Chapter 1259: Doubting Life

The Great Sage Showdown was exceptionally fierce. In this final moment, their roars shook the entire battlefield, and the very air crackled with energy.

Their ultimate techniques were incredibly potent, illuminating the heavens and earth!

The Time Manipulation Art, reputed to be one of the strongest mystical arts in the Yang-Realm, was powerful enough to shake the world simply by appearing today. People knew that the Martial Maniac had succeeded years ago, finally unearthing this legendary and unprecedented supreme mystical art!

Even if Li were to reappear, it might not be enough to restrain him, right? These thoughts flashed through the minds of some Heavenly Venerables.

But in an instant, their focus snapped back to the battlefield.

Boom!

Chu Feng directly confronted the Time Manipulation Art bare-handed. The golden symbols on his palms flickered, emitting golden light like raging flames, seemingly poised to incinerate the heavens.

Li Chentian had initially scoffed, believing that anyone daring to confront the Time Art bare-handed was simply suicidal. Encountering his move was almost an unresolvable situation. Throughout the entire ancient history of the Yang-Realm, only a few other supremely powerful mystical arts were capable of contending with the Time Art. However, as years passed, and generations changed in the Yang-Realm—with famous mountains and great peaks becoming sealed off—the other mystical arts were lost, their legacies broken. In a sense, the Time Manipulation Art had become an invincible technique, irresistible to anything in the world!

Therefore, he believed Cao De was seeking death; to touch it meant certain demise!

“Cao De, you will die without a burial place. It's a pity I can't personally take your head to offer as a blood sacrifice to my elder brother!”

Li Chentian entertained this thought because once this invincible art was unleashed, even he couldn't control it; the target was destined to be reduced to historical dust, leaving nothing behind.

But the next moment, Li Chentian's pupils constricted, and dark light emanated from his eyes; he could hardly believe what he was seeing! He saw Cao De's hands touch the golden page, yet the predicted moment of his transformation into historical dust did not arrive.

Rumble!

Golden light surged from Chu Feng's hands as he clasped the golden page with both hands. His flesh and blood body touched the glowing scripture, and he actually withstood it.

How could this be?!

At this moment, not only Li Chentian but also the powerful figures outside the arena were dumbfounded. They then gasped deeply; had he truly managed to break a world-shaking mystical art with his bare hands? Everyone realized that Cao De was extraordinary; he must possess an exceptional legacy, for how else could this be possible? For anyone else, even if they weren't reduced to dust by the golden page, their body would be shattered and their soul fragmented; they would absolutely not escape death.

Immediately, some elder figures made a connection, theorizing that Cao De might have obtained the legendary invincible art capable of contending as an equal against the Time Manipulation Art! Subsequently, people recalled that he knew the Ultimate Fist, making the speculation that he came from a certain ancient reclusive family even more credible. However, people were still shocked. Even if he possessed an invincible art, to be so audacious as to touch the Time Art with his bare body was still considered incredibly bold.

Chu Feng clasped the golden page with both hands, wishing he could immerse himself completely to clearly discern all the text on it. He secretly activated the Stealing-Guidance Breathing Technique, and deep in his eyes, a golden symbol flashed and disappeared. He quietly focused his Fiery Eyes and Golden Gaze on the golden page, intending to secretly learn from it. This battle greatly shook him; the supreme scripture of the Martial Maniac's lineage was terrifying. He was extremely covetous of the Time Art, wishing he could secretly acquire it. And the breathing technique he had mastered possessed precisely this function. Therefore, he was now taking a risk, aiming to secretly learn it on the spot.

Unfortunately, the scriptures on this golden page were too blurry. He only managed to discern one line of dazzling and intricate symbols, but it was too brief to allow him to comprehend anything significant.

Li Chentian keenly perceived this: after Cao De clasped the golden page with both hands, he was actually staring at the runes on it, which immediately made Li Chentian's eyes widen in disbelief.

What was this situation? Li Chentian almost questioned his sanity. This was a life-or-death battle, yet his opponent was actually coveting his Time Art, attempting to glimpse its secret scriptures?

“Seeking death!”

He sneered, a mix of surprise and rage. Was his opponent being overly audacious, or simply oblivious to the mortal danger? He had never heard of anyone daring to face the Time Art in such a manner. This was one of the strongest ultimate techniques in the Yang-Realm; attempting to comprehend it during a decisive battle was pure folly.

Boom!

Li Chentian activated the mystical art, and the golden page immediately boomed violently. It became even more dazzling, as if cleaving through the entire world, with the text on it erupting in towering flames of light. This was extremely dangerous for Chu Feng. His opponent's activation of the Time Art caused the manifested golden page to instantly surge with destructive energy. Time runes appeared, and fragments of time floated, eroding all tangible matter. In this world, no material can withstand the onslaught of time. Li Chentian was confident that once his lineage's invincible art erupted, anyone would disintegrate and vanish into thin air.

But he was disappointed once again.

From Chu Feng's palms, golden symbols shone and circulated, resisting the erosion of the time fragments on the golden page and directly counteracting the power of time.

Boom!

Li Chentian activated the art again, defying the odds, determined to destroy Cao De. At this moment, Chu Feng dared not be careless. He went all out, shaking his hands, as the golden characters he had seen on the rough stone grinding disk and small stone jar exploded with radiant light from his palms.

With a thunderous crash and a boom, as if the heavens had fallen and the earth had caved in, a massive energy explosion occurred in the area. Chu Feng and Li Chentian were both sent flying backward. Both of them spat blood, flying horizontally like ragdolls, before finally plummeting into the dust, severely injured. The golden page itself exploded directly in mid-air, which was precisely why both individuals were sent flying. As for the golden symbols in Chu Feng's palms, they too dimmed and finally dissipated.

Such a strike was almost a mutually destructive blow, leaving both of them bleeding on the battlefield. Under the gaze of countless eyes, the Great Sage Showdown proved to be astonishingly tragic.

Both were severely injured, and they swayed as they struggled to their feet. This deeply impacted Li Chentian. Who was he? A successor of the Martial Maniac's lineage, possessing the Yang-Realm's strongest Time Art, yet he hadn't managed to kill Cao De? His heart felt heavy; all of this left him deeply dissatisfied and somewhat unnerved. His eyes were cold, and his entire body pulsed with light flames. He decided to fight again, and instantly, a surging killing intent swept across the battlefield.

Chu Feng was also startled, but not with the same sentiment as Li Chentian. Instead, he was reflecting, gaining a deeper understanding of the meaning of the golden symbols in his palms. They were truly too strong, capable of blocking the trump card of the Martial Maniac's lineage. At the same time, Chu Feng realized there was a slight error in the arrangement of the golden symbols; a certain one would be better placed in the center, making it appear as if it stood suspended in mid-air. He had always been pondering these symbols, constantly researching how to arrange them and how to effectively manifest their profound meanings. However, some aspects remained rather vague. After today's real combat, he felt he had grasped them more deeply, realizing that those subtle differences could only be truly understood in moments of life and death, or in a decisive battle. Then, he deduced that the distances between the other golden characters should also be slightly altered.