Boom—
As Ye Chen's fist slammed down, the entire Power Monument instantly shook, radiating brilliant light. Red, orange, yellow, and green radiance flashed by in quick succession, followed by the emergence of an azure radiance that completely drained the color from Xia Mang's face, leaving him deathly pale.
The monument displayed azure radiance—a force exceeding thirty-five thousand jin!
In just an instant, Xia Mang was utterly defeated.
"How is this possible!?" Xia Mang still couldn't believe what was happening before his eyes, muttering to himself incessantly, appearing utterly lost.
He had thought Ye Chen was merely bluffing, but now it seemed he clearly possessed such strength. The appearance of the azure radiance even surpassed Li Hu's achievement.
Almost everyone present was stunned. Who said Ye Chen was just bluffing? He was clearly playing the pig to eat the tiger.
Pitiful Xia Mang, who had painstakingly gathered five hundred thousand gold coins, had now completely lost them to Ye Chen. Just moments ago, he was smug, thinking he had forced the other into a pit of fire. Little did he know the true situation was the opposite—Ye Chen had been digging a pit waiting for him to jump in.
But what was even more shocking than all this was Ye Chen's strength. His cultivation had indeed recovered, but why was there no True Yuan fluctuation felt from that punch?
"That damn kid, actually playing the pig to eat the tiger. How despicable." Xia Mang's face changed colors repeatedly, but looking at the azure radiance on the Power Monument, he could only turn pale and had nothing to say.
Even Li Hu and the others were dumbfounded. After his initial surprise, Hua Shaoyang felt a wave of bitterness. They said he was a friend valued by Master Li Yun—how could he be ordinary?
The woman in red was first surprised, then frowned slightly. "Sister, he's the one who can defeat a Xiantian Giant Crocodile. His strength shouldn't be limited to this."
Vivian gave a charming smile. "Sister, look more carefully. Young Master Ye Chen's strength is far beyond this."
As if verifying her words, the next moment the Power Monument boomed once again with a resounding roar. The color deepened, and the radiant light enveloped heaven and earth, surpassing even Vivian's achievement. One could imagine the force had already exceeded forty thousand jin.
This caused shock and awe among everyone. Among those present, only Vivian found it natural, because she had personally witnessed Ye Chen's true power that day—he could kill the Furious Mountain Bear, renowned for its strength. How could his own strength be weaker than hers?
"Crazy, how can this kid be so powerful? Could it be that after his cultivation recovered, Ye Chen broke through and advanced further?" Xia Mang gritted his teeth.
But this was still not the end. The Power Monument shook once more, and suddenly within the azure radiance appeared a trace of blue radiance. Though faint, it was still eye-catching, drawing everyone's gaze.
Blue radiance appeared—force exceeding fifty thousand jin!
"My goodness! This kid is completely playing the pig to eat the tiger! He actually possesses fifty thousand jin of force! Has the world gone mad?"
Someone in the crowd couldn't help but exclaim. Fifty thousand jin of force—looking back over the entire thousand-year history of Xia Feng Academy, few had ever reached this step.
It wasn't that the experts from the Heaven-tier Academy were lacking, but those who could remain at Xia Feng Academy had to be under twenty-four years old. Once they reached that age, they would no longer be male students of Xia Feng Academy. At such a young age, even among geniuses, how many could reach this step?
This trace of blue radiance finally spread rapidly until it completely expanded, dyeing all the radiant light into a deep azure color that filled the entire sky above Xia Feng Academy. The blue radiance surged to the heavens, shaking the entire Xia Feng Academy with its roar.
At this moment, countless people were startled. Even Elders in seclusion were awakened. The moment they rushed out and saw the blue radiance spreading across the sky, a look of astonishment appeared on their faces. "How many years has it been? Another genius who can produce blue radiance has appeared. Truly rare."
"Although it can't compare to the violet radiance produced by the Crown Prince two years ago, it's still remarkable enough. In the history of our Xia Feng Academy, few have reached this step. He can be considered a seed for the Heavenly God realm." Another Elder said.
Two years ago, the Crown Prince had set a record of sixty-eight thousand and seventy-nine jin of force before the Power Monument, producing violet radiance.
But that was historically first, incomparable. Now that someone had produced blue radiance, they could absolutely rank among the top of the three hundred strongest in history.
Such a person, barring accidents, would inevitably reach the Martial God realm, and even had hope of reaching the Heavenly God realm, being called a seed candidate for Heavenly God.
On another side, an aged figure appeared in the void. Strangely, though he stood in the void, no one could see his presence, showing how terrifying his cultivation was—he could actually distort space itself.
At this moment, he looked toward the direction of the Power Monument, his usually expressionless face slightly moving as he nodded. "Not bad. After Xia Yang, another good seed candidate has appeared. It seems the young generation of our Xia Feng Kingdom is quite outstanding. We should be able to produce two or three Heavenly Gods in the same era, breaking the previous situation."
"It would be even better if a prodigy like Xia Yang appeared. It's just a pity about Ye Chen back then—a peerless genius of a generation. His talent even attracted the attention of those old fogies at Tian Du Academy in the central continent, who specially recruited him for the Earth-tier College. Yet he ultimately fell on the King's Ancient Path. Otherwise, his current achievements probably wouldn't be much worse than Xia Yang's."
He sighed with emotion. The Ye Chen of the past was too dazzling. Even he couldn't help but take notice, and he even attracted the attention of a cultivation holy land like Tian Du Academy. It was a pity his dantian was ruined.
After muttering this light sigh to himself, he was about to turn and leave when his expression suddenly changed drastically, looking again in that direction.
Suddenly, a tremendous boom shook the sky. The vast expanse of blue radiance abruptly changed color again, quickly dyeing into a monstrous violet radiance. Violet light shot into the sky, dyeing the entire firmament purple.
The entire Xia Feng Academy could see this massive violet light continuously soaring upward, rumbling as it shook through the nine layers of heaven.
"What!? Violet radiance has actually appeared! Who has reached this step?"
This time, the entire Xia Feng Academy was thoroughly shaken. Countless people looked in shock at the enchanting purple color in the sky, their eyes wide with disbelief.
The Power Monument erupting with violet radiance represented the emergence of a true peerless genius. In the entire history of Xia Feng Academy, few had reached this step—they could be counted on one hand.
And the achievements of these people, if they didn't die prematurely, were at least super-powerful experts in the Martial God realm, famous throughout the ages!
Almost everyone immediately rushed toward the location of the Power Monument. Even the various Elders and the mysterious old man did the same, wanting to see just who this person who produced violet radiance was.
Far away in the royal palace, within a majestic and grand hall, a heroic and divine figure suddenly looked toward the direction of Xia Feng Academy, gazing at the violet light soaring into the sky there, his eyes flickering slightly.
"Violet radiance? Did Thirteenth Brother produce it?"
The Crown Prince murmured to himself, then shook his head, denying it. "No, it's not Thirteenth Brother. This aura is unfamiliar. Has the academy finally produced a somewhat interesting opponent? This Prince looks forward to it."
Deep within the royal palace was a dark, pitch-black hall. The space was vast and expansive, perpetually dim, with only a few candle flames flickering in the wind, casting dim light.
The hall was almost empty. Aside from the few candles, there was only a meditation mat in the center where a withered, aged figure sat cross-legged in meditation.
With each of his breaths, astonishingly vast amounts of heaven and earth spiritual energy invisibly surged forth, entering the old man's body, lying dormant within.
Yet at this moment, the old man suddenly opened his eyes. Within them lay a century of worldly vicissitudes, appearing profound as he looked toward the direction of Xia Feng Academy. His usually expressionless gaze rippled slightly as he muttered to himself, "Could it be that our kingdom's generation will give birth to more than one Heavenly God? I look forward to it. It would be even better if they could appear before the demonic beast outbreak."
After a dark sigh, the old man looked westward, as if he could see through the walls to the demonic beast mountains thousands of miles away.
At the mountain peak behind the academy, Yang Yi stepped down from the giant rock where she usually meditated for the first time, looking at the violet light filling the distant sky. Besides shock on her pretty face, there was also a smile. "Let's go see just what kind of figure has appeared in our Xia Feng Academy, actually producing violet radiance. Could it be the Thirteenth Prince? I'm quite looking forward to it. Perhaps we can become acquainted. He probably won't refuse me."
Her figure light and agile, she quickly floated toward the Power Monument.
But no one noticed that within the violet radiance, a subtle change slowly appeared, as if several different colors were beginning to manifest...