Chapter 324: Bright Moon-grade Grade A, the Powerful [Deep Ripple Abyss Domain]!

This punch sent Fei Yi reeling backward; it could be considered the first time Chen Yan had managed to injure Fei Yi.

A Tier 6 Ancient Divine Beast, especially a powerful one that had existed in the Dream Abyss for who knows how long.

Fei Yi's body contained Qi and blood, allowing it to unleash 【Deep Ripple】, and its own eyes could condense arrays, making its combat techniques incomparably formidable.

Fortunately, what Fei Yi's eyes contained was not a Bright Moon-grade array, but a Morning Star-grade Grade B.

Otherwise, there would be no need to even fight this battle.

But even so, the speed Fei Yi displayed remained terrifyingly extreme; Chen Yan had to rely on prediction every time he attacked.

Don't let the intensity of the battle fool you; in reality, only three seconds had passed since Xue Qi began condensing 【Deep Ripple】.

Swish.

The Fei Yi that had been knocked away by Chen Yan flickered, rushing from a hundred meters away to stand before Xue Qi, while simultaneously waving one hand to slash a black light filled with pure malice toward Chen Yan.

This black light slash hit nothing; the moment Xue Qi moved, Chen Yan also dodged away.

He stomped his feet hard against the space, causing two white air waves to explode, and flew frantically toward where Xue Qi was.

Fei Yi's speed was shockingly fast, making it very difficult for Chen Yan to defend.

But Chen Yan knew only one thing: at this moment, Fei Yi was determined to attack Xue Qi at all costs.

Once Xue Qi finished brewing 【Deep Ripple】, everything would be over.

This was a strike condensed from all the Qi and blood in Chen Yan's entire body.

Furthermore, what Xue Qi was currently unleashing appeared to be a Qi and blood martial technique that was extremely compatible with 【Deep Ripple】.

That massive Black Tortoise was several thousand meters in size, blotting out the sky and sun, terrifying to the extreme.

Just then, the moment Fei Yi rushed to the front of Xue Qi, it threw a punch toward Xue Qi's head.

Xue Qi's eyes erupted with blood-red light; while condensing the Qi and blood Black Tortoise, Xue Qi twisted their head fiercely to dodge the strike and growled:

"Chen Yan!"

Xue Qi knew that having Chen Yan hold off Fei Yi for ten seconds was an extremely difficult task.

But at this moment, there was simply no other way.

The next moment.

Chen Yan appeared at Fei Yi's side and thrust out a direct kick, a golden ball of light erupting at his toe, slamming fiercely into Fei Yi's flank.

As soon as this kick landed, Fei Yi didn't react much; its body seemed to sink deeply into the space, and it was not kicked away.

But Chen Yan's left leg felt as if it were about to snap, the pain excruciating.

Boom!

Xue Qi, who was condensing the Qi and blood Black Tortoise, struck out with a palm; the moment their palm, condensed from Qi and blood, slapped onto Fei Yi, the Qi and blood palm shattered.

But Fei Yi was also sent flying by this palm.

Its figure traced a pitch-black arc through the high sky, crashing into an old building two thousand meters away.

Rumble!

Instantly, the building collapsed, and rubble flew everywhere.

Chen Yan did not stop; he had no time to worry about the near-tearing pain in his legs, so he wrapped his wounds in internal energy and flew toward Fei Yi.

Caw!

A sound containing endless malice resounded, transforming into waves of sonic attacks.

"Woooooo!!"

Hundreds of humans rescued by Chen Yan were attacked by the malice, even though they were far away.

They all began to flee frantically.

Even though they were born in this place and had slowly adapted to the malice over a dozen years while being eroded by it.

Fei Yi's roar still filled them with extreme terror.

The humans clutched their heads and screamed, becoming delirious.

Amidst a pile of wreckage, Fei Yi flew out; its eyes were cold and indifferent, but the moment it saw Chen Yan still flying toward it, its gaze flickered.

It was currently radiating the malice of a Tier 6 Ancient Divine Beast; the closer Chen Yan was, the more he should have been eroded by the malice.

But the impact on Chen Yan was clearly not that great.

This was a scene that overturned its perception.

Even in such an intense situation, Fei Yi's body paused for a moment.

Chen Yan flew up from below; even though his willpower could extinguish the malice, such a massive wave of malice hitting him still made his consciousness tremble, and his whole body felt a sharp pain as if pierced by billions of blades.

He raised his nearly ruined right fist, and strands of pale golden light wrapped around it like flowing liquid.

Sixth-Grade Fist Intent, activate!

Word Realm, activate!

【Heaven-Patrolling Ultimate Dao】 and 【Void-Breaking: Inter-Space Explosive Saint】 were unleashed simultaneously; this punch was the strongest strike he could deliver now that his Qi and blood had been drained.

Fei Yi's eyes became incomparably indifferent, and with a wave of one hand, a pitch-black greatsword condensed from malice and Qi and blood appeared in its right hand.

The greatsword was three meters long, with hideous eyeballs embedded within it.

Instantly, it thrust toward Chen Yan.

It realized that if it didn't deal with Chen Yan, it would be difficult to handle Xue Qi.

A collision in an instant.

This sword collided with Chen Yan's punch.

Crack!

Streaks of black-gold wild lightning instantly roared and flashed from the point of contact between the fist and sword, spilling frantically toward the surroundings.

In a flash, it formed a lightning zone covering a radius of a thousand meters.

Crack, crack, crack!

The sword tip pierced into Chen Yan's fist, snapping his five fingers.

Fei Yi's eyes turned sharp; in an instant, the black sword in her hand suddenly split vertically, transforming into pitch-black tentacles covered in eyeballs that bound Chen Yan's right hand and right arm.

Her eyes held the mockery one might show when looking at an insect.

It was just like watching generations of Slaughter Village villagers dying one after another before her, wailing incessantly.

She had long since grown accustomed to it.

Insects should have the fate that insects deserve.

When humans hear the shrill screams of a pig while slaughtering it, they smile and drool; how was she any different?

Even now, though these two did indeed pose a sliver of a threat to her, it could not stop her.

Her figure flickered, turning into a phantom; she ignored Chen Yan entirely and flew toward Xue Qi instead.

Yet, in this very instant.

Chen Yan's pupils suddenly constricted; he turned his left hand into a blade and severed his own right arm, which was bound by the tentacles.

He sprinted without a shred of hesitation, flying toward Xue Qi.

But his speed was no match for Fei Yi; by the time he took a single step, Fei Yi had already appeared in the void five hundred meters away.

"Fei Yi!!!"

A roar of fury resounded; high in the distance, Xue Qi's eyes were scarlet, filled with boundless rage.

A massive Black Tortoise was constantly condensing in the void, its momentum terrifying.

Facing the incoming Fei Yi, Xue Qi kicked out into the air.

This kick was terrifying to the extreme; the moment it was unleashed, Xue Qi's right leg shattered instantly.

He unleashed 【Deep Ripple】, erupting with layers of suppressing force; the space itself seemed like layers of parallel glass, struck into faces of void cracks.

As the powerful suppressing force struck, Fei Yi's beautiful face turned incomparably grim; her body stalled in place, as if ten thousand fathoms of waves had crashed upon her.

Under this immense pressure, the armor all over her body trembled and buckled, bursting with a series of 'crack' clanging sounds.

Fei Yi raised her right palm, and blood energy condensed within it as well.

Screech!

A massive Black Tortoise condensed, intending to clash head-on with this strike from Xue Qi.

But the Black Tortoise she manifested was crushed before it could even take shape.

Xue Qi roared:

"I did indeed learn Deep Ripple from you.

But I have crossed life and death, struggling day and night, solely to kill you.

Above Deep Ripple, how could you possibly compare to me!!!"

He laughed wildly, and even his blood-energy avatar was weeping, incomparably shrill.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

Buildings within a radius of several thousand meters were crushed like cake under this strike, collapsing with a roar as the earth caved in.

This strike was terrifying to the extreme; even though Chen Yan had dodged in advance, he was still suppressed within a patch of ruins.

But Chen Yan did not stop for even a moment; he burst forth directly from the ruins and charged toward Fei Yi, who was likewise suppressed within a patch of ruins.

"Get lost!!!"

A shrill roar resounded; Fei Yi was incomparably furious.

There were only three seconds left until Xue Qi finished condensing the Black Tortoise; she had no mood to play around with Chen Yan here.

This human youth was strong, but he truly could not compare to the threat Xue Qi posed to her.

Chirp!!!

Her armor shattered, and surging black malice poured out toward the surroundings like a river, dense to the extreme.

She intended to completely suppress Chen Yan with malice, then use this final time to slaughter Xue Qi.

But there was one thing Fei Yi never knew from beginning to end.

The existence that the malice of this world was destined to fear was precisely this human youth she did not care about.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!!!

A sound like fireballs falling into an icy lake rang out.

Amidst the boundless tide of darkness, a golden light was incomparably conspicuous.

At this moment, Fei Yi's expression turned extremely strange.

What had she seen?

Malice, was it being corroded?

She was not quite certain, because this was something that could not possibly happen.

But in this very instant, a fist smashed down.

Boom!

Chen Yan charged through the boundless malice and slammed a fist into Fei Yi's beautiful face, which bore an expression of astonishment.

Boom!

One punch sent Fei Yi's head snapping upward.

Chen Yan did not pause for a single moment; his feet and a fist struck out simultaneously.

In an instant, hundreds, thousands of strikes!

The fist imprints wove together, almost forming a giant golden net, constantly smashing Fei Yi backward.

At the same time.

Chen Yan's left fist was smashed into meat paste, and his feet, too, had been beaten into powder amidst countless strikes.

Yet, cracks also appeared on the body of Fei Yi.

Chen Yan's gaze was cold and sharp; this was the strongest enemy he had ever encountered.

If not for Xue Qi, he would never have come here to throw his life away.

But a smile inevitably surfaced at the corners of Chen Yan's mouth.

Agonizing pain could not stop him, malice could not stop him, and a powerful enemy could not stop him either.

Everything he was doing right now made him feel incomparably excited.

"What... is... your... name..."

Fei Yi was struck by Chen Yan, yet at this moment, a cruel, fierce smile surfaced at the corners of her mouth.

Chen Yan keenly sensed that something was wrong; all around him, it felt as if a powerful sense of oppression was descending.

Opposite him, Fei Yi withstood Chen Yan's bombardment, looked at Chen Yan, and interest surfaced within her pitch-black eyes.

At this moment, Chen Yan's value in Fei Yi's heart seemed to completely surpass that of Xue Qi.

Even if Xue Qi would condense the final Blood-Qi Black Tortoise in the next instant.

It no longer mattered.

"What is your name..."

Fei Yi asked, powerful malice surging from within her body, incomparably heavy.

*Sshhh! *

A crack appeared from her neck, splitting all the way down to her abdomen.

A huge bloody maw tore open continuously, revealing clusters of eyeballs huddled together inside.

Countless, individual eyeballs just stared at Chen Yan like that.

Chen Yan's pupils constricted; he activated the Spirit-Entering level 【Heaven Patrol】, wanting to fly away.

But it was also at this moment.

Boom!

Countless eyeballs flew out from within Fei Yi's body, each trailing a strand of scarlet flesh tissue behind it, like meat sausages.

The meat sausages intertwined, binding Chen Yan in an instant.

At the same time, the eyeballs on the meat sausages loomed over Chen Yan, staring at him together.

Endless malice overflowed, enveloping Chen Yan.

Like a giant tentacle, it dragged Chen Yan and swung him crazily toward the distance.

Boom, boom, boom!

Chen Yan's body collided with building after building within a thousand-meter radius; the buildings exploded, and countless stone fragments flew.

*Caw!!! *

Within the shattered buildings, hidden ancient beasts and ancient divine beasts were exposed, all hissing at Chen Yan.

Chen Yan's eyes were cold and stern, his entire body's strength surging as he shattered the meat sausages bound to him; wherever he passed, he sprayed a patch of pitch-black blood and eyeball fragments.

"Xue Qi!"

Chen Yan roared low, his body colliding once more with a dilapidated skyscraper, smashing through wall after wall and glass.

An entire skyscraper, a hundred meters tall, was swept and snapped by the meat sausages, collapsing with a roar.

It was as if the apocalypse had arrived.

Ancient beasts darted out, hissing miserably.

The hundreds of humans whom Chen Yan had rescued ran in all directions, fleeing the disaster.

At this moment, Chen Yan truly realized the worth of the phrase 'Hard-Body cultivation can save your life.'

In his heavily wounded state, if he did not practice Hard-Body cultivation, he would have died long ago from being smashed like this.

"I'm ready!!!"

A burst of wild laughter rang out; high in the sky, Xue Qi roared.

"Fei Yi!"

Xue Qi glared at Fei Yi, whose legs were still standing in the ruins, while her upper body looked as if it had been hollowed out, folded and draped behind her legs.

Strands of meat sausages darted out from her body, continuously slamming Chen Yan; at this moment, she hadn't paid any attention to Xue Qi at all.

Xue Qi's eyes widened, and cracks burst out from the corners of his eyes.

He reached out a single hand, establishing a connection with the massive Blood-Qi Black Tortoise in the void above.

"Die!!!"

He pressed his hand down.

*Screech! *

The giant Black Tortoise let out a high-pitched cry and bombarded toward Fei Yi.

Boom!

The vast, boundless blue energy was like the surging, torrential water of a heavenly river, rushing down with the force of a landslide and a tidal wave.

In an instant, the Blood-Qi Black Tortoise crashed into the earth with endless impact.

*Hum! *

A deep blue sphere of light manifested on the earth, spreading for a thousand meters before it stopped.

It halted right in front of a human girl who was screaming and fleeing.

"Ah!"

The girl screamed, lying flat on the ground, feeling the scene of world-destruction, her body trembling violently.

Xue Qi controlled the scope of the explosion, her eyes staring fiercely at this azure orb of light at this moment.

In the distance, the tentacles binding Chen Yan lost their power; Chen Yan broke free, his mangled body flying high into the sky.

Xue Qi was performing it using his Qi and blood, which was almost no different from possessing Chen Yan to perform 【Deep Ripples】.

This was a teaching session with perfect efficiency.

Chen Yan was covered in wounds, but he didn't care about them at all right now.

With a wave of one hand, an Enlightenment Seed appeared, which Chen Yan crushed and absorbed.

Comprehend, comprehend!

This was the most precious opportunity!

The Word Realm opened, and Chen Yan's mind operated at ultra-high speed.

Nosebleeds flowed out, but this bit of injury was already nothing at all.

Within the Saint-Breaking Realm, golden light surged.

One after another, 【Skill】 Saint-Breaking Fruits were born!

One!

Two!

Three...

Chen Yan swallowed them whole, comprehending as he devoured!

Boom—!

Inside the massive blue hemisphere standing across the earth, a roaring sound like the shifting of earth veins resounded.

The entire second layer of the Dream Abyss was trembling violently.

But all of this had nothing to do with Chen Yan anymore.

He was in the midst of enlightenment!

Xue Qi had said that she would let Chen Yan fully master 【Deep Ripples】 in three moves.

But Chen Yan had the Word Realm, Enlightenment Seeds, and the Saint-Breaking Tree.

Why would he need three moves?

This enlightenment was brief yet profound.

But a real, strange feeling emerged within Chen Yan's heart.

A grand Qi and blood technique, both strange and familiar, was like a beauty half-hidden behind a veil, always keeping him from seeing it clearly.

But at this moment, after Chen Yan swallowed the eighth 【Skill】 Saint-Breaking Fruit, the beauty's stunning face revealed its true appearance!

The two techniques 【Abyss Dive】 and 【Deep Ripples】 merged together, forming a powerful Bright Moon-grade Qi and blood technique!

Bright Moon-grade, First Class!

【Illusionary Ripple Abyss Domain】!

Chen Yan's heart pounded; both 【Deep Ripples】 and 【Abyss Dive】 were Morning Star-grade, Third Class techniques.

Logically speaking, even if two Morning Star-grade, Third Class techniques could merge, it would be absolutely impossible to reach the Bright Moon grade.

Even if it reached the Bright Moon grade, it would at most be Bright Moon-grade, Fourth Class.

But 【Illusionary Ripple Abyss Domain】 was Bright Moon-grade, First Class!

Moreover, because Chen Yan had already mastered 【Abyss Dive】 and had also studied 【Deep Ripples】 during this time.

Therefore, Chen Yan's mastery of 【Illusionary Ripple Abyss Domain】 was at the introductory level from the start.

It was somewhat incredible.

【Deep Ripples】 perfected 【Abyss Dive】, and 【Abyss Dive】 also perfected 【Deep Ripples】.

The merger of these two techniques was not an effect of one plus one equals two.

It was an effect of one plus one equals ten, or even one hundred.

Chen Yan trembled in his heart.

He had underestimated the Great Xia Four Blood Techniques.

Thinking about it now, could the four great Qi and blood techniques that could be crowned with the name of Great Xia be weak?

No wonder both Chen Changyuan and Chen Xiyuan valued 【Deep Ripples】 so highly.

Chen Yan had known it from the beginning.

The Great Xia Four Blood Techniques were dismantled from a single powerful technique; he had originally thought that even if these four blood techniques were merged together, they would at most be a Bright Moon-grade technique.

But looking at it now, that was not the case at all.

Chen Yan had already reached Bright Moon-grade, First Class by merging just two.

Then if he found another one, it would definitely be Sun-grade!

If the four blood techniques were completely merged, would it be God-grade?

If it were God-grade, then the Great Xia Four Blood Techniques would be one of the top-tier Qi and blood techniques in the world.

Because there is no grade above God-grade.