novelweb Chapter 1317 Jian Chen's Defeat: At His Last Stand, Trapped Underfoot
Chapter 1317 Jian Chen's Defeat: At His Last Stand, Trapped Underfoot
"This... how could this be? You monster? Are you some kind of Golden Core cultivator?" Jian Chen was utterly frantic.
He never expected that his proud sword energy lightning ball technique would be so thoroughly controlled by Chen Yang.
However, despite being a Golden Core cultivator, Chen Yang possessed absolutely no Golden Core aura.
Even the magical power fluctuations he sensed from Chen Yang were not strong enough, only equivalent to a typical god-level being, and only his physical body was stronger, like some kind of special physique.
This seemingly ordinary divine realm cultivator possessed martial prowess approaching that of a Golden Core cultivator, leaving him utterly baffled as to how it could be.
After saying that, Jian Chen turned and ran.
However, no matter how fast he ran, he couldn't outrun the sword energy lightning ball in Chen Yang's hand.
Chen Yang shuddered and slammed the sword energy lightning ball directly at the ground beneath Jian Chen's feet.
Boom!
A blinding burst of lightning exploded not far from Jian Chen's feet.
The sword energy inside, condensed to its extreme, was no different from high explosives. It expanded a thousand times or even ten thousand times in an instant, covering a space of several thousand meters in radius.
Jian Chen had no way to escape. It was as if he was in purgatory, being relentlessly strangled and bombarded by endless sword energy. In an instant, he disappeared from Chen Yang's sight.
All Chen Yang could see was the site of the massive explosion, where countless rocks flew off and a huge crater was created in the blink of an eye.
Thankfully, this mountain is large enough; if it were a small mountain, it would definitely have been razed to the ground.
Not much time had passed, and when the dust settled, only a charred humanoid body remained in the huge crater.
Click, click, click!
Suddenly, the charred humanoid body cracked open, and sword energy burst forth from the crack.
Click!Click!
In the end, cracks covered his entire body, making him look like a piece of porcelain that had been smashed.
"Ok?"
Chen Yang frowned slightly.
He sensed a powerful life force emanating from the charred body.
The person did not die!
boom!
Finally, the boundless sword energy burst forth from the body like a volcanic eruption, turning the charred surface into dust.
A handsome and imposing young man suddenly soared into the sky, standing proudly above the heavens, and appeared before Chen Yang.
Who else could this handsome man be but Jian Chen?
He had just been bombarded by sword energy and lightning balls, but instead of being killed, it seemed to have given him a great opportunity. His physical body was reborn, and he became like a sword, his whole body filled with sword energy, and every pore was spewing out sword energy.
"Hahaha, Chen kid, I have to thank you!"
"If it weren't for you, my Great Vajra Indestructible Sword Body wouldn't have been able to reach the Great Perfection stage so quickly."
"Just now, on the verge of life and death, my body, in order to protect itself, underwent a transformation, and the Great Vajra Indestructible Sword Body broke through to the Great Perfection realm."
"You may not know this, but the Great Vajra Indestructible Sword Body is the strongest sword body inherited by my Shu Mountain Sword Sect. Normally, one needs to break through to the Golden Core realm to achieve mastery of this sword body technique. Only when one reaches the Nascent Soul realm can this sword body technique be perfected."
"In other words, with the Great Vajra Indestructible Sword Body fully developed, I, with my late-stage Divine Realm cultivation, can rival a Golden Core cultivator."
"It won't be long before I truly break through to the Golden Core stage."
"What do you have left to fight me with?"
……
Jian Chen said excitedly.
As he spoke, his aura continued to rise, seemingly without end.
Not only did his blood and energy increase, but his mental strength also increased.
He was incredibly sharp and stood there motionless, his entire body radiating sword energy, as if he had transformed into a giant sword.
Transforming oneself into a sword—this is the mark of the Great Vajra Indestructible Sword Body reaching its full potential!
After saying that, Jian Chen pointed at Chen Yang forcefully and said, "To thank you, I'll send you on your way now! In your next life, never mess with me."
His eyes gleamed with immense excitement, and as soon as he finished speaking, he reached out a large hand and pressed it down on Chen Yang.
Endless sword energy erupted from his palm.
Boom boom boom!
The sword energy rushed towards Chen Yang like a violent storm.
Faced with Jian Chen's transformation, Chen Yang showed no fear whatsoever; instead, he revealed a hint of disdain and said:
"Don't even mention your so-called perfected sword body, comparable to the Golden Core stage. Even if it were at its peak, what would I have to fear?"
Chen Yang said with a cold smile.
After saying that, he swung his fist and threw a punch.
boom!
With this punch, the world seemed to turn upside down, and chaos churned everywhere.
The torrent of sword energy that Jian Chen unleashed with his palm was directly reversed and swept back towards Jian Chen himself.
Then Chen Yang stomped his feet on the ground, soared into the sky, and threw another punch at Jian Chen.
Jian Chen unleashed several palm strikes in succession, dispersing the torrent of sword energy that had reversed its course, but when he saw Chen Yang's fist arrive, he was startled.
As a swordsman, he wasn't very good at physical skills; his fist techniques, leg techniques, and so on were all subpar.
Chen Yang's punch was comparable to a celestial martial art, capable of unleashing millions of tons of force with a casual gesture, which shocked Chen Yang and instantly instilled a sense of threat in him.
His intuition told him that his fully developed Vajra Indestructible Sword Body would have a hard time withstanding Chen Yang's punch.
If you're not confident, why would you force it?
He roared, his eyes blazing with divine light, and his powerful spiritual energy overflowed.
Such mental strength is enough to tear apart the souls of ordinary people, even ordinary martial artists, but for Chen Yang, it's like a spring breeze, having no effect whatsoever.
"Ten Directions Extinction Sword Dao, Slash!"
Jian Chen held his sword with both hands and cleaved down with a powerful strike.
The Ten Directions Extinction Sword Technique is one of the ten great sword techniques of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect.
Previously, Jian Chen could only barely use this sword technique, but now, with the Great Vajra Indestructible Sword Body fully mastered, he can easily use such a sword technique.
boom!
With this sword strike, boundless sword energy surged forth, overwhelming everything, like a celestial river bursting its banks.
With this sword strike, the void seemed to be cleaved open, and the sword energy spread hundreds of feet away.
Facing Jian Chen's earth-shattering sword strike, Chen Yang stood within a Yin-Yang Tai Chi circle, his entire body radiating golden light. His expression was neither sad nor happy, and he raised his fist again, unleashing a powerful punch.
Boom boom boom!
This punch unleashed a force as powerful as a tsunami.
The terrifying energy of heaven and earth was condensed by Chen Yang's punch, transforming into a terrifying tsunami.
Boom boom boom!
The sky full of sword energy was instantly shattered.
"Congeal!"
Jian Chen's expression changed drastically. With a shake of his longsword, the dissipated sword energy instantly condensed into a hundred-foot-long sword beam.
"Man and sword become one, I control the sword with my divine sense!"
A golden light suddenly shot out from between Jian Chen's eyebrows and fell into the hundred-foot-long sword light.
In an instant, the hundred-foot-long sword beam seemed to come alive. Under the control of Jian Chen's divine sense, it shot towards Chen Yang at a speed that instantly exceeded ten times the speed of sound.
The void was pierced through, revealing a long, dark mark.
"You're asking for it!" Chen Yang roared.
"break!"
With a loud shout, he unleashed another simple and brutal punch.
However, this punch did not unleash earth-shattering force. Instead, the Yin-Yang Tai Chi circle around his body was blasted away with the fist, forming a high-speed rotating vortex at the tip of his fist.
The hundred-foot-long sword beam, driven by Jian Chen's divine sense, instantly collided with the yin-yang vortex, but was actually stopped.
Click!
Click!
The Yin-Yang vortex spun at high speed, like a crusher, shredding a piece of the sword light with each rotation.
In just a few breaths, the hundred-foot-long sharp sword beam was completely shredded from head to tail.
Moreover, the shattered sword light did not transform into sword energy and rush in all directions, but was swallowed up by the Yin-Yang Tai Chi vortex, and all the sword energy was absorbed by the Yin-Yang Tai Chi vortex.
"go with!"
Chen Yang unleashed a punch, and the Yin-Yang Tai Chi vortex, carrying the sword energy formed from the shattered hundred-foot sword beam, shot towards Jian Chen like a cannonball.
"not good!"
Jian Chen's pupils contracted, and he immediately sensed something was wrong, feeling as if his life was threatened.
But the next second, his eyes became incredibly firm, and he growled:
"End it!"
"Ten Thousand Swords Burn the Heavens!"
"Ten thousand swords return to the clan!"
"Ten Directions Sword Dao!"
"The Sword of Annihilation!"
……
Jian Chen's aura reached its peak, and he unleashed more than a dozen sword strikes in an instant.
Each sword strike is a devastating killing move, surpassing all other sword techniques in the mortal world.
In an instant, the void was filled with sword beams, crisscrossing and densely packed, intercepting the Yin-Yang vortex that Chen Yang had created, and also slashing at Chen Yang.
After unleashing so many sword strikes, Jian Chen's once black hair turned completely silver, and his smooth, fair skin became sallow.
Clearly, he had put all his strength into this sword strike, hoping to achieve victory in one fell swoop.
Rumble!
At that moment, a tragic atmosphere filled the air, and the entire mountain shook.
Boom!
Then, a tremendous explosion occurred.
It was the collision between the Yin-Yang vortex unleashed by Chen Yang and the dozen or so earth-shattering sword beams cleaved by Jian Chen that caused the massive explosion.
This massive explosion far surpassed any previous one, its scale approaching that of the 50 million-ton Tsar Bomba released by the Soviet Union many years ago.
A massive mushroom cloud shot into the sky, engulfing not only Chen Yang and Jian Chen, but also burying the entire mountain.
"Hahaha!"
As the mushroom cloud rapidly dissipated, a burst of maniacal laughter erupted from within: "You little beast, you're finally dead now. Even my fully-developed Vajra Indestructible Sword Body nearly collapsed; I don't believe you could have survived."
The speaker was none other than Jian Chen. He burst out of the dissipating mushroom cloud, his body covered in dust and cracks, from which blood seeped, a truly gruesome sight. It was as if he were on the verge of collapse at any moment.
This was only the surface; the internal organs were also severely damaged, and most of the meridians were severed.
Because he had burned a lot of his life essence, he looked decades older, with a full head of silver hair and his face covered with wrinkles.
If it were someone else at the Divine Realm, or even a half-step Golden Core stage, they would most likely perish.
However, Jian Chen laughed heartily, coughing up blood, but his life was not in danger.
It was his perfected Vajra Indestructible Sword Body that saved his life.
With such a severe injury, it will take at least several years of recuperation to recover to his peak condition.
Trading one's own severe injuries for the fall of a great enemy is a deal that is profitable no matter how you look at it.
For a cultivator, a few years is but a fleeting moment. A casual period of seclusion can easily stretch into several years.
"Really? You're so confident you can kill me?"
Just then, a cold voice suddenly came from the mushroom cloud.
Jian Chen looked up and was shocked to find a golden humanoid figure emerging from the mushroom cloud. The surging sword energy shockwave struck him, just like a huge wave crashing against a reef. The reef was unharmed, but the wave shattered.
"You're still alive? How is that possible?"
Jian Chen's eyes widened in disbelief.
Although Chen Yang also had injuries, they were far fewer than those on his body.
"Could you be a Golden Core cultivator? Did you deliberately seal your cultivation level? But how is that possible? How old are you? How could you possibly break through to the Golden Core stage? In the entire Kunlun Immortal Sect, there is no Golden Core cultivator as young as you. Moreover, judging from your cultivation level, you are clearly only at the Divine Realm. You don't have the slightest trace of a Golden Core cultivator's aura on you."
Jian Chen said tremblingly.
Even within the Kunlun Immortal Sect, the average age required to cultivate to the Golden Core realm is over sixty.
If you were younger, you simply wouldn't have enough experience.
Of course, a cultivator's sixty years is definitely different from an ordinary person's sixty years.
Even after sixty years, cultivators at the Divine Realm and Golden Core levels still look like young people.
The true disciple of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect in front of us looks only in his twenties, but he is actually nearly forty years old. He is at the mid-stage of the Divine Realm and has a great chance of breaking through to the Golden Core stage at the age of sixty.
Therefore, even if Jian Chen beat him to death, he would never believe that Chen Yang could break through to the Golden Core stage in his twenties.
"Golden Core? Is that so impressive? I'm not a Golden Core cultivator yet. But if I wanted to break through to the Golden Core stage, it would be as simple as a thought," Chen Yang said calmly.
As he finished speaking, he unlocked one of the seals on the Yuan Dan.
boom!
Instantly, a terrifying aura, comparable to that of a Golden Core cultivator, surged forth from Chen Yang's body.
As soon as this aura was released, the sky began to tremble violently.
This is clearly the result of a spiritual connection between heaven and man, and a tribulation of lightning is about to descend.
"You're a Core Formation cultivator? But you sealed your Yuan Dan and deliberately didn't undergo the tribulation? Otherwise, you should have been a Golden Core cultivator long ago!" Jian Chen exclaimed in surprise.
thump!
Overwhelmed by the Yuan Dan aura emanating from Chen Yang, which rivaled that of a Golden Core cultivator, Jian Chen immediately knelt down.
His energy and spirit were almost completely depleted, and he was now extremely vulnerable.
"You do have some good judgment."
As he spoke, Chen Yang took a step forward and stomped Jian Chen hard on the ground with his large foot.
In his weakened state, Jian Chen was no match for Chen Yang's kick. Moreover, the kick was powerful and heavy. A series of cracking sounds rang out, and Jian Chen collapsed to the ground on the spot. White bone fragments pierced through his flesh, leaving bloody holes all over his body.
Pfft!
When Chen Yang exerted force with his foot again, even his internal organs could not withstand it and burst on the spot, turning into pools of blood and mud.
Puff puff!
The blood in Jian Chen's mouth flowed like a fountain and couldn't be stopped.
After spitting out almost all the blood, he held back his last breath and said, "Chen, I have no grievance in dying at your hands; it's my fault for being less skilled than you. But do you think killing me will bring you peace? You are sorely mistaken. Once the Immortal Sect stabilizes, the Golden Core experts, and even Nascent Soul experts, will emerge and kill you. Not only will you die, but the entire Eastern Great Nation, and even the whole world, will be plunged into disaster and turned into a living hell because of you."
After saying that, he burst into laughter, as if he could already see Chen Yang being killed and the mortal world turning into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.