Gao Wu: I became the minor villain that the protagonist was about to destroy.

Hua Shan clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white. If Li Wuyou hadn't used some method to restrain him here, he would have already rushed into the arena.

He wanted to rush over as soon as he saw Ye Ming being knocked away for the first time.

"Let me go!" Huashan's voice was squeezed out through clenched teeth, tinged with the smell of blood.

"It's no use for you to go. Although your talent is strong enough to rival the geniuses of the great families or sects in the capital, Li Fantian is right. All those below the True Intent are ants. No matter how strong you are, you are useless if you can't hit the enemy. Only the True Intent can break through."

"Are we just going to stand by and watch?!"

Hua Shan's eyes were bloodshot: "I can die, but the student council president can't!"

"Ha!"

Li Wuyou chuckled lightly: "If you die, he might be sad. But if he dies... where will I put my old face? I haven't even made a move yet, what are you panicking about!"

Li Wuyou paused, a sharp, hawk-like light flashing deep within his turbid eyes.

"Just watch closely, this kid has more cards up his sleeve than what you've seen so far."

"What has been revealed so far is only one characteristic; there is another characteristic that has not yet been shown."

"Even his intentions have not been released."

Hua Shan suddenly turned his head, a glint of light flashing in his fierce eyes: "The guild leader... he also comprehended 'Intent'?!"

"Of course." Li Wuyou smacked his lips.

"Although it's still raw and in its infancy, far from the depth of Li Fantian's immersion... it's enough for the current battle."

"Look, it's coming."

Just as the overwhelming destructive intent was about to engulf Ye Ming, a deep, muffled breath, like thunder, resounded from the center of the storm.

"Diamond-shaped Dagger!"

"Bang--!!!!!"

A visible circular shockwave exploded outwards from Ye Ming's center! Dozens of destructive true energy particles near Ye Ming's location were hit hard, like a baseball being hit to a home run!

"Whoosh—whoosh whoosh—!!"

They swept back at a speed several times more ferocious than when they came, tearing through the sky and shooting straight at Li Fantian!

The indifference on Li Fantian's face finally broke, and his pupils suddenly contracted to pinpoints.

"What?!"

He hastily waved his hand, and the destructive intent in front of him surged on its own, dissipating the reflected energy. But the unique "intent" contained in that shockwave shook him to his core.

As the dust settled, Ye Ming stood upright once more. He was still enveloped in a fierce, dark red aura that rose like flames, but now, a faint blue, solidified, glass-like halo flowed around the dark red periphery.

"impossible!!"

Li Fantian let out a low roar, unable to maintain his composure any longer, his face filled with disbelief.

"City-level third stage... You might not even be able to stably condense an external avatar! How could you possibly touch the realm of 'Intent'! This is a threshold that only those at the Provincial Earthquake Realm can begin to comprehend! You... this is illogical!"

Ye Ming raised his hand, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his thumb, and grinned.

"Common sense?"

Ye Ming's voice was slightly hoarse from his injury: "That's used to restrain mediocre people. In this world, there are people called geniuses."

"Your inability only proves that you are..." Ye Ming pointed his staff forward, the tip aimed at Li Fantian, its pale blue aura blazing intensely, "Incompetent!"

"Arrogant!!"

Li Fantian was utterly enraged, his handsome face contorted with rage: "So what if you've grasped the essence?! There are differences between different true essences!"

In an instant, a surge of powerful spiritual energy erupted. The destructive intent surrounding Li Fantian stopped spreading and instead rapidly condensed, layering over his arms and legs as if he were wearing a dark and ferocious suit of destructive armor.

With a single step, the air beneath his feet exploded, and his figure transformed into a black lightning bolt as he swooped down. His right leg, like a battle axe, was wrapped with the destructive intent to annihilate everything, tearing through the air and slashing down at Ye Ming!

"Smash it!"

Ye Ming's eyes flashed with a sharp light. He neither dodged nor evaded, and let out a low growl that sounded like a dragon or a beast. The muscles in his arms bulged, and a pale blue aura instantly clung to the spiked club, Breaking Fool.

"Well done!"

Breaking through the fog, striking upwards against the sky! No fancy moves, just the purest clash of power and will!

"Clang—!!!!!"

It wasn't the clang of metal against metal, but a more muffled, deafening roar, as if space itself was about to collapse under its weight! At the point where the clubs met, the two streams of true essence—purple and pale blue—frantically clashed, eroded, and annihilated each other, unleashing a blinding surge of energy!

A shockwave, mixed with purplish-black cracks and blue light fragments, spread out like a tsunami, crashing into the barrier-like substance in front of the headquarters. Even with such a powerful impact, it did not create many ripples on the barrier.

The ground beneath Ye Ming's feet cracked inch by inch, but he did not retreat an inch. He activated the power of the Black Dragon, and a layer of black dragon scale patterns began to condense on his body. An ancient and fierce power surged from the depths of his bloodline.

"roar!!"

Ye Ming exerted force with both arms again, and the light blue staff intent shone brightly, the powerful force directly knocking Li Fantian away.

"roll!"

Li Fantian felt a tremendous force mixed with a sharp penetrating sensation coming from his legs. Although the Destructive True Intent blocked Ye Ming's Staff True Intent, his body was uncontrollably sent flying backward in the face of the powerful force.

"Divine speed!"

Ye Ming gave a low shout and stomped his left foot forward.

"Bang!"

Where he landed, the ground instantly caved in, leaving a deep pit. His figure vanished from the spot in an instant, leaving behind a sonic boom.

The next second, he appeared directly in front of Li Fantian's backward flight path like a ghost, his speed so fast it was as if he were teleporting!

Ye Ming raised both hands high, unleashing his power, his aura surging wildly. A dark red, ferocious aura soared into the sky, faintly coalescing behind him into the phantom of a black dragon roaring towards the heavens, its ferocious eyes blazing with fury, its dragon might as fierce as a prison!

At the same time, violent red and black lightning erupted from his body, crackling and swirling around him.

"Wrath of the Black Dragon! Armored Might!"

The two forces, under the control of the pale blue staff, strangely merged. The phantom of a black dragon coiled around the spiked club along Ye Ming's arm, its domineering aura covering the staff like a serpent.

With the blue light of the staff as its core, it forcibly twisted the two violent forces into one, causing the air around the staff to distort violently and emit a mournful cry of unbearable pressure.

On both sides of Ye Ming's forehead, there were even tiny bumps that appeared, as if dragon horns were about to burst out of his body.

Ye Ming's eyes were bloodshot, yet his pupils remained as calm as ice as he locked onto Li Fantian and unleashed his strongest strike yet—

"Subduing the Three Worlds - Wrathful Destruction!"

With a single swing of the staff, a dragon's roar and thunderous howl resounded! It was as if an ancient black dragon had descended with the thunderous punishment of the nine heavens, ready to shatter all falsehoods, injustices, and evils in the world!

Before the staff even arrived, the terrifying pressure, a mixture of dragon might, domineering aura, and staff intent, caused Li Fantian to stop breathing and his soul to tremble!