Chapter 120 - 118: Golden Tent Secret Technique, Chi Na Cang Ling
The next moment, Bo Gudun let out a roar like that of a wild beast and instantly transformed into a streak of red light, charging toward Chen Yuan.
Demonic Qi surged, and the sword aura trembled.
Amid a thunderous explosion, Chen Yuan was struck by an immense force, his body staggering backward uncontrollably.
In this state, Bo Gudun was immensely powerful. In a pure contest of strength, Chen Yuan was completely outmatched.
But Bo Gudun was now practically a wild beast. He had abandoned all defense, and his attacks held no technique; he was fighting purely on instinct.
After a few exchanges, Chen Yuan had roughly figured out Bo Gudun’s patterns.
The next moment, Chen Yuan channeled the Blood Fiend Power. He slashed down, black and red energies intertwining. Under his Blood Demon Devouring the Sun technique, two extreme forces tore at and coiled around each other, grinding away the ferocious Qi Blood surrounding Bo Gudun.
A crimson glow coalesced on Bo Gudun’s long saber. This was not Blood Qi, but an extremely raw, primal power, one that could actually contend with the Blood Fiend Power.
This was the Chi Na Cang Ling Power, a secret technique passed down through the Golden Horde Royal Family.
Moreover, the long saber in Bo Gudun’s hand was no ordinary weapon; it was actually an Earth Soldier.
’It seemed its effect was to convert power into extreme Sharpness Power, capable of severing True Qi.’
Bo Gudun’s Sword Momentum slashed wildly, directly tearing through the pull of the Blood Demon Devouring the Sun. In an instant, he was right in front of Chen Yuan!
But what met him was a massive, blood-red hand seal, dozens of feet wide!
Blood Killing Heaven-Seizing Hand!
With a thunderous crash, Bo Gudun was slammed straight into the ground. Even his golden armor showed signs of twisting and warping.
Bo Gudun spat out a mouthful of blood, but he still struggled, trying to climb out of the crater.
That Chi Na Cang Ling Power around him was exceptionally strange; it remained condensed, refusing to disperse, still clinging to his body.
’To be precise, this power originated from the world itself. As long as the world existed, it would not dissipate.’
But before Bo Gudun could make a move, a Fist Seal brimming with monstrous Demonic Qi came crashing down on him!
The Great Celestial Demon Seal smashed down, driving Bo Gudun’s body several inches deeper into the ground.
Brilliant Buddha Light flared around Chen Yuan. He pushed the power of the Sutra of the Pure Glazed Vajra to its absolute limit, imbuing his body with Giant Power. Yet, the attack he unleashed was the Great Celestial Demon Seal, which surged with monstrous Demonic Qi.
This Seal Technique wasn’t too draining. Chen Yuan suppressed his Blood Fiend power and simply slammed one seal after another down on Bo Gudun.
Bo Gudun’s current Life Force was so formidable that it even surpassed Chen Yuan’s expectations.
The Great Celestial Demon Seals continuously smashed down, and Chen Yuan’s True Qi was being consumed at a frantic rate.
Yet Bo Gudun was taking the hits purely with his physical body, still thrashing and struggling.
Any other Condensing Truth Realm Martial Artist would have likely had their True Qi completely drained, ultimately failing to overcome the physically formidable Bo Gudun.
But unfortunately for him, his opponent was Chen Yuan, whose reserves ran deep.
Even if Bo Gudun’s Golden Armor could withstand a Profound Soldier, and even if the Chi Na Cang Ling Power on his body could not be shattered...
But none of that mattered. He was like a man trapped in a tin can, his Inner Viscera and flesh constantly suffering the concussive shock of the Great Celestial Demon Seal’s impacts.
After dozens of Great Celestial Demon Seals fell, Bo Gudun finally started to vomit blood, which even contained fragments of his internal organs.
"Your Highness!"
The expression of the Great Witch Priest Su Lu changed. He tried to rescue Bo Gudun but was tenaciously blocked by Guan Zhenshan.
As Chen Yuan’s final Great Celestial Demon Seal fell, Bo Gudun’s physical body could no longer withstand the force of the impacts. With a violent BANG, it utterly exploded into a pile of shredded flesh!
Having finally blasted Bo Gudun to death, Chen Yuan let out a long sigh of relief.
His Inner Strength was also on the verge of exhaustion. That guy’s Life Force was simply freakishly strong.
Zuo Feiyu and his father, in sending Bo Gudun, had actually made one miscalculation, which caused them to underestimate Chen Yuan’s true strength.
Wu Youqing was old, and his own inherited techniques weren’t particularly strong. With his powerful cultivation lineage, it was perfectly understandable that Chen Yuan could slay Wu Youqing, who was at the Condensing Truth Realm Early Stage.
Zuo Feiyu and his father knew Wu Youqing possessed a Divine Weapon Fragment, but activating it required absorbing a sufficient amount of Qi Blood and True Qi.
They knew Wu Youqing was loyal, but they could never have imagined that his loyalty to the Nine Swords Alliance ran so deep that he would use the Divine Weapon Fragment to take Chen Yuan down with him while he still had strength to spare.
Meanwhile, Bo Gudun, using the Golden Tent Inheritance Secret Skill, possessed the power of a Condensing Truth Realm Late Stage expert. He could rip an Early Stage Martial Artist apart, and with his tenacious Life Force, he could simply wear an opponent down to death.
Sending him to deal with Chen Yuan, even if he couldn’t kill him in one strike, should have been enough to severely injure or even cripple Chen Yuan.
But if they had known that Chen Yuan could survive a direct hit from the Divine Weapon Fragment, they would never have sent Bo Gudun to his death.
It just goes to show, Wu Youqing was utterly loyal, but Zuo Feiyu and his father never had complete faith in him.
Chen Yuan quickly tossed an elixir that restored True Qi Power into his mouth and looked down at Bo Gudun’s corpse in the pit.
Only after Bo Gudun died did the condensed and un-dispersed Chi Na Cang Ling Power finally begin to slowly dissipate, gradually scattering back into the world.
Chen Yuan was actually quite interested in the Chi Na Cang Ling Power that Bo Gudun had.
’Only a Martial Artist who has reached the Eighth Realm Divine Platform can begin to sense the Power of Heaven and Earth. But Bo Gudun was merely at the Sea of Reincarnation Realm, yet he could draw upon the Power of Heaven and Earth through the Chi Na Cang Ling. He probably didn’t even know what the Power of Heaven and Earth was, but he could wield it. How strange. He could only absorb it to enhance his physique and fight like a beast, not truly control it. What a waste.’
There wasn’t much time to think about these things. Chen Yuan went straight for the Great Witch Priest, Su Lu.
With Bo Gudun dead, the morale of the Chi Shu Tribe collapsed, and they were cut down by the combined forces of the Po Jun Guard and Kaiping Prefecture’s White Tiger Guards.
Su Lu’s concentration faltered from the shock. In a moment of carelessness, one of Guan Zhenshan’s slashes took off half his arm, spilling blackish-red blood.
Seeing that he was in a desperate situation, Su Lu could no longer care about the other members of the Chi Shu Tribe. A black mist enveloped his body, and he turned to flee.
But the instant he turned, a brilliant and fierce blade light, like a tidal wave from a Blood River, surged toward him from behind.
Under the Blood Refining Divine Saber, Su Lu had no time to escape and was directly sliced in two by Chen Yuan’s strike.
But strangely, the innards spilling from his torso looked like dead wood, showing no signs of flesh and blood at all.
"The power cultivated by these Great Witch Priests of the Grasslands is different from the Martial Dao. It seems they sacrifice their physical bodies, which is why they end up in this ghoulish state," Guan Zhenshan walked over and explained.
Chen Yuan nodded. At this time, the knight in Crimson Gold Heavy Armor also walked over. He was Jiang Xibai, the Broken Army Guard Captain whom Liu Suifeng wanted to rescue.
Jiang Xibai took off his helmet and the ferocious Ghost Face Armor from his face. His appearance was surprisingly beautiful, to the point of being androgynous.
But Chen Yuan had just seen him in action. His aura was brave, violent, and unstoppable—a textbook Fierce Battle General.
Jiang Xibai’s expression was solemn as he bowed to Chen Yuan. "I am Jiang Xibai, Broken Army Guard Captain. Thank you for saving my life, Brother Chen."
"We are both comrades of Zhenwu Hall. There’s no need for such courtesy, Brother Jiang."
Then Chen Yuan asked with some surprise, "You know me, Brother Jiang?"
"Brother Chen, you have earned great merit time and again since first entering Zhenwu Hall, even slaying the Saint Heir of the Blood God Sect. A young hero of such caliber, and one I’ve never met before... who else could you be but Brother Chen?"
Jiang Xibai smiled, his handsome face filled with admiration.