Chen Chao started running outside of the palace, visibly crushing many of the plaza's stone bricks under his feet. The imperial city naturally had a grand array, but it was not used to defend against them.
He ran forward, seemingly about to collide with He Yi in an almost barbaric manner. The young spectators sneered at this way of fighting style. Apart from the fact that martial artists were cultivators who forcibly wanted to cultivate, their disdain for martial artists was also because of their fighting style. It was too brutish, lacking the grace that other cultivators exhibited.
Chen Chao was not in the mood to care about other people's opinions. In a very short time, he closed the distance between both parties from a few hundred feet to several dozen feet. After another breath of time, he would be reducing this distance even further. At that time, he would be able to appear within ten feet of the other party.
Within ten feet, that was the perfect combat distance for martial artists. In close-range combat, their powerful physiques would give martial artists a tremendous advantage.
However, as he was thinking of this, how could his opponent really fall within ten feet? When the two were still several dozen feet apart, He Yi laughed coldly. Tapping his toes, he flew backwards. His dao robe fluttered and a cold light flashed from his large sleeves. Several streams of imposing qi rushed out of his sleeves, howling through the air and creating a gust of wind.
The streams of qi were full of extreme sharpness.
Suddenly, a strong wind swept through the square.
As they watched this scene, many people revealed expressions of surprise or admiration. He Yi, this genius on the Latent Dragon List, was truly extraordinary. They were not sure if he was giving it his all at the moment, but regardless, what he displayed was beyond what ordinary people could compare to. They even felt that He Yi could be put in the same category as the top talents of the foreign lands' first-rate geniuses.
Indeed, since he was a character on the latent Dragon List, he naturally had this ability.
Perhaps the only ones who could easily defeat him were those few people ranked at the very top of the Latent Dragon List.
Chen Chao gripped his saber handle. Facing the aura that contained countless sharp edges, he did not choose to draw his saber and cut through it. Instead, after a moment of silence, he had an idea. He suddenly exerted force, like an arrow leaving the bow, breaking through those auras extremely barbarically. He forcefully barged through the auras filled with sharp edges, forcefully closing the distance again.
Withstanding it with his body.
The people in the square widened their eyes. When they saw those auras appear, they were also thinking about what method they should use to dodge or pass through them if they were on the other side. But no one thought of using their body to resist it. Seeing that Chen Chao chose such an ancient and foolish method, they were initially a bit disdainful. But then, they were rather shocked because that young man had already successfully broken through those auras. As for himself, he had no injuries other than his tattered clothes.
How tough was his body?
The cultivators have always said through word of mouth that although martial artists have limited techniques, their bodies were the strongest among all cultivators; number one in the world. Although they knew this saying, no one had a deep understanding of it until now. At the moment when the young man passed through those sharp qi waves unscathed, they realized that in the same cultivation realm, a martial artist's body was his greatest reliance.
A hint of surprise flashed across He Yi's eyes, as if not expecting Chen Chao to choose this method to deal with his attack. Of course, he was even more surprised at why Chen Chao remained unscathed after passing through his sharp qi waves.
He naturally had no idea what kind of price Chen Chao had paid over the years to kill those demons deep in the mountains. He also did not know how much hardships he forked out to temper a body that far surpassed that of cultivators in the same realm.
The degree of his physical toughness was beyond what He Yi could imagine.
Although Chen Chao passed through the qi waves, he still could not get to He Yi at this moment. The young daoist's figure suddenly dispersed. Several illusory figures suddenly appeared around the plaza. Furthermore, they were still wandering around, making it difficult to distinguish which one was the real He Yi.
But Chen Chao just glanced in the southeast direction, raised his arm, and punched out!
There was a loud bang!
The stone bricks on the square shattered and a crack spread out.
He Yi's figure was forced out, looking rather disheveled. He waved his sleeves and retreated dozens of feet. After coming to a standstill, he asked in confusion, "How did you find me?"
Chen Chao did not answer immediately. He only opened his mouth at the same time he shot forward, "Those demons in the mountains are more sophisticated than your methods. Even they couldn't escape my eyes, let alone you?"
He Yi frowned, but this time he did not retreat. He just stood his ground, waiting for Chen Chao to approach him. Then, he slapped his palm out, and countless surging qi burst out of his palm, meeting Chen Chao's fist.
Two extremely powerful streams of qi collided here. In an instant, qi surged out in all directions, sweeping towards the young cultivators who were watching around them.
Second Prince frowned, and saw Li Heng raise his hand slightly. The qi immediately scattered, arriving like a gentle breeze, but it no longer had any power.
Xie Nandu turned her head to look at that seemingly ordinary young eunuch. The latter just smiled slightly and did not take any other action.
He Yi knew that Chen Chao's strength laid in his powerful body. But he had cultivated for many years, the qi within his body was vigorous. He knew that as long as he did not let the other party's fist land on his body, then no matter how close he got, there would not be too much trouble. Besides, he also wanted to see how many methods this young man in black had, to be able to kill Guo Xi and the rest.
His palm surged with qi; extremely vigorous. It landed on Chen Chao's fist, only to push him back several steps in an instant.
He Yi laughed coldly, thinking that the other party was nothing but a boor after all.
But in the next moment, he felt his qi becoming chaotic. The young man in front of him suddenly burst out with an extremely powerful qi from his fist. It actually forcibly scattered his qi. Then, in his trance, he saw the young man lowering his shoulder and slamming towards his chest.
That rock-solid body charged towards him. He Yi could not dodge in time. Just when he collided with Chen Chao's body, his entire person was sent flying like a kite with a broken string, falling far away. This scene shocked the onlookers, causing them to gasp in disbelief.
Who was He Yi? He was a powerhouse on the Latent Dragon List, with a powerful cultivation realm and shocking talent. No one would believe that he would lose to Chen Chao in a fight. But the current situation made everyone's expressions turn ugly. Because it was visible to the naked eye that He Yi had already fallen into a disadvantage.
"Impossible!" A cultivator murmured, his voice trembling slight. He could not believe the scene that was unfolding before his eyes.
There was no way that He Yi would lose. Yes, he refused to believe that He Yi would lose.
"He Yi is a genius on the Latent Dragon List..."
They did not want to see that youth in black win. But the current situation was like that?
What was going on?
Many doubts had arisen in their hearts.
But before they could think too much, the situation changed rapidly in an instant.
After He Yi was knocked flying, his daoist robe fluttered, and several cold rays flew out of his sleeve. They carried a sharp sword qi, shooting towards Chen Chao.
Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be several flying swords!
He Yi was a Dao society cultivator, why would he have such means?
"It's Dao Sword!" A cultivator furrowed his brow and exclaimed with some alarm.
Among the cultivators of the world, sword cultivators were known for their formidable killing power. Each sect either trained sword cultivators in their ranks or researched the fusion of dao magics and sword cultivation. This talisman sword was a dao magic that the Dao society created a few years back through the comprehension of sword cultivation techniques. It combined the killing power of sword cultivation with the true essence of daoism, granting it extraordinary killing power.
Countless pocket-sized flying swords rushed out of He Yi's sleeves, and their cold light flashed as they flew towards Chen Chao. Upon closer inspection, one could clearly see that the flying swords were only about the length of a palm, and their bodies were engraved densely in runes. The peculiar and complicated lines had a unique qi flow.
Countless flying swords shot out of He Yi's sleeves at the same time he was sent flying backwards.They carried countless cold glints and fierce sword lights.
Other cultivators who did not cultivate the way of the sword did not possess sword qi within their bodies. Since they did not have sword qi, they were destined to be unable to control flying swords. However, this daoist magic from the Dao society inscribed the runes on the flying swords, controlling flying swords with a fixed daoist magic. It could actually achieve the same effect as flying swords too.
This sword technique was naturally exquisite, but after seeing this technique, everyone did not relax but became a little worried. This sword technique must be a trump card that He Yi had kept in reserve, intending to use it at the upcoming Myriad Willow Convention. He had never displayed it before, but now, he used this technique ahead of time. What this meant naturally went without saying.
When they turned back to Chen Chao, the emotions in their eyes already changed.
Some people already knew that they had underestimated this youth in back previously.
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Several swords sliced through the air, and several sword lights flashed by. Chen Chao's figure that was moving forward suddenly stopped. The flying swords forced him into retreating.
After dodging several flying swords at a distance of several dozen feet, Chen Chao's hand reached for the handle of his saber once again.
The flying swords did not stop, streaking through the air at a speed so fast that it was almost impossible to track with the naked eye.
One of the flying swords was already headed straight for his glabella. The distance between the two was getting closer and closer.
Chen Chao frowned and dodged to the side. But suddenly, he felt a chill at his waist. A flying swords had already arrived in front of him at some unknown time. It slid past his waist, slicing apart his clothes. It even sliced through his skin. Although his body was tough, at this moment, the flying swords were sharper.
Feeling the pain of the sharp blade slicing his skin, a hidden emotion surged up from the depths of Chen Chao's eyes. He exerted a little force with his palm, gripping the saber handle tightly, and he suddenly drew his saber.
The flying sword that was about to pierce through Chen Chao's forehead failed to do so. Instead, it was struck by his saber. Then, it fell rapidly and embedded into the ground.
Chen Chao looked up and dodged the other two flying swords, Knocking away a wandering flying sword with a slash, he looked towards He Yi who was standing across from him.
At this moment, He Yi was also looking at him.
The two locked eyes, their emotions complex.
