Chapter 110

In an instant, an Eighth-Rank aura erupted from Xu Chen's body like a raging storm.

The surrounding space shattered instantly, filled with chaotic spatial currents and howling gales. For a moment, Xu Chen's momentum reached its peak.

Seeing this, Shang Tianzai's pupils contracted slightly: "You have advanced to the Eighth Rank? Impossible!" In just a month and a half, Xu Chen had surged from the Mid-Stage of the Seventh Rank to the Eighth Rank?

He could not believe it; he absolutely could not.

He had cultivated for decades just to advance from the Seventh Rank to the Eighth. How could this Xu Chen be so monstrous?

The tens of thousands of disciples around also stood stunned once more. Could the Young Palace Master truly be this powerful?

The crowd of the Ten Thousand Gu Sect was horrified! (4th update!!!) From this moment on, everyone at Jixia Academy felt Xu Chen's Eighth-Rank aura. Their faces were filled with shock, and they were stunned on the spot. Because Xu Chen's cultivation speed was simply too fast. So fast that it felt utterly unbelievable to them.

Is this the cultivation speed a human should have? Seeing this, Shang Tianzai began to sweat slightly on his forehead: "How is your aura so stable?"

He truly did not understand, nor could he believe it. Even if one had just promoted to the Eighth Rank, the aura should be slightly unstable. Could it be that Xu Chen had promoted to the Eighth Rank even earlier? Thinking of this possibility, Shang Tianzai grew even more alarmed. Xu Chen said calmly: "I promoted to the Eighth Rank three days ago. With four hundred and fifty thousand high-grade spirit stones, is that strange?" At this moment, a chill suddenly rose from Shang Tianzai's body. If he had known in advance that Xu Chen had promoted to the Eighth Rank, he might not have dared to come to Jixia Academy so lightly. Because he knew that even Shangguan Luoyun would obey Xu Chen's words. Shang Tianzai sneered: "Even so, you must let me leave today, otherwise this disciple will surely die." Xu Chen's expression remained calm as he walked step by step toward Shang Tianzai: "Is that so?" Seeing this, a sense of ill omen immediately swept through Shang Tianzai's heart.

Because the current Xu Chen was too calm, which should not be the case. "Whoosh!"

Having thought this, he was about to use spatial movement to leave Jixia Academy. But in the next second, he was horrified to discover that an Eighth-Rank encirclement formation had already completely enveloped him. Three hundred square meters, and he could not break out at all.

This huge formation resembled an enormous inverted bowl. No matter how hard he struck, the bowl would not break. "Shrink!"

As he pondered, Bu Fengshuang spoke, and this Eighth-Rank formation rapidly shrank. In an instant, it covered only about a hundred meters. Inside the entire formation, there were only three people: Shang Tianzai, Xu Chen, and that disciple. Shang Tianzai sneered repeatedly: "If my clone dies, I will kill this disciple as well."

Xu Chen had now walked right up to Shang Tianzai: "In front of me, you have no chance."

Having spoken, Xu Chen used the Law of Space again, simply pointing a finger lightly.

In an instant, Shang Tianzai's entire body was immediately immobilized; only his mouth could still speak.

As for the rest, Shang Tianzai could not move even a fraction of his own Gu poison.

Shang Tianzai was terrified: "Spatial Immobilization? No, this is a martial art that transcends Spatial Immobilization."

As an Eighth-Rank cultivator, he too could immobilize space.

But at this moment, he could not break free at all, proving this method transcends his own.

Xu Chen said nothing; this was him using the Law again.

The higher his realm, the less likely his use of the Law would cause disorder in the world's order.

In other words, he could gradually unlock the power of the Laws.

"Die!"

Xu Chen pointed lightly with his right hand, and an Eighth-Rank spiritual light shot forth like an arrow leaving the string, directly piercing through Shang Tianzai's skull.

"Ahhh!"

In an instant, Shang Tianzai let out a scream of agony.

However, the scene of bright red blood spraying everywhere did not appear.

Instead, there was only the sight of Shang Tianzai's body exploding violently, then turning entirely into wood shavings.

During the explosion, Xu Chen's spiritual energy protected the disciple.

After this Shang Tianzai puppet exploded, Shang Tianzai's aura still lingered in the air, with his spiritual sense attached to the wood shavings.

Moreover, Xu Chen could even hear Shang Tianzai's mocking voice: "Just a mere clone puppet; what does it matter if it is killed?"

At this moment, Shang Tianzai's true body sat cross-legged within the Ten Thousand Gu Sect, surrounded by many fellow disciples.

Watching Shang Tianzai smile smugly, they felt no inner turmoil.

They had seen this kind of thing many times in the Ten Thousand Gu Sect.

A puppet toys with the enemy while the true body remains completely unharmed.

This was a tactic favored by both the Five Poisons Sect and the Ten Thousand Gu Sect, and it worked very well.

Even if the enemy found out, they could only rage helplessly.

Shang Tianzai sneered: "Wait a while, and I will surely make you regret this."

But he did not expect that at this very moment, Xu Chen's cold voice came through: "No need to wait. You must die now."

This voice of Xu Chen was heard not only by Shang Tianzai, but also by Shang Tianzai's fellow disciples.

They immediately scoffed; this enemy was a bit naive.

How could the true body of the Ten Thousand Gu Sect be so easily harmed?

Shang Tianzai also laughed: "You are indeed very strong, but wanting to touch my true body at this moment is nothing but a foolish dream..."

However, he had not yet finished speaking the word "dream."

He saw cracks suddenly appearing on his true body.

These cracks looked like a spider web, dense and numerous. Before long, Shang Tianzai's body was covered entirely in cracks. "Cracking Technique!"

Xu Chen's voice once again clearly reached the ears of everyone in the Ten Thousand Gu Sect. "Pfft!"

In the next second, Shang Tianzai suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

Waves of excruciating pain spread throughout his body, his vital energy was vanishing wildly, and he began to grow weak and powerless. His eyes were filled with disbelief: "How is this possible?" His puppet, after exploding, had only left behind some aura and a trace of spiritual sense.

Yet Xu Chen had killed him across tens of thousands of miles through these? In that instant, despair filled his eyes. Moreover, a feeling of regret began to form faintly within him.

If he had not been so arrogant, attempting to infiltrate Jixia Academy, he would not be in this situation. In the end, he had underestimated this newly promoted Young Palace Master of Jixia Academy. Having thought this, his eyes began to close.

Even the surrounding members of the Ten Thousand Gu Sect felt a hint of horror at this moment. Who exactly was Xu Chen, to have broken the Ten Thousand Gu Sect's ten-thousand-year unbroken rule? "Hold on!"

Just then, an Elder of the Ten Thousand Gu Sect stepped forward, continuously pouring spiritual energy from his body into Shang Tianzai. This spiritual energy was rich with vital life force, just like Xu Chen's.

In an instant, Shang Tianzai, whose body was about to crack completely, saw his skin heal significantly. Shang Tianzai slowly opened his eyes, sensing the assistance of his senior brother, Lu Jiang. Shang Tianzai gritted his teeth and said: "Senior brother, how do you feel about this Cracking Technique?"

Lu Jiang's face was grave: "Very strong. Even I feel somewhat strained at this moment. Which reclusive great power have you provoked?" Lu Jiang estimated that this person was also Eighth-Rank, and this Cracking Technique was incredibly powerful. This must surely be a Sect Master or a key Elder from some major faction; otherwise, how could they possess such strength?

The crowd of the Ten Thousand Gu Sect also nodded silently, very curious about which great power this was. Shang Tianzai wore a bitter expression: "It is no great power, but Xu Chen, the Young Palace Master of Jixia Academy, not yet twenty years old."

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Jiang and the many members of the Ten Thousand Gu Sect immediately cried out in shock. Not yet twenty years old, Eighth-Rank? How is this possible?

And just a month and a half ago, wasn't Xu Chen only Mid-Stage Seventh-Rank?

In such a short time, he broke through to Early-Stage Eighth-Rank?

Having lived for hundreds, even thousands of years, they had never heard of such a young Eighth-Rank cultivator in this world.

Shang Tianzai said with a complex expression: "It is true. I also thought Xu Chen was only Seventh-Rank, so I infiltrated Jixia Academy.

I did not expect that as soon as I entered the academy, Xu Chen discovered me, which was extremely strange. I thought I could kill him, but I did not expect him to immobilize me; I could not move at all." Lu Jiang frowned: "Both of us are Eighth-Rank; we can both immobilize space and shatter space. Why were you immobilized?" Shang Tianzai shook his head: "I do not know. From that moment on, a trace of fear arose in my heart, and I only wanted to escape quickly. But the result was not as I wished; neither my true body nor my clones could escape. This young man's abilities far exceeded my imagination." Lu Jiang nodded: "Since it has come to this, more words are useless. His Cracking Technique cannot be maintained forever, but my vital life force can flow continuously.

As long as we maintain your form so it does not crack, you can survive. Calm your mind and be still." Shang Tianzai nodded: "Thank you, senior brother." Having spoken, he closed his eyes, allowing Lu Jiang's vital life force to flow into his body. In an instant, the cracks on his surface began to slowly heal. Xu Chen sensed Shang Tianzai's condition from afar and immediately snorted: "The Cracking Technique is not enough; then let us try the Bursting Technique."

This Bursting Technique is not as simple as skin cracking; it causes the flesh and blood to explode directly. However, using the Bursting Technique makes the body even weaker, which Xu Chen had not considered just now. Now that someone on the other side is helping Shang Tianzai, he can no longer worry about that. "Let us see if your helper can repair your exploded flesh and blood!"

After speaking, Xu Chen simultaneously activated the Cracking Art and the Burst Art, directing them at Shang Tianzai through his spiritual sense.

"Pfft!"

The next second, Shang Tianzai, who had just recovered, suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood again.

In an instant, his face turned deathly pale, his aura withered, and his lips trembled. Then, with utter horror, he saw his internal organs exploding, and even his skin and flesh doing the same.

His facial features and head exploded on the spot, his limbs turned into shredded pieces, and his body burst directly into a mist of blood.

A few breaths later, even Lu Jiang was shaken back more than ten steps, his body covered in blood. His pupils contracted slightly: "Simultaneously casting two Heavenly Grade Secret Arts?" Hearing this, the disciples of the Ten Thousand Gu Sect were terrified once more.

Heavenly Grade Secret Arts, two of them?

Even an immortal could not save Shang Tianzai! This was too terrifying.

Lu Jiang took a deep breath: "Issue the order: the entire Ten Thousand Gu Sect must not provoke Xu Chen unless absolutely forced to. Anyone who disobeys shall be executed without mercy."

"Yes!"

The terrified members of the Ten Thousand Gu Sect responded in unison.

They too felt a trace of awe toward Xu Chen, whom they had never met. This young man, not yet twenty, was truly extremely terrifying.

— Author's Notes —

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