Chapter 151 – The Sky (1/2)

Chen Chang Sheng’s speed was indeed very fast and his punch was indeed very straight.

Logically, his punch was sure to hit thin air, unable to land upon Huo Guang, who had used the graceful motion technique, Unfettered Cloud to soar upwards.

His punch did indeed hit thin air; it landed upon the air and let out a resonating sound, akin to an old bell being rung.

The formless air seemed to have been crushed under this strike.

Yet, his punch didn’t stop, continuing to advance forwards.

From within the air that had been struck, there seemed to appear a path. That path couldn’t be seen with the naked eye, yet gave people a sense that it was a real existence.

The important figures within the hall, gazing at the scene upon the mirror, could also feel the existence of that path.

That path was something sculpted out by Chen Chang Sheng’s punch, but it wasn’t straight, it was an arc, its front lightly sloping upwards.

This formless line was very smooth, very pleasant to gaze at, having a type of natural beauty.

How could a perfectly straight punch, strike out a curved path?

There could only be one explanation and that was, upon the last moment of his fist manifestation’s projection, it had changed direction.

What fist technique existed in this world that can do this?

Huo Guang soared towards the sky.

Chen Chang Sheng’s fist followed that formless arced line and headed towards the sky.

“A Sword that Sears the Heavens.”

Xue Xing Chuan’s shocked voice erupted within the Hall of Zhao Wen.

There was indeed no fist technique that could change the direction of its fist manifestation at the last moment.

The personages within the hall were all knowledgeable people, they are certain that there didn’t exist such a technique.

But there did exist a sword art which could achieve this, changing the direction of a sword manifestation at the final moment of a sword manoeuvre.

Previously, the personages within the hall had silently counted within their minds that there were approximately three skills that could do this, this sword art was one of them.

Li Shan Sword Arts’ Sword of Searing Heaven.

Successive sounds of moving chairs could be heard scraping against the ground from within the Hall of Zhao Wen.

These important figures all rose in surprise, staring at the mirror and the scene of the youth who was currently clenching his fist and slamming into the heavens, they were shocked beyond reason.

How could a student of Orthodox Academy have possibly learnt a secret sword of Li Mountain’s Sword Secrets that isn’t taught to others?

It was said that the Sword of Searing Heaven from Li Shan Sword Arts was something self-created by that legendary Junior Uncle of Li Mountain.

It was never shown to others, until several hundred years ago, having returned to Li Mountain after travelling the four seas, had he recorded this sword manoeuvre into the main form of Li Shan Sword Arts after incessant pleading from the then current substitute headmaster.

This sword manoeuvre was very famous, but very few people trained it, that was because this move is very hard to practise, its requirements on condensing divine sense was far too high.

Within this generation of disciples from Li Shan Sword Sect, it was said that only Qiu Shan Jun and Gou Han Shi knew this move.

Currently, this move had appeared within the hands of Chen Chang Sheng.

He hadn’t used a sword, but a fist.

A Sword that Sears the Heavens naturally became a fist that slams into the heavens.

Between his fist and the deep blue sky above, was Huo Guang.

Therefore, before his fist slams into the deep blue sky, it needed to land upon Huo Guang’s body.

A loud explosion reverberated.

This was the sound created by a fist landing upon a body.

Chen Chang Sheng’s fist explosively landed upon Huo Guang’s chest.

Simple, accurate, powerful.

A second explosion rung out.

This was the sound of a body clashing with the air.

Huo Guang’s body suddenly rose farther from the ground, flying towards the sky, momentarily after, it became but a small black speck.

Outside of the tower, the examinees stood before the stone steps, awaiting the match’s conclusion.

It was at this moment, that they heard the sound of two successive explosions.

Due to the silencing array used within the tower, they previously hadn’t been able to hear anything, neither had they seen any projections of sword manifestations in the sky above, unlike in the battle between Tang Thirty-Six and Liang Ban Hu.

This inevitably led to them looking down slightly upon Huo Guang and Chen Chang Sheng.

Until those two thunderous explosions reverberated, akin to having detonated right beside their ears.

The examinees were astounded beyond belief; following the explosions, came the howling of air being breached; gazes turned upwards, seeing the figure that flew towards the heavens.