Chapter 46: Invincible at the Other Shore Realm

Even so, what of it? He was in the Other Shore realm, his divine power having long since undergone a qualitative transformation—growing vaster and more boundless. The divine arts he unleashed possessed a might capable of splitting mountains and cleaving the earth, far beyond what the Divine Bridge realm could withstand.

In Li Tianqi's pupils, dao patterns emerged, shooting forth two blazing beams of light even sharper than swords, dazzling and blinding as they aimed straight for Li Yao's head.

Even a barrier of gold and stone would shatter under such an assault, let alone a mortal flesh and blood body. Yet Li Yao's expression remained calm as his right hand flicked lightly, wreathed in brilliant divine radiance.

With two crisp, ringing clangs, the two sharp rays of light fractured like shattering crystal, instantly bursting apart before extinguishing in mid-air.

A low hum resonated through the void. Li Yao's fist, enveloped in divine light, smashed forward. This was the divine art known as the Radiant Sun Brilliance; his fist descended like a falling sun, rumbling so fiercely that even the void itself twisted.

"Radiant Sun Shield!" Li Tianqi roared, a blinding holy light enveloping him.

However, Li Yao's punch was overwhelmingly tyrannical, fierce and heavy with unstoppable momentum. The light erupted by the Radiant Sun Brilliance possessed the power to cleanse everything in the world.

Crack!

The Radiant Sun Shield shattered on the spot, utterly incapable of blocking the blow. It dissolved into streaks of flowing light and vanished into the air.

Li Tianqi's expression altered drastically as he retreated frantically. At the same time, a stream of flowing light shot out from his bitter sea.

It was a heavy warhammer with an exceptionally long shaft and a massive head, studded with wolf-tooth-like spikes and barbed hooks that gleamed with a chilling, razor-sharp light.

Boom!

Li Yao shifted his fist into an open palm, his figure flashing to the side before he struck the hammer's shaft with a single palm strike. The immense force caused the giant hammer to vibrate violently, and a clearly visible crack spread rapidly along the handle.

Li Tianqi let out a muffled groan as the heavy hammer slipped from his control, batted directly away by the sheer force.

Without even a moment to feel the pain, his bitter sea surged, and he consecutively summoned three more powerful weapons.

The first was an iron chain, forged from jade marrow—crystal clear and shining as white as jade, it coiled through the sky, flawless and immaculate, radiating sacred light. The second was a shield engraved with the sun, moon, stars, flowers, birds, fish, and insects; it descended like a sheer cliff pressing down, or perhaps even like a falling dome of heaven. The third was a long saber resembling a crescent moon, radiating brilliant silver light as it spun through the air, indestructible and carrying a monstrous killing intent.

Having reached this point, Li Tianqi was truly giving it everything he had. He no longer dared to underestimate Li Yao; although his opponent was merely in the Divine Bridge realm, his combat prowess was enough to claim hegemony within the Other Shore realm.

Simultaneously, his hands slashed continuously, conjuring wave after wave of sacred crescent blades that roared toward Li Yao to crush him.

"Flashy and superficial," was Li Yao's sole appraisal of this display.

Li Tianqi's attacks blanketed the entire sky, but they were numerous yet disorderly. Under conditions of evenly matched strength, such an onslaught might prove thorny for an adversary.

Yet in Li Yao's eyes, it was utterly disorganized and lacking in refinement, incapable of exerting any pressure upon him whatsoever.

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

Li Yao surged upward, the ground beneath his feet instantly cracking into spiderweb fissures. He was like a savage dragon crashing directly into a torrent.

Bang!

Endless light surged upward as his fist, wreathed in Radiant Sun Brilliance, punched straight through the shield.

Clang!

With another swung punch, the long saber snapped in two. The divine light dissipated, and the broken blade plummeted dully to the ground, losing all its luster.

Crack!

As for the final iron chain, Li Yao shook his arms fiercely and crossed them into an 'X' shape. In an instant, two thick beams of Radiant Sun Brilliance acted like shears, directly snapping the iron chain in half.

The remaining crescent light blades were likewise casually shattered by Li Yao, dissolving into nothingness between heaven and earth.

"Impossible! You are merely in the Divine Bridge realm—how can your combat strength be this terrifying?" Li Tianqi roared, once more unleashing a divine ability. A sheet of blinding flame erupted from his palms and fingers, while his hands traced rapid patterns in the air, summoning several bolts of lightning that crashed down, painting the sky in a riot of dazzling colors.

Practitioners in the Other Shore realm possessed numerous divine abilities and myriad spells, with divine power reserves vastly surpassing those of the Divine Bridge realm.

Compared to the Divine Bridge realm, the gap was entirely that between heaven and earth. Yet now, despite bringing nearly all his methods to bear, he could do absolutely nothing against Li Yao.

All his techniques appeared utterly insignificant before Li Yao. With surging divine power and blazing Radiant Sun Brilliance cloaking his body, Li Yao advanced with unbridled ferocity, his fist light erupting to shatter everything in his path.

"His divine power is pure and boundless, his physique is like indestructible divine gold, and coupled with that pinnacle-state Radiant Sun Brilliance—though this boy is only in the Divine Bridge realm, his combat prowess makes him an invincible existence within the Wheel and Sea realm," Yang Tianfeng murmured, shaking his head helplessly.

Yun Shang was similarly shaken. Though he knew Li Yao possessed formidable combat strength, he had never expected that Li Tianqi, who rarely met an adversary in the Other Shore realm, would be suppressed and kept on the defensive the entire time against Li Yao.

Only Zhang Chong felt a lesser degree of shock, having anticipated the outcome long in advance.

"The Other Shore realm doesn't seem like much after all. If this is the extent of your capabilities, you'd better go recuperate in bed for a few years," Li Yao said, looking at Li Tianqi.

Boom!

The void trembled as surging divine power burst from Li Yao's palms and fingers. A thick bolt of Radiant Sun Brilliance condensed on the plaza into a ribbon of light, shooting toward Li Tianqi.

Fighting until now, Li Yao had finally unleashed his full strength. In previous battles, he had almost exclusively relied on his physical body, using divine power only as a minor auxiliary boost. Consequently, people assumed his physical body was his sole strength. In truth, however, his divine power was his most formidable weapon.

Despite excavating immense potential from his physique throughout his cultivation journey—forging a precious body of dragon tendons and tiger bones—he remained a mortal at his core. No matter how far physical potential was mined, it was impossible to match the innate invincibility of a Holy Body.

Divine power, however, was a different story. The perfect imperial scripture deduced by the Heavenly Scripture matched him with absolute harmony, rendering the divine power he cultivated incomparably condensed and profound.

Thus, his divine power was actually far superior to his physical body.

Combined with the pinnacle-state Radiant Sun Brilliance, his boundless and immeasurable divine power possessed truly heaven-destroying might. Wherever the divine brilliance passed, the ground exploded and the void shook violently.

"Radiant Sun Brilliance!" Li Tianqi could not dodge, for the speed of the divine brilliance was simply too swift; he was forced to meet it head-on with an attack of his own.

With a deafening explosion, two thick beams of divine brilliance collided in mid-air. The blinding light surged into the firmament, making the martial arts arena look as though an extra sun had been born within it.

"Ah..." Li Tianqi roared, surging divine power gushing from within his body to continuously reinforce the intensity of his divine brilliance.

Yet it was entirely futile. Even the divine power of the Other Shore realm appeared frail and weak before Li Yao. Li Tianqi's brilliance was pushed steadily backward, the disparity between the two sides glaringly obvious.

Yang Tianfeng's body stirred as he prepared to rush forward and protect Li Tianqi, but the next moment, two heavy palms slammed onto his shoulders, pressing him firmly back into place.

"What are you doing? Li Tianqi cannot withstand this Radiant Sun Brilliance—he'll be blasted into smithereens!" Yang Tianfeng bellowed in anger.

"Relax, Li Yao knows his limits," Zhang Chong said calmly.

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a thunderous explosion echoed across the martial arts arena. The battle was decided. Li Tianqi was sent flying backward for several hundred meters before slamming viciously into the ground, gouging out a massive crater in the earth.

This time, Li Yao did not hold back in the slightest. Although he retracted his power at the very last fraction of a second to spare Li Tianqi's life, the impact shattered every bone in his body, reducing him to a puddle of mud.