“How?!”
He involuntarily cried out in his heart. Even the Bai Li duo had been unable to break the Sacred Disk Technique earlier. Why had it been so easily pierced by the fourth layer Zhou Yuan?
The flash of black went directly for Yang Xuan’s throat. At this juncture of life and death, Yang Xuan violently jerked his hands as the Sacred Disk Technique abruptly began spinning in reverse. An even stronger surge of power blasted out, ultimately managing to nudge the black flash at the final moment.
A wave of Genesis Qi unfurled, devastating the surroundings.
Two figures crossed each other, exchanging places.
Not a single one of the countless gazes blinked as they watched.
Next, grasp after gasp was heard. They had seen fresh blood dripping from the tip of the black brush in Zhou Yuan’s hands.
A sinister looking wound had appeared on Yang Xuan’s shoulder, the blood instantly soaking into his clothes.
An uproar exploded, sweeping across the entire place.
No one had expected Yang Xuan… to be injured by Zhou Yuan!
Behind the two fighters, Bai Li and Qin Hai were also dumbstruck as they stared at this scene. Their bitter struggle against Yang Xuan earlier had not yielded even a single wound from him. On the other hand, Zhou Yuan had made Yang Xuan see blood in a short span of time!
“How can this be?!” They stared in shock at Zhou Yuan’s figure.
Zhou Yuan lowered his head to glance the blood on the tip of his brush, as a sliver of regret flashed in his eyes. He had originally planned on piercing Yang Xuan’s throat. Unfortunately, the latter was just too slippery, managing to deflect the trajectory of Zhou Yuan’s thrust at the very last moment.
Fresh blood splattered onto the ground with a light shake of the Heavenly Yuan Brush.
He did not look back at Yang Xuan as he said, “It seems that you’ll have to work a little harder if you want me to die here…”
Under the attention of the innumerable watching gazes, Yang Xuan slowly turned his head to look at the wound on his shoulder. His face seemed to twitch faintly as an extremely vicious and sinister look flooded out little by little.
“I’m going to…”
“cripple you today!”
Rumble!
The murderous rage felt almost solid as it charged into the sky, causing the hearts of countless individuals to shiver as dread rose in their eyes.
Yang Xuan seemed to have gone mad with anger.
Chapter 424 Zhou Yuan’s Prowess
Rumble!
Wave after wave of ominous ash-white Genesis Qi violently pulsed from Yang Xuan’s body. A pillar of Genesis Qi light rose into the sky like smoke, seemingly filled with howls of death.
The expressions of the numerous onlookers changed slightly when they felt the unmatched power of the Genesis Qi, gazes filled with fear and terror as they looked towards Yang Xuan.
Bai Li could not help but shout from behind, “Careful Zhou Yuan!”
It was obvious that Yang Xuan had already gone mad with anger.
After the previous exchange, even Bai Li had no choice but to admit that Yang Xuan was indeed an extremely troublesome opponent. What’s more, it was more than likely that the latter had not once been completely serious against Qin Hai and her earlier.
But now, after sustaining an injury from Zhou Yuan due to carelessness, Yang Xuan was now in a state of full on rage.
Woowoo!
Yang Xuan’s chillingly eerie gaze locked onto Zhou Yuan as his hands clapped together and formed a hand seal. The ash-white Genesis Qi in the sky immediately crashed down like a wave, its immensity and vastness shaking even the land itself.
Moreover, countless shadows seemed to be swimming within this Genesis Qi torrent, some appearing like beasts, while others appearing human like. It was a very bizarre sight indeed.
The Genesis Qi Yang Xuan cultivated was known as the Thousand Bone Genesis Qi, and required one to fuse the death Qi from numerous bones with one’s body. The Genesis Qi formed by this process contained death Qi, which was able to swiftly decay the flesh of anyone it infected, making it extremely domineering in nature.
Swish!
Zhou Yuan's eyes widened slightly as he raised his head to gaze at the howling flood of ash-white Genesis Qi. In the next instant, his foot slammed into the ground, unexpectedly neither trying to avoid nor dodge, but instead leaping up to meet it head-on.
The Heavenly Yuan Brush in his hands vibrated as the surrounding Genesis Qi whizzed over and poured into the brush.
Meanwhile, Zhou Yuan’s Genesis Qi undulations began to rise at a steady pace.
Zhou Yuan was a fourth layer Alpha-Origin stage expert, and even if his foundations were comparable to the seventh layer, there was still a gap between him and the perfect seventh layer Yang Xuan.
However, with the boost from the newly upgraded Heavenly Yuan Brush, Zhou Yuan was in a way already able to match Yang Xuan in Genesis Qi.
Ch!
The thousand feet wide Genesis Qi flood descended, making Zhou Yuan’s figure appear like an ant in comparison. However, he showed no fear as he jerked the Heavenly Yuan Brush, causing its snow-white tip to gradually turn pitch-black again. A deep, cryptic light gathered, a sign that Genesis Breaker’s power was being activated once more.
“Break!”
The pitch-black brush tip thrust towards the Genesis Qi flood. The entire world seemed to fall silent for an instant, before countless gazes watched in shock as the giant Genesis Qi flood began to fall apart.
Zhou Yuan’s figure continued its ascent, destroying the ash-white Genesis Qi wherever he passed.
With the power of Genesis Breaker, as long as the other party did not have an absolute advantage in Genesis Qi, all their Genesis Qi attacks would become substantially weaker.
Humph!
Yang Xuan’s expression turned even darker when he saw this. His hand seal changed and several torrents Genesis Qi immediately surged forth, linking up end to end as they blasted at Zhou Yuan in succession.
Yang Xuan was obviously refusing to believe this was happening.
Zhou Yuan’s figure flashed past in the sky as the Heavenly Yuan Brush shuddered. Brush shadows pierced through the air, each one striking and tearing through a torrent of Genesis Qi.
Surprise appeared in the countless gazes watching the figure flicker in the sky above. No one expected the fourth layer Alpha-Origin Zhou Yuan to be capable of scattering all of Yang Xuan’s Genesis Qi attacks.
Far away, light surged in Li Qingchan’s eyes as these scenes also entered her sight, causing a look of amazement to appear on her beautiful face.
“How did Zhou Yuan suddenly become so powerful?”
She mumbled to herself. The current Zhou Yuan was clearly much stronger than when they had left the Cangxuan Sect. Given his strength back then, it would have been nearly impossible for him to receive a single one of these attacks.
By the side, Zhao Zhu’s expression fluctuated indeterminately. In his opinion, though Zhou Yuan was very prominent amongst the newest batch of disciples, this was only limited to ‘ordinary’ disciples. In fact, it should take him several years to establish a place for himself amongst the purple sash disciples.
However, who could have guessed that Zhou Yuan was actually capable of going toe to toe with the perfect seventh layer Yang Xuan. This was inconceivable to Zhao Zhu.
After some observation, Li Qingchan finally understood as she muttered in a soft voice, “It must be that black brush he’s using…”
“If my guess is not wrong, that black brush has likely reached the Heaven Genesis Weapon level.”
The Genesis Qi surrounding Zhou Yuan’s body was indeed weaker than Yang Xuan’s, but the brush wielded by the former was extremely bizarre, and seemed to possess a unique power that allowed Zhou Yuan to repeatedly achieve the greatest power with the smallest effort, destroying all of his opponent’s Genesis Qi attacks.
“A Heaven Genesis Weapon?
”
Zhao Zhu was taken aback. A Heaven Genesis Weapon was no ordinary item. Even in the Cangxuan Sect, only Chosens like them would be bestowed one by the sect.
As for ordinary disciples, even those with powerful backgrounds may not own such a weapon of that level.
“So that’s how…”
...
At the mouth of the volcano.
The numerous factions watched the images reflected on their Genesis Qi screens as they gasped in surprise and alarm. The development of the situation had evidently surpassed their expectations.
Elder Wu was like somewhat rather stupefied as he watched.
“This kid…”
His old face filled with astonishment as he watched Zhou Yuan shatter powerful Genesis Qi light pillar after pillar. The elder would never have imagined that when it seemed as if all hope was lost, the one who would step forward to save them, would be the same person he had sent away from the core region at the very beginning...
“How is he actually so powerful?” Elder Wu could not help but mutter. Zhou Yuan was clearly only at the fourth layer Alpha-Origin stage, and yet he was somehow able to exchange blow after blow with Yang Xuan.
After observing for a long time, his gaze ultimately focused on the black brush in Zhou Yuan’s hands.
“No wonder…”
It had obviously realized something.
However, elder Wu did not care how Zhou Yuan had done it, because only result mattered. As such, a sliver of expectation began to appear in the elder’s gaze as he continued to watch Zhou Yuan’s figure.
The only thing he could do now was hope for the best, and pray that Zhou Yuan would succeed in stopping Yang Xuan.
Elder Wu did not expect Zhou Yuan to defeat Yang Xuan, but hoped he could at least hold off the latter as long as possible. This would create some breathing room for the others, and prevent them from being put into an even more miserable situation.
“Kid… you gotta do your best. If you managed to stall Yang Xuan long enough, I’ll give you an excellent evaluation after this mission is over!”
...
Bang! Bang!
Torrent after torrent of ash-white Genesis Qi continued to descend from the sky. Each powerful blast packed with enough destructive energy to level an entire mountain.
However, Zhou Yuan’s figure continued to zip about amongst them, torrent after torrent of Genesis Qi scattering with each point of the black brush, making it appear as easy as cutting through butter with a hot knife.
Yang Xuan’s expression grew stormier and stormier.
Even Bai Li and Qin Hai together had been unable to withstand this same barrage of Genesis Qi attacks earlier. And yet, they seemed to pose no threat towards Zhou Yuan.
“Is it that black brush…” His dark gaze locked onto the mysterious mottled black brush in Zhou Yuan’s hands.
Bang!
Another blast of Genesis Qi was pierced. Iciness flashed in Zhou Yuan’s eyes as his figure instantly etherealized, seemingly teleporting as he appeared behind Yang Xuan like a phantom.
“Genesis Breaker!”
A mysterious light surfaced on the pitch-black brush tip, rippling even space itself as it passed through. The sharp tip thrust towards a fatal spot on Yang Xuan’s back at an extremely crafty angle.
Pah!
Yang Xuan’s palms slapped together as ash-white Genesis Qi surged out, creating several layers of thick Genesis Qi defenses around his body.
Pchla!
However, the brush tip that pulsed with black light quickly swept past, tearing through each layer as if they were thin pieces of paper.
“Now!”
Sharpness gathered in Zhou Yuan’s eyes as he jerked his fist, causing the brush tip to transform into a streak of black aimed straight at Yang Xuan’s fatal spot.
Gasp after gasp sounded in the area. Zhou Yuan had finally found a chance after waiting for so long, and clearly planned on seriously injuring Yang Xuan with this strike.
Bai Li, Qin Hai and the rest of the Cangxuan Sect disciples had eyes wide open.
Whoo!
The brush tip swept past.
However, a split second before it could pierce Yang Xuan’s body, an ash-white shadow suddenly flew over and collided against the brush tip.
Clang!
Sparks flew in all directions.
Berserk Genesis Qi shockwaves erupted, scattering even the nearby clouds.
Zhou Yuan’s pupils shrank slightly at this moment.
The jolt from the brush tip caused a feeling of pain to be transmitted from his hands. His unstoppable momentum had finally been stopped...
He raised his eyes, looking towards the end of the brush tip, where a bone whip was blocking it.
The bone whip had a deathly pale sheen, and strange patterns had been carved on along its body. Every slight movement seemed cause a piercing shriek to be emitted from it.
The surrounding Genesis Qi surged towards the bone whip.
With the bone whip in hand, Yang Xuan’s aura began to raise to an alarming level.
He lifted his head at this moment, sending a death glare towards the nearby Zhou Yuan as an eerily sinister smile appeared from the corners of his mouth.
“A Heaven Genesis Weapon… did you think that I didn’t have one?!”
Chapter 425 The Tenaciously Troublesome Yang Xuan
In the sky, the black Heavenly Yuan Brush had clashed against a deathly white bone whip. The Genesis Qi undulations that spread caused the space around them to tremble faintly.
Clang!
A burst of Genesis Qi exploded with a jerk of the bone whip, pushing away the Heavenly Yuan Brush along with Zhou Yuan’s figure.
Yang Xuan did not give chase, merely continuing to stand there in the air as his dark gaze stared at Zhou Yuan. Ash-white Genesis QI swirled around the bone whip in his hand, as piercing shrieks were emitted.
The aura around him continued to rise.
Countless gazes gathered on Yang Xuan at this moment, ultimately focusing on the deathly white bone whip in his hand as their eyes widened.
“Another Heaven Genesis Weapon?!”
“My god, to think that Yang Xuan has actually been forced to this extent… even Bai Li and Qin Hai combined might had failed to achieve this earlier!”
“What a pity. Zhou Yuan had only been so overwhelming earlier because of his Heaven Genesis Weapon. Since Yang Xuan now has one too, the situation is likely going to change.”
“……”
Amidst the numerous whispers, a grim look appeared in Zhou Yuan’s eyes as he stared at Yang Xuan. From that brief clash earlier, he could sense that the bone whip in his opponent’s hand had indeed surpassed the Black Genesis Weapon level.
However, it was not a true Heaven Genesis Weapon.
To be more precise, it could only be considered a quasi-Heaven Genesis Weapon.
Even so, Zhou Yuan’s advantage had begun to fade the moment Yang Xuan took out this weapon. After all, the Heavenly Yuan Brush’s Genesis Breaker was most effective against pure Genesis Qi attacks.
When pitted against the opponent’s Heaven Genesis Weapon, Genesis Breaker’s power would be much weaker.
Zhou Yuan slowly tightened his grip around the Heavenly Yuan Brush as deep night black light flowed on its pitch-black tip.
Swish!
His eyes suddenly widened a split second later, because Yang Xuan’s figure had abruptly appeared in front of him. The deathly white bone whip transformed into countless shadows that seemed to fill the sky as they attacked.
Every whip shadow was accompanied by a sharp shriek that seemed to pierce straight into your ears.
In fact, it even affected the Genesis Qi in one’s body, causing it to become a little chaotic.
Zhou Yuan hurriedly circulated his Genesis Qi in an effort to defend against the piercing shriek. With a swing, Genesis Qi surged as the Heavenly Yuan Brush rose to meet the attacks.
Clang! Clang!
Two figu
res danced in the sky like flashes of lightning, countless brush and whip shadows colliding time and time again. Every clash would cause a thousand feet tall wave of Genesis Qi to erupt that shake the sky around them.
This clash could be said to have reached the limits of both intensity and ferocity.
This time, however, anyone could see that Zhou Yuan had lost his unstoppable momentum from earlier against Yang Xuan, who was now armed with a quasi-Heaven Genesis Weapon.
Though Yang Xuan’s bone whip was indeed unable to compare to the Heavenly Yuan Brush in terms of quality, his Genesis Qi foundation far exceeded Zhou Yuan’s. Hence, after borrowing the power of the bone whip, the former was once again about to gradually reverse the situation.
Gaze after gaze anxiously watched the battle between the two figures in the sky.
In a short few minutes, they had already exchanged over a hundred blows.
Clang!
After yet another fierce clash, Zhou Yuan’s body was forced backwards, his expression growing increasingly grave. A Heaven Genesis Weapon was a game changer. Yang Xuan was clearly much harder to deal with than before.
At this current moment, Zhou Yuan could feel a growing piercing pain from his hands.
“Weren’t you bragging so much earlier?” Yang Xuan looked over as mockery appeared from the corners of his mouth.
“It will be better for you to celebrate after we’re done fighting.” Zhou Yuan responded with a cold smile.
“Let’s see how long you can keep up your smart-assness!” An icy look flashed in Yang Xuan’s eyes as the bone whip in his hand suddenly jerked. The whip dashed into the sky as an icy piercing shriek rang out.
The surrounding Genesis Qi rapidly surged over and poured into the bone whip as a stifling pressure began to spread.
“Heavenly Bone Whip, Heavenly Bone Phantasm!”
Roared Yang Xuan as he made a hand seal.
Deathly white Genesis Qi exploded from the bone whip, before gathering around the whip to form a giant phantasm made from white bones.
The phantasm appeared to be some sort of chimera created by the amalgamation of countless humans and beasts. It was a very strange sight indeed.
Whoowoo!
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