Chapter 186: Chapter 131: Judgement Day
"Take his life while he’s down!"
Liou Yuan’s black hair fluttered in the sonic waves created by the Lion’s Roar Spell, his eyes revealing a murderous intent as he activated Treading Flowing Waves, chasing straight after Ji Jie.
At the same time, he slashed out the seventh sword of Shock Tide.
"Die!"
Crash! The sound of roaring waves was deafening.
Just as the Green Tide Sword Light was unleashed, Liou Yuan sensed something amiss; a wave of crisis enveloped his entire body, causing all his hair to stand on end.
Clearly, Ji Jie had already been knocked away by him, so where did the sense of crisis come from?
The Evil Eyes flickered with a purple hue. Liou Yuan abandoned the chase and swiftly swept his gaze around.
Soon, Liou Yuan identified the source of the crisis.
Whoosh! A flash of cold light shot out from beneath the shattered rooftop of Yunlai Inn, aiming directly at his back.
It turns out that as Ji Jie was injured by the Lion’s Roar Spell, he had intentionally thrust the Blood-crying Spear beneath the rooftop.
Just as Liou Yuan chased after him, the Blood-crying Spear, controlled by Ji Jie, stabbed straight at Liou Yuan’s back.
The spear was too fast; Liou Yuan only glimpsed the afterimage of the cold light before the Blood-crying Spear was already behind him.
"So fast! Can’t dodge it!"
In the moment of crisis, Liou Yuan desperately activated Treading Flowing Waves, barely managing to shift half his body to prevent the spear from striking a vital area.
At the same time, his Spiritual Power surged, fully activating all his defensive means.
First, a barrier from the Yellow Jade Buddhist Beads enveloped his entire body.
Then, the blood qi robe formed by Blood Absorption Skill surged on his back.
Clank! The sound of the barrier shattering.
The Yellow Jade Buddhist Beads, a mid-grade Magical Artifact, was gradually losing its advantage in a late-stage Qi Cultivation battle.
Against the Blood-crying Spear, it was like paper, easily pierced through.
Then the spearhead directly stabbed into the blood qi robe condensed on Liou Yuan’s back.
Clank! An explosive sound.
Liou Yuan keenly felt a powerful force smashing into the area of his back.
Though it hadn’t broken through the defense of the blood qi robe, the force directly acted on Liou Yuan’s body.
He only felt his body lighten, blasted into the air by the force carried by the Blood-crying Spear, flying from the top of Yunlai Inn and eventually crashing into a building within Huifeng Marketplace.
Bang! Liou Yuan crashed headfirst into a small courtyard of unknown ownership.
The immense force caused the building to collapse, and Liou Yuan’s figure was buried beneath the debris.
As for the Blood-crying Spear, after successfully ambushing Liou Yuan, it spun in the air and fell back into Ji Jie’s hand.
He was also not unscathed, having taken a direct hit from Liou Yuan’s Lion’s Roar Spell, occasionally coughing up blood.
Ji Jie took a few breaths, then looked at the collapsed building where Liou Yuan fell, spat out a mouthful of saliva mixed with blood, and coldly smirked, "Quite some tricks. You could have cultivated well at Five Extremes Mountain, but instead you chose to venture out and seek death."
"The disciple of Five Extremes Mountain has lost!"
Watching the direction where Liou Yuan fell.
The loose cultivators of Huifeng Marketplace, just recovering from the Lion’s Roar Spell, all showed expressions of regret.
They could see that Liou Yuan, still young, had pressed Ji Jie to this extent, which was truly not easy.
If he could cultivate in seclusion for a few more years, Ji Jie would surely not be his opponent.
What a pity, today this genius is doomed to die here in Huifeng Marketplace.
None of the people present were a match for Ji Jie, thus no one dared to intervene.
Only Gong Linqing, a hidden agent from Five Extremes Mountain, took out a sword and instinctively rushed towards where Liou Yuan fell, intending to cover for him.
Clang! An abrupt shout.
Gong Linqing saw a green-blue sword light vibrating from the rubble of the building.
The sword light struck the scattered bricks and tiles flying.
"Mr. Liou!" Under Gong Linqing’s dazed gaze, Liou Yuan’s somewhat disheveled figure stood up from his burial in the debris.
Though disheveled, upon careful inspection by Gong Linqing, Liou Yuan’s body showed no signs of any fatal injury.
Behind him, blood-colored radiance surged, somehow blocking what was nearly a fatal blow.
"Almost capsized in the gutter." Liou Yuan smiled at Gong Linqing, then raised his head to look upwards again.
The first thing he did upon rising was leap back onto the roof of Huifeng Inn.
No time to tidy up his chaotic and tattered clothes, he faced Ji Jie, whose expression was notably solemn upon witnessing Liou Yuan’s reappearance.
"Spiritual Sense Control?" Liou Yuan spoke lightly.
Seeing the Blood-crying Spear, which had separated from Ji Jie’s control yet still autonomously attacked and emanated considerable power, Liou Yuan’s immediate reaction was Spiritual Sense Control.
This notion appeared in his mind for a mere moment before being dismissed by him.
Divine Sense is a power only possessed by Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator who have opened the Qi Mansion, it’s impossible for Ji Jie to be one.
Then there’s only one possibility left.
"It’s not Spiritual Sense Control, it’s Artifact Control Skill!"
Ji Jie disregarded Liou Yuan; Liou Yuan found the answer entirely in his self-questioning and answering.
His gaze revealed a realization, and the eyes he turned towards Ji Jie had altered, filled with both seriousness and a trace of greed.
Artifact Control Skill is an extremely rare skill, even more so than Body Skill.
Its power lies in the ability to control artifacts with a mere thought; practiced to profound levels.
One can often kill enemies from several miles, even a dozen miles away, with a sword.
"Seems like Ji Jie gained quite a bit in that scramble for the opportunity related to the disguising Magical Treasure."
There are very few disciples of Five Extremes Mountain trained in Artifact Control Skill, let alone Ji Jie, a fugitive. Based on the available information, Liou Yuan inferred the origin of Ji Jie’s Artifact Control Skill.
"He’s revealed his trump card. Now it’s my turn to strike."
