Chapter 629 - 627: Fighting the Saint Venerable

Chapter 629: Chapter 627: Fighting the Saint Venerable

Jiang Jichen’s sharp rebuke echoed in all directions, stunning the crowd gathered around the Holy Mountain.

The Saint Venerable was the number one expert in the Six Paths Illusion Realm for the last millennium, a famed genius from the Nine Heavens.

Yet now, Jiang Jichen was claiming his Dao Practice was too shallow, that he was chasing shadows and neglecting the fundamentals, that he didn’t even know how to cultivate!

The Saint Venerable felt this was the greatest humiliation he had ever suffered.

Facing Jiang Jichen, his heart was a maelstrom of hatred, frenzy, rage, and murderous intent.

"How dare you speak my Aunt Yue’s name? You’re dead!"

"And my Ling Family’s ultimate techniques are not for trash like you to comprehend! Die!" 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ

The Saint Venerable roared in fury and charged once more.

This time, he was completely frenzied, his earlier casual demeanor gone.

He closed the distance, his Palm Shadows like the wind, his Fist Seals like rain, endlessly bombarding Jiang Jichen.

The Ling Family’s bloodline was extraordinary. They had no need for Body Refining; their bodies were naturally and incomparably tough.

Furthermore, as their Spirit Cultivation advanced, their physical bodies would grow even tougher.

That was why the Saint Venerable was now using his Bloodline Power to launch a close-quarters assault on Jiang Jichen.

With a host of Spirit Cultivator techniques at his disposal, he unleashed them at will.

The Saint Venerable’s attacks were now utterly frenzied. His palms cracked the void, and his fists shattered the heavens.

Standing at the center of the onslaught, Jiang Jichen’s expression was calm. He showed no intention of retreating; instead, he met the attacks head-on.

He had pushed his *Undying Scripture* to its absolute limit. Golden Array Patterns flowed across his skin, and his back seemed to carry an entire ocean of indestructible gold.

"The Golden Body Extreme Dao Realm! That’s a legendary Body Refining Realm! Jiang Jichen actually reached it. No wonder he’s so strong he can fight the Saint Venerable!"

An experienced old Cultivator cried out at the sight, his words sending another shockwave through the onlookers.

Facing the barrage of Palm Seals and Fist Seals, Jiang Jichen’s own fists struck like lightning.

Yet each was a simple punch, focused only on speed and precision.

And with the Divine Thought of the Nascent Soul Extreme Seven-Colored Perfect Realm, Jiang Jichen could easily track the trajectory of every one of the Saint Venerable’s Palm Shadows and Fist Seals.

And so, while the Saint Venerable furiously pressed his relentless close-range assault, Jiang Jichen remained as steady as an ancient peak, purely on the defensive.

The aggressor’s Dao of Attack was as fierce as a raging storm and as relentless as a surging river—it seemed endless.

It was absolutely terrifying!

The onlookers were terrified. They were certain that no matter how many Extreme Dao Nascent Soul Ancestors were sent against him, the Saint Venerable would have obliterated them all.

And yet, Jiang Jichen endured.

He stood as immovable as a mountain overlooking an abyss. Every punch he threw shattered a Palm Shadow or Fist Seal, preventing any from harming him in the slightest.

One on offense, one on defense, the two moved faster and faster.

They fought from the ground into the sky, then charged into the endless battlefield of the void.

Meteorites and the remnants of abandoned battlegrounds drifted through the void.

But anything in their path was instantly annihilated.

Countless Meteorites were shattered, raining down like a spectacular meteor shower.

By now, even Mid-Tier Nascent Soul Ancestors could no longer follow their movements, seeing only two points of light flickering incessantly.

As the Meteorites in the void battlefield exploded, the sky lit up with bursts as beautiful as fireworks.

BOOM! BOOM!

The sky lit up with bursts as beautiful as blooming fireworks.

After a full thousand breaths, the two fought their way back down to the ground.

They separated, both panting for breath.

Clearly, the Saint Venerable’s high-speed assault using his Bloodline Power had taken an immense toll on his stamina.

His body was trembling slightly.

The Saint Venerable’s shock was beyond words.

He had used his Bloodline Power, combined with a Spirit Cultivation Secret Technique from the Heavenly Dao Realm, and still couldn’t defeat Jiang Jichen.

’What’s more terrifying is that I’ve cultivated for a millennium, yet his stamina isn’t the least bit inferior to mine.’

The Saint Venerable’s expression was beyond grim.

As the defender, Jiang Jichen wasn’t in much better shape; his arms and legs were also trembling.

’The Ling Family’s Bloodline Power truly is formidable.’

But he had held on.

The true power of the Golden Body Extreme Dao Realm was finally made manifest.

Moreover, thanks to the *Undying Scripture* and the *Demon Phoenix Technique*, Jiang Jichen’s recovery rate was astonishingly fast.

His eyes, as bright as stars in the night sky, locked onto the Saint Venerable. "You’ve been on the attack for long enough. Now, it’s my turn!"

He had been on the defensive the entire time, suppressed and unable to retaliate.

Jiang Jichen felt stifled.

’And that wasn’t his style.’

’His style was to attack, to relentlessly crush his opponents.’

’So what if he was the Saint Venerable?’

’He could obliterate him all the same.’

A pent-up frustration churned within Jiang Jichen, demanding release.

He needed to unleash a frenzied assault—to fight until he burned, to battle until he exploded.

A true battle to the death!

As he spoke, Jiang Jichen stepped forward. His fists clenched, and his battle intent erupted from him like an overwhelming tidal wave.

Feeling the surge of Jiang Jichen’s battle intent, a look of shock appeared on the Saint Venerable’s face, and a flicker of panic finally entered his eyes.

"Jiang Jichen, I refuse to believe you have any strength left to fight!"

’During my assault just now,’ he thought, ’if I had just held on a little longer, I definitely could have obliterated him.’

’But in a contest of will and endurance, I lost to Jiang Jichen.’

The Saint Venerable had always considered himself a supreme prodigy. Even in the Nine Heavens, his talent and willpower were astonishing.

But now he realized that Jiang Jichen was an even greater prodigy than he was.

’Take my earlier assault, for instance. Even someone far stronger than me, if forced onto the defensive, couldn’t have possibly endured for so long.’

’Even in the Nine Heavens, few at my Realm could have withstood that kind of bloodline-fueled attack.’

’But Jiang Jichen completely withstood my all-out assault, and now he’s about to counter-attack.’

’That level of willpower, endurance, and recovery is absolutely monstrous.’

’Thinking back on all the geniuses in the Nine Heavens, not a single one could compare to him in terms of willpower and endurance alone.’

’Horrifying... Terrifying!’

This was the feeling that now gripped the Saint Venerable.

As he faced Jiang Jichen’s coming assault, he felt the faint, yet undeniable, threat of death.

But he could not retreat. He *would* not retreat.

Jiang Jichen’s movements were tyrannical, powerful, and impossibly fast.

Fist Seals rained down upon the Saint Venerable.

A new round of battle began, but now, the roles of attacker and defender were reversed.

"Whether I do or not, you’re about to find out!"

Jiang Jichen went berserk. His Fist Intent shot to the heavens as he unleashed his barrage on the Saint Venerable.

With every punch from Jiang Jichen that he blocked, the Saint Venerable’s face grew another shade paler.

’In his entire life,’ he thought, ’he had never faced such a terrifying opponent.’

PTHOO!

After a hundred breaths, the Saint Venerable spat out a mouthful of blood, his Dao Body trembling uncontrollably.

And yet, Jiang Jichen’s assault showed no sign of stopping.

"Jiang Jichen, you’ve gone too far! Are you forcing me to use my strongest Magic Technique?" the Saint Venerable roared.

He could feel the threat of death looming over him. If this continued, he might actually perish.

But Jiang Jichen just laughed wildly. "Life and death have yet to be decided. How can you say I’ve ’gone too far’?"

"Kill!"

In response to the Saint Venerable’s words, Jiang Jichen’s attacks only grew more frenzied, pummeling the man until he coughed up blood again and again.

At first, the disciples of the Luochen Sect had been worried for Jiang Jichen.

But now, hearing their Sect Leader’s dominant words and seeing the Saint Venerable’s blood staining the void...

They were ecstatic, feeling as if they would burst with excitement. They pounded their chests and roared.