There was a trace of fury in her voice. The situation was already extremely terrible, and blindly charging in like this was obviously very idiotic of Zhou Yuan.
After all, someone like him would only be a burden in a fight of this level.
Her figure paused in mid-air as she peered into the distance. Spirit light surged in her eyes, immediately allowing her to see the battlefield far away.
She immediately caught sight of Zhou Yuan who had just stepped into the battlefield.
Zhou Yuan voice was transmitted from the communication jade, “Senior sister Qingchan… I’m still a member of the Cangxuan Sect. Hiding outside at such a time won’t look good at all.”
Li Qingchan was a little stunned. Soon after, she let out a bitter laugh. Zhou Yuan’s intentions may be good, but reality was often cruel.
“Humph, your good intentions will only end up making things worse. If you’re not capable enough, don’t try and dabble in affairs beyond your level. Otherwise, it will only cause more harm than good.” Zhao Zhu’s voice suddenly sounded, clearly in disapproval of Zhou Yuan’s appearance.
From what he could see, Zhou Yuan’s foolish actions would only build up Yang Xuan’s reputation even more.
Just as Zhao Zhu was about to speak again, Li Qingchan suddenly stuck her hand out to stop him.
Li Qingchan slowly said, “Zhou Yuan, this is your decision, and you must know that there will be a price to pay. Yang Xuan is very ruthless, so you’d better be careful. If you are not his match, retreat as fast as you can.”
“Understood.” Answered Zhou Yuan with a smile, before the communication jade fell silence once more.
Zhao Zhu appeared beside Li Qingchan, looking towards her as he said in a low voice, “Zhou Yuan is too ignorant, and you should never have brought him along on this mission. If any other veteran disciple had taken his place, things might not have gotten so bad.”
Li Qingchan flatly said, “Even Bai Li and Qin Hai’s combined might lost to Yang Xuan. Do you think having an additional veteran disciple would make a difference?”
She paused for a moment, before casting her gaze into the distance to look at a certain young figure. “Zhou Yuan is not a rash person. The fact that he chose to appear here might mean that he has some kind of plan. What if a miracle happens?”
Although she knew that the odds of such a miracle was far too low, this was the only way left to console herself.
The corners of Zhao Zhu’s mouth turned downwards when he heard this, most likely feeling that Li Qingchan was being far too naive.
“A miracle? How? What that turtle shell of his?”
He shook his head, his voice full of mockery.
Li Qingchan did not respond. She shot a glance to the front where Wang Chi and Cao Jinzhu were still obstructing their way as her expression gradually turned to calmness.
However, there was a certain resolve within that calmness.
She had already decided that if the situation became even worse over there, no matter how steep of a price they would have to pay today, she will drag the other party to the grave even if she had to sacrifice herself.
This matter now infringed upon the reputation of the Cangxuan Sect, and she would protect it even if she had to pay with her life.
…
At the mouth of the volcano.
Elder Wu was also stunned for quite some time when he saw Zhou Yuan suddenly appear and insert himself into the battle. In the end, elder Wu could only secretly simmer inside. “This Zhou Yuan is really an ignorant idiot!”
Though elder Wu did admire Zhou Yuan just a tiny bit for how he had chosen to bravely step forward in this situation, he was ultimately far too weak. At the end of the day, he would only make Yang Xuan’s battle achievements appear even more glorious.
Such actions were truly somewhat unsuitable for the situation.
The other factions also began to whisper again, clearly trying to find out about this new Cangxuan Sect disciple that had appeared. However, when they realized that he was only at the fourth layer Alpha-Origin stage, they could not help but be baffled.
When even outstanding disciples like Bai Li and Qin Hai had lost, the appearance of this fourth layer disciple was only asking for trouble.
As such, they shook their heads one after another. It seems that the Cangxuan Sect was really going to be knocked a peg down by the Sacred Palace this time.
…
Under the attention of numerous gazes, Yang Xuan could not help but burst out into laughter when he heard Zhou Yuan’s words. The former had already withdrawn his gaze, not even bothering to look at Zhou Yuan again.
“Your fellow Cangxuan Sect disciple is quite an interesting guy…”
He grinned at the deathly pale Bai Li and Qin Hai, before waving towards one of the Sacred Palace disciples nearby. “Take care of him. I feel breaking one of his legs is enough to teach him a little lesson.”
He could not even be bothered to personally deal with Zhou Yuan. In Yang Xuan’s opinion, that was too huge of an honor for a mere fourth layer disciple.
The Sacred Palace disciple he gave the instructions to was a seventh layer Alpha-Origin stage expert, whose Genesis Qi undulations appeared to be even stronger than Su Duan’s. At this current time, the Sacred Palace disciple was smiling sinisterly as he looked towards Zhou Yuan.
“Kid, no one would have bothered to deal with you if you had obediently hidden outside, and yet you just had to blindly run here like an ignorant fool. You really can’t blame us for what’s about to happen.”
Rumble!
A burst of vigorous Genesis Qi exploded as the Sacred Palace disciple shot forth like a bolt of lightning, heading straight for Zhou Yuan.
As Yang Xuan felt the burst of Genesis Qi behind him, he began to walk towards Bai Li and Qin Hai again. He intended to utterly crush them such that the mere thought of him would make them tremble in fear.
An eerie smile slowly appeared on his lips.
Dong!
However, the moment he lifted his foot, the sound of Genesis Qi colliding was heard from behind, followed almost instantly by a miserable shriek.
A shadow flew past him, before crashing into a group of boulders, nearly the entire body buried under the rubble.
This unexpected event stunned everyone. They quickly looked towards the rubble, only to find an extremely pitiful blood-soaked figure.
Bai Li, Qin Hai and gang were initially filled with rage when they turned towards the figure, before suddenly realizing that something was wrong. That was not Zhou Yuan!
But the Sacred Palace disciple?!
Yang Xuan’s foot slowly came to a stop at this moment. He was silent for a moment as he gazed at the bloody body of the Sacred Palace disciple, before slowly turning around.
He was just in time to see a slim figure weilding a black brush slowly walk out from the crumbled remains of the ground.
Bai Li and Qin Hai’s pupils abruptly shrank.
They were truly unable to believe that it only taken Zhou Yuan one move to defeat a seventh layer Sacred Palace disciple.
The surroundings had fallen rather silent.
One could imagine the countless gazes filled with astonishment as they watched this scene.
The situation seemed to have developed in quite a different direction than they had imagined.
“Shouldn’t you at least respect me a little? Do you really think that I’m just another dish for you to eat?” Zhou Yuan smiled at Yang Xuan.
Yang Xuan was silent for a moment, before he nodded with a smile.
“How interesting… can’t believe that I made such a mistake…”
“Over the years, I’ve always been rather fond of disguising myself as a sheep to devour the wolves. I never expected to meet someone whose even better than myself this time…”
He sighed, staring at Zhou Yuan as he said in a rather regretful voice,
“I originally intended on breaking only one of your legs, but it now seems… that yo
u really…”
“Want to die?”
Towards the end, Yang Xuan’s expression turned chillingly eerie, a sight so frightening it would make the hairs of anyone who saw it stand on end.
Chapter 423 Zhou Yuan VS Yang Xuan
By the time the final word was spat out from Yang Xuan’s mouth, his previously smiling face had already transformed into an eerily chilling expression. Even the temperature seemed to abruptly plummet at this moment.
Anyone could sense the piercingly cold killing intent spreading from Yang Xuan’s eyes.
He was clearly both embarrassed and angered by his earlier error in judgement. From start to end, he had never paid much attention to Zhou Yuan, merely viewing the latter as an ant that could be easily squashed whenever he wanted to.
However, the fact that Zhou Yuan had defeated that Sacred Palace disciple in a single exchange was already enough proof that was not as weak as Yang Xuan had imagined.
The feeling of something leaving his control made murder surge in Yang Xuan’s heart.
Others in the vicinity were likewise able to sense the murder in Yang Xuan’s eyes, causing them to immediately cast gloating gazes at Zhou Yuan. It seems that this guy had managed to completely enrage Yang Xuan.
Zhou Yuan’s expression was unexpectedly calm. As his gaze clashed with Yang Xuan’s, even the air itself seemed to solidify.
Extremely powerful Genesis Qi began to rise from Yang Xuan’s body. His Genesis Qi had an ash-like luster, and gave off a strangely ominous aura.
Yang Xuan’s Genesis Qi undulations rose steadily, bringing with it a tremendous pressure.
In a short few breaths, the Genesis Qi undulations around Yang Xuan reached the peak of the perfect seventh layer as the ground below his feet gradually began to crack...
Boom!
In the next instant, Yang Xuan made his move. Ash-white Genesis Qi swept forth like a raging flood. The Genesis Qi was akin to a roaring white python, snaking and coiling in the air around Zhou Yuan with a swoosh.
An ominously icy aura spread.
Countless long Genesis Qi needles slowly began to form from within the ash-white Genesis Qi. These needles were half a foot long, an ominously icy aura swirling around their thin, pale white bodies.
“Bone Needle Storm!”
A cold and cruel look filled Yang Xuan’s face as he slapped his hands together. One could only watch as the countless bone needles abruptly descended like a storm, covering every inch of visible space in a certain area at which Zhou Yuan stood at the center.
Yang Xuan clearly had no intentions of engaging in any form of probing, giving Zhou Yuan no chance to evade from the get go.
These bone needles were not only made from his Genesis Qi, but also infused with remnant bone marrow from numerous Genesis Beasts. Hence, they possessed a kind of death Qi that was extremely corrosive in nature. Once struck by the needles, the death Qi would quickly spread throughout the body while causing widespread destruction, making it an extremely vicious and domineering attack.
As such, when the onlookers saw Yang Xuan unleash such a deadly move at the very start, they secretly wet their lips, pitying Zhou Yuan a little more in their hearts.
Zhou Yuan raised his head and looked at the ash-white shadows that practically filled his entire vision. His eyes narrowed slightly as he felt the ominously cold aura swirling around them, before his hands abruptly slapped together.
Resplendent golden Genesis Qi exploded from his body.
It looked as if a golden python was dashing into the air, before swooping down to coil around Zhou Yuan’s body like a giant golden bell.
“Mystical Python’s Great Golden Bell!”
In the wake of Zhou Yuan’s shout, a giant golden bell enveloped his body.
Swish!
Countless ash-white needles fell like rain, bombarding the golden bell, creating an unending stream of clear ‘cling clang’ noises.
The ground within a fifty feet radius was riddled with pitch-black holes, each hole so deep that its bottom could not be seen. Meanwhile, the smell of decay spread as wisps of black smoke rose from the land that was previously brimming with vitality.
The rising black smoke partially obstructed everyone’s view.
The ash-white needles continued their assault for quite some time, before the last needle finally fell.
Countless gazes were immediately cast over.
“Zhou Yuan has likely been pierced by ten thousand needles…”
“Only a handful of individuals amongst the seventh layer will be able to survive this attack. That fourth layer Zhou Yuan must surely have met a pitiful end.”
“……”
Numerous whispers spread. Everyone was clearly in awe of Yang Xuan’s overwhelming attack.
Zuoqiu Qingyu’s hands were tighly clenched, her clear peach blossom like eyes filled with worry.
Excitement was revealed in Su Duan’s eyes as he gnashed his teeth and said, “Let’s see how you’ll survive this!”
Under the innumerable watching gazes of the crowd, the black smoke was gradually blown away as glimmers of faint golden light appeared. A golden bell silently towered within the fading smoke, covered in ash-white bone needles like a porcupine. These needles only managed to penetrate half way through, unable to completely pierce through the defenses of golden bell...
Numerous pupils shrank slightly at this moment as many individuals involuntarily blurted out, “Such a strong defense?!”
The golden bell’s defense had clearly surpassed their expectations.
Bai Li, who had been closely watching from start to end, breathed a sigh of relief. Zhou Yuan’s turtle shell was thankfully as sturdy and solid as before.
Yang Xuan was also a little taken aback, seemingly unable to comprehend why his attack had failed. In the end, he shook his head and said, “No wonder you had the balls to come here. So it’s because of this defense Genesis technique?”
Zhou Yuan’s defense technique was admittedly rather extraordinary to have blocked Yang Xuan’s strike. However, though it had managed to withstand the barrage once, would it be able to hold up a second time?
Rumble!
However, the moment his voice rang out, the golden bell abruptly dissipated as a faint dragon roar echoed. Nine Genesis Beasts made from Genesis Qi dashed into the sky, rippling with savage auras.
“Nine Dragons Canon, ninth dragon!”
Nine Genesis Qi Beasts swiftly fused into one. The giant behemoth roared as it dived downwards, charging towards Yang Xuan with unmatched ferocity.
Zhou Yuan had evidently begun his counter attack.
Not a single ripple could be seen in Yang Xuan’s eyes as watched the enormous Genesis Qi Beast rapidly approach. Instead, a small mocking smile began to rise from the corners of his mouth.
He extended a hand, ash-white Genesis Qi swirling on his palm as he sent a thrust towards the roaring Genesis Qi Beast.
Boom!
A devastating shockwave unfurled as cracks rapidly grew from under his feet like a spiderweb...
Yang Xuan’s figure was unmoved from the spot.
In contrast, the Genesis Qi Beast that had been forced to a stop by his palm released a miserable howl, before exploding into a million specks of light.
The watching onlookers sucked in a breath of cold air, nearly unable to believe how overwhelming Yang Xuan was...
Zhou Yuan’s counter attack had been nothing but praise worthy. Even so, it had failed to even shake Yuan Xuan’s body. Instead, it had ended up being scattered with a single thrust of his palm.
The Genesis Qi of both parties were on completely different levels.
Yang Xuan raised his eyelids slightly, the contempt in his smile growing as his chilling gaze locked onto Zhou Yuan.
“Is this all you have?”
Zhou Yuan’s eyes widened a little. This was the first time his opponent had so easily neutralized the ninth dragon. Yang Xuan was indeed an overwhelmingly powerful foe.
No wonder even Bai Li and Qin Hai’s combined might had been crushed at Yang Xuan’s hands.
“If that is all you have, your fate today… will be rather gruesome.” Only indifference was visible in Yang Xuan’s gaze as he stared at Zhou Yuan.
Swish!
Before his words could fade, Zhou Yuan’s figure had already etherealized as he shot forward like a wisp of smoke.
Disdain flashed in Yang Xuan’s eyes at the sight of Zhou Yuan stubborn persistence.
“Fine, if you insist on seeking death, I shall gladly fulfil your wish…”
Ash-white Genesis Qi surged between his palms, pulsing with alarming undulations.
All it took was a few breaths for Zhou Yuan to appear in front of his opponent, his expression frighteningly calm as his hand tightened around the rapidly growing Heavenly Yuan Brush.
The snow-white brush tip curved at a sharp angle, tricky and ruthless as it thrust towards Yang Xuan’s throat.
As the snow-white tip cut through the air, a soft voice sounded in Zhou Yuan’s heart.
“Heavenly Yuan Brush, Genesis Breaker!”
An ancient rune on the brush’s mottled body slowly began to light up. Glowing black runes rapidly emerged and extended on the snow-white tip, turning it pitch-black in the blink of an eye.
Black light streaked past, along with a cryptic, unreadable light.
The Heavenly Yuan Brush had withdrawn all of its sharpness, seemingly returning to a state of ordinariness. However, Yang Xuan’s eyes suddenly widened at this instant, his instinct whispering that something was off.
The reflection of a pitch-black brush tip rapidly grew in his pupils.
He suddenly twirled his hands a split second later, ash-white Genesis Qi erupting out to form a glowing circle.
“Sacred Disk Technique!”
Chla!
A flash of black arrived the moment the disk was formed, the brush tip stabbing the glowing disk.
Black light seemed to surge at the point of contact.
Next, Yang Xuan’s pupils violently shrank as he watched the black tip of the brush tear through the glowing disk as if it was thin paper.
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