Chapter 675 Celestial Shadow and Sword Orb (1/2)
Atop a certain peak in Snow Lotus Peak.
Li Qingchan focused on the youthful figure in front of her. Her eyes lowered slightly as she softly said, “The art of my Snow Lotus Peak is named the Celestial Shadow Art. It is a first-cla.s.s concealment technique that specializes in a.s.sasination. If the strike fails, one may flee a thousand miles in the blink of an eye, making it impossible for anyone to give chase.”
There was some surprise in Zhou Yuan’s eyes, evidently not expecting Li Qingchan to be most skillful in a.s.sasination. He had never seen her use such a Genesis technique before.
“Junior brother Zhou Yuan, if you manage to find me, it shall be your victory.”
Li Qingchan’s red lips opened slightly. In the next instant, her figure rippled faintly as it disappeared into thin air like a ghost.
Zhou Yuan’s eyes widened. To his surprise, he had been unable to sense how she had vanished in that split second.
The peak was dotted by various cliffs, giant pines that seemingly stretched towards the sky and rocks that protruded from the ground. Shadow after shadow was painted onto the earth in complete silence.
But this silence seemed to hide a killing intent.
Zhou Yuan frowned a little. He could only sense his own Genesis Qi undulations on the peak. If he had not known this was a special situation, he would have likely believed that Li Qingchan had already quietly left the area, leaving him here alone.
Vigorous Genesis Qi whizzed and spread out from Zhou Yuan’s body, feeling for even the minutest of movements.
However, Zhou Yuan was still unable to find any traces of Li Qingchan.
He fell into a thoughtful silence before Spirit power began to reach out from between his brows to comb the area inch by inch.
A long time later, Zhou Yuan realized that even his Spirit sense was unable to detect Li Qingchan’s presence, a realization that shook his heart. Was the Celestial Shadow Art really so formidable?
“The seven Cangxuan arts are indeed extraordinary.”
Zhou Yuan inwardly sighed before he slowly shut his eyes. They opened again a split second later, an ancient Saint Rune now quietly revolving in their depths.
The Decoder Saint Rune!
When the Decoder Saint Rune appeared, the world around Zhou Yuan immediately began to change. Even the tiniest stir of Genesis Qi was now clearly visible to the naked eye.
His eyes pierced all obstructions.
“Since it is called the Celestial Shadow Art, it should naturally use shadows as its medium.”
Zhou Yuan’s sharp gaze looked towards the shaded spots on the peak. Nothing, not even shadows, could hide from his sight.
However, there was still no result after searching through every shadow on the peak. This time, Zhou Yuan’s expression finally changed a little.
“How can this be?! Even the Decoder Saint Rune can’t find her?”
He soon shook his head inside. He did not believe the Decoder Saint Rune was unable to find her. Otherwise, the Celestial Shadow Art would not be a mere high-grade Heaven Genesis technique...
“But I’ve already carefully searched every shadow on the peak…”
At this thought, Zhou Yuan’s pupils suddenly shrank before he slowly lowered his head to look at the shadow below his feet. The ancient Saint Rune revolved in his pupils as he discovered something strange in his shadow.
“She’s hiding in my shadow!”
Waves rose in Zhou Yuan’s heart. However, he did not delay any further. With a sudden stomp of his foot, powerful Genesis Qi viciously rippled towards his shadow, and he reached out and grabbed at a certain spot in his shadow.
His hand seemed to reach into s.p.a.ce itself. When pulled back out again, a fair, snow-white wrist appeared from thin air. A pretty figure quickly emerged in front of Zhou Yuan.
The figure naturally belonged to Li Qingchan.
Her face was currently filled with astonishment. She was so shocked that she was completely ignoring the fact that Zhou Yuan was tightly grabbing her wrist. A pair of bright eyes stared at Zhou Yuan in bewilderment, clearly not expecting him to so swiftly unravel her Celestial Shadow Art.
Li Qingchan could not help but ask, “How did you do it?”
Zhou Yuan smiled apologetically. “I hope you forgive me for my offense, senior sister Qingchan.”
He released her hand.
Only then did Li Qingchan see the slight bruise Zhou Yuan had left on her wrist. She gently bit her lips and deeply looked at Zhou Yuan before fis.h.i.+ng out a jade scroll.
“You’ve won,” she said.
Zhou Yuan received the scroll and fiddled with it for a while. He had become very interested in the Celestial Shadow Art. Its concealment ability was many times greater than the Ethereal Form technique, and it would become an extremely effective means of protecting himself if he managed to learn it.
When encountering a formidable opponent he could not defeat, he would be able to use the Celestial Shadow Art to hide or escape.
Moreover, it would take a considerable amount of effort for a foe to find him. After all, even he had been forced to use the Decoder Saint Rune to discover Li Qingchan’s whereabouts.
“Thanks for giving me the win.” Grinning, Zhou Yuan cupped his fists together. He did not linger a second longer, and he flew towards Sword Cometh Peak under Li Qingchan’s complicated gaze.
Countless Cangxuan Sect disciples could not help but wet their lips when they saw Zhou Yuan descend towards Sword Cometh Peak. In less than two hours, Zhou Yuan had defeated four peaks in succession and collected four of their arts.
Zhou Yuan now had five arts in his hands, putting him on equal footing as Chu Qing. If he attained one more victory, he would become the first person in a hundred years to gather six arts.
“We’ll have to see what Sword Cometh Peak’s senior brother Kong Sheng has in store for us next.”
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Atop a peak in Sword Cometh Peak.
Kong Sheng stood with his hands behind his back, his expression calm as he extended a hand where a round azure sword orb quietly hovered.