206 Cause and Effec (1/2)

Woah!

The black, glowing halo around Zhong Ya started flowing, and the inner Yuan emerged from his body just like a giant black ball of fire. His entire being suddenly became like a worldly, glorious god, floating mightily in the air.

Afterwards, both his hands trembled. He reached out with both his hands, welding a knife and whipped forward as if he wanted to cast Zhou Donghuang aside before sticking a knife into him to end him once and for all.

”Just by converting your Dharma into armor, you believe that will cover up and make up for all your weak spots?”

Towards Zhong Ya, who was charging towards him, Zhou Donghuang's mouth arched into a mocking smile, and he then violently shook the hand holding his folding fan, sending it flying forward.

Swish!

The fan cut through the air and slightly brushed past Zhong Ya's left palm, frustrating him.

At the same time, Zhou Donghuang's moving body brushed past Zhong Ya's palm at the same time while the former reached out his hand like a shot of lightning, pulling the fan back to him.

All these things happened in an instant.

As for Zhong Ya, he had never imagined that Zhou Donghuang would be able to have such a fast reaction within such a short period of time and manage to open up his left hand.

One had to know that his right hand's fist had been aiming for the folding fan that Zhou Donghuang was holding on to.

”That reaction time was scarily fast!” Zhong Ya's heart lurched.

This was the first time he had met such a powerfully scary being. It was as if Zhou Donghuang was able to anticipate his enemy's every move and gain an advantage even before his enemy could take any action.

It was as if Zhong Ya was not fighting with a young man of about 20 years old, and instead, it felt like he was fighting with an old beast that was a veteran of war, or who had experienced hundreds of years of battle.

”Well, what does it matter that he evaded my one palm? My power can easily take him down!”

Zhong Ya's right hand shot out like a knife, and in it, he welded a narrow knife that had a black tip. He lunged forward towards Zhou Donghuang, slicing the knife down in the air. The sound this action made was piercing and caused one to wince.

”If he doesn't bother to hide, he's really stupid then!”

Zhong Ya's eyes flashed and a maniacal expression appeared on his face. ”As for me, at most, I'll just suffer a few more minor injuries.”

Just as the black tip of the knife was about to slice Zhou Donghuang's body in half, at that very moment, Zhou Donghuang's waist, as well as the lower part of his body, glowed with silver light. Strangely, his upper body folded up and now seemed to be extremely malleable, like it did not contain any bones and could be folded at will.

How could someone transform their body like that?!

Hm!

The knife in Zhong Ya's hand fell just like his previous punch had.

”How can this be!?”

Seeing as Zhou Donghuang had miraculously managed to push away the knife that he so confidently thrust out, Zhong Ya's face immediately changed and a cold sweat began to drip down his face.

At the same time, he frantically adjusted the power within him in hopes of launching a second attack. However, right at this very moment, the lower half of Zhou Donghuang's body, which had folded up, now used the tension amassed to bounce forward like a strong arrow shot by an archer, aiming directly for Zhong Ya.

”Oh no!”

Quickly, Zhong Ya activated all the remaining inner Yuan within him and emptied it all out. He used the pure black armor that was created to hide himself.

Hm!

Towards the fan that Zhou Donghuang had re-brandished, Zhong Ya could feel the silver glow and the power emanating from the fan. He put his hands together in preparation for a strong attack by Zhou Donghuang.

Pshhh!

Suddenly, the fan that Zhou Donghuang had thrown across in the air was blocked by Zhong Ya's two hands. It had met with Zhong Ya while it was glowing bright with silver light.

”Young man, do not overestimate the power of a Dharma adept. It's much more powerful than you think!”

Zhong Ya smiled victoriously as he had managed to fend off Zhou Donghuang's attack. ”Just you wait till my next move!”

”Well, it's not too shabby for you to be known in the future as the first to be killed by me, a Dharma adept!”

At this moment, Zhong Ya acted as if he had already won this battle.

Psh!

Zhou Donghuang laughed mockingly in return and, at the same time, he waved the fan in his right hand violently. Zhong Ya's heart immediately had an uneasy feeling. He clasped his hands together once more and attempted to snatch Zhou Donghuang's fan by force.

Yet, the fan in Zhou Donghuang's hand was as slippery as a slug. No matter how earnestly Zhong Ya tried, the fan still easily slipped from his hands.

”No...”

After the fan slipped from Zhong Ya's fingers, Zhong Ya felt as if something was amiss, and his facial expression suddenly changed as well. He suddenly let out a frantic and pained cry.

Psh!

The fan that had escaped Zhong Ya's hands acted as if it was a wild beast that had escaped its cage. It flopped around like a fish out of water, shooting around in the sky like a beam of silver light.

Psh! Pow!

Fresh blood spattered everywhere.

Phew!

A brain flew into the sky.

Zhong Ya now suffered the same fate as the Xuanyin Sect's Primal Core adepts who had previously died at the hands of Zhou Donghuang.

On the 10th of October, 1233 of the Ziyun Era, after 3 years, Zhou Donghuang had appeared at the Feast of Ziyun and murdered Zhong Ya of the Xuanyin Sect in front of all the various guests present. He delivered the consequences he had promised Zhong Ya when the latter had disobeyed his orders back then in the Valley of the Medicine Masters.

Zhong Ya had thus also become immortalized in history as the Dharma adept who had lived the shortest life.

He had been killed after stepping into the Dharma realm for a mere three days.

This battle between Zhou Donghuang and Zhong Ya was extremely fast-paced, and if one were to be distracted or failed to observe closely, they would have missed several exciting scenes.

The entire Feast of Ziyun had thus fallen into a silence ever since the duo had started fighting.