Unrivaled Medicine God, page 209
This time, Zhao Chenggan's expression finally changed. "Two hours?! Are you joking? The Xue Family's Family Head using the Origin Spirits Nine Transformations can last for at most an hour's time. You can actually last twice his time?"
The Origins Spirit Nine Transformation, this technique, was actually rather heaven-defying. Even Xue Zaihe this dabbler could break through two minor realms consecutively, let alone the Xue Family's Family Head.
However, Xue Zaihe's realm could only last for 15 minutes at most.
Ye Yuan's lasting duration was actually twice of the Xue Family's Family Head. How could Zhao Chenggan not be astonished?
"If you don't believe, you can very well give it a try!" Ye Yuan said coolly.
"Humph! Try then try! Can you soar to the heaven?" Zhao Chenggan said with a cold snort.
Zhao Chenggan kept his spear and stood there, putting on a ready-to-attack starting stance. An aura which made people feel stifled crept out in all directions.
Clearly just a simple posture. People who used the spear would all display this pose. Yet, when Zhao Chenggan assumed it, it gave people a feeling of having no weakness to exploit.
At this instant, Zhao Chenggan and the long spear fused into one.
The next attack was an earth-shattering attack!
"It's . . . It's Spear Shadow Carnage! My god. I heard that Seventh Prince has already not used this move in front of outsiders for many years!"
"This was the self-created ultimate skill that Seventh Prince became famed for! I heard that back then, he merely relied on this one move to consecutively defeat over a dozen first-rate families' pinnacle geniuses, and finally he fought to a draw with Shangguan Lingyun! Ever since then, the number one position of Shangguan Lingyun and him became established!"
"Heh heh, today is really an eye-opener! This is the pinnacle battle of the Fierce Gale World's junior generation! Missing out on today, one would have to wait until who knows when!"
At this time, everyone seemed to have already forgotten what the original objective of this spouse finding martial competition was, and everyone was lost in this pinnacle battle.
Facing someone such as Zhao Chenggan, Ye Yuan's expression was also a never before as grave.
Ye Yuan was self-confident but not conceited. Zhao Chenggan was indeed the most powerful foe that he had encountered up to this date!
The current Zhao Chenggan was akin to a fiend god descending.
A simple starting stance was actually utilized to such a miraculous realm by him. One could see that Zhao Chenggan's comprehension towards the path of the spear had already reached an extremely profound realm.
If his conjectures were correct, the true intent that Zhao Chenggan comprehended was precisely related to the spear.
Ye Yuan knew the terror of this spear and would obviously not slight it.
Only to see him pointing to the skies with his sword, his figure transforming into nine figures. It was precisely the Azure Dipper Floating Zero Sword Art: Nine Swords Stance!
Ye Yuan had already not used the Nine Swords Stance for a long time. Compared to the Thousand Flowing Petals, its power was indeed slightly weaker.
But the Nine Swords Stance also had merits that the Thousand Flowing Petals could not match up to, and that was hard to capture movement technique as well as powerful singular offensive might!
The Thousand Flowing Petals was the sort of sneaking in during the nighttime without making any sound, while the Nine Swords Stance was that sort of explosive style powerful!
Furthermore, with Ye Yuan's comprehension of the supreme true intent growing deeper by the day, his application of the Nine Swords Stance had a new addition.
Not only was the Nine Swords Stance not eliminated, but it also became another one of Ye Yuan's killing move instead!
And today, the Nine Swords Stance saw the light of day yet again!
"Tyrant Martial Howling Cloud Spear! Spear! Shadow! Carnage!" Zhao Chenggan enunciated each word.
"Azure Dipper Floating Zero Sword Art: Nine Swords Stance!" At practically the same instant, Ye Yuan's also uttered nonchalantly.
The next moment, a shocking scene which left everyone staring with their mouths agape happened!
On the stage, there were spear shadows and sword lights everywhere, leaving everyone unable to feast their eyes fully on it!
Zhao Chenggan's spear shadows were grand and boundless, overwhelming power and might!
Ye Yuan's sword lights dotted the skies like stars, being all-pervasive!
Spear shadows and sword lights continuously clashed in the air, dissipating. They were colliding and dispersing continuously.
The spear shadows and sword lights each occupied half of the platform. For a time, it was actually evenly-matched!
"S-So strong! Is this the strength of pinnacle geniuses . . . ? Seriously too strong! In one breath, how many swords and spears do they want to unleash?!"
"Seventh Prince's spear shadows, if anybody else were standing on the stage, they would probably have countless holes pierced through already, right? Also, Ji Qing's sword lights, what kind of martial technique is this? To actually release sword lights with nine phantom images at the same time. Could it be that these nine phantasms are all real bodies . . ."
"Actually, from a certain degree, Ji Qing has already won! He's a full major realm lower than His Highness, the Seventh Prince, and he actually fought to a draw with His Highness, the Seventh Prince. This shows that in terms of concepts comprehension, Ji Qing surpassed His Highness far too much! However . . . His Highness, the Seventh Prince, already comprehended true intent. What on earth did he, Ji Qing, comprehend?"
Ye Yuan's performance already completely surpassed everyone's understanding.
Martial artists who comprehended true intent were invincible existences among those of the same generation! Unless the opponent likewise comprehended true intent, otherwise, one would only get mauled.
All along, it had only been Zhao Chenggan leaping ranks to challenge others. But today, he was forced to such an extent by Ye Yuan with Half-Step Sea Transformation Realm strength.
Indeed, from a certain degree, he was already utterly defeated.
Except that the result from a fight was never something that can be determined with certainty. The strong would not possibly pity the weak either. Once they stepped onto the stage, one would only see the outcome and not look at the process.
The advantage of Zhao Chenggan's realm was reflected very quickly. He launched spear after spear wildly, squandering his essence energy.
The balance on the stage was broken, only to see those power spear shadows gradually overshadow the sword lights!
Zhao Chenggan actually became more valiant as he fought. The unleashing of spears became increasingly faster too!
The spear shadows continuously engulfed the sword lights, gradually reducing Ye Yuan's boundary!
Seeing this scene, Xiao Ruyan was practically on the verge of suffocating. Her fingernails already sunk deep into the flesh, cutting into her palm. But she was oblivious.
Very soon, spear shadows occupied the greater half of the platform. Ye Yuan's defense radius only had an extremely small piece left!
Everyone held their breaths. Once the spear shadows breached the sword lights, Ye Yuan's outcome would be being impaled by spear shadows!
"Mustn't have anything happen! Mus . . ." Xiao Ruyan's tears failed to live up to her expectations and flowed down once more.
Chapter 429. Nine Swords Return to One, Half-Moon Slash! |
On a corner tower at the far end of the plaza, two slightly aged silhouettes were currently watching the great battle on the stage.
One person was poised and elegant, possessing a remarkable aura of kings. It was actually a peak Divine Traversing Realm martial artist!
The other person's strength was slightly inferior, but he also had middle-stage Divine Traversing Realm strength!
Such characters naturally had exceedingly high statuses in the capital.
If a character like Xiao Changfeng were present, they would surely be able to recognize that these two people were precisely two characters who could summon wind and call rain in the capital: Shangguan Family's Family Head, Shangguan Wenrui, and the Xue Family's Family Head, Xue Hongfei!
"Hong Fei, what are your thoughts?" Shangguan Wenrui opened his mouth to ask as his gaze was staring intently at the spear shadows and sword lights in the distance.
"Zhao Chenggan's strength grows with each passing day. He's already much stronger compared to the last time he publically made a move!" Xue Hongfei said.
"I'm not asking about that. Ji Qing possesses the Origin Spirit Nine Transformations. Don't you have any thoughts at all?" Shangguan Wenrui said coolly.
Xue Hongfei sighed lightly and said, "I was also taken aback from shock when I saw earlier. But . . . this shouldn't have been stolen from the Xue Family. Ji Qing's attainments in the Origin Spirit Nine Transformations are even greater than mine! This disciple that Star Abyss took in is simply powerful until it makes people despair!"
Shangguan Wenrui shot a nonchalant glance at Xue Honfei and said, "I heard that a young man from the Endless World infiltrated into the capital. And this young man once killed the Lan Family Tribe's middle-stage Sea Transformation Realm martial artist in the Level 5 gale region with First Level Crystal Formation Realm strength!"
Xue Hongfei's expression froze briefly. "You mean that . . . Ji Qing is that youth? Impossible! I also suspected this matter before. But the news from the Xiao Family says that Xiao Changfeng tested Ji Qing's divine soul before. He's indeed somebody from the Fierce Gale World!"
"I naturally know that. But don't you feel that this young man is very fishy? In our Fierce Gale World, other than the Wind Emperor, who else can groom such a monstrous genius?" Shangguan Wenrui said coolly.
"This . . ." Xue Hongfei thought carefully. There really was something not quite right.
Xue Hongfei pondered for a moment and seemed to have thought of something. He startled awake abruptly and looked at Shangguan Wenrui in disbelief.
Shangguan Wenrui gave a faint smile and knew that Xue Hongfei understood his meaning.
"Brother Wenrui is far-sighted, not what Hongfei can match up to!"
Shangguan Wenrui said with a smile, "Zhao Tianyin has reigned for many years and is no longer far from ascending to the Divine Realm. The battle for the next Wind Emperor has already gradually surfaced. There is bound to be a fight between a dragon and a tiger between Yun-er and Zhao Chenggan. However, this suddenly emerged Ji Qing thoroughly upset the initially stalemated situation! If today, he . . ."
Xue Hongfei took a look at the intense fighting in the distance. Ye Yuan's situation was already in imminent danger.
"However . . . this situation currently, it's probably very hard for Ji Qing to be ascertained of victory, right?"
"Hur hur, maybe not!"
. . . . . .
Spear shadows which blotted out the sky and earth repressed Ye Yuan's nine figures into a very tiny radius area.
Currently, Ye Yuan was akin to a small boat hanging by a thread in the ocean, possibly overturned by the tides and winds at any moment.
But Ye Yuan's sword lights were still not the slightest bit slow!
Sword light versus spear shadow was at a disadvantage initially.
The sword emphasized grace and agility, while the spear stressed on momentum akin to 30 thousand catties.
Plus, Ye Yuan's realm was not the same with Zhao Chenggan's. Him being suppressed was also something very normal.
"Haha! I'll see how you will hide! Go and die!" Zhao Chenggan was unbelievably excited right now.
As long as he broke Ye Yuan's sword lights, he was dead for sure!
While talking, Zhao Chenggan mustered essence energy even more feverishly. The spear shadows became even more frenzied!
Just a little bit more and Ye Yuan's sword lights were about to be broken. However, Ye Yuan was still expressionless, as if he was oblivious to the danger.
The defense circle became increasingly smaller, tinier and tinier.
Finally, those countless spear shadows finally broke the limits, stabbing ruthlessly towards Ye Yuan's nine figures!
"Ahh!"
Many people gave a shocked exclamation as if seeing the outcome of Ye Yuan staining the stage in blood.
Right at the critical moment, a dazzling light suddenly blasted out from the spear shadows!
"Nine Swords Return to One, Half-Moon Slash!" Ye Yuan's voice rang out faintly as if giving that streak of light an enormous power.
The spear shadows which filled the skies actually could not inch forward anymore!
Those overwhelmingly powerful spear shadows actually gradually subsided under this streak of light!
Chi!
A half-moon shaped sword light sweeping along with tremendous amounts of energy disperse those innumerable spear shadows.
And not only did the charging momentum of the sword light not diminish, but it also became increasingly faster instead!
Seeing this scene, Zhao Chenggan's expression changed dramatically.
How could he still live if he was slashed by this gigantic half-moon shaped sword light?
In a panic, how could Zhao Chenggan still be bothered with displaying Spear Shadow Carnage? He hurriedly pulled back his spear and moved sideways!
The sword light swept past his body with a whoosh. That threatening sword qi shredded Zhao Chenggan's protective essence energy into tattered bits.
It was also that Zhao Chenggan's reaction was fast enough. Otherwise, he would be split into two parts right now already!
Looking at the ground again, the platform already had a deep ravine slashed into it by this colossal half-moon shaped sword light with scattered pieces of rock everywhere, looking very horrific.
Below the platform, it was dead quiet, as if they were hit by an immobility talisman.
Zhao Chenggan's body was stinging with fiery pain. Although that sword qi was unable to harm his foundation, it gave him considerable wounds.
Each injury was reminding him that he had just brushed past the god of death.
Zhao Chenggan was looking at Ye Yuan rather blankly, somewhat befuddled by the current situation.
He clearly had victory in grasp already. Why did the situation suddenly had a 180-degree turnabout, hitting him from heaven to hell all at once?
"Hey, did you see what happened just now clearly?"
"D-Didn't see clearly. My eyes were freaking blinded!"
"This . . . Was this a freaking skill released by a Crystal Formation Realm martial artist? I think that this skill, even if Soul Sea Realm powerhouses were standing opposite, the person would also be cleaved into two halves, right?"
After a long time, waves of commotions and exclamations sounded from below the platform.
The shock that this attack dealt him was too intense!
"Haha! Leaving no route for escape so that one would fight desperately to win! This absolute strike back is too beautiful!" Shangguan Wenrui praised.
"Accumulating momentum with the sword, flourishing with extreme decline! This boy is truly monstrous! This path of amassing momentum is patented by spear users. But, it was unleashed by Ye Yuan! This slap is really resounding!" Xue Hongfei sighed with admiration.
"If this child is really an Endless World native, he would truly be our Fierce Gale World's calamitous disaster! No matter what, this child can't be kept!" Shangguan Wenrui suddenly said.
Ye Yuan looked at the Zhao Chenggan who was still suffering from shock and said with a faint smile, "Ran pretty quick, eh? This move today, consider it as teaching you for free of charge. When you go back, you got to comprehend it well!"
Even if Zhao Chenggan's face was thick, he was flushing with shame currently.
He naturally understood what Ye Yuan was talking about. This slap was really resounding in his ears!
Ye Yuan's Half-Moon Slash was actually born from that final attack when facing off against Tian Yu. Ye Yuan fused it into the Nine Swords Stance.
But if he unleashed this attack right from the start, its power would be far from as powerful as right now.
The process of sword light clashing against spear shadows was actually the process of Ye Yuan accumulating momentum all along.
Only after waiting until the sword light was broken and Ye Yuan released all of the amassed sword intent, was there such a matchlessly powerful attack!
Chapter 430. Certain Death? |
Zhao Chenggan's face turned red. He wanted to refute but did not know where to begin.
The most important thing about using a spear was accumulating momentum. How could he possibly not know?
Spear Shadow Carnage, the power of this move was extremely great. His starting stance was actually accumulating momentum.
Yet, it was precisely because this move was extremely powerful that when Zhao Chenggan wanted to merged these innumerable spear 'momentums' into the final spear, he could not do it no matter what.
But something that he, this spear playing user, could not do, Ye Yuan who used a sword did it. This could not be said to not be a kind of irony.
This match today undoubtedly gave Zhao Chenggan a genuine battle with immense referencing value.
As long as he went back to study it in detail, perhaps he might really be able to fuse the accumulated momentum into Spear Shadow Carnage one day.
"Ji Qing, don't you get cocky! Our fight has only just begun! Just now . . . was only merely a warmup!" Zhao Chenggan said with a black face. Clearly, he was truly enraged this time.
"Haha, of course I know that it's only starting now. Earlier, I let you dodge that move. Next time . . . there won't be such good luck," Ye Yuan said with a faint smile.
"Humph! That's also what I want to say to you!" Zhao Chenggan said with a cold snort.
This exchange made everyone became speechless.
"That . . . That was just a warmup? If they really fought, wouldn't it tear down this entire plaza?"
