Chapter 64: The Phantom Eye and Cloud Annihilation

The time arrived at the sixth day of the sixth lunar month.

On this day, Duan Fengyun and the other three left Huo Family Manor and headed toward the World Association.

This day was the time eleven years ago when Xiongba took the four of them as his disciples; eleven years later, on this day, the four of them would settle their grievances with Xiongba.

Chuchu did not follow; she knew she would only be a burden, so she stayed at home to burn incense and pray, waiting for the four of them to return in triumph.

The four arrived outside the World Association and saw the guards at the gate. Facing this group of former subordinates, the four said:

"We four have come to the World Association today to find Xiongba. If you don't want to die, hurry up and clear a path."

Seeing their former Hall Masters and hearing what they said, the guards knew they were no match and scattered to clear the way.

The four walked through the Mountain Gate and said the same thing to the members of the World Association inside.

But this group of people inside the mountain did not pay them any mind and directly surrounded the four.

Seeing that the soft approach would not work, the four decided to go with the hard approach.

To ensure Duan Fengyun and the other three could conserve their energy for using the Maha Immeasurable later.

Qin Shuang took down the Thunder-Shock Axe and used a Zhenlei Xiao, knocking everyone to the ground.

After dealing with the cannon fodder, the four quickened their pace and rushed to the Lianwu Tang.

Walking outside the Lianwu Tang, Duan Fengyun shouted directly:

"Xiongba, your time of death has arrived; get out here and die."

Hearing the voice, Xiongba stood up from his throne and flew directly out of the Lianwu Tang.

Seeing this, the four followed Xiongba and flew out simultaneously.

Xiongba flew to the Practice Field, and Duan Fengyun and the other three arrived there right after.

Eleven years ago, Xiongba taught the four martial arts on the Practice Field; eleven years later, the four would fight to the death with Xiongba on the Practice Field.

This truly is the cycle of the world; who has Heaven ever spared?

Xiongba looked at the four disciples before him who once made him feel so gratified. Past events appeared before his eyes, and a feeling of regret suddenly arose in his heart.

He regretted why he had listened to the words of Ni Pusa.

If he had not sought a fortune-telling from Ni Pusa, the World Association would likely have already become the number one sect in the pugilistic world, unprecedented and unrepeatable.

But regret is regret; Xiongba would not be soft-hearted toward the four.

Since both sides were already in a life-or-death situation, Xiongba had only one choice—to cut the weeds and dig up the roots.

Xiongba stared at the four and said:

"Qin Shuang, Bu Jingyun, Nie Feng, Duan Fengyun, eleven years ago I took you as disciples here, and eleven years later I will send you to the Western Heaven here.

There is a path to Heaven you do not take, and there is no gate to Hell yet you insist on entering; today I will send the four of you on your way together."

"Xiongba, don't be happy too soon. The one who will die today is definitely you. We will destroy you, this devil, today and uproot the World Association."

Bu Jingyun shouted loudly.

Xiongba laughed loudly:

"This old man's divine arts are peerless. In wisdom and in might, it is only natural that I dominate the world. You four dreaming of stopping this old man are obstructing the will of Heaven, and those who obstruct the will of Heaven will surely die without a burial place."

Hearing this, Duan Fengyun laughed loudly:

"Xiongba, stop putting on an act. It is fated that you succeed because of Wind and Cloud, and fail because of Wind and Cloud. Today, either we four lose our lives here, or you fall on the spot."

Xiongba stopped exchanging verbal jabs with them and said directly:

"Come, let me see what you have actually learned in these eleven years."

Before the words had faded, the insidious and cunning Xiongba struck at the four with a move of the Heaven Frost Fist.

On the surface, Xiongba had just been talking to them, but secretly he had already circulated his True Qi, preparing to seize the initiative and deal the four a heavy blow first.

But the four, who knew Xiongba's character well, had been on guard the whole time; sure enough, caution is the parent of safety.

The four dodged Xiongba's strike, and Duan Fengyun mocked:

"Xiongba, you still haven't changed; you are still as insidious and cunning as ever."

Having said that, the four held their weapons and charged at Xiongba.

If the enemy does not talk about pugilistic morality, then they would not talk about pugilistic morality with the enemy either.

Xiongba smiled, and as the four's weapons came toward him, his body kept shifting backward.

Xiongba retreated to a corner where he could retreat no further, his body at a forty-five-degree angle to the ground, with the four's weapons facing his face.

Xiongba raised his hand and waved, batting away the four's attacks.

Xiongba stood up and flew forward, the Three Points Divine Finger striking straight at the four.

Qin Shuang stood at the very front of the four holding the Thunder-Shock Axe, directly slashing at Xiongba with the eighth form of the Thunder-Shock Axe, Thunder Moves the World.

The Three Points Divine Finger forcefully broke through Qin Shuang's attack.

Seeing this, Qin Shuang cleared the way, and Nie Feng stepped out, slashing directly with the Xue Yin Mad Blade.

The forty-meter-long Sword Qi rampaged; even though Xiongba prided himself on his peerless divine arts, he dared not take it lightly.

Just as Xiongba dodged Nie Feng's Xue Yin Mad Blade, Duan Fengyun and Bu Jingyun simultaneously unleashed Sword Twenty-Two.

Attacking from both sides, he dodged this double Sword Qi.

The warm-up was about over, and the appetizers had been served; the few were about to begin a true life-or-death battle.

Duan Fengyun and the other three, just as they had in the battle against Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen, wanted to try if they could wear Xiongba down with a wheel-battle tactic.

But Xiongba was ultimately not the aged and powerless Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen; he was full of energy now, and the four's wheel-battle tactic failed.

"If this is all the skill you have today, then you are dead for sure. Let me show you the moves I have newly created to deal with you."

Xiongba said coldly.

Xiongba closed his eyes, looked toward the sky, and spread his arms; his entire aura was constantly rising.

As Xiongba's terrifying aura rose, the sky itself seemed to be affected, turning dark and gloomy.

Xiongba opened his eyes, and within them, it was as if lightning and thunder were clashing.

"Today, I shall let you all experience this move I have specifically tailored for you—Illusionary Eye Cloud Annihilation."

The move Illusionary Eye Cloud Annihilation was an idea that sprouted after Xiongba pored over the Five Elements Map left behind by Ni Pusa.

He created this move by targeting the attributes of their techniques and weapons, combining them with the principles of the Five Elements' mutual generation and destruction.

This move causes them to lose their sense of the heavens, earth, and all things, preventing them from drawing the energy they need from the world, thus rendering them unable to exert one hundred percent of their strength.

In an instant, Duan Fengyun felt as though he had lost his sense of the surrounding environment; he could no longer feel the air or the wind.

Qin Shuang and the others felt the same; they had lost all sense of the things around them.

"Your Cultivation Methods and weapons all belong to one of the Five Elements of the heavens and earth. Now that I have severed your connection to the heavens and earth, let's see how you can fight me."

Xiongba laughed loudly.

Refusing to believe it, the group took up their respective weapons and charged at Xiongba.

Yet, just as Xiongba had said, not only had they lost their sense of the surrounding world, but even the weapons in their hands had lost the power of the natural Five Elements, their lethality greatly diminished.

Xiongba had been waiting for the four of them for a long time; seeing them charge over, he struck directly at them with a blast of Qi.

With their strength greatly compromised, the four of them only managed to block the move by relying on the defense of their weapons, yet they were still sent flying backward.

Duan Fengyun looked at Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun and said:

"No more playing around, let's use our ultimate moves and finish off Xiongba quickly."

"Oh, you still have ultimate moves? Come then, let me see what other tricks you have."

Xiongba laughed loudly, not believing they had any other options.

Little did Xiongba know that his death was imminent.