Chapter 256: Meteor Fall
Without a word, his demeanour changed and a sharp aura emanated from his body.
The aura was extremely dense and it formed an invisible wall around Yu Nianzhen.
’This should hold for a while.’ He thought and his eyes narrowed.
He looked at Yin Jun and the person was sneering at him.
"It seems you won’t cry until you see the coffin." Yin Jun said and his handsome face split into a smile.
The smile brightened his face and his aura was like the coming of spring.
However, his eyes were filled with disdain.
It was the kind of disdain that looked down on the world and thought of everyone as ants.
Fortunately, Yu Nianzhen knew his place in the world.
He didn’t the validation of others and Yin Jun’s attitude couldn’t affect him.
Still, he didn’t like to be underestimated.
’Since you look down on me, I will let you know that there are people beyond people.’ He thought and released his sword.
In the Black Wind Abyss, Yu Nianzhen created two sword moves.
The first move was sword rain which was designed to deal with multiple opponents.
Although sword rain was powerful, it used a lot of qi and was a waste to use against a single opponent.
After thinking about it, Yu Nianzhen came up with a second sword move.
The second move was called ’Falling meteor’.
Falling meteor was a sword move that specialised in speed and penetrative power.
Compared to sword rain, falling meteor was more powerful but only effective on a single target.
At this time, Yu Nianzhen took a deep breath and prepared to attack.
However, before he did so, Yin Jun moved faster.
In the blink of an eye, a sling appeared in his hand and almost instantaneously, a sachet was launched at Yu Nianzhen.
The sachet was the size of his thumb but Yu Nianzhen felt a sense of immense danger when he saw it.
Without a second thought, he flew to the side and consolidated the barrier around him.
"It’s no use." Yin Jun said and smiled.
In the next moment, the sachet hit the ground and purplish powder was released.
The powder was lighter than air and it quickly spread around the platform.
Fortunately, Yu Nianzhen’s sword intent barrier was effective.
Because it was dense, the poison particles couldn’t get in.
However, Yu Nianzhen knew it was only a matter of time before the poison got through.
After all, his sword intent was not infinite.
At some point, his sword intent would be exhausted and holes would appear in the barrier.
When that happened, he would helpless to stop the poison from reaching him.
’As I thought, I need to end this as soon as possible.’ He thought and was a little depressed.
Initially, he planned to end the game as soon as he entered the stage.
However, he got a little excited and delayed his move and because of this little mistake, he was now at a disadvantage.
Even though he wanted to attack, he didn’t know how.
If he wanted to attack, he had to open the sword intent barrier.
Unfortunately, opening the intent barrier was synonymous with death.
This was because the poison would rush in as soon as the barrier was opened.
’What should I do?’ He wondered as millions of ideas flashed in his mind.
However, all the ideas ended in his poisoning and he didn’t dare to be careless.
’What if I dismantle the barrier, attack, and then form a smaller barrier before the poison reaches me?’
As he thought this, he calculated the odds and felt that the plan was viable.
Falling meteor was his fastest sword move.
If he launched it and immediately reformed the intent barrier, he should be able to win.
However, Yu Nianzhen couldn’t ignore the possibility of failure.
If the opponent was not defeated with the first move, Yu Nianzhen wouldn’t have another chance to use the same plan.
The current size of the sword intent barrier was barely enough to implement the plan.
Using the same plan with a smaller barrier would surely result in poisoning.
Other than that, falling meteor also required a lot of sword intent.
If the attack failed, his chance of winning would drop to almost zero.
"I will tell you; my poison is made from the poison sac of a blue-ringed demon spider. You should know what that means." Yin Jun said and chuckled.
Yu Nianzhen did know what he meant!
The blue-ringed demon spider was one of the most poisonous things in the Cangxing world.
Most importantly, there was no antidote for its poison.
Although a poisoned person could still survive, the poison would erode their body and cultivation over time.
After some years, their cultivation would be exhausted and their bodies would collapse.
At that time, they only faced a dead end.
"You still have a chance if you get out now." Yin Jun continued but his words had the opposite effect on Yu Nianzhen.
Originally, Yu Nianzhen took the contest seriously but didn’t consider it a life-or-death matter.
After all, he didn’t have any enmity with the people he competed against.
However, Yin Jun didn’t see it that way.
His poison was vicious and meant to destroy his opponents.
’Since you are ruthless, don’t blame me for being even more so.’ He thought and his eyes narrowed.
When his restrain shattered, an idea came to mind and his eyes narrowed.
He looked at his sword intent barrier and then looked at the sky.
’Is it possible?’ He wondered and then shook his head.
Even if it wasn’t possible, he had to make it possible.
With such a thought, his mood improved again but Yu Nianzhen wasn’t paying attention.
He mobilised all his sword intent and piled it on the sword barrier.
When there was no more sword intent in his body, Yu Nianzhen took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.
A moment later, shanjiang moved diagonally from top left to bottom right and a deep voice resounded.
"Meteor fall."
Almost instantaneously, clumps of silver sword intent detached from the barrier and fell toward Yin Jun.
The falling meteors were faster than the speed of light and Yin Jun had no time to resist.
By the time he noticed the attack, several meteors had already arrived in front of him and he could only raise his hands to resist.
Unfortunately, the meteors were extremely fast and full of sharp momentum.
When they touched him, his arms were immediately turned to blood mist and Yin Jun let out a bloodcurdling scream.
However, he still couldn’t save his life.
After the first meteor, there was a second and a third...
Within one breath, Yin Jun’s body was reduced to blood mist and the platform returned to silence.
Unfortunately, Yu Nianzhen didn’t have the luxury to celebrate.
Although Yin Jun was dead, his poison mist still lingered on the stage.
After using his sword intent to kill the opponent, Yu Nianzhen’s sword intent barrier was about to collapse.
When that happened, he would be submerged in poison mist and would also follow Yin Jun to the underworld.
However, Yu Nianzhen had already planned for this.
He knew what would happen when he used the attack and wasn’t flustered when he saw the thin barrier.
With a thought, the barrier shrunk and covered his body like a second skin.
At the same time, the poison mist rushed towards him but Yu Nianzhen did not wait to be covered.
Instead, he jumped and used all his qi to accelerate upwards.
His plan was to rise to a poison-free height before his sword intent barrier collapsed.
However, Yu Nianzhen didn’t know what height was safe.
Although the poison mist was purple, there was no guarantee that there weren’t any invisible elements in the air.
’I should take a detoxification pill just in case.’ He thought and immediately carried out his plan.
He took out the most powerful detoxification pill in his storage ring and hurriedly swallowed it.
At the same time, he activated his divine sense and an image of his body appeared in his mind.
By doing this, Yu Nianzhen planned to monitor his body without leaving any loopholes.
In this way, he would notice as soon as he was poisoned and take action to expel or isolate the poison.
’I hope it’s enough.’ Yu Nianzhen thought and sighed.
However, he didn’t dwell on the matter.
Since it had come to this, he could only move forward and not backward.
Jiang Yue was still waiting for him and Yu Nianzhen couldn’t allow himself to die or regret his decision.
Without another thought, he circulated his qi faster and his speed increased.
Soon after, the purple around him began to lighten and he knew he was about to exit the poisonous area.
However, his plan couldn’t keep up with the changes.
Just when his head cleared the purple area, his barrier flickered and a cracking sound filled the air.
