Chapter 187: Chapter 131: Justice Served Today!
The reason Liou Yuan was beaten so badly by the Artifact Control Skill was largely due to being unprepared. Now, facing him again, Liou Yuan is confident he can dodge Ji Jie’s artifact manipulation.
"Again!" With Liou Yuan’s shout, the battle resumed.
He took the initiative, even while secretly guarding against Ji Jie’s Artifact Control Skill ambush, the sword momentum in his Profound Brilliance Sword remained undiminished.
On the sword’s blade, the Green Tide Sword Light remained entwined.
The light on the Profound Brilliance Sword blazed, as Liou Yuan slashed out the eighth sword.
"Originally, you could have escaped, but you insisted on choosing a dead end." Ji Jie’s features twisted into a sneer, as his fingers formed a spell to activate the Artifact Control Skill.
Swish! The spear seemed to come alive, rising into the air from Ji Jie’s hand.
Then it circled like a wandering dragon in the sky above Huifeng Inn, stirring up a whirlwind to meet Liou Yuan’s eighth sword.
"Kill!"
With Liou Yuan and Ji Jie’s explosive shouts, their momentum reached its peak.
The sword light collided with the hurricane stirred by the Blood-crying Spear above Yunlai Inn.
Rumble! The Green Tide Sword Light and Blood-crying Spear stirred a razor-sharp gust which exploded at the center of the battle.
Huifeng Inn was affected by the aftershocks of the battle.
The inn’s roof along with its structure shattered under the roaring energy waves.
Ultimately it collapsed under the two forces.
This century-old inn finally perished amidst the battle’s aftershocks.
Standing atop the roof of the inn, Liou Yuan had no place to stand, his body tilted, naturally falling from the roof.
Falling alongside him was Ji Jie.
Even with their unstable stance, they didn’t give up on attacking each other.
"Shock Tide!" Amidst the fragmented debris raining down from Huifeng Inn’s wreckage, Liou Yuan, with fierce determination, dove towards Ji Jie while unleashing the final Shock Tide sword strike.
The Surprise Tide Sword Formulas are like ocean tides; they require accumulated sword light to exert maximum power.
Once the sword light is swung, each wave is taller than the last, making this final sword strike the most stunning of the Shock Tide Sword.
Suddenly, the sound of waves surged within Huifeng Inn.
Splash!
The trembling sword light surged like a torrent behind Liou Yuan.
The scattered debris around them paused mid-fall, then began to surge toward the direction of the sword’s tremor.
"Break the position!" At this moment, Ji Jie’s momentum also reached its peak.
Holding the Blood-crying Spear horizontally, spiritual power on his body surged into a fiery form.
The Blood-crying Spear trembled continuously in his hands, emitting a screech akin to a bird’s cry.
As Liou Yuan’s Shock Tide sword wave rolled towards him.
Bang! The Blood-crying Spear was released.
The spear created a dazzling arc in mid-air, moving so quickly, the surrounding cultivators watching couldn’t even see the trajectory clearly.
It had already pierced into the Shock Tide’s sword wave that Liou Yuan had slashed out.
On Ji Jie’s bounty portrait, his spear skill was described like this.
"His spear form is fierce, especially the last move, within ten zhang (33 meters), it’s unavoidable, with astonishing power."
Liou Yuan had long been aware of the power of Ji Jie’s last attack; seeing the Blood-crying Spear charge into the Shock Tide’s sword wave, his expression turned serious, and he became extremely cautious.
At the same time, all of his spiritual power frantically poured into the Profound Brilliance Sword, driving the Shock Tide’s power to its maximum.
Splash! For a moment, the sound of waves intensified, as if Huifeng Marketplace was at the seaside, with endless waves echoing.
The Shock Tide Sword Light’s ripples finally collided with Ji Jie’s spear.
The momentum of the Blood-crying Spear, like a rainbow, paused slightly upon touching the Shock Tide’s wave, then straight through piercing the phantom waves ahead.
Toward the Liou Yuan behind the waves, its momentum was unstoppable.
Though it paused slightly, it still affected the speed of the Blood-crying Spear.
Liou Yuan seized this opportunity to capture the trajectory of the spear.
His Profound Brilliance Sword flicked, altering the direction of the rolling tide, sending wave after wave crashing against the spear’s body.
Initially, the Blood-crying Spear maintained its sharpness amidst the waves.
But after being repeatedly struck dozens of times, the spear’s speed slowed, its power largely consumed by Shock Tide.
"Break!" Finally, with a loud shout from Liou Yuan.
Clang! The Blood-crying Spear was submerged in the rolling tide.
Without the obstruction of the Blood-crying Spear, the Shock Tide Sword surged forward like a wave, sweeping directly towards Ji Jie.
Boom!
The debris of Huifeng Inn, along with Ji Jie’s body, were engulfed by Liou Yuan’s Shock Tide Sword, exploding in a thunderous boom.
The sword was so majestic and overwhelming that the loose cultivators watching around hurriedly retreated several dozen feet away, fearing to be affected by it.
The surging waves of the Shock Tide Sword ravaged through the remains of Huifeng Inn for a long time.
By the time the central sword light dissipated, Huifeng Inn no longer existed, leaving only ruins and rubble everywhere.
In the center of the ruins was a clean space, swept clear by the force of the Shock Tide Sword.
With disheveled black hair and shining black eyes, Liou Yuan stood with his sword, appearing bold and spirited.
Opposite him was Ji Jie, whose body was gushing with blood.
Splat, splat, splat! Sword marks tore across his surface, spraying hot blood.
This arrogant villain, now disheveled, revealed what he looked like before the disguise.
The densely packed sword marks all over him were remnants of the Shock Tide.
"At least I managed to cut this sword." Liou Yuan took a deep breath, his face full of nostalgia.
The battle with Ji Jie verified what Liou Yuan had learned from his two years of hard training.
It almost forced out all his trump cards, except for his Evil Eyes.
It’s safe to say that if the Blood Absorption Skill hadn’t blocked Ji Jie’s most crucial strike, he’d still be uncertain whether he’s alive or dead now.
Though Ji Jie was defeated, there wasn’t a trace of fear on his face. It was smeared with blood, yet he raised it stubbornly, fixing it on Liou Yuan’s face like a wounded lion.
"Since when did Five Extremes Mountain produce someone like you?"
"Now you know, remember the name of the person who killed you is Liou Yuan." Liou Yuan spoke as he slowly approached Ji Jie, his Profound Brilliance Sword glowing in his hand, his gaze shooting out deadly intent.
"You will be a stepping stone on my path to success."
"Is that so!" Ji Jie’s lips suddenly curved.
At the instant Liou Yuan stepped within three steps of him,
Bang! The ground before Ji Jie suddenly exploded.
A streak of cold light shot straight at Liou Yuan’s face.
That cold light was the Blood-crying Spear previously swallowed by the Shock Tide Sword’s wave.
"Artifact Manipulation Skill!"
Liou Yuan exclaimed inwardly, being so close, it was impossible for him to dodge.
Ji Jie had hidden it beneath his feet, waiting for Liou Yuan to approach.
To survive so many pursuits and become stronger step by step, Ji Jie’s cunningness was truly unfathomable.
A cultivator at the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer might have fallen to this spear.
But what he faced was Liou Yuan.
Clang! A flash of light.
The Profound Brilliance Sword struck the Blood-crying Spear’s head.
The long spear magical artifact that accompanied Ji Jie throughout his battles shattered explosively under Liou Yuan’s effortlessly executed sword.
Turning into countless fragments scattered everywhere.
"How is it possible!" The exclamation wasn’t from Ji Jie, but from the surrounding cultivators of Huifeng Marketplace.
"Although Ji Jie’s Blood-crying Spear wasn’t a superior magical artifact, it was considered top-notch among medium-quality ones."
"How could it be shattered by a disciple from Five Extremes Mountain."
Liou Yuan’s Profound Brilliance Sword was already against Ji Jie’s neck.
Ji Jie wore the same astonished expression, watching his Blood-crying Spear that accompanied him through countless battles break, causing his forever high-held head to lower.
Liou Yuan spoke softly, explaining, "My sword is called Shock Tide. It’s a hundred-layered wave in a single swing; your Blood-crying Spear isn’t as sturdy as you believe."
As his words fell, a ripple of sword light was stirred in the scene.
Splash! Blood gushed from Ji Jie’s neck; his head flew into the air.
Before it could touch the ground, Liou Yuan grabbed it.
Ignoring the blood streaming from the head, he lifted it high, letting the flowing blood dye his clothes red.
After coldly scanning the surroundings, he loudly declared to the cultivators of Huifeng Marketplace present, "Ji Jie, a wanted criminal, his nature cruel and evil, violating normalcy, killing his peers, disturbing the area, notorious for his crimes, repugnant to man and gods alike."
"Today, he meets his end!"
