Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Situ Lie was completely dumbfounded at this moment.

He never expected that, while unleashing his killing move, he would still be sent flying by a punch from Xu Ping’an.

The instant his fist made contact with Xu Ping’an’s.

He distinctly felt a tremendous force like mountains and seas collapsing sweep over him.

The terrifying power shook his entire body so violently that his Qi-Blood surged, and his True Yuan became obstructed.

This power had clearly surpassed the Nine Rank Peak Level.

"Have you truly reached the combat power of a Semi-Immortal level?" Situ Lie asked Xu Ping’an in astonishment.

Semi-Immortal?

Situ Xingfeng and Situ Qianqian’s eyes widened, disbelief written across their faces.

How could Xu Ping’an possess the strength of a Semi-Immortal?

Wasn’t he at the initial stage of the Ninth Rank in combat power before?

What on earth is this rate of progression?

Situ Xingfeng and Situ Qianqian exchanged glances, at a loss for words.

Xu Ping’an, however, was smiling as he looked at Situ Lie and said, "Senior, how was my punch? I only used fifty percent of my strength."

Hearing this, Situ Lie’s face fell.

Only fifty percent of his strength, and it was this horrifying?

Had this guy’s combat power become this formidable?

"Since that’s the case, I’ll show my true strength," Situ Lie declared.

"Senior, please make your move," said Xu Ping’an with a smile, an air of casual indifference about him.

Situ Lie immediately burst forth with battle intent, deploying the Spatial Momentum.

In an instant, heaven and earth seemed to turn into a swamp, trapping Xu Ping’an within, rendering him immobile.

"Spatial Momentum?" Xu Ping’an said with a slight smile.

In the past, he had been unable to break free from this spatial swamp.

But now, the devouring power of this spatial swamp was no longer capable of affecting him.

"Ninth Layer Slash," Situ Lie had already drawn his weapon.

An Intermediate Grade Immortal Artifact saber.

In this moment, as the saber slashed down, it was as if nine waves were stacking upon one another, unleashing powerful spatial ripples.

Situ Xingfeng and Situ Qianqian were both surprised.

Their father was using all his strength.

Both Spatial Swamp Momentum and Ninth Layer Slash had been deployed.

This was the Rift Sky Secret Technique!

Could Xu Ping’an possibly defend against it?

Xu Ping’an, watching the terrifying spatial saber light cleaving through the air, also developed a hint of battle intent in his eyes.

"Break for me!"

With one step forward, Xu Ping’an unleashed a powerful Spatial Momentum.

Suddenly, space around him seemed to be filled with countless spatial blades, instantly shattering Situ Lie’s Domain of the spatial swamp completely.

Simultaneously, Xu Ping’an launched a punch.

This punch was infused with potent Temporal Momentum, its speed as fast as light and shadow.

Situ Lie had no time to react before Xu Ping’an’s fist struck him squarely in the chest, his figure rapidly hurled backwards.

However, Xu Ping’an did not go for the kill; instead, he reined in his power.

Otherwise, that punch would have been enough to burst Situ Lie’s physical body outright.

"Cough cough cough!"

Situ Lie coughed violently several times, retreating nearly a hundred zhang before steadying himself.

He looked towards Xu Ping’an with disbelief.

Too fast.

Unbelievably fast.

He couldn’t even see how Xu Ping’an had made his move before he was sent flying.

And he clearly felt that Xu Ping’an had held back, not using his full force at all.

Otherwise, he probably would have been dead already.

The gap is too large.

They lost just like that?

Situ Xingfeng and Situ Qianqian were also extremely surprised.

Xu Ping’an gave them one impression: strong!

Now they suddenly felt some sympathy for their father.

"This is the combat power of a Semi-Immortal level? Among all those at the Ninth Layer Realm Peak, very few can be my opponents, but facing you, I feel like I’m not even a match for a single move," Situ Lie said with a bit of shame.

Xu Ping’an smiled, "Senior need not feel inferior, my combat power cannot be inferred through common sense. According to the classification of Semi-Immortal levels, I would be considered at the Semi-Immortal Intermediate Stage."

Xu Ping’an categorized the Semi-Immortal level roughly.

He divided the Semi-Immortal level into early stage, intermediate stage, late stage, and peak.

People like Su Tu would be able to exhibit Semi-Immortal Peak Level combat power in the Mortal Realm.

While now he is roughly at the Semi-Immortal Intermediate Stage.

There’s already a huge gap between the early stage of Semi-Immortal and the Ninth Rank Peak Level, let alone Xu Ping’an’s combat power which is comparable to a Semi-Immortal Intermediate Stage?

"Your progress is too fast, the most terrifying I’ve ever seen. Your cultivation must have broken through to the Eighth Rank, right?" Situ Lie said.

"Yes, I just broke through to the Eighth Rank First Layer Realm," Xu Ping’an nodded.

"Eighth Rank First Layer Realm, possessing combat power comparable to a Semi-Immortal, it’s truly inconceivable," Situ Lie felt incredibly envious.

Such an abnormal genius truly left one unable to even feel jealous.

Situ Xingfeng and Situ Qianqian were left speechless to the extreme.

Compared to Xu Ping’an, they felt like they were trash.

"Brother Xu, with your current strength, your ranking on the genius list should increase, right?" Situ Xingfeng asked.

"It should, but the increase probably won’t be too significant," Xu Ping’an replied.

"Actually, I have a genius list here, let me check it," Situ Lie took out a scroll with ’Genius List’ inscribed in large characters.

Xu Ping’an and the others immediately crowded around to see.

This genius list is updated in real-time; once the Wind and Cloud Pavilion makes adjustments, all the lists are immediately updated.

However, such a list must capture the essence of those on it and can easily be used to locate them.

Xu Ping’an had also received such a list before, but later he threw it away.

"Found it, ranked sixtieth-one," Situ Lie said.

"Just sixtieth-one?" Situ Qianqian pouted.

"Sixtieth-one is not low. You must know, although the genius list is ranked based on potential, the most important factor is strength. Semi-Immortal strength is not low, but compared to those geniuses from major forces, it’s still a bit lower," Situ Lie responded.

Xu Ping’an nodded.

It’s likely that those geniuses have already reached the Immortal Level strength.

"So many lists come out of the Wind and Cloud Pavilion, but the truly valuable ones are only the Genius List, the Immortal Saint List, and the Immortal Emperor List. As for the Emperor’s Body List and the Immortal List, those are just small fry in comparison, I am even ranked thirty-second on the Emperor’s Body List," Situ Lie shook his head and said.

"Immortal Emperor List? I thought the Wind and Cloud Pavilion didn’t rank Immortal Emperors?" Xu Ping’an asked curiously.

"They do, it’s just not public, as such a list being public could easily offend many Immortal Emperors," Situ Lie said.

Xu Ping’an nodded, suddenly understanding.

Indeed, how many Immortal Emperors would wish to be ranked?

Without Immortal Emperors coming forth, Immortal Emperors are still among the strongest.

"Senior, may I have this list?" Xu Ping’an asked.

"You can, but aren’t you afraid of being located?" Situ Lie asked with some surprise.

"No worries, previously I didn’t have a proper identity, but now I do, so the essence it contains is just Wu Qing’s," Xu Ping’an said with a smile.

Situ Lie nodded, "Then I’ll give it to you."

The list wasn’t valuable, so it was fine to give it to Xu Ping’an.

Xu Ping’an took the list and scrutinized it closely.

First place: Baili Fengtian, cultivation at Immortal Level Ninth Layer Realm Peak, twenty years old!

Second place: Situ Xuanwu, cultivation at Immortal Level Ninth Layer Realm Peak, twenty-two years old!

Third place: Wu Yuexian, cultivation at Immortal Level Ninth Layer Realm Peak, twenty-one years old!

...

Xu Ping’an looked at the contents on the list, feeling somewhat surprised in his heart.

Immortal Level Ninth Layer Realm cultivation at just twenty years old?

This was merely cultivation. When it comes to combat power, they’re probably even stronger.