Chapter 417: Might as Well Let the Young Master Fend for Himself
Cheng Yuan was no ordinary person. He possessed the Double Pupil, and his Spiritual Power was tens, even hundreds of times greater than that of a normal person. Naturally, the speed at which he could deduce Cultivation Techniques was also tens, or even hundreds, of times faster!
Cheng Yuan activated the second form of his Double Pupil and unleashed his Spiritual Power to its fullest. His brain’s processing speed surpassed that of the most advanced modern computer!
In less than twenty seconds, he completed the deduction of one Minor Cycle!
Two minutes later, the deduction of a Great Cycle was complete. Cheng Yuan had found three flaws in Duan Jiang.
Cheng Yuan swiftly adjusted the Circulation Route. After fine-tuning it dozens of times, he finally resolved the three flaws.
The newly formed Cultivation Technique flowed with incredible smoothness, without the slightest hint of stagnation!
Without wasting any time, Cheng Yuan immediately began to deduce Inverted Sea.
Inverted Sea was the third move, and it took a minute longer to deduce than Duan Jiang. Just as the miniature Mountain Protection Array was on the verge of collapse, Cheng Yuan finally resolved all the flaws in Inverted Sea!
In that instant, Cheng Yuan’s mind reached a state of profound clarity. He even developed a sliver of an invincible will!
Cheng Yuan was absolutely certain that with the first three moves of the New Edition of Celestial Witch Nine Extremes, he could definitely trade blows with a Martial Saint!
Of course, it was limited to just three moves.
After those three moves, Cheng Yuan would inevitably be defeated.
Even so, it was an incredible achievement!
After all, reaching the level of a Martial Saint was the pinnacle for any Martial Artist. Below a Martial Saint, all others were merely ants!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Hammered by the relentless assault of Evil Qi—and the fluctuations stirred up by Cheng Yuan’s simulations of Duan Jiang and Inverted Sea—the miniature Mountain Protection Array finally gave way!
CRACK!
It shattered just like glass!
The surrounding scenery shifted. The eyes of the Exotic Beast Knights and the skeletons were no longer vacant. The ghostly flames in their pupils slowly focused, locking onto Cheng Yuan and the nine little girls!
For the last ten minutes, Wu Tian had been incredibly frustrated!
Those nine little girls were as slippery as eels; he couldn’t catch them at all.
Now, he finally had a chance to annihilate them!
Wu Tian immediately took all the credit, throwing his head back and roaring, "Brothers! I’ve broken the Illusion Array! Form up and charge!"
"Kill!"
The Exotic Beast Knights and the skeleton army roared as one! They quickly re-formed their ranks, preparing to charge once more!
Cheng Yuan let out a cold snort and lunged toward Wu Tian. ’If I can just take out their temporary leader,’ he thought, ’the skeleton army will fall into disarray!’
"Duan Jiang!"
Cheng Yuan instantly rushed in front of Wu Tian, unleashing Duan Jiang with all his might!
An illusory blade, nearly forty meters long, appeared in Cheng Yuan’s hands—ten times longer than the blades the skeletons had manifested when they used Duan Jiang!
A raging river materialized before Wu Tian!
The forty-meter blade slashed viciously at the river’s surface!
SPLASH!
The great river’s flow was instantly severed!
When the skeletons used Duan Jiang, the river’s flow was only severed for an instant!
But with Cheng Yuan’s Duan Jiang, the river was completely severed! Even the silt at the riverbed was sliced in two!
An impossibly bright gleam of light flashed from the blade, appearing above Wu Tian’s head in an instant!
Wu Tian, of course, wouldn’t just sit there and await his doom. He roared, "So what if it’s Duan Jiang? I can do it too!"
Wu Tian also channeled all his power into executing Duan Jiang. Unfortunately, the illusory blade he managed to conjure was less than ten meters long.
CRACK! The illusory blade Wu Tian had conjured was instantly shattered by Cheng Yuan’s.
Its momentum undiminished, Cheng Yuan’s illusory blade continued its descent, chopping down toward Wu Tian’s head!
Wu Tian’s face drained of color in terror. "Old Dragon! Save me!"
"ROAR!"
The Earth Dragon’s skeleton suddenly reared up, using the Dragon Horn on its head to block the illusory blade!
That was the hardest part of the Earth Dragon skeleton’s body!
Unfortunately, against Cheng Yuan’s blade, the Earth Dragon’s horn was as fragile as tofu!
SQUELCH!
The Dragon Horn was sliced in half!
The Earth Dragon skeleton was sliced in half!
And Wu Tian, sitting atop the Earth Dragon skeleton, was also sliced in half!
CLATTER!
The bones of Wu Tian and the Earth Dragon skeleton scattered across the ground!
Cheng Yuan planted a foot on the two halves of the Earth Dragon’s skull and roared, "Who else?!"
The chaotic stone platform fell instantly silent. Expressions of utter terror appeared on the faces of all the skeletons.
’He’s too strong!’
’This junior is far too strong!’
’Wu Tian was a super warrior who defeated even Wu Pa! And he had merged with the Earth Dragon!’
’He had the power to fight even the leader of the Celestial Witch Race, but he was killed in a single move!’
’Just what kind of power gap is this?’
Once an army’s will is shaken, its morale plummets.
And such was the case with the skeleton army now.
Even though they still held a clear advantage in numbers, they couldn’t even muster half of their combat strength!
The battle on the stone platform turned into a one-sided slaughter.
Every time Cheng Yuan used Duan Jiang, he would take down several Exotic Beast Knights!
In less than half an hour, Cheng Yuan had wiped out all three hundred-plus Exotic Beast Knights.
The remaining six hundred-odd skeletons were like headless flies, completely losing all sense of formation.
Just as it seemed Cheng Yuan was about to achieve final victory and successfully complete the Inheritance...
...a chaotic cacophony of footsteps echoed from outside the Beast Fighting Arena’s gates!
Cheng Yuan’s expression changed. ’Have the natives of the Inheritance Secret Realm been alerted?’
’If those natives join forces with the skeleton army, things will get really bad!’
Cheng Yuan turned his head toward the gates, slightly tense, but then let out a small sigh of relief.
’Oh, it’s just the upper echelons of the Celestial Witch Sect!’
’Did they see the Evil Vein erupt and come in to support me?’
In truth, Cheng Yuan could easily finish off these skeletons himself. However, repeatedly unleashing Duan Jiang was genuinely tiring. ’Since "reinforcements" have arrived,’ he thought, ’I might as well let them handle it!’
Cheng Yuan shouted loudly, "Quick, come help me!"
Hearing Cheng Yuan’s shout, the group looked toward the stone platform from afar. They saw Cheng Yuan, surrounded by five or six hundred skeletons, looking "utterly wretched."
The members of the Celestial Witch Sect, of course, had no intention of rescuing Cheng Yuan. On the contrary, looks of ecstatic joy appeared on their faces!
’The Evil Vein’s rampage is working out perfectly!’
’So many skeletons jumped onto the platform?’
’You have to realize, those skeletons must have reached the strength of a Martial Emperor to be able to jump onto that platform!’
’Besieged by so many Martial Emperor-level skeletons, Cheng Yuan is sure to die a horrible death! They’ll devour him until not even a scrap is left.’
Ma Gu cupped a hand to his ear and asked with feigned concern, "I think I heard something. Did any of you hear the Young Master’s voice?"
Everyone shook their heads.
"What voice? The Saint Heir must have misheard."
Ma Gu shot a mocking glance in Cheng Yuan’s direction. "No, I’m quite sure I heard the Young Master’s voice. Should we go up to the platform and rescue him?"
The members of the Celestial Witch Sect burst into laughter.
"Saint Heir, the Sect Leader’s order was to retrieve the Young Master’s corpse at all costs. The Young Master isn’t dead yet, so let’s wait a bit longer."
"The High Priest has gone to suppress the Evil Vein; it will calm down soon! Once the Evil Vein is completely pacified, the strength of these skeletons will drop below the Grandmaster level. We can make our move then!"
"Elder Li speaks sense. Right now, these skeletons are all at the Martial Emperor Realm. If we act rashly, we will surely suffer heavy casualties. As for whether the Young Master can keep his body intact... well, that will depend on his own fortune."