Chapter 93: Sword Energy Condenses into a Mountain

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  Clang!

  Facing a dense rain of arrows, with several late-stage True Essence realm warriors eyeing him greedily beside him, Ye Chen didn't dare to take it lightly and instantly drew out the Cloud Concealment Sword.

  Pure and true energy has an additive effect on swordsmanship. This time, as the sword is unsheathed, a snow-white sword light appears like lotus flowers, with sharp edges shooting out in all directions, cutting the ground around Ye Chen into tiny pieces, leaving no intact land. At the same time, illusory shadows like mountains appear and disappear in the sword light, with sharpness and thickness reaching their extremes, combining to form a scene that bears some resemblance to the legendary Knife Mountain.

  "Sword energy condenses into a mountain!"

  A sword shot out straight, its light infinitely compressed, transforming into a thick and large sword energy that blasted out. Due to the extreme speed, the air was cut open like water waves, causing chaos in the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

  In everyone's eyes, this was not sword energy, but a mountain peak crushing down, instantly giving rise to an irresistible thought, weakening his momentum by 80%.

  Wow!

  The flat ground was torn apart, and the horse thieves on this line or nearby were either cut in two or crushed by the sword energy's residual waves into a bloody mist, leaving no bones behind. Then, the remaining sword energy did not dissipate, cutting towards the leader of the horse thief gang that had suppressed Xu Jing.

  "Sword energy?" The leader of the bandits sensed the anomaly, turned his head to look, and was shocked. A mere mid-stage Condensed True Realm warrior could actually release sword energy, wasn't that something only a Hugging Yuan Realm swordsman could do? Moreover, this sword energy wasn't ordinary, it contained the intent of mountains, crushing everything, suppressing everything, already close to the edge of sword intent, one step away from comprehending the Supreme Sword Intent.

  After exchanging dozens of moves, Xu Jing was gradually suppressed by the leader of the horse bandits, but he also grasped the opponent's martial arts routine. If there were no surprises, this person should be one of the leaders of the horse bandits on the northwest plain, named Chi Kui. He had entered the realm of embracing the origin several years ago. His moves were grand and powerful, if not for his own strong internal energy, he might not have been able to withstand even three punches.

  After a while, Xu Jing saw that the opponent's attention had shifted and couldn't help but look over as well. In her line of sight, Ye Chen was like a steep and majestic mountain peak, towering high above all else, clearly visible before her eyes, yet giving off an illusion of being far away in the distance.

  "My junior brother is indeed talented, his swordsmanship has the aura of the Way, given time, he will surely become a world-renowned swordsman."

  Haha, with a loud laugh, Chi Wei withdrew his left hand and threw out a punch, saying: "No matter how surprising or stunning you are, you're just a mid-stage Condensed True Realm martial artist. What can you withstand against me? Exploding Mountain Fist, shatter for me!"

  Splendid!

  The atmosphere of the sword was broken first, and then the sword energy collapsed and disappeared into nothingness.

  However, the Red Qi itself was also a stiff, thread-like sword energy flowing up its arm against the current, wanting to hurt its foundation, and only after separating out a part of its true energy did it eliminate the threat of the sword energy.

  Xu Jing understood Ye Chen's meaning, the other party wanted to help himself escape, and his mind was on this, his whole body's true energy ignited like a fire, and two circles of illusory golden flame halos appeared at the back of his head, one large and one small, with rings nested within each other.

  "Earth-level low-grade martial art - Three Days Golden Cudgel Technique!"

  Ye Chen's eyes picked out the cultivation method that Xu Jing was using, which turned out to be the low-level Earth-grade technique "Three Heavens' Golden Lock". This technique was unparalleled and unmatched. The seventh level was called "Surprising Heaven", the eighth level was called "Taiji Heaven", and the ninth level was "Heaven's Apex". When the three heavens were combined, they could suppress all things and nothing could stop them. Xu Jing had clearly cultivated to the eighth level, Taiji Heaven, where two heavens were combined, and his power suddenly surged upward. With one punch, Chi Kuang retreated four steps, with fresh blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.

  "Open!"

  Reckless and unbridled, Xu Jing charged forward with a burst of golden true energy, instantly dispersing the people in her way. She didn't even bother to mount her horse, instead dashing towards the direction where Wu Zongming and his three companions were located.

  Ye Chen also had no obstacles, turned around and swung out thirteen swords, each sword's energy slashing towards the pursuing Chi Wei, while he himself floated backwards, his feet not touching the ground.

  With Xu Jing and Ye Chen's help, Wu Zongming and his party finally broke out of the encirclement. The four horses galloped at top speed, their riders urging them on as they rapidly disappeared into the distance.

  "The kid is hateful."

  With a fierce rage in his heart, he stomped one foot and the earth shook ceaselessly. His fists flew out in rapid succession, transforming into a series of fist silhouettes that shattered like mountainous sword energy.

  "What shall we do now, Big Brother?" a small leader of the horse thieves asked, his eyes red with tears.

  Anger and grief surged in his chest, but he suppressed the unstable emotions and asked, "How many brothers have we lost?"

  "There were twenty-three of us in total. Except for me, all the other small leaders have fallen."

  "Six late-stage True Realm warriors all fell, and I'm going to die from anger." Chi Hu's eyes were wide open, with bloodshot eyes. This bandit group had only over 50 people, but each one was a seasoned veteran, especially those six small leaders who followed him in his conquest of the northwest plains for years, they were the foundation of his dominance, and he didn't expect to lose them all in this battle, his heart was bleeding at that moment.

  "Big brother, I told you before, don't get mixed up with the Ouyang brothers. They're core disciples of the sect and have a powerful backer. Although they give us a lot of gold and treasures each time, we're risking our lives to fight, while they don't even lift a finger but take the lion's share."

  "I know about this matter." Chi Huai, as the leader of a bandit group, was still calm and collected despite his anger, saying: "We have already offended the Liu Yun Sect, we can't afford to clash with the Zi Yang Sect again. From now on, let's minimize our contact with the Ouyang brothers. For now, let's retreat from the Northwestern Plains and go outside to recruit more men and horses, in hopes of making a comeback."

  "What you said is absolutely right."

  ……

  After breaking out of the siege, Ye Chen and Wu Zongming rode one horse, Xu Jing and one of his female disciples rode another.

  Xu Jing handed a dark blue pill to Ye Chen, saying: "The road ahead is bound to be fraught with danger. This is a Hui Xuan Dan, it can replenish the true energy you've lost."

  Hui Xuan Dan's name had long been heard by Ye Chen, three thousand two gold coins for one pill, the speed of restoring true energy is ten times that of ordinary people, it is a must-have item for high-level warriors, just after weighing it with his eyes, Ye Chen pinched Hui Xuan Dan and swallowed it down, immediately operating pure Yang true energy to refine the medicinal power.

  In the lower abdomen, the nearly dried-up true Qi vortex is assisted by the elixir of Huanxuan Dan, and it re-emits its power. The true Qi gushes out continuously, flowing into the hundred meridians of the body.

  He first launched a powerful punch, then used the Lone Peak Thirteen Swords, using his mental state to unleash an extremely exhausting sword energy. Although the momentum was fierce, it didn't last long and was far inferior to those in the Embracing Origin Realm. After all, the cultivation of the Condensing Reality Realm's middle stage was still too low.

  Seven days passed, and the six of them returned safely to Qingfeng Mountain's Liuyun Sect.

  The next half month was no different from before, cultivating and doing tasks in a cycle.

  Coincidentally, Ye Chen overheard the news brought back by the Flowing Cloud Sect disciples who attended the auction, that 'North Snow Fast Knife' Lin Qi had safely returned to North Snow Manor. It was said that someone saw the gray-clothed old man, Knife Master, with a wolf-like demeanor and his left arm severed.