Chapter 1318: Each Displays Their Divine Power

Chapter 1318: Chapter 1318: Each Displays Their Divine Power

Pei Yan knew that even though he could employ Space Technique, while it was feasible to leap away, transferring the attack using Space Transfer Technique was extremely difficult. The power of this sword strike would probably tear apart the space and lead to spatial turbulence, causing greater harm to himself.

There was no way to evade it, and facing it head-on would likely result in significant loss; he could only attempt to counterattack! Amidst the chaos, all the attacks and thoughts were completed in the blink of an eye. The revolver’s five chambers required another thirty seconds to cool down, which was too late! Pei Yan quickly shifted his thoughts and raised his arm, the round shield that stood before him disappeared instantly, and a massive surge of source energy burst forth from his body, rushing towards the Sword Qi Flood Dragon.

"To instantly release such an overwhelming amount of source energy, he indeed has remarkable strength! Yet, a sheer burst of source energy alone cannot withstand the coherent and lethal Sword Qi! This boy will suffer a loss!" Wan Qianli observed the fierce battle, surprised at the formidable strength of Pei Yan, and set aside his previous disdain, admitting this wholeheartedly.

"Alas! This Pei Xiaoyou will indeed suffer a loss, though not from this sword." Chu Luochen glanced at his junior brother and sighed; others had obviously discerned the ingenuity in Pei Yan’s move, indicating his junior brother had already lost sight and descended into a disadvantage.

"Blocked it!" Wan Qianli wanted to refute but then heard a dragon’s roar echoing within the field. The Sword Qi Flood Dragon collided with the source energy unleashed by Pei Yan, yet the scene of it obliterating Pei Yan was not realized; the Sword Qi Flood Dragon was stopped!

"How could this be? Oh! So that’s how it is!" Wan Qianli was initially bewildered, but after attentively observing without any prompt from others, he discovered the crux of it, which made him feel even more chilled to the bone!

This wasn’t merely a burst of source energy! It was an intricate convergence of countless source energy lines as thin as hair, creating an illusion for outsiders. At this moment, the uniform sunlight pierced through the snowflakes above, illuminating the field, and one could see the source energy lines reflecting under the sunlight. Were these threads interlaced from that Divine Artifact?

What kind of monster is this person? Source energy lines! The most basic technique of a Tier Seven Human Dao Realm, but who could form so many exceedingly fine source energy lines in such a brief span and incorporate threads from a transformed Divine Artifact within? Wan Qianli couldn’t achieve this and was confident that apart from the Spirit Emperor, there was no one in the Daoist Plane who could. Had his senior brother seen through this long ago? Observing the other calm expressions, had they grown accustomed to Pei Yan conducting such attacks?

"Cough! Ugh! Elder Liu! This is your fourth move already!"

The voices within the field drew Wan Qianli’s attention. As the Sword Qi Flood Dragon was shredded by Pei Yan’s net, it shattered into nothingness. Despite withstanding this attack, Pei Yan was injured, coughing several clots of blood before looking at Liu Xuanji with a helpless smile.

How did Liu Xuanji injure Pei Yan? Wan Qianli, completely captivated by Pei Yan’s move, failed to observe the changes, stealthily glancing at his senior brother’s expression seemingly having observed something; nonetheless, Wan Qianli was too embarrassed to ask. Having not participated in the duel, he had already lost face twice, and begging for information with further shamelessness was mortifying.

Wan Qianli was humiliated, yet Pei Yan truly took a hit; at least Pei Yan was slightly better than Liu Xuanji in that, just before the impact, he detected the core issue. The grandiose move of dragon-transforming Sword Qi by Liu Xuanji was merely a decoy, the real killer move was the faint, unnoticeable Sword Qi from his right hand, mixed within the dragon, slicing towards the old wound on Pei Yan’s chest, unnoticed amid the Heaven and Earth Net Pei Yan had set.

This offense allowed Pei Yan to feel the agony those Spirit Beasts encountered in the Beast Taming Institute canyon. Despite immediately setting a defense after noticing something awry, the overwhelming and relentless waves of Sword Qi still left Pei Yan somewhat overwhelmed. Ultimately, even after neutralizing all the damage, he suffered an internal injury, coughing up the clotted blood within.

"This is the fourth move! Pei Yan, do you wish to continue? The more my moves are unleashed, the more harm it inflicts upon you. There is no animosity between us. Were you to truly unleash your abilities, the result might not be as it is now, so let’s stop here!" Liu Xuanji, void of any show-off intent, spoke sincerely.

"Thanks for Elder Liu’s kindness, I understand! My gambling nature doesn’t allow stopping halfway! Let’s proceed! Twenty-six moves remain." Pei Yan spread his hands, declaring willingness to continue the fight.

"Alright! I shall not hold back then!"

Liu Xuanji had no choice but to make a quick end, positioning his sword horizontally before his chest, charging towards Pei Yan once more. Now Pei Yan became earnest for the first time, executing full body mechanization. As he wielded the reformed long blade in his hand back and forth, bursts of consolidated Sword Qi once again assailed Liu Xuanji.

"Hiss! Why is he doing this again? Didn’t he learn the lesson? The simulated Sword Qi of the Hongjun Sword Furnace is ineffective against Liu Xuanji!" Even Situ Maocai, spectating, couldn’t decipher the anomaly this time, expressing his puzzlement.

"Keep watching! That kid wouldn’t make such a foolish mistake; there’s surely a reason behind it!" Murong Longxiang sternly called out in reminder.

Pei Yan’s action was indeed peculiar. Although Liu Xuanji couldn’t figure out his intentions, his familiarity with Pei Yan didn’t blindly assimilate these Sword Qis; he constantly deflected and dissolved them with the White Jade Feather Duster Sword, searching for any discrepancies amid the fragmented Sword Qi.

Under the shield of copious Sword Qi, Liu Xuanji deflected over ten attacks from Pei Yan but found no abnormalities, gradually calming down. Treating them as Pei Yan’s means to buy time for the strange Divine Artifact forged by Feng Tianhe, now showing no more hesitation, he summoned back the dispersed Sword Qi with a subtle stream of light from his hand, readying the next assault on Pei Yan.

While he made this move, Pei Yan stood motionless with a barely noticeable smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Junior ~ brother, be careful!" Mo Baiqi noticed something amiss and attempted to voice out a warning but was caught by Lin Junzhao’s sharp glare. The new Spirit Lord, Pei Yan’s master, clearly displeased with his meddling in the duel, Mo Baiqi’s subsequent words dwindled after speaking the "junior" part.

Indeed, without his senior brother’s warning, Liu Xuanji, aware of Pei Yan’s cunningness, constantly monitored his every move and noticed the anomaly urgently halting his actions. However, it was too late, the Sword Qi absorbed to his side suddenly detonated, revealing the concealed menace!

Spatial Rift! Among every ten normal Sword Qis, four were enveloped by camouflaged Sword Qi hidden within the Spatial Rift technique! Over twenty Spatial Rift techniques encircled him, unnoticed!