Chapter 681 - 182: Invincible at the Acupoint Realm? Sorry, Wrong Place

Chapter 681: Chapter 182: Invincible at the Acupoint Realm? Sorry, Wrong Place

If one were to call Chu Fan a Body Cultivator...

Body Cultivators were strong because of their explosive power. Every step they took should be like a charging behemoth, leaving deep craters and cracks in the ground.

But Chu Fan...

Chu Fan’s movements were as fast as lightning, yet when the soles of his feet touched the arena floor, they were as light as a feather.

He hadn’t even crushed the tiniest pebble on the ground!

He clearly possessed the ferocious power to shatter an Acupoint Realm cultivator’s Protective Primordial Qi with a single punch, yet he moved as ethereally and silently as a ghost.

This extreme "heaviness" and extreme "lightness" had merged perfectly in one person, defying all common sense of the Martial Dao!

"What in the world is going on? What kind of Cultivation Technique is he practicing?"

Sword Traceless couldn’t see through him.

On the other side, Zhang Tianyu’s expression was also grim; he couldn’t figure it out either.

But how could they know that this wasn’t a single Cultivation Technique at all...

Chu Fan’s true speed was already nearly on par with these top-tier prodigies.

It stemmed from the terrifying physical explosive power granted by the third layer of the Vajra Undying Body, perfectly fused with the three Traits gained after his Running Technique had undergone Breaking Limit!

Strictly speaking, Chu Fan was indeed walking the path of a Saint of Flesh, just like those from the Vajra Sect.

It was just that he was far, far stronger than anyone from the Vajra Sect.

Because his Running Technique had undergone Breaking Limit multiple times, it had granted him several heaven-defying Traits...

Light as a Feather, which ignored the shackles of gravity.

Wave Riding and Wind Chasing, which allowed him to ride the wind.

Stepping on Gang and Treading on the Dipper. With this Trait, he didn’t even need to plant his feet firmly on the ground!

At this moment, Chu Fan could briefly float and skim through the air using just a minuscule amount of Primordial Qi.

When he brought his foot down, it looked like he was stepping on the ground, but he was actually stepping on nodes in the air currents.

Stepping on Gang and Treading on the Dipper allowed him to walk on air as if it were solid ground, so of course he wouldn’t crush any pebbles.

All of this became an inexplicable "unsolved mystery" in the eyes of prodigies like Sword Traceless and Ah Linglong.

As a result, they developed a sense of unfathomable wariness toward Chu Fan, as well as... intense interest.

As for Zhang Tianyu, who already saw Chu Fan as his mortal enemy, his inability to gauge Chu Fan’s depth plunged him into a morbid cycle of "study."

Zhang Tianyu was, by nature, suspicious and extremely self-confident.

His habit was to plan meticulously before making a move.

When facing an opponent, he would first uncover every last one of their secrets—analyzing their personality, weaknesses, and Cultivation Technique’s style to devise a perfect, inescapable trap.

But now...

He couldn’t understand the things Chu Fan said.

He couldn’t comprehend the things Chu Fan did.

Even Chu Fan’s current display of speed was something he—a genius just one step away from the fifth realm—couldn’t figure out!

This caused a crack named "self-doubt" to appear for the first time in the Martial Dao heart of Zhang Tianyu, who had always been a master strategist and brimming with confidence.

And this crack was widening, leaving him restless and unable to sit still.

...

There wasn’t much time for the crowd to ponder on the arena stage.

"Profound Ice Palace, Bai Bing’Er."

A voice as clear and cold as a glacial spring rang out.

Someone else had entered the stage.

The newcomer was a young woman in a snow-white palace gown. Her features were stunningly beautiful, but her expression was as cold as frost.

She came from the most mysterious sect in the northern part of Qing Province—the Profound Ice Palace.

This sect rarely made an appearance in the world, but every time it did, it would do something earth-shattering.

Legend had it that decades ago, the Palace Master of the Profound Ice Palace fought the Northern Border Demon King on the Extreme North Icefield.

In a fit of rage, she had created a Thousand-Mile Ice Seal, and to this day, that region remains a forbidden zone for the living.

In the Great Yan Dynasty, only the Profound Ice Palace possessed the Secret Technique to communicate with the legendary Ice Giants of the Northern Domain and cultivated using the giants’ Extreme Cold Ice Spirit.

The appearance of a Profound Ice Palace disciple on the arena stage instantly caused the crowd’s gazes to turn fiery!

...

The moment Bai Bing’Er’s feet touched the ground, the temperature on the once-sweltering arena stage plummeted instantly.

Moisture in the air condensed into white frost, and those closest to the stage could already feel a bone-chilling cold wash over them.

She wasn’t verbose like Baili Guanhai. She merely swept a cool, emotionless gaze over Chu Fan before slamming her hands together!

"Rise!"

RUMBLE!

The ground trembled. On the arena stage, dozens of massive ice pillars erupted from the ground without any warning.

The crystal-clear ice instantly formed a maze.

Bai Bing’Er’s figure retreated, and as if melting, she sank directly into a huge block of ice behind her and vanished completely!

"Hm?"

In the center of the arena, Chu Fan’s expression shifted slightly.

His Divine Sense had long since covered the entire stage like a tide.

But the moment Bai Bing’Er disappeared into the ice, her aura actually vanished from his Divine Sense scan as if it had evaporated into thin air!

It wasn’t invisibility, but a true severing of her aura.

Not only was Chu Fan surprised, but many of the experts in the stands couldn’t help but let out a soft gasp of surprise!

The barrier around the arena did not block the penetration of Divine Sense.

The Divine Senses of many powerful cultivators were also covering the stage at this moment, searching everywhere for Bai Bing’Er’s hiding place.

But it was clear that, aside from Demon Suppression Envoy Leng Qingqiu and a few others, not many could actually find a trace of her.

’Interesting.’

With a thought, Chu Fan instantly activated the Spirit Array Map of the Demon Dragon Celestial Spirit Scripture!

The next moment, his vision changed.

Through his Divine Sense perception—now ten times stronger and terrifyingly abnormal—the arena had become a field of energy.

He could clearly "see" that Bai Bing’Er hadn’t vanished. Instead, she had transformed into an extremely faint cluster of Cold Ice Primordial Qi.

It was shuttling at high speed between the massive ice pillars through some kind of special, extremely cold channel!

The feeling was as if she were using these dozens of ice blocks as nodes, having laid out a small-scale Teleportation Array similar to a Netherworld Array, allowing her to jump freely between them!

Against such a concealment technique, any other peak Acupoint Realm cultivator would probably be at a complete loss, toyed with until they were killed.

Even a Bright Heart Realm expert, unable to find her hiding spot, would have no choice but to use brute force to overcome skill—by directly destroying all the ice on the arena—just to force her to reveal herself!