EFB Chapter 2163 Unstoppable Power
Chapter 2163 Unstoppable Power
Wei Zhongqian's mind went blank for a moment, and he even wondered if everything in front of him was an illusion created by a vengeful demon.
How long has it been since Chen Fei broke through to the early stage of the Tai Cang Realm? Even just a few months ago, Chen Yue was only at the peak of the fifteenth level. It was he and Cao Feiyu who brought Chen Fei back to the Dan Chen Sect from the border.
Now, he has jumped from the early stage of the Tai Cang Realm to the late stage of the Tai Cang Realm.
There's still the middle stage of the Tai Cang Realm between them! Countless exceptionally talented individuals have been stuck at a certain realm for thousands, or even tens of thousands of years, without making any progress.
Even with extraordinary luck and the acquisition of high-level spiritual materials, one still needs a massive amount of accumulation and a profound understanding of the realm to successfully break through; it is by no means something that can be achieved overnight.
However, the perfectly natural and unrestrained aura of the late-stage Tai Cang Realm emanating from Chen Fei was an undeniable fact that severely challenged Wei Zhongqian's preconceived notions about cultivation.
Just as Wei Zhongqian lost his composure due to shock, Chen Fei raised his right hand, spread his five fingers, and made a grabbing motion in the air towards the area where the two raging vengeful demons were located.
"Buzz!"
A deep hum resounded, and runes shot out from the void, instantly forming a complex and intricate array.
As soon as the great formation appeared, the space in that area suddenly became viscous and stagnant. The flow of violent demonic energy and chaotic yin and yang energies within the range of this great formation slowed down significantly.
More importantly, this great formation erected an insurmountable invisible barrier between the Rock Armored Demon and the Shadow Demon, and between them and the path Wei Zhongqian was about to escape through.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
A series of dull impacts rang out as the giant palm of the Rock Armored Demon slammed into the invisible barrier, unleashing ripples of distorted space. Its massive body paused slightly.
The demonic mist crashed against the barrier, making a hissing, corrosive sound, but it couldn't cross the line.
Wei Zhongqian escaped death and felt the suffocating pressure on his back suddenly ease.
"Senior Brother Wei, let's kill the enemy first."
Just as Wei Zhongqian was still in shock, Cao Feiyu's clear and calm voice rang out.
Wei Zhongqian looked up and saw that at the same time Chen Fei set up the great formation to isolate the vengeful demon, Cao Feiyu had already transformed into a dazzling sword light without hesitation and rushed straight into the area covered by the invisible great formation.
A Heavenly Ice Spike Descends!
Cao Feiyu moved with her sword. The long sword in her hand rang out, and endless moonlight and the power of extreme cold ice gathered wildly on the blade, eventually condensing into a point of cold light.
Where the sword light passed, a trail of ice crystals was carved out of the void and lingered for a long time.
The locked-on Shadow Demon let out a sharp, piercing screech. The chilling sword intent and extreme cold sent a shiver through its spirit body, which was formed from negative energy and demonic power.
He frantically channeled his demonic energy, transforming into countless bat shadows in an attempt to evade the fatal blow.
However, the invisible array set up by Chen Fei not only isolated him from the Rock Armor Demon, but also exerted a powerful suppression and binding effect on the space within its range, greatly reducing his speed, which he was so proud of.
Cao Feiyu's sword light locked onto the soul, and no matter how it changed, that bitingly sharp edge remained, always following him and piercing straight to the core.
"Let's join forces and kill this scoundrel first." Wei Zhongqian instantly understood Cao Feiyu's intention and realized that the opportunity to fight was fleeting.
"Buzz!"
The ancient sword wailed, and the last dim spiritual light on its blade suddenly shone brightly. Although it was no longer as dazzling as it had been in its prime, it still exuded a fierce sword intent that was unyielding and willing to perish with the enemy.
Wei Zhongqian became one with his sword, transforming into a resolute azure rainbow, closely following Cao Feiyu's dazzling and icy sword light, and fearlessly charged into the invisible array set up by Chen Fei.
Upon entering the formation, Wei Zhongqian clearly felt that the surrounding space had become unusually stagnant.
"Casting formations at will, trapping the enemy within a small space, dividing and conquering them... Junior Brother Chen's mastery of formations has actually reached such a level?"
Wei Zhongqian was filled with shock and disbelief, but the life-or-death struggle was at its most intense, and there was no time to delve into such matters. He suppressed his shock and doubt, his eyes fixed solely on the ghostly vengeful demon.
Just as Wei Zhongqian and Cao Feiyu's sword lights were about to strike the Shadow Demon simultaneously, a dark golden figure, arriving later but faster than Cao Feiyu's sword light, cut into the battlefield and appeared precisely on the other side of the Shadow Demon.
It was Chen Fei.
Chen Fei raised his right fist, and a terrifying aura of the return of all things to nothingness suddenly erupted from his body.
His entire right arm, including his fist, was instantly enveloped in a deep, dark golden luster. Beneath his skin, countless dark golden patterns, like inscriptions of the Great Dao, appeared and flowed, radiating an aura of Dao that was impervious to all laws.
"This is... the Dao Ruins Returning to Truth Body? And... such a profound Dao Ruins Returning to Truth Body?"
Wei Zhongqian, who was preparing to join forces with Cao Feiyu, caught a glimpse of Chen Fei's current state out of the corner of his eye, and his forced calm mind began to fluctuate violently once again.
As a disciple of the Danchen Sect, he knew all too well what this aura and this strange phenomenon meant.
This is the sixteenth-level body refining technique of the Danchen Sect. It is the Daoxu Guizhen Body, which is known as the number one body refining technique of the sixteenth level, and its external manifestation can only be seen when it is cultivated to an extremely profound level.
The Dao vanishes, the body transforms into the Dao vanishes, and all laws return to their true nature!
Cultivating this body makes the physical body the most powerful weapon, capable of withstanding divine weapons, tearing apart supernatural powers with bare hands, and devouring and refining all laws.
It's one thing to obtain an extraordinary opportunity in the ruins and break through two realms in a row, but how come the progress of this body refining technique is also so terrifying?
Under Wei Zhongqian's incredulous gaze, Chen Fei's right fist, shrouded in a dark golden luster, struck the Shadow Demon with an aura that could suppress all directions.
"No!"
The Shadow Demon let out a desperate roar, frantically urging the demonic energy within its body, amplified by the nine black suns. Countless tiny bat shadows around it frantically converged and merged, transforming into layers of pitch-black demonic energy shields, stacked one on top of the other, blocking its path.
At the same time, the source of his resentment at his core throbbed violently, and a destructive wave began to brew, as if he wanted to self-destruct his core and take his enemy down with him.
"puff!"
There was no earth-shattering roar, only a dull thud, like a heavy hammer striking tattered leather.
The seemingly solid, layered shield of demonic energy failed to hold them back for even a moment before collapsing and vanishing without a trace.
Immediately following, centered on Chen Fei's fist, an overwhelming and terrifying force rippled outwards like waves. Wherever it passed, the black mist body of the Shadow Demon twisted and trembled violently.
"boom!"
The Shadow Demon's black mist body, which had expanded to its limit, was forcibly shattered and disintegrated at the most fundamental particle level.
A thick black fog spread out.
Almost at the same instant the Shadow Demon's body exploded, Cao Feiyu's sword light pierced precisely into the core of the exploding black mist.
"Clang!"
A clear, melodious sword cry resounded in all directions, and the sword intent of the eighth level of the Heavenly Sword Technique erupted from the sword.
Centered on the point where Cao Feiyu's sword tip pierced, terrifying sword intent ripples, freezing all life, swept across and enveloped all the scattered black mist like mercury spilling onto the ground.
"Click-click-click!"
Wherever the sword intent passed, countless distorted faces of vengeful spirits appeared and froze in the black mist, then began to disintegrate and dissipate inch by inch, starting from the smallest details.
"laugh……"
Wei Zhongqian's sword light shattered the remaining black mist, along with the last remaining life force and consciousness of the Shadow Demon within it, leaving no trace.
"Roar!"
Just as the Shadow Demon was annihilated, outside the great formation, the Rock Armor Demon let out a deafening roar.
He never expected that the situation would turn so drastically in the blink of an eye. From their brutal slaughter of human cultivators just moments ago to Youying being killed in a single move.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
After the overwhelming fear, the Rock Armor Demon began to bombard the invisible barrier before it with a frenzied and relentless attack.
However, no matter how frantically he bombarded it, that seemingly thin, invisible barrier only trembled violently, as if it would shatter in the next instant, but that next instant never came.
Each time the barrier was struck, the dark gold and chaotic runes on it would flicker and change, automatically adjusting their structure to deflect and dissipate the impact.
"What... what kind of formation is this? How can it be so sturdy?" The Rock Armor Demon's simple and violent mind was almost driven mad by this incomprehensible situation.
The person who set up the formation was of similar cultivation level to him, so why could the formation so easily block his attacks?
He could only watch helplessly as the dark golden figure within the formation, after blasting the Shadow Demon with a single punch, turned to look at him.
There was no smugness or mockery in that gaze, only absolute calm.
A bone-chilling cold instantly spread from the depths of the Rock Armored Demon's body.
"Next!"
Cao Feiyu's cold voice rang out, and before she finished speaking, she had already raised her long sword again.
The rock-armored vengeful demons within the formation were driven mad by extreme fear.
He frantically channeled all the demonic energy within his body, even burning his own resentment. The dark demonic rock on his body crackled and showed scarlet cracks, and terrifying destructive waves erupted from his body.
He was going to self-destruct, detonating his enhanced, black-rock body, dragging these three despicable humans along with this damned formation, and destroying them all.
A judgment descends from the heavens!
Cao Feiyu's longsword trembled slightly. An invisible sword intent, ignoring the barriers of space and formations, struck first despite being delayed, precisely piercing the wildly pulsating core essence of the Rock Armored Demon.
The destructive energy about to explode within the Rock Armor Demon was abruptly halted, as if gripped by an invisible hand. Its frenzied consciousness also experienced a brief moment of blankness and stagnation under the force of this sword strike.
Seizing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Wei Zhongqian poured all his power into the sword. The azure rainbow surged with speed, like lightning piercing through the void, and fiercely stabbed into the weak spot where the demonic rock connected to the side of the Rock Armor Demon's belly.
"Pfft!"
The sound of a sword piercing flesh rang out, not deep, but the destructive sword intent and Wei Zhongqian's resolute will to die contained within it frantically eroded and destroyed the demonic energy structure within the Rock Armor Demon's body, interrupting its self-destruction process, which had already been stalled by Cao Feiyu's sword strike, once again.
Chen Fei, on the other hand, clenched his right fist and threw it out flatly.
A dark golden fist-shaped aura silently tore through space, striking the Rock Armor Demon's chest, which was covered with scarlet cracks, at the exact same moment that Wei Zhongqian's sword thrust and Cao Feiyu's sword intent suppressed it.
"Boom!"
This time, it wasn't a muffled thud, but a deep, heavy boom.
Followed by.
"Click...click."
Centered on the point where Chen Fei's fist landed, the Rock Armor Demon's jet-black rock body, comparable to a divine weapon, was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks, like glass that had been struck hard.
The cracks spread rapidly, covering his entire body in an instant.
"boom!"
Countless fragments of black demonic rock, burning with demonic flames, mixed with viscous demonic blood and violent demonic energy, sprayed wildly in all directions like a destructive meteor shower.
Each fragment contains terrifying kinetic energy and corrosive demonic energy, enough to collapse a small plane.
Heaven bestows purification upon the world!
Cao Feiyu drew a mysterious trajectory with her longsword, triggering the remaining celestial sword intent within the formation, which transformed into a chilling wave that swept through every inch of space within the formation.
"Chucky!"
The splattered fragments of demonic rock, the churning demonic energy, and the lingering resentment all turned into wisps of smoke in this purifying, frigid tide, eventually dissipating completely.
Chen Fei slowly withdrew his fist, and the chilling dark golden light and chaotic Dao aura around him quietly disappeared.
Cao Feiyu twirled her sword, then sheathed it, her cool and composed face remaining calm.
Wei Zhongqian leaned on his sword, breathing heavily. Looking at the empty formation before him, and then at Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu who appeared calm, he was overwhelmed with shock.
The two late-stage Tai Cang Realm vengeful demons, strengthened by the nine black suns, were easily killed by the three of them in just a few breaths, leaving no trace of their bodies.
Wei Zhongqian knew that whether or not he cooperated, the outcome would not change much.
Cao Feiyu and Chen Fei's strength surpassed that of a typical late-stage Tai Cang Realm cultivator, which is beyond what one should have upon breaking through.
"The ruins have undergone a dramatic change and are fraught with danger. We should leave now."
Cao Feiyu's clear, cold voice broke the brief silence. Her gaze swept over the area around her, which had become even more chaotic due to the battle, and over the nine increasingly unsettling black suns in the sky. Her delicate brows furrowed slightly, and her tone was urgent.
As she spoke, she raised her slender hand and grabbed at the great formation in mid-air.
"Om..."
The void trembled slightly, and an invisible force of attraction surged from Cao Feiyu's palm. Strands of jet-black energy rapidly converged from the two areas, condensing into a primordial crystal above her palm.
With a casual flick of her wrist, Cao Feiyu caused about one-third of her original essence to automatically separate, transforming into a streak of dark light that flew toward Wei Zhongqian, whose aura was weak and unstable.
"Senior Brother Wei, here you go," Cao Feiyu said softly.
As for the remaining 70% of the vengeful demon's essence, Cao Feiyu flicked her wrist and sent it directly to Chen Fei.
Wei Zhongqian subconsciously caught the thirty percent of the vengeful demon's essence flying towards him. The crystal was icy cold to the touch, and the pure energy and negative rule fluctuations contained within it gave him a slight boost of energy.
However, when he looked up and saw Cao Feiyu naturally hand over the remaining source of the vengeful demon to Chen Fei, and Chen Fei accepting it with a calm expression, Wei Zhongqian was slightly stunned.
Then, recalling how Chen Fei casually set up a trapping formation, and Cao Feiyu rushed into the formation without hesitation to launch the main attack, with Chen Fei securing the victory with a single punch... the cooperation between the two was simply seamless.
Wei Zhongqian was no dullard; on the contrary, to become the peak master of Cuiping Peak, his mind was exceptionally clear. All that was happening before his eyes demonstrated that the relationship between Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu within the ruins was far more complex than a simple collaboration between fellow disciples exploring together.
“My life was saved by Junior Brother Chen and Junior Sister Cao. If it weren’t for your timely assistance, I, Wei Zhongqian, would have already perished.”
Wei Zhongqian suppressed the turmoil in his heart, held up the thirty percent of the vengeful demon's essence in his hand with his Yuan power, and handed it to Chen Fei, saying, "I am ashamed to accept this vengeful demon's essence, I cannot accept it."
After saying that, Wei Zhongqian turned around without waiting for Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu's response, and in a flash, he arrived at the body of his junior brother Zhou, who had already died not far away.
Looking at the tragically deceased body of his fellow disciple, Wei Zhongqian's eyes flashed with deep sorrow and self-reproach.
He carefully collected Zhou Shidi's remains and the remaining fragments of the divine weapon, solemnly storing them in a specially made storage artifact.
Having done all this, Wei Zhongqian suppressed his distracting thoughts and turned to say, "Junior Brother Chen, Junior Sister Cao, this place is dangerous and we should not stay any longer. Let's leave quickly."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Zhongqian mustered his strength to suppress his injuries, transformed into a streak of azure light, and sped off towards the outer perimeter of the ruins he remembered.
Chen Fei looked down at the source of the vengeful demon in his hand. He naturally understood Wei Zhongqian's thoughts. He had no way to repay the life-saving grace, so he was unwilling to take any more spoils of war.
After a moment's thought, Chen Fei handed the source of the vengeful demon to Cao Feiyu, saying, "Senior Sister, find a suitable time to give this to Senior Brother Wei."
"it is good!"
Upon hearing this, Cao Feiyu showed no surprise or doubt in her eyes, only understanding and obedience, and reached out to accept the source of the vengeful demon.
"Let's go, we shouldn't stay here any longer."
The next moment, two streaks of light followed closely behind Wei Zhongqian's cyan escape light, speeding away towards the outer perimeter of the ruins.
Three streaks of light swiftly traversed the shattered palace complex, collapsed mountains, and desolate wastelands ravaged by turbulent energy flows.
Chen Fei took the lead, unleashing his full divine sense to avoid any danger he perceived. Cao Feiyu followed closely behind, her cool eyes scanning the surroundings warily, checking for any oversights Chen Fei might have.
Above the sky, as time passed, the nine black suns exuded an indescribable aura of violent annihilation, wave after wave stronger, sweeping through and filling every corner of the ancient celestial ruins.
"Buzz!"
Without warning, several dazzling and intense beams of light shot into the sky from the deepest part of the ruins, from the core area where the energy collisions were most intense.
This white light was extremely hot, and the vast and boundless aura it contained instantly dispelled some of the deathly silence and decay that enveloped the world.
“This is the aura of a Heavenly Monarch Realm expert…” Wei Zhongqian looked up abruptly.
The next instant, the several beams of scorching white light, containing the supreme power of the Heavenly Monarch Realm, crashed into the nine black suns that were slowly approaching in the sky, like rainbows piercing the sun.
"boom!"
An indescribable, terrifying explosion instantly swept across the entire sky above the ancient celestial ruins.
That wasn't a sound; it was the clash of rules, the roar of the Great Dao.
In an instant, all the cultivators were stripped of their sight, hearing, and even divine sense, leaving only a pure white light before their eyes.
"puff!"
Wei Zhongqian, who was already seriously injured, was the first to be hit. Even though Chen Fei subconsciously released his aura the moment he sensed the burst of white light, trying to share the pressure with the two behind him, the level of the aftershock was simply too high.
Wei Zhongqian's face suddenly turned ashen, a sweet taste rose in his throat, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. The protective energy around him flickered erratically, and his escape light swayed violently.
Cao Feiyu also let out a muffled groan. Her longsword spontaneously protected its master, radiating a cool moonlight that formed a shield in front of her. The chilling sword intent of the Heavenly Sword Technique pierced through her body, forcibly stabilizing her figure.
Only Chen Fei, his body shimmering with a dark golden light, trembled violently like a rock in a storm, yet he didn't retreat an inch. His dark golden escape light, like a raging fire, enveloped Wei Zhongqian and Cao Feiyu behind him. (End of Chapter)