Chapter 420: Battle Against a Peerless Genius

On the ground, Ning Yuchan and Sun Fujia were locked in a fierce battle.

One after another, powerful Frost Star Arts flew from Sun Fujia's hands, crashing toward Ning Yuchan.

Ning Yuchan was surrounded by shimmering wood-white Metal-element starlight. Her hammer moved like lightning; every strike she unleashed emitted a crisp, shattering sound, smashing Sun Fujia's Frost Star Arts to pieces.

On the surface, the two were evenly matched.

However, in the eyes of an expert like Xu Jin—especially when viewed from the sky—it was immediately apparent that Ning Yuchan was at a disadvantage.

Although Sun Fujia's attacks were shattered by Ning Yuchan every time, his Frost Star Arts had already laid out a frost field spanning several hundred meters around her.

Every time a Frost Star Art was shattered, the remnants scattered in all directions.

The surrounding temperature was dropping lower and lower.

The power of the Frost Star Arts was growing stronger and stronger.

After a bit more accumulation, it would likely be time for Sun Fujia to unleash his finishing move.

Ning Yuchan had already discovered this situation and kept trying to soar into the sky to break the deadlock.

But every time, Sun Fujia used his Frost Star Arts to force her back to the ground.

Furthermore, Xu Jin could tell that Sun Fujia was not yet using his full strength.

It was not that Ning Yuchan's strength was lacking.

In Xu Jin's view, with Ning Yuchan's current cultivation at the peak of the Fifth Tier, Seventh Layer, it would not be difficult for her to challenge a Sixth Tier, Seventh Layer expert, let alone slay a Sixth Tier, Ninth Layer peak expert.

She could even barely contend with a Seventh Tier, early-stage expert.

However, Sun Fujia was also a peerless genius.

The true combat power of Sun Fujia, at the Sixth Tier, Seventh Layer, should be between the early and mid-stages of the Seventh Tier. If he unleashed his full power, he might even be able to contend with a Seventh Tier, late-stage expert.

The gap in cultivation was right there.

The next instant, both Ning Yuchan and Sun Fujia saw the starlight of Xu Jin approaching from afar.

The moment he saw Xu Jin, Sun Fujia's expression changed abruptly.

In the previous few stages, he had already learned of the prowess of Xu Jin (Qi Qi Tian Sheng).

Moreover, they both hailed from the Chen Guo Dao Academy.

In an instant, Sun Fujia made his decision.

The next moment, he waved both hands, and the frost field spanning several hundred meters that he had previously laid out suddenly seemed to come alive, rising from all directions and crashing toward Ning Yuchan!

A finishing move!

He wanted to finish off Ning Yuchan and then deal with Xu Jin.

One-on-one, he had absolute confidence.

But one-on-two, it was hard to say.

Seeing this, Xu Jin felt a surge of urgency and was about to join the battle, but he heard Ning Yuchan let out an angry shout. The star hammer in her palm suddenly grew larger, and the moment she spun and rose, she charged at Sun Fujia like a mad demon.

At the same time, Ning Yuchan's gritted-teeth voice transmission rang in Xu Jin's mind: "Just help me hold the line; I want to deal with this person myself!"

Xu Jin stopped instantly and focused on watching the battle.

Spinning Blade Heavy Hammer!

Wherever it passed, all of Sun Fujia's Frost Star Art attacks were pulverized into dust. The Spinning Blade Heavy Hammer whirled violently, crashing toward Sun Fujia.

Sun Fujia dared not take it head-on and instantly soared into the air. However, he saw Ning Yuchan beckon, retracting the heavy hammer, and a golden-white giant bow suddenly appeared. Her petite body pulled the giant bow into a full moon, and pale golden star arrows instantly emerged.

Swish, swish, swish, swish!

The sound of breaking air rang out incessantly; it was a continuous volley!

Amidst the rapid firing, Ning Yuchan also stepped into the air, arrow after arrow, like shooting stars!

Every arrow could hit Sun Fujia, but every arrow could be parried by him.

Xu Jin watched the battle while observing.

Ning Yuchan's combat power was stronger than Xu Jin had imagined.

Especially the lethality of her Star Arts.

Even a peerless genius like Sun Fujia, at this moment, under Ning Yuchan's continuous bombardment, only had the power to parry, with no ability to counterattack.

However, Ning Yuchan's state of violent attack, he feared, could not be sustained.

Currently, in this state, it would be very difficult for Ning Yuchan to defeat Sun Fujia, let alone slay him.

Just from that one sentence Ning Yuchan had transmitted to him earlier, Xu Jin understood that there was likely a grudge between Ning Yuchan and this Sun Fujia.

After three breaths, following a series of explosive shots, the aura around Ning Yuchan had already risen to its peak.

At that very same instant, with the bonus from her aura, the giant bow in Ning Yuchan's palm expanded by another circle, and a huge pale golden arrow instantly condensed!

Swish, swish, swish!

One arrow, three arrows!

And it was a triple-shot!

What was even more deadly was that each wave was faster than the last!

The third arrow was the latest, but it arrived at the same time as the first!

Xu Jin understood that this was likely Ning Yuchan's final burst!

With all three arrows arriving at once, even Sun Fujia revealed an expression of extreme solemnity.

He waved his palms repeatedly, and in a very short time, he laid out four layers of giant frost shields in front of him.

Boom!

Under the combined bombardment of the three arrows, the four layers of giant frost shields were shattered in an instant, and the three arrows struck in front of Sun Fujia.

But at that very instant, starlight surged around Sun Fujia, and a spirit armor appeared.

At a glance, Xu Jin knew that this was a Seven-Star Spirit Armor, and a supreme-grade one at that.

The remaining power of the three arrows exploded, sending countless ripples across Sun Fujia's Seven-Star Spirit Armor, and Sun Fujia himself was sent flying backward.

But that was all.

With the Seven-Star Spirit Armor protecting him, he was not injured.

The next instant, as Sun Fujia waved his hand, the thousands of shards of ice that had previously shattered instantly turned into the most terrifying sharp weapons, once again firing from all directions toward Ning Yuchan.

Xu Jin could tell that Ning Yuchan was at the end of her rope.

Her Star Qi was exhausted to the limit.

She likely wouldn't be able to withstand this wave.

With a flap of his Thunder Wings, Xu Jin instantly flashed in front of Ning Yuchan, and his Heavenly Gang Thunder Chain extended, instantly condensing into a dense thunder net, heavily protecting both himself and Ning Yuchan.

Ning Yuchan was panting heavily, her eyes filled with hatred.

Seeing Xu Jin join the battle, Sun Fujia remained unafraid, but he kept his distance extremely carefully.

"Ning Yuchan, seven years ago, you were no match for me; now, you are still no match for me, and in the future, you will be even less so!" Sun Fujia pointed at Ning Yuchan and sneered. "Seven years ago, you had a leg broken by me. Today, you should be thankful that you have a friend who arrived, otherwise, you would lose your life here today! If you have any self-awareness, you had better be smarter in the future! Otherwise, I will surely kill you next time!" While sneering, Sun Fujia took an elixir to recover his Star Qi.

The battle with Ning Yuchan just now had consumed quite a bit.

Sun Fujia was still very cautious!

"What big talk!" Xu Jin, who was protecting Ning Yuchan, sneered.

"Qi Qi Tian Sheng! Others may fear you, but I certainly do not!" Facing Xu Jin, Sun Fujia showed no fear.

The reason was simple: earlier, he was afraid of being besieged by Xu Jin and Ning Yuchan together.

But now, Ning Yuchan's Star Qi was exhausted; even if she barely joined the battle, she would be of little use.

With only Qi Qi Tian Sheng, a Fifth Tier, Third Layer expert, no matter how strong he was, he was not afraid in the slightest!

This was the confidence of a peerless genius from the Heavenly Yang Star Palace!

It was also the confidence he had carved out from his past battle records!

"Fine, then let's try!"

Before the words had even faded, a thunderclap sounded, and thunderlight in the sky crashed down toward Sun Fujia's head.

Almost simultaneously, a frost lotus suddenly appeared, protecting Sun Fujia layer by layer.

At the same instant, four water dragons roared out, killing toward Xu Jin.

Facing Xu Jin's attack, Sun Fujia was resolutely unafraid!

In an instant, the two were locked in a fierce battle!

After a hundred breaths, both Xu Jin and Sun Fujia were shocked!

What shocked Xu Jin was that Sun Fujia's combat power was super strong. Even after using a five-fold Flowing Shimmer once, along with a Divine Soul attack, they were all blocked by the opponent, including his Thunder-element Star Arts; after attacking for a dozen waves, he still couldn't completely break through Sun Fujia's defense.

What "completely break through" meant was: Xu Jin's Thunder-element Star Arts had broken through Sun Fujia's frost defense several times, but in the end, Sun Fujia's Seven-Star Spirit Armor blocked the attacks.

To be honest, with Xu Jin's attack intensity, an ordinary Seventh Tier, early-stage cultivator would have been slain.

Yet Sun Fujia was perfectly fine.

And he hadn't even used any life-saving measures.

He could only be described as perfectly fine. Sun Fujia's shock, however, was at Xu Jin's prowess.

A Fifth Tier, Third Layer Chen Guo cultivator had actually forced him to such a degree that he had to defend for most of the time.

Even the Seventh Tier experts in the Star Palace couldn't force him to this degree.

Ning Yuchan's performance was strong enough, but this Fifth Tier, Third Layer one was even more formidable.

He was simply a monster!

Not only was his attack strong, but his defense was also extremely strong.

The more they fought, the more Sun Fujia felt a sense of powerlessness.

He felt that, based on the current situation, he could only use the method of consuming Star Qi to wear Qi Qi Tian Sheng to death; he couldn't think of any other way.

However, for Xu Jin, there was a way to defeat Sun Fujia quickly.

Nine Heavens Lei Yun and Earth Heart Earth Rhyme—as long as he used a few strands, he could slay him.

But Xu Jin didn't want to waste them.

These were his trump cards; Xu Jin was unwilling to waste them on Sun Fujia.

More importantly, Xu Jin was not certain he could completely annihilate Sun Fujia.

Because Sun Fujia had a chance to substitute his death.

If he slew him once and this guy retreated, then Xu Jin's bottom line would be exposed.

However, Xu Jin was not without options.

Conventional means were not incapable of slaying Sun Fujia; it just required an opportunity.

After a hundred breaths of fierce battle, suddenly, Xu Jin saw Sun Fujia soar into the sky, and Xu Jin discovered an opportunity.

The next instant, Xu Jin made a rapid dash to the ground, took a step, and activated Earth Origin Magnetism.

In an instant, Sun Fujia, who was soaring into the sky, was pulled by a giant force and fell toward the ground, but Sun Fujia struggled with all his might while bombarding Xu Jin with Frost Star Arts.

Although the Star Arts were fierce, Xu Jin's Fish Screen Golden Bell had superb defensive power, so he took it head-on.

The next moment, a golden star appeared in the sky.

Sixth Tier Star Art, Falling Star!

The moment it appeared, it crashed toward Sun Fujia, and then, under the blessing of Earth Origin Magnetism, it accelerated again while growing larger!

Like a small mountain, it crashed toward Sun Fujia.

Sun Fujia was terrified!

But he couldn't break free.

While bombarding the defense with all his might, he watched the Falling Star crash down on his head, accelerating as it fell.

At the same instant, as Xu Jin stomped his foot, angry spears rose from the ground; one above and one below, they focused their fire on Sun Fujia.

Sun Fujia's expression was terrified, but he was not in the least bit chaotic.

Just when Xu Jin thought Sun Fujia was about to be skewered and then smashed into a meat patty, a flash of starlight appeared, and Sun Fujia disappeared!

Xu Jin was stunned.

The next instant, Xu Jin reacted.

Seven Kills Dragon-Escaping Stake.

This guy Sun Fujia had used the Seven Kills Dragon-Escaping Stake to escape.

Activating the Mingji Star Pattern, it instantly covered a radius of three thousand meters, but he didn't find Sun Fujia.

At this time, ten thousand meters away, starlight surged.

With a flap of his Thunder Wings,

without any hesitation, Xu Jin activated his extreme speed and chased after him.

Sun Fujia just glanced at Xu Jin and turned to flee.

However, Sun Fujia's speed was still much slower than Xu Jin's.

After ten breaths, Xu Jin activated the five-fold Flowing Shimmer, pushing his speed to the limit, and caught up to Sun Fujia.

The fierce battle began again.

Sun Fujia was also unafraid, calmly battling Xu Jin!

Ten breaths later, Xu Jin spotted an opportunity, using the same routine.

Upon landing, he simultaneously unleashed Earth Origin Magnetism, Falling Star, and Angry Spears, intending to bombard and slay Sun Fujia again.

Although it was the same routine and Sun Fujia had already experienced it once, he just couldn't break free, and could only watch with extreme anger as the Falling Star crashed onto his head.

However, his combat experience was extremely mature.

Earlier, while fleeing, when he realized he was about to be caught, he had already laid out more than one Seven Kills Dragon-Escaping Stake.

In an instant, he intended to use the Seven Kills Dragon-Escaping Stake to escape.

But Xu Jin had already let him escape once using the Seven Kills Dragon-Escaping Stake; how could he let him use the same method to escape a second time?

Almost at the instant the Falling Star crashed down, Xu Jin activated his Divine Soul attack: Startling Dream!

The impact of Startling Dream on Sun Fujia was very small.

As a peerless genius of the Heavenly Yang Star Palace, although Sun Fujia hadn't been pushed to condense a Primordial Spirit, his Divine Soul cultivation had already reached the peak of the Fourth Tier, Ninth Layer, condensing the prototype of a Primordial Spirit, and it seemed he also had a precious treasure for Divine Soul defense.

Xu Jin's super-strong Divine Soul attack could only affect him for an instant.

A very short time.

But at this life-and-death juncture, this very short instant was crucial.

The next moment, Sun Fujia was simultaneously pierced by the Falling Star Star Art and the Angry Spears, but at the instant he was pierced, he turned into starlight and dissipated!

He substituted his death!

This guy Sun Fujia had clearly comprehended the Seven Kills Dragon-Escaping Stake to the third layer, obtaining three chances to substitute his death.

However, Xu Jin knew very well that a peerless genius like Sun Fujia would not leave easily.

And with three chances to substitute his death, he would definitely come back!

After one breath, starlight appeared.

The figure of Sun Fujia, who had used his chance to substitute his death, appeared.

At the same instant, Xu Jin's long-accumulated attack poured down toward Sun Fujia.

Xu Jin, who had guarded corpses many times, was already very experienced in this aspect.

Under a series of combo attacks, Xu Jin also added another Divine Soul attack for Sun Fujia!

It still bought him an instant of time.

It was still the same routine.

With the coordination of the four major Star Arts—Falling Star, Angry Spears, Earth Origin Magnetism, and Startling Dream—Sun Fujia was pierced and bombarded to death again.

But at the instant he was bombarded to death, his figure still dissipated into starlight!

He substituted his death for the second time!

Xu Jin activated the Mingji Star Pattern, sensing cautiously, his whole body's Star Qi boiling, while also considering whether Sun Fujia would use a life-saving treasure after substituting his death twice in a row!

He would!

Nine times out of ten, he would!

Then, Xu Jin's tactics also needed to make a slight change!

As a top genius of the Heavenly Yang Star Palace, Sun Fujia definitely had no shortage of life-saving treasures.

The next instant, starlight appeared again.

Sun Fujia had indeed returned!

Amidst the starlight, Sun Fujia's figure returned quickly, but with just a flash of light, Xu Jin saw that this guy was already clutching an emblem in his hand.

This should be a life-saving emblem.

Almost the moment he saw the emblem, Xu Jin's Divine Soul Star Art, Startling Dream, crashed down!

Sun Fujia's expression froze; the life-saving space emblem he had just taken out was not activated.

At the same instant, Earth Origin Magnetism, Falling Star, Angry Spears, and Startling Dream were unleashed in a chain again.

Moreover, Xu Jin used Startling Dream not just once, but three times in a row.

He was just afraid that Sun Fujia would use the life-saving emblem to escape!

The terrifying radiance of the Falling Star covered Sun Fujia again!

At the instant Sun Fujia's figure was penetrated by the Falling Star and Angry Spears, the look he gave Xu Jin was so angry he wanted to kill!

This guy in front of him actually wanted to put him to death!

"Bastard, you wait, don't let me run into you in the real world!" Amidst the roar, Sun Fujia's figure dissipated into starlight and disappeared again.

That was the third chance to substitute his death!

Xu Jin still did not relax, his whole body's Star Qi surging, even using the starlight on the Arena to replenish his heavily consumed Star Qi, and then preparing various Star Arts, fully activating the Mingji Star Pattern.

Waiting for the fourth arrival of this peerless genius from the Heavenly Yang Star Palace.

If Sun Fujia appeared for the fourth time, Sun Fujia, who no longer had a chance to substitute his death, would definitely be finished off by him!

If this guy appeared for the fourth time, Xu Jin wouldn't care about anything else; even if he had to use the Nine Heavens Lei Yun and Earth Heart Earth Rhyme, he would completely bombard and slay this guy!

One breath, two breaths, five breaths, ten breaths!

In all directions, it was extremely quiet.

Sun Fujia did not appear again!

Xu Jin slowly retracted his Star Qi, feeling slightly disappointed.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 421 =====

Xu Jin slowly withdrew his star power, feeling slightly disappointed.

(End of chapter)