Chapter 347: Binding Dragon Stabilizing Sea Array

"Must we fight? Can't we just talk this over?"

Chen Che looked at the four people surrounding him and said quite helplessly.

"Of course we can talk, but please allow us to bind your hands and feet, otherwise, with your high cultivation realm, we will never feel at ease."

Yuan Ming's True Qi surged through his body; he pressed his palms together, interlaced his fingers, and prepared to strike.

Chen Che sighed and took out the Token again: "Do you recognize this or not?"

Upon seeing the Token, the expressions of all four changed, but none of them had any intention of stopping.

"Understood, then let's talk after we finish fighting."

Chen Che put away the Token and turned to look at Xie Wanning, "Senior Sister, aren't you going to help?"

Xie Wanning shrugged, glanced at Yuan Ming who had been keeping an eye on her, and said, "They are no match for you."

"Arrogant!"

Chai Jing was annoyed and roared: "Do you really think you are invincible under heaven?!"

"Today, let us show you frogs at the bottom of a well what it means to have people beyond people, and heavens beyond heavens!"

Chai Jing shouted loudly, his True Qi erupted from his body, and he was the first to launch an attack on Chen Che.

His figure was like lightning, his fist wind as sharp as a blade, yet he struck empty air, dodged by Chen Che's sidestep.

Before he could strike again, Chen Che had already turned and swung his staff, and with a crisp *snap*, it struck Chai Jing on the buttocks.

"Ow!"

Chai Jing let out a ghostly howl, clutching his buttocks as he hopped about.

"Bastard!"

Chai Jing's anger soared to the heavens; his True Qi manifested into a cleaver in his palm, and he leaped up, slashing down at Chen Che's head.

Chen Che remained unhurried, stepping back; the True Qi blade grazed his temple and struck the ground, instantly splitting it into a winding crevice.

"Snap!"

Chen Che spun his staff and struck Chai Jing across the face.

Having learned his lesson from before, Chai Jing immediately withdrew his blade to defend after his attack failed.

However, the wooden staff shattered the True Qi cleaver directly and struck Chai Jing's face with a crisp sound.

Chai Jing's face tilted, he rotated seven hundred and twenty degrees in the air, and with a *thud*, he landed on his buttocks on the ground.

"Damn it! I'll kill you!"

With everyone watching, Chai Jing had been defeated twice in a row, and so humiliatingly and wretchedly at that; as the second-ranked person of the younger generation, how could he swallow this humiliation?

He sprang up, gathered all his True Qi into one palm, and blasted it toward Chen Che, determined to kill Chen Che in one blow.

Chen Che narrowed his eyes, and his calm expression finally showed a trace of change.

He raised his wooden staff and thrust it out to meet Chai Jing's palm wind.

The wooden staff pressed against his palm, turning into powder inch by inch, until finally, their palms collided.

The shockwave spread outward, forcing Yuan Ming, Tang Yue, and Ji Rong to take a step back.

Yet, after only a moment of contact, Chen Che slid his palm away and dodged to the side.

Chai Jing's eyes widened, he stumbled and pitched forward, but a second before his face made intimate contact with the ground, his body froze!

Chen Che grabbed Chai Jing's arm and pulled him back; Chai Jing refused to accept the favor and wanted to continue forward, but was stopped by Yuan Ming.

"What just happened?! Senior Brother Chai was actually toyed with!"

"Senior Brother Chai is a Pre-Heaven Earth Master, yet he couldn't defeat that person. Could it be that he, like Senior Brother Yuan, is also in the Post-Heaven Earth Master realm?!"

"The Post-Heaven Earth Master realm couldn't toy with Senior Brother Chai like that... could it be Earth Master Great Perfection?!"

The surrounding injured Disciples discussed among themselves, all of them shocked, some even forgetting to cry out in pain.

Listening to the discussions around him, Chai Jing's expression grew increasingly ugly.

Yuan Ming, however, looked at Chen Che with a grave expression, while Tang Yue and Ji Rong were both stunned, unable to believe it.

They had seen the situation just now clearly; Chen Che was not intentionally toying with Chai Jing, but was deliberately holding back.

Otherwise, there were several opportunities where Chen Che could have struck ruthlessly, but he did not.

Perhaps he really had no ill intent? But the elders had instructed last night that these two people must not be let go!

Yuan Ming was unsure; given the strength Chen Che was now displaying, if the elders did not step in, no one present—including himself—could defeat him.

Not to mention there was still Xie Wanning, who had yet to make a move.

"Senior Brother Yuan, use the Binding Dragon Stabilizing Sea Array; even if he is Earth Master Great Perfection, we can still capture him!"

Chai Jing's face was livid as he said viciously.

Yuan Ming sized up Chen Che and shouted: "Raise the Array!"

The four quickly took their stances, their hands changing seals, and four pillars of True Qi converged above their heads, evolving into a large net of True Qi that descended from the sky, covering Chen Che within it.

At the same time, a circular Eight Trigrams Array Diagram appeared beneath their feet, and silver-white chains extended from every direction, tightly binding Chen Che.

With the Array fully deployed, Yuan Ming exhaled, yet his hanging heart could not be put at ease.

The entire process was too smooth; Chen Che had almost no resistance.

Moreover, Xie Wanning had been watching from the sidelines the whole time, with no intention of helping, and not even a look of concern.

This was very abnormal!

"Success! Success!"

"Senior Brother and Senior Sister are truly formidable, they've subdued this person!"

"Hmph! Let's see how he acts arrogant now?! Once the elders arrive, he'll get what's coming to him!"

The surrounding Disciples cheered and jumped for joy, finally feeling a sense of relief, even though the places where they had been hit still hurt.

Chai Jing finally revealed a triumphant smile: "Honest now, aren't you? This Array was created by the elders; even if you were in the Heavenly Master realm, don't even think about escaping!"

Tang Yue and Ji Rong exchanged a glance, but did not speak.

The power of the Binding Dragon Stabilizing Sea Array is exactly as its name describes; it can bind dragons and stabilize seas, so the Heavenly Master Realm is naturally no challenge, but this also tests the realm of the caster.

The four of them are only at the Earth Master Realm, and even Yuan Ming, who has the highest cultivation, is merely a Post-Heaven Earth Master.

Therefore, wanting to bind the Heavenly Master Realm is actually quite impossible.

However, they were certain that Chen Che was only at the Earth Master Realm, so they believed it was feasible, and judging by the current results, there should be no problem.

"Senior Brother Yuan, what should we do about that woman?"

Tang Yue looked toward Xie Wanning and asked.

Yuan Ming turned to glance at Xie Wanning; the latter was still watching from the side, with no intention of making a move.

"She must have been stunned by our technique and knows that resisting is futile, so there is no need to worry."

"But she also hasn't chosen to flee."

For a moment, all four of them looked at Xie Wanning.

Yuan Ming bowed to Xie Wanning and said, "If you do not intend to make a move, then please wait a moment. We will not harm your friend; once the elders arrive, everything will be resolved."

Xie Wanning smiled at Yuan Ming and raised her finger to point behind him.

Yuan Ming was startled and turned around quickly, only to discover that Chen Che, who had been bound by the array... was actually moving!

He was wrapped in a great net of True Qi and bound by iron chains, yet he was still able to move!

This array was the very same "Stabilizing Sea Divine Needle" that had once genuinely stopped a tsunami!

Yet at this moment, it could not suppress a single person!

"To be honest, this array is indeed quite good, it is just a pity that you all failed to unleash its proper power."

As Chen Che spoke, he formed a seal with one hand, his five fingers curling and extending, and True Qi shimmered with brilliance at his fingertips.

Yuan Ming sensed something, his expression changed in alarm, and he roared, "Everyone, get out of the way!"

However, it was too late.

The Array Diagram on the ground expanded and spread across the entire plaza, and all the Taiyi Sect Disciples entered the range of the Array Diagram.

At the same time, Chen Che let out a shout, and a pillar of True Qi light broke through the great net and iron chains on his body, gathered into a mass above his head, and then spread out and poured down.

In an instant, everyone in the plaza was covered within the great net, which caused Yuan Ming and the others, who had originally wanted to flee, to pause; the next second, countless silver-white iron chains extended from the expanded version of the Array Diagram.

Likewise, everyone present, one and all, was entangled and unable to move.

"This... how is this possible?!"

Chai Jing endured the excruciating pain of the iron chains wrapping around him and looked at Chen Che with a face full of astonishment.

Tang Yue and Ji Rong were bound together; they were almost embedded into each other's bodies, and if one moved even slightly, both would feel piercing pain.

"It's even stronger than when the four of us cast it; how is this possible?!"

"How does he know the Binding Dragon Stabilizing Sea Array?!"

Yuan Ming was much calmer than the other three; he gazed at Chen Che, and besides shock, a trace of admiration grew in his heart.

He could now be certain that Chen Che was absolutely not at the realm they had imagined, and was even less of an existence they could reach.

But at the same time, he also felt relieved, because if Chen Che had malicious intent, then not to mention the other Disciples, the four of them would likely have already lost their lives.

No wonder that woman was not worried at all; indeed, it was they who should have been worried.

"I ask that you stop, sir!"

A powerful voice arrived, and wherever the sound wave passed, the Array dissipated, and all the bound Disciples were freed.

Chen Che turned around; it turned out the elders had arrived.