Chapter 310 - 307: Overwhelming Suppression (2)
At that moment, hesitation flickered in Shen Tingchu’s heart.
But the Sword Momentum’s attack was incredibly fast.
In the blink of an eye, it crossed a distance of hundreds of feet.
Before Shen Tingchu could even decide to pull back some of his power,
the relentless, indomitable edge of the blade was already upon Shen Changchuan!
Under the overwhelming might of the sword’s edge,
it was an attack that even a fellow Cultivator at the Soul Emergence Second Layer would likely struggle to block!
However,
Shen Changchuan’s expression barely changed as he faced the blade.
On the contrary,
a slight frown flickered across his brow and vanished.
But at this moment,
with the sword’s edge upon him, there was no time for further thought!
BOOM!!!
Almost instinctively, he swept a sleeve, and immense Magical Power surged forth like a torrential flood.
In mid-air, it formed a transparent, giant hand of Magical Power,
which then grabbed thunderously toward the sword’s edge!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!
Amidst a continuous roar,
the sharp, dozens-of-feet-long sword gleam shattered layer by layer before the giant hand of Magical Power!
It was like an egg hitting a stone, collapsing inch by inch!
The Sword Momentum and the blade’s edge were completely crushed.
The remaining force slammed viciously onto the longsword itself!
DING!
A clear clang of metal on metal rang out across the sky. The Lifebound Longsword let out a mournful cry and was sent flying!
But that wasn’t all!
After shattering the Lifebound Longsword, the giant hand of Magical Power continued with unstoppable momentum, slapping thunderously toward Shen Tingchu!
Although this takes time to describe,
from the moment Shen Tingchu’s sword struck,
to Shen Changchuan casually swatting the Lifebound Longsword away with a palm and the remaining force crashing down on Shen Tingchu,
it all happened in the blink of an eye!
Shen Tingchu let out a muffled groan.
His face paled.
Before he could even process what had happened, the massive hand of Magical Power, dozens of feet wide, was upon him, slapping down with the force of a tidal wave!
"?!!!"
’What the hell?!!’
Shen Tingchu’s eyes widened.
The power of that giant hand had already been weakened by more than two-thirds after shattering his Magical Power Longsword!
But even this remaining third,
in Shen Tingchu’s eyes,
was like an endless, overlapping flood, crushing down on him from all directions!
That feeling...
It was as if the entire world was crushing down on him at that very moment!
’How is this possible?!!’
A storm raged in Shen Tingchu’s heart.
In that instant, he felt an inescapable, unavoidable sense of doom!
It felt somewhat like facing the family’s old ancestor!
’But how can that be?!’
Before he could figure it out,
the immense power, as swift as Thunder and lightning, had arrived and slammed directly into his body!
KABOOM!!!
Following the massive roar that exploded in the sky, a visible shockwave of Magical Power—a white pulse—blasted outwards in all directions!
At that same moment, Shen Tingchu’s body turned into a cannonball, flying backward to smash into a mountaintop over two thousand feet away!
BANG!!!
The tremendous impact made the very earth tremble.
That part of the mountain directly collapsed inward.
Billowing dust and smoke swept into the sky,
dyeing a large swath of the air a dirty yellow.
"Uh..."
Looking at the scene before him,
Shen Changchuan blinked,
a little stunned.
’Did I... go a little too hard?’
’It seems,’
’the gap within the Soul Emergence Realm is even bigger than I imagined!’
Shen Changchuan paused for a moment.
He quickly flew towards Shen Tingchu’s location,
worried that something serious had happened to him.
’Looks like the difference is pretty big...’
The thought flashed through Shen Changchuan’s mind.
The casual strike he had just used was with the same level of power he had used against that white-robed youth back at the Dragon Cloud Sect’s plaza.
By combining his Divine Sense and Magical Power, merging them with his own comprehension to simulate the great momentum of heaven and earth,
and with his own Magical Power complementing this momentum,
every gesture he made held the immense power to reshape mountains and rivers!
An attack with this kind of power,
his opponent had also used when he fought the white-robed youth.
And in that battle,
when Shen Changchuan clashed with him,
they were almost evenly matched!
So,
in the battle just now,
when facing Shen Tingchu’s sword, Shen Changchuan had instinctively used this power of ’momentum’ in his counter-attack.
What he hadn’t expected,
was that a Cultivator who had grasped the power of momentum held such a massive advantage over an ordinary Soul Emergence Realm Cultivator!
"Brother Tingchu, are you okay?"
Within a few breaths,
Shen Changchuan had landed on the collapsed, barren mountain, next to Shen Tingchu, whose body seemed to be deeply embedded in a huge crater.
He reached out a hand, wanting to help Shen Tingchu up.
Shen Tingchu raised a hand to stop Shen Changchuan’s movement.
At this moment, he was covered in dust and dirt, with numerous scrapes and a trickle of blood at the corner of his mouth.
His face was filled with a dazed expression, as if he hadn’t yet come back to his senses.
He suddenly shook his head,
sending puffs of dust flying.
It was as if he was shaking off all distracting thoughts, and for a moment, he became clear-headed.
"I feel like something was off with me... I wonder, can we fight again?"
"How about... we forget it? We can fight again another day."
"No, Changchuan, I want to try again."
"Don’t worry. I’m not actually hurt that badly."
"Well... alright then."
Shen Tingchu insisted on another match.
After confirming that he wasn’t seriously injured, just a bit dazed from the extremely violent impact,
Shen Changchuan considered for a moment and reluctantly agreed.
Soon,
a recovered Shen Tingchu once again launched an attack on Shen Changchuan.
RUMBLE!!!
Above the desolate, uninhabited mountain valley,
the continuous, thunderous roars rang out again as torrents of Magical Power blasted and spread in all directions...
...
「Half a day later.」
"Brother Tingchu, I’m planning to go see my mother, so I won’t be joining you on the way back to Tian Nan City..."
On their way back, a few dozen li outside of Tian Nan City,
Shen Changchuan bid farewell to Shen Tingchu.
Shen Tingchu’s expression was still a bit dazed, but he quickly came to his senses.
"Oh, I see... In that case, let’s part ways here."
Shen Tingchu had no reason to object,
so he bid Shen Changchuan farewell.
"Alright. Take care, Brother Tingchu! Come visit Dawan Village when you have time. It’s not far from the Dragon Cloud Sect Mountain Gate. Just let me know beforehand."
"Of course. Take care!"
"You too, Brother Tingchu!"
Shen Changchuan’s radiant trail veered off, heading in another direction.
Shen Tingchu, however, stood there blankly,
watching his receding figure,
a bewildered look on his face.
’How... how can he be this strong?’
’Hasn’t he just entered the Soul Emergence Realm? I’m already at the Soul Emergence Second Layer Late Stage. How can the gap be so huge?’
Beneath his bewildered expression,
Shen Tingchu muttered to himself, lost in a daze for a moment.
After a long while,
Shen Tingchu, unable to find an answer, finally turned and left.