Chapter 1666 Is He a Earth Immortal?

• Thinking of that, Michael Shephard looked calmly at Wu Yunfan. This prodigy from the Immortal Realm. Michael spoke slowly, “Then I advise you to get lost, fast. If I could kill Yin Yanmu, I can kill you too.” Michael said it like he was talking about the weather—light and easy—completely different from Wu Yunfan’s blazing swagger just now. Everyone was a bit stunned when they heard it. This hidden cultivator named Michael was way too cocky, right? Still, they felt oddly relieved. Clearly, these two were going to fight. “Good, good, good!” Wu Yunfan seemed surprised, then got angry, spitting out three “goods” in a row. “You’re the first to dare talk to me like that! Today, I’ll make sure you die!” Wu Yunfan let out a cold laugh, then in a flash unleashed all his pressure. Sizzle! Sizzle! The aura he released was like blades slicing through the air, ripping the void and shrieking with a chilling whistle. Looking at Wu Yunfan again, his clothes billowed without wind, his whole presence sharper, more lethal. Wu Yunfan stood like a proud sword hanging in midair, the long blade beside him circling at his front, as if in the next heartbeat it would strike—drink blood to quench its thirst. Everyone who saw this had their eyes go wide. The disciples of the Seven Sects gasped. The eight Earth Immortals were so shocked they sprang to their feet. And— For the hidden and rogue cultivators who hadn’t seen much of the world, their stunned eyes came from Wu Yunfan’s sheer power. But for the Seven Sects’ disciples and those Earth Immortals, their shock came from something else—Wu Yunfan’s realm. Right now, the pressure pouring off Wu Yunfan was no different from that of an Earth Immortal. They couldn’t tell if he’d already challenged an Earth Immortal and stepped into that realm, but right here, right now, his aura was clearly at the level of an Earth Immortal expert. As for the eight who were Earth Immortals already, they knew exactly what they were feeling. Even if Wu Yunfan hadn’t yet defeated an Earth Immortal, he was, in truth, a powerhouse at the Earth Immortal level. They were intimately familiar with the aura of Earth Immortals; that’s why, the instant Wu Yunfan released his pressure, they jolted to their feet. The Immortal Realm was full of experts, but Earth Immortals weren’t cabbages growing everywhere. First off, to become an Earth Immortal, you have to defeat someone who already is one. That’s the rule for defining the Earth Immortal realm. Following that rule, the bar rises invisibly. To become an Earth Immortal, you must challenge one; and those who are Earth Immortals once challenged others before them. Generation after generation, Earth Immortal power passes on, so anyone aiming for it has to be stronger than their predecessors. But that’s only how people think before they become Earth Immortals. Only after stepping into that realm do they realize the rule isn’t raising the bar—it’s lowering it. From Foundation Establishment all the way to Void Return, realms are divided by a cultivator’s personal power. But crossing from Void Return to Earth Immortal is defined by whether you can beat an Earth Immortal. That’s… off. By rights, the Earth Immortal realm should also be defined by a concrete power threshold. And yeah, the Earth Immortal realm does have a standard of power. The reason the realm isn’t measured by that standard, and is instead marked by defeating an existing Earth Immortal, is because breaking through that true standard is just too damn hard.