Chapter 127: Breakthrough

  At this moment, everyone's eyes focused on Ye Chen.

  All the leaders of the major powers who have been to Liuyun Sect to watch the inner door disciple ranking competition know him, and those who haven't gone are talking about it.

  "He's that Ye Chen, so young!"

  "It's unbelievable that someone so young can grasp the essence of the Half-Step Sword Intent."

  "Once he grasps the true meaning of sword intent, his potential will be on par with Master Jade, unfortunately, he's still a bit short for now."

  "Well, that Chong Jun, the first inner disciple of Fei Cui Valley, has a strong True Qi fluctuation, obviously reaching the late stage of the Condensing True Realm. Zhuang Qingxian can rest assured to let him go out and fight, his strength is definitely not simple, maybe he already has the level of the front row of core disciples."

  "The core disciple of Feicui Valley is in the front row. This has a high gold content. Ye Chen lost, but it's not unjust."

  Most people don't think highly of Ye Chen, but they have high hopes for his future. After all, he is the first among the younger generation to grasp the half-step Sword Intent, and with time, there is a great possibility that he will comprehend the true Sword Intent.

  Slowly standing up, Ye Chen didn't say anything unnecessary and directly walked onto the stage.

  "It's not bad that you can comprehend the Half-Step Sword Intent, but remember, in this world, strength is revered, and no one cares what you've comprehended." Cheng Jun saw Ye Chen walk up straightforwardly, gave a cold smile, slightly raised his chin, and looked down at him.

  Ye Chen said calmly: "What you said is right, everything is respected with strength, and you can barely make me use my full strength."

  "Don't think that just because you're the number one inner disciple of the Flowing Cloud Sect, you can be on an equal footing with me. With your abilities, in my Jade Emerald Valley, you're nothing but an ordinary inner sect disciple." Cheng Jun didn't give any face to the Flowing Cloud Sect's great elder present, and strongly belittled the average level of the Flowing Cloud Sect disciples.

  The old man's face was furious, and the Peacock Valley became more and more arrogant. Even a small inner door disciple didn't take the Flowing Cloud Sect seriously, and in the past, they only talked about it behind their backs. Now, they directly said it to his face, which was simply unreasonable.

  "Hmm!"

  The Great Elder let out a cold hum, his voice containing the true energy of the Yuan level, and all around, everyone felt the Great Elder's anger.

  Zhuang Qingxian glanced at the Great Elder of Liuyun Sect and rebuked Cheng Jun: "Everything has its own public opinion, how dare you make arbitrary comments."

  Cheng Jun didn't feel that Zhuang Qingxian was annoyed, but he knew that things couldn't be done too excessively. He immediately turned to the surroundings and cupped his fists, "Cheng Jun is straightforward and outspoken, let everyone see the joke."

  After finishing speaking, his gaze turned sharp and he said to Ye Chen: "Whether what I said is true or not, let the outcome prove it!"

  Buzz!

  The Storage Ring's soft glow flickered, and the Cloud Concealing Sword appeared in Ye Chen's hand. He slowly drew out the sword, its tip pointing at Cheng Jun. Ye Chen said coldly, "If I don't defeat you within five moves, then I lose."

  As soon as this was said, everyone was shocked.

  The old man's face looked unpleasant. Before coming, he had told Ye Chen not to be impulsive and to prioritize the interests of Yunyun Sect, which he represented. How could he forget this as soon as he stepped onto the stage and try to defeat his opponent in five moves? It was easy to talk big, but if he failed, everyone would undoubtedly look down on him and think he liked to brag.

  Luo Hanshan couldn't help but say: "Ye Shidi is being impulsive!"

  "Not necessarily." Xu Jing was frugal with her words.

  The four elders smiled bitterly, "Do you really think Ye Chen can defeat his opponent in five moves? I'm guessing that Cheng Jun is at least a top disciple of the Fei Cui Valley core, although he doesn't want to admit it. From the aura alone, among the core disciples of Liu Yun Zong, he can be ranked around sixth or seventh."

  Apart from some of the leaders, the younger generation also shook their heads, thinking that Ye Chen was too arrogant, especially Shi Po Tian, who sneered in his heart, not saying anything would be better, but speaking out and not following through would truly be a loss of face. He didn't think that Ye Chen would be even more foolishly self-aggrandizing than he had imagined.

  Ouyang Ming sneered, "You don't know whether you're dead or alive."

  In the south of Luo Zong, Yuan Xue Mei had long been displeased with Cheng Jun. She instead hoped that Ye Chen could defeat his opponent within five moves, although it was almost impossible.

  "Looking for death!"

  Jung's entire body was clothed in a garment that fluttered without wind, and bursts of cyan-purple light erupted from his body. With one movement of his foot, the ground cracked, and he seemed to slash out like a sideways knife. His palm was straight as a blade, and with a single, empty-handed chop, he sliced through the air.

  Hmph!

  The air was cut open, a cyan-purple light blade emerged from his palm and slashed towards Yedun.

  Ye Chen refused to back down, his originally calm demeanor suddenly became sharp and fierce. Wave after wave of ethereal and elusive sword energy burst forth from within him, as if he had transformed into a cloud, a sword, accumulating power and exploding with astonishing destructive force.

  "First move!" A sword thrust out, Ye Chen's entire person became illusory, his sword momentum unstable, his figure indistinct, like clouds drifting in the sky, unbound by common rules.

  Splendid!

  A dark purple light blade pierced through Ye Chen's afterimage, leaving a deep gash on the ground, while Ye Chen's sword had already stabbed towards Cheng Jun's chest.

  "What kind of swordsmanship is this?" Cheng Jun was shocked, he didn't expect Ye Chen's swordsmanship and footwork to be so strange, clearly about to hit the opponent, but missed by a hair's breadth.

  A flush of shame flashed across his face, and Cheng Jun frantically mobilized his true energy.

  "Heavenly Purple Crystal Energy!"

  A purple light gathered in front of Cheng Jun's chest, condensing into a crystal-like barrier that was as clear as amethyst. The barrier had eight flat surfaces and emitted a faint glow at its edges, tightly protecting Cheng Jun's body. A layer of purple crystal-like energy also covered other parts of his body.

  Ye Chen made no changes, Yun Yin Jian still stabbed out, the sword momentum contained a terrifying half-step sword intent, and increased its condensation.

  Hiss!

  The purple crystal screen shattered at the sound, and couldn't block even a little bit.

  "What? The congenital purple crystal energy has been broken." Shi Potian's palm exerted force, crushing the tea cup he had just picked up, and the tea water splashed everywhere.

  No wonder he was so shocked, the Innate Purple Crystal Qi is a method of application in the Innate Great Crack Qi, and the Innate Great Crack Qi is a low-level skill of the Emerald Valley, not inferior to Liu Wuxiang's Qingxia Qi. In terms of destructive power, it is even more powerful. Even an ordinary Condensing Realm late-stage warrior who launches a full-force attack may not be able to break through the Innate Purple Crystal Qi, but now it can't withstand Ye Chen's one sword.

  The Jade Prince's expression changed slightly, and he was somewhat surprised by the power of Half-Step Sword Intent.

  "Go away!"

  Cheng Jun let out a loud shout, and the congenital purple crystal energy around his body thickened once again, slowing down the sword's momentum. Then, with a force that seemed to tear through the air, he slapped towards Ye Chen's head with his right hand.

  The strong wind blew his hair flying, and he drank heavily as well.

  "Unrivaled in this land!"

  Rumble!

  The nearby Yuanqi was drained in an instant, pouring into Ye Chen's left fist, and with an invincible boxing momentum, it burst out and collided hard with Cheng Jun's palm.

  No deafening crash was heard, nor was there a scene of bricks flying and people falling. The black light and the cyan purple glow devoured each other, struggling with all their might.

  Some slightly weaker young and promising players are a bit unadapted, as if they clearly know that thunder is coming, but only see lightning flashing across the sky, yet there is no sound of thunder, both eerie and suffocating.

  At this moment, a deafening crash finally burst forth.

  Dark light and purple rays burst forth from the stage, shooting out in all directions, magnificent and grand.

  "A fierce aura." The leaders of the major powers took action, setting up a thick layer of air walls in front of their own territory to block the spread and destruction of the aura. For a time, ripples appeared on the transparent air wall, with waves and dots.

  The two bodies touched and parted, Ye Chen was in mid-air, one sword swung out.

  "The Clouds Are Endless!"

  A massive sword energy was exceptionally overbearing, wherever it went, the air was swept away, carrying an overwhelming momentum that slashed towards Cheng Jun.

  "How despicable!"

  Cheng Jun's anger was indescribable, his true energy converged on his right palm, and he fiercely struck the sword energy.

  Crackling and popping!

  The true energy on his palm was completely destroyed, and Cheng Jun spat out a mouthful of blood, which was injured by the remaining sword energy in his meridians.

  "It's unbelievable, they've only exchanged three moves and Cheng Jun is already injured. Could it be that he was really defeated in five moves?"

  "The half-step sword intent is even more terrifying than I imagined! Fortunately, it's not the real sword intent, otherwise, just now, the first sword would have been unstoppable for Cheng Jun."

  "But there are still two moves left, Chun Jun can't hold on, right?"

  "If I can't hold on, I'll lose face! Earlier, I was belittling the average level of the Flowing Cloud Sect's disciples, but now I've been defeated in just five moves. It's like being slapped in the face!"

  Everyone was shocked to see Cheng Jun injured.

  "Ye Chen, you think you can defeat me in five moves? Dream on! I'll make you regret it!" Cheng Jun's eyes were about to bleed from rage, his face beet red. He forcibly circulated his true energy, crushing the invading sword energy within him. Then, step by step, he walked towards Ye Chen. With each step, the ground cracked and split, and the external Primordial Purple Crystal Energy increased by a fraction. By the seventh step, the Primordial Purple Crystal Energy converged into a spectral image of a slender knife, its edge razor-sharp.

  At this moment, Cheng Jun had surpassed his own limits, forcibly pushing the congenital great rift to the eighth peak, and his true energy condensed into a side knife phantom.

  "Rip!"

  Facing the distant dust, Cheng Jun raised his right hand high and chopped forward heavily.

  Hiss!

  That side knife phantom flew out with Cheng Jun's gesture, cutting out a terrible crack on the surface of the square, and the air around it was like water, with many wrinkles, which were cut open by the side knife phantom one by one, then burst into fragments and exploded into chaos.

  "The innate great crack of the eighth heavy peak, will surely defeat the opponent." Shi Po Tian's eyes stared fixedly at the scene, as if he couldn't wait to see Ye Chen's body flying horizontally.

  Ouyang Ming smiled faintly, realizing that Ye Chen, who had grasped the Half-Step Sword Intent, was a threat from the very beginning. Now that he's been taken care of, it's actually a good thing.

  Xu Jing and Luo Hanshan generally, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, until now, she can no longer be sure if Ye Chen can still defeat Cheng Jun, after all, Cheng Jun's sudden breakthrough was too unexpected, no one had anticipated that pressure and humiliation would actually lead to his breakthrough.

  Compared with him, Ye Chen's luck was really too bad.

  Faced with this extremely terrifying blow, the true energy in Ye Chen's body automatically burst out. Vaguely, a layer of invisible barrier seemed to be broken at the bottom of his dantian, and the speed of the true energy circulation greatly increased, with the heavenly and earthly primordial energy pouring into his body like a funnel.

  At this moment, Ye Chen suddenly broke through like Cheng Jun, but unlike him, he had reached the late stage of the Condensing Reality Realm.

  A powerful aura surged through his body, Ye Chen's eyes snapped open, and his sharp gaze materialized into a sword-like energy that shot out, causing everyone's eyes to sting.