Li Pin nodded at Wang Fuyun, who had traveled with him. Then, he steadily landed at the summit of Sky Martial Peak. His gaze shifted directly toward the Prodigy Hall. There, the Prodigy Hall's Hall Master King Tianyu, his challenger Jin Ling, and the senior members of the hall all turned their attention to him. These alien races had bizarre shapes and varying appearances. But even without looking at their appearances, Li Pin could sense the strong hostility emanating from them. Li Pin looked at the four-meter-tall humanoid creature with golden wings growing from its back and extended his hand. "Jin Ling, come." The level of confidence he exuded, bordering on arrogance, quickly stirred an uproar among the crowd. Many people began shouting Li Pin's name. However, their voices were noticeably quieter than when he first appeared. Clearly, Li Pin's presence shocked everyone. They couldn't help but wonder if Li Pin hadn't actually mastered the third level and had only accepted Jin Ling and Chi Mang's challenge due to his blind arrogance and conceit. "He's very arrogant," King Tianyu said with a smile. "That's normal. If he isn't arrogant, he wouldn't have accepted our challenge," Mo Ying remarked. "If anyone else acted this arrogantly, we'd assume they were putting on a front to lower others' guard. But Li Pin... based on his reactions over time, I'm ninety percent sure he has lost himself in the endless praise and admiration. He truly believes himself to be a supreme prodigy of this era. So..." He glanced at the calm and composed figure standing atop the summit and smiled faintly. "His behavior now is very normal." King Tianyu nodded and turned to Jin Ling. "Go on. Let our little cutie understand what a true powerhouse is and what an actual prodigy is like!" Li Pin's height was average among humans, but in front of someone four meters tall... Well, calling him a little cutie was not exactly inappropriate. With a flap of his wings, Jin Ling's figure shot into the sky like a sword tearing through the clouds. In an instant, he soared upward, radiating a dazzling golden brilliance, breaking through the void and landing steadily atop the Sky Martial Peak. Not even a speck of dust was stirred. This fully demonstrated his mastery over his own power. He himself was an Eternal Solar Flare. At one point, he found the Astral World too oppressive, and the power of the Eternal Oblivion suffocating. Therefore, he chose to rest and enjoy himself in his clan's ancestral land, which was a small world. However, he was captured. It was due to this that he took only four hundred years to cultivate to the third level of the Supreme Technique. Compared to those struggling to maintain their status as inheritors due to time constraints, his speed was incomparably faster. As a prodigy with the potential to attain Cosmic Radiance, he naturally had his pride. At this moment, he stood before Li Pin, only ten meters apart, looking down at him condescendingly. "You called for me, so I came." He spread his wings behind him, each feather as sharp as a divine sword, exuding an unbearable sharpness. "Come. Let me see how strong you really are." Li Pin gave a slight bow. In the next moment, the area centered around him seemed to condense. The four fundamental forces collapsed madly under the grand unified force field, forming a singularity. In an instant, the immensely compressed Singularity Force erupted. An invisible ripple spread from him. It was the fluctuation caused by the excessive eruption of singularity power, shaking the chains of the Heavenly Prison World's rules. No more words were spoken. In the brief moment when he used the Singularity Force to slightly break through the shackles of the Heavenly Prison World's rules, his strength directly surpassed the limits of ordinary transcendents. The Heavenly Prison World's rules quickly repaired themselves, but the power he had drawn forth by breaking the rules was firmly controlled by him. It condensed into a palm, transformed into a punch, and was launched forward with a thunderous strike. With a single punch, the air and space before him seemed to be compressed into an invisible high wall, crashing fiercely toward Jin Ling. The moment Li Pin displayed this power, the top-tier cultivators, who were watching the battlefield with full concentration and unblinking eyes, could not suppress their astonished exclamations. "He just used Singularity Force to break open the rules of the Heavenly Prison World and gained the power to surpass its rule limits!?" "The third level! The third level of the Supreme Technique! He really cultivated to the third level of the Supreme Technique!" The exclamations surged like a tide, instantly flooding the entire battlefield. A look of utter disbelief spread on the crowd's faces. Many who had bet that Li Pin had not reached the third level of the Supreme Technique turned pale and lost everything they had. Meanwhile, the three rulers of the Stormwind Tower—Liu Suxin, Xiao Huan, and Tai Xi—leaned forward, their faces filled with shock. "Singularity Collapse!? The third level of the Supreme Technique!?" "Impossible, absolutely impossible! How could he have truly cultivated a Supreme Technique to the third level in just ten stellar years!?" They unconsciously took a few steps closer to the window, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion. Only by doing this could they see more clearly, hoping to break through the absurd illusion and uncover the truth. Unfortunately, the course of events did not change according to their will. At the pinnacle of the Sky Martial Peak, Li Pin truly displayed the rule-breaking power that only the third layer of the Supreme Technique possessed. That level of control and mastery he displayed made Jin Ling's expression change slightly. His thoughts raced like a flash of lightning. It's no wonder he dares to accept my challenge! Jin Ling's wings suddenly expanded to more than ten meters. Each metallic sword wing was like a divine sword tearing through the void, rapidly slicing the space and slashing toward Li Pin. Ripples spread through the void as sparks burst forth. Li Pin relied on Singularity Force to break rules in the Heavenly Prison World. The extraordinary power he gained formed a spatial wall that trembled wildly under the relentless slashes of the sword wings. It seemed on the verge of being torn apart and shattered. Seeing this, Li Pin bent his legs slightly, unleashing a burst of force. He shot forward like a fired cannonball, his speed surging. The spatial wall formed by his fist force suddenly pressed downward. However, as an Eternal Solar Flare, Jin Ling maintained an exceptional awareness of the battle situation even when he was pushed to the extreme. As Li Pin exploded forward in an attack, Jin Ling had already leaped backward at an even faster speed, retreating swiftly. He might have retreated, but the sword wings behind him did not pause in the slightest. No matter how much distance they widened, the sword wings extended their attack range accordingly. Dozens, even hundreds, of sword wings formed a storm-like barrage of sword light, slashing toward Li Pin and tearing apart the spatial wall he had created. Sparks erupted, air currents scattered, and shattered metal flew in all directions. Each fragmented metallic sword wing that struck the ground left behind deep sword marks several meters long, even up to more than ten meters. Layers of soil and rock were slashed apart, swept into the void, and then shredded into fragments and dust by the following waves of sword light. At first glance, Li Pin appeared to be completely overpowered by Jin Ling. Even so, the scene unfolding before them was more than enough to silence those who had once doubted him. To be able to contend with Jin Ling to this degree proved that Li Pin had truly reached the third level of the Supreme Technique. That alone was an impressive feat, and those watching couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction. After all, he had cultivated the Supreme Technique to the third level in just ten stellar years, which was a pace already beyond expectation. What more could they ask for? Expecting him to display even greater combat power would be nothing short of greedy. It could be said that Li Pin had already achieved his goal. Even if Jing Ling defeated him, he would still be revered by countless people, admired by many, and regarded as the beacon of hope to free them from the Heavenly Prison World. On the Stormwind Tower, Liu Suxin's mind wavered. How could this be...? Li Pin can actually stand up against Jin Ling!? Not through talent, but by relying on his cultivation of the third level of the Supreme Technique? After a moment, she turned sharply to Tai Xi and questioned, "What is going on? Wasn't the news of Li Pin cultivating the third level of the Supreme Technique something we fabricated? Why... why does he have the third-level cultivation?" Tai Xi opened his mouth, wanting to explain things. However, in the face of ironclad reality, no matter what he said, it no longer held any meaning. Liu Suxin also understood this. She also knew that saying anything now was meaningless. They thought they had manipulated everyone else in the palm of their hands, but unexpectedly, they were the ones who were played. However, at least the situation had not yet deteriorated to the worst point. Since King Tianyu and the others had already known that Li Pin had reached the third level of the Supreme Technique, this operation was bound to be flawless. He definitely wouldn't mind accidentally killing Li Pin. It was a well-known fact that the duels on Sky Martial Peak had no mercy. Hence, if Li Pin died, the Prodigy Hall would face the wrath of countless people. Before the anger of the masses subsided, the Prodigy Hall would not have the time or energy to target Stormwind Tower again. To some extent, the Stormwind Tower's crisis was resolved. However, just as Liu Suxin's frayed nerves began to settle, a new scene unfolded, one that left her reeling all over again. "Galactic Starburst!?"
