"Bang!"
A violent tremor.
The vast expanse, whose boundaries were impossible to ascertain, began to shake wildly under Tian Zong's palm strike.
Just like travelers on a cruise ship.
Or passengers on a mountain bus.
All cultivators within the surrounding dozens of small worlds felt a wave of dizziness, their figures swaying in unison with the shaking space.
In reality, the fluctuations felt by those cultivators further away from Tian Zong were relatively mild.
At this moment, Li Qi, completely enveloped by Tian Zong's Great Void Palm Seal, was enduring immense pressure many times greater than theirs.
Simultaneously, as Tian Zong's palm pressed down, this terrifying fluctuation intensified by several notches.
Such a fluctuation would require even a true Half-step Mahayana cultivator to face with utmost seriousness.
This was the battle between Half-step Mahayana cultivators; every move was a true killing blow, unless it was an agreed-upon casual spar.
"Boy, how do you find the might of my Great Void Palm Seal?"
Tian Zong's calm laughter rang out. In his eyes, even if Li Qi's strength was comparable to his own, he would still struggle to withstand his attack.
But the next moment, Li Qi's indifferent voice echoed.
"Not much, not enough to tickle me."
Hearing this, and the ease in his words, the smile on Tian Zong's face froze slightly.
What was going on? Impossible, even experts of the same rank couldn't be this relaxed.
Could it be that this fellow was faking it?
Instinctively, Tian Zong's eyes narrowed, and he looked directly towards the center covered by his Great Void Palm Seal.
He saw Li Qi at this moment, his expression incomparably relaxed and at ease.
And all the offensive forces within his Great Void Palm Seal were not moving towards him, but were instead being drawn into the suddenly appearing void of absolute stillness behind Li Qi by a mysterious attraction.
Looking at that deep, dark, and silent void of absolute stillness, it grew stronger and stronger with Li Qi's continuous use.
At this moment, for some unknown reason, even Tian Zong felt a faint threat.
But compared to others, Tian Zong let out a cold snort.
"What kind of defensive technique is this? I want to see how far your defense can go."
"Great Void Palm Seal, Shatter!"
In an instant, the Great Void Palm Seal that pressed down on Li Qi's head began to tremble slightly.
The five fingers of the massive, illusory palm print each broke off and then began to rapidly reform.
The next moment, those five fingers transformed into five Great Void Palm Seals, each slightly smaller than the original.
Although these Great Void Palm Seals were smaller, the might contained within them did not diminish in the slightest.
This was effectively a Great Void Palm Seal with five times the power of the original.
"Fall!"
Tian Zong's furious roar sounded once more.
The five smaller Great Void Palm Seals descended with a roar, seemingly intending to completely engulf Li Qi, to tear apart his relaxed expression and reveal his deepest panic.
As this strike descended, even Tian Zong, a Half-step Mahayana cultivator, turned a little pale.
It was evident that unleashing such a killing move could not come without a price.
Even a cultivator of Tian Zong's caliber would suffer great depletion.
"I'd like to see how much longer you can maintain your composure."
Tian Zong thought this, his gaze involuntarily drifting towards Li Qi's location.
But the next moment, a scene unfolded that made even Tian Zong's eyes bulge in disbelief.
"No! How is this possible!"
Seeing the scene before him, at this moment, even Tian Zong completely lost his original composure.
He saw that under his Great Void Palm Seal with five times the killing power, Li Qi was still as calm and composed as before.
And as his Great Void Five Palms were about to completely engulf Li Qi.
Li Qi's eyes suddenly sharpened. In an instant, in Tian Zong's perception, Li Qi's aura seemed to become a hundred times more terrifying.
At this moment, under Li Qi's terrifying aura, even Tian Zong, a Half-step Mahayana cultivator, felt as though he could barely breathe.
"Mahayana Stage?!!!"
Tian Zong's voice, filled with doubt, rang out.
But the next moment, Tian Zong's self-negation echoed again.
"No, it's not Mahayana Stage."
Because Tian Zong could sense that although Li Qi's aura was terrifying, it still lacked the essence of the Mahayana Stage.
After all, as a powerhouse like Tian Zong, although he had not reached the Mahayana Stage himself, he had seen many Mahayana cultivators.
Li Qi did not possess the aura of those true Mahayana cultivators.
But...
This immense, abyss-like, immeasurable terrifying oppressive aura, in Tian Zong's perception at this moment, seemed no different from the Mahayana Stage.
Then, under Tian Zong's utterly terrified gaze, Li Qi slowly raised his hand.
In Tian Zong's line of sight, the world before him seemed to be on the verge of complete collapse, everything was in utter turmoil.
"Boom!"
A terrifying fluctuation, which instantly swept across the scope of dozens of small worlds, erupted.
Heaven and earth fell into silence.
All the surrounding cultivators were utterly stunned.
Their divine senses probed out once more.
Then, when they looked towards Li Qi's direction again, they were all stunned.
The terrifying Great Void Palm Seal that Tian Zong had unleashed earlier had completely vanished.
Without a ripple, as if it had never existed, not even the slightest trace remained.
And Tian Zong's eyes were now filled with boundless terror and horror, as if he had witnessed some ancient god or demon.
"Do you have any other moves? Bring them out, let you understand your defeat."
Li Qi's calm voice echoed, his tone exceedingly arrogant, but the disdain within was clearly and unreservedly displayed.
But at this moment, with his ultimate attack easily destroyed and dissipated by Li Qi, Tian Zong's mind was somewhat lost.
Although Li Qi had not directly attacked him just now, the aura Li Qi exuded had already made Tian Zong feel the vast difference between them.
How could Tian Zong dare to make another move?
"Where did this monster come from? Only a true Mahayana cultivator could possibly contend with such a monster."
Tian Zong's heart felt an unspeakable heaviness.
Although he was not the absolute peak Half-step Mahayana cultivator, a Half-step Mahayana cultivator was still a Half-step Mahayana cultivator. Now, facing Li Qi, such a vast disparity had been revealed in a single move.
"Run!"
At this moment, without any hesitation, Tian Zong acted according to his primal instinct.
His figure turned like lightning, and he shot away directly.
Because at this moment, Tian Zong truly felt that if he continued to fight this fellow, he might very well die here.