Starting as a Grandmaster, all of my cultivation techniques are at max level.

Almost at the same time, a mass of blood rushed from the southern region and landed on a nearby blue stone. After slowly wriggling, a figure appeared.

This person was the Blood Corpse who escaped from Xia Jin's grasp by using his clone!

The moment the blood corpse caught sight of Xia Jin, its pupils contracted, and it couldn't help but take a half step back, clearly showing its fear of Xia Jin.

"Huh!? I never expected to see you here!!"

Upon seeing the newcomer, Xia Jin suddenly smiled. Amidst the questioning gazes of the gray-robed swordsman and Venerable Miaodi, Xia Jin walked straight towards the blood corpse. With each step she took, the killing intent emanating from her intensified.

"Hey!! Do you remember what I said when we last met?" Xia Jin raised her right hand and gestured at the other person, as if to see if she could smash his head with one slap.

Xia Jin's words filled the Blood Corpse's eyes with apprehension, and he even took a half-step back warily.

A few days ago, he had personally witnessed Xia Jin unleash her full power in a fit of rage, and he still remembered that punch to this day.

Seeing that the blood corpse didn't answer his question and seemed somewhat disappointed, Xia Jin shook his head: "It seems you've forgotten what I said! Very well, I'll say it again!! Listen carefully, what I said is, next time I see you, I'll cripple you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure disappeared from the spot.

Almost simultaneously, the blood corpse felt an incredibly terrifying killing intent lock onto him. With years of experience, he didn't even have time to think; he stretched out his arms to block in front of him, and the dense blood light instantly transformed into several layers of shields in front of him!

"Interesting. Looks like you're ready to get a beating! But do you know that everything you're doing now is useless under my fists?" Xia Jin sneered as he watched the blood corpse's actions, a slight upturn at the corner of his mouth.

He only threw one punch.

But with this one punch, the Blood Corpse will soon realize that all the defenses it had just put up were as fragile as paper in front of Xia Jin.

A blurry fist pierced through all the bloody light and appeared in front of the blood corpse's chest.

On Xia Jin's right fist, white flames and raging purple lightning merged together, slamming solidly into the blood corpse's crossed arms as it tried to block.

Click!

A sickening cracking sound rang out, and the blood corpse's arms, along with half of its chest, turned to dust the moment they made contact!

He was struck head-on by a ferocious beast, turning into a streak of blood as he flew backward at such speed that he left a piercing sonic boom in the air!

That's not all. After Xia Jin's punch sent the blood corpse flying, the force of the punch did not diminish, and the aftershocks grazed another towering mountain in the distance.

To the astonishment of the grey-robed swordsman and the Venerable Miaodi, the mountain peak melted away!

Dead silence.

At the mountaintop, only the occasional howling of the wind could be heard.

The longsword wrapped in rags in the gray-clad swordsman's arms seemed to sense its master's mood at this moment, emitting a buzzing sound through its scabbard.

The Venerable Miaodi's movement of turning the prayer beads also stopped for a moment.

The two involuntarily exchanged a glance, both seeing shock and solemnity in each other's eyes.

The power displayed in Xia Jin's sudden punch was definitely enough to threaten the two of them!

This person's strength, with just that one punch, was definitely no weaker than the two of us.

Without a word, Xia Jin had already been deeply etched in their minds.

Xia Jin, who had sent the blood corpse flying with a single punch, slowly withdrew her fist.

He turned around, a smile returning to his face, and nodded to the gray-clad swordsman and Venerable Miaodi.

"Gentlemen, please don't mind! I just didn't like this man and was simply teaching him a lesson."

However, the smile made their eyelids twitch involuntarily.

This guy... his mood changes faster than flipping through a book. Looks like I'll have to be careful in the future, and not offend him. Otherwise, if he holds a grudge, he'll bite me sooner or later.

……

It was a place far away from Xia Jin.

The blood-soaked corpse, smashed into a pile of rubble and ruins, roared angrily.

He crushed a huge rock beside him and staggered to his feet. Half of his body was gone, and the wounds were charred black.

But just a few breaths later, the flesh at his wound began to writhe violently, and tiny granulations sprouted from the wound, growing and repairing itself rapidly. In a few breaths, he was restored to human form.

But only he himself knew that although his physical body looked perfectly fine, with no visible signs of injury, his aura was noticeably weaker than before.

Repairing such severe injuries consumed a significant portion of his original power.

"You...bastard...you just wait!!" The blood corpse stared intently at the direction of the stone gate in the distance, its face turning incredibly grim. "I'll remember this grudge!! No matter how strong you are, once I regain my full strength...I'll make you know how powerful I am!"

However, no matter how fiercely the blood corpse threatened him, he dared not approach the area where the stone gate was located.

The power of Xia Jin's punch just now completely exceeded the limits of his physical body. If he were to provoke him again, it would probably be more than just a serious injury.

Even if he could continuously regenerate from broken pieces, there were limits. If he were to take a few more punches from Xia Jin, his spiritual consciousness would likely be completely shattered, and he would fall into a deep sleep once more.

He gave one last venomous look, then his figure transformed into a streak of blood-red light and vanished.

……

On the mountaintop, the atmosphere among the three was somewhat strange because of Xia Jin's recent action.

However, this won't last long.

Because the enormous stone gate had been fully opened.

A woman with her face covered by a white veil slowly walked out from behind the door.

She revealed a pair of cool, clear eyes, her gaze calmly sweeping over the three remaining people on the mountaintop.

Immediately, a hint of disappointment and dissatisfaction seemed to flash across her face.

"I didn't expect that only the three of you would be present at this year's Eastern Xuan Continent event? It seems that each year is worse than the last."

The woman's words directly angered Xia Jin.

The gray-robed swordsman and Venerable Miaodi were fine, one spent years cultivating his mind on a remote island overseas, and the other sat in meditation inside a Buddhist pagoda for a thousand years.

The woman's condescending words had no effect on them whatsoever.

But Xia Jin is different.

Since he came to this world, when has he ever been treated with such disdain? Even if the other party might be the so-called "temple envoy," he would not look up to them.

He walked directly up to the woman whose face was covered by a white veil and looked down into her cold, indifferent eyes.

"What right do you have to judge me?"