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Chapter 174: Striking the Five Viscera!
Chapter 174: Striking the Five Viscera!
"Brother Chen, you're too humble. At the age of twenty-six, without even being a disciple of the Seven Mysteries Sect, you've managed to comprehend the second step of the Whistling Wind Intent on your own. You will undoubtedly be a formidable rival in the future, and it's only right to take you seriously. If you were to join the Seven Mysteries Sect and enter the Five Viscera Realm, cultivating three or four more Intents, it would be too much to bear!"
Cheng Houhua chuckled, drawing a sword from the bamboo basket on his back, its blade shimmering with strands of chilling intent. "So, to prevent any prolonged anxiety, I suggest you depart early and spare yourself the struggle."
As his words fell, he swept his sword, and in an instant, a chilling aura spread in all directions. The pouring rain from the sky froze in mid-air, each droplet suspended, turning into shards of ice. Even the nearby mist was frozen, locking everything together.
In the blink of an eye, the rain and mist were encased in a three-zhu square area of ice, with Primordial Energy True Force flowing within the ice layer, sealing everyone within this confined space.
"It's time to go." Liu Su spoke calmly.
In his youth, Cheng Houhua, like Liu Su, had been talkative, but now, with age, his words had become fewer. Especially with Chen Mu's mastery of the second step of the Whistling Wind Intent, which exceeded expectations, it was best to eliminate him early.
As his words fell, Liu Su waved his sword lightly, releasing a gust of autumn wind intent. Amidst the desolation, a chill accompanied each strand of intent, and every chill was a strand of sword energy and killing intent. In an instant, they transformed into hundreds of strands, rushing towards Chen Mu.
Zhi! Zhi! Zhi!!!
Visible strands of invisible sword energy pierced through the air towards Chen Mu, each capable of piercing steel. They all carried the flow of Primordial Energy True Force, sealing Chen Mu's movements within the confined three-zhu space.
Just as Liu Su made his move, He Wuyou also struck without hesitation!
In truth, he was the one with the strongest killing intent towards Chen Mu among those present, but he was also the weakest in terms of strength. Chen Mu's grasp of the second step of the Whistling Wind Intent was not something He Wuyou could easily overcome, so he had been biding his time until Cheng Houhua sealed the heavens and earth, and Liu Su made his move. Only then did he unleash his pent-up killing intent.
Vrrr!
As He Wuyou thrust his spear, his entire body stood firm like Mount Tai. There were no fancy techniques; he simply swung his spear with the most basic strike, like the weight of a mountain, aiming for Chen Mu's back of the head.
Within the ice enclosure created by Cheng Houhua, the killing intent had already woven a web of chilling intent. Now, with the two Five Viscera Realm cultivators attacking, all the coldness was directed towards Chen Mu, as if they had chosen his burial site.
At that moment, Chen Mu made his move.
There were no fancy techniques, only a simple, unadorned strike.
This strike, imbued with the power of the Whistling Wind Intent, gathered its energy without release, hovering on the Flowing Silver Blade. With just one strike, it shattered all the sword energy Liu Su had unleashed, and as it broke through, the scattered sword energy spun and collided with He Wuyou's descending spear behind Chen Mu, emitting a crisp, metallic ring.
Simultaneously, a pair of cold, almost emotionless eyes, turned towards He Wuyou.
"Not good."
In an instant, He Wuyou felt a bone-chilling sense of crisis, but at this moment, he could do nothing but freeze in place, his eyes widening in shock.
On Chen Mu's Flowing Silver Blade, not only the Whistling Wind Intent was present, but also the genuine Primordial Energy True Force. This person had already stepped into the Five Viscera Realm, taking that crucial step forward!
Boom!!!
A sound akin to a mountain collapsing emanated from He Wuyou's spear.
In this moment, Chen Mu's displayed Primordial Energy True Force was terrifyingly condensed in He Wuyou's perception, far surpassing his own by an unknown margin. With just one strike, it had shattered his Primordial Energy True Force!
A cultivator of the Mountain Root Concept uses their body as a mountain, harnessing the earth's power to deliver a mighty blow. However, if their Primordial Energy True Force is broken by a direct attack, it becomes a burden, severing their connection to the earth's pulse, rendering them unable to make further moves for a brief moment!
This stagnation was not long, not even a tenth of a breath, and to a flesh-cultivating martial artist, it might even go unnoticed. But in the face of a Five Viscera Realm cultivator, it was enough to decide victory, or even life and death!
Vrrr.
In Chen Mu's eyes, a cold light flashed, and a thousand winds seemed to gather.
On the blade's edge, the restrained Whistling Wind Intent finally burst forth, becoming a visible stream of energy, extending over ten zhang. As He Wuyou's Primordial Energy was broken and he momentarily froze, the energy slashed across his upper body, leaving a deep gash on the frozen ice wall and mist behind him.
"..."
He Wuyou stood frozen, a line of blood extending from his left chest to his right shoulder. His upper body had silently separated from the lower half, and although the pervasive chill in the air kept the two parts frozen together, they could no longer be rejoined.
Chen Mu's eyes were fixed on Chen Mu, his gaze filled with disbelief.
Chen Mu, at just twenty-six years old, had only broken through the Bone Forging Realm within the past year according to the intelligence reports. Even with an extremely exaggerated pace of cultivation, if he forcefully broke through the limits of the Five Viscera Realm, his foundation would be shaky and unstable. How could he possibly refine such a powerful and formidable Primordial Energy True Force, one that far surpassed his own?
Just now, Chen Mu had used pure Primordial Energy True Force to directly dissipate Liu Su's Gale Wind Sword Energy strike. Then, he clashed with Liu Su's spear from behind, breaking through his Primordial Energy, and finally unleashed the might of the Whistling Wind Intent. At the moment when his techniques were exhausted and his Primordial Energy was forced to its limits with no room for recovery, Chen Mu delivered a fatal blow!
Although Chen Mu was a Five Viscera Realm cultivator, his vitality and consciousness didn't disappear instantly. However, they were rapidly fading, and the light in He Wuyou's eyes quickly dimmed. In the final moment of his consciousness, he still wore a look of bewilderment.
He Wuyou.
A Five Viscera Realm cultivator, once standing at the pinnacle of Yu City.
When Chen Mu rose to prominence a few years ago, he was merely a lowly constable, not even worthy of He Wuyou's attention. What had gone wrong that caused the downfall of the He family in just a few short years, leading to He Wuyou's demise here?
What had he done wrong?
Who could give him an answer?
As one of the four major families of Yu Prefecture, once standing at the apex of power, He Wuyou passed away in a state of confusion, his consciousness completely dissipating into the heavens and earth.
Only the three members of the Mystic Mechanism Pavilion remained, each of them growing solemn, their gazes shifting.
At this moment.
The world was silent, save for the sound of the rain.
Within a three-zhang radius of the frozen area, even the usually cheerful Cheng Houhua wore an unprecedentedly serious expression.
Killing He Wuyou with a single strike was not surprising. He Wuyou had always been weak, barely meeting the criteria for the Five Viscera Realm, and at over eighty years old, he had not even mastered the second step of the Mountain Root Concept. Compared to Liu Su and others, he was far behind, and even Cheng Houhua was confident he could kill him with a single strike.
The key point was the astonishingly thick and robust Primordial Energy True Force displayed by Chen Mu in that strike!
Given Chen Mu's age and the various information about him, even if the intelligence reports were inaccurate, it was absolutely impossible for him to have entered the Five Viscera Realm several years ago. He must have only recently crossed that threshold.
Having just entered the Five Viscera Realm, and possibly not even having undergone many Five Viscera Forging sessions, Chen Mu possessed such a powerful and robust Primordial Energy True Force. There was only one explanation for this: Chen Mu had honed his foundation in the previous realms to an extraordinary degree!
Skin like bronze and muscles like iron, a body tempered through and through?
No!
It couldn't be just that!
"Jade Bone..."
Liu Su's face turned grim.
Even if one were to train Skin Tempering, Muscle Training, and Sinew Transformation to their limits, reaching the level of Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound, it would still be impossible to have such a robust and formidable Primordial Energy True Force shortly after breaking through the Five Viscera Realm. There was only one possibility: entering the Five Viscera Realm with the Jade Bone Realm as the foundation!
Only by reaching the limits of the Bone Forging Realm could one, upon initially entering the Five Viscera Realm, possess a Primordial Energy True Force comparable to the level of someone who had undergone eight or nine Five Viscera Forging sessions. It could even rival the second step of two ordinary Intention Realms!
"Brother Chen has truly surprised me. Entering the Five Viscera Realm with the Jade Bone Realm as the foundation, even I didn't achieve this. I fear Brother Chen's current strength surpasses mine."
Cheng Houhua looked at Chen Mu with a solemn expression, his voice slow and steady.
He had undergone Seven Five Viscera Forging sessions, and in terms of the quality of his Primordial Energy True Force, it was likely on par with Chen Mu. However, his Frost Winter Intention had not yet reached the second step, and compared to Chen Mu's second step Whistling Wind Intent, it was undoubtedly weaker.
If he hadn't acted on a whim and come to observe, even with Liu Su and Cai Jiusheng combined, they wouldn't have been able to stop Chen Mu at this moment, and even working together, they might not have been able to win.
At this moment.
Chen Mu finally withdrew his gaze from He Wuyou's body and looked at Cheng Houhua with indifference. Without further ado, he raised his blade and struck towards Liu Su, who was closest to him!
He had no interest in exchanging more words with the members of the Mystic Mechanism Pavilion. With the flood disaster approaching, if they chose to ignore him, so be it. Even if they followed and attempted to assassinate him, how could they be considered a righteous sect, worthy of leading the Mystic Mechanism Pavilion?
"Hmph!"
Upon seeing Chen Mu's blade approaching, Liu Su coldly snorted.
He raised his sword and swung it, tracing an arc in the air. In an instant, the Late Autumn Intent intensified, transforming into a sword aura visible to the naked eye and condensing on the tip of his sword. He met Chen Mu's blade with this strike.
"Don't think that just because you've entered the Five Viscera Realm, you can dominate the world. There are also strengths and weaknesses within the Five Viscera Realm. I am not some decrepit old man like He Wuyou!"
(End of Chapter)
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