by Feng Yise
This was an immense humiliation to Zhao Chenggan.
But Zhao Chenggan had to admit that Ye Yuan being able to beat Huang Wenqiu and Xue Zaihe's team up showed that Ye Yuan absolutely had the qualifications to make him genuinely attach importance to him!
Hence, he chose to break through without any hesitation!
The Ye Yuan after breaking through five realms in succession was no longer the rookie that he could freely bully and humiliate on that day!
Shangguan Lingyun was able to guess that Ye Yuan had a card up his sleeves; Zhao Chenggan could naturally guess that too.
Ye Yuan still dared to issue a challenge to him under such a condition; it was impossiblefor him to be without preparations at all.
Except that he was the same as Shangguan Lingyun, being unaware of what Ye Yuan's card was.
Ye Yuan shook his head and said with a sigh, "Really don't know where your confidence comes from. Is breaking through to the Seventh Level Sea Transformation Realm very impressive?"
"Haha. The Seventh Level Sea Transformation Realm is naturally nothing impressive. But to deal with you, it's sufficient!" Zhao Chenggan said with a laugh.
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Looks like you're full of confidence. I really can't bear to smash your confidence. But it's such a shame; this sort of thing like breaking through realms, I've always been more adept. One realm is too little!"
Zhao Chenggan's face changed, and he asked, "What do you mean? You just broke through five realms. Could it be that you can still continue breaking through now? Stop joking!"
Cultivating essence energy was a process that requires acc.u.mulation, especially after Crystal Formation Realm. For each breakthrough in a minor realm, the required essence energy was exceedingly horrifying.
Ye Yuan entered seclusion for a month, consumed so many Jade Spirit Pills, and only broke through five realms.
Making a last-ditch attempt at this juncture wanting to break through, that was virtually something impossible.
The reason why Zhao Chenggan could break through was because he had already arrived at the bottleneck of the Seventh Level Sea Transformation Realm before and did not go and break through all along. It was why the breakthrough went so smoothly.
But Ye Yuan's present condition? He just had a breakthrough all the way to the Seventh Level Crystal Formation Realm. Breaking through again was easier said than done.
Ye Yuan said indifferently, "I'm not in the mood for joking. Didn't that Xue Zaihe use an Origin Spirit Nine Transformations just now? How unfortunate; I know it too."
Zhao Chenggan was stunned and had yet to react to what was going on, when Ye Yuan's aura erupted abruptly, unwittingly making people feel asphyxiated.
Then, Ye Yuan's aura rose rapidly under everyone's perception, directly breaking through the bottleneck for the Eighth Level Crystal Formation Realm!
Shangguan Lingyun stood up abruptly and looked at Ye Yuan in disbelief, muttering to himself, "How is this possible?"
"This . . . Isn't this Origin Spirits Nine Transformation? Why does Ji Qing know this move too? This is the Xue Family's highly-guarded secret! He . . . Where did he learn it from?"
"Why do I feel like Ye Yuan's attainments in this move are even above Xue Zaihe? Look! He has already broken through passed the Seventh Level Crystal Formation Realm! This speed . . ."
"Today's surprises are really round after round, making it too much for the eyes to take in! This time, there's another good show to watch!"
Although Ye Yuan's realm could not compare to Xue Zaihe, the upheaval from the breakthrough right now was only more and not less than his.
Ye Yuan's Cleansing Sandal Sacred Flame was a top tier among Tier 4 essence fires. Letting Ye Yuan use Origin Spirit Nine Transformation was overly putting fine timber to petty use.
Soon enough, Ye Yuan's realm broke through to peak Seventh Level Crystal Formation Realm!
However, this was not over yet. Ye Yuan's aura was still rising!
Half-Step Sea Transformation!
Ye Yuan's realm finally stopped at the level of half-step Sea Transformation!
Sadly, Ye Yuan did not have an essence energy sea within his body. Otherwise, his realm could still rise more.
Half-step Sea Transformation was already the limits of his advancement.
At this moment, how did Ye Yuan still had the appearance of essence energy being exhausted at all? Only to see him full of vigor and energy. He actually recovered to his peak condition again!
"Hiss . . ."
Everybody s.u.c.k.e.d in a cold breath!
"Origin Spirit Nine Transformations is clearly the Xue Family's ultimate trump card. But why do I feel that at this moment, the one Ye Yuan executed is the orthodox one! Could it be a misconception?" Shangguan Lingxue said with a frown.
"Not a misconception! Ji Qing's Origin Spirit Nine Transformation is indeed much stronger than Xue Zaihe's! If not that his dantian is already unable to contain even more essence energy, he might really be able to rise a few more realms!" Shangguan Lingyun's face had a never before solemnness.
He previously even casually made the remark to go down and defeat Ye Yuan, then he would deliberately concede.
Looking at it now, he was still too naïve!
Half-step Sea Transformation Ye Yuan and the current him, who was weak and who was strong was really hard to say.
Zhao Chenggan's expression was ugly to the max. He rose one realm, and Ye Yuan rose three realms. So freaking exasperating.
However, Zhao Chenggan did not think that Ye Yuan could beat him like this. After all, he was still a major realm higher than him!
Between half-step Sea Transformation and Sea Transformation Realm lied a heaven and earth difference.
"Humph! Only a temporary increase in realm. I want to see how long you can last! Eat a spear from me first!"
A black-colored long spear in Zhao Chenggan's hands was extremely fierce. It was actually a 128 restrictions spirit artifact!
In the past, when Ye Yuan fought with his opponents, he always held the advantage in weapons. But today, this was his first time losing out in weapons.
However, this was not strange either. Zhao Chenggan was the son of the Wind Emperor. Forget about spirit artifacts, even profound artifacts would not be lacking.
It was just that Zhao Chenggan's present strength was still unable to unleash the might of profound artifacts. That was why he would use a spirit artifact rank weapon.
Zhao Chenggan's long spear danced. The tip of the spear actually swung out a crescent of light!
The next instant, Zhao Chenggan's figure vanished from sight without the slightest sign!
Chi!
When it appeared again, a spear already passed through Ye Yuan's c.h.e.s.t.
Ye Yuan stood on the spot and actually did not react at all.
"This . . . It's over like this? Isn't it too quick?"
"Yeah. Ji Qing is so strong. Can't be that he can't even block one attack, right?"
"No, wait . . . That was just an afterimage!"
"What? Afterimage . . . why would it exist for such a long time?"
"Too fast . . . Because it was too fast, so in our eyes, he simply did not move at all!"
"But . . . the platform is only this big; where did he go?"
Zhao Chenggan's brow furrowed, and he turned around suddenly, swinging the long spear around!
Only to hear a clank. The long spear directly smashed the ambushing sword light into dust.
Ye Yuan's figure finally appeared before everyone's sight again.
In an instant, everyone felt a very oppressive atmosphere undulating out.
Although it was only a probing exchange, the two people's might already made everyone have a clear understanding!
Chapter 428 - Spear Shadow VS Sword Light!
By the time Ye Yuan's silhouette appeared again, only then did the afterimage gradually dissipate.
Such speed was simply unheard of!
"Indeed you hav
e some capabilities. No wonder you dare to provoke me!"
With this exchange, Zhao Chenggan's expression also became grave.
Very clearly, the Half-Step Sea Transformation Ye Yuan already had sufficient capital to pick a fight with him!
"You want to drag the time?" Ye Yuan looked at Zhao Chenggan with a half-smile.
Although the Origin Spirits Nine Transformations was powerful, it was clearly just a temporary increase in realm. When the time limit hit, one would recover to their initial realm and also have a series of sequela.
Of course, even so, this martial technique was powerful all the same.
Back then, there were countless records in the Medicine King Hall. Ji Qingyun also felt that this martial technique was rather interesting, and it needed to use essence fires too, which was why he took notice of it.
To think that today in the Lower Realms, he would see other people use this martial technique.
But Zhao Chenggan was not the slightest bit embarrassed having his thoughts seen through. "So what if yes?"
"Hur hur, nothing. I just want to tell you that I can last for two hours at Half-Step Sea Transformation Realm. So . . . stop scheming in vain," Ye Yuan said with a faint smile.
This time, Zhao Chenggan's expression finally changed. "Two hours?! Are you joking? The Xue Family's Family Head using the Origin Spirits Nine Transformations can last for at most an hour's time. You can actually last twice his time?"
The Origins Spirit Nine Transformation, this technique, was actually rather heaven-defying. Even Xue Zaihe this dabbler could break through two minor realms consecutively, let alone the Xue Family's Family Head.
However, Xue Zaihe's realm could only last for 15 minutes at most.
Ye Yuan's lasting duration was actually twice of the Xue Family's Family Head. How could Zhao Chenggan not be astonished?
"If you don't believe, you can very well give it a try!" Ye Yuan said coolly.
"Humph! Try then try! Can you soar to the heaven?" Zhao Chenggan said with a cold snort.
Zhao Chenggan kept his spear and stood there, putting on a ready-to-attack starting stance. An aura which made people feel stifled crept out in all directions.
Clearly just a simple posture. People who used the spear would all display this pose. Yet, when Zhao Chenggan assumed it, it gave people a feeling of having no weakness to exploit.
At this instant, Zhao Chenggan and the long spear fused into one.
The next attack was an earth-shattering attack!
"It's . . . It's Spear Shadow Carnage! My god. I heard that Seventh Prince has already not used this move in front of outsiders for many years!"
"This was the self-created ultimate skill that Seventh Prince became famed for! I heard that back then, he merely relied on this one move to consecutively defeat over a dozen first-rate families' pinnacle geniuses, and finally he fought to a draw with Shangguan Lingyun! Ever since then, the number one position of Shangguan Lingyun and him became established!"
"Heh heh, today is really an eye-opener! This is the pinnacle battle of the Fierce Gale World's junior generation! Missing out on today, one would have to wait until who knows when!"
At this time, everyone seemed to have already forgotten what the original objective of this spouse finding martial competition was, and everyone was lost in this pinnacle battle.
Facing someone such as Zhao Chenggan, Ye Yuan's expression was also a never before as grave.
Ye Yuan was self-confident but not conceited. Zhao Chenggan was indeed the most powerful foe that he had encountered up to this date!
The current Zhao Chenggan was akin to a fiend god descending.
A simple starting stance was actually utilized to such a miraculous realm by him. One could see that Zhao Chenggan's comprehension towards the path of the spear had already reached an extremely profound realm.
If his conjectures were correct, the true intent that Zhao Chenggan comprehended was precisely related to the spear.
Ye Yuan knew the terror of this spear and would obviously not slight it.
Only to see him pointing to the skies with his sword, his figure transforming into nine figures. It was precisely the Azure Dipper Floating Zero Sword Art: Nine Swords Stance!
Ye Yuan had already not used the Nine Swords Stance for a long time. Compared to the Thousand Flowing Petals, its power was indeed slightly weaker.
But the Nine Swords Stance also had merits that the Thousand Flowing Petals could not match up to, and that was hard to capture movement technique as well as powerful singular offensive might!
The Thousand Flowing Petals was the sort of sneaking in during the nighttime without making any sound, while the Nine Swords Stance was that sort of explosive style powerful!
Furthermore, with Ye Yuan's comprehension of the supreme true intent growing deeper by the day, his application of the Nine Swords Stance had a new addition.
Not only was the Nine Swords Stance not eliminated, but it also became another one of Ye Yuan's killing move instead!
And today, the Nine Swords Stance saw the light of day yet again!
"Tyrant Martial Howling Cloud Spear! Spear! Shadow! Carnage!" Zhao Chenggan enunciated each word.
"Azure Dipper Floating Zero Sword Art: Nine Swords Stance!" At practically the same instant, Ye Yuan's also uttered nonchalantly.
The next moment, a shocking scene which left everyone staring with their mouths agape happened!
On the stage, there were spear shadows and sword lights everywhere, leaving everyone unable to feast their eyes fully on it!
Zhao Chenggan's spear shadows were grand and boundless, overwhelming power and might!
Ye Yuan's sword lights dotted the skies like stars, being all-pervasive!
Spear shadows and sword lights continuously clashed in the air, dissipating. They were colliding and dispersing continuously.
The spear shadows and sword lights each occupied half of the platform. For a time, it was actually evenly-matched!
"S-So strong! Is this the strength of pinnacle geniuses . . . ? Seriously too strong! In one breath, how many swords and spears do they want to unleash?!"
"Seventh Prince's spear shadows, if anybody else were standing on the stage, they would probably have countless holes pierced through already, right? Also, Ji Qing's sword lights, what kind of martial technique is this? To actually release sword lights with nine phantom images at the same time. Could it be that these nine phantasms are all real bodies . . ."
"Actually, from a certain degree, Ji Qing has already won! He's a full major realm lower than His Highness, the Seventh Prince, and he actually fought to a draw with His Highness, the Seventh Prince. This shows that in terms of concepts comprehension, Ji Qing surpassed His Highness far too much! However . . . His Highness, the Seventh Prince, already comprehended true intent. What on earth did he, Ji Qing, comprehend?"
Ye Yuan's performance already completely surpassed everyone's understanding.
Martial artists who comprehended true intent were invincible existences among those of the same generation! Unless the opponent likewise comprehended true intent, otherwise, one would only get mauled.
All along, it had only been Zhao Chenggan leaping ranks to challenge others. But today, he was forced to such an extent by Ye Yuan with Half-Step Sea Transformation Realm strength.
Indeed, from a certain degree, he was already utterly defeated.
Except that the result from a fight was never something that can be determined with certainty. The strong would not possibly pity the weak either. Once they stepped onto the stage, one would only see the outcome and not look at the process.
The advantage of Zhao Chenggan's realm was reflected very quickly. He launched spear after spear wildly, squandering his essence energy.
The balance on the stage was broken, only to see those power spear shadows gradually overshadow the sword lights!
Zhao Chenggan actually became more valiant as he fought. The unleashing of spears became increasingly fast
er too!
The spear shadows continuously engulfed the sword lights, gradually reducing Ye Yuan's boundary!
Seeing this scene, Xiao Ruyan was practically on the verge of suffocating. Her fingernails already sunk deep into the flesh, cutting into her palm. But she was oblivious.
Very soon, spear shadows occupied the greater half of the platform. Ye Yuan's defense radius only had an extremely small piece left!
Everyone held their breaths. Once the spear shadows breached the sword lights, Ye Yuan's outcome would be being impaled by spear shadows!
"Mustn't have anything happen! Mus . . ." Xiao Ruyan's tears failed to live up to her expectations and flowed down once more.
Chapter 429 - Nine Swords Return to One, Half-Moon Slash!
On a corner tower at the far end of the plaza, two slightly aged silhouettes were currently watching the great battle on the stage.
One person was poised and elegant, possessing a remarkable aura of kings. It was actually a peak Divine Traversing Realm martial artist!
The other person's strength was slightly inferior, but he also had middle-stage Divine Traversing Realm strength!
Such characters naturally had exceedingly high statuses in the capital.
If a character like Xiao Changfeng were present, they would surely be able to recognize that these two people were precisely two characters who could summon wind and call rain in the capital: Shangguan Family's Family Head, Shangguan Wenrui, and the Xue Family's Family Head, Xue Hongfei!
"Hong Fei, what are your thoughts?" Shangguan Wenrui opened his mouth to ask as his gaze was staring intently at the spear shadows and sword lights in the distance.
"Zhao Chenggan's strength grows with each passing day. He's already much stronger compared to the last time he publically made a move!" Xue Hongfei said.
"I'm not asking about that. Ji Qing possesses the Origin Spirit Nine Transformations. Don't you have any thoughts at all?" Shangguan Wenrui said coolly.
Xue Hongfei sighed lightly and said, "I was also taken aback from shock when I saw earlier. But . . . this shouldn't have been stolen from the Xue Family. Ji Qing's attainments in the Origin Spirit Nine Transformations are even greater than mine! This disciple that Star Abyss took in is simply powerful until it makes people despair!"