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Chapter 431: One Against Seven!
Chapter 431: One Against Seven!
Who is Xiang Yuan?
Even among Blood Replacement Realm experts, each had their unique methods and abilities, and their own unparalleled techniques. Yet, they were all equally aware that in a direct confrontation, none of them could match Xiang Yuan.
The Bloodshadow Tower Lord, with his agility and various skills, might be able to entangle and fight Xiang Yuan, but ultimately, victory was impossible. Xiang Yuan was, after all, acknowledged as one of the closest figures to a Heaven Person expert in the Blood Replacement Realm, and one of the most outstanding individuals.
But even with Xiang Yuan's abilities, he couldn't match Chen Mu in a head-on confrontation, and the difference was not just a small margin. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been struck and sent flying dozens of zhang away with a single palm strike, a difference of almost an entire level!
How could this be!
How could Chen Mu be so powerful?
Almost everyone's hearts were filled with disbelief, but in the next moment, they suppressed their shock, and the tremors in their eyes turned into sharpness.
"Something's wrong! Attack now!"
Someone shouted.
Chen Mu's strength and skills exceeded expectations, an extremely abnormal situation. Now that they had already made their move, there was no room for hesitation or doubt. If any more changes occurred, they must give it their all to kill Chen Mu here!
If Chen Mu were to escape and find a safe place to cultivate, breaking through the life-and-death barrier and entering the Blood Replacement Realm, who in the world could stop him then?
Even without reaching the Heaven and Earth Realm, he might become invincible across the world!
"Time Cycle!"
The Mystic Pavilion Master took the lead, stepping forward without hesitation. In an instant, the spring, summer, and autumn intents transformed into domains, connecting and merging, and finally, a strand of chilling winter energy spread out.
The four seasons converged, and the power of time was also an extremely powerful technique, rivaling the Yin-Yang Five Elements!
However, Chen Mu was also one of the top experts in the world. With a glance, he could see that the Mystic Pavilion Master's Time Cycle technique, with the final strand of winter power, was clearly less refined compared to the other three seasons.
When the Mystic Pavilion Master unleashed the Time Cycle, he held a Winter Frost Soul Wheel in his hand, using it to enhance the winter power and achieve the convergence and connection of the four seasons, executing the Time Cycle technique.
Hum!
In an instant, the Time Wheel appeared before Chen Mu. The four seasons cycled through spring's revival to winter's solitude, giving an intangible sense of immense terror.
But facing this attack, Chen Mu merely patted it away casually, without even reinforcing it with the Heaven-Earth Domain. He solely relied on his Heaven-Earth Body's Aura Power and physique, blocking the incoming light wheel with his bare hands.
Boom!!!
The light wheel was frozen and trembled under Chen Mu's casual pat, and the four seasons' power within it froze, followed by cracks spreading rapidly before it exploded. Even the nearby void shattered into countless fissures!
"Mystic Pavilion Master, quite the reputation, but it's not much."
Chen Mu's gaze was indifferent, without arrogance or disdain, nor any hint of gravity or apprehension. He remained calm and composed, as if he held the world in the palm of his hand, and nothing in the Heaven-Earth Realm could disturb him.
If the Mystic Pavilion Master had cultivated the complete four seasons to enter the Grandmaster Realm and reach the Blood Replacement Realm, he would also be one of the top Blood Replacement experts in the world, invincible under the Heaven and Earth Realm like Xiang Yuan. But clearly, he didn't possess such talent.
He broke through the Xuan Gate with the spring, summer, and autumn seasons, entering the Grandmaster Realm. After achieving Blood Replacement, he supplemented his cultivation with winter, mastering the complete Time Domain. However, while a domain can be improved, the foundation of the martial body cannot. Without a true Time Martial Body, even with the support of intent and spirit armaments, the power of time he displayed was vastly different from the genuine Time power.
After shattering the Time Wheel with a single strike, Chen Mu's palm power didn't dissipate. Instead, it swept across the six directions, heading towards the Mystic Pavilion Master, who watched in shock.
"Not good!"
"Be careful!"
The two closest groups, Cai Changhua and the Purple Bamboo Elder, had their expressions change, but none of them came to the Mystic Pavilion Master's aid. Instead, they continued their attacks on Chen Mu, their eyes filled with sharpness.
At this moment, if they were to lose their formation due to Chen Mu's abilities, the situation would become uncontrollable. They must take advantage of Chen Mu's divided attention and launch a joint attack, not only to save the Mystic Pavilion Master but also to inflict substantial damage on Chen Mu!
As they were thinking, Chen Mu's palm pressed down, covering the vast sea, and landed on the Mystic Pavilion Master. Without any hesitation, the Mystic Pavilion Master blocked the attack with his spirit armament, and his body continuously emitted spiritual lights, various life-saving techniques. A series of explosions followed, and he was sent flying over ten zhang backward.
His face turned pale, and he quickly changed his appearance several times, trying to suppress the reverberating shockwaves. But in the end, a trace of blood escaped from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were filled with astonishment.
Powerful!
Too powerful!
Although Xiang Yuan's Six Directions Body had been defeated by Chen Mu's first move, only by personally fighting Chen Mu could one truly understand his terror. That physique seemed to contain boundless might, and every move he made gave the impression of mountains collapsing and the earth splitting, as if the Heaven-Earth Realm itself was trembling.
As Blood Replacement Realm experts standing tall in the world, their bodies were in harmony with heaven and earth, and their movements were accompanied by heavenly power. Chen Mu's physique, however, was like a heavy mountain, vast as the sea, and he himself seemed to be the embodiment of heaven and earth.
How could he be so powerful?
The Mystic Pavilion Master's eyes were filled with disbelief.
As a Blood Replacement expert who roamed the world, he had encountered Heaven and Earth Realm experts and experienced their abilities. Being able to shatter his Time Wheel with a single strike, destroy the seven spirit talismans on his body, and injure him so severely, even a Heaven and Earth expert couldn't do more!
For a Marrow Purification Realm cultivator to possess such strength was completely illogical!
As the Mystic Pavilion Master struggled to suppress the chaotic energy, the Purple Bamboo Elder, Cai Changhua, and the other two experts launched their ultimate Blood Replacement techniques, surrounding Chen Mu from all sides. They seized the opportunity when Chen Mu was engaged with the Mystic Pavilion Master, leaving him no chance to evade.
"Time Domain!"
"Falling Sun in the Cloud Sea!"
"Diancang Nine Decisions!"
The scorching fire blazed, and the five elements of creation and destruction fueled the flames.
A purple bamboo staff fell from the cloud sea, like a setting sun, with boundless might.
The Diancang Nine Decisions, with the power of the Heaven-Earth Finger, even a small movement could affect the mountains and rivers.
Blood Replacement experts were those who had reached the pinnacle of physical cultivation. Even if they couldn't comprehend the third step of intent and enter the Heaven and Earth Path, they were still far above ordinary cultivators. The techniques they cultivated were awe-inspiring, and even a Heaven and Earth expert would treat them with caution.
Chen Mu faced the three deadly attacks, but his expression remained unchanged. After shattering Xuanji Pavilion Master's Time Wheel with a single palm, he didn't pursue further. At this moment, as the three Blood Exchange Realm experts closed in, the previously unmobilized Heaven-Earth Domain power suddenly weaved together, instantly enveloping the heavens and earth, causing the winds and clouds to change color.
"Heavenly Time Wheel!"
A deep hum reverberated as the mighty force of heaven and earth surged, centered around Chen Mu's Heaven-Earth Body, merging with his Aura Power and Inner Vitality to form the Eight Trigrams of Heaven-Earth Wheel. The three incoming attacks seemed to suddenly sink into a quagmire, their speed abruptly slowing down.
With this slight delay, Chen Mu's figure instantly rose, and with just a flicker of his afterimage, he evaded the lock-on of the three attacks and appeared dozens of zhang above.
Ssss!
The assault wasn't over yet. A rift suddenly appeared in the void, and a flying needle emerged, aiming straight at Chen Mu's glabella. It was none other than Bloodshadow Tower Lord's Void Flying Needle!
At the same time, a ghostly shadow appeared soundlessly behind Chen Mu, and a seemingly insubstantial palm, light as a feather, descended upon his back. The chilling coldness and murderous intent within it were enough to freeze the seawater for a hundred zhang around!
Ghostly Absolute Palm!
"So, the seventh person is none other than Xiangzhou Mist Concealment Sect's Ghostly Dark Sect Lord. Those royal figures have truly fallen if they're willing to collaborate with such a sinister and unorthodox cultivator."
Chen Mu wasn't surprised by the sudden appearance of the Void Flying Needle. Although Bloodshadow Tower Lord had been lurking on the side, he had already revealed himself. Only the seventh person, who had been hidden until now, remained unclear to Chen Mu. But with this attack, his identity was now undeniable.
Another top-notch Blood Exchange Realm expert, and a former wanted criminal from a heretical sect, Ghostly Dark Sect Lord was known for practicing with female genitalia in his youth, which was abhorred by the cultivation world. However, he had since become a Grandmaster and reached the pinnacle of the Blood Exchange Realm, leaving behind only his notorious reputation, which Chen Mu had also heard about.
Bloodshadow Tower Lord!
Ghostly Dark Sect Lord!
These two experts, though not Heaven-Earth Masters, were among the most skilled in concealment, shadow attacks, and assassination in their generation. When these two collaborated in killing, it would send shivers down the spines of any Blood Exchange expert.
At this moment, facing the combined assault of Bloodshadow Tower Lord and Ghostly Dark Sect Lord from both front and back, Chen Mu's expression finally changed, but it wasn't fear. Instead, a hint of coldness flashed in the depths of his eyes!
After crushing Xuanji Pavilion Master with a single palm, Chen Mu hadn't exerted his full strength.
Facing the combined attack of Chu Zhanghua and the other two, he could still hold his ground. The reason he chose to retreat was to lure out Bloodshadow Tower Lord and Ghostly Dark Sect Lord. Only these two were the primary threats that needed to be dealt with first!
A crackling sound filled the air as Chen Mu extended his left hand, joining his two fingers together. In the blink of an eye, he forcefully tore through the void, extracting the flying needle and trapping it between his fingers! At the same time, he didn't waste his remaining strength but instead swept his right hand in an arc, slapping backward as if a divine dragon was flicking its tail, colliding with the incoming Ghostly Absolute Palm!
Boom!!!
A deafening explosion shook the heavens and earth, and the void shattered in an instant.
The figure that had been like a ghost, with only a vague outline, was forced out of its ghostly form by Chen Mu's palm. The man in the black robe, with a hint of shock in his eyes, was none other than Ghostly Dark Sect Lord!
Before he could react further, Chen Mu's palm pressed down forcefully, crushing the cold and sinister power of the Ghostly Absolute Palm beneath the overwhelming Heaven-Earth Aura Power!
Pfft.
Despite the combined efforts of Xuanji Pavilion Master, Chu Zhanghua, and the others to weaken Chen Mu—with Xuanji Pavilion Master taking the first blow, Chu Zhanghua and his group restraining Chen Mu's domain, and Bloodshadow Tower Lord's flying needle forcing Chen Mu to divide his strength—Chen Mu's palm still contained an overwhelming force that couldn't be resisted, like the awe-inspiring might of heaven itself.
Ghostly Dark Sect Lord's mouth filled with blood, and his body flew horizontally, causing the entire sea surface to dent and then erupt into hundreds of zhang-high waves!
It wasn't that Ghostly Dark Sect Lord was weak, but he specialized in concealment and ghostly body techniques. Like Bloodshadow Tower Lord, his physical strength was his weakness. Facing Chen Mu's overwhelming attack, even if it wasn't at its peak, it was no less powerful than Xuanji Pavilion Master, Xiang Yuan, and others, and he was even more severely injured!
Seven Blood Exchange Realm experts, joining forces to ambush Chen Mu, seemed to be a complex confrontation. However, in reality, from the moment Xuanji Pavilion Master took the lead and was crushed by Chen Mu, to the instant Ghostly Dark Sect Lord was horizontally pressed down by Chen Mu's palm, it was a lightning-fast battle.
At the Blood Exchange Realm, there was rarely any delay in gathering strength. Their attacks were swift as the wind and as swift as thunder.
In a short span of time, no longer than a single round of combat:
Xiang Yuan defeated, Xuanji Pavilion Master crushed, and Ghostly Dark Sect Lord injured... Three out of the seven Blood Exchange experts were wounded one after another!
And the one who created this situation was none other than a Marrow Washing Realm cultivator, a cultivator who hadn't even stepped into the Blood Exchange Realm yet. This was an unbelievable scene that shocked even those watching from several dozen li away, like Dragonwood Island Lord, causing their hearts to stir with awe and fear.
"Blood Concealment Finger!"
Amidst the shocked silence, a blood-red shadow suddenly appeared before Chen Mu. It was none other than Bloodshadow Tower Lord!
Seeing how Chen Mu had consecutively crushed and injured Xiang Yuan, Xuanji Pavilion Master, and others, and even managed to block the flying needle attack, Bloodshadow Tower Lord, known as the best assassin of his generation, was well aware of Chen Mu's terrifying physical strength. Yet, at this moment, instead of retreating, he advanced, closing in on Chen Mu!
Blood Exchange Realm experts were not easily intimidated, especially someone like Bloodshadow Tower Lord. His control over the battlefield was unparalleled, and this finger strike was aimed at Chen Mu's biggest opening during his attack on Ghostly Dark Sect Lord.
Facing Bloodshadow Tower Lord's deadly finger, Chen Mu's gaze remained unchanged. Although his left hand, holding the flying needle, couldn't counterattack, he still lowered his arm, blocking Bloodshadow Tower Lord's finger with his own.
Ssss!
Bloodshadow Tower Lord felt as if he had struck a drum that was impossibly thick and solid. For a moment, he exerted all his strength, barely breaking through Chen Mu's defense, leaving a blood-colored fingerprint on his arm, which spread like a spider web!
Seeing this, a glimmer of light finally flashed in Bloodshadow Tower Lord's eyes.
(End of Chapter)
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