Chapter 113: Challenge the Entirety (5)

  Under the gaze of everyone, Sun Hua stood up and said calmly: "You indeed have the qualifications to challenge me, but having qualifications doesn't necessarily mean you have the strength to fight me. If I make a move, I won't show mercy. Think carefully, do you really want to try?"

  His tone was calm, but there was a shocking and stunning meaning behind it.

  Xia Chen smiled faintly: "If I don't even have this bit of courage, what's the point of cultivating? I'm afraid you won't go all out."

  "Very well." Sun Hua's eyebrows moved slightly, "Since you have this intention, I will fulfill it for you."

  Nor did he see any movement, and before everyone's eyes could adjust, Sun Hua was already standing in front of Xia Chen.

  He didn't launch an immediate attack, but instead stretched out his left hand, with his shoulder as the axis, and slowly drew a circle in front of him. He drew it extremely slowly, as if he was just doodling casually.

  Everyone was stunned and didn't know what he was doing.

  But Xie Tianfeng, Yang Qianyi and Chen Qiushui narrowed their eyes, almost simultaneously saying in a low voice: "Painting the ground as a prison!"

  Xia Chen furrowed his brow, suddenly having an indescribable feeling that was quite unpleasant, as if he had sensed some unease but couldn't confirm its source, and didn't know what to do.

  He involuntarily stepped back several paces, his whole attention on the alert.

  Sun Huawei's mouth corners rose with a faint, cold smile. In his pupils, two round, snow-white light circles suddenly appeared, and Xia Chen's figure was standing inside those circles.

  "Painting a prison on the ground, killing with confinement!" Sun Hua said calmly, taking big strides out and reaching out to grab Xia Chen.

  His offensive was as slow as a turtle's pace, but it contained countless variations of backhands that sealed off all possible retreats for Xia Chen.

  Xia Chen's face changed, others couldn't see anything, but from Sun Huawei's offensive, he felt a surge of powerful strength, this gesture contained an extremely strong will, to crush everything that blocked his way.

  Compared with it, Fang Ziqing's Thunderbolt Three Fingers and Wei Tiandu's Trinity are just like children's attacks.

  Xia Chen took a big step back, trying to avoid this terrifying claw. Fortunately, Sun Hua's attack was strong, but the speed was too slow, and it didn't pose any threat at all.

  Sun Hua's eyes didn't move, but the corners of his mouth suddenly curled up into a slight arc of disdain.

  Bang!

  The figure of Xia Chen suddenly stopped after retreating, as if he had bumped into something hard, and his eyes instantly turned black.

  This is... Xia Chen turned around in shock, behind him, at some point, a white wall suddenly stood up.

  This wall is infinitely long, infinitely high and infinitely deep, reaching up to the sky.

  "Psychological attack!" Xia Chen's eyelid twitched, knowing that this vast white wall was the psychological impact of Sun Huawe's mental image on himself, just an illusion, non-existent, yet real.

  He quickly calmed down, his mind cleared, then took a deep breath, and with one punch, heavily hit the white wall.

  Rumbling... The entire white wall shook violently, making unbearable noises, as if it was about to collapse.

  Sun Hua's body stiffened for a moment, his hand suddenly froze, and a strange color flashed in his eyes, but it quickly returned to normal.

  The white wall shook for a moment, but instead of collapsing, it gradually returned to normal.

  "Impossible! My mind is clear and unaffected by illusions, how can I still be within the white walls?" Xia Chen's face changed.

  Last time he fought Chen Qiushui, he had already grasped the idea of breaking through the acquired tenth heavy image, how could he be affected again?

  Xia Chen looked around, only to see that everything was a vast expanse of white, the desolate wilderness, the crowd, and the bonfire had all completely disappeared. Even the sky had turned grayish-white, nothing could be seen.

  The greyish white sky is flowing with something faintly gathering, as if some terrifying thing is about to descend.

  "What's going on? Why did Xia Chen suddenly stop and stare blankly?"

  "Doesn't he want to hide? He wants a head-on confrontation with Sun Hua! Isn't that too foolish?"

  "It's strange, I feel like he's standing in an invisible circle, clearly able to take a step forward, but why can't he get out?"

  The disciples were amazed and discussed it among themselves.

  They can't feel the images that Xia Chen sees. In everyone's eyes, Xia Chen is inexplicably bumping into thin air and then blindly spinning around in a circle, waiting for Sun Hua's big hand to slowly approach.

  Apart from the other three post-heaven tenth-grade disciples, even the post-heaven ninth-grade disciples could only sense a hint of it, but couldn't see what was going on.

  "Is Autumn Water and Summer Dust suffering from Sun Huawen's ideological attack? Is it related to the circle he painted before?" Xu Shaobai frowned.

  He stared intently, and faintly sensed that around Xia Chen, there seemed to be a huge circle, invisible and intangible, but existing nonetheless. This circle was only aimed at Xia Chen, and completely ignored others.

  Chen Qiushui nodded, his face turning serious: "This is not an ordinary mental attack, but a 'Painting the Ground as Prison' technique that Sun Huawen has mastered at the tenth level of the Heavenly Realm. Within the circle he drew, Xia Chen's restraints are completely determined by Sun Huawen's will, and since it's a realm-based mental attack, ordinary methods of release are ineffective, unless one's realm surpasses Sun Huawen's to directly break through."

  "Beyond the tenth realm of the Post-Heavenly stage?" Xu Shaoyi exclaimed in shock, "Isn't that the Divine Ability realm? How is this possible..."

  "No need to reach the divine boundary." Chen Qiushui said, "As long as you grasp a thread of innate energy, it's possible. This shouldn't be difficult for Xia Chen, he had already reached this height when fighting me once before, and grasping it again will be much easier."

  Although that's what she said, Chen Qiushui was clear in her heart. The innate aura is mysterious and profound, even when she realized it, it was all due to chance and luck. Xia Chen was only a postnatal sevenfold, even with her help, realizing once was already extremely difficult, let alone wanting to realize again.

  Moreover, behind the image of Sun Hua's painting, there seems to be something hidden that is not just a simple expansion of boundaries, even Chen Qiushui cannot see through it.

  Although both are acquired later in life, unless one is deeply involved in battle, merely observing from the sidelines makes it impossible to see through the other's trump card.

  Xie Tianfeng and Yang Qianyu's eyes sparkled, also carrying a hint of solemnity.

  Xia Chen's mind was racing as he thought of a countermeasure. His face remained calm, for it was essential to remain composed at this moment. Anxiety and panic would only make things worse.

  The illusion attack is generally based on strong power to unfold illusions, invading the hearts of others, making people's minds confused. The stronger the power, the greater the impact on the person being attacked, if the consciousness is clear and empty, one can avoid being disturbed by the illusion, but I just tried it out, yet I couldn't shake off Sun Huawen's illusion, this proves that he didn't rely on power to launch an illusion attack, what did he rely on... Xia Chen thought tensely.

  One after another possible thought jumped out of his mind and was constantly denied.

  Sun Hua will not be trapped in the image and do nothing, a terrible attack must follow, so we must think of the source of the image attack as soon as possible to make good preparations.

  Suddenly, an idea flashed through Xiaochen's mind, like a lightning bolt in the dark night, illuminating the road ahead and freezing it in place.

  It's a boundary, definitely! Xia Chen's eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized that Sun Hua was definitely using the boundary to launch an ideological attack, otherwise his clear consciousness would not be unable to break through.

  Xia Chen couldn't help but reveal a smile, but immediately, this smile froze.

  Boom! The gray sky transformed into a gigantic palm, pressing down with overwhelming momentum, as if the heavens were collapsing. Before it even arrived, the fierce gust of wind had already made Xia Chen's scalp tingle.

  The day after tomorrow, a powerful blow of ten times the strength!

  Xia Chen's mind rose with a strong sense of crisis, although he had fought against Chen Qiushui before, but Chen Qiushui only made him realize the boundary, without using his ultimate move, which was completely different from fighting against Sun Huwei.

  "Split the heavens!" Xia Chen let out a loud shout, countless snow-like blades converged on his body, quickly condensing into a massive blade in his hand.

  Ten thousand swords return as one! Xia Chen's move was a full-force, strongest strike.

  With a swish, the huge blade hacked fiercely at that grey large hand.

  Bang... The two clashed, their metal ringing out in a continuous shockwave that shook everyone to the core.

  The grey giant's hand pressed down with force, and the sharp edge of the sky suddenly transformed into a brilliant light that made people unable to open their eyes. It disappeared without a trace. Afterwards, the grey giant's hand did not stop, and it slapped heavily on Xia Chen's body.

  Xia Chen flew out like a kite with a broken string, spitting out a mouthful of blood in mid-air before heavily crashing to the ground.

  The grey large hand paused for a moment, just about to heavily smash down, when suddenly, streaks of snow-bright light shot out from the palm, and quickly dispersed, disappearing into thin air in the blink of an eye.

  "Huh?" Sun Hua's hand suddenly popped back, and he couldn't help but show a look of surprise. On the center of his palm, a shallow blood line had appeared.

  A very powerful technique, it actually broke through my grasp... Sun Hua stared at his palm, as the true energy surged out, the blood line disappeared at a visible speed, and in the blink of an eye, his palm returned to normal.

  The day after tomorrow, ten times heavier, the true energy passes through the orifices, and it is continuous. As long as it's not a severe injury with broken limbs, you can recover in the shortest time possible.

  "You can hurt me, even if it's just a tiny wound, you can be proud of yourself, but this is the first and last time..." Sun Huawei sneered and turned his head, suddenly he couldn't say anything more, his face changed instantly.

  Only to see Xia Chen unknowingly get up from the ground, sit upright on the ground, a deep and immeasurable aura emanating from his body, making his figure also seem ethereal, as if he didn't belong to this world.

  "This is the innate aura of the Divine Realm? How can he comprehend it? This is impossible! He's only a Seventh-Order Postnatal!" Sun Hua was shocked beyond measure.

  The numerous disciples showed a bewildered expression. To them, the realm of divine powers and the primordial energy were too vague and elusive to comprehend.

  Xie Tianfeng and Yang Qianyu also showed a look of shock.

  The innate aura, even if they enter the tenth level of later heaven and cultivate for many years, can only experience a glimpse under the opportunity of sudden enlightenment. But Xia Chen is only in the seventh level of later heaven! A full three realms short, how did he comprehend it?

  Xie Tianfeng and Yang Qianyu both felt their minds were about to become muddled.