Chapter 294 - 291: Momentum
"Hm?!"
On the high platform,
Wu Zhen, who had been uninterested in this final battle, even yawning a little, suddenly tensed up. His gaze sharpened instantly!
A look of visible astonishment also appeared on Master Wandering Dragon’s face.
’That’s... Presence!’
The so-called "Presence" might sound mysterious, but it’s not difficult to understand at all.
It’s like standing before a mountain flash flood, looking up as the murky water carries enormous boulders, rolling forward and instilling a sense of being utterly powerless to resist.
That is the Presence of a flash flood!
Or like standing before a magnificent, treacherous mountain, feeling the vast landscape blotting out the sky, pressing down as if to crush you, leaving you breathless. It’s an oppression that makes you feel as small as an ant, not daring to even think of resisting.
That is the Presence of the mountains and rivers!
Or like being on the great sea, facing one surging wave after another.
Caught within, you feel as if you’ll be smashed to pieces by the terrifying force of those relentless waves.
That is the Presence of a tsunami!
This overwhelming Presence,
is almost irresistible.
When facing a Cultivator who has mastered Presence, a Cultivator of the same Realm wouldn’t even be able to muster the courage to fight back!
It could be said,
that anyone who can master a power like Presence,
is an absolute, peerless prodigy of their generation!
But what shook Wu Zhen,
was not the ’Presence’ displayed by his young apprentice’s fist,
as he was already well aware of the trump cards his apprentice held.
What truly shook him,
was the sword strike from Shen Changchuan opposite him!
That, too, was a strike that contained Presence!
’Don’t tell me that kid also succeeded in condensing a Divine Seed?!’
Wu Zhen sat up straight,
his gaze turning sharp.
’That brat named Shen Changchuan might also be one of the peerless prodigies!’
Wu Zhen inconspicuously glanced at Master Wandering Dragon beside him.
But the latter also wore a look of shock,
as if he hadn’t expected this either.
’Hmph! Still pretending!’
’Damn him, he’s got some good luck!’
Wu Zhen snorted coldly in his mind,
his previously good mood souring.
But no matter,
’So what if that guy really did stumble upon a peerless genius?’
He was confident,
’that in the end, his own young apprentice would be the one to win!’
An Innate Spiritual Body,
wasn’t just about the simple convenience of skipping the need to condense a Spirit Body when advancing to the Soul Emergence Realm...
...
"How can they be so strong?!"
Unlike the two powerhouses of the Divine Travel Realm sitting at the very top, who were inwardly shocked but maintained their composure,
down on the lower platforms,
Hong Yang, Wu Tianhao, and the other disciples of Master Wandering Dragon felt the two terrifying forces clashing on the plaza like two worlds colliding.
Waves of shock crashed through their hearts, their mouths hung slightly agape, and their faces were filled with utter, incredulous astonishment!
The rolling, formless, and intangible pressure,
was so immense that even they, standing at the very edge, felt its immense might!
It was hard to imagine,
what kind of terrifying pressure they would face,
if they were to directly confront an attack from either of these two!
’Two people who just advanced to Soul Emergence have such powerful techniques... Don’t tell me I cultivated a fake Soul Emergence?!’
At this very moment,
they couldn’t help but feel this absurd thought rise in their minds!
And at the same time,
the crowd of Outer Disciples gathered around the plaza to watch,
felt as if the world had been split in two the moment the pair made their moves.
An unparalleled pressure descended like Tai Mountain crashing down,
The mere aura leaking from the clash,
was enough to nearly suffocate them,
rendering them unable to move a single finger!
That imposing pressure,
was even greater than that of the Sect’s Soul Emergence Realm Elders!
And before their shocked gazes, the two vast powers slammed into each other.
RUMBLE!!!
A world-shaking collision erupted,
like Mars crashing into Earth.
A visible shockwave expanded through the air, instantly sweeping across the area.
The entire space seemed to tremble violently at that moment,
and the plaza beneath their feet, which was supposed to withstand a full-powered blow from a True Cultivator of the Soul Emergence Realm,
now cracked open with dark fissures amid the violent shaking!
And at the same time,
several of the Outer Disciples standing closer to the impact were sent flying.
The rest dug their feet firmly into the ground, but they still grunted in pain, blood trickling from the corners of their mouths. It was clear they weren’t faring well.
"This power is terrifying! Everyone, get back!"
"They’re too strong! We’re no match for them at all..."
The Sect disciples stared ahead in horror,
and quickly retreated.
But at this moment,
the two in the center of the plaza obviously weren’t paying the slightest attention to the crowd around them.
From just that one exchange,
both had already understood,
that the person they faced was by no means weaker than themselves!
BANG!
Without the slightest hesitation,
the white-robed youth’s figure moved like a phantom. The instant the collision’s energy dissipated, he tore through the sweeping Magical Power storm and charged violently toward Shen Changchuan!
In a flash, his figure crossed a distance of over a hundred feet,
and then,
a fist, as pristine as white jade, smashed down toward Shen Changchuan’s head!
This punch,
was as heavy as Tai Mountain!
It was simply unbelievable!
A white-robed youth who had seemed so elegant and even a bit scholarly now fought with such simple, brutish ferocity!
The contrast was incredibly jarring!
One could only say,
that this was indeed the disciple taught by the renowned Vajra’s Furious Gaze—his methods were just as simple and crude!
And just as terrifyingly powerful!
With no time to think,
Shen Changchuan tapped his foot on the ground,
and his figure instantly dissolved into a wisp of green smoke, drifting away!
BOOM!!!
The lightning-fast, heavy punch missed its mark and slammed into the ground, instantly collapsing a section of the plaza into a crater!
But at that same moment,
the white-robed youth showed no reaction to his missed strike.
Instead, he used the recoil,
launching himself into the sky like a cannonball.
His figure practically smashed through the air, leaving a long channel of disturbed air behind him as he shot hundreds of feet high in an instant.
BANG!
While still in mid-air,
the white-robed youth gathered his power again and threw a punch forward.
Under the immense force, it was as if successive tsunamis were compressing space, emitting a sharp sonic boom that seemed capable of shattering the very world before him!
Vast swathes of air collapsed,
and at the same time,
a figure suddenly appeared in the empty space ahead,
as if squeezed out from within space itself.
Shen Changchuan’s face showed a hint of surprise.
’To be able to lock onto my position so quickly... that’s beyond my expectations.’
But at the same time,
Shen Changchuan also noticed something else keenly.
’His reactions are certainly fast, no less than my own, but his Body Technique speed seems to be lacking...’