Chapter 169 Heartless Curse (2/2)

Huashang said sternly, ”Nonsense! If I can kill that person, what do I need you for? That person is in Jinghu, 700 miles from here. Will you go or not?”

”Why should an average cultivator like me dig my own grave when not even you can kill that person? Forgive me.” Xiao Chen took Li Muxue's hand and walked out of the hall.

”Kid! Did you think you can enter and leave the Heartless Palace as you please?!”

Huashang was furious. No one had dared to defy her in such a manner in the decades past. Before her voice faded, she soared into the air and sent a palm attack flying at Xiao Chen's back.

Xiao Chen could feel the surging of astral winds behind him and abruptly turned around to counteract with his own palm attack. The two palms collided. Instantly, he felt his entire body go numb. He felt as if his arm was threatening to snap off. The force flung him nearly thirty Chinese feet away before he could land on the ground.

Huashang scoffed. Seeing as she was about to strike again, Li Muxue hastily said, ”Please halt, Senior! Please tell us that person's name.”

Removing the power from her palm, Huashang raised her head and smiled. ”The girl is more sensible, as expected. Your words are pleasing to the ears.”

Xiao Chen reached out to stop her. ”Muxue, there's no need to talk to her!” To be honest, he didn't mind helping Huashang deal with her nemesis for Qingfeng's sake. What he despised were her coercive methods. Thus, it was impossible for him to compromise today.

However, Li Muxue was concerned about the Heartless Curse planted on his body. She took a step forward and said, ”Please tell us who you want us to kill.”

Huashang said icily, ”Listen well. That slut is called Yanluo!” Her gaze was bitterly cold and her expression was filled with anger.

Not only did Li Muxue shake, but her face turned pale as well. Yanluo was also one of the Jade Qing Seven as well as Huashang's junior sister. Why did Huashang sound like she despised Yanluo down to her bones?

Xiao Chen replied coolly, ”Never mind the fact that I'm no match for Senior Yanluo. Even if I am, I won't help you kill her.” He reached for Li Muxue's hand again and said, ”Let's go, Muxue.”

A furious Huashang said sternly, ”Kid! Don't dream of leaving this place alive today!” She suddenly soared into the air and attacked Xiao Chen with her palm.

Once again, her palm attack carried a force strong enough to split mountains. The entire public square was instantly swept into a gale. The trees and plants nearby shook under the force of the palm attack before snapping in half.

Xiao Chen narrowed his eyes. With a flick of his sleeves, he pushed Li Muxue more than ten Chinese feet away and hastily activated the Mystic Cyan Protective Spell. Simultaneously, he triggered the flow of Qi throughout his body. The power harvested in his 12 spiritual meridians poured out from the hollow of his palm, its momentum resembling a dragon rising from the sea. He was forcefully borrowing the strength of a Core Forming Realm cultivator.

The force from the two palm attacks collided in midair, resulting in the collapse of mountains and cracking in the ground. More than 10 staggering cracks formed on the ground where the two powers met. The trees nearby were all reduced into sawdust under such surging force.

Everyone was stunned. Even Chu Lingjiao, who was watching from a distance, couldn't believe her eyes. Even though their master didn't truly launch a killer attack, Xiao Chen was still able to block her attack with his own strength. Just how high was his cultivation?

Suddenly, Huashang's gaze turned ice-cold. She said dispassionately. ”Concealed strength? You're a Core Forming Realm cultivator?”

Even though Xiao Chen had expanded most of his True Energy to block her palm attack earlier, he still looked calm and composed at this moment. He said placidly, ”I told you that countless cultivation methods exist. Even though your cultivation method is marvelous, it's not necessarily the best in this world.”

”Very well!”

Despite Huashang's words, she thought that this kid possessed a profound cultivation method despite how meager his cultivation appeared. If she could get a glimpse of his method and add that to her use of the Heartless Cultivation Method, who in this world would be her rival? However, this kid was even more stubborn than she was. She supposed that he wouldn't give in easily unless she subdues him completely.

Considering this, she sneered inwardly and started shaking both of her hands. The sky, cloudless just moments ago, abruptly became overcast with dark clouds. It looked like the heaven itself was collapsing. A boundless force started spreading with her as the core, causing everyone's expression to shift drastically.

Out of the blue, a gargantuan sword bathed in white radiance appeared in the air. Under the guidance of Huashang's spell, the gargantuan sword rapidly dived down on Xiao Chen. The onlookers gasped at how vicious the power imbued in this sword was. Countless tiles exploded before the sword even touched the ground. Finally, under the immense pressure of the force, they were reduced into dust.

In the distance, Li Muxue cried out in alarm. Huangfu Xin'er remained indifferent. No one knew if it was because she had completely forgotten her feelings for Xiao Chen or she was sure that her master's attack wouldn't kill him.

Enveloped in a boundless force, Xiao Chen was unable to move. He desperately used the Mystic Cyan Cultivation Method, forming layer upon layer of golden radiance to block the sword. However, in the face of the ruthless pressure of the gargantuan sword, the Barrier formed out of his True Energy appeared as weak as cicada's wings. It had no power to resist at all as the sword pressure shattered one layer after another

When the gargantuan sword was less than three feet away from his head, Xiao Chen finally felt the thorough depletion of his True Energy. Both of his feet sank straight into the ground. Blood began to ooze out of every inch of his skin. When he felt like he no longer had the strength to block the sword, a clear zither sound came drifting from the horizon.

The sound of zither came abruptly, yet carried an intangible power. Unexpectedly, the sound was able to considerably slow the movement of the gargantuan sword. Then came another burst of zither sound and the white radiance of the sword dimmed quite a bit. When the final zither sound reverberated, the sword transformed into specks of stars and dissipated into nothingness in no time at all.