Chapter 607: Resisting with All Might

CRACK!

Under the force of everyone’s combined attack, a fissure actually cracked open on the massive golden hand seal.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Everyone relentlessly bombarded it. The fissure on the Golden River Hand Seal spread continuously, with cracks branching out in all directions.

"What?"

Seeing this, the golden-robed, middle-aged Wen Yanhui was stunned.

His Golden River Hand Seal was his ultimate killing move, its power unmatched. In his eyes, without Su Xiuyi to block him, killing Ye Xuan’s group of Martial Kings should have been effortless.

But the result was completely beyond his expectations.

The moment the fissure appeared on the Golden River Hand Seal, he keenly sensed that it had formed at the technique’s weakest point.

That was why Jiuchen and the others, with their cultivation as Tier Seven Peak Martial Kings and the help of Tier Eight Profound Soldiers, had managed to crack his Golden River Hand Seal.

’Could that kid actually see the flaw in my Golden River Hand Seal?’

The thought startled Wen Yanhui, and he immediately shook his head.

’Impossible.’

His Golden River Hand Seal was a High Tier Profound Grade martial technique. Forget a Martial King—even a Tier Eight Peak Martial Emperor could only break it with brute force, not by finding a flaw. It must have been that kid’s luck.

Just then, Liang Yu’s impatient voice rang out from the side, "Wen Yanhui, what are you doing? With your power, you can’t even kill a few Martial Kings? Hurry up and kill them all for me!"

The Seven-Colored Banner Scroll he controlled rumbled violently, its surface bulging repeatedly. It seemed he was beginning to lose control of Su Xiuyi.

Inside the Seven-Colored Banner Scroll, Su Xiuyi was already giving it his all.

He knew full well that if he didn’t break free from this Seven-Colored Banner Scroll in time, he would likely emerge to find the corpses of Ye Xuan and the others.

Seeing he couldn’t even kill a few Martial Kings, Wen Yanhui’s heart filled with rage, and his expression twisted into a ferocious scowl.

"Damn you! Did you really think you could break this Emperor’s Golden River Hand Seal just like that? What a foolish fantasy!"

He roared, and an even more brilliant golden light erupted from his body. The light transformed into a series of runes that linked together and poured into the golden hand seal.

The originally fractured hand seal instantly solidified, its surface now shimmering with a radiant glow, giving off an aura of invincibility.

A tyrannical aura pressed down. The people below felt a monumental force wash over them. The instructors at the Tier Seven First Layer Peak, like Qingfeng, involuntarily spat out a mouthful of blood, their faces turning pale.

"The power of this Golden River Hand Seal has actually increased by another twenty percent."

Ye Xuan’s expression was grave. Pushing his Divine Spirit Gaze to its absolute limit, the structure of the Golden River Hand Seal once again appeared before his eyes.

But this time, overlaid on the structure were shimmering golden runes. These runes linked together to form an invisible array pattern, making the entire structure even more solid and its weak points harder to discern.

Ye Xuan’s heart sank. With this, the difficulty of finding the Golden River Hand Seal’s weak point had increased by at least fifty percent.

What was even more terrifying was that the Profound energy on the golden hand seal was now constantly flowing in concert with those runes. This meant the weak point was shifting from moment to moment, with no fixed position.

This undoubtedly made things even more difficult for Ye Xuan.

But Ye Xuan knew that if he couldn’t find the weak point, then Jiuchen, Ge Puzi, and the others likely wouldn’t survive.

At this crucial moment, Ye Xuan unleashed his unprecedented potential. A blue and purple light flickered in his eyes as he pushed his Divine Spirit Gaze to its absolute limit.

Moreover, his Seventh Grade Soul Power surged out wildly, permeating the Golden River Hand Seal as he calculated and searched everywhere.

Finally, in the last moment before the Golden River Hand Seal descended, Ye Xuan found its weakness once more.

A tiny fleck of golden light flashed before Ye Xuan’s eyes and was gone.

’That’s it!’

Ye Xuan suddenly roared, his voice thunderous, "Everyone, attack with me!"

As his voice fell, a cone-shaped rock materialized before him. The rock rapidly expanded, becoming a small mountain. Shrouded in streams of black light, it slammed into the location of the golden fleck.

Jiuchen and the others had been waiting anxiously. The instant Ye Xuan roared, they too unleashed their own attacks in a frenzy.

"BOOM!"

With a deafening explosion, the two terrifying forces collided, the impact powerful enough to shatter mountains and invert the heavens.

Swept up by the terrifying shockwave, everyone below spat out blood and was sent flying backward.

A massive crack instantly appeared on the Golden River Hand Seal, but the golden palm did not dissipate from the blow.

"Hmph. Even if the Golden River Hand Seal is damaged, it’s still more than enough to annihilate all of you."

Wen Yanhui’s face was savage as he directed the damaged Golden River Hand Seal to strike down once more.

"Great Clarity Sword Technique, First Form—Sky Collapse!"

At that moment, the Sword of Judgment in Ye Xuan’s hand suddenly erupted with an immense, radiant light. Like a blue flood dragon, it slashed down into the shattered opening of the Golden River Hand Seal.

RUMBLE!

The Golden River Hand Seal immediately let out a series of violent rumbles. In the void, countless densely packed golden runes trembled uncontrollably.

The runes etched into the palm were the very core of the Golden River Hand Seal’s palm lines. These countless runes formed a unified defensive whole.

Each rune was interlinked, like the individual links of a chain.

If a single one was broken, the entire Golden River Hand Seal would be affected.

And now, under Ye Xuan’s sword strike, ten to twenty percent of those golden runes shattered in an instant.

CRACK!

The entire Golden River Hand Seal began to break apart.

"Shatter!"

Ye Xuan pressed his advantage, not hesitating for a moment. He took a deep breath and swung his sword again. The Sword of Judgment surged with lightning, like a bolt of Celestial Thunder streaking across the sky, striking directly at the very heart of the cracks.

"KABOOM!"

This strike was like the heavens collapsing and the earth splitting apart. Wen Yanhui’s Golden River Hand Seal exploded violently, shattering into motes of golden light that scattered into the air.

The people who had been under the great hand seal felt a weight lift from their hearts. The oppressive feeling vanished completely, as if the clouds had parted to reveal a clear sky once more.

What?

"My Golden River Hand Seal."

Wen Yanhui’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets in shock. His face was a mask of disbelief. He had imagined a million different outcomes, but not a single one resembled this.

Ye Xuan was panting heavily.

The Great Clarity Sword Technique was an astonishing set of sword skills he had mastered in his previous life. It had an extremely high demand for Profound energy. Logically, with his current cultivation at only Tier Seven First Layer, Ye Xuan should have been completely unable to use it.

But because he cultivated the Nine Profound World-Defying Art, although Ye Xuan’s cultivation was only at Tier Seven First Layer, his Profound energy was no weaker than that of an ordinary Tier Seven Third Layer Martial King. This was what allowed him to barely execute the move and ultimately shatter the Golden River Hand Seal.

BOOM!

At the same time, Su Xiuyi finally broke free from the restraints of the Seven-Colored Banner Scroll and reappeared in the world.

"Useless trash."

Liang Yu’s face was ashen as he looked at Wen Yanhui, his voice filled with fury.

He had trapped Su Xiuyi, the only Martial Emperor in the group, for the sole purpose of giving Wen Yanhui a chance to kill Ye Xuan and the others. Who would have thought that after all this time, Wen Yanhui hadn’t managed to kill a single person? How could Liang Yu not be furious?

Wen Yanhui’s expression was grim. "Master Liang Yu, you know the power of my Golden River Hand Seal. The key is that this boy can see through its flaws."

"What?" Liang Yu was taken aback, his brows furrowing in disbelief. "Are you telling the truth?"

"Of course, it’s true." Wen Yanhui forced a bitter smile. "It’s like I’ve seen a ghost."

If Ye Xuan hitting the weak point of his Golden River Hand Seal the first time could be considered a coincidence, then Wen Yanhui could no longer believe it was an accident when he did it a second time.

Liang Yu’s gaze sharpened as he carefully sized up Ye Xuan.

"Huh."

This time, his pupils suddenly constricted. He had noticed something was amiss.

"You’re... a Seventh Grade Soul Refiner?!"

He suddenly cried out, a look of horror in his eyes.

In order to find the Golden River Hand Seal’s flaw, Ye Xuan had fully unleashed his Soul Power. Although he had since retracted it, the residual Soul Power in the air lingered, dense and un-dispersed. With his status as a High-Tier Seventh Grade Soul Refiner, Liang Yu sensed it immediately—the opponent was also a Seventh Grade Soul Refiner.

"How is this possible?"

Liang Yu muttered and shook his head in disbelief.

Ye Xuan looked to be only around twenty years old, just a young man.

A twenty-year-old Tier Seven First Layer Martial King, while rare, wasn’t unprecedented in history. Infinite Mountain had such talents. But to be twenty, reach Tier Seven First Layer in cultivation, and also have a Seventh Grade Soul Power...?

In his decades of cultivation, this was the first time Liang Yu had ever seen such a genius.

’He knows we’re from Infinite Mountain, he could break the Ghost Mark, he knows about the Spirit-Seeking Disc, and he even mentioned the Xia family of East-Tombs... This boy is definitely not a genius that the tiny Dream Realm Plain could have produced.’ A torrent of thoughts flooded Liang Yu’s mind.

He suspected that Ye Xuan was a member of some major power from the Celestial Profound Continent who had come to the Dream Realm Plain intentionally. If that was true, then it was highly likely that a major power on the Celestial Profound Continent already knew about Infinite Mountain’s plans.

In that case...

A sudden chill ran through Liang Yu’s heart.

"Kid, speak up! What power are you from? To dare hide yourself in the Dream Realm Plain... Tell me, what exactly do you know?"

He shouted, the killing intent in his eyes growing even more intense.

Ye Xuan took a steadying breath, his rapidly depleted Profound energy quickly recovering. He sneered, "We’ve been fighting all this time and you still don’t know what power I’m from? Are you an idiot? I’m a disciple of Gale Light Academy, of course."