.

“If I don’t make you lose face today, I’m not Xu Zong!”

(End of Chapter)