Chapter 337: Blossom Through Ice (2/2)

Crack!

First, the zhen yuan layer of a relatively weaker Astral Reaching Realm warrior's started to twist, then the sounds of zhen yuan layers breaking were heard one after another. Most of the people seemed quite pale - their ears were still ringing. Only a small number of Late Astral Reaching Realm warriors were able to block out the waves by force.

Before they were able to catch a breather, another even more powerful blasting wave broke out, and the only way for that power to go past was through the gate of the fortress. With a couple meters thick light wave shooting out, the whole fortress would have shattered if it were made of normal metal.

At this point, some of the people started to puke blood.

''Not good. Hurry to use this opportunity to head back to your rooms!''

The damaging power of two top Astral Reaching Realm warriors were horrifying. If they used all of their power, the Early Astral Reaching Realm warriors might even be shaken to death. If there were more top warriors involved in the battle, even top warriors would not be able to handle the blasting waves.

Touching the ground with his feet, Ye Chen slid out for another dozen meters.

Ice Blade was a little bit stronger than Ye Chen, so he backed out by only seven or eight steps. After finding his balance back, he stared at Ye Chen coldly.

''I admit that your attacking power is already close to top Astral Reaching Realm warriors. But, a gap is a gap, there is no way of ignoring that. Take an attack of mine! Cold Light Dawn!''

This time, his blade light was even richer, and it contained the freezing ice mentality. At the level of the Astral Reaching Realm, after digging out all of the potential of the martial arts, all there was left was the poetic mentality to explore. If it were powerful enough, then the power of one's martial art could grow stronger and stronger.

A light flashed and scattered sound was heard - the fortress started to freeze internally. The ice got thicker and thicker, which turned the whole fortress into one made of ice.

''Sky Shattering Cloud!''

A bright electric light exploded as countless snake-like electric beams shot out in all directions. Facing Ice Blade's ice-mentality, Ye Chen brought out his best thunder and cloud mentality.

The thunder clashed with that freezing ice, resulting in countless electric beams and ice chips being brought up into the sky.

''Eh? A martial art mentality of thunder? Wait, there is something else hidden within as well.'' Ice Blade frowned as he pushed his body and rushed towards Ye Chen.

Ting! Ting! Ting!

The two's bodies traveled back and forth while the sword light and the blade light spilled out everywhere. They battled from the first floor to the second, then from there to the third and fourth. Their shadows were everywhere in the fortress.

''Ice World!''

Halfway through, the Ice Blade waved his blade down, as a snow mentality was separated from his ice mentality. The temperature in the fortress dropped below zero.

''Green Lotus Accumulation!''

The Green Lotus Sword Art contained the mentality of wood and water, and the Green Lotus Accumulation was the second half of the seventh movement, so it only contained the mentality of wood. However, the Green Lotus Sword Art was quite special; the seemingly soft and gentle mentality was actually unbreakable when it was performed to its peak.

Crack!

The green lotus had been frozen, but soon, it broke through the ice light. Since the wood mentality was extremely tough, it would be able to break through anything that was in front of it. Only the mentality of gold might be able to fight against it. However, Ice Blade's zhen yuan was too rich, so the green lotus was eventually shattered.

Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!

After a couple of backward jumps, Ye Chen avoided Ice Blade's blade light and the aftershocks. He looked down at his chest, there was a huge area of frost. Luckily, he had worn an armor. Otherwise, that blade attack would have frozen all of his qi and blood, which would decrease his attacking power drastically.

'Top Astral Reaching Realm warriors are indeed powerful. I should do this quickly, burn my zhen yuan, and perform the blood explosion art simultaneously. But it would be too harsh for my body to handle.' Right then, Ye Chen's body was like a clay jar, seeming about to break at any second. And, this was only because he had trained the Pure Jade Body Boosting Art before, and had the Sky Demon Flower, so his body was in excellent condition. Otherwise, he would not have been able to last this long.

''This secret skill of yours should be the Minor Blood Demon Body Separating Great Art from the Blood Demon himself, right? Otherwise, in such a short time, I really doubt if I couldn't wound you.'' Cold Blade had the confidence to beat Ye Chen, and maybe even kill him. But, it would take him a while, since there was not a huge gap between the two's attacking power.

The blue-ish red flame kept burning while Ye Chen took a deep breath. The Star Scar Sword in his hand seemed much heavier as he lifted it up slowly.

''Green Lotus Blossom!''

Whoo!

He waved out a sword attack, bringing up a huge wave of sword wind as the sword mentality spread out in the area like a river.

''Is that your most powerful attack? Then take my Ice River Realm!'' Ice Blade screamed. He could tell that Ye Chen already had no power to continue fighting, and this attack would be able to beat him completely. After this attack, Ye Chen's life would be in his hand.

Boom!

The two's most powerful attacks clashed, a scene of ice and wood battling together, as well as that blade light and that sword light.

However, what frightened Ice Blade was that the power Ye Chen's sword light decreased, but then somehow increased back to normal. It was like a weak little plant in the winter that grew back during spring, full of life.

Ye Chen looked at Ice Blade without any expression. It was the eighth movement of the Green Lotus Sword Art. As the top of the top Earth Realm Sword Art, the eighth movement seemed to be way more powerful than the seventh movement. Furthermore, the mentality was even more powerful. Up until now, he was still only able to grasp eighty percent of the martial art.