Chapter 677: Rule-Based Martial Technique [Control Decay - Holy Intent Bewilderment]!

Li Li and the others left, casually tossing the terrified Yu Laiwei onto the ground.

Yu Laiwei's face was deathly pale, and his expression was uncertain.

Inside the school dormitory.

Chen Changyuan sat cross-legged in silence, his body wreathed in biting sword light and immense malice.

Suddenly, Chen Changyuan furrowed his brows.

"Something is wrong."

He murmured aloud; that Li Li had already investigated the escape route of Chen Yan and the others.

Why did he not go and ask himself?

Chen Changyuan rested one hand on his forehead, his thoughts seemingly descending into chaos.

Something was not quite right somewhere.

Back in Luo City, Chen Changyuan had always regretted not killing Chen Yan with his own hands.

It was not until he went to the main branch of the Chen family that his wariness toward Chen Yan slowly vanished.

However, he should not have underestimated Chen Yan to such a degree.

He should not have left it to Li Li, a mere Eighth-Rank, to go and kill Chen Yan.

Chen Changyuan hung his head, strands of hair falling from his fingertips as they rested on his forehead, his gaze growing colder and colder.

"Is it the joy of my impending promotion that has clouded my wariness toward Chen Yan?"

He muttered to himself, as increasingly immense power erupted, rolled, and flowed within his body.

His physical body, his everything, was undergoing powerful changes in an instant.

The next moment.

Hum!!!

A faint power of will was born within his body, but this power of will existed for only an instant before it was suppressed by the terrifying malice within him.

Chen Changyuan's expression shifted slightly.

Just a moment ago, he had actually gained another opportunity to promote his path of will.

Why say "another"?

Because when Chen Yan was taking the college entrance exam, Chen Changyuan had indeed entered the path of will for a fleeting moment.

But because the Ancient Beast of Dreams did not like it, Chen Changyuan had severed his own realm in the path of will.

He had originally thought he was completely finished with the path of will, but the change just now left even Chen Changyuan astonished.

"Could it be that this nascent martial path has a connection to me?"

Chen Changyuan narrowed his eyes: "Lord of Will..."

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The edge of the Blood Suppression.

Under the moonlight of the night, the moans of lovers and the wails of newborns drifted from the low-slung houses, eerily intertwined with the scent of death.

The air was permeated with the smell of decay and blood, and occasionally the low cries of Ancient Beasts echoed through.

Outside the window were one or two pitch-black spires separated by great distances and patches of crude residential houses built around them.

Inside the room, Chen Yan sat cross-legged on the bed, golden-red and pitch-black halos circulating around his body, the aura of birth and destruction surging in the silence.

Chen Yan slowly opened his eyes.

Within his body, the third True Martial Path personal universe had been born.

But it had not yet been destroyed, had not yet undergone reincarnation, and had not yet birthed new auras of birth and destruction.

During this period, Chen Yan's gains could not be described as anything less than significant.

Chen Yan observed the martial path meridians.

At the tip of one meridian, Lu Fukun, still in the town school, was sitting cross-legged in a corner of the playground, the power within his body gradually returning.

This was because of Chen Changyuan; unlike Chen Yan, Chen Changyuan had directly obtained the favor of this world.

All martial artists who had signed a Life Seal with Chen Changyuan began to regain their own power.

Through Lu Fukun's vision, Chen Yan perceived that Chen Changyuan had never left the school.

"It seems it was a success."

Chen Yan murmured.

He extended a finger, combining the Radiance of Will with the aura of birth and destruction, and a red-and-ink-colored light slowly drifted away toward the distance.

The aura of birth and destruction represents rules.

To better utilize the aura of birth and destruction, it is best to combine it with other powers.

All this time, Chen Yan had been rushing about, and his research into the power of rules was not profound.

But with some leisure these past few days, Chen Yan could perform some rudimentary operations.

The power of will can suppress a person's will and even distort another's cognition.

Therefore, Chen Yan combined the power of will with the aura of birth and destruction to create an extremely rudimentary martial technique of the will rule.

【Control Decay - Holy Intent Bewilderment】!

【Control Decay - Holy Intent Bewilderment】: As long as one can determine that another person harbors hostility toward oneself, one can lock onto them and quietly alter their cognition.

This martial technique of the will rule has limitations regarding distance, the other person's nature, and whether the opponent's aura of birth and destruction is powerful.

First: The greater the distance, the more difficult it is for Chen Yan to influence that person.

Second: If that person is naturally vigilant, it is too difficult for Chen Yan to influence them to become arrogant.

But if that person is already extremely arrogant, it becomes extremely simple for Chen Yan to make them even more arrogant.

Third: If that person possesses more of the aura of birth and destruction than Chen Yan, they might perceive it when Chen Yan employs this martial technique of the will rule.

Unless that person's emotions fluctuate violently, and Chen Yan acts quietly, he can exploit the loophole.

Subtle, imperceptible influence is the most terrifying kind.

To destroy someone, one must first make them mad.

When Chen Yan saw Li Li emerging from seclusion through the tips of Lu Fukun's meridians, he unleashed 【Control Decay - Holy Will Bewilderment】.

When Chen Yan unleashed 【Control Decay - Holy Will Bewilderment】, he discovered a fatal problem.

That was that Li Li's Life-Death Qi was more than his; although not by much, it was at least over thirty strands.

Moreover, the distance between Chen Yan and Li Li was vast, so wanting to influence her successfully was undoubtedly a pipe dream.

Fortunately, Li Li's innate perception was that the human race were mere pigs and dogs, and that she, having ascended to become an Ancient Divine Beast, was above all else.

Therefore, even though the opponent had more Life-Death Qi than he did, Chen Yan still successfully influenced Li Li.

Afterward, Chen Yan influenced Chen Changyuan again.

Chen Changyuan was still ascending, and at this moment, the Life-Death Qi within his body was not even a single wisp.

He had assumed this influence would be extremely successful.

But Chen Yan did not expect that after a brief moment of arrogance, Chen Changyuan would actually become vigilant.

However, Chen Changyuan was also unable to discover Chen Yan.

After all, he had not yet ascended to the Eighth Rank.

Chen Yan looked at the Martial Dao meridians, where one of the meridian tips was flickering.

It turned out that Chen Changyuan was constantly ascending in the Will Path, and then the malice within the opponent's body began to extinguish the opportunity for him to ascend the Will Path like ice water.

This was not because Chen Changyuan wanted to ascend the Will Path.

Rather, the condition for ascending the Will Path was inherently to cultivate one's will to an extreme.

Chen Changyuan, who was in the midst of ascending, indeed had his willpower stimulated to the extreme.

But within the opponent's body, there was no environment for the Will Path to be born.

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes; Chen Changyuan's will had always been powerful.

Originally, the fact that the opponent was one of the first few to enter the Will Path already spoke volumes.

Afterward, once the opponent combined with the Dream Ancient Divine Beast, it became impossible to ascend the Will Path.

But, if Chen Changyuan's will was truly stimulated to a certain terrifying degree.

The opponent might, in fact, truly be able to ascend the Will Path.

Allowing the power of will to remain within his physical body, which was almost entirely occupied by terrifying malice.

That would simply be a miracle.

And...

"It is also a joke," Chen Yan said lightly.

It was at this very moment.

Chen Yan's brows lifted slightly; inside the entire room, countless specks of dust floated up, and a surge of power like a vast ocean was transmitted from downstairs.

Chen Yan looked at the meridian tips.

At the meridian tip belonging to Lu Jianxia.

Lu Jianxia was sitting cross-legged in a glaze-colored halo, with fine, golden Kun-Secret Flowing Thunder dripping from her hair.

Miraculous light flames burned between her brows, transforming into ten thousand fragments of light flying like fireflies.

Strands of Life-Death Qi transformed into invisible rules, gently lifting her entire body.

News of Lu Jianxia ascending to the Eighth Rank arrived; Chen Yan's expression remained calm as he looked at the meridian tips of the Will martial artists still outside.

In this world, the birth of an Eighth Rank did not trigger the phenomenon of Heaven and Earth Morning Light.

But outside, all living beings were gazing at the Qiong Heaven, watching in shock.

Eighth Rank birth, Heaven and Earth Morning Light.

This time, the Heaven and Earth Morning Light phenomenon lasted for a full ten minutes.

Lu Jianxia entered the Eighth Rank through both the Horizontal Refining and Blood Qi paths.

Four self-universes for Horizontal Refining, six self-universes for Blood Qi.

Her achievements even surpassed Xia Long and Lu Wuyi, second only to Chen Mi, who had accumulated for hundreds of years.

This time, ascending to the Eighth Rank, Lu Jianxia obtained thirty-five strands of Life-Death Qi.

Almost double that of Chen Yan's current amount.

Currently, on the Great Xia side, Xia Long, Luo Wuji, and Yin Qingshuang were also in seclusion ascending.

On the Five Clans side, Lu Jianxia had already successfully ascended.

Yu Cheng and Yu Ming of the Yu Clan were both attempting to ascend; Yu Cheng still had hope, but Yu Ming was far from it.

The Yu Clan did not pay much attention to the physical Martial Dao.

Among Wu Song and the others in the Pure True Yang Realm, three were also preparing to ascend.

Their greatest limitation was not their own accumulation, but the malice within their bodies.

But now, Chen Yan had dispelled the malice within their bodies, giving them hope for ascension.

However, they currently had no time to go into seclusion.

In the Pure True Yang Realm, there had always been a secret resistance legion.

They needed to unify all their forces in a short period.

Many in the Creation Realm, because of the wisp of Life-Death Qi left behind by that eleventh ascender, had secretly severed the rule restrictions placed upon them by the Dream-Eating Tapir.

Here in Blood Town, it was organized with Deputy Town Mayor Wu Song at the head.

Over in Henggu Town, it was organized with the strongest human, the Mayor of Henggu Town, at the head.

The two towns have always been mortal enemies.

But after the eleventh ascender told everyone the truth.

Some fell into despair, some fell into fear, and some became even more loyal.

Others understood the mission of their lives.

The mayor of Henggu Town had already arrived; yesterday, she had a brief conversation with Chen Yan, but she only spoke a few words through the door before leaving.

Chen Yan, for now, was still focusing primarily on cultivation.

"Lu Jianxia advancing to the eighth rank is good news, but since she has just entered the eighth rank, she might not be a match for Li Li."

Chen Yan murmured; Li Li was currently rushing toward this location.

Chen Yan could influence the other party's mindset and cognition to a certain extent, but it was impossible to directly reverse their objective.

The other party is the thirteenth ascender of the Pure True Yang Realm.

Chen Yan had once used the blank paper given by Lu Xunyang to spy on the other party.

On the surface, the other party appeared to be a little girl.

In reality, the other party was already an eighth-rank ancient god-beast covered in pitch-black tentacles.

Its strength was even above that of the Dark-Devouring Mother Tree.

Not only could Lu Jianxia not deal with it, but the current Chen Yan was also a bit lacking.

Without the Yu Clan technology, the Heavenly God Armor, and the Cinder-Evil Spear.

Chen Yan still felt some pressure relying solely on himself.

"Old Shen."

Chen Yan spoke, his voice carrying out with a strange rhythm.

Soon, Shen Yiwei walked out from another room.

In the corridor, figures were darting about.

"Old Shen, Lu Jianxia has reached the eighth rank."

A Great Xia Creation Realm expert spoke, their eyes filled with smiles, yet also a trace of wariness.

As Great Xia Creation Realm experts, they naturally hoped that Xia Long would be the first to advance to the eighth rank.

"It is fine," Shen Yiwei said:

"At a time like this, do not be too calculating."

At the end of the corridor.

Wu Song and the others also appeared; Lu Jianxia was surrounded by the crowd, and everyone was smiling at her.

"Dishes have already been prepared downstairs to celebrate the birth of the first eighth-rank expert."

A charming woman dressed in blood-colored robes said with a smile.

She was Hong Mi, the mayor of Henggu Town who had rushed over; at this moment, she was looking at Lu Jianxia with awe and astonishment.

Lu Jianxia felt somewhat uncomfortable:

"There is no need for a celebration."

"A celebration is necessary, and it is also to boost our morale," Hong Mi laughed.

"Mm." Lu Jianxia nodded lightly, looking around.

Aside from the Five Clans Creation Realm experts, the majority of people here were Great Xia Creation Realm experts.

Lu Jianxia was no fool; she could see that although everyone looked happy on the surface, there was wariness in the depths of their eyes.

"Then, let us celebrate together."

Lu Jianxia said.

"No, I have important matters to attend to."

A Great Xia Creation Realm expert refused with a chuckle.

Someone glanced at the others and laughed:

"That's right, I also need to cultivate."

Quite a few people refused.

Lu Jianxia's expression was calm; she did not care about everyone's refusal.

After all, these people all took Chen Yan as their leader.

Currently, Chen Yan was still in seclusion, so even if these people wanted to go, it was impossible for them to do so.

Chen Yan might not care, but these Great Xia Creation Realm experts would still think a lot in their hearts.

Hong Mi and Wu Song exchanged glances; although they were smiling, both had their own thoughts.

Suddenly.

A voice rang out.

"Everyone, since Princess Jianxia has advanced to the eighth rank, it is naturally a major event for us."

Everyone's expression shifted slightly; it was Chen Yan's voice.

"Moreover, since entering the Struggle of the Five Clans, you have all been hovering between life and death, and are too exhausted.

Since you can find a moment of leisure, do not miss it."

Chen Yan's voice faded.

Someone bowed toward the direction of the room where Chen Yan was located.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Figures bowed respectfully one after another.

Lu Jingqiu smiled and said:

"Indeed, I also want to try the cuisine of this world and savor the exotic flavors."

Many Creation Realm experts of the Great Xia laughed, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed than before.

Wu Song and Hong Mi glanced toward where Chen Yan was, their expressions varied.

Lu Jianxia, however, remained silent, a faint smile always on her face.

At present, her elder brother was still under the command of Chen Changyuan, his life or death uncertain.

Her heart was also extremely uneasy.