Free Web NovelChapter 2006: Chapter 2004: A Single Finger Strike Gravely Injures Ye Tianchen
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Ye Tianchen erupted with all his strength, swinging the two Ancient Divine Swords, and managed to temporarily beat back the powerhouse who had defeated the two Supreme Elders of the Qiong Qi Descendants!
This scene was shocking, because Ye Tianchen was bathed in fresh blood, grievously wounding those two old fellows of the Qiong Qi Descendants, stunning all the watching beings present. None of them had expected that this Human Clan Practitioner, Ye Tianchen, who had suddenly entered the Barbaric Forbidden Land, would actually be so powerful, with such tenacious and indomitable will!
However!
Right at this moment, a strand of finger force appeared. No one knew where it came from, but it was clearly aimed at Ye Tianchen. Before the finger force even struck Ye Tianchen, it sent him flying. Even though Ye Tianchen urged his Martial Arts True Power and formed a True Qi Barrier, it shattered in an instant, and he was shaken back, flying upside down!
As Ye Tianchen flew backward, he borrowed the momentum to speed up his retreat. Yet that strand of finger force seemed to have locked onto him; no matter how fast he moved, no matter how he urged his Divine Movement Skill to flee backward, he was unable to shake it off!
There were still quite a few beings watching. Mainly, they were extremely curious: just who was this Human Clan Practitioner, Ye Tianchen, who feared neither heaven nor earth? After offending the Yazi Descendants and the Qiong Qi Descendants, could he still survive?
They only saw!
Ye Tianchen transformed into a streak of Golden Light, fleeing rapidly, but that strand of finger force was like a tiny glow of firefly light, and yet that very speck of firefly light carried boundless might, pursuing Ye Tianchen so relentlessly that he felt as if there was no road left to escape, leaving him with a sense of helplessness. Wherever it passed, everything was wiped out, all turned to nothingness by this strand of finger force. It was truly unimaginably powerful!
In this moment of crisis, Ye Tianchen could not think of any better way to block this strand of finger force. He immediately guided out a wisp of Chaos Qi from the "Holy Heaven Prison" within his body. Ye Tianchen believed that with the immense power of Chaos Qi, it would definitely be able to block this finger force. Even if this finger force was stronger, he would not cower!
Chaos Qi was the Origin Qi born with the Martial Arts World, an existence akin to the mother qi of all things—able to pierce all yet itself unbreakable. A power with such dual nature could only be Chaos Qi!
Constantly retreating, constantly guiding Chaos Qi from within his body, Ye Tianchen rapidly refined it. Before him, a Taiji Bagua pattern gradually formed, completely condensed from Chaos Qi. It was like a shield, blocking in front of Ye Tianchen!
"I can’t outrun it. I can only pin my hopes on the might of Chaos Qi to block this strand of finger force!" Ye Tianchen stopped in midair, both hands continuously urging and controlling the Chaos Qi, waiting for the finger force to strike!
Clang!
With a speed faster than a lightning flash and too swift for the ear, this finger force had long since locked onto Ye Tianchen’s aura, and it was incredibly fast. Almost the instant Ye Tianchen finished condensing the Taiji Bagua Map formed from Chaos Qi and came to a halt, that strand of finger force, like a speck of starlight, crashed into the Chaos Qi shield!
With a soft sound, Ye Tianchen felt just how tremendous the power of this finger force was. Even with the Chaos Qi blocking it, he still had the feeling of being shaken away. At once, Ye Tianchen slapped both palms onto the shield, forming an evenly matched confrontation with this finger force!
"Chaos Qi? Scouring the entire Martial Arts World, one may not find even a single wisp of it. You are indeed an anomaly!" An old man’s voice rang out, very calm.
"Hmph, old thing, even if you are strong enough, I, Ye Tianchen, will not back down. You’re protective and overbearing? Then just come at me directly!" Ye Tianchen snorted coldly.
"Ai, it’s just a pity you offended my Yazi Descendants. Otherwise, I could have taken you as my disciple!" The old man’s voice held a faint sigh of regret.
"Take me as your disciple? You’re not worthy!" Ye Tianchen said with disdain.
"Hehe, having reached my Cultivation Realm, you don’t know how many inheritances are lining up to send their disciples to拜我为师, how many powerful lineages wish to attach themselves to me. You’re this arrogant and shameless—then I’ll annihilate you with this strand of finger force and let you know how high the heavens are and how thick the earth is!" The old man’s voice chuckled blandly.
"Spare me the nonsense. Your Yazi Descendants are overbearing, protective, and unreasonable—fine. But you’re also just like the Qiong Qi Descendants: hypocritical, despicable, shameless. Truly laughable!" Ye Tianchen said coldly.
Hum!
Pfft!
All of a sudden, just as Ye Tianchen’s words fell, that finger force which had slammed onto the Chaos Qi shield suddenly seemed to increase its power by a vast margin. That surge of power shook Ye Tianchen so hard that blood spurted from his mouth, and he staggered back again and again, feeling as if he was about to be blasted flying once more!
"I didn’t expect this old bastard to be this strong. It seems that once a Martial Artist’s cultivation reaches the Saint Realm, it truly becomes a watershed. The difference in power is like heaven and earth. This old bastard is merely at the Half-step Saint Realm, yet just one strand of finger force already makes me feel like my life is hanging by a thread. Looks like the road I have to walk is still very long!" Ye Tianchen couldn’t help thinking in his heart.
Saint!
In the Martial Arts World, those were two words that represented absolute power. Although only those peerless figures of the Emperor Realm had the possibility of truly becoming the rulers of the Martial Arts World, throughout the ages, over billions of years, how many people had actually taken that final step into the Emperor Realm as peerless overlords? Especially in these last several million years, the Martial Arts World had not produced a single Emperor Realm figure. Under such circumstances, Saints were the rulers of this world, beings of absolute might!
Of course, this absolutely did not mean that the Saint Realm was easy to reach; on the contrary, just like reaching the Emperor Realm, it was incomparably difficult!
Since the birth of the Martial Arts World, the cultivation realms of Martial Artists had been divided into: Martial Spirit, Martial King, Martial Venerate, Martial Saint, Martial Emperor.
When a Martial Artist’s cultivation realm reached the Peak of Late Stage Martial Saint, he might be able to break through to the Martial Emperor Realm, that legendary Emperor Realm. However, countless heaven’s favored geniuses were stuck at the Peak of Late Stage Martial Saint. For their entire lives, until the moment they sat down and passed away, they could not break through that barrier. Because this crossing from Martial Saint to Martial Emperor was like an unbridgeable chasm, far too difficult to surpass!
And the thing a Martial Artist could least afford was time. The passage of years could wither beauty, could cause a mighty expert to gradually perish; all living beings were the same. Only by having a higher cultivation realm could one extend one’s lifespan for longer. The longer one’s lifespan, the more chances and time one had to break through to even higher cultivation realms. This was beyond doubt. So, under such circumstances, someone walked a different path: when they reached the Peak of Late Stage Martial Saint and truly could not attain the Martial Emperor Realm, could not break into that Emperor Realm, they would instead take that step into the Saint Realm. This likewise allowed their strength to grow stronger and extended their lifespan, giving them more time to comprehend the mysteries of heaven and earth and to seek the opportunity to step onto the path of the Emperor Cultivation Realm!
If someone believed that for all cultivating beings, stepping into the Saint Realm was easier than stepping into the Emperor Realm, then they would be utterly mistaken. It was merely that, under such circumstances, another hope had been found. It did not mean that once you reached the Peak Cultivation Realm of Late Stage Martial Saint, if you did not break through to the Emperor Realm, you could only wait for death. It was equivalent to postponing fate, gaining another path!
"You want to kill me with just a single finger force? Don’t say you haven’t even reached the Saint Realm; even if you had, it still wouldn’t be enough!" Ye Tianchen let out a roar, spraying a mouthful of Lifeblood onto the Chaos Qi shield. At the same time, a powerful force erupted from both his palms!
Boom!
The strand of finger force collided with the full power Ye Tianchen had unleashed. With a world-shaking, earth-shattering roar, the entire area within a radius of ten li felt as if it had been wiped clean. Those watching from the sidelines sensed danger a moment earlier and fled in haste. The tremors were continuous, like a volcanic eruption, like a massive earthquake. Even the East State city ten li away was shaking!
Ye Tianchen was blasted backward, his entire body covered in blood. The Chaos Qi he had condensed shattered; however, that strand of finger force also collapsed and left behind no remaining power to kill him. Even so, Ye Tianchen knew that he was grievously wounded and did not know whether he could continue to live!
"Chaos Qi truly is powerful. If you hadn’t been unable to fully unleash its greatest defensive power, I fear my finger force might not have been able to break it!" The old man’s voice rang out as flat and indifferent as ever.
"Old bastard, come again! I’ll fight you to the death!" Ye Tianchen gritted his teeth and barked harshly.
"No need to rush. You will definitely die. After I leave seclusion, the first one I will kill is you. Between heaven and earth, no one can stop me, no one can save you!" The old man’s voice came, incomparably domineering and overbearing!
The clouds in the sky were shattered, the void itself cracked apart. The mountain range stretching endlessly beneath Ye Tianchen’s feet was reduced to ashes. Ye Tianchen was blasted flying, severely injured, crashing heavily to the ground. His face was deathly pale, on the verge of dying!
"He–heavens, what a terrifying clash!"
"Just a single finger force... Could it really have been that Half-step Saint Realm Ancestor of the Yazi Descendants who made a move?"
"If it wasn’t a Half-step Saint Realm expert, I can’t think of anyone whose mere finger force could have such terrifying power!"
"This proves that the Yazi Descendants weren’t bluffing at all, but truly have a Half-step Saint Realm old ancestor still alive?"
"This Human Clan Practitioner Ye Tianchen is also incredibly powerful. He actually managed to withstand a strike from a Half-step Saint Realm!"
At this moment, seeing the surrounding beings all discussing in shock, the Golden-faced Young Master let out a cold laugh and said, "That damned Ye Tianchen has two Ancient Divine Swords on him. Now that he’s dead, those two Ancient Divine Swords belong to me. Aren’t you all going to go take a look together?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to go to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
