Chapter 705: Unparalleled (2/2)
This was how Xiao Chen had always been. He maintained his own principles in this cruel world. He would not try and s.n.a.t.c.h the treasures of others.
But if anyone tried to cause him trouble, he would not show them any mercy. He would chase them to the ends of the world, paying any price in order to kill them.
Thus, Xiao Chen’s reputation for ruthlessness spread.
On this particular day, Xiao Chen did as he usually did, searching for Earth Essence Fruits. As time went by, the Earth Essence Fruits became harder to find.
However, he was in no rush. He had already collected enough Earth Essence Fruits. He was merely collecting extras just in case or to sell for Spirit Stones.
About a kilometer in the sky behind Xiao Chen, a group of cultivators in the Ximen Clan’s uniform was watching him from afar.
Compared to the last time, the group had an additional youth with sharp eyebrows. Aside from Ximen Ye, the rest maintained a certain distance from this person, acting very cautious around him.
“Cousin, that is the person who defeated Ximen Jian.” Ximen Ye pointed to Xiao Chen in the distance.
This new person was the arrogant Ximen Bao. His strength seemed unfathomable. He was a late-stage Superior Grade Martial Monarch who looked like he could break through to half-Sage at any time.
Ximen Bao had a flickering sharp look in his eyes that deterred others from making direct eye contact. He smiled and said, “This is good timing. I have completed my Heaven Ranked Martial Technique to seventy percent. I shall go and take a look, see if this person is as powerful as you guys say, see if he can block a few moves from me.”
After killing a venomous python, Xiao Chen picked the strange fruit behind it. After checking the fruit, he found it to be a poisonous fruit. So he casually tossed it into his Universe Ring and prepared to continue on his way.
Suddenly, Xiao Chen detected some killing Qi. Using his Spiritual Sense, he tracked down the source of the killing Qi. Soon, a certain scene appeared in his mind.
He saw a sharp sword Qi glittering with a crystalline light flying through the sky, cutting through the turbid air.
“Dang!”
The sword Qi moved very fast, not giving Xiao Chen much time to think. He spun around and held his saber against his chest.
A crisp ‘clang’ resounded, and the force contained in the sword Qi exploded out, pus.h.i.+ng him back five hundred meters. A deep, fifty-meter-wide pit appeared where he previously stood.
The left hand holding the saber scabbard went numb. Xiao Chen looked up and discovered a group of people from the Ximen Clan descending from the sky.
Then, he noticed Ximen Bao, whose strength was much higher than the rest, within the crowd. So he raised his guard.
“You are quite capable, to be able to withstand my sword Qi. Unexpectedly, you are not even lightly injured.”
Ximen Bao landed on the swamp and looked at Xiao Chen. He smiled coldly and said, “However, that is still not enough to survive injuring someone from my Ximen Clan.”
“Pu ci!”
Without any warning, Ximen Bao flicked his wrist, moving his sword from down to up, and sent out a curtain-like sword Qi at Xiao Chen.
The curtain-like sword Qi was as thin as cicada’s wings and more than fifty meters tall. As it flew at Xiao Chen, it easily sliced the swamp in half, appearing to cut through the air as well.
The sword screen moved in a flash, arriving before Xiao Chen in the blink of an eye. It looked like it would cut him into two.
A saber light flickered as Xiao Chen instantly drew the Lunar Shadow Saber. He did not dare to be careless at all, so he unleashed his Great Perfection saber light without holding back.
Suddenly, Xiao Chen’s aura billowed up. His unparalleled, earth-shaking Quintessence surged and infused into his slender saber.
At the same time, his immortal state of thunder formed thunderclouds in the sky above. They flickered with boundless electric light, and thunder rumbled just like the snarl of an immortal thunder G.o.d.
Xiao Chen held his saber with both hands and blocked the sword Qi just as it arrived.
“Bang!”
The saber edge and the sword Qi clashed, and a resplendent Quintessence shock wave erupted. The horrifying force surged out, blasting four or five meters off the top of the marsh.
The sword Qi’s might did not diminish, continuing to push against the saber edge and pus.h.i.+ng Xiao Chen back step by step.
Endless explosions came from both sides. The mud shot straight into the sky like tall streams of water.
Ximen Bao seemed somewhat astonished. His seemingly casual attack was not as simple as it looked.
He had not only used seventy percent of his strength but had also infused in his sixty-percent-comprehended sword intent. Apart from not including his state, he had exerted most of his power.
Despite all that, Ximen Bao had failed to injure Xiao Chen, only pus.h.i.+ng him back.
Seeing that Xiao Chen was unscathed, Ximen Ye suggested, “Should we attack together?”
Ximen Bao smiled arrogantly and replied, “There is no need. Just surround him, and don’t let him run. If I cannot even deal with someone like him, my name shall not be Ximen Bao anymore.”
“Xiu!”
The force behind the sword Qi did not stop as Ximen Bao soared up like an arrow. He moved very fast and arrived before Xiao Chen in the blink of an eye. He thrust his sword towards Xiao Chen’s eyes.
A sword light appeared, giving off a cold radiance. This attack made use of the time when Xiao Chen could not withdraw fast to attack his eyes. It was extremely insidious.
Xiao Chen’s eyes flickered with scarlet light, and the state of ma.s.sacre merged into his saber. Then, he swung with both hands, and a scarlet light filled the air, shattering the sword Qi.
After that, he managed to pull back and swing his saber up, deflecting Ximen Bao’s insidious attack.
Using his momentum, Ximen Bao sent an attack at Xiao Chen’s midriff. He had keen reactions and rapid motions, which made it hard for anyone to make out his moves.
Swinging his saber, Xiao Chen could only continue blocking. The vast Quintessence in the sword benumbed his arms, and he retreated another ten meters.