Swoosh!
The sound of paper being cut open was heard. Mr. Jin's protective zhen Qi layer did not last long under that sword attack. Soon, it was cut in half. The light blue sword light drew a bloody line on his chest, slanted and clean.
"You dare to cut open my defense with one sword attack? You should die as well."
His bloodied body was blown backward. Mr. Jin's face was twisted as he flicked out his middle finger that was on his thumb. The powerful finger power had also pierced through Ye Chen's protective zhen Qi layer and landed on his chest.
Boom!
Ye Chen could only feel like his chest had been struck by lightning. The sound of his ribs breaking could be heard clearly. Then, a huge wave of power blew him away.
From Yuan Zongbo's perspective, he could not tell who was hit first. All he could see was Ye Chen waving his sword, and Mr. Jin flicking his finger. Both of them were blown away.
"Hehe, it would be best if both of us were wounded. Blood Eagle Five Sword Attacks!"
His powerful zhen Qi was poured into his great sword. The second Ye Chen was wounded, Yuan Zongbo's arm turned into a shadow. He threw out five beams of sword Qi within a blink of an eye.
These five beams of sword Qi, one in the front, two in the top, and two in the bottom, formed into the sharp beak of an eagle. Huge wings, and a pair of sharp claws that could even pierce through steel, all of them were attacking towards Ye Chen at an extremely fast speed. The air that it touched was instantly cut into pieces, and could not gather together again.
"I have been watching out for you."
His body was still flying backward. Nobody knew when, but Ye Chen's index finger started to turn blurry. The air around his finger started to twist rapidly, creating a small pattern.
"Hit!"
Without even looking, Ye Chen pointed out his finger to his left.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! …
The sharp blood red sword Qi was shattered upon touching it. The index finger went through it and landed on Yuan Zongbo's protective zhen Qi layer.
His protective zhen Qi layer exploded. Yuan Zongbo made a muffled sound as his skinny body fell onto the ground.
All three of them were wounded!
It seemed like all three of them were wounded, and none of them had the upper hand.
"This kid is so f * cking hard to deal with!"
Yuan Zongbo and Mr. Jin both had the same thought. If they were in Ye Chen's place, even if their battling power was increased by thirty percent, they would still not be able to win against the two of them. However, as the fight went on, they had fallen into their opponent's fighting style, and were being led by the nose. Their five point advantage had turned into four points, and then four points had turned into three points. Now, the three point advantage had disappeared, and it had become a draw.
"If this kid isn't killed, there will never be a day of peace."
Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Mr. Jin sprinkled some healing powder on his wound. As soon as he landed on the ground, he dashed toward Ye Chen, leaving a series of afterimages behind him.
"Yes, we can't let him leave alive, even if we have to pay a small price."
If Mr. Jin was not here, Yuan Zongbo would have run away a long time ago. Right now, with the power of the two of them, they still had the chance to kill Ye Chen. Once he escaped, they would have to worry about him in the future. Seeing Mr. Jin rushing toward Ye Chen, Yuan Zongbo did not care about his wounded body anymore. He formed a bloody zhen qi eagle outside his body, flapped its wings, and drew a bloody arc in the air.
The two's attacks arrived almost at the same time, shattering Ye Chen's body.
Not right!
It was another zhen qi afterimage, and it was three zhen qi afterimages stacked on top of each other, looking so real. 'Damn it, I got tricked by this brat again.'
Mr. Jin and Yuan Zongbo looked around, trying to find out where Ye Chen's real body was.
Behind a dozens of meters tall hill.
Ye Chen was standing there with his back straight.
"Wounding them is already the best I can do. Being greedy will only make me lose more than I gain." He understood very well that it was not because he was powerful enough to create such a situation. It was because he had controlled the battle very well, and the Separating Shadow Flying Art was the most important one.
He!
Letting out a breath, Ye Chen threw out a punch onto the hill.
Boom! The whole hill was shattered into pieces, turning into hundreds and thousands of huge rocks that were thrown out, covering Yuan Zongbo and Mr. Jin who were in front of the hill.
After doing all that, Ye Chen left behind a zhen qi afterimage as his real body flashed into the distance.
The sky full of rocks had been shattered. Yuan Zongbo and Mr. Jin saw Ye Chen's zhen qi afterimage immediately. They were just about to make their moves when they suddenly stopped.
"I let him get away!"
Shattering the zhen qi afterimage with one finger, Mr. Jin's face looked very bad.
Yuan Zongbo tried to comfort himself, "Once a warrior reaches the Clasping Yuan Realm, it is not something that can be done in a day or two. There is no need to be afraid of him. After all, you and I are still more powerful than him. If it were not for the fact that he is so cunning, he would have been killed by us already."
"You are right. Next time we meet, we will not give him any chance."
The two glanced at each other, and Yuan Zongbo suddenly backed out for dozens of steps. His wounds were way more serious than Mr. Jin's, and he would not be able to win against him alone.
Mr. Jin felt a bit regretful. Being able to kill Yuan Zongbo was indeed a good thing.
…
Thousands of miles away from the Heavy Mysterious Mountain, there was a normal looking mountain. It was thousands of meters tall, and had a radius of seven to eight miles. It was a barren land, with barely any people around.
In the middle of the mountain, there was a hidden cave. It was half-blocked by huge rocks, and was full of weeds.
"Mr. Jin's finger power was extremely aggressive. Even my King Kong Jade Body was almost pierced through. Without half a month of rest, I would not be able to get back to my peak condition. Alright, I will rest in this cave for a while, and see if I can train my Mysterious Great Art to the tenth realm. The tenth realm of the Mysterious zhen qi should be even more powerful than the zhen qi trained by normal mid-rank Earth Realm martial arts. My attacking power should be even more powerful."
Sitting on the dry ground, a lot of thoughts flashed through Ye Chen's mind. The Pure Jade Body Boosting Spell was a low-rank Earth Realm body training martial art, and Ye Chen had already trained the fifth spell, the King Kong Jade Body Body. With this powerful body, Ye Chen dared to fight against his opponent. Although that finger art was powerful, it would not be able to pierce through his Mysterious zhen qi layer and his King Kong Jade Body Body. He believed that Mr. Jin's wounds were way more serious than his, since the One Sword Attack was not that easy to handle.
As for the Mysterious Great Art, he had gotten it from the Heaven Dream Ancient Region. It was one of the top of the mid-rank Earth Realm martial arts, especially the eleventh realm, which would allow him to produce a mouthful of zhen yuan that only Astral Reaching Realm warriors could have. It would definitely become one of Ye Chen's new ace attacks. By then, killing Yuan Zongbo and Mr. Jin would only take him two to three attacks. With his current peak-level ninth realm, the quality of his zhen qi had already reached the same level as Mr. Jin, who had reached the Late Clasping Yuan Realm.
"Let's not worry about that for now. Rest is the most important thing."
Getting rid of all the distracting thoughts, Ye Chen swallowed a healing pellet and closed his eyes to meditate.
There was no sun or moon in the mountain.
Ten days had passed in a blink of an eye.
On this day, Ye Chen opened his eyes again. A sharp light flashed through his eyes, which looked like the sword light and sword Qi of a sword artist, extremely sharp.
"I guessed it right. Only battles can help me to improve faster."
After half a month of rest, Ye Chen's cultivation had been completely stabilized, and he was only one step away from the Mid Clasping Yuan Realm. Besides that, his Mysterious zhen qi, which had been quiet for a long time, had finally started to show signs of breaking through to the tenth realm. It was indeed a very fast improvement.
"I should strike while the iron is hot. I might as well break through to the tenth realm here before I leave."
A determined look flashed through his eyes. Ye Chen stood up and walked out of the half-closed cave. After taking a few breaths, he went back into the cave and completely sealed the entrance. Looking from the outside, people would only think that there was nothing in there, only a pile of rocks and weeds. No one would notice that there was a cave behind the rocks, and that there was someone training in the cave.
He swallowed the spirit, qi and spirit pellets. Since he was not training his zhen qi, Ye Chen did not need to use the low-rank soul stones to absorb the yuan qi from them.
The Mysterious zhen qi followed the unique meridians of the Mysterious Art, slowly but powerfully running. With each cycle, Ye Chen could feel that he had absorbed a little bit of impurities from his zhen qi, and was getting closer to the tenth realm.
The thirty-sixth cycle.
The seventy-second cycle.
…
The three hundred and sixtieth cycle.
…
Only until his meridians started to hurt a little did Ye Chen stop running his zhen qi. He sat there with his legs crossed and closed his eyes to rest, not moving at all.
The human body had the ability to repair itself, and a martial artist's healing ability was even more powerful than a normal human being's. Meridians would become tougher as their cultivation increased. It was said that once a martial artist reached the Astral Reaching Realm, he or she would be able to run zhen yuan continuously for a month without damaging his or her meridians. Once a martial artist reached the Sea of Souls Realm, he or she would be able to run zhen qi for ten times longer, which would be more than enough for a year. As for what would happen in the Life and Death Realm, normal people would not be able to understand. Even Ye Chen did not know if the training of Life and Death Realm warriors was the same.
Waiting until his meridians had almost recovered, Ye Chen continued to run his Mysterious zhen qi.
The spirit, qi, and spirit pellets were consumed one by one, and the days passed by one after another.
The weeds outside started to wither, and a layer of frost covered them. It turned out that the winter of the Black Dragon Empire had arrived, and everything was bleak.
A woodsman was walking on the mountain road, carrying a huge wild boar on his shoulder.
The huge wild boar was a rank 2 demonic beast, called the Red Eye Battle Boar. Even Mortal Realm Stage 7 or 8 warriors would not be able to compete with it. This woodsman was able to kill a Red Eye Battle Boar, so he must be at least at the Mortal Realm Stage 8.
"Anyone below the Mortal Realm Stage 5 is considered a normal human being. I could be considered the number one warrior in this village." The woodsman thought to himself, then found a pile of rocks and sat down.
"Yah! The natural Yuan Qi here is strange, why does it feel like it is going into a hole? "
As a Mortal Realm warrior, the woodsman was not unfamiliar with the natural Yuan Qi. He thought of a possibility, that there might be some kind of magical plant growing in that pile of rocks.
A magical plant that could absorb the natural Yuan Qi was extremely valuable, it could easily be sold for thousands of gold, and if it could increase one's cultivation, it would be even more amazing.
All of a sudden, the woodsman could not resist the itch in his heart. He also wanted to become a Condensing Reality Realm warrior and explore the outside world, but he was too old, it would be impossible for him to do so within the next ten years. If he could find a magical plant that could increase his cultivation, then it would not be a problem.
The woodsman put down the Red Eye Battle Boar and started to move the rocks.
Halfway through, the woodcutter took a few steps back. Between the cracks of the rocks, there was actually a glaring blue light seeping out. Strand by strand, the blue light filled the air. That piercing aura caused the woodcutter to feel a chill run down his spine. His hair stood on end. It was several times more terrifying than the fourth level demonic beast he had seen from afar.
Whoosh!
The air vibrated, and a light ripple spread out. The frost on the ground cracked, turning into ice shards. The ice shards shattered and turned into a white mist. The white mist was blown away and spread out in all directions. Then, the remaining half of the rocks started to shake, making a crashing sound.
Seeing this, the woodsman felt an invisible pressure on his heart.
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