Chapter 1063: I Still Prefer How You Were Acting All High and Mighty at the Border a Few Days Ago

.......Feng Kuangsheng's Dharma form protected him, and as the azure phoenix spread its wings, it belched radiant light!

It summoned an endless abyss—dark and profound—where extraordinary phenomena shifted, stars fell, and the great sun sank into oblivion.

Fierce winds howled out from the abyss, churning the stars, moon, and sun into a vortex.

With all his might, he struggled to shake off Gongyang Qingrou's attack.

As the One-Word Prince of Baoji Kingdom, Feng Kuangsheng was no pushover.

Earlier, the fact that Gongyang Qingrou had shattered his arm with a single palm strike wasn't entirely due to a lack of strength—it was mostly because he had underestimated her!!

On this land, he was still a name worth remembering.

Whether it was the Great Han or experts from other kingdoms, if anyone had any real standing, Feng Kuangsheng would more or less know them.

But Gongyang Qingrou was a stranger—not only had he never seen her before, he'd never even heard of her! And on top of that, she had such overwhelming power that she crushed him outright!!!!

As the oppressive force of the attack pressed closer and closer, Feng Kuangsheng struggled to defend himself, his body involuntarily sliding backward, each inch of void beneath his feet shattering with a crack.

He forced out words with difficulty.

"May I ask your esteemed name!! The Great Han has never had a female cultivator as powerful as you!!"

Boom!!!!!!!

A wave of heat surged in, burning the heavens and boiling the seas.

White flames—the embodiment of extreme heat—erupted not far behind Feng Kuangsheng. In an instant, they flooded the entire sky and earth.

The terror within them made Feng Kuangsheng, who was still speaking, whip his head around to look.

He saw Lu Ding standing at the center of the flame world, taking a deep breath.

The white flames that filled the world were all sucked back into his body.

The heavens and earth cleared.

The darkness dispersed.

Only a withered, pale gray remained.

Lu Ding let out a breath of turbid air.

"Whoosh........"

Rolling waves of heat, accompanied by embers, spewed from Lu Ding's mouth.

He stepped forward slowly, each step he took across the void sizzling with sound.

Behind him, black scorch marks were left in his wake—the void melted to a liquid by the heat.

Lu Ding took off his scholar-warrior sleeves, revealing a muscular build with deep, well-defined contours. On his chest, a white flame tattoo blazed vividly, almost alive.

Lu Ding spoke, "I was originally planning to ambush you."

"But when I thought about it, your smug act at the border earlier really pissed me off!"

"I was afraid you wouldn't be convinced, so I decided to face you head-on instead."

As he spoke, he was already right in front of Feng Kuangsheng.

At this moment, Feng Kuangsheng was pinned down by Gongyang Qingrou's pressure. If Lu Ding made a move, he'd definitely get results.

But the more Lu Ding thought about how smug Feng Kuangsheng had been at the border earlier, the more irritated he got!!!!

Hearing Lu Ding's words, Feng Kuangsheng could hardly believe his ears.

He was at Deification Ninth Level!

Even if Lu Ding was a genius, a monster—and the white flames' heat was indeed impressive—it was still just impressive!!!!

Even though Feng Kuangsheng's condition had been heavily degraded by Gongyang Qingrou, he was still a genuine Deification Ninth Level!!!!

That was absolutely not something someone like Lu Ding, who was now showing himself at Spirit Refinement Fourth Level, could challenge.

Such an invitation was an insult to Feng Kuangsheng!!!!

"What did you say!!!!?"

Feng Kuangsheng gritted his teeth.

Lu Ding replied, "I believe you heard me."

"Senior Gongyang, stop. You handle the backup."

He turned back to Feng Kuangsheng. "There's no way you're getting away today. Your end will only be death, but I'll give you one more chance to boil over. Come on, put on the same attitude you had at the border. Let me see that pride of yours as the One-Word Prince of Baoji Kingdom again."

The moment Lu Ding finished speaking, Gongyang Qingrou indeed released her pressure.

Feng Kuangsheng felt an instant relief.

He turned to face Lu Ding, their eyes locking. The distance between them was barely a meter.

"Your talent is enviable, but your arrogance makes me sick. Someone who doesn't understand the gap isn't brave—they're just stupid!!!!!"

Prince Feng swung his remaining arm in a punch, unleashing a fierce gale.

It blasted toward Lu Ding.

As the fist's knuckles closed in on Lu Ding's face, white flames and air currents began to take shape before the punch even pierced the air.

The resistance on the fist grew stronger and stronger.

The terrifying heat scorched Feng Kuangsheng's fist.

It stopped just short of Lu Ding's face—less than a centimeter away. In front of the fist, white flames representing extreme heat blasted furiously to form a defense, preventing Feng Kuangsheng's punch from advancing even a millimeter.

The target was right in front of him, but he just couldn't break through that final layer of defense.

Feng Kuangsheng's heart was filled with shock—how could this be!!!!?

Lu Ding stood his ground, unmoving. "An attack like this... I might have a bit of an advantage over you. If you were at your peak, you probably could've broken through my [White Flame World]'s protective white flame defense."

"But in your current weakened state, you can only be toyed with by me."

As Lu Ding spoke, his expression finally shifted into a smile. "One-Word Prince of Baoji Kingdom... I gave you a chance, but you just couldn't deliver."

A kick!!

A straight stomp!!!!

Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With Lu Ding's leg shooting out like a battering ram, white flames spewed from his apertures and burned along his leg, sending Feng Kuangsheng flying. The terrifying heat carried by the kick burned the heavens and boiled the seas, tearing everything apart.

A series of mountain ranges were instantly burned through.

Lu Ding used [Celestial Shift] to flash away from his spot and reappear in front of Feng Kuangsheng, who was stumbling through the mountain gap.

Now, there was a pitch-black hole burned into Feng Kuangsheng's chest.

He roared in unwillingness and disbelief, "Impossible!!! You're only at Spirit Refinement Fourth Level!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Lu Ding spread his arms wide, revealing the white flame pattern on his chest.

"I remember you at the border a few days ago—you weren't like this. Back then, you had the perfect posture, demeanor, presence, and bearing. Why are you so hysterical today?"

"Do you know how I've been these past few days? I've never backed down in front of anyone before. You're the first. I had such high expectations for you."

"But your performance now is really letting me down!!!!!!!"

As Feng Kuangsheng listened, he felt his mental state crumble—what a "few days ago"! He formed hand seals with one hand, and Lu Ding let him finish his prep.

Feng Kuangsheng roared, "I don't believe it! In just a few days, you could undergo such earth-shattering changes in combat power!!!!!"

Behind him, the abyss appeared again, accompanied by a roaring wind and the cry of birds. An azure phoenix spread its wings, charging out of the abyss, lunging at Lu Ding to tear him apart.

The splintering gale winds were like blades. The surrounding mountains, water, trees—nothing remained intact, instantly shattered to pieces.

Lu Ding let him strike first, then followed up with his own move.

He raised his hand, turning it into a blade, white flames coating his arm. He slashed down with his hand, and the [Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire] and [True Samadhi Fire] fused into white flames, infused with the [Way of the Jinche]!!!!

It shattered space inch by inch.

The rising azure phoenix was cut clean in two, and the resulting attack tore through the earth, stretching endlessly for a million meters. The [Way of the Jinche], which cut through everything, split the earth like a comb, carving out a canyon. The extreme heat of the [Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire] and [True Samadhi Fire] vaporized everything—mountains, rocks, trees, earth, even space!!!!!!

Lu Ding's hand had yet to fall.

Looking along the direction of his arm, a massive canyon a million meters long and tens of thousands of meters wide was embedded into this land.

Such was the terror of the [White Flame World].

Lu Ding looked at Feng Kuangsheng, whose body had been cut and vaporized in half.

From his eyes, Lu Ding saw barely suppressed terror and shock.

"I still prefer how you were acting all high and mighty at the border a few days ago. Come on, bring it back."

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I hit a writer's block, dear readers. Sorry about that.