Chapter 487 - 445: Heaven and Earth Converging Qi, a Game of Offense and Defense
"Yuanshan Xinglun?"
Su Ye raised an eyebrow, a cold sneer appearing on his face. He aimed at Yuanshan Xinglun, gripped his Moon Blade Halberd with both hands, and swung with all his might!
SWISH!
The Moonfall Halberd flashed with silver light. A silent, brilliant moon arc tore through the void, slashing toward Yuanshan Xinglun’s body the very instant he arrived in the Death Battle Sky Region!
Moon Arc Twenty-four Strings!
A slash moving at nearly ten times the speed of sound!
"Hmph..."
"A cultivator from the Outer Sea, truly without manners..." Seeing Su Ye attack without a word, Yuanshan Xinglun snorted coldly, a vicious, brutal aura flaring in his eyes!
VMMM!
He flicked his sleeve, and a brilliant light flashed behind him. An emblem of a black and white, intertwined and rotating Yin-Yang Fish, overflowing with an ancient aura, suddenly materialized!
"Heaven and Earth Qi Fusion - Condensation!" Yuanshan Xinglun shouted in a low voice.
In the three-foot space around him, a strange aura surged. The air seemed to stagnate, forming a unique domain.
The Moon Arc Slash crossed several thousand meters in an instant, but upon getting within three feet of Yuanshan Xinglun, it froze in place like a mosquito in amber!
’No, not quite.’
Su Ye realized.
He could feel that his Moon Arc Slash was still moving.
However, its speed was now incredibly slow. By Su Ye’s estimation, it would take at least several tens of minutes to reach Yuanshan Xinglun’s body!
"A Divine Technique."
Su Ye murmured, his tone certain.
As a True Disciple of the Star Casting Hall, Yuanshan Xinglun was naturally no nobody.
Even with his information being protected, some of his signature moves were still mentioned in the intelligence provided by the True Treasure Pavilion.
For example:
Yuanshan Xinglun’s Divine Technique: [Heaven and Earth Qi Fusion].
This True Technique was the bane of spell cultivators!
After activating the Divine Technique, it could form an approximately three-foot-wide Qi Integration Layer around Yuanshan Xinglun, intercepting all external attacks.
It could intercept nearly one hundred percent of magical arts, and for attacks with a physical substance, it could also dissipate the vast majority of their force. It was disgustingly overpowered!
Moreover.
Su Ye’s eyes shifted as he muttered to himself, "According to the intel, after intercepting an attack, he can also..."
VMMM!
In that instant.
A sudden chill ran over Su Ye’s skin, a sharp pain like the tip of a blade scraping by. The sense of danger skyrocketed!
His figure flickered and vanished into the shadows. The next moment, a brilliant slash, like condensed moonlight, grazed past him—it was his own Moon Arc Slash!
The very same Moon Arc Slash that had been trapped and frozen in the Qi Integration Layer had actually been sent right back, aimed at Su Ye!
"Tsk..."
"Truly overpowered."
The shadows in the void churned, and Su Ye’s figure reappeared.
Just as the intel had suggested, Yuanshan Xinglun’s Heaven and Earth Qi Fusion had two properties: intercepting ranged attacks and reflecting them.
Relying on this characteristic, he, like Su Ye, had achieved the brilliant feat of killing a Late-stage Golden Core spell cultivator while only at the Mid-stage Golden Core, back in the Central Sea Region.
’However...’ Su Ye’s eyes narrowed slightly. ’With my current insight, a mere [Heaven and Earth Qi Fusion] isn’t enough to stop me!’
His observations and probing during this time, combined with a few theories mentioned in the intelligence, had already allowed him to roughly determine a way to break it!
VMMM!
The next moment!
Shadows enveloped Su Ye, and his figure vanished once more.
...
"Oh?"
"This concealment technique is quite interesting. Even I can’t see through it."
Outside the arena, on the high platform, Han Tiantong’s eyes flickered as he offered a comment.
"Mr. Han?"
"If that’s the case, then Yuanshan...?" Han Tiantong’s words made a disciple standing near him, who was quite close to him, show a worried expression.
The cultivators of the Star Casting Hall knew far more about the drawbacks of the True Technique, Heaven and Earth Qi Fusion, than any outsider.
For instance, its Magical Power consumption was quite high. Deflecting an enemy’s spells and maintaining the Qi Integration Layer both required a constant drain of Magical Power.
In the battle where Yuanshan Xinglun defeated a stronger opponent by killing a Late-stage Golden Core cultivator, it wasn’t just a matter of luck or his opponent being in a poor state; he also consumed a great number of pills.
Secondly.
The Qi Integration Layer barrier could only intercept ranged attacks!
Close-quarters combat was not within its interception range!
In this disciple’s view, with Su Ye’s concealment technique, if he got within three feet and launched a sudden attack, the risk to Yuanshan would be immense!
However.
Looking at his worried face, Han Tiantong burst out laughing. "You kid... you’re underestimating Yuanshan far too much."
"Think about it. Even a Qi Refining cultivator would try to make up for their weaknesses after discovering them... to say nothing of Yuanshan, who is a Golden Core expert!"
"Relax."
"Just watch closely."
"If this Yehai really plans to attack at close range, I guarantee he’s in for a surprise."
Han Tiantong grinned, crossing his arms. He looked completely at ease, revealing a smile that showed he was certain of victory.
...
「Death Battle Sky Region.」
Yuanshan Xinglun maintained his Qi Integration Layer, hovering in mid-air, his face devoid of joy or sorrow.
Abandoning all emotion and maintaining absolute calm during battle was one of the required lessons for high-level cultivators.
Or perhaps... Yuanshan Xinglun’s arrogant and haughty exterior was just a facade meant to lull his enemies into a false sense of security?
"I can’t find him..."
Yuanshan Xinglun murmured.
After Su Ye hid in the shadows, he had lost his lock on him, both with his naked eye and his Divine Sense.
He had temporarily lost sight of Su Ye.
’This means...’
’His Divine Sense level and concealment technique are both superior to mine.’
’A Dao Body of the soul is truly amazing. Why am I stuck with just an ordinary Celestial Spiritual Root?’
Yuanshan Xinglun shook his head and simply closed his eyes.
’If I can’t find him, then I won’t look.’
He focused all of his Divine Sense Perception within the three-foot Qi Integration Layer.
VMMMM.
Waiting... waiting...
Wait...
’He’s here!’
In an instant, Yuanshan Xinglun’s eyes snapped open with a sharp glint!
A figure in black robes appeared right in front of him!
Su Ye’s devastatingly handsome, almost demonic, yet ice-cold face was now inches away. Just as close was the Moonfall Halberd, glinting with a frigid light!
Perfect, elegant, cold.
Like an inorganic machine that existed only to kill!
’Heh... so he figured it out?’ At that moment, Yuanshan Xinglun couldn’t feel any flow of Magical Power from Su Ye.
And it was precisely by this method that Su Ye had bypassed the Qi Integration Layer’s interception to get right up to Yuanshan Xinglun!
"However... you’ve made one mistake. Close-quarters combat is definitely not my weakness!"
Yuanshan Xinglun let out a low roar. Brilliant starlight erupted from the hundred-odd acupoints on his body as his frame suddenly swelled, transforming him into a giant of a man with knotted muscles like cast iron!
—Star Casting Hall Secret Technique, Star Battle Body!
"Empowered by the Star Battle Body, my physical body is comparable to a late-stage Tier Four!"
Yuanshan Xinglun’s expression was proud as he reached out to grab the Moonfall Halberd, intending to disarm his opponent with his bare hands!
But...
CLANG!
CRACK! His palm instantly exploded into a mist of blood!
"What?!"
And in the next instant!
The cold light of the Moonfall Halberd swept down, slicing through his entire body!
Vmmm.
Yuanshan Xinglun’s expression suddenly froze.
A line of blood slowly split open down the center of his body. A few breaths later, with a tearing sound, his entire body was rent in two. The halves crashed to the ground to the left and right as his blood and viscera exploded into a cloud of gore!
Su Ye retracted his Moonfall Halberd and glanced at Yuanshan Xinglun’s corpse, a strange expression on his face. "What was that guy muttering about just now? I couldn’t quite hear him..."