World's Strongest Martial Warrior

In an instant, the ancient ice jade burst forth with a blinding white light, chilling the air around them to an extraordinary degree. The entire expanse transformed into a frozen sea.    

Suddenly, titanic waves rose from the icy depths. A colossal ice dragon emerged, its fangs bared and claws swiping, as it lunged towards Peter Parker with a thunderous roar.    

The ice dragon clashed with Peter Parker's Immortal Killing Sword Art, resulting in a deafening boom. Waves of ice shattered, reverberating through heaven and earth, and Peter Parker's technique was obliterated in an icy maelstrom.    

Undeterred, the ice dragon barreled towards Peter Parker with its chilling might. Peter, unfazed, smoothly stepped back and released the second and third forms of his Killing Immortal Sword Art.    

Bang! Bang! The two beams of lethal sword light met the ice dragon head-on. After withstanding Peter Parker's dual attacks, the dragon's strength waned, and it dissipated into the void.    

Throughout his recent encounters with the Great Luo's prodigies, Peter Parker had realized that these talents harbored aces up their sleeves—gifts from the Great Luo Immortal Venerable himself. Yet, they struggled to break beyond the Heavenly Immortal realm, their prowess peaking at that of a Ninth Grade Heavenly Immortal.    

With Peter Parker's formidable power, a full-force attack from him meant that a Ninth Grade Heavenly Immortal posed no real threat.    

"How... How is this possible?" Yan Li's eyes glazed over in disbelief at the unfolding scene. He had never anticipated Peter Parker's overwhelming strength, which rendered his master's trump card ineffective.    

"Yan Li, will you exit the secret realm on your own, or shall I escort you out personally?"    

Reeling from the shock, Yan Li heard Peter Parker's detached voice echo in his ears. His face darkened as he glared at Peter Parker. "Peter Parker, if you force me out of the secret realm prematurely, the Third Sub-Palace won't stand for it. Are you really prepared to make an enemy of us?"    

The stakes were high in this secret realm, as it was tied to the reorganization of the eighteen sub-palaces within the Nameless Immortal Palace. An early elimination would be a significant setback for the Third Sub-Palace.    

Despite the first stage's outcome not finalizing the rankings of the sub-palaces, the Third Sub-Palace's chances of maintaining its status were now slim, with the difficulty having increased exponentially.    

"Yan Li, spare me the threats of the third branch. If you refuse to leave, I'll have to escort you out myself," Peter Parker retorted with a cool indifference.    

As his voice trailed off, Peter Parker's figure blurred, reappearing in front of Yan Li with the Skyfrost Immortal Sword in hand, thrusting it toward Yan Li's forehead.    

Yan Li's face contorted in terror at the sight of the sword zooming towards him. Having already sustained severe injuries from Peter Parker and expended over half of his Heavenly Immortal energy using his master's ultimate technique, he was powerless to defend against another of Peter Parker's attacks.    

In that moment, Yan Li faced a dire choice: perish by Peter Parker's blade or activate the jade talisman and flee the secret realm.    

"Peter Parker, this isn't over. I will have my revenge!" Yan Li's eyes flickered with malice. With no other recourse, he crushed the jade talisman, vanishing in a flash of immortal light.    

Witnessing Yan Li's desperate measures yet still being compelled to use the jade talisman to escape, another member of the Third Sub-Palace was overcome with dread. Without a moment's delay, he produced his own talisman and crushed it, disappearing from the secret realm just as swiftly.    

"Jiang Chen's prowess is truly unmatched. You effortlessly defeated Yan Li from the Third Sub-Palace. It seems that within the 18 branch palaces of the Nameless Immortal Palace, no one can rival you now," Xu Ji remarked, finally regaining his composure.    

Considering the formidable power Peter Parker had shown, it was doubtful that even Luo Shock Scale, one of the Northern Chill Immortal Domain's top ten prodigies, could stand up to him!    

"It's about time. Let's go collect more Dark Pearls," Peter Parker said with a slight smile. He then led Xu Ji on a quest to hunt the Immemorial Dark Immortal and gather Dark Pearls in the secret realm.    

...    

In the Nameless Immortal City, as the first stage of the Immortal Gathering unfolded, the ranks of disciples from the 18 branch palaces thinned out, with more being eliminated from the mystic realm.    

Without anyone noticing, nearly a third of the disciples who had entered the mystic realm were ousted prematurely, including several well-known talents from the eighteenth branch.    

"It seems the likelihood of early elimination during the first stage of the Nameless Immortal Palace's Immortal Gathering is higher than in past years," someone observed.    

"Indeed, even Duanmu Shuangzi from the ninth branch and Wu Yuan, who was second-ranked in the fourth branch, have been eliminated one after the other," another added.    

Amidst the murmurs of the crowd, the central altar in the square was once again enveloped in intense spatial turbulence. From the chaos, a figure emerged, looking utterly defeated.    

The crowd's attention was riveted on the figure stepping out from the Secret Mirror World. Their shock was palpable.    

"Yan Li from the Third Sub-Palace has been eliminated so soon? How could this be?" the onlookers gasped in disbelief.    

Yan Li was a formidable genius from the third branch of the Nameless Immortal Palace, his talents and strength ranking among the elite of the eighteen branches. Aside from Luo Shock Lin of the first sub-palace and Yi Qiankun of the second, there were few who could measure up to him.    

Moreover...    

Even for powerhouses like Luo Shock Scale and Yi Qiankun, taking down Yan Li would be no simple feat.    

Yet, Yan Li had been ousted sooner than anyone anticipated.    

What could possibly explain this?    

At that moment, the crowd gathered in the plaza buzzed with curiosity about the events that had unfolded within the secret realm. How could it be that Yan Li, a leading prodigy among the Eighteen Branch Halls, was eliminated prematurely?