Chapter Thirty-Three: The Rise of the Strong

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  "This kid is looking for death, don't you guys know him?"

  "I know him, his name is Ye Chen. More than half a year ago, he was only at the fourth layer of Qi Refining Realm cultivation, but now I can no longer see through him. No wonder his confidence has inflated."

  "It's no use even if you progress faster! Huang Bingwen, the senior brother, is among the top three to four hundred inner disciples, and he's at least a beginner in the Condensing Reality Realm. We outer disciples are simply not worth mentioning."

  "That's right, Ye Chen is going to be unlucky!"

  Outer disciples were discussing heatedly, while inner disciples watched with indifference.

  "Little one, accept your death!" On the stage, Huang Bingwen didn't build up any momentum and directly shot out like an arrow, his black claw swiping through the air towards Ye Chen's head with a sharp whooshing sound.

  "Devil's Claw!" Ye Yan recognized the opponent's martial skill, this claw technique was a top-grade human-level skill, one claw strike could tear through steel plates, and its power could penetrate the true energy of a warrior of the same level.

  Whoosh!

  A light dusting of snow covered the ground, people came and went in a hurry, avoiding the overcast sky.

  Huang Bingwen's eyes gleamed with an unusual light as he shouted sternly: "Want to hide? Heaven and Earth Net Strike!"

  In the early stages of the Condensed Realm, martial artists could already release their true energy externally and kill people from a distance. Only seeing Huang Bingwen's hands tearing through the air, the black true energy ghost claws shot out in all directions, and dark shadows filled the air.

  "Is the aura released? It's indeed very troublesome." When fighting against a cultivator in the True Essence Realm, a cultivator in the Cultivation Realm suffers from various disadvantages, but what they suffer most is that they cannot attack from a distance. At most, they can only release a palm wind with mixed internal energy within three or four meters, which doesn't have much killing power.

  But a true master of martial arts is different. Even if they are ten meters apart, they can still kill someone. Some martial techniques even require a certain distance to exert their power.

  Jin Yan's movement reached its limit, Ye Chen's figure flashed, leaving a residual shadow in the original place, his true body bypassed the claw shadow and launched a counterattack against Huang Bingwen.

  "Looking for death, and it's you who's been waiting."

  Huang Bingwen didn't expect Ye Chen's speed to be so fast, but he wasn't worried at all. He counterattacked with a swipe of his paw towards Ye Chen.

  On his way, Ye Chen's figure was low and humble, his right hand placed on the hilt of his sword, a pair of sharp eyes staring tightly at Huang Bingwen.

  Ten steps!

  Seven steps!

  Five steps!

  A twisted sword light suddenly attacked, like a loach following the gap in the paw shadow and stabbing in.

  "Flowing Clouds and Water Seventh Form, Seek the Gap!"

  The simpler a move is, the more effective it can be, because it has no weaknesses.

  The sword had not yet arrived, but Huang Bingwen's chest had already produced a sensation, cool and numb, with goosebumps rising, he was extremely surprised in his heart, Ye Chen's strength was completely beyond his expectations.

  However, he is still a martial artist in the early stages of Condensing True Realm. Having traveled on Jianghu for some time and experienced several fierce battles, he was shocked and then let out a loud roar, "Xuan Zhong Qi Chang!"

  Buzz!

  The air rippled, and to the naked eye, a three-foot space around Huang Bingwen seemed to be distorted, as a sword flash brushed past from the side without harming him in the slightest.

  "It's the fifth layer of the Xuanzhong Heart Sutra!" Several inner sect disciples furrowed their brows and looked up at Huang Bingwen.

  Ye Chen furrowed his brow and hastily retreated.

  "With a confident smile, Huang Bingwen said: 'In the face of my profound and heavy aura, your attacks will all be ineffective, while my own attacks can affect your balance.'"

  "Not necessarily!" Ye Chen thought to himself.

  "This time, one move will defeat you." Huang Bingwen's face didn't look too good. He had originally planned to defeat Ye Chen with one move and then teach Zhang Haoran a lesson. Who would have thought that Ye Chen was so troublesome? His movements were like a goat hanging from a cliff, leaving no trace to be found. Several consecutive attacks hadn't hit him, and his swordsmanship seemed simple, yet it forced Huang Bingwen to use the fifth level of the Xuanzhong Heart Sutra with all his might. The situation was completely opposite of what he had imagined.

  "Dragon's Steps!"

  With a sudden movement, Huang Bingwen took off with both feet, several strides connecting into one motion, like a flying dragon, charging straight at Ye Chen.

  "Huang Bingwen has already displayed both the Profound Void Aura and the Dragon's Steps, is Ye Chen that formidable?" Many of the inner sect disciples had not crossed hands with Ye Chen before, so they didn't know what was going on.

  "I can see that Ye Chen is absolutely a sword genius." A inner sect disciple said with a serious face.

  "How come!"

  "I once saw Master Zhu Mei and other core disciples engage in a sword fight, also using the Xingyun Sword Technique. Although its power is not great, it is indeed difficult to defend against, and it does not fall into the trap of conventional moves."

  "You're overestimating him! Can he compare with Senior Sister?"

  "Don't ask me, I don't know either, unless some powerful inner disciples or core disciples can see through it."

  "Anyway, Ye Chen has become famous."

  Facing Huang Bingwen who was rushing towards him, Ye Chen narrowed his eyes and took a step back with one foot while executing the ninth move of Xingyun Swordsmanship - Night Glow Movement.

  Moonlight is like water, sword light is vast and diffuse.

  Huang Bingwen's eyes were dazzled, he had never known that the Xingyun Sword Technique was so formidable, but this was not enough to make him retreat, his left hand formed a claw, his right hand clenched into a fist, and he struck out simultaneously.

  "Devil's Fierce Wind Claw, Mad Fist!"

  Swords clashed, producing a loud crackling sound.

  Ye Dun suddenly rose from the ground, slightly floating back, and immediately grasped his left fist, with a faint golden light covering it, colliding with Huang Bingwen's right fist.

  Boom!

  Two different forces squeezed each other, finally bursting open, stirring up ripples in the air.

  It was at this moment that Ye Chen retreated backwards to release some of his force, and as soon as his foot touched the ground, his momentum suddenly changed, sweeping out like a landslide on a high mountain, extremely fast, stabbing towards Huang Bingwen with one sword.

  "Not good!"

  Huang Bingwen was somewhat caught off guard, Xuan's aura surged to its limits, and his head tilted at the same time.

  Hmph!

  The sword edge was twisted by the aura and brushed past Huang Bingwen's cheek, bringing up a streak of fluttering blood.

  "Vajra of infinite might!"

  Ye Chen let out a loud roar, his left fist glowing with a golden light, as if cast in gold, and fiercely slammed into the opponent, producing a series of explosive sounds.

  Huang Bingwen's eyes widened in rage as he let out a mournful howl: "You little brat, I'm going to kill you!"

  Huang Bingwen was the first to fly out, his Xuan-heavy aura was broken, and he took a punch from Ye Chen in the chest, his throat sweetened, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, accompanied by the sound of rib fractures.

  Ye Chen also flew out, and Huang Bingwen's middle punch actually still had the power to issue a fist, which was separated from Ye Chen's left chest.

  But Ye Chen had already secretly activated the Jade Tempering Body Technique, and this distant fist strength, apart from making his blood and energy unsmooth and his internal energy boiling, had no effect.

  "Ye Chen actually won, isn't that too dominating?!" Downstairs, everyone was shocked and looked incredulously at the defeated Huang Bingwen, as well as Ye Chen who stood firm.

  Zhang Haoran sneered, he was indeed very surprised. Two months ago, Ye Chen, who was not even in his eyes, now had the strength to defeat the inner door disciples. But in his opinion, Huang Bingwen was nothing, because he was now also a condensed true realm warrior, and his strength had increased by more than one fold.

  "Ye Chen, dare you take three punches from me?" Without seeing Zhang Hao Ran's movements, he had already arrived on stage, completely disregarding the distance between them.