fynovel Chapter 123 Counterattack
Chapter 123 Counterattack
Chapter 123 Counterattack
In the poisonous, bone-rotting swamp, Chu Xuan was running at full speed.
With a light touch of his toes on the decaying bones, his body shot forward like an arrow released from a bow.
Black mud churned beneath his feet, and a putrid miasma assaulted his senses, tearing the air into two turbulent streams by the powerful gusts of wind he generated as he moved at high speed.
"Splash—"
Suddenly, the sound of wind breaking through the air came from behind.
A black chain, like a venomous snake, shot out from the poisonous miasma and coiled around Chu Xuan's waist.
At the critical moment, Chu Xuan suddenly shifted three feet to the side, narrowly avoiding the attack of the chains.
Bang~!
The chain slammed into a boulder, which was more than two people tall, and it exploded into countless fragments.
"Hehehe, little beauty, you can't escape!"
A few feet behind them, Black Fiend's eerie laughter rang out.
His body floated on the water like a ghost, following behind Chu Xuan with a mocking expression. Clearly, his lightness skill was far superior to Chu Xuan's Heavenly Ladder Leap.
Chu Xuan felt a chill run down his spine, and goosebumps rose all over his body.
"Little beauty————"
"Damn, I can't take it anymore!"
The instant Hei Sha spoke, Chu Xuan suddenly stepped onto a boulder, his toes slamming into it, and his body snapped back, hurtling towards Hei Sha like a cannonball.
While suspended in mid-air, he was empowered by multiple forces, unleashing the combined power of the Seven Bears and Five Tigers, and his body shimmered with a faint golden light.
In that instant, Chu Xuan gathered all his power to the limit and punched Hei Sha directly in the face.
He's going to punch that bastard to pieces!
Before the fist even arrived, the fierce energy had already torn apart the black mist surrounding Heisha.
Hei Sha's expression changed, and he immediately dropped his mocking look. He flicked his wrist, and the black iron chain suddenly rolled back, weaving a dense black net in front of him. His black aura surged, attempting to block the thunderous strike.
"clang--!!"
Fists and palms collided with the chains with a deafening roar, the clanging of metal echoing throughout the swamp.
The terrifying force unleashed by Chu Xuan at full power was more than ten thousand jun. Hei Sha felt as if he had not just taken a punch head-on, but had been hit by a terrifying prehistoric beast.
In just a moment, his arms could no longer withstand the immense force! His arms were compressed, twisted, and collided, before snapping off, piercing through the flesh to reveal the white bone fragments!
The chains flew out of his hands, and his body, like a tattered sack that had been kicked, flew backward uncontrollably!
"Ah ...
A heart-wrenching scream echoed throughout the swamp.
Black Fiend's massive body crashed into the mud with a thud.
He was utterly horrified and, without even bothering to pick up the fallen chains, turned and ran!
Whoosh!
Almost simultaneously, Chu Xuan changed his footwork from the Heavenly Ladder to the Nine Heavenly Rocs, his entire body like an arrow released from a bow, rushing straight towards Hei Sha's back!
"you----"
Black Demon felt the fierce wind rapidly approaching from behind and was immediately terrified.
Only then did he realize that he hadn't been toying with Chu Xuan at all; Chu Xuan had been toying with him! Chu Xuan's speed was more than ten times faster than his!
Bang~!
The moment he opened his mouth, Chu Xuan struck him hard in the back with a Heart-Shattering Palm.
However, it did not cause any fatal damage.
Black Demon just grunted and lunged forward.
Chu Xuan hadn't expected this attack to have any effect.
The Heart-Shattering Palm was just a martial art he learned in Green Mountain City, and its power was only at the bottom among the martial arts of the Transformation Realm.
What he wanted was for the Black Fiend to fly away.
With the Intercepting Meridian Palm technique activated, Hei Sha's body was like a sieve, exposing all his flaws.
In the next instant, Chu Xuan's body split into three figures, blocking all of Hei Sha's paths. Countless palm shadows flew, instantly sealing off all the meridians within Hei Sha's body.
When Chu Xuan stopped, Hei Sha was unable to move and crashed heavily into the mud like a piece of rotten flesh.
"Spare me—spare my life—"
Black Demon spoke in fear, his body trembling uncontrollably.
Chu Xuan remained expressionless, bent down to gather his strength, and stomped down on Hei Sha's head.
boom!
Like a watermelon struck by a heavy hammer, it exploded instantly, spilling its juice everywhere.
Looking at the headless corpse twitching instinctively on the ground, Chu Xuan's anger slowly dissipated.
Unusually, Chu Xuan didn't touch the corpse. He turned around and leaped away, disappearing from the spot.
However, instead of fleeing, they rushed towards the direction where Wu Jiang and the others were.
On the shallow beach, where bones lay scattered.
Wu Jiang sat cross-legged, and after a moment he tilted his head back and greedily inhaled a breath, letting the poisonous fog and miasma in the air enter his lungs. He felt an unprecedented sense of relief!
Beside him, Su Yan's corpse had turned into a dried-up mummy.
"Cool!"
Wu Jiang laughed loudly and stood up, then suddenly stomped hard on Su Yan's corpse, crushing it into pieces that scattered into the nearby swamp.
He then turned around, looking mockingly at the figure that had appeared behind him at some point: "Junior Brother Chu, why aren't you running away?"
"Can they escape?"
Chu Xuan said calmly, "Didn't Senior Brother Wu already mark us?"
Wu Jiang looked at Chu Xuan in surprise: "You already found out?"
"It was just a suspicion before, but now it's confirmed!" Chu Xuan said.
Previously, when they were outside the Xuan Yang Sect's mission hall, Wen Wan had complained that he was a burden. Wu Jiang stepped forward to mediate and even patted him on the shoulder unintentionally.
This action may seem insignificant, but he and Wu Jiang are not that familiar with each other!
Of course, Chu Xuan only suspected there was a problem at the time. After learning that the rat Wu Jiang was carrying was a treasure-hunting rat with a keen sense of smell, his suspicions deepened.
Throughout the journey, he remained vigilant towards Wu Jiang, but nothing seemed amiss, leading him to suspect that the other party might have simply made a mark!
It takes at least a day to escape from the Bone-Rotting Swamp back to the Xuan Yang Sect!
Once Wu Jiang breaks through to the Gang Jin level, he will be the one who dies.
Even if he managed to escape, he couldn't tolerate a powerful expert lurking in the shadows, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any moment.
Therefore, Chu Xuan never considered escaping.
"So, Junior Brother Chu, you've come back now—?" Wu Jiang asked with great interest.
"I'll kill you!"
Chu Xuan said calmly.
"Kill me?"
Wu Jiang chuckled, speechless. "Junior Brother Chu, have you lost your mind? Although I don't know how you killed Hei Sha, you must understand that there's a huge difference between those at the Transformation Realm!"
How will you know if you don't try?
Chu Xuan said casually.
Even if we can't kill him, he'll find a way to escape!
"Looks like you're not so smart after all!" Wu Jiang's face immediately darkened. "But it's good that you're back; it saves me a lot of trouble! After devouring you, I should be able to fully enter the Gang Jin realm!"
Whoosh!
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure disappeared from the spot. When he reappeared, he was already in front of Chu Xuan. Without any fancy moves, he reached out and grabbed at Chu Xuan's chest.
The next moment, something strange happened.
His hand seemed to grasp at thin air, passing directly through Chu Xuan's body.
"Afterimage?"
Wu Jiang's expression changed slightly. Almost at the same time, a fierce gust of wind came from the side and struck his vital point, Yifeng acupoint, near his ear.
Wu Jiang stood still, letting Chu Xuan's punch come at him.
when!
Chu Xuan's fist stopped half a foot away from Wu Jiang's Yifeng acupoint, as if it had struck a glass dome, producing a metallic clanging sound.
"Are you stupid? I'm a half-step into the Qi Refining Realm, and you actually thought of sneaking up on me?"
Wu Jiang turned and looked at Chu Xuan with disdain.
A master of Gang Jin (罡劲) can transform their energy from intangible to substantial, concentrating it into a protective force to safeguard their entire body.
Although he has not yet fully entered the realm of Gang Jin, he can already condense Gang Jin, but only a portion of it!
Chu Xuan had been waiting for this moment!
A cold glint flashed in his eyes, and the power around him surged like a thunderous tide, gathering in his throat. He exhaled sharply and shouted, "Get lost!"
A loud shout exploded, sounding like a tiger roaring in the valley and thunder rumbling across the ground!
Visible sound waves spread out from him, the sharp sound waves piercing through the internal energy and stabbing straight at Wu Jiang's face and ears.
Tiger's Roar and Thunderous Sound!
Wu Jiang felt a sudden explosion in his ears, as if he had been struck by the roar of an ancient thunder tiger. His eardrums throbbed with pain, and his mind went blank for a moment.
His eyes momentarily lost focus, and his protective aura fluctuated erratically.
Click!
A sound like shattering glass rang out.
From the transparent protective barrier that Wu Jiang had condensed, a sound of unbearable strain came from it, followed by spiderweb-like cracks, and then it exploded with a bang.
"not good!"
Wu Jiang's expression changed. He tried to dodge, but it was too late. A fist glowing with a pale golden light grew larger and larger in front of him and slammed into his eye socket.
There was a loud bang.
Wu Jiang let out a muffled groan, and his body flew backward instantly.
"罡劲 (Gāngjìn)? It doesn't seem that powerful after all!"
Chu Xuan withdrew his somewhat bloodied fist, hiding it behind his back as he trembled uncontrollably, and said something insincere.
Even with his perfected Iron Armor Skill and the combined strength of the Seven Bears and Five Tigers, he still paid a considerable price against Wu Jiang's half-baked Gang Jin!
However, through this encounter, he gained a better understanding of Wujiang's significance!
The other party claimed it was half-step Gang Jin, but in reality, the Gang Jin they had condensed was still somewhere between reality and illusion!
You can kill them!
Boom!
A loud bang suddenly came from the water.
Wu Jiang sprang into the air, his body exploding with pale golden energy. His burly frame resembled a furious bear, his whiskers and hair standing on end, his eyes bloodshot.
"Chu Xuan! You're asking for death!"
A loud shout made the air vibrate and hum!
The water beneath his feet shattered with a deafening roar, and his entire body, enveloped in a violent, earth-shattering force, charged straight at him. Before his fist even reached his body, it had already distorted the surrounding airflow.
Chu Xuan's eyes turned cold. Instead of retreating, he advanced, and his fingertips suddenly gathered strength!
A flash of gleaming light erupted from his palm, sharp and unparalleled, so fast that only a cold glint remained.
Without dodging, blocking, or parrying, he thrust out a straight slash.
The blade's energy pierced the air, its sharp whistling tearing through the sky!
This strike was devoid of any unnecessary frills, yet it was precise, ruthless, and extremely sharp, directly slashing towards Wu Jiang's weakest point—his throat.
Little Chu's flying daggers never miss their mark!
"Blade aura? How is this possible?"
Wu Jiang gasped in shock, his face filled with utter horror!
"Block them!"
His face contorted in an instant, and he roared angrily. All his internal energy condensed in front of him, forming a semi-transparent shield of internal energy, trying to block Chu Xuan's attack!
Unfortunately, his internal energy cultivation was ultimately only half-baked!
Although Chu Xuan was only at the Transformation Realm, with the help of the Overlord Blade Technique, he could unleash a strike that was completely comparable to the罡劲 (Gang Jin) Realm!
"Pfft!"
The thick, iron-like protective energy was pierced through like paper by this blade's energy.
Wu Jiang's pupils shrank sharply, and before the ferocious look had faded, his throat was pierced by the unparalleled blade energy. His body was sent flying backward, drawing a pathetic arc in the air.
"Bang!"
A loud bang followed.
Wu Jiang's burly body slammed heavily into the mud once again, instantly sending the dark brown mud and water soaring into the sky, splashing everywhere like a torrential rain, with large amounts of sludge cascading down.
"Let me tell you a secret, I'm actually a Gang Jin cultivator too!"
Chu Xuan said calmly.
Almost at the same time, a strong sense of weakness came over him, and Chu Xuan felt his whole body go limp, almost collapsing onto the muddy ground.
He quickly took out the last remaining Spirit Gathering and Qi Strengthening Pill and swallowed it.
Although using the Spirit Gathering and Essence Strengthening Pill to recover is a bit wasteful, we can't worry about that now.
The pill melted instantly upon entering his mouth, and a surge of heat flowed through his internal organs and spread throughout his body. The feeling of being completely drained was quickly dispelled.
Just as Chu Xuan was about to breathe a sigh of relief, an arm suddenly emerged from the mud.
Wu Jiang suddenly sat up from the mud as if he had risen from the dead. The foul-smelling mud kept flowing down his hair, cheeks, and neck. The once fierce martial artist was now in a sorry state, but he looked even more ferocious.
He was panting heavily, his chest heaving violently, and beneath his clothes, which had been cleaved by the blade's force, his skin was covered with cracks like those on broken porcelain.
Although I look disheveled, I'm still alive!
Wu Jiang slowly stood up, his soaked hair clinging to his contorted face. His eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at Chu Xuan, a hoarse and venomous growl escaping his throat: "Chu Xuan—how dare you—make me look so pathetic!"
"This is really hard to kill!"
Chu Xuan sighed, realizing he had underestimated the vitality of a master of the Gang Jin realm!
From now on, it's truly a fight to the death!
Chi~!
Just as Wu Jiang stood up, a sharp, piercing sound came from behind him.
Wu Jiang instinctively turned his head and saw a small, blood-red sword, like a shooting star with a long tail, instantly piercing his heart.
Boom!
After a loud bang, the blood-red sword exploded, blasting a hole the size of a bucket into Wu Jiang's chest.
"Explosive Flame—Divine Rune Sword?"
Wu Jiang's eyes widened as he looked at his chest in disbelief, as if he couldn't believe he was dead. Then his body crashed into the mud.
This time, I'm dead beyond dead!
Chu Xuan looked ahead warily.
In the distance, through the gray fog, Wen Wan's figure appeared, limping and covered in mud, her arm broken off. As she walked, she swayed uncontrollably back and forth!
"Senior Sister Wen, you—?" Chu Xuan looked astonished.
It was Wen Wan!
She's still alive!
What Chu Xuan didn't expect was that Wen Wan actually came back to save him and even killed Wu Jiang, a half-step Gang Jin.
"Now, I don't owe you anything!"
Wen Wan forced a smile, slightly mischievous, "Let me tell you a secret, actually—I'm also a Gang Jin!"
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