Chapter 497: Bing Yi vs. Chen Yunyou!

High above the sky, countless white lotuses fell, containing terrifying sword souls, shrouding Chen Yunyou.

"Chi Yuexi!"

Chen Yunyou opened his mouth wide and threw a punch.

A giant golden fist light struck out, the fist light shattering countless white lotus sword souls, its momentum terrifying to the extreme.

At the same time.

Over a hundred explosive formation disks instantly appeared beside Chen Yunyou, and the next moment, brilliant white light marks cracked across all the formation disks.

Explosion!

Boom boom boom boom boom!

Explosive firelight bloomed at Chen Yunyou's side, carrying a chilling high temperature and a destructive aura that dispersed outward.

Waves of fire swept through continuously, completely burning and melting the nearby buildings.

"Damn it, what is going on!"

Outside Myriad Aspect Island, Chen Qi was shocked and looked at Chi Xun fiercely.

"I don't know!" Chi Xun also opened his mouth.

He was also bewildered, not knowing why Lu Fukun and Chi Yuexi would help Bing Yi, who had already turned into an Ancient Divine Beast.

Could it be?

Chi Xun's heart began to thump wildly.

Above the explosion.

Chi Yuexi narrowed her eyes; she looked at Chen Yan, who had been motionless, and the next moment, she held her long sword high.

A white, brilliant sword light like a piercing rainbow condensed, and as Chi Yuexi slashed down with her sword, it pierced through the center of the explosion like a laser.

Roar!

At the center of the explosion, the Dharma Idol Golden Body roared, and Chen Yunyou rushed out, his face full of rage, a bloodstain on his body.

He looked at Chen Yan:

"What exactly is your situation?!"

He was incomparably furious; Lu Fukun had already appeared before him, flicking his hand to scatter a flurry of explosive formation disks.

Before Chen Yunyou could move, the Golden Body Dharma Idol behind him struck out with a palm, intercepting these explosive formation disks that were about to detonate.

Boom boom boom!!!

The violent explosive sounds were deafening.

Chen Yunyou's expression was gloomy, half his face illuminated bright red by the firelight.

The next moment, Chi Yuexi had already appeared behind him and slashed with her sword.

Chen Yunyou's eyes turned sharp in an instant; he shot out with two fingers, and the Golden Body Dharma Idol behind him struck at the same time.

Bang!

Chi Yuexi was struck by this finger, her body instantly blasted thousands of meters away, shattering building after building of dilapidated skyscrapers.

"I don't know how you made them listen to you." Chen Yunyou stared at the motionless Chen Yan, his eyes instantly turning violent, like an extremely enraged lion:

"But you have successfully piqued my interest!"

He raised a palm and, the next instant, slammed it down!

At the same time, Lu Fukun, who was flying toward him, looked stunned as a giant Dharma Idol palm slammed him into the ground.

Endless dust rolled, and fire exploded.

Powerful!

Extremely powerful!

Chen Yunyou fought two prodigies alone and was actually crushing them directly.

He raised his head:

"Three seconds left!"

The next instant.

With a boom, he instantly appeared in front of Chen Yan.

Both Chen Qi and Chi Xun felt their eyes tremble; through Chen Yunyou's shared vision, they saw Bing Yi's current appearance at close range.

Malice overflowed from her entire body, surging with dead silence; there was not the slightest aura belonging to a living being.

This was Bing Yi, this was the prodigy who had become an Ancient Divine Beast.

And it was in this very instant.

Crack crack crack!!!

Beneath Chen Yunyou's feet, brilliant light emerged upon the already mottled and decaying bricks and stones, outlining the textures of a Vermilion Bird.

The next moment.

Screech!

A crimson Vermilion Bird condensed from the ground and attacked upward, with burning fire feathers striking Chen Yunyou from above.

This was the Sun-level Grade D formation 【Vermilion Bird Embers】 condensed by Lu Fukun, waiting precisely for the moment Chen Yunyou made contact with Chen Yan.

Dozens of fire feathers pierced into Chen Yunyou's body, continuously burning and corroding it, and Chen Yunyou's expression turned ugly to the extreme.

At the same time.

The Vermilion Bird raised its head and came to kill Chen Yunyou; meanwhile, on the other side, a white lotus stood horizontally in the sky and bloomed, and Chi Yuexi stabbed over with her sword like a white rainbow.

Chen Yunyou stood at the very center of the kill zone, his expression now turning cold.

A trace of a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth, a smile cold to the extreme.

The next moment, he opened his arms, brought his palms together, and then staggered them again.

"Rebellious Chaos Tribulation Fire!"

Behind him, that golden Dharma image simultaneously split apart, striking separately at Vermilion Bird and Chi Yuexi.

The golden palms surged with flames in an instant, the scorching palm imprints colliding with Chi Yuexi and Vermilion Bird in the blink of an eye.

Screech!

Vermilion Bird let out a tragic, mournful cry, then vanished into smoke and clouds.

Chi Yuexi was sent flying again, both her legs shattered into blood mist.

Her eyes trembled, and enduring the excruciating pain, she simply refused to believe that Chen Yunyou had become this powerful.

High in the sky, Chen Yunyou was covered in blood, a playful smirk lingering at the corner of his mouth:

"Only the last one left..."

He took a step forward.

Tap-tap!

The next instant, he appeared before Chen Yan and struck out with a palm.

"One second!"

His arms thickened, and his knotted muscles extended and collided like gnarled tree roots; this was the charm of horizontal tempering, and an indescribable sense of oppression descended in an instant.

Chen Qi and Chi Xun both held their breath.

In the distance, Lu Fukun was still watching intently; Bing Yi had made many plans, but the most important one was whether the opponent could trade blows with Chen Yunyou.

Bang!

A single extreme thrust!

The brilliant spear light seemed to absorb all the surrounding light, thrusting out with such speed.

The savage look at the corner of Chen Yunyou's mouth remained unchanged as his palm collided with the spear in an instant.

Crack, crack, crack!!!

The void cracked like a spiderweb, and terrifying thunder and fire, accompanied by malice, spread wildly outward.

Chen Yunyou was stunned for a moment, feeling an inexplicable sense of surprise.

The next moment.

Two shadows appeared instantly, simultaneously unleashing 【Swastika Evolution Dragon Kill】 upon him.

Chen Yunyou leaned back to dodge these two spear lights, but the next moment, the Chen Yan in front had already thrust a spear toward his jaw.

Bang!

Chen Yunyou blocked with his right hand at his jaw, colliding with the long spear.

Immediately following, the other shadow swung its long spear, appearing behind him and whipping it against his lower back.

Boom!

Chen Yunyou was whipped into the high sky.

The next moment, Chen Yan surged up, and the other shadow swept its long spear, striking the soles of Chen Yan's feet, causing Chen Yan's speed to reach its absolute limit, appearing before Chen Yunyou in a mere blink.

Boom!

The long spear thrust again!

The Swastika spear light spun wildly, and before Chen Yunyou could react, it had already slammed into his chest.

"Damn it!" Chen Yunyou let out a low shout, but his body could not stop retreating violently.

As he was still flying, the corner of his eye caught sight of one shadow below sweeping its spear against the soles of the other shadow's feet.

This caused that shadow to appear at extreme speed in the very area he was about to fly into.

Chen Yunyou gritted his teeth and roared in fury:

"Bing Yi!!!"

With a *pfft* sound.

Behind him, the shadow that had appeared in advance had already thrust its spear, the extreme thrust piercing into Chen Yunyou's body.

If not for Chen Yunyou's powerful constitution, this spear would have been enough to kill a heaven-gifted talent like Chi Yuexi.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!!

Above the firmament, spear lights flickered and crisscrossed; the three Bing Yi figures bombarded him continuously, their bodies interweaving and coordinating, their speed and aura reaching their absolute peak.

The entire expanse of the Malice Firmament was filled with thunder and ice.

The void shattered again the moment it was frozen.

"Didn't you say you would finish me in ten seconds?"

Chen Yan said indifferently, seven hundred and one True Essence Dharma images manifesting behind him!

Yes, seven hundred and one!

After Chen Yan absorbed the remaining three Sun-level Grade B Blood Qi medicinal pills, his Blood Qi path had reached this level.

At the same time, Chen Yan's horizontal tempering path had also reached the peak of the fifth realm, the Dharma-Extinguishing Realm, with three hundred and thirty-three True Dragon Dharma images!

Chen Yan cooperated with the two shadows, the spear light brilliant, with True Dragon and Black Tortoise phantoms constantly manifesting, accompanied by endless malice.

This was a kind of alternative beauty.

Now, whether it was Chen Yan or those two shadows, all were burning with malice, like demon kings, like ghosts.

Under the coordination of the three-in-one, Chen Yunyou, who had just suppressed Lu Fukun and Chi Yuexi, was actually being suppressed.

In the distance.

Chi Yuexi watched with trembling eyes, unable to accept this scene.

She was clearly fifth in the first tier, yet now she was completely unable to intervene in this battle.

She refused to accept it.

The next moment.

Chi Yuexi let out a startled cry.

Chen Yunyou, however, was struck simultaneously by the two shadows, hurtling toward her like a burning meteorite.

"Oh no!" Chi Yuexi let out a startled cry.

The next instant, with a boom.

Chen Yunyou's body slammed into the earth, the ground for ten miles instantly caving in as rings upon rings of fissures continuously spread and shattered.

Chi Yuexi was caught in the aftermath of the explosion; her mangled body was sent flying, tracing a parabola through the high air before crashing onto the ground, spitting blood.

"Bing Yi!!!"

Chi Yuexi growled low:

"My legs have already been blown off!"

Chi Yuexi was filled with extreme grief and indignation; back in Chi Prefecture, she was a proud daughter of heaven, and every noble scion would have to fawn over her and pay their respects upon seeing her.

Yet after meeting Bing Yi, she had nearly lost her life three times in such a short period.

In the distance, Lu Fukun's gaze remained fixed on Chen Yan, his mouth agape, unable to speak.

What is this?

When had Chen Yunyou ever been beaten like this?

Lu Fukun took a deep breath, stood up the next moment, and flew toward the distance.

At the same time.

Outside Myriad Forms Island, Ji Haiyi also requested visual sharing.

Gradually, he, like Chi Xun and Chen Qi, was struck into silence by Bing Yi.

Truly struck into silence.

Because what they were sharing was Chen Yunyou's vision.

As Chen Yunyou was beaten, they too felt as if they were being beaten.

But they could not say at all that it was a performance issue on Chen Yunyou's part.

In fact, even Chi Xun's mouth was agape, stunned.

Because through the shared vision, he personally experienced what Chen Yunyou was feeling.

That was: elusive and ghostly, calculated with precision.

Yes.

Chen Yan was simultaneously controlling his true self and the other two shadows; during that combat, his brain's consciousness had to be split into three parts.

In a normal person's combat, even if they could condense two shadows, it would be impossible to attend to them all in real-time.

But Chen Yan did it.

And he could achieve perfect coordination.

All of the true self's movements could be feints; when Chen Yunyou noticed this and focused his attention on the shadow closest to him, that shadow was indeed condensing a grand technique.

However, it was the true self that actually injured Chen Yunyou.

Chen Yunyou was knocked flying, only to find the second shadow already waiting on his trajectory.

Chen Yunyou, the number one on the Five Clans Ranking, had now become a human punching bag.

If not for his extremely strong tempered physical body, he would likely have been beaten into a pulp by now.

"He..."

Ji Haiyi's expression shifted, and he almost screamed out the question he cared about most:

"Is he actually an Ancient Divine Beast or not?!"

Chen Qi's body gave a violent jolt.

How would he know?

Damn it!

What the hell is going on?

If Bing Yi had already become an Ancient Divine Beast, why was Bing Yi no different from before, aside from the combat power?

If the other party was not an Ancient Divine Beast, how could he still be alive while possessing so much malice?

The Calamity Remains Divine Lamp had already confirmed that Bing Yi was dead.

Also, why had Bing Yi become this strong?

"You... exactly..." Chen Qi gritted his teeth; Chen Yunyou could not lose!

"What are you still waiting for!"

He growled out, filled with fury.

At the same time.

Inner City.

Accompanied by intense golden light scattering in all directions, Chen Yunyou was covered in blood, his eyes scarlet, standing in the void, staring fixedly at Bing Yi who was killing his way toward him.

"Haha!"

Chen Yunyou was actually laughed to the point of anger, though his laugh looked extremely brutal.

His face was covered in blood, and even his hair was matted with blood against his forehead.

The muscles all over his body were colliding and twisting, his aura growing increasingly powerful.

Right until the very moment Chen Yan killed his way to Chen Yunyou's front.

"Nine Revolutions Dragon-Shattering Stake!!!"

The power in his body surged and erupted, his physical bones bursting with clanging sounds, as if the earth's veins were pulsing.

Chen Yan's gaze trembled, and he withdrew his spear.

Chen Yunyou, however, had already reached out with one hand; his physical body, along with the Golden Body Dharma Idol behind him, was now condensing dark red dragon scale patterns.

As if a true dragon had awakened, Chen Yunyou threw a punch in an instant, and the Dharma Idol behind him also smashed down with a punch.

In an instant, every one of his movements carried the power to suppress mountains and seas.

As his hands swept through the air, space collapsed, and waves of dragon roars shattered human eardrums.

Chen Yunyou had completely changed.

At this moment, he was powerful to the extreme.

"End it quickly!" Chen Qi barked.

He did not want to see Chen Yunyou defeated by Bing Yi; if that happened, the prestige of the Chen Clan would be gone.

For the number one on the Five Clans Ranking to be defeated by an ancient divine beast would be a joke to the four clans.

"Nine-Turn Dragon-Shattering Stake!" Ji Hai was also trembling:

"He even learned this technique?"

Chen Qi was silent.

Chi Xun frowned: "Chen Yunyou is a genius."

He naturally knew the power of the 【Nine-Turn Dragon-Shattering Stake】; the former Chen Master had relied on this move to rank among the supreme prodigies.

Facing this punch, Chen Yan immediately felt a sense of stagnation pinning him down, making it difficult to break free.

At the same time.

"Bing Yi!"

An anxious woman's voice rang out.

Lu Jianxia appeared in the distance and saw this scene; within her pair of silver eyes, too many unexplainable things emerged.

Just by calling out that name, Bing Yi, Lu Jianxia already regretted it.

Because that person had actually looked toward her side; the other party seemed to still have Bing Yi's memories.

The next moment, a huge panic arose in the depths of Lu Jianxia's heart, because Chen Yunyou's punch had already arrived.

Her red lips parted, unable to accept such a scene.

Chen Yunyou was actually powerful to such a degree!

Lu Jianxia's heart beat violently.

The next instant.

Boom!

A massive explosion occurred within the space, expanding continuously; endless pitch-black malice intertwined with firelight, as if a giant beast that devoured the world had opened its bloody maw, swallowing both Chen Yan and Chen Yunyou whole.

At this moment.

Chen Qi, Chi Xun, and Ji Hai all widened their eyes in disbelief.

"Ahhh!!!"

A violent, miserable scream resounded.

Lu Jianxia's heart beat violently, feeling incomparably heavy.

Was this Bing Yi's scream?

A person had paid such a high price for their life, only to experience this in the end.

An inexplicable bitterness.

"Ahhh!!!"

The miserable scream resounded through the inner city.

Outside the Myriad Forms Island, Chen Qi stood up abruptly, roaring through gritted teeth:

"Impossible!!!"

Under the gaze of Lu Jianxia's hazy eyes, Chen Yunyou flew out from within the firelight, covered in blood, wailing incessantly.

"Bing Yi!"

Chen Yunyou roared, blood spraying from the various bloody gashes on his body at this moment.

Lu Jianxia's red lips parted, and even Chi Yuexi could not believe it.

The next instant, a pitch-black figure darted out from the firelight.

Standing within the darkness, burning with malice, he was like a Demon King.

Bing Yi!

PS: It's the Lunar New Year!

Another year has passed, another year.

Thank you to the big shots who are still reading this book; this is a mutual companionship between you and me.

Back in '24, when I was writing 【Martial Technique Special Effects】, I saw a reader say they were spending the New Year with my difficult book, and I was incomparably happy; perhaps some of you still remember what I wrote back then.

That was perhaps something that made me happier than the New Year itself.

So, I remembered it for a year.

Up until now, I have recalled that night again, and once again recalled writing 【Slicing Through Fantasy】.

In '23, I also spent the New Year writing a book.

Up to now, I feel that I have never lost anything, but have been constantly gaining.

For example, I have never asked for gifts, but friends have been sending them.

This is the gain of recognition.

Something you have given me; you know my self-esteem, and you know my stubbornness; you have accepted me, and you are also affirming me.

Year after year.

Day after day, some readers are disappointed in me, and some readers think I could be even better.

Some readers feel I am already good enough.

These are all everyone's expectations.

Received!

Thank you!

Companionship, sharing, emotional resonance, sentiment resonance—perhaps this is the charm of writing.

Or perhaps it is the connection between author and reader; I am constantly being empowered by you all.

Happy New Year, friends.

I want to see that both you and I can walk on the path of pursuing happiness, and be able to attain happiness.

Love you all.

Also.

Let me say it again.

Happy New Year!