Chapter 498: Chain of Schemes

The event happened too suddenly; no one expected that the first to be blasted out would be Chen Yunyou, who was manifesting the Nine-Turn Dragon-Shattering Stake.

That was Chen Yunyou, first on the Five Clans Ranking, and the very same Chen Yunyou who was wielding the Sun-Radiance Grade C-Tier horizontal-refinement martial art, the Nine-Turn Dragon-Shattering Stake.

Thick waves of fire surged wantonly in all directions, shattering and melting the nearby buildings one by one; magma splashed, and even the malice seemed to be scorched and melted away.

Chen Yan's body sprinted through the endless darkness, ice-lightning splashing from his body, leaving a long trail of fire in his wake.

As for Chen Yunyou, he was covered in blood and in an extremely wretched state; the dragon scales all over his body were actually splayed like exploded scales, with blood gushing out.

"You... damn you!"

Chen Yunyou gritted his teeth and roared this out.

The outcome of the battle between him and Bing Yi depended on a split-second decision.

It was in that very instant just now.

When Chen Yunyou manifested the Nine-Turn Dragon-Shattering Stake and Bing Yi attacked, Chen Yunyou had already determined the only way Bing Yi could defeat him.

That was to apply the explosive formation disk he had just obtained onto Chen Yunyou's body.

Previously, Bing Yi had attacked repeatedly and pressed him step by step, secretly wanting to stick the explosive formation disk onto Chen Yunyou.

But Chen Yunyou had never given him the chance.

At the final moment, Bing Yi still made that same move.

But Chen Yunyou had a different idea: to give Bing Yi the chance to use the explosive formation disk on him, while he would attack Bing Yi at close range.

An explosive formation disk capable of annihilating a Creation Realm expert could not kill Chen Yunyou, who specialized in horizontal-refinement; this was the charm of the horizontal-refinement path.

Yet Bing Yi would head toward death in the final collision, being thoroughly killed by Chen Yunyou at close quarters.

It was also at that moment that the shadows of two other Bing Yis attacked.

Chen Yunyou did not pay attention to these two shadows; even if these two shadows self-destructed, they could not kill Chen Yunyou.

But Chen Yunyou had miscalculated; Bing Yi's true self attacking was merely a feint, and the self-destruction of the two shadows was the true final goal.

Bing Yi had actually applied one explosive formation disk onto each of his two shadows.

One of the shadows even carried eighty percent of the malice from Bing Yi's body and self-destructed instantly.

The explosion of malice, the self-destruction of the shadows, and the detonation of the two explosive formation disks brought Chen Yunyou to this state.

If not for the fact that Chen Yunyou had applied the Nine-Turn Dragon-Shattering Stake to his vital points at the very end, Chen Yunyou might have been killed outright by Bing Yi.

A terrifying crisis.

Chen Yunyou flew horizontally, his flesh and blood blasted open, leaking malice and blue smoke; he was incomparably miserable.

"Bing Yi!"

His angry roar contained incomparable killing intent, almost beyond his control.

As the first on the Five Clans Ranking and the son of the Chen Lord, Chen Yunyou had never been so miserable.

In the distance, Chi Yuexi was shocked speechless; was this still Chen Yunyou?

Even Chen Yunyou had been reduced to such a miserable state in Bing Yi's hands; Chi Yuexi subconsciously felt that she was still doing alright.

But immediately after, another chill of dread struck.

Bing Yi was too terrifying.

When the other party entered the Ten Thousand Appearances Island, he was still in the third echelon; how much time had passed, and even Chen Yunyou had been reduced to this.

Monstrous comprehension, terrifying cultivation speed, and a powerful will.

Outside the Ten Thousand Appearances Island, Chen Qi was both shocked and furious; failing to control his aura, a golden light leaked from his body, shattering the clouds and sky.

Chi Xun and Ji Hai were also shocked speechless.

"Bing Yi, you still..."

Lu Jianxia's vermilion lips parted, her pair of silver eyes reflecting Bing Yi's slender figure and his burning ink-colored robes.

Bing Yi still had his intelligence?

She could not hide her emotions for a moment.

"You are courting death!"

An angry, low growl resounded, and Chen Yunyou's eyes turned blood-red.

It was also at this moment.

Boom!

In the distance, a red pillar of light shot into the sky.

It was clearly the work of Lu Fukun, who had just left; the other party was actually taking the opportunity to storm the tower.

Chen Yunyou was stunned; he looked at Bing Yi, who was merely standing in the void.

"Ha...!" Chen Yunyou was almost angered to the point of laughter, two trails of blood-tears flowing from the corners of his eyes.

He did not know why Lu Fukun and Chi Yuexi wanted to help Bing Yi, but he knew one thing.

Bing Yi must die!

The next instant.

Roar!

Chen Yunyou and his Dharma Idol Golden Body roared simultaneously.

The terrifying screech was like the low growl of an ancient evil god, forming waves of massive sound that swept out continuously, overturning the waves of fire.

A powerful sense of oppression radiated from Chen Yunyou as the center in an instant.

His ink-black hair flared wildly, strands of black hair growing crazily like hissing long snakes.

Scarlet flesh and blood flowed continuously, gathering and congealing on the ground, outlining a scarlet blood-map that was terrifying to the extreme.

They were human faces roaring, countless sinners struggling within, their bodies charred black, their expressions twisted.

Billions of terrifying screeches threatened to tear everyone's eardrums.

Standing at the center of this scarlet blood diagram, Chen Yunyou's eyes turned brutal, his physical body surging and swelling, rugged and massive like a mountain range.

The current Chen Yunyou no longer looked like a human, but rather like a human demon.

In the blink of an eye, Chi Yuexi saw this scene and began to tremble with fear; her face turned deathly pale, and a terror from the deepest depths of her heart enveloped her.

"Avici Undying!"

Chi Yuexi spoke with difficulty; she had only heard of this tempering martial art in the past, and at the time, she had been shocked for a long time by its bloody and brutal cultivation requirements.

She had not expected that Chen Yunyou would actually unleash it today.

"Avici Undying—if Chen Yunyou wants to cultivate this, how many people must he kill?" Chi Xun exclaimed in horror: "Could it be that your Chen Clan..."

Chi Xun could not finish his sentence.

This Chen Yunyou had gone mad, to even unleash such an ultimate technique.

Above the Inner City.

"Enough!"

Lu Jianxia's expression was icy; she flew toward Chen Yan, a trace of pallor also appearing on her pretty face.

"Bing Yi, still has consciousness!"

Lu Jianxia was somewhat nervous; after all, entering this place had lowered her own cultivation realm.

And the current Chen Yunyou, having unleashed 【Avici Undying】, was not someone the present Lu Jianxia could contend with.

Furthermore, Lu Jianxia detected a hint of the biochemical martial Dao belonging to Luzhou on Chen Yunyou's body.

"Scram!"

Chen Yunyou roared, and circles of deterrent power radiated outward.

The next instant, he transformed into a terrifying red-black beam of light and charged toward Chen Yan to kill him.

Just as Lu Jianxia was about to unleash the Kun Secret Glazed Thunder, Chen Yan had already fled in another direction in the next instant.

Both shadow figures had been used by Chen Yan and self-detonated.

The current Chen Yunyou's own combat power was terrifying to the extreme.

Lu Jianxia's expression turned ugly, and she transformed into a golden light, flying toward the two who were in pursuit.

It was also at this moment that Lu Jianxia received a communication:

"Tell Bing Yi to rush toward the Outer City, keep fleeing until the Myriad Aspect Divine Tree zone, I will come to save him."

This was Chi Xun's voice.

At the same time.

Outside Myriad Aspect Island, Chen Qi's expression turned cold.

"That's enough." Chi Xun said with a chuckle:

"Didn't you notice that this Bing Yi is special? He clearly still has his own consciousness. Your Chen Clan killed him before, and no one could say anything, as he was just an Ancient Divine Beast after all.

But now? Bing Yi is no longer a simple Ancient Divine Beast, how can you still kill him?"

Chen Qi's expression was cold and gloomy; he did not speak again.

Chi Xun sighed inwardly; he could only resort to this desperate move.

If Bing Yi were an Ancient Divine Beast, the Chen Clan would kill him; if Bing Yi were not an Ancient Divine Beast, the Chen Clan would want to kill him even more.

Above the Inner City.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!!!

A series of explosions resounded.

Chen Yunyou's massive, mountain-like body sprinted through the void, and as he threw out punch after punch, terrifying red-black beams of light struck out continuously.

Building after building was blasted to pieces and melted; the earth cracked open, and massive deep pits manifested.

Waves of heat exploded from the ground and from high above, rolling continuously.

As Chen Yan fled, the malice and ice thunder on his body exploded wildly, but they were all torn apart by Chen Yunyou's bare hands.

At this moment, Chen Yunyou was like a massive machine that only knew how to kill; there was not a trace of any other emotion on his rugged face, which was covered in black markings.

Slaughter.

Slaughter.

Slaughter!

The killing intent radiated, and even Lu Jianxia, who was chasing from behind, felt her heart pounding violently.

"Go to the Myriad Aspect Divine Tree!"

Lu Jianxia spoke hurriedly, looking at Chen Yan in the lead.

But to her disappointment, Chen Yan did not fly toward the direction of the Myriad Aspect Divine Tree, but instead flew toward the Jin Palace.

What is Bing Yi trying to do?

He had never listened to her words.

Lu Jianxia pursed her thin lips, but she was also pondering how Bing Yi intended to break this situation.

If he could lead Chen Yunyou in the direction of the Myriad Aspect Divine Tree, not to mention Chi Xun, Lu Jianxia could also recover her cultivation and suppress Chen Yunyou.

But here, Lu Jianxia felt as if her hands were bound, and it was difficult to exert even one-tenth of her combat power.

Thunder and ice exploded wildly, and beams of light burst forth.

Two figures shuttled through the Inner City; Chen Yan was caught in the aftermath of Chen Yunyou's attacks multiple times, narrowly escaping death.

"No one can save you!"

Chen Yunyou roared, and a trace of violent rage finally appeared in those eyes filled with murderous intent.

During this pursuit, there were two times he had almost annihilated Bing Yi.

The first time, Bing Yi unleashed a blasting array disk, which slowed his movements and even caused him to be injured again.

The second time, he had already made all his plans; even if Bing Yi used a detonation array disk, he would not retreat.

But Bing Yi threw out four of them in an instant.

Four!

Chen Yunyou dodged away, but the next instant he was even more furious, because the patterns on those four array disks had already vanished.

Boom!

Chen Yunyou shattered the void and appeared to the left of Chen Yan, attacking with a whip kick.

Chen Yan thrust out with a spear; the moment the spear tip touched Chen Yunyou's leg, the tip shattered, but the momentary stagnation allowed Chen Yan to dodge the leg by a hair's breadth.

Boom!

The leg shadow exploded, instantly blasting a building to pieces.

In that very instant, Chen Yan was caught by the other leg Chen Yunyou swung, and his body was kicked flying.

Chen Yunyou sneered; he saw Bing Yi smashed onto the ground, the earth itself sunken from the impact.

Crack!

A golden ocean of wild thunder surged from behind Chen Yunyou; it was Lu Jianxia making her move.

"You cannot save him!" Chen Yunyou shouted in a low voice.

His body paused, his feet stepped onto the void, and he threw a violent punch.

Boom—!

A scarlet fist imprint pushed forward horizontally, instantly shattering the incoming terrifying sea of thunder.

The next instant.

Chen Yunyou turned around and continued to attack Bing Yi, who appeared to have suffered heavy injuries on the ground.

With a boom.

Chen Yunyou stepped onto the ground with both feet, looking down at Chen Yan lying on the ground, his eyes becoming indifferent.

"Just such a bug..."

He muttered, stepping forward slowly.

"Try touching him if you dare!"

Lu Jianxia, in a green dress, had a face dark to the extreme; her whole body overflowed with Spirit-Sealing Gilded Thunder, and countless threads of lightning condensed into dozens of array disks, making her look like a goddess descended to the mortal world.

Chen Yunyou narrowed his eyes, then turned and threw a punch.

"Get lost!!!"

His roar transformed into countless terrifying sound waves, pushing Lu Jianxia far away along with the force of that punch.

"For a bug to live until now, I have already been merciful enough!" Chen Yunyou growled.

The next moment.

Click-click-click-click!!!

A series of mechanical clashing sounds rang out.

An Eight-Phase Diagram suddenly condensed beneath Chen Yunyou's feet.

The next instant.

Boom, boom, boom!

A sudden change occurred!

The Eight-Phase Diagram overflowed with light and flame; a hurricane of fire walls rose from the Qian position, a giant lava palm surged from the Kun position, thunderous fire arrows descended from the Zhen position, a vortex of toxic smoke emerged from the Xun position...

One after another, strange phenomena accompanied by terrifying energy surged, surrounding Chen Yunyou.

Chen Yunyou's expression turned fierce in an instant, and then he stared fixedly ahead.

He saw that Bing Yi, who had originally been lying on the ground, slowly stood up and brushed the dust off his body.

A white mask blocked Bing Yi's face, but Chen Yunyou could imagine what a mocking expression the other party must have now.

"This is your plan?" Chen Yunyou roared:

"To have Lu Fukun set up this City-Burning Eight-Phase Diagram in advance?"

Chen Yunyou's voice was like countless demon kings roaring in unison; his eyes turned scarlet, and he gritted his teeth.

He had tried to kill Bing Yi repeatedly, and repeatedly failed.

It was hard to imagine just how furious Chen Yunyou's expression was now.

This was the City-Burning Eight-Phase Diagram, Lu Fukun's ultimate technique.

Lu Fukun had left directly after being wounded by him earlier, but it turned out he had set up this grand array here.

Everything was Bing Yi's calculation.

And he, Chen Yunyou, had walked step by step, seemingly trying to kill Bing Yi repeatedly, but in reality, he was within Bing Yi's calculations the whole time.

In the distance, Lu Jianxia saw this, her gaze slightly fixed.

She was also shocked in her heart.

Bing Yi's calculations were actually this perfect.

"Hiss!"

Chi Xun gasped; he was also stunned.

If he were of the same rank as Bing Yi, he felt he would be played to death.

It was said that there were three types of Limit Breakers: realm limit breaking, cognitive limit breaking, and cultivation limit breaking.

Bing Yi.

Was he all three?

Terrifying.