Chapter 2415: Chapter 2419: The First
Woosh!
The dazzling Great Dao Divine Light burst forth, engulfing Cheng Kang in flames in an instant. Above his head, a raging Sea of Flames hung suspended in the air, within which brewed a gradually emerging giant serpent.
A five-colored divine light erupted from Jiang Chen’s body, enveloped in a lustrous halo outside the divine light.
At the same time, two giant swords manifested within the divine light: one emitted a brilliant five-colored radiance, while the other only showed its sword shadow through the divine light, the blade itself was invisible.
"The Wuying Sword Path! Has the junior brother finally decided to exhibit this sword path? I’ve never seen him use it before!"
Yun Tao’s eyes sparkled as he fixed his gaze on the formless sword shadow.
"Wuying Sword Path?"
Liu Chang looked towards Yun Tao, puzzled.
"It’s the first combat skill the junior brother learned. It couldn’t be called a combat skill before, just a way of employing the Great Dao, created by the former strongest figure of the Mingqian Realm, the Shadowless Sword Emperor. Our junior brother received his legacy, perfected this method of utilizing the Great Dao, and transformed it into a combat skill, though he’s never used it before!"
Yun Tao explained softly.
"What!?"
"A combat skill he improved himself!?"
"Wow, is that true? Can he really convert a method of employing the Great Dao into a combat skill himself!?"
Liu Chang and the others exclaimed, their faces showing incredulous expressions.
Buzz, buzz, buzz!
While everyone was amazed, a shift occurred on Jiang Chen’s side: the two sword shadows in the air gradually merged, and all surrounding Great Dao Divine Light and Dao Rhythm were absorbed into the sword shadow.
In the blink of an eye, the five-colored divine light vanished, leaving only a space above Jiang Chen’s head distorted due to the concentration of energy, devoid of any radiance.
"The final state of the Wuying Sword Path! The junior brother truly succeeded!"
Yun Tao looked at the distorted space, excitement in his eyes.
Yet, in his heart, he mumbled a silent thought: this wasn’t the true final state yet.
The junior brother didn’t infuse spiritual power, nor the Power of the Great Dao amplified by the Great Dao Wheel of Light, yet the current power was already this strong. What grade of combat skill had the junior brother created?
"This fluctuation..."
Wu Zhengfeng’s face showed shock as he looked at the distorted space: "This fluctuation already surpasses high-level Earth Rank combat skills and is infinitely close to the peak of Earth Rank combat skills!"
"Not just that, this fluctuation... I can’t block it!"
Liu Chang’s eyes revealed disbelief; he found it hard to believe that one day he’d feel a genuine shiver from the attack of a Mid Divine Infant Realm cultivator!
"I... couldn’t block it either! Jiang Chen is truly like an extraordinary entity!"
Wu Zhengfeng sighed, a trace of despondency in his eyes, clearly having taken a blow.
"Why didn’t this little brat use this move when that damn Li Yunluo provoked him? Could’ve taken down that bastard!"
At the mountain’s base, Hu Yiqiu expressed his frustration.
Ouyang Song and the others glanced at Hu Yiqiu, amused, but a hint of astonishment crossed their eyes, as they silently agreed with the deeper meaning in his words.
If Jiang Chen had used this combat skill against Li Yunluo, caught unawares, Li Yunluo might have been slain in one strike!
"Dean Lu, let Cheng Kang concede, he can’t withstand this sword!"
Zhang Jiucheng looked at the light screen, then turned to Lu Wangcheng.
Lu Wangcheng gritted his teeth, a look of extreme reluctance in his eyes, but finally he looked at Hu Yiqiu with resignation: "Master is a monster, and so is the disciple; you are all a bunch of monsters!"
"It’s too late; they’ve commenced the attack. Elder Li, prepare for rescue!"
Jian Cangqiong, who had been staring at the light screen, spoke in a deep voice, turning to look. The two attackers on the screen had both launched their attacks towards each other.
Roar!
Buzz!
A deafening roar resounded around the Spiritual Spring, as the scorching fire serpent charged ferociously towards Jiang Chen.
Above Jiang Chen, a ripple slashed through the space, forming a passage made of spatial ripples, which instantly extended in front of the fire serpent.
Shred!
A ripping sound echoed as the fire serpent was sliced like tofu by the approaching ripple, which then rent the Flames of the Sea and extended to Cheng Kang.
Cheng Kang’s face turned pale as he looked at the ripple before him, as if seeing death itself waving at him!
"Sto..."
Buzz!
A sudden cry rang out, but even before it completed, the ripple in front of Cheng Kang trembled and then vanished without a trace, as if it had never appeared.
Whoosh!
A figure appeared beside Cheng Kang, looking at Jiang Chen with utter astonishment.
"Elder Li!"
"Greetings to Elder Li!"
Everyone hurriedly bowed to the newcomer.
Li Yuanting waved a hand, taking a deep breath, his eyes filled with disbelief as he looked at Jiang Chen: "You can actually control such immense power with such ease!?"
Everyone froze for a moment, then erupted in chaos.
Wasn’t the previous strike erased by Elder Li? Did Jiang Chen himself dissipate it?!
Could it be this wasn’t his full-force attack!? Is he capable of unleashing even more powerful attacks!?
As is commonly known, when one executes a full-force strike, it’s extremely difficult to retract it midway, and a full-force attack leaves no retained energy to be taken back.
Yet Jiang Chen just smoothly dissipated such a terrifying strike, leaving everyone around looking at him as if he were a monster.
"Not bad."
Jiang Chen replied with a slight smile, without providing much explanation.
Whew!
The sound of exhaling resounded, Jiang Chen’s words as good as confirmed that he had withdrawn the attack himself. Even though Li Yuanting’s earlier words validated this, seeing it acknowledged by Jiang Chen himself made it hard for everyone to accept.
Wu Chengfeng and Liu Chang exchanged glances, each showing a bitter smile.
The attack moments ago was something the two of them couldn’t handle, only avoid, but at that time, they didn’t consider themselves inferior to Jiang Chen. After all, an attack was just an attack; an attack avoided was nothing to fear. But now knowing Jiang Chen hadn’t used his full strength, even if they didn’t want to admit it, they couldn’t erase their feelings.
They were unmistakably aware, they were likely not a match for Jiang Chen!
"I lost!"
Cheng Kang finally snapped back to reality, admitting in a dejected tone, a trace of admiration in his gaze towards Jiang Chen.
"Challenge over, the number one in the Late Divine Infant Realm of the same rank, Jiang Chen!"
Wu Chengfeng announced aloud, looking at Jiang Chen with interest: "Jiang Chen, do you want to challenge again?"
Those words left everyone stunned, faces showing interest, especially the senior students. They had all felt the terrifying nature of Jiang Chen’s attack, and they were curious to see if the equally intimidating Yan Hu would be able to withstand this strike.
"I concede!"
Before Jiang Chen could reply, Yan Hu spoke directly, conceding. He was absolutely not going to spar with Jiang Chen, and if ever Jiang Chen were to draw his sword at him, he would willingly perish under Jiang Chen’s blade.
