An alarming amount of Genesis Qi gathered around the titanic bone chimera phantasm. It suddenly made its move a split second later, diving towards Zhou Yuan at an astonishing speed.
Zhou Yuan’s pupils shrank a little as he looked towards the bone chimera phantasm, evidently sensing the power of Yang Xuan’s attack.
With a deep breath, Zhou Yuan let go of the Heavenly Yuan Brush. It dashed into the sky as it began absorbing Genesis Qi. Resplendent golden light immediately exploded from the brush.
“Heavenly Yuan Brush, Million Whale!”
The wail of an ancient whale echoed from the Heavenly Yuan Brush as Zhou Yuan’s hand seal changed, Genesis Qi surging around the brush like a maelstrom.
An enormous silhouette of a whale appeared, towering above Zhou Yuan’s figure.
Quickly followed by another...
Whale after whale continued to appear, ultimately reaching a total of five!
When the Heavenly Yuan Brush evolved to a Heaven Genesis Weapon, the power of the Million Whale Rune was also upgraded. At most one whale would appear when used by Zhou Yuan in the past, but that number had now multiplied five fold!
Each whale possessed overwhelming power, and with five of them gathered, their combined might was likely enough to overturn the sea.
In response to Yang Xuan’s increasingly alarming attacks, Zhou Yuan had also begun to use his full power.
“Go!”
Roared Zhou Yuan as the Heavenly Yuan Brush shuddered, releasing a buzzing sound. Next, it pierced through the air, give whale silhouettes spiraling around it as the wail of a whale filled the land.
Countless gazes watched with rapt attention, unable to turn away.
The giant bone chimera descended from the sky, while the Heavenly Yuan Brush led five whale silhouettes as it dashed upwards. In the end, both forces fiercely collided under the numerous nervous watching eyes.
Boom!
A several thousand feet tall shockwave of Genesis Qi exploded. Even the hills some distance away began to crumble, as giant fissure grew on the land...
In the sky, the whale silhouettes were torn to shreds, while the bone chimera phantasm disintegrated inch by inch.
As the two closest individuals to the clash, Zhou Yuan and Yang Xuan were the first to be struck. The terrifying shockwave violently blew them away, flinging their tumbling figures like rag dolls.
In the end, both individuals crash landed onto two red hills.
Rumble!
The two hills collapsed, tumbling boulders burying the two of them.
However, the boulders were sent flying a split second later as two figures dashed into the sky, facing each other as they landed two still intact hills.
The many onlookers immediately shifted their gazes.
Both individuals now had rather tattered clothes, while traces of blood were visible at the corner of their mouths. They had evidently sustained some minor injuries in the previous clash.
Unexpectedly, both of them appeared to be equally match.
An uproar swept across the area, gaze after gaze filled with shock as they stared at Zhou Yuan’s figure...
They had originally believed that Yang Xuan would soon turn things around after taking out a quasi-Heaven Genesis Weapon. Who could have expected that Zhou Yuan would be so tenacious, forcibly taking on each and every one of Yang Xuan’s powerful attacks.
In the sky far away, a look of joy flashed across Li Qingchan’s face when she saw this result, the frosty look that originally filled her face thawing a little at this moment.
“He really is full of surprises.” She sofly mumbled under her breath. There was a hint of praise in her words.
By the side, Zhao Zhu frowned a little as he said, “I’m afraid he may already be on his last dregs.”
Li Qingchan frowned slightly as she replied, “Junior brother Zhao Zhu, although Zhou Yuan may have some disagreements with your Sword Cometh Peak, we should be united against the outsiders at this time. I hope that you will stop with your pessimistic remarks, because neither of us will be able to escape punishment if Zhou Yuan loses.”
After being chided by Li Qingchan, Zhao Zhu could only resentfully shut his mouth.
Opposite Li Qingchan and Zhao Zhu, the Sacred Palace’s Wang Chi and Cao Jinzhu were also observing the battle far away. Their expression had been rather relaxed in the beginning, but had now gradually begun to turn a little ugly.
Like everyone else, they too never imagined that Yang Xuan would be stopped by a mere fourth layer Alpha-Origin disciple...
“What the hell is Yang Xuan doing?” Said Cao Jinzhu with a frown.
“There’s something strange about that Cangxuan Sect disciple Zhou Yuan.” Wang Chi slowly said, “His Genesis Qi foundations appears to be inconceivably strong.”
They had also realized that even without that strange black brush, Zhou Yuan’s Genesis Qi foundations were no weaker than ordinary seventh layer experts. This meant that his Genesis Qi foundations were crazily strong for his cultivation level.
“If Yang Xuan wishes to win, he has to use his full power”
Wang Chi icily glanced at the Li Qingchan duo, before his voice thundered across horizon with the aid of Genesis Qi.
“Yang Xuan, stop holding back!”
His voice boomed across the sky, echoing between the hills where Zhou Yuan and Yang Xuan stood.
Yang Xuan frowned when he heard Wang Chi’s voice as a look of hesitation flitted across his eyes.
In the end, this hesitation turned into resolution.
The rules of the Sacred Palace were very strict. If he made a mistake this time, he would definitely be punished when he returned. His cultivation resources would also be taken away, which would have serious repercussions on his future cultivation.
Therefore, he absolutely could not lose today.
A savage look surged onto Yang Xuan’s face.
He sent a chilling eerie glance at Zhou Yuan, before tearing apart his clothes, revealing his bare chest. A circular blood-colored rune enclosed the spot where his heart should be. The rune appeared to be covered in faint ancient patterns, and seemed to squirm within Yang Xuan’s flesh.
It appeared to be some kind of seal.
“I originally prepared this seal to vie for one of the twelve chief disciples seats of the twelve halls. I truly never expected that I would have to end up using it on you today…”
“You’ve spoiled my plans.”
“So don’t worry, after I defeat you, I will slowly crush every bone in your body to sate the hatred in my heart!”
Yang Xuan’s eerily chilling voice was filled with intense maliciousness as it sounded.
Pu!
Yang Xuan bit the tip of his tongue, and spat out a mouthful of essence blood onto his hand, before smearing it on the blood-red seal. Smoke immediately began to rise from the seal as it began to unravel.
Rumble!
The instant the seal was completely undone, everyone felt a frightening Genesis Qi undulation erupt like a volcano that had been suppressed for a millenium!
The hill under his feet violently shuddered as it began to crumble.
Countless gazes looked towards his figure in horror.
As Yang Xuan’s Genesis Qi rose, he broke past the boundary of the seventh layer, steadily climbing to the realm of the eighth layer!
In response to this scene, the expressions of Bai Li, Qin Hai and the rest changed one after another.
Even Zhou Yuan’s pupils had abruptly tightened as his expression turned extremely grave.
To think that Yang Xuan… had such a shocking trump card!
Chapter 426 Eighth Layer?
Boom!
Berserk Genesis Qi erupted from Yang Xuan’s body, seemingly covering the entire sky, as countless shocked and horrified gazes were drawn towards him. No one had imagined that even at this stage of the fight, Yang Xuan had still been hiding such an astonishing trump card.
The Genesis Qi undulations that pulsed from his body had alr
eady broken past the perfect seventh layer level, faintly stepping into the eighth layer!
Although it was still somewhat unstable, everyone could clearly sense that it had risen.
“God damnit!”
Bai Li and the other Cangxuan Sect disciples could not help but curse with pale faces. Yang Xuan’s strength had greatly surpassed their expectations.
One must know that the eighth layer Alpha-Origin stage had the qualifications to compete with the chief disciples of the various peaks in their Cangxuan Sect.
Far away, Li Qingchan’s hands could not help but clench tightly when she saw this. This turn of events had instantly snuffed the sliver of hope she had earlier.
This was the eighth layer Alpha-Origin stage! In the face of such a huge gap in cultivation, it would be basically impossible for even Zhou Yuan to make a comeback.
Zuoqiu Qingyu lightly stamped her foot as she gnashed her teeth and said, “This is too shameless!”
Though she said so, she also knew that this was no child’s game, but a true life or death struggle. The ability to conceal one’s power was also part of one’s skill.
It was only because she had a closer relationship with Zhou Yuan, and naturally hoped for his victory.
But from the looks of it, that was now going to be a little difficult to achieve.
Amidst the countless gasps that seemed to fill the sky, Zhou Yuan’s expression turned extremely grave. The powerful Genesis Qi ripples spreading from Yang Xuan’s body made the former feel a tremendous amount of pressure.
The eighth layer was just far too powerful.
While Zhou Yuan was tense and waiting, Yang Xuan slowly raised his gaze that was filled with cruelness, as he locked onto Zhou Yuan like a tiger finding its prey.
Due to the whims of fate, Yang Xuan had once obtained a peculiar sealing technique.
This sealing technique could seal one’s Genesis Qi, allowing it to condense time after time inside one’s body. When the day finally came for the seal to be broken, all of the sealed Genesis Qi would suddenly grow at an explosive rate.
This final seal had originally been prepared for the chief disciple selection of the twelve halls, but Zhou Yuan had forced him to break it here and now...
Breaking the seal ahead of time would naturally lead to repercussions. This was the main reason why his eighth layer Alpha-Origin stage was not stable.
If he had been allowed to wait a little longer, his Genesis Qi foundations would surely have risen to even more amazing heights.
Unfortunately… everything had been ruined by Zhou Yuan.
“I will make you beg for death today!”
A chilling voice escaped from the cracks between Yang Xuan’s teeth. In the next instant, he made a grabbing motion with his hand, and the Heavenly Bone Whip swiftly landed within it. An even more terrifying burst of Genesis Qi immediately exploded from his body.
Swish!
He took a step forward, and his figure instantly disappeared.
Zhou Yuan’s expression changed the moment he saw his opponent’s figure disappear, as he rapidly began to retreat.
Just as he was about to move, however, a frightening Genesis Qi undulation pulsed behind him, causing even space itself to tremble.
Zhou Yuan cast a glance from the corner of his eye, and saw that Yang Xuan had appeared behind him. A flood of Genesis Qi surged from the bone whip in his hand, its presence so overwhelming that it made one’s scalp turn numb.
Zhou Yuan tightly gripped the Heavenly Yuan Brush with both hands as he swung it horizontal to his body.
Clang!
The whip slammed into the mottled body of the brush, creating a thunderous clang. The air within a ten thousand feet radius exploded, as a piercing boom resounded across the land.
Zhou Yuan’s body was sent flying as if struck by a heavy blow, travelling over a thousand feet before managing to forcibly steady his body.
When he finally managed to stabilize himself, the spot between his thumb and index finger had been ripped apart, turning his hand into a bloody mess, while even the skin on his arms had split open at several places. Fortunately, a dark green light emerged from his flesh, causing it to squirm as his wounds recovered.
After a single blow, Zhou Yuan had fallen into a completely disadvantageous situation.
Numerous sighs of pity sounded across the area. As expected, when Yang Xuan approached the eighth layer, Zhou Yuan was no longer able to contend.
Yang Xuan’s eyes were filled with cruel savagenes as he stared at Zhou Yuan. There were traces of blood on the deathly white bone whip from when blood had splattered from Zhou Yuan’s arms earlier. Yang Xuan gave the whip a little jerk to shake of the blood as he said in an eerie voice, “What do you think? How many strikes of my whip will it take to shatter all the bones in your body?”
However, Zhou Yuan did not answer. His body swiftly began to etherealized as he immediately turned around and fled like a wisp of smoke.
*Uproar*
Zhou Yuan’s actions immediately caused an uproar to sweep over the area.
No one had expected him to flee when faced with a clearly much more powerful Yang Xuan.
Bai Li bit into her lips when she saw this. Although she knew that this was the best choice of action, her eyes still dimmed a little in disappointment.
The morale of the other Cangxuan disciples also plummeted at this moment.
In contrast, the Sacred Palace disciples roared with laughter, laughter filled with mockery and disdain.
An amused look emerged in Yang Xuan’s eyes as he watched Zhou Yuan’s fleeing figure, before he shook his head and said in a cold, emotionless voice, “Isn’t it a little too late for you to run?”
“I’ve already said that I will make you pay a painful price today!”
Swish!
Yang Xuan’s figure abruptly disappeared as his voice faded, turning into a blur as he gave chase. He clearly had no intentions of letting Zhou Yuan off.
As such, two figures streaked across the sky under countless watching eyes.
After a few dozen breaths.
The two figures appeared several dozen miles away.
Yang Xian had become quite impatient. The bone whip in his hand transformed into a flash of light as it lashed out, tearing through the air as it darted towards Zhou Yuan’s head.
Zhou Yuan gave the Heavenly Yuan Brush a slight shake. Its snow-white brush hairs streamed out, swiftly interweaving into a thick white net behind him that was covered in Genesis Qi.
Ch!
The bone whip struck the white net, causing it to stretch at an alarming angle. With its outstanding flexibility and toughness, it ultimately managed to stop the bone whip.
However, the force that seeped through was still able to lash at Zhou Yuan’s back, jerking him forward as a sinister looking wound appeared on his back.
Yang Xuan made use of this opportunity to appear in front of Zhou Yuan, cutting off his path of escape.
With a grabbing motion, the bone whip returned to Yang Xuan’s hand. He pointed it at Zhou Yuan, as a cruel smile akin to a cat toying with a mouse appeared from the corners of his mouth.
“Little mouse, did you really believe you would be able to escape?”
Yang Xuan smiled a little, before he continued, “If you break both your legs and kneel, I may consider letting you keep your life. How about it?”
In the face of Yang Xuan’s suffocating pressure, Zhou Yuan took in a deep breath. He ignored the former’s mocking words, a grave expression on his face as his hands slowly came together.
The ground under his feet began to faintly tremble.
Numerous rays of light burst out from under the ground, swiftly joining together as they enveloped the area within a thousand feet.
Rumble!
Thunder boomed as the temperature began to rise.
Yang Xuan looked downwards at the ground as he focused. His expression soon turned frosty as he said, “A boundary? So you were planning on lur
ing me here?”
Zhou Yuan did not reply. With a sudden stamp of his foot, an icy and serious look filled his eyes.
“Heavenly Lightning and Mystical Fire Boundary!”
“Rise!”
In the next instant, lightning and fire began to pour out.
Chapter 427 All Cards on the Table
Rumble!
The surrounding Genesis Qi immediately began to churn violently when Yang Xuan stepped into the range of the boundary. Lightning and fire appeared, ultimate deadliness contained under their magnificent forms.
When this scene landed in the eyes of the countless watching onlookers, cries of alarm and surprise began to spread.
Only now did they realize that Zhou Yuan was not running, but feigning weakness to lure Yang Xuan into a boundary that had been set-up earlier.
“What a crafty kid!” The crowd could not help but click their tongues.
No one had expected Zhou Yuan to have made such preparations before hand. Such rich battle experience was truly praiseworthy.
Bai Li and the rest of the Cangxuan Sect disciples were also stunned for a moment, before their faces quickly turned a little red. They had genuinely believed Zhou Yuan was intending to escape earlier, and had felt somewhat disappointed inside. However, it was now clear that they had been too quick to jump to a conclusion, making them feel quite ashamed.
“A boundary huh?”
Yang Xuan stood amidst the lightning and fire, his expression completely unchanged. Ash-white Genesis Qi slowly swirled around his body as an astonishing pressure pulsed.
He lifted his head to look towards Zhou Yuan as he said in an emotionless voice, “You’ve really made me feel a whole new level of respect for you.”
He had originally thought nothing of Zhou Yuan, a mere fourth layer Alpha-Origin who should have been easily swatted away like a fly. However, Yang Xuan never imagined that this ‘fly’ would be able to push him to this extent.
In fact, he had even been forced to remove all of his seals, causing him to pay a tremendous price. After all, they had originally been the trump cards he had prepared for the twelve halls chief disciple selection.
But now, his seals had failed to reach their perfect state, naturally causing all of his efforts to go to waste.
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