Chapter 334: Chapter 207: I Admit, I Have Character Flaws
Where the arrays converged, Magic Skills flew thick and fast as a multitude of Golden Core cultivators clashed without end.
They were unable to secure a swift victory.
But the more people who fell, the more fragile the opposing Array became.
Although the Array Master was the key.
But the foundation was still the Array.
By defeating everyone, they could destroy the opposing Array’s core and remove the problem at its source.
But as the Array Masters, neither Jiang Man nor Xu Chen paid any attention to these lesser combatants.
All they had to do was defeat the opposing Array Master. Nothing else mattered.
At that moment, Xu Chen stood frozen, staring at Jiang Man, utterly dumbfounded.
The man before him had said he was wrong and pointed out his mistake.
But...
...it was completely different from what he’d expected.
As the other man’s voice faded, Xu Chen stiffly turned his head to look where he had pointed.
In a flash, his Heart Spirit became transparent.
He turned back to Jiang Man and said earnestly, "I was wrong. There really is a problem with my character."
Hearing this, Jiang Man was taken aback. "I wasn’t talking about your character..."
Before he could finish, Xu Chen cut him off. "My character is flawed, my morals are bankrupt, I’m a monster without a conscience, I deserve to die ten thousand deaths! I admit my fault."
Jiang Man stared at him, finding the whole thing bizarre.
’His Array was clearly the problem, so how did this escalate to being about his character?’
’What does his character have to do with anything?’
Just as Jiang Man was about to speak, Xu Chen took a step forward, and the Blood Giant moved in tandem.
A fist shot forward.
BOOM!
The instant the fist was about to land on Jiang Man, a single hand intercepted the powerful blow.
The shockwave from the punch swept past, making Jiang Man’s robes flap violently.
But the giant’s fist was stopped dead in its tracks.
It was Jiang Man who had blocked the punch with one hand.
Jiang Man then grabbed the giant’s fist and gave it a sharp twist.
KRAK!
BANG!
The bloody arm instantly contorted, then fractured and shattered into pieces.
This sudden turn of events left Xu Chen stunned.
But the moment the arm shattered, it began to regenerate.
It even launched a counterattack.
But Jiang Man’s figure suddenly vanished, reappearing right in front of the giant.
Then, he lashed out with a kick.
BOOM!
A sonic boom erupted as immense power coursed through the giant’s entire body.
In the next instant, the giant’s body was covered in cracks.
Then, with a loud BANG, it shattered completely.
Jiang Man stepped forward, grabbed Xu Chen, and flung him through the air.
He landed right on the flawed section of his own Array.
Jiang Man strode through the air and landed before him. "See? The mistake is right here. It has nothing to do with your character."
"Shut up!" Xu Chen roared in fury.
’This was tantamount to being told he should have succeeded long ago, but had failed time and again simply because he hadn’t gotten the fundamentals right.’
’He would rather accept that a personal character flaw was the reason his Array had been unable to achieve Great Success.’
Extreme rage caused a mist of blood to envelop Xu Chen’s body, solidifying in the blink of an eye.
It was as if he had donned a suit of armor.
In the span of a breath, he appeared before Jiang Man, the blood-mist transforming into countless chains that rained down on him.
BANG!
BOOM!
Jiang Man also stepped forward, blasting through the blood-red chains to appear before his opponent and bring a palm down on his head.
BANG!
With a thunderous crash, the strike shattered his blood-red armor.
Then, Jiang Man kicked out.
Xu Chen was sent flying backward, the rest of his armor shattering in the process.
The chains that had formed in mid-air instantly disintegrated.
"Your Array hasn’t even achieved Great Success. What makes you think you can fight me?" Jiang Man said, shaking his head. "I’m terrifyingly strong right now.
"How can someone as half-baked as you ever hope to win?"
He had achieved the Great Success of All Rivers Flow into the Sea. His Cultivation was augmented by the Array, and his Physical Body was enhanced by a special fruit.
Everything had reached the absolute peak of the Golden Core realm.
Not only that, but his Physical Body and Golden Core had also achieved a state of perfect clarity.
As he was now, he dared to challenge those above the Golden Core realm. He was invincible against anyone below the Primordial Spirit stage.
He did a quick calculation. Due to a lack of Spiritual Power, he could only maintain this peak strength for an hour at most.
’Invincible for a whole hour... what couldn’t he accomplish in that time?’
Xu Chen was in disbelief. "Why are you so strong?"
"Because I am an Unparalleled Celestial Pride," Jiang Man stated plainly.
"An Unparalleled Celestial Pride?" Xu Chen was taken aback. It was the first time he had ever met someone so brazen.
Jiang Man nodded. "Isn’t it obvious enough? Do you need me to make it even clearer?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Man stomped his foot.
BOOM!
The earth trembled, and the mountain peak that had risen from the ground was instantly shattered by the force of the stomp.
The other combatants, still locked in battle, retreated in shock.
Xu Chen fell silent.
He realized that Jiang Man had only used his own physical strength, apparently without drawing upon the power of the Array.
And yet, his body clearly contained the Array’s power.
’How was this possible?’
He voiced his question.
Jiang Man looked perplexed. "Doesn’t everyone just integrate the power into their body?"
Xu Chen was stunned. ’His body can withstand it, but can he actually control it?’
He believed him now. The man before him was anything but ordinary.
He pushed the thoughts from his mind.
A blood-red Long Sword appeared in his hand.
In the next instant, all the blood-mist gathered around it.
The seething Sword Intent was terrifying to behold.
Jiang Man didn’t hesitate and took a step forward.
Power began to gather in his hand.
Unafraid, Xu Chen swung his sword.
At that moment, the Spirit Sword in his hand felt as heavy as a mountain.
’He refused to believe that even this wouldn’t be enough to send his opponent flying.’
WHOOSH!
The sword fell.
Jiang Man’s fist shot out to meet it.
BOOM!
The immense forces collided, and the aftershock kicked up a hurricane, causing the surrounding forest and earth to tremble and shatter.
The ground beneath their feet instantly sank, and the force sent gravel and stone flying everywhere.
KRAK!
The power of the Sword Dao shattered.
Jiang Man’s fist landed squarely on the blade of the sword.
’This punch,’ Jiang Man thought, ’should be more than enough to shatter this Spirit Sword and crush my opponent.’
BANG!
CLANG!
The punch landed on the sword, sending both man and weapon flying.
Xu Chen’s pupils constricted as his body was sent flying backward uncontrollably.
He spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, which sprayed into the air.
But Jiang Man felt a jolt of pain in his fist, and the recoil sent him stumbling back three steps.
’This sword...’
’It’s incredibly hard!’
After steadying himself, Jiang Man stared intently at the sword, shocked.
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