Chapter 355: Immortal Breath, Self-Limit!

Xiaoyang City First Hospital.

Inside a hospital room, Jiang Yuan lay on the bed, and a pretty nurse by the bedside was feeding grapes into Jiang Yuan's mouth.

Jiang Yuan was so comfortable that he did not notice the door being opened as a doctor walked in.

"Xiaoyu, what are you doing?"

The fair-skinned doctor looked at the nurse feeding Jiang Yuan in disbelief.

"Dr... Dr. Zhang."

The nurse hurriedly stood up, lowered her head, and ran out of the hospital room.

Jiang Yuan, however, did not care at all; he turned his head to look out the window, where that massive leaderboard came into his view.

Jiang Yuan cursed inwardly, turned his head away, out of sight, out of mind.

"Jiang Yuan, according to the examination, your injuries are very severe. I am a Psychomancer; I am here to examine your body now."

The fair-skinned Dr. Zhang spoke, extending both hands.

Jiang Yuan swept a glance at the other party, a look of mockery appearing at the corner of his mouth:

"Idiot, how could I have a brother as stupid as you?"

Dr. Zhang narrowed his eyes, and mockery also appeared in his gaze:

"The filthy words from your mouth make me suspect that you are nothing but a gender-bending pervert."

Jiang Yuan pursed his lips:

"Idiot."

Dr. Zhang's expression remained calm, and a radiance appeared on his face, gradually transforming into the appearance of Yu Sixian.

Yu Sixian always wore an elegant smile on his face, but when he looked at Jiang Yuan, the smile vanished.

"You should kneel and kowtow to me. You killed the Chief of Yunmeng City; the higher-ups actually wanted to execute you.

Because of me, not only did you not die, but you also became a Fourth-Rank General Star."

Jiang Yuan chuckled.

From the very beginning, he had cast a Psychokinesis Barrier, so no one could catch a glimpse of Yu Sixian inside the room.

Yu Sixian's expression was calm, and he smiled faintly:

"Even without you, I could have become a Fourth-Rank General Star. I have performed meritorious service again, and I am not far from being a Third-Rank General Star."

He smiled brightly:

"Chen Yan becoming a Third-Rank General Star had the influence of Shen Yiwu, but I became a Third-Rank based on my own merits.

This time, I beat him."

Even without the Yin-Zhe, he was still a Limit-Breaking prodigy, progressing extremely fast.

That Yu Sixian would lose was not because he was too weak himself.

It was because the people competing with him for the Yin-Zhe were all monsters.

Chen Yan went without saying.

Chen Min was an even more ruthless person.

That princess was the younger sister of the Sovereign, Xia Qi.

It is said that after failing the struggle for the limit-break, her Dao heart actually became perfected, and in a short time, she rushed into the Dharma-True Realm and learned the Xia Clan's secret arts.

Jiang Yuan glanced at Yu Sixian, clearly knowing what kind of merit the latter had achieved, and shook his head:

"Your methods are too dirty. In order to exterminate an Ancient God Beast, you directly took out one thousand puppets.

One thousand Origin-Realm puppets represent that you killed one thousand Origin-Realm martial artists.

One of them was the Chief of the Yunmeng City Martial Suppression Division, and another was your master."

As Jiang Yuan spoke, a sickly smile appeared at the corner of Yu Sixian's mouth.

Jiang Yuan belittled him mercilessly:

"With these methods of yours, it's a miracle the Sovereign hasn't expelled you.

How can you even compare yourself to Chen Yan?"

Jiang Yuan got up to drink water.

The smile on Yu Sixian's face vanished instantly.

It was not because of Jiang Yuan's mockery, but because Jiang Yuan said he was inferior to Chen Yan.

"If Chen Yan can walk out of the College Entrance Exam Secret Realm alive, I will fight him again."

*Pfft! *

The water Jiang Yuan had just taken into his mouth was sprayed out completely.

He looked at Yu Sixian, stunned for a long while.

"What's wrong?" Yu Sixian frowned:

"I have been constantly breaking limits these past few months, already surpassing the prodigies of the same generation."

Jiang Yuan was speechless.

He lay on the hospital bed for a long time before speaking:

"What did you come to Yunmeng City for?"

"The General Star Order told me to come." Yu Sixian sat down and said calmly.

"Do you know what the General Star Order is telling you to do?" Jiang Yuan looked at his brother faintly.

"Do what?" Yu Sixian's eyes flickered, and countless thoughts instantly emerged within his brain, beginning to distinguish where the truth lay based on Jiang Yuan's demeanor.

However, Jiang Yuan did not speak again.

He looked out the window, a trace of pity appearing in his eyes.

But at the same time, he saw Chen Yan's name on that huge leaderboard once again.

The pity in Jiang Yuan's eyes quickly vanished.

He was about to be annoyed to death.

How is Chen Yan still alive?

…………

The Origin Divine Body was still absorbing Qi-blood energy.

Chen Yan himself had already charged to the 135th floor.

On this floor, Chen Yan's speed in clearing the stage had clearly slowed down.

Opposite him, a twenty-year-old Lu Xunyang appeared.

The latter struck with a fist, golden light surging, the force stirring the flow of air, terrifying beyond compare.

Chen Yan shifted his body, using pure physical strength to contend with Lu Xunyang's bombardment.

He did not even employ his most basic 【Heaven Patrol】, relying only on the most primitive power and technique as his physical body erupted.

At twenty, Lu Xunyang had already begun to make a name for himself in Great Xia, a leader among the younger generation.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sound of fists hitting flesh rang out incessantly.

Without using the Word Realm or Fist Intent, Chen Yan's combat power could not be unleashed at all.

But precisely because of this, Chen Yan could truly approach his own limits.

At this moment, Chen Yan was more like he was drawing close to his true self.

Returning to the state of constantly practicing his punches at Qingshan High School in the beginning.

The speed of their strikes grew faster and faster, and the power they unleashed became increasingly terrifying.

Chen Yan's eyes were clear, carefully sensing the flow of his physical strength and the rise and fall of his own will.

A sense of fatigue struck, and the feeling of pushing a mountain arrived in his heart once again.

Opposite him, Lu Xunyang employed his techniques, his fist smashing over like a small sun.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

The two clashed repeatedly, waves of spatial tremors erupting.

Chen Yan's will shook, and throwing punches became a subconscious action.

The limit had arrived!

On Chen Yan's physical body, the prototype of the 208th Extreme Satin Pattern appeared.

Blood vessels burst in Chen Yan's eyes, sweat poured down his entire body, only to be rapidly evaporated into rolling white mist.

His state was high-spirited and surging; he was truly enjoying the current battle.

Dong!

The sound of the rules changing rang out once again.

The 208th Extreme Satin Pattern completely solidified.

Opposite Chen Yan, Lu Xunyang's expression shifted slightly.

"Continue!" Chen Yan shouted in a low voice.

Right now, he was restraining his own desires.

Clearly, he only needed to erupt with other methods to instantly blow apart the head of the gatekeeper before him.

But he did not.

What he sought was the limit of his self.

Within his body, he was still digesting Qi-blood energy.

Having reached this point, Chen Yan's Dao-Slaying points had reached five hundred million again.

Chen Yan had previously exchanged for another Morning Star-grade A-tier Qi-blood precious medicine and swallowed it.

He was cultivating and breaking limits almost by bolting down his food without chewing.

He did not care to what extent his Origin Divine Body had been forged; he was like a madman now.

Pursuing his own limit.

He was not playing a game right now.

He was truly fighting for his own martial Dao; if he lost, he did not believe he could gain any advantage from that lone wolf.

Chen Yan was breaking through to establish himself anew.

"Three times the seventy-two Extreme Satin Patterns is a number almost unimaginable for a human martial artist."

Chen Yan whispered:

"But I am the Master of Will."

He swung his fists like the wind.

"Breaking the limit in a desperate situation will also cause the self to sublimate; it is a tempering of my martial Dao."

Chen Yan acknowledged the line Lu Xunyang had said: 'Only by constantly pulling the spring of life can one see the true length of life.'

"Then, what exactly is the length of my life?"

The aura on Chen Yan's body grew increasingly withered; he had almost no strength left.

If he used 【Heaven Patrol】, the powerful breathing technique could instantly restore his energy.

But he did not.

His body was withered, but his will had become even purer.

At this moment, Shen Yiwei, Chen Yu, Zhuang Ang.

Even Chen Min, who had found the inheritance of a terrifying existence and was still in seclusion, felt a trace of something unusual within himself.

An anomaly in his Will Martial Dao.

It was very peculiar.

Chen Yan's eyes were clear.

Breaking the limit once more.

Thump, thump, thump, thump!

His divine sense was becoming blurred.

Gradually, a strange color emerged on Chen Yan's body.

It was a mix of gold and red, like red clouds, very intense.

A faint, golden-red radiance was overflowing from Chen Yan's entire body, to the point that his physical form was draped in a layer of golden clothing.

This was not a golden clothing of force.

This was...

"This is the aura of immortality."

Opposite Chen Yan, the youth Lu Xunyang spoke:

"When I obtained the Immortal Body, this aura appeared.

Afterward, I truly obtained the Immortal Body."

Chen Yan lowered his head, blood-red sweat dripping from his chin.

It was indeed blood-red sweat.

Because of breaking the limit, Chen Yan's whole body was bright red, and many of his blood vessels had burst.

He seemed not to have heard Lu Xunyang's words.

He still wanted to throw a punch.

Breaking the limit.

Within the Saint-Breaking Realm.

That 【Break】 Saint-Breaking Fruit had finally matured.

The 【Break】 Saint-Breaking Fruit could transform any energy-type fruit to one hundred times its previous potency.

Chen Yan did not use it.

He had two directions in which to use it.

One direction was 【Array】, and the other was 【Intent】.

Chen Yan's protective patterns and spear intent were both too weak.

And this 【Break】 fruit could instantly allow Chen Yan to gain a massive improvement in these two weak aspects.

By then, Chen Yan would truly be a pentagonal warrior.

After all, it was a hundredfold improvement.

If placed when the Saint-Breaking Tree was at level six, the quality of the Saint-Breaking Fruit had not yet been multiplied by ten.

That would have been a thousandfold improvement.

But the problem was, Chen Yan did not currently have the 【Array】 or 【Intent】 Saint-Breaking Fruits.

Put the matter of the 【Break】 Saint-Breaking Fruit aside for now.

For Chen Yan at this moment, the most important thing was still breaking the limit.

The golden-red light on his body became increasingly dazzling and intense.

The aura of immortality grew ever stronger.

At this point, Chen Yan had no mood to care about exactly how many Extreme Satin Patterns he had condensed.

On his body, the aura of immortality was still overflowing, surging, and extremely thick.

It even penetrated the barrier of malice and reached the outside world.

Throughout the Xunyang Tower, a sound vibrated.

"What is this?"

Zhu Lili spoke instantly; she was on the floor closest to Chen Yan and was the first to sense the aura of immortality.

She was very astonished.

The moment this aura appeared, her physical body trembled involuntarily.

"The aura of immortality!"

A low shout rang out, full of excitement.

It was Zhang Luobai, first on the Heaven's Pride Ranking and son of Zhang Ting.

He was Lu Xunyang's grand-disciple, so how could he not have seen this kind of aura?

"It is my grandmaster's aura of immortality; my grandmaster is helping us cultivate!"

Zhang Luobai laughed out loud, his mind trembling.

Yu Changsheng frowned, feeling the aura drifting over, his gaze flickering.

"It is indeed the aura of immortality, exclusive to you, Lu Xunyang."

Yu Changsheng murmured; he was a first-floor soul fragment of Chen Changyuan and naturally had seen the aura of immortality before.

However, Yu Changsheng did not seek enlightenment; he had more important things to do.

"Lu Xunyang, you are indeed a legend, but..."

He clenched his fists:

"So am I."

He stepped upward.

"The aura of immortality, it is Venerable Lu Xunyang responding to my will!!!!"

A voice of incomparable pride and arrogance rang out.

It was An Yunan, and he was incomparably confident:

"Only I am a Boundary Breaker; Lu Xunyang has sensed that I am breaking my limits, and he is going to give me a helping hand!

You all can sense this aura of immortality, and you should all thank me!"

He roared aloud, feeling that Zhu Lili and the others were all taking advantage of him.

No one paid any attention to An Yunan.

Prodigies like Zhu Lili had all begun to comprehend this wisp of the aura of immortality.

Even if it was only a wisp.

It was still possible for them to obtain a fortuitous encounter.

Although the possibility of obtaining this fortuitous encounter was very small, they had to try.

Zhu Lili sat cross-legged and sighed softly:

"What a pity."

She was feeling sorry for Chen Yan.

She believed that Chen Yan was the prodigy whose will was closest to that of Lu Xunyang.

If Chen Yan could sense this wisp of the aura of immortality, it was highly likely he would obtain a great fortuitous encounter.

It was just that Chen Yan was not here.

It was also at this moment.

*Swish. *

A figure as refined and ethereal as a fairy appeared rapidly on the floor where Zhu Lili was, and in almost an instant, she rushed toward the higher floors.

"San Jin!" Zhu Lili exclaimed in astonishment.

She had not expected San Jin to appear here, and furthermore, she did not seem to care about the aura of immortality at all.

The woman named San Jin paused, and when she looked at Zhu Lili, her eyes were bloodshot.

Immediately after, San Jin turned her head and rushed to a higher floor as if holding onto a great conviction.

She was going to save Chen Yan.

She clenched her fists tightly.

She had to save Chen Yan.

…………

The aura of immortality could pierce through the barrier of malice.

Having vaguely sensed this, a smile appeared at the corner of Chen Yan's mouth.

Lu Xunyang had not lied to him.

The Immortal Body could indeed break through the barrier of malice.

But, why was this?

This question surfaced in Chen Yan's mind for an instant.

Could it be that horizontal tempering could also erase malice?

However, he had now reached his own limit, and this thought appeared for only a moment before Chen Yan forgot it.

He had even left the accumulation and casting of his own Qi and blood to his body's instincts; how could he have the heart to think about these things now?

The Lu Xunyang on this floor had been beaten to pieces by Chen Yan.

Chen Yan walked to the next floor like a walking corpse.

Without caring who his opponent was, he began to attack like a madman.

Above the distant glacier.

Lu Xunyang and the old man sensed the changes in Chen Yan within the Xunyang Tower.

A smile appeared at the corner of the white-clad God of Slaughter's mouth; he looked at the old man and spoke with a metallic ring:

"Master Xia, I have won; his will can stand shoulder to shoulder with mine."

Lu Xunyang was very satisfied and very appreciative.

He and Chen Yan both practiced horizontal tempering.

But what he appreciated about Chen Yan was not the other's strength in horizontal tempering.

It was his will.

This was the resonance of those who break boundaries.

Their wills were echoing.

Chen Yan's physical body had now given birth to the aura of immortality, and the number of Extreme Satin Patterns was also nearing two hundred and sixteen.

Chen Yan was about to obtain the Immortal Body and tear through the barrier of malice by his own power.

Lu Xunyang laughed loudly.

The fellow traveler of Chen Yan was, in fact, him.

Lu Xunyang.