World's Strongest Martial Warrior

As Peter Parker's voice trailed off, raucous laughter thundered through the sky. Moments later, four figures emerged from the void. It was Li Tianyuan and his entourage from the Nine Li Immortal Sect.    

Narrowing his eyes, Peter Parker confronted them. "Li Tianyuan, what brings you here with your sect members?"    

"Let's not discuss this out in the open, kid," Li Tianyuan replied curtly, his gaze fixed on Peter. "Hand over the immortal treasure you picked up at the Qing Yuan Province free market, along with the fragment of the Immortal Weapon. Maybe then I'll consider letting you live."    

Peter's eyes turned icy. "You think I'll just hand them over because you demand it? Who do you think you are?"    

"Don't get cocky with me, kid, just because you managed to kill Xue Jiuming," Li Tianyuan retorted with a booming laugh that seemed to shake the very heavens. "I've given you a chance. But if you're bent on a death wish, I'm happy to oblige!"    

As Li Tianyuan's voice echoed, he launched a punch that tore through space, appearing before Peter in a heartbeat, leaving no room for evasion.    

With no other option, Peter channeled the Green Emperor's Secret Art of Longevity at full force, hastily erecting a shield before him. But the barrier was no match for the might of Li Tianyuan's strike.    

"Bang!"    

The impact sent Peter hurtling through the air, crashing into the dense forest below and toppling a swath of ancient trees before he could steady himself. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.    

Having absorbed the power of the immortal crystal fragment, Peter's strength had surged, bringing him to the cusp of the Sovereign realm. Yet, he was still recovering from an intense battle with Blood Nine Nether, which had depleted over half of his energy.    

Now, faced with Li Tianyuan, whose power surpassed even Xue Jiuming's and who was at the height of his strength, how could Peter possibly stand a chance?    

"Master, are you alright?" Xue Qianshan asked, concern etched on his face as he materialized beside Peter Parker, who had just been sent flying by Li Tian Yuan.    

Peter Parker remained silent. With a flick of his wrist, a blood-red sword talisman materialized from thin air. This talisman was the very escape talisman Jian Wuxue had entrusted to him previously. Given his weakened state, even wielding the Immortal Monument would prove insufficient in a battle against Li Tian Yuan.    

Without a second thought, Peter Parker summoned the Escape Talisman, intent on using it to make a swift exit from the precarious situation.    

With a resounding "Crack," Peter Parker's fist tightened, and the talisman shattered, transforming into a blood-red sword of light that whisked him and Xue Qianshan away into the void.    

Li Tian Yuan's gaze grew colder as he witnessed their sudden disappearance. "I never imagined he'd have the Blood Sword Talisman—the Blood Sword Immortal Sect's most prized possession!"    

Li Xiao's expression grew tense. "Elder Tian Yuan, what's our next move?"    

"Immortal treasures and fragments of Immortal Artifacts are rare finds in the Immortal Breaking Universe. We can't just let them slip through our fingers," Li Tian Yuan responded. "The Blood Sword Talisman's powers are mysterious and elusive. While ordinary cultivators might be at a loss, remember that I have mastered the Dao of Space."    

With a confident smile, Li Tian Yuan addressed Li Xiao and the others, "Return to the Nine Dawn Immortal Sect. I'll handle the pursuit of that young man."    

"Understood." Li Xiao realized that accompanying Li Tian Yuan on the chase would only hinder him. Without delay, he departed with the other two disciples.    

Once they were gone, Li Tian Yuan began to weave a complex series of hand seals. A powerful magical force emanated from him, sending ripples of violent spatial energy through the cosmos.    

Li Tianyuan clenched his fist and called out with an icy tone, "Immortal Crane Shows the Way, Condense!"    

"Boom!"    

As Li Tianyuan's command echoed, a vast expanse of spatial power coalesced before him, ultimately manifesting as a colossal immortal crane, its size reaching a thousand feet.    

In a flash, Li Tianyuan leapt onto the back of the immortal crane.    

Then...    

With a powerful beat of its wings, the majestic red-crowned crane carried Li Tianyuan through the fabric of space, speeding off in a specific direction.    

...    

Li Tianyuan was employing a clandestine method to pursue Peter Parker and his associates.    

In the Silent Blood Horizon, within the Danilo Lujan Sect.    

Danilo Lujan, the sect master, sat enthroned at the heart of the main hall, his body radiating an intense aura of coldness.    

The senior members of the Danilo Lujan Sect, gathered in the hall, sensed Danilo Lujan's simmering rage and dared not utter a sound.    

Not long before.    

The Right Protector of the Danilo Lujan Sect, Xue Jiuming, and Xue Wushang, the foremost among the four prodigies who had surpassed their tribulations, had their soul tablets shattered in quick succession.    

This meant that both Xue Jiuming and Xue Wushang had likely met their end in the Azure Yuan Heavenly Domain!    

The simultaneous loss of a cultivator at the zenith of the Heavenly Tribulation and a paramount genius was an unparalleled catastrophe for the Danilo Lujan Sect, severely weakening its vital energy.    

Under such dire circumstances, how could Danilo Lujan, the sect master, contain his wrath?    

"What a formidable Blood Thousand Kills! I refuse to believe that the Danilo Lujan Sect, one of the ten esteemed Immortal Sects, cannot deal with a mere traitor!"    

Time passed in silence until Danilo Lujan's frosty voice finally pierced the stillness of the hall.    

"Sect Master, are you saying... The Right Protector and the other two were killed by Xue Qiansha? That can't be possible, can it?"    

A look of utter disbelief crossed the face of one of the quasi-Mahayana Realm cultivators.    

Xue Jiuming, the Right Protector of their Danilo Lujan Sect, was also among the elite Great Mahayana Realm cultivators within their ranks.    

It seemed inconceivable that Xue Qiansha and his companion, regardless of their exceptional abilities, could have the power to defeat a cultivator at the multiplication stage, didn't it?    

"Yet, it is the truth," Danilo Lujan said, his eyes darkening with gravity.    

After the chaos they caused in Blood Flame Province last time, the Danilo Lujan Sect had crafted a strategy to draw the snake from its lair.    

Now, with the Green Essence Commerce unveiling the Tribulation Transformation Pill, he dispatched Xue Wushang. His mission wasn't just to vie for the Tribulation Transformation Pill but also to bait Xue Qiansha and Xue Moyan into the open.    

To ensure the plan's success, he had even arranged for the formidable mount cultivator, Xue Jiuming, to shadow Xue Wushang in secret.    

Yet, Danilo Lujan had never anticipated that Xue Jiuming and his companions would be utterly annihilated in the Qing Yuan Heavenly Domain.    

Had it not been for Xue Wushang's use of his clone to witness the events firsthand, Danilo Lujan would have struggled to accept that Xue Jiuming and the others had been vanquished by Xue Qiansha and Jiang Chen.