Chapter 51: Secret Technique - Shadow Splitting Slash

  PS: I'm not in good spirits during the day, updates are usually at night, want to change but can't, will try to get back to normal schedule, now asking for recommendations, have been lacking a lot these days.

  Ye Chen said calmly: "In the True Spirit Continent, strength is revered. He's no match for others, what does he have to do with me?"

  "So strength is respected? In that case, I can kill you without any problem?" Cui Shiming said coldly with narrowed eyes.

  "As long as you have the skills, come on then. But let me warn you in advance, if I were to injure you, another one of the Top Ten Disciples from the Emerald Valley wouldn't suddenly pop out, would they?"

  Cui Shiming's face was furious, even if he was an idiot, he could hear the sarcasm in the other party's tone. He sneered: "You dare to speak wildly, today I will abolish your cultivation in front of everyone, and let others know what it means to bully a disciple of Feicui Valley."

  Ye Xiang saw that the battle was about to break out and advised: "Cui Shixiong, this is all a misunderstanding, don't make any drastic moves!"

  "Yeshi sister, don't get involved in this matter. It's not that I'm not giving you face, but this Yecun is really too arrogant, doesn't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth, thinks he can do whatever he wants just because he has some small tricks up his sleeve. If everyone learns from him in the future, what dignity will my Feicui Valley have left?" Cui Shiming liked to take the high ground when doing things, then strike down his opponents with a crushing blow, making them suffer both physical and mental blows, never to recover again.

  Taking a heavy step forward, Cui Shiming's feet seemed to be stepping on a whirlwind, and the endless gusts of wind burst forth, bringing with it a fierce momentum that pressed down on Ye Chen, blowing his clothes into a fluttering mess. The nearby tables and chairs were lifted off the ground as if weightless, smashing out the window.

  Leaves and dust settle at his feet, not a thread moves, like a boulder on the riverbank, standing for thousands of years, no matter how big or fierce the waves and strong winds are, it's hard to move him an inch.

  Cui Shiming's face changed, and a shadow separated from his body. The shadow was thin and composed of countless air currents, like the edge of a knife, cutting straight towards Ye Chen.

  "Divide and Conquer! It's the secret technique Divide and Conquer, Master Cui has come up with a deadly move from the start, Ye Chen is doomed to die." The disciples of Feicui Valley exclaimed in surprise.

  So-called secret techniques are martial arts that are kept secret and not announced. These martial arts are very difficult to defend against, and are basically used as a killer move. Even if the opponent is a high-ranking warrior who is one level higher in cultivation, they will still suffer injuries or even death when caught off guard. However, secret techniques are extremely difficult to cultivate, several times more difficult than cultivating ordinary martial arts of the same rank. Moreover, there are very few secret techniques, and most of them have been passed down from ancient times.

  Chui Shiming's Split Shadow Slash is a human-level top-tier technique, divided into three levels. The first level is to split out a sharp airflow from the body, cutting the target. The second level is his current realm, where the sharp airflow combines into shadows, agile and changeable, killing people like chopping vegetables. The third level is said to be able to transform into human form, confusing people's eyes, and can also self-destruct, with a terrifying lethal force.

  Relying on his Shadow Slash, Cui Shiming had once killed a late-stage True Essence realm martial artist, making quite a name for himself in the Jianghu.

  Facing the attack of this shadow, Ye Chen raised his fist and punched out.

  Wow!

  A fierce gust of wind blew, sending the table in front flying into the air and shattering explosively.

  The shadow sensed the airflow disturbance and twisted its body a step ahead, dodging an attack that would have dispersed it, and continued to kill towards Ye Chen from another angle.

  Ye Chen furrowed his brow, this was a very strange martial skill, it was ten or even a hundred times more agile than the human body, and it had an extremely keen sense of air currents, making it very difficult to directly harm it.

  Sometimes it transformed into a human shadow that wrapped around Yexuan, sometimes it transformed into a sharp cone that pierced out from above, sometimes its body stretched long, like a whip fiercely lashing out, and sometimes it danced out a set of sword moves, with the sword light flashing.

  "Give me a break!"

  After a brief entanglement, Ye Chen drew his sword and stabbed it into the shadow's forehead.

  "A very fast sword."

  Cui Shiming was shocked in his heart, and immediately sneered: "Don't think about breaking my Shadow Slash, but I don't have time to waste with you either, Shadow Rain Kill!"

  Hehehehehe...

  The shadow of the sword that hit his forehead faded slightly, and his body shook in mid-air. Countless steel needle-like air currents enveloped Ye Chen, moving extremely fast.

  Whoa!

  Since advancing to the Condensing True Realm, Ye Chen had never used the Golden Goose Technique before. Now, he suddenly flashed and his entire body seemed to have grown wings, instantly leaving his original position.

  The next moment, the position where Ye Chen was originally located was shot with thousands of holes, and the power seemed to be even greater than that of the small-caliber bullets in the 21st century.

  "If I'm right, there should be a connection between you and Shadow, so I'll cut off this connection."

  A flash of sword light, Ye Chen's sword slashed through the void between Cui Shiming and Shadow, encountering some obstacles along the way, but still cutting all the way to the end.

  Hiss!

  It was as if a thin thread broke, the shadow changed several times, and finally scattered, turning into countless air flows that merged into the air, leaving no trace.

  "Damn it!" Cui Shiming's face turned pale, this shadow was transformed from one-third of his true energy, controlled by thirteen threads of true energy. At this moment, Ye Chen cut off the threads of true energy, equivalent to instantly losing more than one-third of his true energy, and his breath suddenly churned restlessly.

  "What! Brother Chui's Shadow Slash has been broken!"

  "This is one of the thirteen small secret techniques of Feicui Valley. How can it be broken so easily? Has he encountered it before?"

  "So the secret of the Shadow Slash is here, how did he know?"

  The disciples of Feicui Valley had different expressions on their faces.

  One sword cut off the true energy thread, Ye Chen's gaze turned to Cui Shiming, "The publicly known secret technique is no longer a secret, I'm afraid your junior brothers behind you all know it now."

  "Brother Chui, don't listen to his nonsense, we'll keep it a secret for you."

  "All right, I guarantee with my honor that I will never reveal the secrets of Splitting Shadow Slash."

  Upon hearing this, Cui Shiming's face turned ugly and he sneered: "You're dead for sure, absolutely dead for sure. Do you think I relied on Shadow Slash to establish myself? Let me tell you, Shadow Slash is just one of my methods. Now, let me show you my true strength."

  "Shattering Jade Claw!"

  The second floor was completely scratched through, with five claw marks extending all the way to the other side of the second floor.

  Clothing fluttering, leaves and dust not allowed to escape from the range of the powerful paws, body drifting backwards, just about to collide with the wall when right foot moves back a bit.

  Bang!

  The wall collapsed, and the leaves and dust flew towards Cui Shiming like a large bird, with one sword stabbing out.

  The dazzling sword light condensed into a single point, unobstructed in the void, and even the sound of breaking wind completely disappeared, creating an illusion as if one had lost their hearing.

  Cui Shiming let out a loud roar and swiped his paw at the sword's blade.

  Clang!

  The fierce Mars spin collapsed and flew away, the calm air thoroughly boiled up, churning out a circle of transparent ripples that shook open the two people.

  "When will we turn back?"

  In mid-air, Ye Chen's body twisted and turned, defying logic as he dived down at Cui Shiming once again. His sword pierced through the latter's shoulder, the tip emerging from his back.

  At this moment, everyone was stunned, staring at this scene in a daze.