Chapter 160: Replacing Sword with Gun (Fourth Update)

  "Just because you're Master Jade, I should give it to you?" Since the other party had already made a move to kill him, Ye Chen naturally wouldn't be polite either.

  Zhuang Fei's eyes flashed with a cold light, several months ago, he didn't even put the other party in his eyes, now that he has gained some strength, he has become arrogant, but the silent and fierce palm just now didn't hit the opponent, which was somewhat unexpected.

  "Hand over the secret manual and I won't make things difficult for you." Zhuang Fei secretly accumulated his true energy, preparing for a lightning-fast strike, and said in a calm tone.

  "You want the secret recipe? Maybe you don't have that kind of luck."

  At this time, Ye Chen had already flipped over and landed on the platform. With a flick of his spear, the sword-like spearhead easily broke through the light ball, and the secret book was absorbed into his hand.

  At this scene, Zhuang Fei's murderous intent was revealed.

  Ye Chen didn't bother with him either and stood tall on the platform.

  Turn over the secret book page one——

  "Tai Xuan Gong, a mid-tier Earth-level cultivation technique, is divided into eleven levels. The first two levels are the foundation, and the third level enters the hall. After that, every time you upgrade one level, your true energy condenses by three points, reaching the highest realm of the eleventh level, where you can refine a supreme true yuan, easily taking an enemy's life."

  Can the highest realm refine an unparalleled true yuan?

  Having seen this, Ye Chen was certain that the Tai Xuan skill was what he needed, and it exceeded his original expectations. Now, let alone the Jade Son, Zhuang Fei wanting him to hand over the secret book, even if a late-stage Wu Zong practitioner came, he would still make the opponent splatter blood within five steps.

  To know the truth, only a warrior who has reached the Star Extreme Realm can cultivate it. Before reaching the Star Extreme Realm, warriors cultivate true energy, which differs from true yuan by only one word, but the power is vastly different. If one can temper out a mouthful of true yuan before reaching the Star Extreme Realm, it would be an absolute killing move, and with one strike, any warrior in the Embryonic Realm would be unable to withstand it and would certainly be beaten to death.

  He put away the Taixuan Gong secret book, Ye Chen was satisfied and was about to leave.

  "Since you won't hand over the secret recipe, don't blame me for being ruthless." With a swift movement, Zhuang Fei dodged the surging flames and arrived at the bottom of the platform. In the blink of an eye, he flipped himself onto the top.

  Ye Chen stood still on the spot, the room was full of mechanisms, it was impossible to leave quickly, rather than making useless efforts, he'd rather wait and see how the other side would keep him here.

  "You were once the leader of the young generation in Tianfeng Country, but now you're definitely not. Let me come and shatter your glory!"

  Without a sword in hand, Ye Chen was not at all concerned, with his nearly matured sword intent and iron spear, he could almost exert more than 80% of his peak strength, enough to defeat Zhuang Fei. As for the source of the opponent's full confidence, it was estimated that he did not expect himself to continue making progress in terms of sword intent.

  "Seeking death, Heavenly Jade Palm!"

  Zhuang Fei's body didn't move, one palm slapped out horizontally.

  Silent and soundless, a vast expanse of emerald green true energy burst forth from his hand, striking directly at Ye Chen's face.

  "Shatter!"

  Ye Chen coldly smiled, his iron spear pierced through the weak point of Zhen Qi's giant hand like a venomous snake.

  Bang!

  A mighty hand disperses smoke and scatters clouds.

  "It's another weak point attack." The previous palm was broken, and Zhuang Fei realized something. Now it can be confirmed that Ye Chen must have mastered a martial art that discovers weaknesses.

  "Now see how you break! Emerald shadow floats light!"

  Zhuang Fei let out a loud shout, his hands clapping together in a linked motion, as emerald green true energy burst forth, striking Ye Chen with an unpredictable trajectory that automatically adjusted mid-course.

  "No matter what means you use to reach the heavens, it will still be broken!" Ye Chen replaced his sword with a spear, and with a flick of the spearhead, he unleashed the Wind Rolling Clouds technique from the Shocking Clouds Sword Method, which had the widest range of destruction.

  A scarlet pen tip shot straight up, wildly twisting the airflow, using the power of rotation to form a massive tornado. Unexpectedly, the tornado contained hidden fire elements, its color gradually dyeing into a deep crimson hue, bringing with it an intense heat that swept out.

  In an instant, the dense emerald green aura was broken cleanly, and the smaller scarlet wind dragon vortex continued to roar towards Zhuang Fei.

  While the two were fighting fiercely, the Red Ancient Desert was not calm either.

  As Leng Wuqing and Ji Wuxue were sent out, the various sects were like a calm lake surface that had been thrown a stone, with discussions and speculations flying back and forth. As for the elders of the Hongyue Sect, their faces were as gloomy as could be, and they could confirm that the possibility of Hong Qianjun still being alive was almost zero.

  "Who exactly killed Hong Qianjun? Was it a master from the Hidden Dragon List?"

  "No matter who killed Hong Qianjun, once we find out, there will be no pardon for the killer." These words were spoken by the elder of the Heavy Mountain Sect without intentionally lowering his voice, and they clearly reached the other sects.

  "Unexpectedly, Hong Qianjun, the 69th on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, has fallen. He was a martial artist in the early stages of the Yuan Yuan realm, capable of rivaling ordinary mid-Yuan Yuan realm martial artists."

  "To be honest, I really want to know who killed him."

  "I reckon it's probably one of the young masters from the Hidden Dragon Rankings who did it, only they have the capability. The three people ranked within sixty are the most suspicious."

  "Who are you, Ji Wu Xuehen and Yuan Hengying."

  "That's right, think about it, apart from them, who else can kill Hong Qianjun? Other young masters on the Hidden Dragon List may be slightly stronger, but they may not necessarily be able to do it."

  Liú yún zōng fāng wèi.

  Lu Hanshan let out a breath, "Ji Wu Xue has come out, Leng Wu Qing has come out, now in the Tian Meng War Hall, only Ye Shidi, Zhuang Fei and Yuan Heng are left. How can they take so long? Is it really that difficult to break through to the Bao Yuan realm?"

  Zhu Mei and Xu Jing were also somewhat perplexed.

  The Great Elder suddenly thought of something, "Could it be that they have passed all the trials and are now competing for the three treasures that will open the Heavenly Dream Battle Temple."

  "Through all the trials, I recall it's been a hundred years since anyone has succeeded!" exclaimed Zhu Mei.

  "It's indeed a feat that no one has achieved in a hundred years, but this generation of young people is the most outstanding. Passing all the tests isn't impossible, otherwise, it would have taken so long to come out," said one of the four elders.

  Lu Hanshan nodded and immediately asked: "The three treasures that opened the Tianmeng War Temple after passing through all the difficult tests should be very precious, right?"

  "Of course it's precious, the ancestral art of my Flowing Cloud Sect is the Great Luo Divine Art. The Great Luo Divine Art was obtained by the third generation sect master of our Flowing Cloud Sect from the ancient land of Tianmeng over a hundred years ago. Unless you're the sect master or the sect master's successor, you don't have the qualifications to cultivate it."

  "Is the Great Luo Divine Art obtained from the Ancient Heavenly Dream Land?" Luo Hanshan had heard of it for the first time, as for the power of the Great Luo Divine Art, he had already witnessed it before. Under the stimulation of true energy, it could evaporate a river and leave no trace behind.

  Several elders of the Purple Sun Sect occasionally stared at the Flowing Cloud Sect, seeing their expressions were different, and couldn't help but speculate in their hearts.

  "Liuyun Sect's little sword user hasn't come out yet, did he die inside?"

  "I'm afraid it won't be that simple. I've never heard of the Tian Meng War Temple actively killing people, so either they were transported out or continued to stay inside. Now that he hasn't appeared yet, the answer is obvious. What I'm most worried about is that they passed all the tests."

  "After passing all the tests, the Tian Meng War Temple will open three treasures. These three treasures are invaluable and if he gets them, it may be detrimental to our Purple Yang Sect! After all, the treasures that come out of the Tian Meng War Temple are all top-notch, more precious than the same level of treasures outside by at least three points. If they are magic weapons, that's fine, but if it's a local-grade middle-tier secret manual, then it's absolutely a sect-suppressing ultimate skill, surpassing ordinary local-grade middle-tier secret manuals."

  The elder of the Purple Sun Sect's face grew increasingly unsightly, "This child has not yet grown up and already makes people feel uneasy. If we don't kill him, the Purple Sun Sect will eventually face great disaster. It seems that we must gather all the hall masters of the Hunting Hall to ensure a one-hit kill."

  "That's right, Zhu Lieyang is no longer a match for him, and he's probably not even a match for that young man."

  ……

  Inside the Temple of Heaven

  Zhuang Fei was shocked and couldn't believe that his opponent had lost his sword yet still possessed such immense power. How could this be possible? Was the will of the sword really that formidable?

  As the crimson wind dragon approached, waves of gun muzzles crisscrossed and shot out, Zhuang Fei's killing intent grew stronger. He felt a strong sense of threat from Ye Chen, which made him very uncomfortable.

  "Explode!"

  A surge of true energy burst forth, and a mountain peak's virtual shadow enveloped Zhuang Fei. He stood still like a mountain, his palms slapping out wave after wave of palm energy like a river flow. The palm energy was majestic and unmatched, surging ceaselessly, and the air currents above the platform were all pierced and exploded in an instant.

  "What kind of technique is this? Mountains, waters, aren't they the Great Mountain and Water Technique?" Ye Chen had heard the Great Elder mention before that the first generation Valley Master of Feicui Valley had found a fragment of the Great Mountain and Water Technique in the ruins of the Shan Shui Pavilion. The Great Mountain and Water Technique was a high-level technique of the Earth level, and even if it was just a fragment, it still had the power of the middle level of the Earth level, its might was not hard to imagine, absolutely terrifying, and yet it was on top of the Flowing Cloud Sect's Da Luo Divine Technique.

  The crimson wind dragon was dispersed, and the overwhelming palm energy charged forward relentlessly.

  Ye Chen laughed and didn't take it seriously.

  "Clouds drift by without a fixed abode!"

  "The Clouds Are Boundless!"

  "The Sword of Impermanence!"

  "One Sword in the Void!"

  Replacing sword with gun, Ye Chen didn't retreat but instead advanced, the iron gun shaking as he made separate moves of the Surprising Cloud Sword Technique. Under the urging of his sword intent, each gun's edge was incredibly dazzling, not only cutting through the palm energy that flowed like a river, but also landing on the illusory shadow of a mountain peak outside Zhuang Fei's body.

  The mountain peak's virtual shadow shattered, under Ye Chen's almost mature sword intent, Zhuang Fei's Mountain and River Great Method also failed to achieve success. After all, he himself had only cultivated the Mountain and River Great Method to the eighth level, so naturally he couldn't bring out the strongest power of the Mountain and River Great Method. Moreover, before this, Ye Chen had broken Hong Qianjun's Earth-level middle-grade cultivation method, Lietu Fengjiang Gong, although it was extremely difficult at that time.

  Pfft!

  A mouthful of blood spurted out, Zhuang Fei shouted: "Yuan Hengyue, I know you're outside, do you want to see us both lose?"

  Hurray!

  A dark and eerie laughter echoed, and Yuan Heng appeared in the room. He said, "Zhuang Fei, I don't think you have the qualifications to engage in a mutual destruction with this kid."

  "I'm afraid you won't be able to stop him either!" Zhuang Fei gathered his true energy and re-condensed the illusory mountain peak, temporarily blocking Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen's eyes flashed with murderous intent. He had already discovered Yuan Heng was outside, but pretended not to know, planning to kill Zhuang Fei first before speaking.

  Yu Heng was taken aback for a moment, to be honest, he really didn't have the confidence to block Ye Chen. After entering the Bao Yuan realm, his opponent's strength had increased even more terrifyingly than his own, and he was absolutely an abnormal case. The more this was the case, the more Yu Heng wanted to kill Ye Chen, and he absolutely couldn't let him continue to progress.

  "What do you mean? You and I join forces." Yu Heng sounded out Zhuang Fei.

  "Those who achieve great things are not bound by trivial matters."

  ps: Alright! I couldn't hold on anymore, three days have passed and my body is getting more and more exhausted, the efficiency of writing is also getting slower and slower. I almost fell asleep while writing this chapter, fortunately, I didn't say everything before, saying that if I can endure it, I will write the fifth chapter, now it seems impossible. My eyelids are fighting, I really can't hold on anymore. Goodnight everyone, by the way, please give me all kinds of support, today is too tiring, striving to get up early and code words, fulfill my promise.