Like the collapse of the Mount Zhōu, the giant sword strikes fiercely.
The Clear Qi pillar, unwilling to be outdone, seems like a pillar reaching for the sky, facing the towering giant sword head-on.
Two powerful energies collide together, emitting an eye-catching brightness like the explosion of the sun.
Boom, boom-boom.
After a massive explosion, followed by a series of successive smaller and medium-sized explosions.
Violent gusts of wind spread everywhere, with rage surging like a furious sea, sweeping across the surroundings.
For a moment, the world was left with only two colors.
A massive sword flickering with hidden lightning in mid-air.
Although somewhat unable to withstand, Qingqi was able to counteract most of the energy bursts.
The two massive energies of different colors were still madly intertwined, colliding wave after wave like the turbulent sea hitting the shore.
The world seemed to be shattered!
The surrounding space was constantly trembling without end!
Horror waves of impact continuously gush out from the point where the two energy waves collide, causing destruction all around and grinding substances into powder.
Wu Kaojiu, Kang Yuan, Qin Ming, and Yun the younger brother, the four senior magicians, hurriedly unleashed their ultimate skills, releasing one after another colorful "light screens" to guard their backs.
Even so, the powerful gusts of wind still caused the defensive spells released in a hurry by the four senior magicians to be slightly cracked.
Just the residual impact of the explosion! The power is so amazing!
Under normal circumstances, Wu Kaojiu, Kang Yuan, Qin Ming, and Yun the younger brother would definitely be deeply shocked.
However, at this moment, they had no time to care about the two energy bursts and were staring intently at the central area.
Just now, everyone heard the senior mage Yuan Chu shout "My life is over," everyone wanted to know what had happened.
Thankfully, the energy bursts from the two sides did not last long.
Qingqi disappeared instantly.
The giant sword clearly had more strength, but for some reason, it also instantly dissolved.
Only endless smoke and mist lingered between the heavens and the earth, hazy and intermittent, appearing and disappearing.
Under normal circumstances, ordinary people would certainly not be able to see clearly in such a haze of smoke and mist.
Wu Kaojiu, Kang Yuan, Qin Ming, and Yun the younger brother were not ordinary people, with extremely powerful vision. They immediately saw through the haze of smoke and mist and understood the situation clearly.
Not looking was better.
Looking, everyone was shocked!
In front of them, Chen Yun was shredded in tatters, spurting blood continuously. It seemed as though not a single good piece of flesh remained on his body, as if he had sustained severe injuries.
If one were only to see this, anyone would surely believe that he had lost.
However, this was not the real reason for everyone's wide-eyed stupor.
After all, a middle-level mage losing to a senior mage was too commonplace. How could it possibly be worth their shock?
The reason for everyone's shock was completely due to the sight of a black, ferocious, tiny dog the size of an elephant hovering in front of Yuan Chu, who was facing off against Chen Yun.
The ferocious dog's gaping mouth had already penetrated Yuan Chu's body, as if with just a bit more force, it could tear the other half in half!
Who wins and who loses is obvious!
It is clear to anyone that Chen Yun has won completely!
What... what?
A middle-level mage really beat a senior mage?
Everyone stood in shock, even their minds were blank, unable to believe the sight before them, which was like a miraculous event!
Silence!
The silence at the scene was dead!
Whether it was Wu Kaojiu, Kang Yuan, Qin Ming, and the rest of their fellow magicians, or the twenty or so swordsmen like Yun the younger brother, all of them showed expressions of disbelief and stood still!
Even if it's Yuan Chu, who was facing off against Chen Yun directly, at this moment, his eyes showed an incredible expression. He simply couldn't believe that the other person really had the ability to take his life within three moves!
But still, despite how unwilling to believe it, even Yuan Chu couldn't deny that this scene was indeed playing out.
If it weren't for Chen Yun holding back, Yuan Chu would have been dead by now!
The battle between Chen Yun and Yuan Chu has come to an end here. The residual force is still present, and everyone who saw the result is shocked and shaken to their core. For a moment, there is silence, and only the sound of the wind blowing can be heard in the heavens and earth.
The result was shocking to everyone.
Wu Kaojiu was stunned upon seeing this scene!
Kang Yuan, Qin Ming, and the others also widened their eyes in amazement!
Even if it's them, looking at the expressions of the seventy or so people on the site, everyone in the scene was immediately rendered speechless. Everyone was completely stunned, completely unable to figure out how Chen Yun won. But no one was curious at the moment because everyone was shocked by Chen Yun's victory over the senior mage Yuan Chu.
Wu Kaojiu's mouth moved several times, but he couldn't manage to speak a word.
Yun the younger brother was even more stunned. She stared straight ahead, and her Qingjing sword fell off without her noticing. It wasn't until the Qingjing sword hit the broken stone on the pit and made a "click" sound that she snapped out of it.
Then, everyone was also pulled back to their bodies by this sound, as if just shaking off from the explosion of Chen Yun and Yuan Chu's battle.
Whoosh!
Loud shouts suddenly burst out!
"God!"
"My God!"
"What? What did I just see?"
"A middle-level mage beat a senior mage?"
"This... how is that possible? I can't believe what my eyes are seeing!"
The group of people accompanying Chen Yun couldn't help but loudly discuss in excitement.
The three people standing in the front - Wu Kaojiu, Kang Yuan, and Qin Ming - were also shocked into silence.
Only hearing the Dragon maiden Sanjiu exclaiming, "Mr. Chen really won! Mr. Chen actually defeated a senior mage in a level leap? Oh my Tai Shang Lao Jun! It seems that when Mr. Chen fought against Yin Wuji at Mount Emei last time, it was not because of the strength of his disciples, but because of his own abilities? Frightening, Mr. Chen's strength is too terrifying! He is at the level of a middle-level mage, yet he has the power to kill a senior mage. It is too terrifying!"
Hm, although she is a member of the cult of the magic arts, her survival has been extremely difficult due to the historical ruling class's suppression of magic arts and "obscene worship" in a bid to maintain social order.
Therefore, the cult of the magic arts began to seek survival and a way out.
Firstly, they sought to align themselves with Taoism, gaining the recognition of the people that they too belonged to the Taoist fold.
Thus, Taoism and the cult of the magic arts gradually merged, forming a unique religious order known as the "Taoist Magic" school, which was both Taoist and cult of magic arts in nature.
Therefore, the cult of the magic arts must recognize the Taoist ancestor Lao Zong as its own deity to prove that it also belongs to the "Lao Zong religion" or "Laozong's lineage."
That is why the Dragon maiden Sanjiu exclaimed "My Taishang Laojun" to express her inner shock.
A wave of exclamations spread through the crowd.
Everyone was stunned and discussing in excitement with others.
Specifically, what had just happened, besides Chen Yun and Yuan Chu, no one in the scene knew. However, that did not prevent everyone from knowing that the final outcome was Chen Yun's victory.
Although Chen Yun had killed a junior senior mage, Yin Wuji, at Mount Emei last time, and also annihilated a ghost general, four ghost lieutenants, and tens of thousands of ghost soldiers with his disciples and divine soldiers on Baofeng Mountain, these facts did not diminish the shock of his victory today.
But none of those previous occasions had been as shocking as this one.
Why?
Because this time, Chen Yun's opponent, Yuan Chu, was a swordsmanship practitioner at the middle stage of senior mages!
Swordsmanship practitioners inherently pursue perfection in killing, and a mid-level senior mage's swordsmanship is comparable to that of a late-stage senior mage. Even against weak high-level mages who practice certain cultivation methods, they still have the capability to fight.
And now, Yuan Chu, a senior mage mid-stage swordsmanship practitioner, has been defeated by Chen Yun at the middle-stage mage level. This naturally elicits shock from the crowd.
This is like an ant toppling an elephant!
Yes, the comparison of this duel to an ant overthrowing an elephant is not exaggerated at all!
Who is that?
Who on earth is this person?
Yun the younger brother and the other swordsmen don't know this person, and they've never even heard of him before, so they were shocked to the core.
How could someone with such ferocious combat power be a nobody?
How could it be someone they've never heard of?
Is he really the disciple of Laozu?
With this realization, Yun the younger brother and the other swordsmen's hearts were filled with deep reverence.
While everyone was in shock and talking endlessly.
The tiny dog transformed into a streak of light and disappeared into Chen Yun's palm.
With four holes about the size of a hanging chain and bleeding, Yuan Chu lifted his head with a bitter smile and said, "You... won, indeed. If I hadn't held back, you would have killed me in three moves."
Upon hearing Yuan Chu speak, everyone quickly closed their mouths and looked towards the two of them, eager to find out what had just happened.
Chen Yun has cultivated the flying spirit jade seal and reached the mid-level. His recovery abilities are incredibly powerful.
The wounds on his body were healing at an astonishingly visible rate, "If you hadn't given your all, I wouldn't have had the chance to kill you in three moves."
"Winning is winning; the process doesn't matter," Yuan Chu said sincerely, looking at Chen Yun with admiration in his eyes. "Firstly, you deliberately used haughty words to anger me, then told me that you could kill me within three moves, making me complacent. When it actually came down to the third move, I had to use all my strength. At the moment of the sword aura's explosion, you first used a feint to divert my attention, using fireball and dream-inducing spells to confuse me. I thought that your 'quick' kill move was the Star River Vortex from among those spells. Although I realized it in a brief moment, it was too late. By the time I reacted, your artifact had already approached me. I believe that if you hadn't held back, that wonderful tiny dog artifact wouldn't have just pierced my torso but would have bitten off my head!"
In that moment, everyone finally understood and realized how Chen Yun had managed to win.
In fact, from the very beginning, Chen Yun had already set up a layout.
Firstly, he deliberately used words to provoke Yuan Chu.
He also claimed that he could win within three moves, causing Yuan Chu to mistakenly believe that Chen Yun would take the opponent's three moves directly.
All of this was not much.
What matters is that when Yuan Chu saw that the first two moves did not work, as a senior mage who practices swordsmanship, he had his own pride. Naturally, on the third move, he went all out without holding back at all.
Normally, no one would go all out without holding anything back in a battle.
Because if you don't hold anything back, there will be a moment when your energy is not supplied quickly enough, causing you to momentarily lose combat capability.
A momentary loss of combat ability is nothing for ordinary people, but it can be fatal for martial artists.
Therefore, no martial artist would do this in a non-life-or-death situation.
However, Yuan Chu still chose to do this, not because he was foolish.
Rather than because he was foolish, Yuan Chu did so because of the impression created by Chen Yun's previous non-retaliatory behavior, which made people believe that he would continue to take the opponent's three moves.
In reality, it was quite the opposite.
Chen Yun appeared to be passively taking hits and displaying a super sturdy, incredibly powerful defensive ability in order to deceive Yuan Chu into unleashing all his power, thereby gaining a brief moment of opportunity.
When that moment of opportunity presented itself, Chen Yun countered with three moves in quick succession.
The first move, fireball technique, to conceal the true intent behind his cry of "hurry".
When Yuan Chu heard the opponent cry "hurry," he would surely guess that the opponent was using a powerful spell or artifact, and he would naturally be on guard. The energy fluctuations from the fireball technique would prompt him to resist immediately, only to fall into Chen Yun's trap.
Of course, as a senior mage at the mid-stage, Yuan Chu would naturally be able to react quickly.
The moment he saw the fireball technique appear, he immediately knew he had fallen into Chen Yun's trap. However, it was still possible to counter the magical dog artifact.
Therefore, Chen Yun used the second move, dream induction.
Upon the deployment of dream induction, it immediately manifested a terrifying star river vortex that was as real as the heavens and earth.
Yuan Chu diverted all of his subsequent strength to resist this move.
Then... he fell victim to Chen Yun's truly hidden killing move.
Exactly, it was the magical dog artifact!
This artifact was personally forged by Laozun for Chen Yun.
He had clearly stated before that even if the leader of the sect were unprepared, they could still be bitten to death by the tiny dog.
Let alone Yuan Chu at the mid-stage senior mage level?
He was not able to defend himself in time and was naturally bitten by the tiny dog, suffering severe injuries.
One could say that Chen Yun's victory in this battle was entirely due to two factors.
Firstly, super high-caliber combat calculation ability.
He linked each move seamlessly, gradually leading Yuan Chu into a situation of certain death.
Secondly, he also has incredibly strong capabilities.
To be able to withstand Yuan Chu's terrifying power surge is not fierce what else could it be?
In other words, if Chen Yun could not withstand Yuan Chu's explosive power, it would not have been possible to reach the last step, which almost cost him his life.
Upon learning about the true course of the battle, everyone became terrified instead.
If Chen Yun defeated Yuan Chu relying on his own powerful strength, it would at most shock people.
However, Chen Yun's victory over Yuan Chu in the current battle demonstrates not only his powerful combat ability but also his terrifying combat wisdom.
Fighting with such wisdom requires utmost caution, even if one's strength far surpasses the opponent's. A wrong step could lead to falling into a trap and finding oneself in a fatal situation at any moment.
Wu Kejiu, Kang Yuan, Qin Ming, and Yun the younger brother, along with the other seventy or so people on both sides, involuntarily turned their gaze to Chen Yun. Their eyes were filled with fear. Even though Chen Yun's cultivation level was lower than theirs, after witnessing his battle with Yuan Chu, no one would want to engage in combat with someone who possessed such a full point in combat wisdom.
Mr. Chen's combat wisdom is truly terrifying!
Wu Kejiu, Kang Yuan, and Qin Ming, as well as the rest of their companions, secretly admired Chen Yun's strength.
Yun the younger brother and the other twenty or so swordsmen couldn't help but sigh, feeling that Yuan Chu's defeat was not unfair. They were equally deeply impressed by Chen Yun's wisdom in combat strategy.
However, regardless of Wu Kejiu, Kang Yuan, Qin Ming, and the others, or Yun the younger brother and the other swordsmen, or even Yuan Chu himself, there was a question from the analysis of the previous situation: from the current situation, Chen Yun could have easily defeated Yuan Chu with just one move and won more decisively.
If that were the case, why did Chen Yun hold back at the last moment?
(Chapter ends)
