Chapter 327: Breaking through Ye Qingtians Attack. (1/2)
Chapter 327: Breaking through Ye Qingtian's Attack.
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A sense of danger prevailed.
Zhou Bao relaunched the Three Realms Division and with a shrill whistle, he disappeared and re-appeared more than 100 feet away.
Stars filled the sky!
In the afternoon, amidst the wilderness of the northern prairie, an unforgettable sight appeared! Starlight vied with the sun, overshadowing its rays and filling the sky with its brilliance. To the north, there appeared seven bright stars which constituted the Big Dipper.
It was different from the Big Dipper he had seen previously. It was not in the shape of a ladle, but instead had three stars on top and four below and looked rather odd.
The seven stars projected a formidable force created from heaven and the column of silver beams shone down directly on Ye Qingtian.
The star force that surrounded Ye Qintian surged forward forming crest upon crest of silver waves, which turned into a rotating funnel, similar to a tornado, sucking up everything in its path.
Zhou Bao hissed! Even though he had nine acupoints and a particularly powerful Internal Qi, he could not make use of the force from heaven and earth to increase his attack force like what Ye Qingtian did. No matter how much power there was in a man's Internal Qi, there was no way one could compete with the forces of heaven and earth.
Using this tremendous power, Zhou Bao restarted the Three Realms Division thrice in order to return to where he thought was a safe area.
”Zhou Bao, this time you have really made me furious! I'll definitely kill you here today! I will show you what my Big Dipper Magical Punch is capable of doing!”
”Big Dipper Magical Punch?” Zhou Bao halted abruptly in his tracks and distracted for a moment, after hearing the familiar yet strange sounding expression.
”Boy, be careful, the Big Dipper Emperor's supreme weapon is the Big Dipper Magical Punch and never have I known of anyone who survived an attack from this weapon!
Green Spirit shouted out a warning. Zhou Bao immediately felt a bout of cold air hitting him with a powerful blast. Engulfed in the blast, he could see a swirling ring of stars that stretched across the universe, distracting him with its movements.
Suddenly he spied an enormous fist made up of starlight hurtling toward him with a massive force!
It was a good chance!
Instead of experiencing fear, Zhou Bao welcomed the attack!
The first attack though enormous, it had too many flaws. Zhou Bao felt that it differed from his method of attack and was not so good.
The attack could be described as such:
The Big Dipper was primal in nature, overwhelming and penetrating at the same time, but to Zhou Bao, its power resembled that of a decrepit building, run-down and dilapidated in appearance, a former shell of its previous existence. Zhou Bao had a different type of weapon. Even though his defense weapon was new, it was crafted entirely by him and had a very solid foundation. In comparison to his fist intent, the Big Dipper did have certain powers but was a hopelessly archaic fist technique, which was a joke to him.
It was this incomplete fist intent that gave Zhou Bao a good fighting chance.
”The Big Dipper fist intent is really worthy of studying, but you meant to belittle me as you used it against me!”
With a sneer on his face, Zhou Bao summoned his Internal Qi, clenched his fists, and threw a forceful punch.
Boom!
Ye Qingtian reeled from the massive blow and his face blanched in shock.
”This is...”
When he lifted his head, he froze at the sight.
Even though he was surrounded by the powerful force shield of the Big Dipper, it was of no help. Behind Zhou Bao, a black sun steadily rose, beating down on the earth with its scorching rays.
It was indeed a bizarre scenario! In comparison with the Nine Heavens Star Force which he summoned and together with the Big Dipper, the power of the black sun was considerably weaker. But the force of the black sun managed to keep his own fist intent in check. No matter how he tried to resurge his power, he could not advance.
”What is this weapon I am up against? How could this happen? He is much weaker than I am!”
A smile flickered across the corners of Zhou Bao's mouth. ”You've bullied a lot of people with your fist intent, right?”
”You!” An expression of sheer panic flashed across Ye Qingtian's face. The Big Dipper Magical Punch was one of his unique skills. In the Li dynasty, regardless of how powerful his enemies were, he was always undefeated as long as he used the Big Dipper force, driven by his Internal Qi and the Essential Gang. Yet today, he came across such a strange fellow who was able to totally suppress his fist intent, even though his force was not as powerful as his star force. How did this happen?
Ye Qingtian was horrified, but before he could react, something even more frightening happened. The surrounding environment began to change. He was covered by his own fist intent, amidst brilliant starlight, but now a mysterious darkness swallowed up the brilliance.
The starlight disappeared. Under the black sun, a huge, mysterious, and black hole was forming. It was chipping away at the Nine Heavens Star Force.
Bang!
All the horror, the surprise, and ideas flashed in a moment. At this moment, the huge fist of starlight had come to Zhou Bao, but it did not strike him and was completely disintegrated by a mysterious force, disappearing without a trace. The starlight that was condensed into the fist had been turned into numerous spots of light, going into the mysterious black hole.
This is impossible!” Finally, with a mighty roar, as Ye Qingtain gathered all his strength and tried to resurrect the silver starlight, a huge fist formed once more.
Destroy it! He heard Zhou Bao's cold voice giving the command. An enlarging black shadow loomed and slammed into the center of the starlight.
”Whoa!”
Ye Qingtian's face turned a ghastly shade of white. A great force hurtled toward him and shattered his fist of starlight. The force struck him repeatedly.
If the Sky measuring Star Ruler had not been there to protect him, he would have been shattered to pieces by the blow. And only then did he see what the shadow was.
It was a fist, Zhou Bao's fist!
”You idiot, do you think you can defeat my fist? Hehe, I've been waiting for this!” Zhou Bao's mocking laughter rang in his ears. To salvage his pride, Ye Qingtian was all ready to retaliate, but another force hit him unexpectedly. Zhou Bao's second fist came.
”Your fist is powerful indeed, but I have the Sky-measuring Star Ruler. Do you really think that you have the power to break my Sky-measuring Star Ruler?”
Unknown to others, but because he had inherited the Star Palace, he knew that the Sky-measuring Star Ruler had been put into the Constellation Sea by the Palace Leader and had been purified for more than 10, 000 years. The massive star force that it contained had reached a tenth of the Constellation Sea. It had no chance to turn into a fairy weapon. No matter how powerful Zhou Bao was, and how strong his fist strength was, he was a mere mortal. Could he really overcome the power of the Sky-measuring Star Ruler?
Such situations only occurred in myths and he did not believe in that.
But what happened next made him feel like he was in the midst of a myth.
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!
One punch was not enough, a series of punches followed.
Within a few moments, Zhou Bao had made five successive hard punches, right on target, at the protective star force.
His Big Dipper fist intent could not withstand Zhou Bao's iron-fisted punches and broke down completely.
”Building up the star force and adding your divine thoughts are what your fist intent is doing? You really don't get it, do you?
Zhou Bao roared with rage and the five punches rained down on the Sky-Measuring Star Ruler, making it quiver. Even though the Sky-measuring Star Ruler was not easily broken, Ye Qingtian, sheltering in the middle, felt a surge of panic.
”Monster, he's a monster!”
Ye Qintian had the ability to conjure up a powerful fist strength, but he lacked the capability to throw in five rapid punches and make each punch more powerful than the last. Even with the knowledge of the workings of the Big Dipper Magical Punch that he had inherited from the Big Dipper Emperor, he was still incapable of the task. The Big Dipper Magical Punch was equipped with the power of seven movements and seven punches. Even after using his best efforts in creating such a force, he could not attain the required speed.
What did that mean?
This meant that the power displayed by Zhou Bao's five punches had already surpassed that of the Big Dippers Magical Punch.
Or the powers of the Dipper Magical Punch was already outdated.
Having smashed Ye Qingtian's fist intent with the five successive punches, Zhou Bao was still raring to go.
The Big Dipper Magical Punch had been destroyed but there were lessons to be learned from the incident. Zhou Bao neither had the time nor inclination to learn from the incident. After destroying Ye Qingtian's fist intent, he operated his fist intent and infused the fist intent of the Big Dipper Magical Punch into it. The suddenly appeared black hole had not only absorbed the essence of the Big Dipper Magical Punch but also the invincible star force.
”The Sky-measuring Star Ruler is so tenacious and its defense force is really incredible!”
”Humph, so what, Ye Qingtian may be powerful but his strength isn't enough to exert the full power of the Sky-measuring Star Ruler!” Green Spirit exclaimed. ”This is a good breakthrough! He has been thrown into confusion by you. We just need a little more effort to break down the protective shield of the Sky Measuring Star Ruler and he will be rendered totally helpless.”
It was true that Zhou Bao now had the upper hand, and the battle was completely in his favor.
The assassins who had come to the Great Jin from the Li dynasty with Ye Qingtian were at Level Eight or Nine, but they could not see the changes in the field. The Nine Heavens starlight totally obscured Zhou Bao and Ye Qingtian. All they could see was a silver field of starlight within a radius of nearly 1,000 feet. They did not know what had taken place in the field and no one had the courage to find out.
From the starlit field, they could hear muffled sounds coming at short intervals. All the sounds blended together, sounding like the roar of a gigantic beast and overwhelmed the people there.
At this moment, Zhou Bao had reached the critical point of the battle and the Heavenly Jade Technique and the Snake-like Breath Holding Skill were converging as one.