Chapter 265 - The Nascent Soul Realm (2/2)
Yu Yifeng chanted aloud while steadying himself. Calmly, he performed several handseals and cast his magic. The clouds far up high began to stir, swirling violently as if a storm was coming. Yu Yifeng’s sword shot up the sky in a ray of golden light and plunged into the clouds and thirteen bolts of golden light rained down from above, descending at blinding speed down to the ground like a flock of eagles swooping down on a prey!
“That’s the secret technique of the Jade Qing Sect! The Dance of the Arcing Rainbow!” A startled voice yelled.
The thirteen golden shafts shone brilliantly in all their splendor and divinity. There was no one who was not awed and stunned by its awesomeness that could cover all foes and allies alike. Wan Gufeng raised his head to observe the impending strike aimed at him with narrowed eyes. “So this is the infamous secret technique of the Jade Qing Sect? It was rumored that this technique was the reason that the Jade Qing Seven was so powerful! There is truth to the rumors after all.”
Knowing better than to take Yu Yifeng’s attack lightly, he channeled his True Energy and infused them all into a protective shield. A crack of thunder rumbled in the distant sky as the thirteen golden shafts fell in unison, each looking more dangerous than the rest.
But “dangerous” was a mere understatement; as the golden shafts drew closer to their target, everyone finally felt the might of the Jade Qing Sect’s most guarded technique. The ground shook vigorously as if in fear with rocks and gravel rolling everywhere like ants scurrying to safety before a storm. Then everyone felt a shockwave that fell like a hammer and saw plants and trees being reduced to smithereens. Immediately, everyone comprehended the danger to remain in the vicinity and sounded calls of retreat. They withdrew to a safe distance and waited to see how Wan Gufeng would fare against such a deadly technique.
But no one saw how Mu Shao’ai’s expression became shrouded by shadow. The realization that the Leader had given Yu Yifeng his own sword, the Startling Rainbow Sword and had also taught him the most secret technique of the Sect, the Dance of the Arcing Rainbow, had filled him with jealousy and grudge.
But Qingyu was feeling worried. Despite the terrible might of the Dance of the Arcing Rainbow technique, Yu Yifeng simply wielded not enough power and finesse to unleash the technique’s full potential. One single ray of light would have been enough to utterly defeat Wan Gufeng, if it was Perfected Immortal Qing Chen himself who had cast the magic. The current rendition was merely one-tenth of its full power, notwithstanding the fact that Yu Yifeng’s reckless use of this technique could have seen himself wounded due to the rebound of the technique.
All thirteen rays of gold slammed into the ground, laying waste to an entire tract of land, including the spot where Wan Gufeng was standing. But to everyone’s horror, Wan Gufeng emerged fine and well from the midst of the settling dust. With a disdainful toss of his sleeves, he sneered with ice in his voice. “So this is the most powerful technique of the Jade Qing Sect?”
Yu Yifeng went pale. The technique had not only exhausted his True Energy, but he was also badly disappointed that his enemy had virtually escaped unscathed!
“Let me send all of you out now!” Wan Gufeng declared smugly. He reached an arm into the sky and grabbed his fists. The clouds churned and balled into a gigantic mass above his head and everyone could feel the pressure and tenseness of his powers slowly rising.
The contestants all felt the same petrifying panic, their feet rooted to the ground in fear. Wan Gufeng’s aura grew stronger and stronger that it spanned across the entire battlefield and everyone who felt it was frozen with terror. With their greatest nightmare coming alive, the contestants’ will to fight on slowly ebbed away.
Realizing that their options were dire, Xiao Chen spared no more thought. He tossed fire little fireballs from his palm at Wan Gufeng’s way and directed them at him. The three miniature flames flew in his direction while meshing into a single ball of flames, larger and stronger as they drew closer to their mark.
Wan Gufeng could not move at first. He stared with disbelief the balls of flames that Xiao Chen had cast at him and hardly moved. It was only when they were close, he finally felt the peril of the destructive force they contained. He leaped backward and warped to a spot more than 100 hundred feet away, just in time to see that the spot that he had been standing on a little more than a few seconds ago bursting and cracking into a sea of fire that turned every piece of wood and leaf into cinders and ash.
Despite his years of experience and the great power he wielded, Wan Gufeng could not help feeling a chill on his spine. He would have suffered an incapacitating injury if not for the warning of his spiritual senses, even with the protection afforded by his True Energy. His gaze wandered slowly to the conjurer who spelled his downfall: Xiao Chen. For the first time since the start of the tournament, he no longer regarded the younger man with contempt and disdain, but instead with pure hatred and bitterness.
But he was hardly the only one surprised; curious and disbelieving stares began to fall on Xiao Chen. No one had expected that the spell he used, while appearing to be weak and frail, was more powerful than Yu Yifeng’s Dance of the Arcing Rainbow.
The malice in Wan Gufeng’s eyes waxed greater and greater. “This cannot wait! He must be eliminated today,” he thought cruelly, “with time and resources, he’ll one day become a foe to the Order of the Divine Fire!”
Driven by this compulsion, he took one resolute step forward and vanished, teleporting quickly to just in front of Xiao Chen. Unlike before, he was truly hell-bent on killing Xiao Chen instead of merely breaking his jade note! He would sever his Spiritual Meridians and destroy him once and for all!