The energy in the secret room was powerful and terrifying, with ever-changing changes. Sometimes it was like waves, surging and turbulent, and sometimes it was like a mountain, heavy and solidified. What shocked the three people guarding outside the secret room even more was that the powerful energy kept climbing to a new peak every once in a while, and after circling at that peak, it climbed up again, as if there was no end.
"So this is the realm of advancing to the Martial Emperor? Breaking through thousands of barriers is so terrifying. No wonder we have not been able to make it this far in all these years..." Feeling the powerful changes in the energy in the secret room, Ji Xiaoyao couldn't help but sigh slightly and said to Li Hongtu, "If advancing to the Martial Emperor is like this, we two may have no hope in this life..."
"We will have one more disciple of Emperor Wu in the future. Why are you unhappy..." Li Hongtu rolled his eyes and said in a mocking tone, but when he looked at the secret room, he couldn't help but reveal a trace of shock that was hard to conceal.
“When I advanced to the Martial Emperor, my Qi changed, but it only happened seven times. However, Li Qiang’s Qi has changed more than thirty-five times now, and it has been like this for three consecutive days. Li Qiang’s advancement this time is definitely not ordinary…” Cui Lichen shook his head.
"Oh, then why is this so?" Ji Xiaoyao seemed to see a glimmer of hope again.
"I don't know..." Cui Lichen frowned and shook his head. After a pause, he continued, "I heard from Li Qiang that he had received many Heavenly Dao initiations. Perhaps, the vision of his advancement to the Martial Emperor this time is related to his previous experiences..."
Cui Lichen had just finished speaking when the energy in the secret room changed again and rose again, but this time, the energy was like a scorching sun that passed over thousands of mountains, passed through the bottom of the sea, suddenly broke away from the horizon, leaped into the air and burst out with brilliant light.
Not only did the three people outside the secret room feel some sense of the energy, but even in the entire secret realm of the Yu Luo Palace outside the secret room, some strange phenomena began to appear at this time.
"Ah, what is this..." Li Hongtu exclaimed in surprise.
Countless lights condensed and flashed out of thin air, and then colorful and radiant spiritual energy began to gather in the entire secret realm, densely packed and layered, forming rainbow-like bridges formed by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the entire secret realm. The scene was simply indescribable, like a fairyland, and the three people guarding outside the secret room were stunned again...
“Could it be… Could this be the legendary thousands of rainbow bridges welcoming the emperor…” Cui Li muttered to himself, shock in his eyes.
Ji Xiaoyao was dazzled by the scene in front of him. "I didn't expect that there would be such a phenomenon of advancement. According to legend, even if 10,000 people advance to the Martial Emperor level, it is difficult for one person to have such a phenomenon. Once it appears, the strength of such an advanced Martial Emperor will exceed everyone's imagination, and he will instantly reach the peak of perfection..."
The myriad rainbow bridges in the secret realm appeared for nearly an hour before slowly dissipating. As the rainbow bridges dissipated, the powerful aura in the secret room, like the scorching sun, also gradually dissipated, and finally returned to tranquility, as if nothing had happened.
After a while, the door of the secret room creaked open and Yan Liqiang walked out with a smile on his face.
"Ah, Li Qiang, you're out?" Li Hongtu rushed in front of Yan Liqiang and looked at him from head to toe, wanting to see if there was any change in Yan Liqiang. From the outside, Yan Liqiang's face was ruddy and there was nothing unusual about him. Even his eyes were not sharp at all. There was no difference between him and ordinary people. But for some reason, Li Hongtu still felt that there was an indescribable mysterious aura in Yan Liqiang's body between movement and stillness. It was this aura, which made him, who was at the level of Martial King, feel an invisible pressure. Li Hongtu had never felt this kind of pressure even on Cui Lichen.
"Thank you, my two masters and Elder Cui, for guarding me!" Yan Liqiang bowed to the three of them. This retreat was unusual, especially when he was advancing, there could not be any disturbance. It was because of Cui Lichen and the other two guarding outside this secret realm that Yan Liqiang could advance with peace of mind this time. At this moment, his two masters, Li Hongtu and Ji Xiaoyao, also joined the Yu Luo Palace after the incident at Yulong Mountain.
"You have advanced to the Martial Emperor?"
"Yeah!" Yan Liqiang nodded.
"What does this... taste like?"
"How should I put it? I feel suddenly enlightened, as if a heavy burden and countless shackles were lifted off my body, and all the obstacles disappeared..." Yan Liqiang said, paused, and said a few lines of poetry with emotion, "Suddenly the golden rope was untied, and the jade lock was broken. The tide rolled in on the river, and the sun rose over the mountains. I didn't know who I was with before, but today I know that I am myself..."
"Let me see how powerful you are now, Li Qiang. Don't hold back..." Li Hongtu said with a serious expression. He just stretched out his hand, grabbed the bright silver spear beside him, and then stabbed it towards Yan Liqiang's left shoulder.
Li Hongtu was so powerful. He was a martial arts master and a master of spearmanship. Although it looked like a simple stab with a spear, the mysterious changes in it had reached the realm of simplicity and simplicity. With one stab, the spear shadow instantly changed from one to ten, from ten to a hundred, and from a hundred to a thousand, almost endless. The momentum of the spear gave a feeling of thousands of troops advancing forward. To be fair, this was definitely the strongest spear that Yan Liqiang had ever seen from Li Hongtu.
Yan Liqiang smiled slightly, without moving an inch, he just stretched out his left hand, like picking up a flower, and pinched the tip of the spear that Li Hongtu stabbed at him with two fingers. Then he flicked the spear lightly with one finger, and the bright silver spear suddenly made a buzzing sound. Li Hongtu's face changed, as if he had been electrocuted. The whole person bounced out ten feet away like a spring. After landing, the ten fingers of his hands were still trembling. The bright silver spear fell into Yan Liqiang's hand with one move.
"Li Qiang, take my move..." Ji Xiaoyao's eyes were shining, and he shouted loudly, and his body suddenly retreated ten feet. While retreating, he took off the longbow on his back, took an arrow, pulled the longbow to its full length, and then shot it. After the arrow was shot, it suddenly turned into the light and shadow of a white-browed tiger with shining eyes, and pounced towards Yan Liqiang.
Yan Liqiang's body remained motionless, but he made a bow-drawing gesture with both hands, as if he was holding an invisible bow made of air. He released an arrow, and then with a bang, the air in front of Yan Liqiang suddenly fluctuated, and the tiger's shadow that pounced in front of Yan Liqiang instantly turned into dots of light and spread out...
Cui Lichen said nothing, but his figure instantly passed through the scattered light and shadow of the tiger and appeared in front of Yan Liqiang. As soon as he made a move, thousands of fist shadows completely enveloped Yan Liqiang. The air in the entire secret realm was compressed, trembling, and then exploded in the fist shadows of Cui Lichen that were as strong as a mountain.
The punch was so powerful that it caused mountains to collapse and the earth to split. The entire secret realm of Yu Luo Palace seemed to be shaking under this punch.
The next second, Ji Xiaoyao and Li Hongtu didn't see how Yan Liqiang made his move. They just saw Cui Lichen's terrifying fist disappear in an instant. Then Cui Lichen's whole body seemed to be bounced ten feet away with a whoosh. After landing, his body involuntarily turned twice before stopping. Looking at Yan Liqiang again, his feet were not straight, one foot on the ground, and the other foot in the air, while his hands were like holding a ball, forming a strange starting posture. There was no trace of fireworks on his body, but instead he was floating, indescribably elegant and unrestrained, handsome and graceful. After Cui Lichen landed, Yan Liqiang slowly put it away and smiled slightly, "Elder Cui, if this secret realm is destroyed by the two of us, I can't afford to pay for it no matter how much money I have..."
"What kind of boxing is this that can utilize the transformations of yin and yang?" Cui Lichen widened his eyes and looked at Yan Liqiang as if he had seen a ghost.
“This is Tai Chi…”
"I've never heard of Tai Chi..."
"Hehe, this is what I figured out during my retreat this time..." Yan Liqiang said without blushing or panting.
Cui Lichen looked at Yan Liqiang and suddenly sighed, "After today, no one in the Han Empire can rival you. I am not your opponent either. Although you didn't punch me just now, you must have been considering my face instead of the Yu Luo Palace. I didn't expect that my Yu Luo Sect could produce a truly invincible strong man. It seems that there is indeed a will of heaven in this..."
"I just hope that the world can be pacified as soon as possible, so that there will be less catastrophe in the Han Empire..." Yan Liqiang also sighed and shook his head, "If this is the prosperous era, my beautiful wife and concubines can travel around and enjoy the scenery, why would they need to suffer the hardship of practicing martial arts..."
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