Open up and break into another world

Xu Ming and Qian Yishang both walked into the Martial Arts Formation.

Within a normal environment, consciousness bodies are unable to display much combat power; only in special environments like the Martial Arts Formation and the Nine-Layered Realm World can they exhibit their true strength.

Inside the Martial Arts Formation was a wide bluestone arena.

The bluestone material was special; divine power flowed within it, forming formation runes that could withstand the battles of gods! Battles at the demigod level couldn't even damage the bluestone by a single bit.

Xu Ming and Qian Yishang stood at opposite ends of the arena.

“Xu Ming!” Qian Yishang transmitted his voice, “You should quickly admit defeat!”

Qian Yishang desperately wanted Xu Ming to admit defeat immediately, so he could instantly become the General's direct disciple and heir, saving him from any unforeseen complications.

Xu Ming smiled strangely and transmitted his voice: “No rush! I've never sparred with a genius from the God Domain before! Now that we're on the arena, it's a good opportunity to spar a little; it'll also let me, a native of a Microcosm World, see the methods of you God Domain geniuses!”

Spar?

Qian Yishang smiled wryly: “Xu Ming, sparring can be done anytime! Look… how about we take care of the 'main business' first?”

“What's the rush? What are you afraid of?” Xu Ming said. “It's just a spar with you! Don't worry, I'll be reasonable and won't let you be defeated! Come on!”

“Then…” Seeing that Xu Ming insisted on sparring with him, Qian Yishang had no choice but to say, “Then you have to go easy on me! And, after the spar, you must immediately admit defeat!”

“Don't worry!” Xu Ming smiled.

But in Qian Yishang's eyes, Xu Ming's smile… was very sinister!

“Come on!” Xu Ming placed one hand behind his back and beckoned to Qian Yishang with the other, indicating that he would only use one hand to spar with him.

“Fight me with one hand? Too arrogant, too conceited…” But Qian Yishang had to admit that even if Xu Ming only used one hand, he probably wouldn't be a match.

Moreover, Qian Yishang sensed that he would lose some face in this spar.

“Losing face is just losing face, as long as Xu Ming keeps his promise and gives me the 'first' position!” Qian Yishang thought to himself, “Anyway, everyone here knows that my strength is inferior to Xu Ming! Being ravaged during the spar isn't really that shameful!”

Qian Yishang was very open-minded—he didn't care about the process, only the result!

It didn't matter if he lost face during the process, as long as the result was that he won!

To inherit the General's position, Qian Yishang was willing to endure humiliation.

“Then… Xu Ming, take this!” Qian Yishang conjured a sword in his hand, and the power of the Nine Great Heavenly Daos gathered on the blade. Among them, seven Heavenly Daos were relatively strong, already reaching the limit of a demigod; the other two Heavenly Daos were relatively weak, estimated to be only at the level of an ordinary demigod.

Rumble…

The power of a single sword caused wind and clouds to surge within the entire Martial Arts Formation; even Xu Ming felt a considerable pressure from this sword.

“Hmm?” Xu Ming glanced at him in surprise, “It seems that Qian Yishang's strength has also improved during this period! The power of this sword is almost reaching the extreme of the 'Eighteenth Order', approaching the 'Nineteenth Order'!”

However, Xu Ming still steadily suppressed him by two or three orders!

You must know that the higher you go, the greater the difference between “one order”! And Xu Ming was two or three orders stronger than Qian Yishang; therefore, no matter how Qian Yishang bared his fangs and brandished his claws, in Xu Ming's eyes, he was just a small cat or dog!

Boom!!

The sword pierced through layers of space,轰向 Xu Ming.

“If Xu Ming is too arrogant and is accidentally killed by this sword, that would be great!” Qian Yishang thought naively.

Watching the sword roar towards him, Xu Ming opened his five fingers.

As Qian Yishang approached…

Pa!!

Xu Ming raised his hand and slapped him.

The pitiful Qian Yishang was directly sent flying by the slap. As for the power of that sword, it vanished under Xu Ming's slap.

“I…” Qian Yishang was completely stunned—his full-force attack was not as good as Xu Ming's casual slap?

Was the difference really that big?

Just as Qian Yishang was stunned, Xu Ming's slap arrived again!

“Qian Yishang actually dared to go on the arena with Xu Ming, he deserves to be slapped!”

“Fortunately… fortunately, I admitted defeat directly! Otherwise, I would probably be slapped too!” Xi Yeqing thought thankfully.

Inside the Martial Arts Formation, Brother Ming's slaps continued.

Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa!…

Xu Ming always kept one hand behind his back, without moving it; with just one hand, he slapped Qian Yishang without any power to resist.

Qian Yishang was slapped into a daze—is this what you call “sparring a little”? Is this what you call “seeing the methods of God Domain geniuses”?

Can this be called sparring?

This is completely one-sided ravaging, okay?

Qian Yishang simply wanted to cry—however, Xu Ming's slaps came one after another, as dense as raindrops, and didn't stop at all; he didn't even give Qian Yishang a chance to cry!

“Xu Ming!” Outside the Martial Arts Formation, Elder Mo Fang couldn't bear it any longer, and he transmitted his voice and shouted, “Is this what you call keeping your promise?”

Xu Ming smiled mischievously, but the slaps on his hand didn't stop; he transmitted his voice back: “I'm just slapping him a few times to vent my anger, and I haven't defeated him—where am I not keeping my promise?”

“You…” Elder Mo Fang was speechless.

Indeed, the agreement only said that Xu Ming had to admit defeat to Qian Yishang; however, it didn't say that Xu Ming couldn't ravage Qian Yishang before admitting defeat.

“Now, you've slapped him enough, you should admit defeat now, right?” Elder Mo Fang said again.

“What's the rush! I haven't slapped him enough yet!” Xu Ming looked as if it was only natural.

“This…” Elder Mo Fang immediately understood—Xu Ming wouldn't give up until he had slapped him to his heart's content today!

“If Xu Ming is allowed to slap him to his heart's content, I wonder if he will cause a psychological shadow on Xiao Shang…” Elder Mo Fang couldn't help thinking, “Forget it, forget it, whose growth process doesn't have some setbacks? Xiao Shang has had too smooth of a life under my protection; it's a good thing for him to suffer a little…”

“Moreover… compared to the gains, what is a beating worth?” A cunning look flashed in the depths of Elder Mo Fang's eyes, and he laughed secretly in his heart, “Stupid Xu Ming! Wants me to send the divine stones to the Microcosm World where he is? How is that possible! Hehe, in half a month, he will discover—he has lost both the identity of the General's direct disciple and heir, and he can't even get a single divine stone!”

Yes, Mo Fang had been lying to Xu Ming from beginning to end!

He had never asked the Space-Time Palace to transport the divine stones to the Microcosm World where Xu Ming was located!