"I've finally broken through!"
Ye Chen's face flickered with joy. Raising his Destruction Sword Spirit from the peak of the fifth step to the sixth step wasn't hard for him. All he lacked was time. He didn't think that he would be able to save some time in this life and death situation.
"Chop!"
After canceling out the masked man's ultimate attack, Ye Chen took a deep breath. The Destruction Sword Spirit in his Sea of Soul vibrated, and a peerless sword intent burst out, slashing down along his body.
Vaguely, Ye Chen seemed to hear the scream of the Star Fire Poison. The scream became weaker and weaker, and eventually stopped.
After killing the Star Fire Poison, Ye Chen felt a lot more relaxed. He lifted up his right index finger, and a small opening appeared on his fingertip. In the next second, the purple-red poison poured out of the opening, corroding the ground and leaving behind countless small burnt holes. There was even a burning flame shooting out of the holes.
"You've been poisoned by the Star Fire Poison!" The masked man recovered and noticed this scene, "Killing the poison with the sixth step Destruction Sword Intent, seems like you know quite a bit."
"Same to you."
Withdrawing his joy, Ye Chen's expression became calm. Although his Destruction Sword Spirit had reached the sixth step and its power had increased by ten times, he still didn't have the confidence to defeat the masked man. It should be known that the masked man's Zhen Yuan was even purer than Poison Fire King's, and his profound martial skill had reached the upper high-rank, a level higher than Ye Chen's Congealing Water. If not for the supreme grade Sky Scorpio Sword, even if his Destruction Sword Spirit had reached the sixth step, he still wouldn't be his opponent.
"Kid, you're quite modest, but you still have to die."
The masked man's speed was extremely fast. Both of his hands were like phantoms of lightning, slapping palm after palm at Ye Chen. With each palm, thunder and fire would splash out. These thunder and fire were extremely dense, like heavy water. From this, one could see how high the masked man's attainments in the thunder and fire profounds were. The power of thunder and fire had been condensed to the extreme.
Profound martial skills and Zhen Yuan might not be comparable, but Ye Chen had the Sky Scorpio Sword and the Destruction Sword Intent. With the bewitching purple longsword in his hand, Ye Chen didn't back off, facing the masked man head-on.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Thunder Fire and Sword Qi splattered in all directions. Wherever the two of them went, everything within a radius of several tens of miles was razed to the ground. This was still within the Bloodlight Ocean. If it was outside, even a thousand miles away would be affected.
"Thunder Fire Triple Heavens!"
The masked man shouted loudly and struck out with his palm. His arm shook three times.
"Not good, it's a stacked attack."
Ye Chen didn't expect the masked man to have such terrifying techniques even though he was only a mid-stage King.
How could he know that the masked man was just a consciousness projection? Although his battle prowess was at the level of an ordinary mid-step King, the battle prowess he displayed surpassed mid-step Kings of the same level.
"Soul Light!"
The silver vertical eye between Ye Chen's eyebrows opened, and a beam of silver light shot out, hitting the masked man's forehead. At the same time, Ye Chen raised his sword to block the attack, and borrowed the momentum to retreat.
Boom!
Thunder Fire scattered everywhere, and a large amount of blood seeped out of the corner of Ye Chen's mouth. He had suffered a serious internal injury.
Of course, the masked man wasn't in a good state either. He was just a consciousness projection, and his soul power was borrowed from the main body. Therefore, it wasn't very stable. After being hit by the Soul Light, the soul power stored in the core of his brain immediately leaked out, and his mental state became unstable.
"Damn it!"
The masked man was appalled. Ye Chen's Soul Light had dealt a huge blow to him. If he couldn't take care of Ye Chen in a short time, he wouldn't have another chance.
"Die!"
His figure shot out, and the masked man unleashed another Thunder Fire Triple Heavens, which was incomparably frightening.
"Seal!"
Ye Chen continued to increase the distance between them. With a wave of the Sky Scorpio Sword, the masked man was sealed in a purple crystal mirror. His ultimate attack was affected, and one layer of power was destroyed, leaving only two layers.
Moreover, the two layers weren't perfectly layered.
"Damn space profound!" As a high step King, the masked man naturally knew the terror and profoundness of space profound. Not only was space profound powerful, it was also second to none in terms of support.
The mirror shattered, and numerous small wounds appeared on the masked man's body. What astonished Ye Chen was that there was no blood spurting out of these wounds. The opponent didn't seem to be a flesh lifeform.
"Consciousness projection!"
Blocking the imperfect Thunder Fire Triple Heavens, Ye Chen suddenly understood.
"Merely a consciousness projection has such battle strength. Then, wouldn't his main body be a high step King?"
The gap between Life and Death Kings was also huge. Ordinary Life and Death Kings were called low step Kings, and accomplished Kings were called mid step Kings. Behind them were high step Kings, peak Kings, and titled Monarchs. Ye Chen's current strength barely reached mid step King. The masked man was a bit stronger than him, roughly a mid step King. As for the masked man's main body, he should be a high step King. No wonder his profound martial skills were so powerful.
As his wounds healed, the masked man's aura weakened somewhat, but his killing intent became even more abundant.
"Thunder Fire Rain!"
Forming seals with both hands, the masked man roared.
Rumble!
The sky darkened, and countless thunderbolts struck down on Ye Chen. Scarlet flames poured down like a torrential rain, turning the surrounding dozens of li into a sea of flames.
Inside the sea of flames, Ye Chen could feel his Protective Zhen Yuan being incessantly burned, and his Zhen Yuan consumption increased. As a thunderbolt struck down, his Protective Zhen Yuan trembled, and its consumption increased even more.
"He's planning to exhaust my Zhen Yuan so that I won't be able to make a comeback."
Battling Life and Death Kings, Ye Chen's greatest weakness was his lack of Zhen Yuan. Lacking Zhen Yuan meant that the number of times he could use the Undying Body was also limited. At this moment, he had less than fifty percent Zhen Yuan remaining. If this continued, it would only continue to decrease, and he wouldn't even be able to use the Undying Body. At that time, he would truly be in danger.
"However, he's not feeling good either. He took a hit from my Soul Light, and his soul power should be on the verge of dissipating. Now, let's see who can persevere to the end."
Knowing that the opponent was a consciousness projection, Ye Chen also knew his weakness.
"Extinguish!"
The sea of flames surged, and thunderbolts flew in all directions. Ye Chen tried his best to avoid the numerous thunderbolts. His figure shifted, and after another flicker, a second silver light beam shot out from between Ye Chen's brows.
The masked man simply didn't have the time to dodge. The silver light beam was too fast.
With a sway of his figure, the masked man's body turned slightly transparent, and a large amount of soul power leaked out, giving rise to a soul storm that could kill Astral Reaching experts. Losing the control of his soul power, the consciousness projection also began to collapse. Zhen Yuan gushed out, diluting into the ordinary Yuan Qi of the world.
"Unfortunately, I can only use Soul Light twice."
Ye Chen was confident that the third Soul Light would be able to extinguish the opponent's soul power.
"Add more fire."
Unable to use Soul Light, Ye Chen held the Sky Scorpio Sword and slashed out a meteor-like Congealing Water sword energy.
"If you can take this move, I'll spare your life today."
The masked man roared, and his collapsing consciousness projection unexpectedly stopped collapsing. His soul power also stopped leaking out, condensing again. Peng! Shattering Ye Chen's Congealing Water sword energy with a palm strike, the masked man's figure faintly swayed. In the next moment, his entire body shot out toward Ye Chen, looking like he wanted to perish together with him.
"You want to perish together with me? No, even if he self-destructs, he won't be able to kill me. He probably still has some powerful killing moves. "
Ye Chen didn't dare to be careless. He pushed his sword domain to the limit, producing a sword pressure that froze the space. Anything that wanted to approach Ye Chen would have to use twice the power.
"Seal again!"
The Bewitching Mirror Shattering sealed the masked man.
However, the price was that his consciousness projection continued to collapse, and its speed became more and more exaggerated. His body became more and more illusory.
"Thunder Fire Four Layered Sky!"
If it were his real body, the masked man could easily use Thunder Fire Four Layered Sky. However, the price of using his consciousness projection was mutual destruction. Therefore, he wouldn't use this move unless it was absolutely necessary.
How frightening would the four layered palm energies be? Ye Chen couldn't even imagine it.
"I can't be hit by this move. Otherwise, even if I don't die, I'll be crippled."
Within the range of the sword domain, countless blue swords shot out. Above Ye Chen's head, the Evil Shattering Sword and Broken Blood Sword each separated into thirty-three. Two sword snakes intertwined and shot out.
Unfortunately, the masked man's palm was too powerful. All of the blue swords were destroyed, and the sword snakes were also shattered. The Evil Shattering Sword and Broken Blood Sword were blown away. The half-step extreme grade Broken Blood Sword even had its tip broken, its radiance dimming.
"Die!"
The masked man had already arrived in front of Ye Chen, pressing his palm over.
"Go all out!"
Circulating Green Lotus Sword Arts to the limit, a large amount of Zhen Yuan poured into the Sky Scorpio Sword. Crack! Sky Scorpio Sword was covered in a thick layer of purple crystals, which became thicker and thicker. Eventually, it looked like a purple crystal board, blocking in front of Ye Chen.
The masked man's palm pressed on the surface of the Sky Scorpio Sword, and the four-layered palm energy exploded.
Peng!
Purple light rain poured down from the sky. Ye Chen's feet rubbed the ground as he was blown back, shattering one mountain after another. Lightning flames scattered all over his body.
"He should be dead!"
The masked man's mouth curved into a smile. Then, his illusory body suddenly dissipated, and the mask on his face shattered into thousands of pieces.
Dozens of li away, inside a scorched mountain …
Ye Chen was lying inside, his life or death unknown.
After a while, rocks started to roll. Ye Chen raised an arm and supported himself on the ground, climbing up with difficulty.
Cough!
Blood flowed uncontrollably from the corner of his mouth, as if it was free.
"So dangerous. If I hadn't consumed so much Zhen Yuan to activate the crystal power of the Sky Scorpio Sword, that palm could have taken my life." The crystal power of the Sky Scorpio Sword came from the Purple Crystal Iron. Normally, Ye Chen would only use the Sky Scorpio Sword normally. But just now, it was too dangerous, so he had no choice but to use the power of the Purple Crystal Iron.
The price was that the crystal power of the Sky Scorpio Sword had weakened.
"Recover!"
As his Zhen Yuan flowed like water, Ye Chen's injuries rapidly recovered. However, due to his heavy injuries, Ye Chen's Zhen Yuan was left with less than five percent, almost bottoming out.
"I can't stay here for long. I need to find a place to recover my Zhen Yuan."
The battle had caused too big of a commotion, so Ye Chen didn't dare to stay here.
Swish!
With a flicker, Ye Chen dashed out of the mountain, randomly choosing a direction.
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