Chapter 297 - 294: The Outcome
In the plaza,
the clash of two Innate Divine Techniques had annihilated almost everything!
A storm of violent energy swept across the area.
Caught in the middle,
Shen Changchuan and the white-robed youth both felt like tiny boats caught in a tempest, tossed about by the waves and on the verge of capsizing at any moment!
But in that instant,
WHOOSH!
Two figures flickered into existence behind Shen Changchuan and the white-robed youth.
BOOM!!!
Master Wandering Dragon supported Shen Changchuan with one hand. With a flick of his sleeve, he unleashed a boundless torrent of Magical Power that seemed to encompass heaven and earth.
The destructive Divine Power that had been rampaging all around was forcibly suppressed!
At the same time, however,
strands of an invisible, intangible power crept surreptitiously toward the white-robed youth on the other side.
If he had the chance to land a vicious blow,
Master Wandering Dragon certainly wouldn’t pass it up.
But at that moment,
Wu Zhen had also appeared behind the white-robed youth.
With a wave of his hand, he quelled the void, blocking the erupting, destructive force. He also casually sent a wave of Magical Power crashing toward Shen Changchuan.
BANG!
The powers of Master Wandering Dragon and Wu Zhen collided in an instant,
unleashing a tremendously powerful explosion
that nearly tore space itself apart!
The two men exchanged a look,
a silent, mutual understanding passing between them.
They each pulled their disciples back several dozen yards,
each occupying a section of the sky,
facing each other from a distance.
Two overwhelming auras, both at the Divine Travel Realm, swept through the area. It was as if two great suns had descended upon the mortal world, unleashing their endless divine might!
Under the pressure of their auras,
the terrifying power from the clash of Divine Techniques gradually dissipated.
On the ground below,
the Disciples who had been watching from the sidelines felt as if a small mountain had been dropped on their heads.
They could barely breathe under the crushing weight of the pressure!
Not daring to make the slightest sound,
a dead silence fell over the world!
"As expected of you, Senior Brother. Always so lucky. To think you could stumble upon such a prodigy in a backwater place like this!"
Across the way, Wu Zhen congratulated Master Wandering Dragon with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes.
As a rival who intended to use the Dragon Cloud Sect as a stepping stone, he had naturally done some research before coming.
Shen Changchuan’s feats—killing a Soul Emergence Realm Demon Cultivator while only at the Qi Introduction Realm and defeating Mo Lingfeng, a genius from the Nanyang Sect famous across several domains—had naturally caught his attention.
Upon learning that this Shen Changchuan fellow hailed from such a remote region,
he couldn’t help but curse Master Wandering Dragon for his dog-shit luck at the time.
To possess power capable of contending with the Soul Emergence Level while still at the Qi Introduction Realm...
...this was definitely a prodigy of the younger generation!
Even across the entire Thirty-Six Small Domains of the south, he would be considered first-class.
Someone like that was more than qualified to be the face of a power!
A disciple of this caliber
was someone that many Sects, like the Dragon Cloud Sect, might not find even once in a hundred years.
And yet, that guy had managed to snag one not long after founding his Sect.
Seeing his rival’s good fortune,
Wu Zhen was naturally displeased.
Before coming here,
he had even instructed his own disciple to knock the kid down a peg,
to preferably shatter his pride,
hoping it might even ruin that Shen Changchuan fellow for good.
But looking at the situation now,
he found himself hoping that his own disciple’s pride wouldn’t be the one that was shattered and destroyed.
’I just hope Yun’Er can recover from this...’
Wu Zhen glanced at the white-robed youth behind him. The boy’s face was pale, his breathing ragged, and he had a lost, dispirited look.
he thought to himself.
In the end, he had severely underestimated his rival’s dog-shit luck.
A Spirit Body and a Divine Seed, both fully formed.
In a certain sense,
he was even more outstanding than his own disciple with his Innate Spiritual Body!
A prodigy of this level,
even within the entire Yuqing Immortal Sect, was a rarity you could count on one hand!
’To think that I, Wu Zhen,’
’spent years of effort just to find one disciple with an Innate Spiritual Body.’
’What has Master Wandering Dragon ever done to deserve this?’
’He clearly lost our struggle and was forced to flee to this remote place,’
’yet his luck is so good that he just stumbles upon a disciple like this!’
At that moment, jealousy couldn’t help but well up in his heart.
"You’re too kind, Junior Brother."
"Perhaps it’s because I, your Senior Brother, have done enough good deeds and accumulated sufficient virtue in my past. The heavens must be favoring me."
As a being of the Divine Travel Realm, Wu Zhen naturally wouldn’t let his myriad thoughts show on his face.
But they were both old foxes who had known each other for years, and Master Wandering Dragon could guess what was going through the other’s mind from his expression.
A wave of satisfaction washed over him!
"Hmph! Then I hope your luck holds out, Senior Brother!"
"Our business here is done. Farewell!"
Wu Zhen cupped his hands in a perfunctory farewell, too lazy to exchange any more pleasantries. With a cold snort, he turned and left with his disciple.
"Take care, Junior Brother! Come visit anytime!"
Master Wandering Dragon called after him,
and it was clear
that he was in a fantastic mood.
Wu Zhen paid him no mind,
transforming into a streak of light and disappearing over the horizon.
Everything had come to an end.
With Wu Zhen’s departure, Master Wandering Dragon also retracted his immense, overflowing aura.
In the air,
the deathly, oppressive silence vanished along with it.
"Excellent, Changchuan. You did very well!"
Master Wandering Dragon’s gaze fell on Shen Changchuan behind him, and he couldn’t help but praise him again, his voice filled with emotion.
To be honest,
he hadn’t had high expectations for Shen Changchuan at the very beginning.
When he had first accepted the recommendation from his disciple Wu Tianhao and decided to take him in, a large part of the reason was because he came from the local Shen Family.
It was a way to get closer to the prominent local clans.
But he never expected
that Shen Changchuan would bring him one great surprise after another.
From defeating the renowned Mo Lingfeng, to reaching Perfection in his Divine Techniques Cultivation, and then forming a Spirit Body and a Divine Seed—
and now, defeating Wu Zhen’s prized disciple—
every single feat had astounded Master Wandering Dragon.
That’s right.
Shen Changchuan had won this battle!
Although the unexpected outcome of the clash between their Innate Divine Techniques had forced the two Divine Travel Realm masters to intervene and interrupt the fight,
after that one exchange,
the white-robed youth on the other side was already nearly out of Magical Power.
Shen Changchuan, on the other hand, still had some in reserve, and his aura was more stable than his opponent’s.
This was somewhat incredible, especially since his opponent had advanced to the Soul Emergence Realm a full two years before Shen Changchuan, giving him two extra years to polish his skills.
But the facts were the facts!
Shen Changchuan was stronger than his opponent in terms of both Magical Power and condition.
Adding to that the numerous Tier One Techniques Shen Changchuan had mastered to the Perfection Level, especially his advantage in Body Techniques,
anyone with a discerning eye could tell that if the two Divine Travel Realm masters hadn’t intervened,
Shen Changchuan would have been the inevitable winner!
This was also why Wu Zhen had been in such a hurry to leave with his young disciple.
Because in this battle,
his young disciple had undoubtedly lost!
And that meant
that Shen Changchuan had saved an immense amount of face for the entire Dragon Cloud Sect!