Chapter 1640: Chapter 76: First-grade Falls, Entering the Yang Lake Grotto Heaven!

Outside Shangjing County.

The mountain wind abruptly ceased.

Facing Jiang Ning’s momentum of breaking through the constraints of space in one step, the gray-clothed elder retreated swiftly, his speed as fast as a stream of light but without stirring up any ripples.

By harmonizing the four corners of the world, he had laid the foundation for becoming a Four Harmonies Grandmaster, giving him extraordinary insight into space.

With this enhancement, his movement technique was his forte.

But at this moment, although the gray-clothed elder was fast, Jiang Ning was even faster.

With a few steps, he used the technique of Shrinking Ground to Inches, instantly reaching the elder.

Looking at the gray-clothed elder in front of him, Jiang Ning extended his right fist forward without any flourish.

One punch, seemingly simple, but it contained a vast, mountainous divine power.

Before the punch arrived, the air in front of the elder emitted a heavy explosion as if the space itself was about to be torn apart by the pure physical force.

A trace of horror flashed through the gray-clothed elder’s eyes.

He knew well that his physical body was not his strong suit; old and frail, with his qi-blood declining, his physical strength no longer matched his younger days. Moreover, having achieved the rank of a Heavenly Human Master, the true intent he grasped was the harmony of the world.

Faced with Jiang Ning’s punch, he dared not receive it head-on and hastily activated his spatial abilities again, his figure darting sideways like an illusion in water, attempting to gain distance while an invisible domain unfolded, intending to slow Jiang Ning’s actions.

In an instant, Jiang Ning felt the weight of a mountain’s gravity on him, with the air around him pressing against him like seawater.

His expression remained unchanged; this was merely the external expansion of the Mixed Element Domain.

For him, this resistance was insignificant.

His fist faced no hindrance and continued to punch forward.

"What?!" Sensing that Jiang Ning was unaffected, the elder’s heart shook greatly.

With no escape, he crossed his arms, channeling all his primordial power and spatial insight to lay down layer upon layer of solid spatial barriers in front of him.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The dull sound of cracks reverberated continuously.

Jiang Ning’s fist, like a red-hot hammer smashing fragile ice, shattered the overlapping spatial barriers almost without causing any delay.

As the punch traveled, it even distorted the light, forming a distinct wave of fist aura spreading out.

The next moment, the fist solidly hit the elder’s crossed arms.

"Ugh—!"

A muffled sound accompanied by the clear sound of snapping bones made the gray-clothed elder feel as if struck by lightning. He flew backward uncontrollably, his arms bending unnaturally.

His body broke countless ancient trees along the way, finally crashing heavily into the mountain wall dozens of feet away, stirring up clouds of dust.

"Too weak!"

Looking at the dust swirling ahead, Jiang Ning shook his head, unsatisfied.

Along the way, he was quite eager.

Because if he clashed with the elder from the Prince Mansion, it would be his first confrontation with a First-Grade Martial Artist.

An unknown martial artist in terms of strength.

For merely with his eyes, he couldn’t discern the elder’s realm level.

But as the energy surged, he perceived the elder’s realm, feeling disappointed in his heart.

Not yet at the Unity Realm, merely a strong figure in the Mixed Element Realm.

While the Mixed Element Realm might seem powerful in others’ eyes, classified at the peak of First Grade Martial Arts.

But the more he understood now, the more he realized.

The Mixed Element Realm couldn’t claim to be a top-tier expert.

Truly top-tier experts all start from the Unity Realm.

Moreover, the elder from the Prince Mansion was old; his bodily functions deteriorated severely, his qi-blood declining, and his strength had only three or four tenths left, hard to recover its peak might.

While he had already completed the transition from the Mixed Element Realm and stepped into the Unity Realm, his divine power accumulating well.

With multiple offsets, the gray-clothed elder’s strength, which once aroused his interest, extinguished instantly.

But a hope still lingered in his heart.

However, with that punch, all his interest vanished.

Weak!

Utterly weak!

Just a simple, powerful punch, easily shattered.

Moreover, the punch left the gray-clothed elder heavily injured.

With that punch, his arm’s tendons and bones were severely broken, and despite the block attempted by both hands, several ribs on his chest cracked.

After this, the dust gradually settled.

The elder slid from the dented mountain wall, barely steadying himself with one knee.

Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, his arms limply hanging down.

"Prince, wrong!!" He looked at Jiang Ning with eyes filled with unbelievable horror and deep apprehension.

"Dongling Marquis, it was all a misunderstanding prior!" The gray-clothed elder took a deep breath and spoke.

"Too late!" Jiang Ning shook his head.

His arms dropped naturally as he walked toward the direction of the gray-clothed elder.

With each step, seeming ordinary yet making the elder profusely sweat.

He sensed the killing intent in Jiang Ning’s eyes.

The next moment.

His eyes flashed and he flew away abruptly.

As the gray-clothed elder moved, Jiang Ning also moved abruptly.

With one step, he traversed through the wildness, instantly appearing three meters behind the elder.

"How can it be!!" Feeling the crisis like a sharp blade at his back, the elder turned suddenly, only to see Jiang Ning extend his open palms and hear the rushing roar of waves.

"Where is this sound of waves coming from?" Alongside surprise over Jiang Ning’s movement technique, a suspicion welled up in the elder’s heart.

The next moment.

He saw countless water vapors floating up throughout the world.

In just an instant, the countless water vapors gathered into a sea, an expanse of ocean swelling, manifesting a ten-zhang-high colossal wave phantom.

At that moment, it was as if a sea from the ground emerged in the forest.

"Take one palm of mine!" Jiang Ning glanced at the gray-clothed elder and said.