NOVEL NEXT Chapter 168
Buddhist power descended from above, and a golden dragon appeared abruptly.
“Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon” came naturally to Jiang Chen, and he felt a strong sense of immersion when using it.
Most importantly, with the enhancement of the Buddha Stupa Sutra, although a superior-grade secret manual, the Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon didn’t consume much of his vital energy.
That’s why he used this move over and over again.
However, the Martial Emperor was still the Martial Emperor, far from comparable to any enemy Jiang Chen had encountered before.
Facing the descending Buddhist power, the Martial Emperor merely glanced at it and threw a punch.
“Boom!”
The fist made contact with the Buddhist power, and with a muffled sound, the Buddhist power was directly shattered.
Not only that, as the golden dragon approached, the Martial Emperor didn’t dodge or evade. He actually grabbed the dragon’s horns and wrestled with it!
What followed was an eye-opening scene for Jiang Chen.Even though the golden dragon was solid and powerful, it couldn’t make the Martial Emperor take a single step back.
Moreover, the Martial Emperor even had the spare strength to pull back one hand and punch the dragon’s head during the struggle.
“Destroy!”
His voice fell with his fist.
The golden dragon was smashed into the ground by the Martial Emperor, struggled for a moment, and then dissipated into starlight.
This made Jiang Chen’s mouth twitch.
The Martial Emperor was indeed the Martial Emperor. Even with just memories and a cultivation level of Human Origin, the combat power he unleashed was far beyond that of an ordinary cultivator.
In fact, Jiang Chen didn’t want to fight the Martial Emperor, but he had no choice.
The Martial Emperor had been wanting him to die, and there was no escape, so it was better to fight while the Martial Emperor’s cultivation had fallen.
Fortunately, Jiang Chen had many trump cards. If “Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon” didn’t work, he still had the ancient Way of the Sword and ancient weapons.
He hadn’t used them immediately because both consumed a lot of vital energy.
“Ant.”
The Martial Emperor stared at Jiang Chen and suddenly spoke.
Jiang Chen’s expression immediately darkened.
Could he tolerate this?
Without any hesitation, he stood with his sword, his eyes slightly closed.
The Flame Blood Dragon Sword in his hand shone with a blood-red light, and a chilling sword intent burst forth from within him, growing stronger and sharper, like an unparalleled sword, aiming to pierce through the Six Prisons.
“…Ancient Way of the Sword?” The Martial Emperor was taken aback.
Jiang Chen didn’t respond, continuing to charge his powerful move.
Normally, being interrupted in such a situation would be very dangerous.
But he was very clear that the Martial Emperor would never act like that.
Because he was the Martial Emperor, an arrogant madman who aspired to be someone who break the heavens and refused to be controlled by anyone!
Such a madman would never take advantage of someone’s weakness but would rather wait for the opponent to show all their strength.
As Jiang Chen expected, after a brief shock, the Martial Emperor simply crossed his arms and quietly waited.
Finally, the powerful move was fully charged.
Jiang Chen suddenly opened his eyes, and behind him appeared the phantom of an old man with white hair holding a sword.
He and the old man swung their swords in unison while murmuring, “Ancient Swordsmanship, First Form: Skybreaker!”
“Clang——!”
The sound of the sword was incessant, and a hundred-zhang Sword Qi condensed, the sword intent within it seemed capable of piercing through all things.
Seeing the hundred-zhang Sword Qi coming, the Martial Emperor was neither surprised nor panicked.
Instead, he commented, “Your Way of the Sword is only at Minor Achievement, yet you’ve managed to imbue sword intent into this move! Such talent is unparalleled in the world, worthy of a Sword Emperor! But…”
“Too weak!!”
Martial Emperor suddenly bellowed, and the golden patterns within his body crackled.
The blood that enveloped him seemed to come alive once more, writhing and converging.
The golden patterns on his bones, like ants, emerged from his skin and fused with the blood.
In a moment, the blood and golden patterns coalesced into muscle-like structures, solidifying into an armor that resembled golden blood, enveloping Martial Emperor.
A hundred zhang around him was filled with a blood-red glow, and those dazzling golden patterns were like ten thousand golden sword beams piercing through the darkness of the Desire Prison.
Then, a hundred-zhang Sword Qi struck.
“Break!”
Martial Emperor roared as he threw punch after punch, confronting the hundred-zhang Sword Qi with his bare body.
Despite only having the cultivation of the Human Origin realm, the combat power he unleashed was so formidable that it halted the Sword Qi in its tracks.
With another loud shout, Martial Emperor changed his punches into claws and tore the hundred-zhang Sword Qi in half.
After the Sword Qi split, it rushed past him on both sides, leaving two deep ravines on the ground that eventually disappeared without a trace.
“The Martial Emperor Physique needs no weapons, for both blood and bones can match divine instruments!” Martial Emperor said calmly, patting his hands together.
But no sooner had he spoken than his pupils contracted. He’s gone?
Jiang Chen, who had just been in front of him, had now vanished!
Could it be that he took the opportunity to flee while Martial Emperor was contending with the Sword Qi?
Suddenly, Martial Emperor sensed something and immediately looked up.
What met his eyes were obscure ancient characters shining like dragon light.
Unbeknownst to him, Jiang Chen had leaped above him, standing on an ancient royal bell, ready to cover him with it.
Feeling the power of the ancient bell, Martial Emperor let out another explosive shout and thrust his hands up as if lifting a cauldron, holding the bell above his head.
At the same time, Jiang Chen leaped from the top of the bell, swung his sword in the air, and executed the ancient sword’s First Form.
The hundred-zhang Sword Qi appeared once again and struck the bell.
“Dong!”
The bell rang out, and its sound waves rippled through the air.
Caught in the brunt of it, Martial Emperor felt dizzy and his blood and bones trembled.
The blood-golden armor that wrapped around him showed signs of disintegration.
“Haha!” Despite the crisis, Martial Emperor laughed instead of panicking.
He suddenly let go of the bell, and before it could cover him, he launched dozens of powerful punches into the air.
Each punch was so forceful that even the wind from them was enough to slow the descent of the bell, and with the final punch, the bell was actually blown away by the resulting blast of air!
After spinning many times in the air, it dimly fell to the ground.
“Haha, junior. If you have any more tricks, bring them on!” Martial Emperor laughed boisterously.
From “ant” to “junior,” this change in address was an acknowledgment of Jiang Chen, and in response to Martial Emperor, there were lotus flowers of azure hue.
Within the petals of these azure lotuses were blood-red meridians, which at first glance looked like blood vessels.
Dense blood lotuses bloomed around Martial Emperor and then transformed into myriad blood lotus Sword Qi, slashing rapidly towards every part of his body.
With no other choice, Martial Emperor once again had to resist the Sword Qi with his flesh.
But he quickly realized that his blood-golden armor disintegrated for a moment under such dense and formidable Sword Qi.
And in that instant of disintegration, a Sword Qi struck precisely at his chest.
Although not fatal, it left a bloody wound.
This was a sword technique combining the Azure Lotus Sword Art and the Flame Blood Dragon Sword.
The Azure Lotus Sword Art could enhance the power of Sword Qi, and the Flame Blood Dragon Sword was a superior-grade spiritual energy with blood-red Sword Qi, hence the myriad Sword Qi-like blood lotuses.
Combined, their power was not much less than the ancient Way of the Sword.
After everything settled, Martial Emperor stood motionless but stared at his wound in a daze.
He, Martial Emperor, had been injured by a junior!
Although he could only use the Martial Emperor Physique to its utmost due to his low cultivation, the most important thing is his understanding of the martial path was far above Jiang Chen’s!
Yet, he was still wounded!
“…I lost,” Martial Emperor admitted frankly.
Hearing this, Jiang Chen took a deep breath.
From the beginning, he knew that even with Martial Emperor’s cultivation only at the Human Origin level, he could not win.
The reason he fought with all his might was precisely because he knew Martial Emperor’s character.
Although violent and bloodthirsty, Martial Emperor was also straightforward and never denied his defeat.
As Martial Emperor, even with his current low cultivation, being injured by a junior was an unquestionable defeat.
At this moment, Jiang Chen was almost out of vital energy. If he hadn’t broken through to the Earth Origin level this time, he wouldn’t have been able to use the ancient Way of the Sword twice in a row, let alone have the energy for other techniques and secret manuals.
“I concede!” With that, Jiang Chen turned to leave.
“Hold on!” Martial Emperor called out to stop him.
This made Jiang Chen frown. Logically, since the proud Martial Emperor had admitted defeat, there should be no reason for him to continue wanting to attack him.
‘Could it be that the plot has become so absurd that Martial Emperor’s character has also collapsed?’ he couldn’t help but think so.
With the mindset of better safe than sorry, Jiang Chen became secretly vigilant.
“You, you’re quite good! You’re worthy to defy the heavens together with me!” Martial Emperor said in admiration.
Hearing this, Jiang Chen was a bit dizzy.
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