534 The Might of Mortal Deity (1/2)
”Has Lin Shuming been defeated?”
Everyone saw how Lin Shuming was pinned under Chen Fan's boots ever since the start of the match. He was driven from the sea to the highway, and after that, he was pushed back to the sea again. He had even used his coup de grace, but he was still no match against Chen Fan's overwhelming force. With his sword knocked to the ground, he was utterly defeated.
Lots of martial arts families were stultified by the development.
If North Qiong Sect was powerful enough to defeat Lin Shuming, who would be able to bring them down? Was the North Qiong Sect really going to become the most powerful sect in China?
The Japanese martial artists were shaken to their cores.
Chen Fan was the enemy number one in Japan. He had toppled the Five Major Temples, killed Takemiya Hiro, and crushed the Fourteenth Brigade. He alone had forced the nation of Japan to its knees, and Japan would remain weak as long as he was alive.
”My teacher had finally done it!” A'Xiu shouted excitedly.
She had forsaken the usual facade of the Queen of the Underground World in Zhong Zhou and revealed the innocent and giddy little girl inside of her.
Hua Yunfeng shook his head and said, ”Lin Shuming has reached the peak of Immortal State, so he is much more powerful than Immortal State Warriors in the late-stage of their cultivation. However, his level of attainment is still far from that of our teacher.”
Of all the audiences, he was the only one who had the knowledge and experience to comment on this battle.
Hua Yunfeng registered that Lin Shuming had reached the peak of Immortal State in all aspects of cultivation—Divine Soul, Physique Refinement, as well as True Energy. He should be able to handle six Immortal State Warriors at the same time with ease. In addition, his sword art was incredibly powerful.
However, Chen Fan was much more powerful than him.
Chen Fan had the upper hand ever since the beginning of the battle. Chen Fan's style of martial arts had an otherworldly and transcendental quality to it. It was as if he had learned his moves from a divine sage. The last punch was the quintessential of his divine style—simple but powerful. Hua Yunfeng couldn't find a proper word to describe Chen Fan's last punch, and the only words he could think of was ”invincible”.
So it was, that punch was invincible indeed!
Any attempt to counter that punch would seem weak and was ultimately ineffective. Therefore, Lin Shuming had to take the brunt force of the punch. Unfortunately for him, he was too weak.
Chen Fan had reached initial success in his Azure Thearch Longevity Body; his True Essence had reached mid-stage of Divine Sea. Therefore, he was truly invincible on this planet in any shape or form.
”So, that's it?” Red Sparrow asked incredulously.
White Tiger and Black Tortoise also found it hard to believe.
This was Lin Shuming's first battle since he finished his sixty-year-long seclusion. And he was already defeated by Chen Fan. If Chen Fan was able to bring Lin Shuming to heels, could he do the same to Ye Qincang?
”Not likely.”
Azure Dragon narrowed his glinting eyes and said, ”The battle has just started. ”
”What?”
Even as everyone was trying to understand the meaning of Azure Dragon's words, a ray of white light lanced up from the sea, and within it was Lin Shuming.
His tattered clothing was drenched. He had summoned so much power and will to defend against Chen Fan's mighty punch that he had no energy left to keep the seawater away from him.
”Chen Beixuan, you really live up to your reputation as the one-in-a-thousand-year genius. You have the body of an Earth Level Deity and the physique of an Azure Jade Bodhisattva. With ample supply of True Qi and incredible Fist Art, you are indeed a force to be reckoned with.”
Despite Lin Shuming's tattered clothes and pale face, his voice was firm and confident.
”Unfortunately, you still have not reached the Earth Deity Level. So you will die right here, right now.”
”Oh?”
Chen Fan narrowed his eyes and gave his opponent a long glance. He then smirked.
”Ah-ha, so THAT is your coup de grace. No wonder you dare to challenge me.”
”What is going on?”
The audiences were perplexed by the development.
”Brother Lin is able to command the Heaven's Will. He finally did it!” Li Changsheng exclaimed.
”Mortal Deity. Humph.”
Yao Daoyi snorted, but the jealous look on his face betrayed him.
”Brother Lin has reached Mortal Deity? Sugoi! Oh, I really wish I could exchange a few blows with him now!”
Eyes brimming with excitement, Watanabe lamented at the top of his lungs.
Kaboom!
Lin Shuming attacked.
He didn't use any divine powers, nor did he command flying swords. He simply clapped his hands and summoned a tsunami of Essence Qi. These Essence Qi converged toward him and formed the shape of a palm.
The palm was over ten meters wide. Without tapping into his True Qi, Lin Shuming waved a hand and commanded the large palm to attack Chen Fan. As the palm bore down onto Chen Fan, it released shockwaves that tore open the heavy curtain of rain.
”What?”
Everyone was stunned by the revelation.
Lin Shuming's face was pale, and his clothes were in tatters; he was clearly on his last leg. How could he still be able to unleash such unimaginable power?
”Such is the power of Mortal Deity; he could command the Power of Heaven and Earth at will,” Azure Dragon said lightly.
”Break!”