Chapter 450: Chapter 450: Fighting the Martial King
’Trying to run?’
Qin Feng’s Profound Sense was locked on Ye Xuan. The moment he dodged, a savage grin spread across Qin Feng’s face as he unleashed his palm strike and gave chase.
BOOM!
A tremendous roar echoed as the area for a hundred feet around was engulfed in a sea of fire. An overwhelming power erupted, blasting the surrounding trees and rocks apart and reducing them to cinders.
From within the blast, a figure wreathed in blue-violet light shot into the sky, looking rather battered.
’What terrifying Profound power,’ Ye Xuan thought. ’It’s so savage and ferocious, utterly unrivaled in might.’
Blue-violet lightning coursed over Ye Xuan’s body, resisting the invading Fire Element Profound power. A grave expression settled on his face.
When he first arrived in the Sky Empire, Ye Xuan had been at the First Layer of Tier Five and could easily slay the Tier Six Second Layer Slaughter Venerable, Yin Jiu. Now he had broken through to the Second Layer of Tier Five, yet he was nearly injured in the very first exchange with Qin Feng, who was at the First Layer of Tier Seven.
Fortunately, since he cultivated the Nine Stars Arrogant World Skill, his Profound Power was far greater than that of an ordinary Martial Artist. Combined with his Celestial Fire, which gave him immense resistance to Fire Element powers, and the defense of his Aether-Treading Wings, he had managed to endure.
"Hm? You actually blocked my palm strike? That flying Spiritual Treasure of yours... just what rank is it? Unless..."
A hint of surprise showed on Qin Feng’s face, but it was quickly replaced by a flicker of delight in his eyes.
"Could that flying Spiritual Treasure be the one Master Lu Li forged not long ago? The one that caused a celestial phenomenon?!"
Qin Feng was ecstatic. He attributed Ye Xuan’s ability to withstand his attack entirely to the Aether-Treading Wings. The thought of this treasure soon falling into his hands made his heart pound with an excitement he could barely contain.
Without any further hesitation, he once again struck out with both palms.
RUMBLE!
A crimson, flaming palm, large as a mountain, bore down on Ye Xuan.
"Flying Swallow Body Technique!"
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Amid the encroaching flames, Ye Xuan’s figure was like a flitting swift. He moved with impossible grace, weaving and darting through the attack, a trail of blue-violet lightning in his wake.
’What kind of Body Technique is that?’
Qin Feng was stunned. He unleashed a flurry of palm strikes, trying to pin Ye Xuan down, but it was all to no avail.
The magnificent power of his flaming palms couldn’t even graze the hem of Ye Xuan’s robes.
This "Flying Swallow Body Technique" was something Ye Xuan had mastered in his past life. Its rank wasn’t particularly high, but its core principle was the user’s control over their own Profound Power to execute rapid, sharp turns. The faster the Martial Artist, the more potent the effect.
The Flying Swallow Body Technique was useless for long-distance travel, but for dodging and attacking, it was unfailingly effective.
Furthermore, Ye Xuan’s vast combat experience allowed him to read the fluctuations of the ambient Fire Element to predict the trajectory of Qin Feng’s attacks and evade them accordingly.
"Heaven-Burning Fire Skill—Blazing Prairie!"
Growing frustrated, Qin Feng suddenly bellowed.
WHOOSH!
Vast waves of Fire Element Profound power flooded the area, blotting out the sky. At the same time, Qin Feng leaped into the air, bringing a palm strike down on Ye Xuan.
The savage power coalesced into an inescapable sea of flames.
’Not good!’
Ye Xuan’s expression changed drastically. In his haste, the image of a vast continent materialized above his head, encircled by three pulsing golden rings. It was his Earth Martial Soul.
A dense layer of Rock Armor instantly formed over his body, which was in turn covered by a shield of Profound Power, and finally enveloped by a surging layer of blue-violet lightning.
Simultaneously, the black heavy sword at his waist flew from its sheath, imbued with a mysterious principle as it shot toward Qin Feng’s descending palm.
"Insignificant tricks," Qin Feng sneered. The power of the Blazing Prairie collided with the blue-violet lightning on Ye Xuan’s body with a loud SIZZLE.
The lightning on Ye Xuan’s body immediately distorted and wavered, threatening to shatter at any moment.
Meanwhile, Qin Feng tried to dodge the heavy sword, but to his shock, the blade seemed to carry a mysterious principle that locked onto him, making him feel as though it were impossible to evade.
’If I can’t dodge it, then I won’t bother trying,’
Qin Feng was a decisive man. A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes as he slapped his palm directly onto the black heavy sword. A terrifying force, like a tidal wave, instantly surged along the blade and into Ye Xuan’s body.
Under the heavy blow, the blue-violet lightning around Ye Xuan instantly disintegrated. His Rock Armor shattered as well, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood, flying backward and crashing through several large trees before finally coming to a halt.
"Kid, I never thought you’d be this much trouble. You’re the first Tier Five Martial Sect to ever force me to use one of my ultimate techniques. A pity, though. No matter how monstrous your talent, in front of me, Qin Feng, death is your only way out."
Qin Feng sneered, a look of utter nonchalance on his face.
*Cough, cough.*
Amid the swirling dust, Ye Xuan coughed up two more mouthfuls of blood, his face pale.
"You’re still not dead?"
The look of nonchalance on Qin Feng’s face was instantly replaced by surprise. ’After that ferocious strike, a mere Tier Five Martial Sect like Ye Xuan actually survived?’
Under normal circumstances, forget a Tier Five Martial Sect; even a Tier Six Third Layer Martial Venerable would have been torn to pieces by that attack.
"It seems that flying Spiritual Treasure of yours is truly heaven-defying."
Qin Feng credited Ye Xuan’s survival entirely to the Aether-Treading Wings. After the initial surprise, a savage smile spread across his face.
"It seems even the heavens don’t want you to die so easily. If you’d died just now, all your suffering would be over. What a pity you survived. Soon, you won’t be able to die even if you beg for it."
His gaze was filled with savage killing intent, his expression a mask of cold, brutal malice.
He walked slowly toward Ye Xuan, his mind already conjuring up countless ways to torture him.
Amid the rubble, Ye Xuan watched Qin Feng approach step by step, but his mind was replaying the last attack. ’The Nine Revolutions Saintly Body is as powerful as they say. And my Earth Martial Soul seems to have mutated somehow.’
Qin Feng assumed he had survived because of the Aether-Treading Wings, but only Ye Xuan knew that his Nine Revolutions Saintly Body and Earth Martial Soul deserved most of the credit.
He might have looked battered, but his injuries were not particularly severe. The instant the palm’s power had struck, the Rock Armor from his Earth Martial Soul and his Nine Revolutions Saintly Body had perfectly nullified eighty percent of its force.
He had only spat blood and allowed himself to be sent flying to vent the fire poison and kinetic force from the remaining twenty percent.
As his Life Martial Soul circulated within his Heavenly Gate, he was already, in fact, completely unharmed.
’A Tier Seven Martial King’s greatest strength is their endless Profound, and their attacks are imbued with principles that Martial Artists below the Martial King level do not possess.’
Ye Xuan mused to himself.
He had dragged out the fight with Qin Feng for this long to see if he could actually escape from a Tier Seven Martial King. It was now clear that if he only defended, survival would be nearly impossible with his current strength.
Although he hadn’t been seriously injured, he was still just a Tier Five Martial Sect; his internal reserves of Profound Power would eventually run dry.
Qin Feng was different. An expert at the Martial King level could endlessly absorb the world’s Profound Qi. As long as they wished, their supply of Profound Qi was practically limitless.
As he watched Qin Feng draw closer, Ye Xuan, who had been on the defensive until now, finally launched his own attack.
His eyes suddenly turned hypnotic. A sliver of cyan-blue light shot from his pupils as his Soul Power, which was nearly at Tier Six, rippled outward.
’Huh? What is this? Not good!’ Qin Feng froze for a moment. His mind suddenly grew foggy, and he felt a wave of dizziness wash over him.
The scene before his eyes warped into something completely different.
Qin Feng was instantly alarmed, and the Martial Soul within him surged as he frantically mounted a defense.
Qin Feng had never imagined that Ye Xuan was also a Soul Refiner, much less one who could launch such a terrifying Illusion Realm attack with his Soul Power. Fortunately, he reacted quickly, and as he frantically resisted, his mind cleared.
But the moment he regained his senses, he saw three streaks of black light shooting like lightning toward his eyes.
He hurriedly threw his hands up in front of him. CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! He caught Ye Xuan’s Profound-Extinguishing Daggers, but their tips pierced his Profound defense and even stabbed into his palms.
"You little bastard, you had another trick up your sleeve?"
Qin Feng broke out in a cold sweat. If he hadn’t reacted in time, he might have been blinded.
"I’ll cripple you first, then take my sweet time torturing you."
With vicious resolve, Qin Feng thrust his palm toward Ye Xuan’s Dantian.
At that exact instant, Qin Feng felt a terrifying killing intent lock onto him from above. He had no time to think, and reflexively slapped a palm upward to defend himself.
With a loud CRACK, Qin Feng grunted and staggered back two steps. He looked up at the sky in horror and bellowed, "Who’s there?"
In the sky above, a single black, stone-like treasure hovered. And the one controlling it was, unbelievably, Ye Xuan.
’What kind of Profound Treasure is this?’
Qin Feng was stunned. The power of that last strike had been so astonishing that he’d almost failed to block it. If he hadn’t reacted in time, he would have been severely injured.
He had assumed some other expert had intervened, never imagining it was a Profound Treasure controlled by Ye Xuan.
’A pity,’ Ye Xuan sighed inwardly. After briefly confusing Qin Feng with his Eye of Illusory Restriction, he had feigned an attack on his eyes with the Profound-Extinguishing Daggers as a distraction, while secretly deploying the Zhenyuan Stone for a fatal blow.
But Qin Feng had been too sharp and too vigilant, so the attempt had failed.
"Zhenyuan Stone, smash!"
The first strike having failed, Ye Xuan held nothing back, immediately directing the Zhenyuan Stone to crash down again and again.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The mountain-sized Zhenyuan Stone hammered down relentlessly. The entire forest filled with a thunderous roar as countless rocks were pulverized and trees toppled. The scale of the destruction was staggering.
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