As Yan Zhaoge turned and gazed over, he saw a few people enter the foreign dimension. At their head was a middle-aged man at the seventh level of the Martial Grandmaster realm, the early Essence Talisman stage.
It was Yang Chufan who stood beside that middle-aged man.
Seeing Yan Zhaoge, Yang Chufan hurriedly said to the middle-aged man beside him, “Junior apprentice-brother Fang, this is that Young Master Yan, Yan Zhaoge who saved us earlier.”
The middle-aged man nodded before he bowed to Yan Zhaoge, “Spirit Rhino Island’s Fang Zhaohong thanks this friend for saving the members of my sect.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 502: Many different ways to fight
HSSB502: Many different ways to fight
Looking at this middle-aged Essence Talisman Martial Grandmaster before him, Yan Zhaoge nodded slightly, “Greetings.”
As the gazes of the people of Spirit Rhino Island landed on the stone statue behind Yan Zhaoge, they all seemed rather puzzled.
Fang Zhaohong’s gaze swept past the stone statue, not resting on it as he turned to look at Yan Zhaoge, saying, “If you are free, why don’t you pay a visit to my Spirit Rhino Island where we can properly express our gratitude.”
Yan Zhaoge smiled, shaking his head, “I am preparing to head to Changli Mountain after this. If there is a need to in the future, I might have to bother your sect then.”
Fang Zhaohong said, “We welcome you at any time.”
Yan Zhaoge looked at the stone statue beside him, smiling, “To be honest, I have only found this thing within this foreign dimension. I am ashamed to say that I have still yet to understand it completely.”
“It should be a good thing, but it is clearly unable to be split. What does your sect say to this?”
Fang Zhaohong raised his hand, making a ‘please’ gesture as he slowly said, “If it were someone else, our sect would still have to compete for it a bit. Ownerless treasures belong to the able, having nothing to do with the order in which one arrives.”
“However, you saved so many of us from the people of the Evil Shifting Sect just now, and we are truly grateful for that. Since you arrived first, being the first to discover this treasure, we will naturally not compete with you over it.”
While saying so, he stepped back, indicating that he would not get into a conflict with Yan Zhaoge over this treasure. Yang Chufan and the other Spirit Rhino Island martial practitioners who had followed him in stepped back as well.
From the looks of it, they seemed about to leave the foreign dimension.
Fang Zhaohong said, “We will wait for you outside. If you want to travel to the Directionless Sea where Changli Mountain is, the closest route lies through our sect’s Spirit Rhino Sea. We could travel together as a group.”
“Being so young yet already possessing such a shocking cultivation base, we hope that you can give a few more pointers to the youngsters of our Spirit Rhino Island.”
Yan Zhaoge smiled, “You are polite.”
Seeing Fang Zhaohong and the others disappear before him, Yan Zhaoge did not continue connecting with the stone statue. Instead, he grabbed it with force, instead to first keep this mysterious treasure and leave the rest for after he had left this place.
His true essence enveloping the stone statue, the stone statue seemed fixed to the ground, only shaking a little as Yan Zhaoge was unable to shift it at all with his first attempt.
Yan Zhaoge’s current cultivation base was such that he would be able to uproot even a mountain.
However, shifting the stone statue now, he had the feeling of trying to shake this entire foreign dimension.
This feeling was even heavier than when he had moved the true dragon’s corpse at the old residence of the Glacial Dragon Martial Saint back then.
Yan Zhaoge’s expression did not change as he exerted additional force, with streams of clear qi simultaneously emitted from his body and infused within the acupoints of that stone statue.
The entire foreign dimension was shaking slightly, but that heavy stone statue finally left the ground.
Yan Zhaoge opened his Shadow Shrinking Pouch, wanting to keep it within. However, it felt extremely difficult.
Doing the same as before, the pillar of the Divine Palace served its use and suppressed the stone statue, causing it to instead feel much lighter.
Now, light suddenly flickered above Yan Zhaoge’s head!
Streams of light intermingled within the air, seemingly forming a circular mirror. A figure surfaced within the light of the mirror. Shockingly, it was precisely Fang Zhaohong who had just left!
Fang Zhaohong appeared just mere inches away from Yan Zhaoge, next striking out simultaneously with his palms towards him!
Spirit Rhino Island supreme martial art, Spiritual Light Flashes!
Borrowing his true martial intent that he had left behind in secret, Fang Zhaohong’s sudden assault was virtually like instant teleportation as most would be hard pressed to defend against it.
Having left and then returned, he brought down his palms together, jade light flickering as an enormous true martial talisman appeared, profound and mysterious.
However, the world between him and Yan Zhaoge was suddenly separated by darkness.
At this moment, a distance of just mere inches away felt as great as that between the heavens and the earth.
Fang Zhaohong’s heart sunk. He changed his palm-technique, streams of jade light circulating as they proceeded forth amidst the darkness.
However, the boom of thunder suddenly resounded within the boundless darkness. The next moment, the space was filled with strange white thunder light that shot over towards Fang Zhaohong like the tides of a sea!
Fang Zhaohong was shocked somewhat. He hurriedly retracted his palms and retracted, his entire person seemingly transforming into a jade light which shifted about and zigzagged within the air.
Enveloped by the Thunder of Eternal Night, Yan Zhaoge’s figure was indistinctly visible, “Oh, Spirit Rhino Island’s martial arts also have some unique areas of their own.”
Fang Zhaohong knit his brows, striking out towards Yan Zhaoge with a palm while his other palm waved within the air.
Mirror-light flickered within the air. It was a high-grade spirit artifact!
Radiance surged as Fang Zhaohong’s figure flashed, coming before Yan Zhaoge once more.
One hand on the shoulder of the stone statue, Yan Zhaoge flickered his other sleeve, the roar of a dragon resounding as green light flickered within that sleeve.
The high-grade spirit artifact, the Green Abyss Sword, transformed into a green dragon under Yan Zhaoge’s will, viciously shooting towards Fang Zhaohong’s mirror-light!
“An Essence Spirit Martial Grandmaster who possesses a high-grade spirit artifact?” Fang Zhaohong’s heart sunk once more, his mind falling completely calm as he unleashed Spirit Rhino Island’s supreme martial art, the Spirit Rhino Palm, to its maximum level.
Executed by Fang Zhaohong, this martial art was worlds away from when it had been executed by Yang Chufan.
Fang Zhaohong’s eyes shone with jade light, resembling two round mirrors. On the mirrors were reflected the possible variations that might follow with Yan Zhaoge’s sword.
His true martial talisman circulating, streams of profound aura connected with the surrounding area.
Fang Zhaohong transformed into a streak of jade light, avoiding Yan Zhaoge’s sword.
Jade light flickered continuously as he calculated the variations in Yan Zhaoge’s sword arts whilst attempting to find a weakness within through which to counterattack.
Seeing this, Yan Zhaoge laughed lightly, “Spirit Rhino achieving Consonance, countering the enemy and seizing the initiative?”
His sword arts did not change as his gaze suddenly turned deep as an abyss and a sea.
Fang Zhaohong’s mind wavered slightly. Before his eyes seemed to appear a gigantic spirit turtle, unmoving and unshaking as it remained concealed within the
depths of the sea.
The sea’s surface seemed completely without winds or waves, all silent as no ripples appeared on it at all.
His high-grade spirit artifact, the Jade Light Mirror, achieved perfect harmony with Spirit Rhino Island’s Spirit Rhino Palm, predicting an enemy’s moves and countering them to obtain victory.
However, at this moment, with his mind completely blank, there was no way at all for him to project Yan Zhaoge’s upcoming moves and variations.
Yan Zhaoge executed Coiling Dragon Sleeve techniques whilst also the mental arts of the Ocean Stabilising Spirit Fist of the Six Spirit Demonic Fists, instantly denying Fang Zhaohong’s methods.
“I don’t know why you decided to make a move on me…” Yan Zhaoge said mildly, “However, I don’t actually care about the reason. Also, don’t you say to me anything like it was a misunderstanding.”
Before his voice had fallen, Yan Zhaoge’s sword-technique had changed once more.
As the green dragon flew, it suddenly opened its mouth and roared. The galaxy instantly tilted as specks of starlight filled the surrounding space, enveloping Fang Zhaohong.
Yan Zhaoge was currently not using the Ocean Stabilising Spirit Fist anymore. Spiritual light flashing within his mind, Fang Zhaohong could project the variations in his sword once more.
However, as Yan Zhaoge’s sword shot over now, it contained myriad variations as there seemed to be innumerable potential possibilities. Fang Zhaohong was left completely unable to complete his projections.
Instantly, Fang Zhaohong had been struck by several swords.
His injuries could not be considered serious. As compared to the wounds on his body, what caused Fang Zhaohong more discomfort was the feeling of countless things having been forcibly stuffed within his brain that seemed like it was going to explode.
That discomforting feeling pressured Fang Zhaohong towards wishing to terminate his usage of the Spirit Rhino Palm.
“Aren’t you very proficient in projecting? You’re unable to hold on just like this?” Yan Zhaoge smiled, already having completely kept the stone statue.
Without the stone statue holding him back, Yan Zhaoge’s power erupted mightily, no longer using any subtle combat methods as he instead focused his power directly for a mighty, head-on clash!
“You cannot keep up with the complicated stuff. Let us make it a little simpler then.”
Saying thus, Yan Zhaoge’s sword rampaged through the air, shooting towards Fang Zhaohong with the momentum of splitting the heavens!
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 503: Since you want to die, I’ll grant your wish
HSSB503: Since you want to die, I’ll grant your wish
As Yan Zhaoge struck out with his sword, infinite starlight gathered, seemingly merging into one.
As the green dragon roared, it merged together with the sea of stars, seven specks of light appearing on the surface of its body, resembling the Big Dipper hanging high within the sky.
The Dragon Riding Seven Stars turned infinite sword-light into a single entity, targeted straight at Fang Zhaohong.
Fang Zhaohong’s mind relaxed slightly. Currently, the myriad variations had already completely vanished, only a single one remaining.
His Spirit Rhino Island’s Spirit Rhino Palm was proficient in projections, analysing the upcoming thoughts of an opponent whilst unceasingly discarding the false and storing the real, obtaining the likeliest movements of the opponent and allowing him to deal with it as a result.
With Yan Zhaoge’s previous sword-light, myriad, countless possibilities had surged within Fang Zhaohong’s mind together, each one seeming so real that it had been hard for him to project, hard for him to analyse.
It was much simpler now, only a single variation remaining.
Or rather, Yan Zhaoge did not intend on changing this sword at all!
Yet, it was this unchanging sword that seemed miraculous despite its degeneracy, simple with its extreme complexity, causing Fang Zhaohong to be hard pressed to deal with it.
A powerful force was condensed within this one sword, breaking through Fang Zhaohong’s palm technique before shooting over, sealing off even his path of retreat.
At this moment, Fang Zhaohong could only feel that there was nothing that he could do other than forcibly meeting this sword head on!
Faced with Yan Zhaoge’s seemingly indestructible sword at this moment, his true martial intent and his essence talisman that was condensed of his true essence began gradually cracking, seemingly about to shatter!
He was completely clear about the path of this sword.
However, he would not be able to block it!
Greatly shocked, Fang Zhaohong roared before spinning abruptly, transforming into a streak of light as he wanted to escape within that high-grade spirit artifact, the Jade Light Mirror.
At this crucial moment, Fang Zhaohong once again executed Spirit Rhino Island’s supreme martial art, Spiritual Light Flashes.
Currently left where it was as Fang Zhaohong’s substitute, the Jade Light Mirror shook intensely as it was pressured by Yan Zhaoge’s sword-light. However, Fang Zhaohong could really care less now.
“You can’t run,” Yan Zhaoge looked indifferent as other than his left hand that was wielding the Green Abyss Sword, his left hand had already long been prepared, the fingers now spreading apart before clenching into a fist.
Within Yan Zhaoge’s palm, there seemed to be an existence like a mass of chaos.
Accompanied by the spreading of his fingers, numerous chaotic streams of qi expanded, pervading the surrounding space.
Meanwhile, when Yan Zhaoge’s fingers clenched into a fist, the chaotic qi turned into an existence like a black hole.
Everything within the surrounding space, whether material or formless, seemed to be simultaneously pulled by a boundless suction force towards Yan Zhaoge’s left palm.
The Jade Light Mirror shook even more intensely in the space before him as a great amount of light shot out from the air, flickering for no good reason.
A streak of jade light was forcibly sucked out from within the Jade Light Mirror as Fang Zhaohong’s figure now resurfaced.
Meanwhile, that terrifying sword-light had already arrived before him!
Fang Zhaohong drew upon the Jade Mirror Light to guard his body, but Yan Zhaoge’s sword was incomparably sharp as where its light flashed, fresh blood instantly spurted madly from Fang Zhaohong’s body!
The sword-light in the form of a green dragon shattered Fang Zhaohong’s essence talisman, penetrating through his body with its sharp, tyrannical true essence rampaging unceasingly within.
Fang Zhaohong grit his teeth, struggling to survive.
He already knew now that he was not Yan Zhaoge’s match. All he wanted was to be able to flee from this place alive.
He had already sent Fang Min and the other Spirit Rhino Island disciples with relatively lower cultivation bases out of the barrier and back to Spirit Rhino Island to request assistance.
As long as he did not die here, there would still be the possibility of him getting out of this alive.
However, that sword-light in the form of a green dragon did not dissipate after having penetrated through his body, instead continuing to coil around him.
The dragon scales perked up, resembling infinite swords erupting violently together as they mightily struck Fang Zhaohong non-stop!
Yan Zhaoge’s left hand did not stop as accompanied by its clenching motion, the massive suction force dragged Fang Zhaohong before him.
After that, Yan Zhaoge’s left hand turned a completely bright glazed colour, flickering with golden light as it resembled Vajra!
Feeling the terrifying force contained within Yan Zhaoge’s left palm, the shadow of death crept over Fang Zhaohong’s heart.
At the same time that Fang Zhaohong had appeared and attacked Yan Zhaoge, Yang Chufan and another two Spirit Rhino Island martial practitioners had also appeared at the entrance of the foreign
dimension before rushing over to where Yan Zhaoge was.
When they had neared, however, the scene that greeted them left them shocked.
While they had seen Yan Zhaoge killing Jiang Xiong earlier, they had not thought that even the Essence Talisman Martial Grandmaster Fang Zhaohong might actually also completely not be a match for Yan Zhaoge at all!
“Why don’t you guess-against trash such as you, how much strength would I need?”
Yan Zhaoge’s previous seemingly joking words arose within their minds now as chills involuntarily shot straight up their bodies.
Yang Chufan and the others all felt bitter inside as only now did they truly realise that Yan Zhaoge had not been joking at all back then.
In having slain the ‘Dark Evil’ Jiang Xiong who had been equipped with a mid-grade spirit artifact with only his bare hands, Yan Zhaoge had completely not drawn on his full strength at all!
Against the Essence Talisman Martial Grandmaster Fang Zhaohong now, Yan Zhaoge had also beat him completely back without the ability to put up any resistance in the least!
Yan Zhaoge glanced at the trio from the corner of his eye, seeing them currently running towards him with six extended palms and three jade lights aimed towards his back. Clearly, they had wanted to coordinate with Fang Zhaohong, just having not thought that he might be defeated so quickly.
“Go!” Yan Zhaoge’s thoughts flashed as the Eternal Night Thunder Sword brought forth boundless darkness once more, blocking his opponents.
Not having thought that things would actually suddenly become like this, Yang Chufan and the other two were unable to stop in time, not even having the time to run.
White thunderbolts exploded, instantly sending them flying.
Just having struggled up to his feet, seeing Yan Zhaoge executing the Vajra Body with his left fist as bright as Vajra, Yang Chufan hurriedly called, “Please stay your hand! There must be a misunderstanding…”
Before his words had landed, Yan Zhaoge’s fist had already descended!
As Fang Zhaohong stared like his eyeballs were about to implode, a mighty ‘boom’ resounded with blood splattering everywhere.
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