by <unknown>
If not for him remaining calm in the final hour of peril and having broken through at the last moment, he would already be a corpse now.
From this, one could see that this Chang One was absolutely a very nasty character to deal with!
But sadly, his opponent was Ye Yuan! He was a young master who would definitely avenge any grievances, not some old good-two-shoes who returned good for evil.
Towards Ye Yuan's words, Chang One did not refute them, because he knew that what Ye Yuan said was the truth.
The stupidest thing that he, Chang One, ever did in his life was to offend Ye Yuan!
Chang One was naturally crystal clear on Ye Yuan's actions in the Dan Wu Academy and knew about his personality of seeking revenge for the smallest grievance. Hence, he dismissed the thought of begging for mercy.
"Fight it out, brothers! Ignore those demonic beasts and directly kill Ye Yuan!" Chang One was also a very decisive person as he directly laid down an order.
When Chang One's command was issued, he took the lead to burst towards Ye Yuan. Chang Two and Chang Three and Big Brother had incredible synergy. Following closely behind, the trio charged towards Ye Yuan in a triangle formation.
This was Chang One's dying act. Facing so many Tier 2 demonic beasts, he did not feel that he could kill Ye Yuan. However, what made Chang One speechless and pleasantly surprised was that these Tier 2 demonic beasts actually did not react at all to this!
These demonic beasts unexpectedly did not move out to stop the three of them!
Could it be that these demonic beasts were just what Ye Yuan pulled out to intimidate them? Ye Yuan could not command these demonic beasts at all?
This discovery filled Chang One with wild elation!
"Haha! Nearly got hoodwinked by you! So, you can't command these demonic beasts at all! Brothers, kill him with me!" Chang One roared with laughter.
Ye Yuan did not take any actions. He just looked at Chang One with a smile that was not a smile filled with ridicule.
"Humph! At gates of death already and yet, you're still pretending there! Wind Thunder Sword!"
Chang One's sword appeared in front of Ye Yuan once again. But this time around, Ye Yuan did not exhaust all his energies to defend. He remained motionless there.
Right at this moment, a white figure flashed out from the side and grabbed hold of Chang One's sword very violently, twisting it into scrap metal.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
One exchange, three palms landed respectively on Chang One, Chang Two, and Chang Three's chest.
This figure was as fast as lightning. The three of them did not even make clear of what it was before being sent flying out.
"Ti-Tier 3 demonic beast!"
Chang One's face finally flickered as he stared at that white ape built like an iron pagoda in horror. Only now did he know why Ye Yuan did not move this whole time. Because he did not need to move at all.
With a Tier 3 demonic beast guarding by the side, why would he need to make a move personally?
However . . . why would a Tier 3 demonic beast obey Ye Yuan? He was merely an Essence Qi Realm martial artist!
Chang One suddenly recalled that Ye Yuan had just descended down the Crimson Summit Ridge and finally understood some things. His complexion changed greatly against his will!
"You . . . you brought the entire Crimson Summit Ridge's Long-arm Stone Ape clan under your control?" Chang One stared at Ye Yuan with dread.
"Hur hur, you finally realized. I even thought that you were pretty smart. Didn't think that you're so slow! That's right. Yuan Fei and his clansmen will be following me in the future."
Of course, it was not because Chang One was dumb, but because the impact he received today was too tremendous.
An Essence Qi Realm martial artist subduing the entire Crimson Summit Ridge's Long-arm Stone Ape clan. If this spread out, other people would surely treat him like a lunatic!
However, this sort of impossible matter genuinely happened!
"H-how's this possible? The Ape King is a Tier 3 demonic beast. Why would he willingly obey you? Also, humans and demonic beast have a language barrier. How can you possibly subdue him?" Chang One questioned unwillingly.
"Do you feel that I have a need to answer your question?" Ye Yuan said with a cold smile.
Chang One only asked because of the burning uncertainty in his heart. Truthfully, he did not hope for Ye Yuan to answer him.
Chang One sighed and shut his eyes painfully. He gave a long exhalation and said, "Sigh, the Su Family going against you is the Su Family's greatest failure! Perhaps the Su Family will vanish entirely from the scene of the State of Qin because of this! Make your move!"
Yuan Fei waved his long arm, and immediately, over a dozen Tier 2 Long-arm Stone Apes rushed up, carrying away the Chang Brothers who already had no means to retaliate.
Before long, blood-curdling screams came from far away, making the scalp of those who heard it tingle.
The Long-arm Stone Apes were originally wild and untamable. They had always just killed any human martial artists they saw. Only Ye Yuan who knew the universal beast language could communicate with Yuan Fei who activated his spiritual wisdom. Otherwise, their end result would not be much better than the Chang Brothers.
Each one of the wretched screams transmitted into Su Yishan's ear, impacting his mind repeatedly. It already completely collapsed his mental defense.
Su Yishan only abruptly roused with a jerk after Ye Yuan slowly walked towards him. He retreated non-stop, all the way until he bumped into a Long-arm Stone Ape before jumping in fright and dodging hurriedly.
"Y-Ye Yuan, I-I was wrong, I deserve death! I deserve death! I beg you, please don't kill me! It's all because Su Yubai that old bastard forced me! It's all because he forced me!"
Su Yishan could not hold on any longer and slammed his knees onto the ground as he begged for mercy by shouting himself hoarse.
Chapter 146. Feeding Moves |
Ye Yuan looked at Su Yishan kneeling on the ground with snot dripping from his nose and said with a smile, "I also didn't say that I'm killing you, Young Master Su! Look how frightened you are!"
Su Yishan was already like a bird startled by the twang of a bowstring right now. His brain was already no longer in charge.
Hearing that Ye Yuan had the intention to let him off, he spontaneously became overjoyed and said, "Y-you're for real? Th-then I can go?"
"Of course you can't go. All of my secrets have already been seen by you. If you were to leave and spread outside that I possess a spatial spirit artifact, then wouldn't I die without a burial place?"
Su Yishan was so terrified that his legs weakened. Ye Yuan's meaning was to kill him for sure.
"Don't worry, I can swear a Heavenly Dao Oath to absolutely not spread the things I saw today!" Su Yishan then raised his hand and looked as if he was really about to swear a Heavenly Dao Oath.
Ye Yuan waved his hand and said, "That isn't necessary, Su Yishan. I'll give you a chance; a chance to fight one-on-one! After you kill me, you can leave this place."
Su Yishan was stunned and quickly returned to his wailing and said, "Y-Young Master Ye, Great Hero Ye, I really know that I was wrong. I shouldn't have opposed you. I shouldn't have brought people into the Endless Forest to come and kill you."
Ye Yuan also did not expect Su Yishan to be so spineless. That normally haughty bearing was all gone. At this time, he was like a despicable person devoid of any sense of shame.
Sometimes, people were like that. Without arriving at the final juncture of life and death, one could never see through a person's true character.
People who normally appeared to be incomparably lofty would become shamelessly menial when facing death, while those who typically appeared to live a licentious life and had improper conduct would remain incomparably unperturbed in the face of death.
There were numerous manners of life.
It was very clear that Su Yishan belonged to the former.
If Ye Yuan made the Long-arm Stone Apes attack, Su Yishan might still give a desperate struggle. But Ye Yuan surrounded him and did not kill him yet. Also, with the Chang Brothers' horrifying way of dying as the precedent, Su Yishan's mind collapsed entirely.
Ye Yuan suddenly pulled a long face and said solemnly, "I have no time to joke with you! If you don't want this opportunity, I can kill you right now."
The current Su Yishan was clearly someone who yielded to force but refused a soft approach. With Ye Yuan riling up, the words sunk into Su Yishan instead.
"Bu-but . . ." Su Yishan stammered.
"But I'm not a match for you, right?" Ye Yuan said with a smile.
Su Yishan lowered his head. Clearly, he tacitly agreed. But at such a time, he did not dare to say these words out.
"This Little Lord asks to fight one-on-one, it means one-on-one with you. You don't need to doubt this. However, the one-on-one I mentioned is not right now. There are also conditions for giving you this chance."
Hearing Ye Yuan say that, Su Yishan's eyes lit up as he felt like he had grasped hold of his final life-saving straw.
"What conditions? As long I can do it, I'll comply!"
"Well, I feel that my cultivation is almost consolidated. After my cultivation realm consolidates, I can break through to the Spirit Condensation Realm. At that time, we'll have a deathmatch! But before then, in order to help me consolidate my cultivation realm, I'll have to trouble you to feed me moves," Ye Yuan said.
"Spi-Spirit Condensation Realm? So quickly?" Su Yishan was stunned.
Ye Yuan had just broken through to peak Ninth Level Essence Qi Realm not long ago. He was going to break through to the Spirit Condensation Realm now?
Who among martial artists when breaking through a major realm was not filled with trepidation as if they were treading on thin ice?
Back then when Su Yishan broke through to the Spirit Condensation Realm, he prepared for a full half year, all the way until he was very certain before he dared to take this step.
And at that time, Su Yishan was already at half-step Spirit Condensation Realm.
Ye Yuan was obviously still just peak Ninth Level Essence Qi Realm now. Could it be that he wanted to break through to the Spirit Condensation Realm directly?
Wasn't this too exaggerated?
In the State of Qin, breaking through to the Spirit Condensation Realm must go through the process of half-step Spirit Condensation Realm. This was something everyone knew. Never had anyone been foolish enough to directly breakthrough to the Spirit Condensation Realm.
Not that it was impossible to breakthrough directly, but because the success rate of a direct breakthrough was too low. So low that nobody dared to attempt this step!
The success rate of breaking through directly from Ninth Level Essence Qi Realm to Spirit Condensation Realm was so low that it was negligible!
With such a low success rate, who would dare to try it rashly?
Ye Yuan had not broken through to Ninth Level Essence Qi Realm for long. Now, he wanted to directly breakthrough to the Spirit Condensation Realm. Was this possible?
"None of your business whether it's fast or not. Either way, you can forget about escaping if I don't break through to the Spirit Condensation Realm. Hence, you'd better pray for me to breakthrough earlier," Ye Yuan said coolly.
"B-but if I win you, what if you go back on your words then?" Su Yishan was not a fool either and enquired about his doubts.
"Hur hur, that will have to depend on my mood. Doesn't matter to me anyway. But you can't not take this gamble! Lose, you're a dead man. Win, you can go back and continue to be the Su Family's young master! This is your only chance. Up to you whether you want to or not," Ye Yuan said indifferently.
"D-don't . . . I want this chance! Of course I want this chance!" Su Yishan hurriedly said.
This was Su Yishan's sole lease on life. He would be a fool to give it up.
Ye Yuan could completely make those demonic beasts destroy him right now, but he just had to find trouble for himself. How could Su Yishan give up this opportunity?
Ye Yuan nodded and said, "Since that's the case, you have to remember, you can only defend and not attack! Fully be my human sandbag! At that time, I'll let Yuan Fei watch the battle by the side. If you have the slightest intention to attack, you'll die horribly!"
Su Yishan had certainly thought of harming Ye Yuan when the latter was feeding moves, but now that Ye Yuan said that, he immediately tossed this idea out of his mind.
You got to be joking. A Tier 3 demonic beast watching the fight by the side, if he revealed even a trace of killing intent, the other party would finish him off without hesitation.
If Ye Yuan was an ordinary Ninth Level Spirit Condensation Realm, then forget about it. However, it was impossible for Su Yishan to kill in one strike with Ye Yuan's practical combat abilities.
Hence, he better obediently became his human sandbag.
. . . . . .
"Are you joking, Ye Yuan? You're only at the peak Ninth Level Essence Qi Realm, not even at half-step Spirit Condensation Realm. How are you going to breakthrough to Spirit Condensation Realm? Ah! I know already! You must be messing with Su Yishan!" Nanfeng Zhirou was pleasantly surprised that she discovered something.
However, Ye Yuan shook his head and said, "Breaking through to the Spirit Condensation Realm within a few days is a must. It has to happen even if it can't! If I don't break through, I can't even refine the Essence Yang Pill, and Lu-er can't be saved. Therefore, I have to break through to the Spirit Condensation Realm by hook or by crook."
"But . . . you aren't even half-step Spirit Condensation Realm!"
"What kind of crap is half-step Spirit Condensation Realm? Essence Qi Realm to Spirit Condensation Realm is meant to be done in one shot. You people separating it into half-step Spirit Condensation Realm and Spirit Condensation Realm are actually self-ruining your foundations, making Spirit Condensation Realm's foundation unstable!" Upon mentioning half-step Spirit Condensation Realm, Ye Yuan's face was filled with contempt.
"But . . . everybody impacts the Spirit Condensation Realm from half-step Spirit Condensation Realm. Could everyone be wrong?" Nanfeng Zhirou refused to accept.
Ye Yuan retorted with a question after hearing that, "Are those everyone you say more amazing than my master when added up? My master said it's good to break through directly. Do you think that he would harm me?"
". . ." Nanfeng Zhirou had nothing to refute with.
Chapter 147. Commencing Breakthrough! |
Rumble!
An Eighth Layer Wave from Ye Yuan was easily warded off by Su Yishan.
Chi!
Another Absolute Yang Finger from Ye Yuan shot towards Su Yishan with abnormally fierce, incomparable force, but was defended by him again.
However, Ye Yuan did not feel dispirited. In fact, he became more excited as he fought.
He completely did not need to consider the problem of defense as he unleashed all the moves he knew over and over again.
While the threat to Su Yishan was not great, the other party was very ragged looking.
Ye Yuan's attack was not something which could be released by the average Ninth Level Essence Qi Realm. Even if he did not use his strongest trump card, the Nine Swords Stance, his attacks could cause substantial damage to Second Level Spirit Condensation Realm martial artists.
If Su Yishan had not broken through to the Fourth Level Spirit Condensation Realm, just these moves could exhaust him to death.
Furthermore, Ye Yuan was attacking all out wildly while Su Yishan could only endure being hit. Under the waxing and waning, Ye Yuan's attack became fiercer.
Ye Yuan already continued the reckless attacks for two days.
These two days, apart from eating, sleeping, and mediation, Ye Yuan spent the rest of the time training with Su Yishan.
With such a free human sandbag, hitting it was very delightful and satisfactory.
The more Ye Yuan hit, the
more excited he got. The more he hit, the more he did not know fatigue. Sometimes, when he got excited, he could fight for several hours at a time.
In contrast, Su Yishan was already on the verge of collapse being tormented by Ye Yuan.
He simply could not understand how Ye Yuan had such incredible endurance when he was merely a Ninth Level Essence Qi Realm.
With such a powerful attack, logically speaking, the expenditure of essence energy should be enormous. But Ye Yuan could fight for several hours at a time and did not need to consume Qi Returning Pills!
Even if he was the one doing the frenzied attacks, he probably could not sustain for two hours!
However, were Fourth Level Spirit Condensation Realm and Ninth Level Essence Qi Realm on the same level?
Not that Su Yishan did not think of sneak attacking Ye Yuan, but Yuan Fei's aura remained indistinctly locked onto him this whole time, leaving him not daring to make any reckless moves at all.
Su Yishan believed that as long as he retaliated once, what awaited him was definitely a lightning blow!
He had already witnessed the terror of this Ape King. He was completely unable to last even a round with him.
These two days, Yuan Fei had also been observing Ye Yuan's wanton attacks the whole time. At times, his gaze was shining. It was uncertain what he was thinking.
Rather, it was Nanfeng Zhirou who had nothing to do these two days. But she also had a knot in her heart which was unresolved and was somewhat weighed down with worries.
Ye Yuan had heard 'Nanfeng' this surname. Most likely, he already guessed her identity.
'Nanfeng' was the imperial surname. Nobody was unaware of it in the State of Qin.
Nanfeng Zhirou and her aunty were already considered very good friends with Ye Yuan. But they had always concealed their identity. No matter what, it was not very justifiable.
These two days, Ye Yuan was consolidating his cultivation realm at full force, so he completely did not bother about this matter. Once he broke through his cultivation realm, would he dig into this matter? Would he drift away from her?
