Chapter 692 - 184: Courting Defeat, Demonic Transformation

Chapter 692: Chapter 184: Courting Defeat, Demonic Transformation

But Chu Fan had slain an expert at the Fifth Heaven of the Bright Heart Realm. Why would he care about someone at the Fourth Heaven?

"Lord Chu, if you don’t surrender now, your body is going to be riddled with thousands of holes."

Zhang Tianhao’s confident voice echoed through the air again, filled with the arrogance of one in complete control.

Then, the command to kill was issued!

SWISH SWISH SWISH SWISH SWISH!

Countless ice pellets instantly transformed into a sky full of hidden weapons. With an ear-piercing shriek, they blotted out the heavens and swarmed toward Chu Fan like a plague of locusts!

Chu Fan’s footwork faltered as he instantly activated the Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step.

He moved like a wisp of blue smoke, leaving a trail of residual images amidst the impenetrable rain of ice.

In the nick of time, he twisted at an impossible angle, evading the volley of countless ice pellets.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The missed ice pellets slammed into the hard arena floor, erupting in a continuous, deafening roar!

Shattered stone flew everywhere. The ground was instantly pockmarked with seemingly bottomless craters, resembling a horrifying honeycomb!

"Gasp—what terrifying power!"

"Water droplets turning to ice, as hard as steel... If that hit someone, never mind flesh and blood, even the Protective Primordial Qi of a Bright Heart Realm expert would be instantly shredded like a sieve!"

In the stands, the disciples of the major sects watched, their hearts pounding and their faces draining of color.

The hearts of the spectators leaped into their throats!

The situation in the arena was completely one-sided: raindrops continuously transformed into ice pellets, hounding Chu Fan with a sharp whistle, clinging to him like a shadow.

Meanwhile, Chu Fan seemed to have completely lost the power to retaliate, forced to rely on the extreme speed of his Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step to desperately weave and dodge across the stage!

"And here I thought Chu Fan was supposed to be some big shot. He was so arrogant earlier, claiming he’d kill Zhang Tianhao, but the moment the fight began, he’s been on the run without a single chance to retaliate..."

"It’s not that Chu Fan is weak, it’s that Zhang Tianhao is too strong... Look at his technique. Doesn’t it resemble Bai Bing’er’s Sky-Filling Ice Cones from the Profound Ice Palace? But its quantity, speed, and power are more than ten times greater!"

"That’s right! Bai Bing’er uses inanimate objects, but Zhang Tianhao has created a living array! It’s a fusion of Water Element and Ice Techniques, self-sustaining and virtually flawless! The only way to beat it is to scatter the dark clouds high above and break his momentum!"

"Bai Bing’er from the Profound Ice Palace needs to use existing ice, which can be destroyed to break her technique. But Zhang Tianhao is manipulating the weather itself. It’s simply unstoppable..."

"As expected of the Zhang Family, one of the three great Noble Families of Qing Province. Their heritage is truly profound. To think that even an obscure disciple from a side branch possesses such terrifying dominance!"

In the stands, many of the Noble Family elders shook their heads, apparently having already foreseen the outcome.

To break this deadlock, only two paths lay before Chu Fan.

Either he could scatter the dark clouds high above, wrestling control from the heavens themselves;

Or he could find Zhang Tianhao’s hidden True Body and engage him in close-quarters combat.

However, scattering the clouds of a Bright Heart Realm domain required strength equal to or even greater than Zhang Tianhao’s.

Finding his True Body amidst the endless storm required a Divine Sense far stronger than Zhang Tianhao’s.

Although Chu Fan was a freak of nature with a physique stronger than a Bright Heart Realm cultivator, the Primordial Qi capacity of his Divine Power Realm was a critical weakness—less than a tenth of what a Bright Heart Realm expert possessed.

Even if he had learned powerful Martial Arts, he might not have the reserves to use them. How could he possibly break the technique with brute force and shatter the clouds overhead?

As for the strength of his Divine Sense, that was bound by the ironclad laws of the Realms.

No matter how strong the Divine Sense of a mere Junior Cultivator at the Third Heaven of the Divine Power Realm was, how could it possibly surpass that of an expert who had already achieved Enlightenment of Heart and Nature?

No matter how one looked at it, Chu Fan, who was being passively beaten and run ragged, was caught in a hopeless situation with no chance of victory.

「At the center of the arena’s storm.」

A cold, sinister glint flashed in the depths of the eyes of the seemingly desperate Chu Fan.

HUMMM!

Within his body, the Demon Dragon Celestial Spirit Scripture began to circulate silently, and the Spirit Array Maps hidden throughout his being instantly activated.

An invisible yet immeasurably vast wave of Divine Sense spread out like a great net, causing no external ripples but instantly radiating in all directions to cover every inch of the arena and every single drop of rain!

In his world of perception, the once-chaotic curtain of rain instantly became clear and orderly.

The ice pellets shooting toward him from behind seemed to slow considerably, becoming nothing to worry about.

At the same time, something no one "saw"—save for a few of the most powerful sect elders present, who may have felt a flicker—

To the southwest of the arena, in a seemingly empty spot merely thirty feet behind Chu Fan, a blurry, human-shaped silhouette used the rain as cover, slowly closing in with a sharp blade in hand!

That was Zhang Tianhao’s True Body!

Suddenly...

To dodge a dense volley of ice pellets from the front, Chu Fan abruptly spun around. As if in a blind panic, he "stumbled" directly toward the southwest.

’Is he going to lose?’

A few elders from the sects and Noble Families frowned slightly upon seeing Chu Fan walk right into the trap.

’This Demon Suppression Guard sent by the Demon Suppression Bureau has considerable skill. He shouldn’t be defeated this easily.’

It all happened in a flash.

The distance between Chu Fan and the hidden Zhang Tianhao instantly shrank to a critical point!

’This is it!’

A cold glint flashed in Zhang Tianhao’s eyes from within the curtain of rain.

SWOOSH!

The Cold Ice Longsword in his hand, which he had been charging for some time, shot out like a bolt of lightning, striking like a viper from its den!

The sword aimed straight for a vital point!

The moment he thrust the sword, he had to mobilize the violent, killing Primordial Qi in his body. The fluctuations of his aura could no longer be concealed, and ripples spread through the air as his figure was suddenly revealed!

But by now, the two were far too close. Carried by his own momentum, Chu Fan looked as if he was about to impale himself on the sharp tip of the blade!

"AHH!"

In the stands, some of the more timid women screamed in fright and covered their eyes.

The hearts of Zhao Tianxing, Li Qingxue, and the others leaped into their throats as well!

In that split second, life and death hung by a thread.

But Chu Fan, who had seemed to be stumbling out of control, suddenly twisted his body as if he were boneless. He contorted at a bizarre angle in mid-air, narrowly dodging Zhang Tianhao’s fatal strike!

The blade’s edge practically scraped against his clothes as it passed by!