Chapter 729: Might Resounding Everywhere
They finally revealed their foxtails! Xiao Chen sneered to himself. Then he said indifferently, “Sorry. I have uses for my things. Those that I do not need, I will give only to friends and not to a group of trash.”
[TL Note: Revealed their foxtails: In Chinese mythology, fox spirits frequently transform into pretty females and seduce men to either consume them or manipulate them. Certain items can force fox spirits to reveal their true forms. Revealing their foxtails means that their true nature is revealed. This phrase can also take the meaning of “the truth is out.”]
The five had expected Xiao Chen’s refusal. The person at the back smiled coldly and said, “Ha ha, since you say we are trash, then Junior Brother Xiao Chen must be very capable. This incapable Lian Cheng will come and seek some pointers, then.”
“Xiu!”
Lian Cheng drew his sword, revealing a sword light, and leaped into the air. White mist surrounded that sword, giving off overwhelming cold Qi. He actually comprehended the same state as Bai Wuxue.
As the cold wind blew, the ambient temperature dropped. Frost immediately covered the ground and spread from there up Xiao Chen’s lower legs.
Lian Cheng felt fully confident in his state of ice. Not only it could decrease his opponent’s speed, but it could also quietly permeate into his opponent’s body and form frost poison, killing his opponent unawares.
As the sword light moved through the air, Xiao Chen circulated his Vital Qi and gently swung his hand. A surging force struck the blade of the sword.
“Weng! Weng!”
The 1.3-meter-long sword reverberated, the force traveling down the sword and into Lian Cheng’s right hand clenching the handle.
This immense force nearly caused Lian Cheng to drop his sword.
Horror appeared in Lian Cheng’s eyes. He could not understand why his state of ice seemed to have no effect on Xiao Chen. Furthermore, since when had Xiao Chen become so strong?
With one casual swing of his hand, Xiao Chen easily repulsed Lian Cheng’s attack. Such a scene flabbergasted Hua Tianhe and the others, startling them.
However, the more shocking thing had yet to happen. Xiao Chen took this opportunity to unleash his state of thunder. In that instant, electricity shattered all the frost on the ground.
“Bang!”
Xiao Chen took a step forward, and an Azure Dragon image appeared under his feet and carried him into the air.
The Vital Qi in Xiao Chen’s body surged like a raging river, powerful and unending. His Qi and blood raced, and his aura flourished.
His long hair and white robes fluttered; he looked like an ancient war god. As he stood on the Azure Dragon image, his might resounded everywhere.
Before Lian Cheng could turn around, Xiao Chen had flown over wildly to confront him. Horror flashed in Lian Cheng’s eyes as he hurriedly tried to get away from Xiao Chen and retreat.
“You think you can run?!”
Moving rapidly, Xiao Chen attacked at lightning speed, seizing Lian Cheng’s wrist in an instant.
One thousand tons of force surged and roared within Xiao Chen’s body, giving off rumbling sounds like waves. He was like a fierce flame blazing.
This aura was the formless might given off when the Qi and blood of a strong physical body flourished to a certain level.
Lian Cheng’s wrist felt like a vise had clamped down tightly on it. Even after he turned red, exerting himself, and used all his Quintessence, he could not free himself.
Xiao Chen casually pulled and then quickly let go. Lian Cheng ended up flying high into the air like a sandbag, flung to the lake behind.
“You are indeed incapable. You don’t even qualify as trash,” Xiao Chen said calmly after he landed and watched Lian Cheng fly away.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Chen hurled Lian Cheng away!
A shiver ran down the spines of Hua Tianhe and the other three. They were in disbelief. How was this the strength of a peak Medial Grade Martial Monarch?
“The few of you, if you think you are not trash, then feel free to come at me!” Xiao Chen said casually as he soared into the air, summoning out another two Azure Dragon images.
His figure flashed, flying together with the berserk dragons, chasing after Lian Cheng.
Then, Xiao Chen raised his leg and stomped down on Lian Cheng’s chest, sending him plummeting like a fired cannonball. Lian Cheng splashed into the lake, creating large waves.
This description downplayed the entire process, but Xiao Chen managed to play a middle-stage Superior Grade Martial Monarch in the palms of his hands, and Lian Cheng could not retaliate in any way.
Hua Tianhe and the others felt both angered and alarmed at the same time. Xiao Chen’s casual words trampled all over their pride.
As true inheritors, they received respect from everyone wherever they went in the Supreme Sky Sect, worshiped by others. However, today, Xiao Chen called them a bunch of trash with utter disregard.
The most important thing was that the events unfolded in a completely different manner from how they imagined. They originally thought that even if Xiao Chen had improved somewhat, working together would allow them to threaten and crush him easily.
However, things had not gone as Hua Tianhe and his group planned. In just a few moments, Xiao Chen used the most tyrannical manner to toss Lian Cheng out.
Hua Tianhe made a quick analysis and said, “He probably found some natural treasure that strengthened his physical body in the Savage Battlefield and consumed it. All we have to do is keep our distance as we fight him. We will still be able to defeat him.”
“That’s right. This fellow is too arrogant. If we cannot suppress him here, then when he becomes a true inheritor in the future, we will not be able to continue surviving in the Supreme Sky Sect.”
“Attack together and teach him a lesson!”
The other three revealed ferocious gazes as they answered Hua Tianhe. Xiao Chen’s rise evoked much dread in them. No matter what, they had to trample on him today.
“Xiu! Xiu! Xiu!”
Four beams of light shot out and landed on the water, surrounding Xiao Chen. As Hua Tianhe and the rest feared Xiao Chen’s horrifyingly strong physical body, they did not dare to get too close.
Xiao Chen quickly glanced at them and could tell what their intentions were. Then, he summoned his Lunar Shadow Saber and rested his right hand calmly on its hilt.
The calm lake had no waves or ripples. Under the five’s strong auras, the flowing water stilled, not moving at all.
Hua Tianhe and the other four placed their hands on their weapons as they looked at Xiao Chen icily, revealing a strong murderous intent in the depths of their eyes.
“Ka! Ka!”
Four swords came out of their sheaths at the same time. Strands of surging sword Qi parted the waters and flew at Xiao Chen.
Each sword Qi contained a different state, either that of raging winds, blazing flames, heavy earth, or sharp metal.
Those states of wind, fire, earth, and metal were infused into these strands of sword Qi, which looked quite majestic amidst the sprays of water.
Waves surged and screens of water rose up. The white-robed Xiao Chen seemed as small as an ant in such a scene.
Xiao Chen did not reveal any fear on his face. He quickly drew his saber, and his immortal state of thunder surged out into the sky. Thunderclouds formed overhead, and his saber flickered with electricity.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
As Xiao Chen moved, he swung his saber four times, shattering the four oncoming sword Qi. As Quintessence spread out, huge pillars of water shot up into the air.
Hua Tianhe and the others were determined to maintain their distance from Xiao Chen. They nimbly leaped around the water surface and kept sending sword Qi at Xiao Chen.
Hua Tianhe and the others wanted to use their advantage in cultivation to drag out the fight. When Xiao Chen ran out of Quintessence, then victory would be theirs.
Xiao Chen understood their intention. He had previously refined his Quintessence twice again. Regarding the quantity of Quintessence, they were emphatically wrong; he did not have any less than any of these people.
If Hua Tianhe and his group wanted to fight like that, Xiao Chen was happy to comply. When his Quintessence ran out, Xiao Chen could rely on the strength of his strong physical body to trounce this group of people.
Lightning flashed, strong winds howled, and fierce flames blazed on the calm lake. All sorts of Quintessence shot across the surface and kicked up towering waves and boundless ripples, stirring up the entire lake.
Such a commotion disturbed the inner sect disciples residing nearby. It was not their fault that they turned pale with fright when they saw who all were fighting.
“What is going on? Xiao Chen is actually fighting with Hua Tianhe and his group.”
“It is one against four, and Xiao Chen is still not losing. When did he become this strong?”
The number of cultivators who went to the lakeshore to watch increased. Profound shock appeared in all their eyes. The statuses of both sides made everyone question everything they knew.
Xiao Chen was merely an inner sect disciple that entered the sect just half a year ago. The other side consisted of four highly respected and strong true inheritors.
Although Yun Feiyu had not formally become a true inheritor yet, most people had long since considered his strength to be on par with the true inheritors.
However, this group of people still fought so arduously against a single inner sect disciple. Such a scene had never appeared before in the history of the Supreme Sky Sect.
A barrage of sword Qi flew relentlessly at Xiao Chen like cannonballs. However, Xiao Chen simply swung the saber in his hand and shattered all the sword Qi coming at him without panicking. He conserved his Quintessence, not retaliating. He merely calmly watched the group try to take him down.
Slowly, Hua Tianhe’s group started to feel that something was wrong. Nearly an hour had passed, yet Xiao Chen still did not show any signs of running out of Quintessence.
“Senior Brother Hua, this brat is rather strange. I already used up two-thirds of my Quintessence, but he seems completely fine.”
“I also used slightly more than half my Quintessence. If we continue like this, we will end up losing our combat prowess.”
The others projected their voices to Hua Tianhe. They now started to panic, unable to discern Xiao Chen’s strength.
Hua Tianhe replied sullenly, “Never mind that. Let’s go all in and use our Heaven Ranked Martial Techniques together. I don’t believe that we cannot finish him off!”
The combination of four Heaven Ranked Martial Techniques was extremely mighty. Even a half-Sage would not dare to underestimate that. A weaker half-Sage might even end up severely injured if they got hit.
Xiao Chen watched the faces of the group and guessed what they were planning.
“It is time to end this. These people are even weaker than Ximen Bao. Furthermore, now that I have consumed two drops of Dragon Marrow, they are no longer on the same level as I am.”
After Xiao Chen made up his mind, his gaze landed on Yun Feiyu, the previous top inner sect disciple.
He executed Azure Dragon Tail Whip, and a strong wind blew as he moved in an arc. Standing on an Azure Dragon image, he arrived in front of Yun Feiyu instantly.
Yun Feiyu’s face sank. Before he could react, Xiao Chen’s attack was already before him.
“Ghostly Image Chop!”
Saber lights danced around, sending out a total of seventy-two saber images. They looked very realistic and hard to differentiate from the real ones, like ghostly images. Each one of these saber images contained the immortal state of thunder and Xiao Chen’s Great Perfection saber intent. Given all this, its might could be easily imagined.
“Dang! Dang! Dang!”
The weapons clashed and sent out an intense shower of sparks. Yun Feiyu blocked all seventy-two sabers. Every time he blocked a saber image, he retreated a hundred meters.
By the time the others reacted, Xiao Chen had already pushed Yun Feiyu back by more than seven kilometers.
“After him! Don’t let him land any attacks!” Hua Tianhe’s expression changed drastically as he quickly led his group in pursuit.
However, the three had barely gone a kilometer before they heard a miserable shriek. A boundless sea of lightning blasted Yun Feiyu, inflicting internal injuries. He vomited a mouthful of blood and sank to the bottom of the lake.
A boundless sea of lightning appeared before the remaining three. When they looked in front, they could only see lightning; there were no traces of Xiao Chen.