Against The Heavens 88 Full Might Unleashed.

After hearing Yuan Ruogang's question, Li Yang raised his head slightly, his gaze drifting past Yuan Ruogang and landing on Yuan Yijun. This act came completely natural to Li Yang, disregarding the lackey and speaking directly to the boss, it was something he saw no problem with. But Yuan Yijun and the others saw the act for what it really was, a natural and instinctive disdainful arrogance. An arrogance that completely disregarded Yuan Ruogang, as if she wasn't even worth talking to. To be disregarded like this was, of course, a great humiliation, but Li Yang started talking before Yuan Ruogang got to voice her anger.

"A bet? Let me guess, I lose and I have to serve you, I win and you will let me go 'free'. Is that the 'graciousness' you want to show me?"

Li Yang sneered as he looked at Yuan Yijun and awaited her answer. He had encountered countless people like her, faced countless situations like this one. They always played out the same, and they always ended the same way, with him crushing all those who thought themselves better than him. But contrary to what he expected, Yuan Yijun responded by placing one of her fair hands in front of her mouth and letting out a crystal clear, almost bell-like giggle.

"Not at all, that bet doesn't sound fair in the slightest, the terms will be far fairer. If you win, we will not only swear to leave you alone, but we will also give you 10 000 contribution points as payment for the trouble, of course, you can say some other reward you want instead if you don't want the contribution points. I won't ask you to work for me if you lose, I don't believe I would be able to control or retain you for long. No, what I want you to do if you lose is spend a night warming my bed."

Li Yang couldn't help but gawk slightly after receiving the response, and he wasn't the only one among the audience who was caught off-guard. Those who gawked the most were the men who were watching the spectacle, their blazing eyes landing on Li Yang. There was no telling how many of the disciples, especially outer disciples, were enamored with the beautiful and refined Yuan Yijun.

Countless disciples were willing to throw themselves at her feet, but she rejected them all. Yet now she had given a chance like this to Li Yang? In a situation like this, could losing even be considered a punishment? But while the men, and even some of the women, were waiting for Li Yang to nod his head with a grin, Li Yang instead burst out laughing.

"Spend the night warming your bed? Woman, have you lost your mind due to arrogance, or are you always this dumb? I'm sure you've already been told, but I already have a wife, so why would I warm your bed?"

No matter how beautiful Yuan Yijun was, she would never be able to hold a candle to Fang Ying, not in Li Yang's eyes. Besides, did she really think she was so gorgeous that no man would be able to resist her charm? The people enamored with Yuan Yijun glared at Li Yang with increased intensity, looking like they wanted to jump onto the stage and duke it out with him. Yuan Yijun responded in a far more collected manner, seductively licking her lips.

"That's fine, your wife can join us. If she is as exquisite as you say, I would love to get a taste of her, I would love to hear her shudder and moan alongside you, what a wonderful sight it must be."

Yuan Yijun was an omnivore, as long as they were pretty or talented enough, she would not mind inviting them into her chambers, regardless of gender or race. Hearing this, the audience grew even more frenzied. He would be able to not only enjoy his wife but also Yuan Yijun at the same time? Just where did he get his dogs.h.i.t luck from? But once again, contrary to their expectations, Li Yang's expression sank, the air in the arena starting to turn somewhat chilly.

"Yijun, I'll give you one warning. If there is one thing in the world I won't allow strangers to make jokes about, it's my wife. If I were you, I'd watch my words."

Fang Ying was the most precious thing to him in the world. Alongside Zhao Feng and the others, she was one of his lights in the darkness. For her, he would not hesitate to turn entire galaxies into empty voids, of course, he also knew that she would never allow him to do this, she would hate him if he were to even attempt it.

Since it was like this, how could he possibly let anyone talk about Fang Ying in a bad manner, especially in such a rude manner like Yuan Yijun was talking? Faced with Li Yang's low threat, Yuan Yijun only grew more intrigued and interested, leaning her upper body forward and once again licking her lips, her buxom chest swaying charmingly from the movement.

"And what if I don't, what if I went into detail about all the nooks and crannies on her body I wanted to explore and delve into, what sort of things would you do to me then?"

Yuan Yijun was simple, she would do her best to get her hands onto the things she was not supposed to be able to grasp. This was one of the reasons she had made the bet what it was. Li Yang was someone she was not supposed to be able to get her hands on, someone who antagonized her. Knowing this, she, of course, had to do her best to get her hands on him, even if it was just for one night.

She was confident in her technique, so she was certain she would get him to fall head over heels for her after that one night. And once he was her's, she would discard him like she had done to so many others before him. Since Yuan Yijun pushed on, Li Yang narrowed his eyes slightly and gave an honest response.

"The last person who spoke inappropriately about my wife no longer walks this earth, do you wish to follow in his footsteps?"

Jing Yimu was the last person to speak ill of Li Yang's wife, and now he didn't even have any ashes remaining of him. Of course, what Li Yang left out was that Jing Yimu had done far worse than just speak ill of Fang Ying, he had actually managed to gather up a mob and kill both Fang Ying and Li Yang, leading to their rebirth. Li Yang's threats and stern manner only served to further excite Yuan Yijun, whose lips curved into a smile dripping with desire.

"Oh, feisty. I wonder how that wife of yours managed to tame you, is she as feisty as you? I do love it when the feisty ones join me in my chambers, it's so pleasing when they surrender to the pleasure and moan freely, turning into mush beneath my fingers. What do you say, do you wish to accept the bet? I promise I won't be too rough, I even promise that I won't show your wife such a good time that she'll want to leave you for me."

While speaking, Yuan Yijun traced her own collarbones and neck, letting her fingers slide over her body, demonstrating the things she wanted to do. Li Yang's expression suddenly made an abrupt change, turning calm to the point of indifference. He stretched out his right arm, pointing it at Yuan Yijun, and opened his hand, making a grasping motion as he nodded his head.

"I'll change the bet. If I lose, I'll join you in your chambers and do as you say. But if I win, I will take everything. All your contribution points and everything inside your interspatial ring. You wish to take my all, so you must be ready to lose your all."

This was Li Yang's proclamation of confidence, his statement that he would not lose. Yuan Yijun didn't even get the time to nod her head, the fuming Yuan Ruogang glaring daggers at Li Yang as she responded with a loud shout.

"I'll accept! But if you lose, not only must you join Jun'er in her chambers, you too must hand over everything you own!"

Li Yang c.o.c.ked his head slightly, his indifferent eyes landing on Yuan Ruogang. She had her arms hanging at her side, her fists clenched so tightly that her knuckles turned white. It seemed like she was quite angry with how Li Yang treated Yuan Yijun. Getting her response and agreement, Li Yang also nodded his head.

"Deal."

Even if she was so angry she seemed like she was about to go mad, she was still an adult who was capable and responsible for making her own choices. She had said yes, so she had to accept the consequences.

Li Yang fully turned his body away from the distant Yuan Yijun and focused on Yuan Ruogang. Yuan Yijun's eyebrow ticked up slightly, but it was uncertain whether or not it was because she was worried or because she was annoyed at no longer being the center of attention.

With Li Yang fully facing her, Yuan Ruogang continued to glare daggers at him, swiping her interspatial ring and taking out a rather strange weapon, a silver circle that had its edges sharpened into deadly blades, a chakram. Tightly grasping the chakram, Yuan Ruogang looked at Li Yang and let out a disdainful snort.

"Humph, I'll show you the punishment you must suffer for demeaning Jun'er like that. For her to take an interest in your wife and you, you should be overjoyed!"

To Yuan Ruogang, Yuan Yijun was the greatest being in existence, everyone should be overjoyed at just being in her presence. She was completely trapped by Yuan Yijun's charm, unable to see the world in a manner that didn't put Yuan Yijun as the center.

Yuan Ruogang's words became the signal that started the battle, the Qi within her body suddenly bellowing outwards, a crushing pressure bearing down on the entire stage. The pressure was so strong that the stone stage started to crack, some parts even sinking downwards, as if a giant was stepping on them. Yuan Ruogang wanted to absolutely crush Li Yang, she couldn't cripple or kill him, but heavily wounding him was not against the rules.

Her blazing eyes landed on Li Yang, her right arm pulling back and sending the chakram flying. As it spun through the air, the entire chakram seemed to turn transparent and invisible, making it impossible to locate it with one's eyes.

But Li Yang still only looked on with a calm and indifferent gaze, his eyes never leaving Yuan Ruogang. Crimson flames and azure lightning suddenly burst forth from his body and scorched the stage around him, both his strengthening techniques activated at the same time, the Burning Hope technique that Jing Yimu had taught him to increase his physical strength, as well as his own lightning based strengthening technique focused on increasing his speed. He hadn't used his own strengthening technique much after being reborn, but he had never forgotten about it.

Now that he had the blood of Jinwu and Shenlong flowing in his veins, he could use a small amount of golden lightning and golden flames without wounding his own body, drastically increasing the strength of these two techniques. To cover up this golden lightning and flames, he intentionally made a big show of his crimson flames and azure lightning, the golden versions staying beneath his skin to hide themselves.

He then took a step forward, turning into a blur that moved faster than the eye could see. The current Li Yang's body was built up using fire and ice, but not of lightning, so he couldn't turn his entire body into lightning to move at high speeds. Instead, he could only send out a bolt of lightning in the direction he wanted to move and jump onto it, allowing him to ride it.

The pressure that Yuan Ruogang was so proud of was completely unable to stop Li Yang, letting him reach her back in less than a second. This was the first time after his breakthrough that Li Yang unleashed all his strength, not holding anything back, and the result was truly terrifying. He was still only at the early stage of the Ascending Heaven realm, but the late stage Ascending Heaven realm Yuan Ruogang was completely unable to react to his movements.

His most recent breakthrough had not only pushed his cultivation higher, but it had also turned him into a humanoid Divine Beast carrying the blood of a True Dragon, a Golden Crow, and whatever sort of beast Jinwu's father was. His level of strength could no longer be measured by normal means, one could only cla.s.sify him as a monster and use that standard to judge him.

Of course, the fact that Yuan Ruogang was nearly blinded by rage as well as the fact that she was not among the most talented of cultivators also contributed to making it so easy to catch her back. If she had to be ranked among all the late stage Ascending Heaven realm cultivators, Li Yang guessed that she would only rank at the middle to lower reaches.

Li Yang stretched out his arm, aiming to grab hold of Yuan Ruogang's head. She had been unable to react to his movement, but thanks to her experience, she was at least able to react to his attack. As his arm approached her head, Li Yang felt a reflective force bounce back the energy gathered around Li Yang's hand, sending it back at him.

Feeling this reflective force, Li Yang was able to guess at what law Yuan Ruogang focused on, the law of water. The law of water wasn't purely water, it was able to crush things and produce the same pressure as the deepest oceans, and just like it reflected the stars and the evening moon, it was able to produce a mirror-like force that reflected energy and attacks back at the attacker.

Against normal cultivators, Yuan Ruogang could just use this reflective force to remain unharmed and nearly unmatched. But Li Yang was far from a normal cultivator. A stream of crimson fire and mist-like ice started to coil around his arm, overloading the reflective force through sheer power, rendering it completely ineffective.

Li Yang grasped hold of the back of Yuan Ruogang's head, and without giving her the chance to react, he pushed her forward and kicked out her legs underneath her. He slammed her head into the ground face first, a crunching sound ringing out as her nose shattered from the impact.

But Li Yang didn't stop there, he raised her head up slightly and then slammed it into the stone stage again. He smashed her face into the stone stage again and again in a vicious manner, resulting in blood spraying out of her face and staining the stage, his face staying dreadfully calm all the while. He only stopped when she stopped twitching, letting go of her head and leaving her limp on the stone stage.

She had the gall to say that he and Fang Ying should be overjoyed at being able to warm Yuan Yijun's bed, so how could Li Yang not punish her somewhat? His gaze landed on her left arm, on the ring she wore.

"This one's mine now."

He bent forward and removed the green ring from her finger, taking her interspatial ring for himself, just like the bet was. Even though he slammed her so viciously into the stone stage, he still controlled himself, he had only left her wounded and unconscious, she had not suffered any fatal wounds or wounds that could cripple her or weaken her cultivation. After s.n.a.t.c.hing the ring, he threw Yuan Ruogang down from the stage, into the hands of a youth sent over ahead of time by the clan to treat any wounds. Li Yang then turned his head, his calm gaze landing on Yuan Yijun.

"Yijun, get down here, it's your turn."

He originally only planned on beating Yuan Ruogang so that he could finally get some peace from Yuan Yijun's goonies. But since Yuan Yijun had said the things she did, he had no intentions of letting her leave this arena on her own feet. Yuan Yijun's eyebrow ticked up slightly, but she still wore a calm and seductive smile.

"And I should enter the arena just because you say so? The one you were to fight today was Ruo'er, not me. If you wish to fight me, you must make a proper appointment like all the others."

She was one of the top five outer disciples, how could she be freely challenged by anyone? Normally, people had to hand over a formal challenge, and then wait for a few months before she responded, giving both parties ample time to prepare. Li Yang wasn't perturbed by her response, slowly opening his mouth.

"I said..."

In the middle of his sentence, the sound of m.u.f.fled thunder rang out from Li Yang's body and he vanished, turning into a faint blur. The inner disciples and the top outer disciples were quick to react, the inner disciples following Li Yang with their eyes, and the top outer disciples quickly dodging in different directions. But Li Yang still arrived at the side of Yuan Yijun, who had jumped several meters to the left. His voice was bitingly cold as he spoke out.

"...Get down here!"

Li Yang's right hand curled into a fist and he sent out a punch, crimson fire, mist-like ice, and azure lightning all coiling around his fist. The lightning increased the speed of his fist, the fire increased the explosive force of his punch, and the ice gave his fist a higher degree of toughness and gave the attack a slightly penetrative effect, coldness seeping through any defense.

Yuan Yijun quickly raised her arm, blocking Li Yang's punch with her elbow, a strange layer of transparent energy surrounding her arm and drastically weakening the force of Li Yang's punch. But his attack still served its purpose, Yuan Yijun was sent flying across the audience seating area, landing on the stage. Her hair and robe were disheveled, a solemn expression on her face as she stood up and faced Li Yang, who had chased after her and stepped onto the stage.

"Fine then, since you wish to be so stubborn, let me show you the might that is required to be one of the five top outer disciples!"