Chapter 513

In just a fleeting moment, a hundred water curtains surged upward, resembling a waterfall flowing in reverse, vibrating into a deafening roar that made one feel as if they were beneath a vast, surging ocean—truly hair-raising and heart-stopping!

One of the Seven Great Divine Waters—the Profound Yin True Water!

At this moment, Xuan Yin did not harbor any contempt for Chen Hang due to his own longer years of cultivation; the moment they met, he brought out his most practiced skills.

As the Profound Yin True Water swirled, pressing down with a sky full of cold mist and causing the earth to frost over, Xuan Yin also continuously formed hand seals, not daring to relax.

He first urged the lotus leaf beneath his feet, causing it to bloom with layers of soft, delicate green light to tightly protect his body, then shook his shoulders, causing two rays of yellow and white brilliance to rise one after another from behind him.

If one looked closely, one could see within those two rays of brilliance were, respectively, a majestic demon with a flat face, wearing a high crown and imperial robes, dressed in red and black, possessing the demeanor of an ancient emperor, and a strange, eerie figure whose form was obscured by murky mist.

The Great Sumeru Heavenly Son Demon and the Nether-Wrong Demon!

The most sophisticated methods for controlling demons in this world are often found within the great demonic sects, such as Stripping Form and Refining Shadow, Seizing Life and Controlling Talismans, and the Three Platforms Transformation.

As a disciple of the Hu Zhao Sect, Xuan Yin naturally had learned such techniques, and he was a standout among his peers.

The two demons before him, belonging to the Heavenly Demon royal family—the Great Sumeru Heavenly Son Demon and the Nether-Wrong Demon—were a vivid testament to this.

However, the concept of controlling demons is not simply about enslaving their minds.

Heavenly Demons obtained in that way would have their future potential greatly discounted, and they would be no different from dead puppets.

But if one simply applied a legal contract to restrain them, the controlled Heavenly Demon would inevitably be suspected of doing the bare minimum, and in critical moments, given the fierce and untamable nature of demons, they might even backstab or turn against their master.

Within this, there is truly a great deal of profound knowledge.

With Xuan Yin's current cultivation, his ability to control two Heavenly Demon royals with cultivation equivalent to the Jin Dan Third Layer was, in the eyes of others, already extremely difficult.

Although Xuan Yin still had a few demons he hadn't released, he reckoned that facing a formidable enemy like Chen Hang, ordinary demons would be dealt with by Chen Hang in two sword strikes; not only would they fail to act as a distraction, but they would also waste his hard-earned efforts, resulting in a loss outweighing the gain.

Just as Xuan Yin had released the two Heavenly Demons and had not yet had time to make another move, a thunderous roar suddenly shook the entire wilderness!

Xuan Yin looked over urgently, only to see that expanse of Profound Yin True Water suddenly explode and be forcibly blasted open by a vast, overwhelming force.

Amidst the scattering frost clouds and yin evil, a massive hand, though covered in icicles and a layer of cold energy, still grabbed forward with an unstoppable momentum!

"What a vigorous magic power!"

Xuan Yin was slightly startled, but his reaction was not slow in the slightest; he hurriedly swelled the layers of green light protecting his body and met the giant hand.

In just a moment, the giant hand turned into smoke and vanished.

But what followed was Xuan Yin being shaken back dozens of zhang, his face slightly flushed, as if his breath were momentarily obstructed.

"Go!"

After personally testing Chen Hang's methods, Xuan Yin knew that the opponent's cultivation was by no means inferior to his own; he was also at the Inner Scene Perfection, having polished his Jin Dan skills to the extreme.

Since a head-on clash was not advisable, continuing to fight hard was not a wise move; he had to change his tactics.

At this moment, following Xuan Yin's order, the Great Sumeru Heavenly Son Demon first swelled with divine power, arms wide open, and slapped toward Chen Hang with the force of a mountain-shaking blow.

At the same time, the Nether-Wrong Demon twisted its body and vanished from its original spot.

Chen Hang's method of response was simple: he just sacrificed his flying sword, and he beat the two demons into a steady retreat.

Even though the Great Sumeru Heavenly Son Demon possessed the great power to move mountains and the Nether-Wrong Demon had the ability to hide in the void and swallow souls, they were helpless.

Before long, seeing the Great Sumeru Heavenly Son Demon nearly sliced in half by a sword and the Nether-Wrong Demon forced to dive underground, not daring to show its head, Xuan Yin, who was entangled with Chen Hang, finally found an opportunity.

His eyes turned sharp; he first swelled his energy to shatter the incoming sword qi in mid-air, then flicked his sleeve, and a divine stake about a zhang long, appearing as if carved from a single piece of green jade, appeared, shedding layers of flowing light and covering the mountains.

In an instant, Chen Hang felt a tremendous pulling force coming from the ground, as if a giant mouth were trying to pull him in.

The sea of clouds beneath his feet shattered and vanished in the blink of an eye!

Seeing this, Xuan Yin smiled inwardly; the reason he had sacrificed his two capable Heavenly Demons to be heavily injured and had been forced into a sorry state by the sword light was precisely to wait for this moment.

This stake was no ordinary object; it was a formidable magic treasure he had obtained from an ancient ruin, named the Falling Suspension Stake, made from Earth Pole Magnetite, specifically designed to restrain all flying and escaping objects.

After the Falling Suspension Stake was activated, without the permission of Xuan Yin, the caster, everything within a radius of dozens of miles would be restrained by the Earth Pole Meta-Magnetism, with a hundredfold weight added to them.

When he first obtained this treasure, Xuan Yin had used this ability to crush a group of stone demons known for their hard bodies, leaving them without a trace of bone.

Even Yuan Fayan, who practiced the One Origin True Water, had suffered a loss before this treasure because his realm was not yet high enough at the time.

At this moment, Xuan Yin did not expect to defeat Chen Hang relying solely on one Falling Suspension Stake.

As long as he could hinder Chen Hang for a moment, he could naturally unleash heavy blows to turn the situation around in one fell swoop!

However, somewhat unexpectedly, Chen Hang only shook his shoulders, steadied his heels, and, hard-pressed against the ten-thousand-jun pressure, did not sink his body even half a fraction from the air.

"Rise!"

Xuan Yin did not dare to be slow; he shouted fiercely, nearly channeling all his magic power into the Falling Suspension Stake.

With this magic treasure exerting its full power, one mountain peak after another began to shatter, and earth and stone fell heavily.

The earth cracked into gullies, crisscrossing in a way that was truly shocking to behold!

And in less than half a breath, in Xuan Yin's stunned gaze, Chen Hang just shouted loudly and suddenly opened his mouth to spit out a stream of smoke!

This breath was as fast as lightning; with a bang, it was as if a great hole had collapsed in the sky, wind and clouds rolled wildly, and the Falling Suspension Stake was knocked over several times, its spiritual light dimming.

In such a state, it was naturally difficult to maintain its power.

Just then, a sharp sword qi burst out; in his haste, Xuan Yin only had time to pull a mass of demonic clouds to cover his body, narrowly avoiding being slashed in the arm.

The next instant, before Xuan Yin could catch his breath, that sword qi, which had already shattered, suddenly condensed again, and cold light flashed once more!

It continued to kill toward Xuan Yin from his blind spot!

The clanging sounds were incessant; in just a few breaths, the sharp sword qi had slashed no fewer than a hundred times, too fast for the eye to follow.

And when Xuan Yin was forced to the point where the veins on his forehead were jumping and his energy circulation was momentarily stagnant, a sword rainbow flashed and vanished, its sharpness dazzling!

As the sword rainbow flashed by, the expression on Xuan Yin's face suddenly froze, and the hand seal he was halfway through forming also stopped.

His whole person remained motionless, as if he had become a clay statue or a wooden carving.

Amidst the exclamations from the outside world, a scarlet line of blood slowly welled up from the center of Xuan Yin's eyebrows.

Then his body suddenly split into two halves, the brilliance in his eyes scattered, and he fell backward toward the sky!

"He's dead just like that? A figure with the potential for the Pure Yang Dao Fruit was killed by Chen Xiao Shixiong with one sword?"

Among the many guests watching the ceremony at Ying Jichuan, Yu Tan happened to see the scene of Xuan Yin's corpse falling from the clouds.

His pupils suddenly shrank, and he couldn't help but shout to the middle-aged man beside him:

"Uncle-Master, you said there were several Jin Dan True Persons in the field who could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Chen Xiao Shixiong... but seeing this scene, your words are probably a bit untrue, right?"

The one Yu Tan called Uncle-Master was a middle-aged man with a stout build, fair skin, and the appearance of a wealthy gentleman.

He glanced at Yu Tan and shook his head, saying:

"Who says he's dead? He's still alive and well. I tell you to study talismans more, but you prefer to learn dual cultivation!

It's fortunate that you are still in the Cave-Mystic Realm; when you reach the Jin Dan Realm, if you still have this kind of discernment and fail to notice even a trace of the clues, then the Great Cave Observation Talisman that best suits your nature will have been studied in vain. As for what I said, it was not a lie; in the next three months, you will see it clearly."

"He's not dead yet?"

Yu Tan was clearly startled, a look of suspicion appearing on his face.

The stout man no longer paid much attention to Yu Tan; he just looked at a golden-robed youth with clear eyes and fine brows not far away and chuckled:

"Old Ghost Qian, you say your disciple Xuan Yin is really something; who couldn't he have chosen to fight, but he had to pick Chen Hang?

Although he is a character, he is ultimately a notch inferior to Chen Hang. Such behavior doesn't look like your disciple, heh."

"I remember that Jin Dan Assembly of ours back then, you old ghost were as slippery as a loach, digging holes everywhere, making it hard for people to find your tracks, yet the disciple you took is such a straight-shooter; that's rare!"

When the stout man said this, several peers around them shook their heads and smiled.

Only the golden-robed youth's face was as heavy as water, and he didn't say a word.

"This wicked disciple... how exactly is his brain grown?"

After a long while, the golden-robed youth sighed helplessly in his heart and also shook his head.

At this time, in the Imperial Old Sheji Map, although he saw Xuan Yin's corpse fall to the ground, Chen Hang did not drive his sword away; he just looked at a mound in the northwest corner and said calmly:

"True Person Xuan, this trick can't deceive me, so don't play god or ghost anymore."

After this sentence was issued, there was silence in the field.

Dozens of breaths later, Xuan Yin's remnant corpse turned into a wisp of gray smoke and drifted away.

And on the shoulder of the nearly half-crippled Great Sumeru Heavenly Son Demon in the distance, a figure suddenly appeared.

"I have to thank True Person Chen for not rushing to make a move just now, leaving me some room to breathe."

Xuan Yin patted his sleeves and said humorously:

"That was truly a good sword technique just now; just a little bit more, and this head would never taste the delicacies of land and sea again. It was truly dangerous!"

"If True Person Xuan wants to adjust his breath, I can give you this gap."

Chen Hang didn't care and just asked casually:

"Speaking of which, I am truly a bit puzzled; True Person Xuan saw me, why didn't you run?"

This question was asked very straightforwardly, sounding as if it had a bit of mockery.

But the expression on Chen Hang's face was just normal, and there was no sarcasm to be seen.

Xuan Yin thought about it and also said seriously:

"It's not that I want to destroy my own prestige, but this time with True Person Chen and those few people entering the field, the position of the Jin Dan leader is destined to be difficult for me to contend for; no matter how much effort I spend, it's useless.

And speaking of shame, I have an enemy outside the heavens; this person is also a First Grade Jin Dan, and is proficient in sword dao and thunder methods, most skilled in fighting and exchanging moves with people. I heard that recently, after coming out of seclusion, he has made a great name for himself...

The reason I entered the field is not to compete for the leader or good fortune, but to see the methods of the heroes of the Nine Provinces, so that I can have a rough preparation in my heart to facilitate dealing with the future."

Chen Hang asked: "I wonder who that is?"

"Fa Sheng Tian, Lin Shulong."

Xuan Yin was truly a bit emotional and smiled bitterly:

"Actually, I originally wanted to fight with those few people again, but this battle with True Person Chen has let me know that it is truly..."

At the end of his words, Xuan Yin's voice suddenly stopped. After a moment, he straightened his expression and said:

"Please!"

Chen Hang nodded slightly.

After Xuan Yin made the first move, he pointed his finger, and the flying sword flashed, knocking the Falling Suspension Stake far away.

In the previous fight, Xuan Yin had already truly learned the power of the flying sword and naturally did not dare to be slow.

And before he could activate his defensive supernatural powers, a raging fire suddenly floated before his eyes, pressing down like the sky collapsing, fierce and shocking, with a momentum difficult to resist!

Xuan Yin shook his hand to release the Profound Yin True Water to contend with this Southern Bright Departure Fire.

As the cold and heat continuously wore each other down, creating a dense fog, Xuan Yin's heart tightened, and he subconsciously formed an escape technique to move away.

The next instant, Xuan Yin's original standing place was suddenly covered by ice, a piece of pure white.

"I don't know how many rounds I can hold on..."

Seeing Chen Hang holding the Moon Wheel Mirror, this was the first time since the fight began that he had summoned a magic treasure other than the flying sword. Xuan Yin sighed in his heart, then his eyes turned sharp.

In his vigilant gaze, Chen Hang was not in a hurry to attack fiercely, but glanced inexplicably toward the north, and then summoned back the flying sword that was entangled with the Falling Suspension Stake.

And at this moment, while Chen Hang and Xuan Yin were fighting fiercely.

Dozens of miles away, Sima Xiu, who had long ago used magic to cover her figure, was truly a bit stunned.

"He just now, did he sense me?"

Recalling Chen Hang's inexplicable move just now, Sima Xiu frowned slightly, not knowing if this was Chen Hang's unintentional move or intentional action, and she couldn't help but feel confused in her heart.

The forest was dense, and wild grass was everywhere.

At a small mountain peak shaped like a human head, Sima Xiu held a pale white circle of light in her hands, which clearly reflected the scene of Chen Hang and Xuan Yin's fight.

And seeing Xuan Yin pull his body, countless ghostly lights flew up like lamps around his body, pushing away the heavenly wind, as if he wanted to start fighting for his life, Sima Xiu raised her eyebrows slightly, noncommittal.

Because of this mellow fog, the cultivators in the field were all obscured in their spiritual sense at this time. Only when all ten copper fish were found and refined would this white fog disperse, and the cultivators could fight to their heart's content.

Otherwise, if one wanted to find someone, one could only rely on luck.

And the reason Sima Xiu found this place was truly an unintentional act.

Being able to happen to bump into Chen Hang and Xuan Yin facing off was an unexpected joy for her!

It is necessary to know that there are only ten copper fish; only by finding one, defeating others who come to compete, and keeping the copper fish on one's body within three days can one be considered to have stood firm in the top ten.

And whether it is the birth of the copper fish or refining the copper fish to keep by one's side, the momentum of both is impossible to hide.

In the dark, it makes all the cultivators in the field have a sense, and they can clearly perceive the location!

So now that Chen Hang and Xuan Yin are fighting, no matter who is out, it is a reduction of a future enemy competing with her for Sima Xiu, which is truly a good thing.

If it weren't for the fact that there are legal restrictions in this assembly, before the mellow fog disperses, the copper fish are mutually exclusive, and one person can only catch one, unable to ask for more.

Sima Xiu wouldn't have to be so careful, but would find another way.

"Is this going to decide the outcome?"

And without waiting for Sima Xiu to think more, a magnificent scene suddenly appeared in the circle of light.

Seeing Xuan Yin purse his lips and call out, his eyes suddenly turned pitch black, and Chen Hang suddenly felt that the heaven and earth in all directions were like being dyed with ink, all hanging upside down and crushing over!

The protective smoke cloud released by the Five Qi Qian Kun Circle shattered in the blink of an eye, unable to hinder it in the slightest, and fortunately Chen Hang put away this magic treasure in time, so that its true consciousness was not damaged.

This is one of the supreme great supernatural powers of the Hu Zhao Sect, the Turbid Thorough World!

Once this supernatural power is allowed to grow completely, it will take root in the earth's veins, connect to the heavenly net, and form a cage of the turbid world, no matter how the people inside jump, it is difficult to turn over.

Boom!

A sword light flashed suddenly, but it was not killing toward Xuan Yin, but slashing toward the front.

Under that sharp and peerless intent, a trace of blank space was vaguely split in the pitch-black heaven and earth, and then the sword light flashed and vanished.

"What a pity..."

Seeing his supreme great supernatural power cut by Chen Hang with sword light, and then taking the opportunity to dodge, Xuan Yin clearly did not cause real damage.

Xuan Yin, who had wasted a lot of magic power, clearly knew that he was destined to lose.

And he didn't have time to sigh at Chen Hang's rich fighting experience, being able to make the most appropriate response strategy in such a short moment.

Not long after, as a thunderbolt shattered the Profound Yin True Water, Xuan Yin also hurriedly put away the two dying Heavenly Demons, jumped, and was led out of this map.

"..."

At this time, Sima Xiu just wanted to go up and pick up a bargain, wanting to try how much magic power Chen Hang had consumed.

But inside the circle of light, Chen Hang turned around inexplicably, his eyes deep, looking straight at this place.

After staring at Chen Hang for a moment, Sima Xiu only felt as if a cold blade was crossing her neck, and her back was slightly tense.

She didn't say a word, first eliminated the circle of light in her hand, and then hurriedly urged the secret method to escape, fearing that Chen Hang would chase after her with his sword.

"Hiding your head and showing your tail."

Chen Hang shook his head slightly, rose into the sky, and flew away.

After this battle, in less than half a day, an old-fashioned Jin Dan was out, becoming the first loser in the field!

Not to mention the outside of the Imperial Old Sheji Map, how the discussion was at this time.

Until escaping three hundred miles away, seeing that Chen Hang did not chase up, Sima Xiu then pressed down the escape light, her heart determined.

"This person really sensed me!"

She clenched her fingers and frowned deeply.