The moment Yu Yi agreed, the powerhouses of the Yu Tribe instantly scattered far away. Battles between experts of this level could easily destroy heaven and earth. Even though their cultivation wasn't weak, staying too close meant risking their lives.
Yun Jin looked at Yu Yi. "In this battle, I only seek a breakthrough. So I'll only use the Earth Attribute Law. Senior Yu, however, can use every secret art you have without holding back."
Her words sounded bold, yet her tone was completely sincere.
Yu Yi clenched his teeth.
He'd heard stories about her!
During the Shi Tribe's upheaval, she'd controlled vines, which meant she specialized in the Wood Attribute Law. And now she said she'd only use the Law of Earth? Was she looking down on him?
His expression turned grim.
Fine. If that's how she wanted it, then he'd force her to unleash her strongest Wood Attribute Law!
As soon as the battle began, Yu Yi spread his wings, and the air around him rippled violently.
Yun Jin's gaze sharpened. That was... the aura of wind!
The Yu Tribe's strongest expert could command not just earth but also the element of wind. Wind paired with those natural wings gave him terrifying speed. No wonder the Yu Tribe stood among the most powerful races on Nanlan Continent.
In the blink of an eye, Yu Yi vanished from Yun Jin's sight.
She didn't panic. Instead, she slowly sat cross-legged on the ground.
Rather than chasing him, she focused her control over the defensive Laws of Earth, quietly constructing layer after layer of barriers.
Attack was important, but defense mattered just as much. She wanted to see if she could grasp the supreme Law of Earth known as Impenetrable Wall.
Among the Five Elements, this Law was famed as the strongest defense. If she could master it, then no matter how fast Yu Yi was or how fierce his attacks became, they'd be meaningless if they couldn't even break her defenses.
In the Shi Tribe's ancient records, Yun Jin had found many secret techniques related to this supreme Law.
The Shi Tribe, born with the power of spirit stones, naturally wielded defensive earth Laws. The stronger the spirit stone's energy, the more profound the Law of Earth it contained. In essence, spirit stones themselves were applications of earth's Laws. The higher the grade of the stone, the deeper the Laws it embodied.
The King Stone, for instance, contained two supreme Laws of Earth: Nourishment of Earth and Impenetrable Wall.
These miraculous stones didn't just embody the Laws—they could even lend their power to the Shi Tribe.
But borrowed power never truly belonged to you. Every use came with a price.
Just like Third Senior Brother once said: The KingStone can't make you a real powerhouse.
He was right. The King Stone's limit lay in the two supreme Laws it could occasionally grant. A true cultivator would never settle for borrowed strength. Other spirit stones also contained these two Laws, though in weaker or derivative forms depending on their grade.
The Shi Tribe's ancient manuals, which Yun Jin now possessed, were filled with insights about these very Laws.
Besides the Law of Earth's Harmony she'd already mastered, she believed that Nourishment of Earth and Impenetrable Wall were the two she could break through the fastest.
Now, Yun Jin coated herself with a layer of stone armor like the Shi Tribe once did.
In the very next instant, Yu Yi's attack arrived.
She looked up as a storm of feathers filled the sky, each one as sharp as a blade, slicing toward her from every direction. At such speed, those feathers weren't soft anymore—they carried the force to cut through metal and stone, a rain of blades aimed straight at her.
Countless feathers struck Yun Jin at once. She didn't counterattack, relying solely on her defensive Laws of Earth.
After the first wave of attacks, cracks spread across her armor.
The second wave followed immediately, deepening the fractures.
Yun Jin's eyes glimmered thoughtfully. As expected, her comprehension still wasn't complete. She summoned earth energy again, and the shattered armor quickly reformed.
It broke. She repaired it.
It broke again. She rebuilt it.
This cycle of breaking and rebuilding filled her with wonder. Each shatter, each reconstruction, felt like a rebirth.
Yun Jin was completely absorbed in the process when the rain of feathers suddenly stopped. She looked up, puzzled, and saw Yu Yi sweating lightly at the forehead.
She blinked. "What's wrong? Is it too hot?"
Yu Yi stared at her, speechless for a long while.
Hot? Seriously?
He'd been attacking with all his strength again and again!
Couldn't this woman at least move a little?
After struggling for a moment, he finally said, "That attack was too scattered. I'll get serious now. Be careful."
Yun Jin's eyes brightened. She nodded eagerly. "Alright, alright!"
To show respect, she even stood up this time.
Yu Yi's expression turned solemn. For the Yu Tribe, wings were a divine gift. Through them, they naturally grasped the element of wind. On Nanlan Continent, most of the land was endless desert. Billions of years ago, no life had existed here at all.
Only later did living beings emerge, and to survive in this harsh world, they needed the land's blessing.
Ancient records said that only those blessed by the earth could live through those ages of desolation.
Of course, now they knew that "blessed by the earth" simply meant having an earth spiritual root. Generation after generation, the continent's unique environment gave rise to countless strange races. But one thing never changed: their roots were all tied to the earth.
Their strength always stemmed from the power of the land itself.
The Shi Tribe was powerful precisely because the King Stone granted them the mightiest earth Laws.
As for the Yu Tribe, they'd inherited control over the wind, but earth and wind were completely different elements, hard to blend together.
Yu Yi's true strength still lay in his mastery of earth. He drew a deep breath and pressed his hand down. The calm grassland around them suddenly roared and rolled like a furious sea.
Yun Jin's eyes lit up in delight. Earth Tremor!
So this was the Yu Tribe's first powerhouse's trump card—the supreme Law of Earth, Earth Tremor!
She quietly attuned herself to the rhythm of the land. This wasn't a simple physical quake. As the ground shook, a terrifying force rippled through her body, piercing straight into her organs.
"Holy shit... it ignores defense!"
At least, her incomplete Impenetrable Wall couldn't block it.
Good. Very good.
She hadn't expected to temper one supreme Law and gain another insight at the same time.
Yun Jin pressed her foot into the ground, drawing endless earth energy into her body. When her organs were damaged, she used the earth's power to nourish and restore them.
Five supreme Laws existed within the earth element.
Yu Yi had fully mastered one, while the others hovered around fifty or sixty percent comprehension.
As for Yun Jin, she'd also perfected one, but the other four had all reached ninety-five percent!
Balancing nourishment and harmony, she looked like she was on the verge of collapse, yet every time she wavered, she somehow held on again.