Chen Ping's Sword

Chapter 332: Chapter 168: Battle with the Grandmaster, Combining Three Yang Meridians (2)

A faint white light flashed before his eyes.

From the corner of his eye, he saw that two small white flowers had sprouted from his nostrils, and his ears itched slightly. His skin seemed to have cracked open into tiny mouths.

At the same time, his body’s strength was like boiling water being released uncontrollably.

"This is the True Qi that has invaded my body acting against it. It can’t be cleared out right away; only after withdrawing from the battle can it recover."

Chen Ping stirred his Qi and blood to eradicate and expel this strange True Qi but found that the flowers and grass on his body grew even more luxuriant, so he understood the mystery of the opponent’s True Qi.

He realized that attempting to prevail against the Grandmaster Realm Jiang Wuji in a direct confrontation was largely impossible.

The opponent’s heart melded with Heaven and Earth, his Extreme Intent Divinity Transformation filled his True Qi with vitality, and his mind was lively and keen, almost able to sense any slight threat. Even if his sword techniques slightly gained the upper hand, Jiang Wuji could not resolve them completely, but he could naturally respond with ease due to his telepathy.

However, for himself, after merely a few encounters and dozens of exchanges, he had already encountered danger twice.

Continuing the fight would be too disadvantageous.

He saw two figures in the distance rushing into the military camp, then quickly retreating up the mountain.

Meanwhile, Jiang Wuji’s momentum was growing stronger, and all around, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi collided and compressed like waves and nets.

Chen Ping had no heart for battle anymore.

His body technique shifted from extreme movement to extreme stillness; his ghost-like form moved silently, and sword light as fast as thunder and lightning abruptly retracted. With his shoulder sunk to build momentum, he slashed out with a sword.

[Godslaying.]

This sword had been reserved for a long time, precisely for this moment.

"Take another of my sword strikes."

As the sword light was unleashed, it was like a bright moon rising, with no trace of the sword’s edge visible, and the space became a white expanse.

Jiang Wuji felt a sudden chill in his heart, gathering his spirit frantically, as waves of Qi surged around him. No longer caring about forming momentum to seal, he slashed out a sword in haste.

Poof...

A long bloodstain suddenly appeared on his chest, from his left shoulder to his right hip, with blood splattering, a sharp pain piercing his heart and lungs.

As for Chen Ping, he was struck by this sword, his body shooting backward like an arrow, retracting over twenty zhang, with his form in mid-air shedding large patches of blood.

"Haha, Jiang Wuji, if you dare, chase me up the mountain."

He leaped several times upon landing, plunging into the mountain forest, his form like lightning, as if he was uninjured.

It’s proven that Chen Ping guessed correctly, Jiang Wuji indeed did not dare to pursue up the mountain.

At this moment, not only was blood splattered on his chest, but blood was also spewing from his mouth.

The injury caused by Muu Yunshang’s dying counterattack was showing signs of relapse, alarming him, making him quickly swallow two medicine pills, focusing his strength to regulate his breathing.

As he harmonized his breathing, surrounding vitality converged, and the wound on his chest rapidly closed, as if it had never been injured.

"Such a miraculous method, to sever my control over Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi with a single sword, forcibly breaking this Celestial Net Technique and even injuring me. What kind of sword technique is this?"

Jiang Wuji couldn’t comprehend the essence of Chen Ping’s sword, only speculating that it might be that the opponent saw through the weakness of his sword technique and the trajectory of his True Qi circulation, thus scheming for a long time to fully exert force and deliver a severe blow.

He was tempted to chase up the mountain, but considering the opponent’s slippery body technique and numerous tricks, it wasn’t something that could be defeated with just one strike. Pursuing wouldn’t truly yield any benefit.

Especially under the restraint of the Primordial Sect’s many masters, the opponent’s frenzied counterattack could even pose a danger to himself.

Watching Chen Ping’s retreating form, Jiang Wuji’s heart burned with extreme hatred.

Turning his head, he saw his own second son with a broken leg, feeling both heartache and anger, he cursed: "Useless! After repeatedly stressing not to underestimate Chen Ping, you still let him sever your leg within the military array, I, I..."

Jiang Yuandong was scolded harshly, bowing his head, not daring to make a sound.

At this moment, he had no excuses to argue.

Who would have expected beforehand that the young man, barely in his twenties, would be so powerful?

Not only could he silently infiltrate the military camp, but his attacks were also quick and heavy. With his Late-Stage Innate cultivation, Jiang Yuandong found no room for resistance.

If not for the gathering of Military Qi, he likely wouldn’t have withstood even one move and would have been directly killed.

Moreover, despite his father being a Grandmaster, he also didn’t manage to keep him here, right?

A fault not attributed to the battle, not to be blamed.

This was the only way Jiang Yuandong could think.

Recalling the previous perilous moments still made his heart tremble; if not for his father’s quick reaction, only a few more breaths, and he might not have just lost a leg, but perhaps his head as well.

"Given the current state, the only path is to go all the way. If this person is not killed, there will be endless troubles."

Jiang Wuji looked coldly at the towering Jade Pen Peak, a sinister smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Yuandong, with your leg severed, bind yourself to a horse, and prepare the array in advance to seal off the mountain path. Ensure not a bird or beast escapes from this mountain."

"Men, give the orders to speed up the fire setting, burn the mountain..."

He summed up the recent battle; despite the opponent having some lethal skills and withstanding a few heavy blows, overall, his true combat power was still considerably weaker than his own – the difference in realm was evident.

The only concern was the opponent’s final sword, extraordinary, capable of temporarily severing his Cyan Wood Sword Momentum, cutting off the channels for the convergence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.