Chapter 322 - 319: I Don’t Understand
"Damn it!"
’How could a genius Demon in the art of Magic possibly appear in a place like this?!’
The square-faced middle-aged man’s expression was frantic.
He couldn’t help but curse inwardly.
Originally, he had thought that what Zhou Yi asked them to do was just a small favor.
After all, who was this Shen Changchuan?
He was just some local prodigy from a backward, rural Immortal Cultivation Realm.
A so-called genius like that was completely insignificant compared to the truly prosperous Central State Immortal Cultivation World.
Zhou Lingyun hadn’t paid this small-town genius any mind.
The ease with which he had swept through the younger generation of Soul Emergence Realm Cultivators in the Shen Family’s tournament plaza was proof enough!
Therefore, when Zhou Yi made her request this time to come and intercept that brat named Shen Changchuan and his mother, who was leaving with him, neither he nor Zhou Lingyun had refused.
In their eyes,
it was a trivial matter they could handle effortlessly,
with no chance of complications.
’Since we were leaving anyway, we figured we might as well help clean up this mess on our way out.’
But who could have predicted...
...that this so-called "genius," who grew up in some rural, godforsaken mountain corner, would be so damn powerful?!
From the moment the fight broke out until now,
facing Zhou Lingyun,
that brat Shen Changchuan had only thrown two punches,
then used a Treasure Artifact to block one of Zhou Lingyun’s attacks, and finally used a Body Technique to dodge a slash from Zhou Lingyun’s saber.
It was all over in two or three moves.
But just that alone,
in the eyes of an expert,
was more than enough!
A Spirit Body, immense Magical Power, a powerful Divine Sense, mastery over the power of potential, and he had even cultivated a Tier Two Body Technique to Perfection!
The pupils of the square-faced middle-aged man trembled!
Every single one of those things,
was enough to shake his Heart Spirit!
He didn’t understand.
Why would such a genius Demon appear in such a remote place!
This was a ridiculously backward place, without even a Master Profound Pill. A place where one or two cultivators in the Divine Travel Realm could act like tyrants.
’How could such shallow waters,’
’give rise to such a breathtakingly brilliant figure?’
’If he had been a blood descendant of one of the masters from the Yuqing Immortal Sect, the hegemon of the Southern Great Domain, then it would be understandable!’
With enough resources, many things can naturally be accumulated.
But Shen Changchuan’s background...
...was nothing more than that of a lowly, illegitimate son of a mere Landlord!
His birth was extremely low.
His family couldn’t possibly have given him much support.
’So what is that brat relying on?!’
’To advance to the Soul Emergence Realm before the age of twenty, to have condensed a Spirit Body, and to have such an incredibly solid foundation, far surpassing ordinary Soul Emergence Realm Cultivators!’
"What in the world is with that brat?!"
This was something the square-faced middle-aged man truly could not comprehend.
In reality, he didn’t know that Shen Changchuan had also condensed a Divine Seed.
If he had,
the shock on his face would have been a tidal wave of horror.
But whether he knew or not,
the square-faced middle-aged man was now crystal clear on one thing:
Zhou Lingyun was very likely no match for the brat named Shen Changchuan!
And as his Guardian,
if he couldn’t break through the obstruction of this brat—who was most likely possessed by the remnant soul of some unknown old monster—
then once Zhou Lingyun was killed,
he would be in deep trouble!
"Get out of my way!"
At the thought of those terrible consequences,
the square-faced middle-aged man let out a furious roar.
Like a tyrannosaurus, a terrifying power erupted from him in that instant, vast as a boundless sea, causing the very void to tremble.
The power in his palms grew a whole level stronger out of thin air!
In response,
Shen Chong was completely fearless.
He met the attack head-on.
BOOM! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
A world-shaking battle erupted at that moment!
...
「Meanwhile」
The battle farther away didn’t affect Shen Changchuan much.
He could clearly sense
that the strength of Zhou Lingyun’s Guardian was far beyond what he could contend with!
’So,’
’dealing with that man’
’can only be left to Shen Chong and that ’old grandpa’ of his.’
’If he wins, that would be for the best, of course.’
’But if Shen Chong loses,’
’then it’s all over.’
’I probably won’t be able to escape either.’
’So rather than waste mental energy worrying about that fight,’
’I’m better off focusing my attention on the Zhou Lingyun right in front of me.’
’If I can kill him,’
’it might even be enough to disturb the state of mind of that square-faced middle-aged man over there.’
’Just like that roar of his I just heard...’
’He’s clearly getting anxious.’
Therefore,
after knocking Zhou Lingyun down with a single punch,
Shen Changchuan pressed his advantage, giving Zhou Lingyun no time to rest after being slammed into the ground.
His ten fingers interlocked, forming a complex Dharma Seal.
In an instant,
SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!
Three streams of Cyan Wood Sword Light were activated almost instantaneously, materializing from the void and blasting down toward the dust-shrouded earth below!
Midway through their descent, the three massive streams of Cyan Wood Sword Light...
...an invisible and intangible connection formed between the three sword lights. They merged, instantly taking on the formation of Heaven, Earth, and Man.
The next moment, they began to rotate high in the sky, forming a sky-filling expanse of overlapping Sword Shadows that slashed down like lightning!
Half the sky
was covered by the majestic torrent of cyan sword light that was unleashed!
"Die!"
Shen Changchuan’s gaze sharpened.
As the prerequisite Technique for the Divine Skill Sanqing Forest Sword Array,
the Cyan Wood Sword Light was unlike ordinary Tier One Techniques, which become mostly useless against Cultivators of the same Realm after one advances to the Soul Emergence Realm.
Because its essence was that of a foundation for a Divine Technique,
when Shen Changchuan advanced to the Soul Emergence Realm,
he was able to use the influence of the Divine Seed he had condensed for the Sanqing Forest Sword Array
to complete a ’qualitative change’ in the Cyan Wood Sword Light!
This attack
was in no way inferior to an ordinary Tier Two Attack Skill!
Such a terrifying, sharp radiance filled the void,
causing the expression on the square-faced middle-aged man, who was thousands of yards away, to grow even more frantic!
But the more anxious one gets,
the more prone one is to making mistakes.
"You’re courting death!"
Shen Chong, who had obtained power surpassing the Soul Emergence Realm through the infusion from the mysterious old grandpa inside him,
once again keenly seized his opponent’s opening. He took advantage of the distraction to unleash a lightning-fast strike that swept across the void, landing a heavy blow on the man’s body and sending him flying!
And in that same instant,
on the ground below Shen Changchuan,
as the overwhelming torrent of cyan sword light descended,
the three-part Cyan Wood Sword Light had already crashed down, disappearing into the vast cloud of dust!
But at that very moment,
BOOM!!!
A powerful shockwave shot up into the sky, instantly tearing apart and blowing away the surrounding dust cloud!
Zhou Lingyun’s figure then appeared in the massive crater that had been smashed into the ground below.
At the same time,
he held up a completely white Eight Diagrams Mirror, which floated in the air above his head.
The mirror radiated a dazzling white light, and a visible white shield enveloped and protected him!
At almost the exact same time,
the three streams of Cyan Wood Sword Light, like three giant iron spears dozens of yards high,
came crashing straight down!