As he sensed all this, Wang Chong couldn’t help but widen his eyes.
This person… was extremely strong!
Boom!
As Wang Chong was taking this all in, there was an enormous boom, and then a massive plume of black flame hurtled down from the heavens toward Wang Chong’s head like a meteor. There was another explosion as Wang Chong vanished, leaving only an afterimage behind as he dodged. At the same time, he brought two fingers of his right hand together and fired off a dazzling bolt of white Sword Qi that shot toward an empty point in the air.
Chapter 1323 - The Fire of Mara!
Chapter 1323: The Fire of Mara!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Boom!
In an explosion of black mist, the man in black appeared, his cape snapping in the wind. He crossed his arms, the thick black flames congealing into a shield that blocked Wang Chong’s sharp Sword Qi.
“It seems like the tales weren’t exaggerating at all! My movement technique is as fast as lightning and exquisite beyond compare. No one has ever been able to calculate my trajectory before. You are the first to render it ineffective!”
As the black-clothed man’s clothes fluttered in the wind, his eyes glowed with a strange light. He could move silently through the air, and when he fought, the place where his attacks came from and the location of his actual body would be completely different. With this special ability, he had often been able to kill his foes with a single blow. But this move was completely ineffective against Wang Chong.
“It’s useless. No matter what art you have, they won’t have much effect on me!” Wang Chong indifferently said.
Ever since he had touched the Subtle realm and comprehended the origin of energy, movement techniques no longer held any mystery toward him. Any movement would leave traces in the world of energy, and they stood out as brightly as the sun or moon to Wang Chong.
Bang!
Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Chong shot forward like a bolt of lightning, lunging at the man in black. The entire world seemed to shake as all the energy within one thousand feet of him was thrown into disarray. In the darkness, an illusory sun and moon manifested.
The Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art!
Wang Chong had immediately used his heaven-shaking art, and under its influence, everything in the area seemed to be pulled toward him. Bang! A part of a wall was unable to endure the power and was pulled toward Wang Chong. Stone bricks circled around him like they were leaves. The man in black endured the greatest pull, with Wang Chong focusing ninety percent of the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art’s power on him.
Buzz!
Sensing this immense power, the man in black grimaced. His body erupted with Stellar Energy, and then he smoothly slipped away like an oversized mud fish, escaping the suction of Wang Chong’s art.
“How could this be!”
Seeing this, Wang Chong slightly grimaced. He had faced many opponents, but none of them had ever been able to escape the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art like this.
“Just let me see how many tricks you scoundrels have!”
With a thought from Wang Chong, the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art instantly underwent a major transformation. The simple absorption force immediately turned into several dozen streams of energy that extended in various directions with different levels of strength. While they would conflict with each other at times, they also possessed a great deal of cohesion. Not only that, these streams of energy soon formed a giant net that shot toward a place directly behind Wang Chong.
All of this was completed almost instantaneously.
“How could this be!”
The man in black couldn’t help but widen his eyes in shock as he sensed the absorption forcefield instantly become several dozen times stronger than it was before.
Wang Chong’s Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art should have been ineffective against him, but Wang Chong’s ability to manipulate this art had reached a terrifying level, able to make it many times more complex and powerful.
Boom! A thick black flame erupted out of the man’s body, so thick and viscous that it seemed like liquid. It crashed into the large net that Wang Chong had created. The clash created a powerful shockwave of energy.
Waves of compressed air rippled out for thousands of feet, blasting apart walls and ripping off roofs. This fierce explosion caused shrieks of fear and alarm to ring out in the darkness as numerous people began to light torches. Those civilians who lived nearby rushed out of their homes and tried to get as far away from the battlefield as possible.
Hearing the clamor in the darkness, Wang Chong grimaced, his eyes gleaming with vicious killing intent. He was already using the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art to control the battle and limit its effects, but the clash had still resulted in significant damage.
Moreover, such a large ruckus was certain to attract the City Guard and the patrolling Imperial Army soldiers. He needed to finish off his opponent as quickly as possible.
“It’s my turn now!”
A cold light in his eyes, Wang Chong turned into three people that shot toward the man in black from three different directions. The man in black had never expected this development, and what shocked him even more was that these three illusions were identical in both appearance and strength. Even at his level of strength, he could not tell which one was real.
Before he could react, the three illusions were already converging on him.
“Guardian God: Black Flame Asura!”
Black flame poured out of his body, dozens of times more than before.
Raaaa! A heaven-shaking roar that seemed to arise from the depths of the underworld rang out, brimming with unbridled savagery and cruelty. The man in black disappeared, replaced by an awe-inspiring black-armored god, its eyes brimming with fury and evil, its body cast from steel.
Rumble!
As the black-armored god rose from the earth, six muscular arms wreathed in destructive energy shot out at Wang Chong’s three illusions. At that moment, Wang Chong could clearly make out a head growing on this god’s back.
Asura!
These were legendary and powerful Demon Gods of the underworld, terrifying existences that had two faces. This was the first time Wang Chong had ever seen anyone use this sort of supreme technique.
The illusory sun and moon winked out of existence, and at the same moment, an immense surge of energy erupted out of the void.
“Great Destruction Art!”
Energy exploded out of Wang Chong’s dantian as he used the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art’s strongest attack.
With the City Guard and Imperial Army possibly arriving at any moment, Wang Chong was using his strongest technique in the hope of seizing this man in black as quickly as possible, dead or alive.
Rumble!
The two enormous energies fiercely clashed. Although the black flames were endless and tyrannical, they could not hold against the power of the Great Destruction Art. Bangbangbang! The Asura howled as its six arms snapped, and then the energy of pure destruction sent its entire body flying, causing it to crumble apart midair.
Bang!
As the Asura was sent flying, Wang Chong’s eyes flashed with cold light and he rose into the air, blinking to the side of the man in black. His five fingers flew forward and latched onto the man’s shoulder.
“Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art!”
The moment he had injured his opponent, Wang Chong pushed the supreme evil art to its limit. The man’s Stellar Energy immediately began to surge into Wang Chong’s body. At such a close distance, almost no one could stop Wang Chong’s Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art.
A look of extreme fear finally appeared on the face of the black-clothed man. Not only that, the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art had rendered him completely motionless.
In just a few moments, Wang Chong could feel the energy in his body swelling while the man’s energy rapidly pl
unged. But this was a Stellar Energy of a technique that Wang Chong had never seen before, and it flowed into Wang Chong’s body together with the energy of that bizarre black flame.
The longer he interacted with these men in black, the more Wang Chong began to realize that their martial arts were incredibly unique and one of their defining traits.
What powerful energy! Wang Chong said to himself. This man in black clearly possessed an extremely high status, and the energy in his body was also of an incredibly high level. While he had failed to sense anything at the start, as he absorbed more of that black energy, Wang Chong sensed that it was incredibly domineering, just as domineering as the Fires of Lu Wu and Ju Bi.
It’s not right!
As this energy began to flood through him, Wang Chong felt an ill foreboding. And as he looked out of the corner of his eyes, he realized that the motionless and fearful man in black was now wearing the sinister smile of one whose plan had succeeded.
“Not good!”
Wang Chong’s heart jolted in alarm, but before he could respond, a ball of unprecedentedly powerful black flame energy erupted out of the black-clothed man’s body and rushed into Wang Chong’s. This ball of energy seemed to be well-acquainted with the workings of the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art. Through an exquisite method, it avoided Wang Chong’s attempts to obstruct it and flew into his dantian, creating a great splash.
Bang!
At almost the same moment, there was an immense explosion between Wang Chong and the man in black that jolted the pair apart.
“Heh, kid, you really are a difficult one to deal with. The missions to kill you not only failed but also allowed you to absorb our energies. The Fire of Lu Wu, the Fire of Ju Bi, and now the Fire of Mara—your body now contains three kinds of our energy. But no one told you that these three Fires are completely incompatible and can’t be cultivated together, and this isn’t even considering all the other kinds of energy in your body. Just wait until your cultivation destroys itself! You are doomed without any need for us to do anything else!”
At this moment, Wang Chong seemed to have no power over the man in black.
Chapter 1324 - Conspiracy in the Darkness!
Chapter 1324: Conspiracy in the Darkness!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
“Seeking death!”
Wang Chong exploded in rage. He had finally begun to understand what was going on. All of this had been part of the man in black’s plan. He had intentionally been captured so that Wang Chong would absorb the black Fire of Mara.
“Hmph, I certainly have no time to fight with you. Just patiently wait until your cultivation falls into disarray and your body explodes!”
The black-clothed man sneered, and before Wang Chong could come over, his body swayed and vanished.
“It’s just up ahead! Hurry!”
“Don’t let them run!”
Wang Chong had barely taken two steps when he heard turmoil from the distance, the crying of men and horses. A significant number of soldiers was heading this way. Moreover, the clash had created such massive shockwaves that it had alarmed many experts of the City Guard and Imperial Army as well. Wang Chong could see soldiers converging on this location from all sides.
“I’ll spare your life for now!”
Crack! Wang Chong clenched his fists, his gaze wavering for a few moments before he finally restrained his impulses. His status right now was too unique. If the City Guard and Imperial Army discovered him here, he would be a subject of a fierce court debate by tomorrow morning. To be caught in the midst of this fierce ideological clash was in no way a wise decision.
Bang!
Wang Chong immediately shot off in the direction of the Wang Family Residence. The man in black had been correct. The three flames were constantly in conflict and unable to tolerate each other. At this very moment, they were fiercely battering against each other.
“There’s no time. I have to get back as quickly as possible.”
Wang Chong pushed his energy to the limits and vanished from the area before the City Guard and Imperial Army could gather.
As Wang Chong vanished, the man in black emerged from the shadows of a nearby home like a ghost. But his face was pale, his forehead drenched in cold sweat. It was apparent that he had not actually been as calm and composed as he had let on.
“This kid is truly more difficult to deal with than rumored! It’s one thing for my movement technique to not work against him, but I almost died at his hand!”
The man in black clenched his teeth as he stared in the direction Wang Chong had gone.
When he had first received this order, he had been somewhat unwilling to take it. In his view, there was no need to go through such trouble to deal with an ordinary King of the human world, and he was even told to have him absorb the Fire of Mara to induce a cultivation defect. This was also why he had struck first, even using his ‘Black Flame Asura’. But he had never imagined that not even the Black Flame Asura would be a match for Wang Chong.
Even worse was that the plan said that Wang Chong would only need to absorb forty percent of his Fire of Mara. In the end, however, Wang Chong had managed to absorb seventy percent. His strength had plunged down, and if he hadn’t left when he did, he would have died before Wang Chong’s cultivation fell into disarray.
“Bastard! Not even half a year will be enough to recover my lost cultivation.”
The black-clothed man’s eyes burned with hatred. But the soldiers were getting closer, and the man in black did not dare to remain any longer. He swiftly leapt away from the house and vanished into the dark night.
……
Meanwhile, Wang Chong was flying through the darkness like a bolt of lightning, but a few moments later, his Stellar Energy immediately fell into chaos as it clashed within his body.
Three extremely pure flames of different natures rammed against each other like dragons and tigers, the effects of these clashes soon affecting all the other Stellar Energy in Wang Chong’s body. Like a powder keg with a spark cast into it, Wang Chong’s body began to violently rupture.
From the True Martial realm to the peak of the Saint Martial realm, Wang Chong had absorbed countless different kinds of energy. All of these energies had been gathering up in Wang Chong’s body, and while this hadn’t been important at the start, once it reached a certain level, a qualitative transformation occurred, creating a bomb buried inside Wang Chong’s body. The Fire of Mara held by the man in black had completely and thoroughly triggered this bomb.
Drip!
A large drop of sweat slid down his face, onto his palm, and then onto the ground. A second followed, and a third… More and more cold sweat seeped out of Wang Chong’s forehead. And even without a mirror, Wang Chong knew that his face was undoubtedly a ghastly white.
The black flame had prompted the nearly one thousand different kinds of Stellar Energy within him to start tearing and battering at his meridians, sending a terrible pain throughout his body.
Wang Chong was doing his best to suppress it, and with his supreme understanding of the origin of energy and its manipulation, he was trying his best to guide this energy toward his dantian. But he could sense that he was reaching his limits.
“I have to get back soon!”
He could already see the walls of the estate up ahead. Wang Chong took a flying leap, surmounting the walls and then swiftly entering his study while alarming no one.
Rumble!
Wang Chong had barely managed to seat himself cross-legged on the floor when an immense power erupted from his body. Bzzzz! A violet flame, a violet-black flame, and a black flame spewed out, engulfing Wang Chong’s body in a whirlwind of fire.
Fwoosh! The desk, chair, shelves, pots, brushes, inkstones… all of them were instantly burned to ash. Even the stone bricks beneath Wang Chong were pulverized and charred black.
Wang Chong clenched his teeth, his face growing paler and paler. As soon as he go
t back to his study, his chaotic Stellar Energy had finally broken free of his control and exploded outward.
At Qixi, when Wang Chong learned of the army’s withdrawal and was so overcome by emotion that he vomited blood and fell unconscious, his Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art was already showing signs of cultivation defect. He had been able to suppress it at the time, and the situation had not been serious. But over the course of the Confucian-militarist conflict, his condition had only worsened. Those men in black had clearly noticed this, so they had thought of this plan to intentionally get close to Wang Chong and detonate the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art.
This method of killing the enemy was like sacrificing eight hundred to kill one thousand, but it was the best method to counter Wang Chong.
“Ah!”
Wang Chong grew paler and paler, and more cold sweat poured out of his forehead, soaking the floor beneath him. As these hundreds of kinds of energies clashed in his body, he felt like his body was being torn apart and all his skin being flayed off.
Fwoosh!
When the chaos in his body was at its greatest, Wang Chong opened his mouth and vomited crimson blood.
After vomiting this blood, Wang Chong finally sighed in relief, a sliver of color returning to his pale face and his breathing stabilizing.
“It’s temporarily suppressed for now!”
Wang Chong opened his eyes, revealing a hint of concern. His vomiting of blood seemed serious, but it was actually a way to expel some of the most intolerable Stellar Energies from his body. If he couldn’t neutralize them, then his best method to deal with them was to force them out. But this method only treated the symptoms. Until he finally resolved the conflicting energies absorbed by the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art, this situation would crop up again and again.
I have to find a solution to this problem! Wang Chong quietly said to himself.
The Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art was the number one evil art, the strongest art of the evil path. The only art capable of suppressing it was the legendary Supreme and Infinite Origin Immortal Art.
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