Chapter 1829 - 1830: Defeat
Just as Zhao Wei used a palm strike to blow away the eerie seven-colored flames, his heart suddenly skipped a beat, and before he could react, a shadow swiftly slashed down from above!
Lin Chen let out a cold laugh in his heart, then suddenly erupted with his entire aura, the Tianyan Ancient Sword in his hand bursting with dazzling light, and a phantom seven-colored lotus quietly appeared!
Tianyan Swordsmanship! Slash!
Zhao Wei was shocked:
"What! Divine Sense Second Level!? How is this possible?"
He was surprised; he had heard Lin Chen was just an Ascender in the past month, recently recruited into the sect, with strength at best at Divine Sense First Level. No matter how he thought, Lin Chen wouldn't be a match for him, who had trained in Divine Art and Divine Techniques. Though he was initially surprised to see Lin Chen at the peak of Divine Sense First Level, he didn't take it to heart. But unexpectedly, Lin Chen had already reached Divine Sense Second Level!
It's known that Zhao Wei had entered the Heavenly Sword Pavilion for two or three months as well, elevating his strength from mid Divine Sense First Level to peak, which was quite swift, yet Lin Chen was so monstrous, ascending within a month and directly reaching the second stage. Such an evildoer talent should be residing in a Heaven-level dwelling, or at least Earth-level dwelling. How did he end up in a Yellow-level dwelling?
But now the situation didn't allow Zhao Wei to ponder these questions, from Lin Chen's stunning sword strike, he could vaguely smell the scent of death!
He collected his panic, bit his teeth, and retrieved an axe from the Storage Ring:
"I don't believe it, a newcomer like you really can overturn the world!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the axe in his hand emitted a faint yellow glow:
"Yellow-rank Intermediate Divine Technique! Mountain Splitting Axe!"
"Boom!"
The axe and the Ancient Sword clashed fiercely, burning seven-colored fire waves and pale yellow divine essence scattered everywhere, some flames landed on Zhao Wei's clothes, immediately piercing through and burning a hole!
In just an instant, the yellow light on the axe couldn't hold, after intense trembling, it shattered abruptly, and Zhao Wei was instantly sent flying!
Zhao Wei landed heavily on the ground, creating a human-shaped pit, his head tilted as he spat out a big mouthful of blood, his face pale as paper.
He was about to raise his head when suddenly a scorching longsword was already placed at his neck:
"Sorry, you lost!"
Lin Chen held the Tianyan Ancient Sword, a thin line of fire wrapping around the blade. If Zhao Wei wasn't sensible, he didn't mind leaving him with some deep memories.
Although killing someone would bring him a lot of trouble, making Zhao Wei taste some pain was still doable!
Zhao Wei's expression changed, but eventually, he lacked the courage to continue fighting, he gritted his teeth and said:
"Kid, you're impressive, this time, I admit defeat!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Chen let out a slight cold smile, then put away the Tianyan Ancient Sword, turned, and walked back to his dwelling without looking back.
"Take care you two, I won't see you off!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Wei's mouth twitched, and the short man who had been watching from the side immediately stepped forward to help him up.
"Wei Ge, is that kid really Divine Sense Second Level?"
"Humph, I've been wounded like this, can that be fake?"
Zhao Wei responded irritably and then turned his gaze toward Lin Chen's dwelling:
"That kid, his talent is truly monstrous, probably only someone at Divine Sense Third Level could suppress him!"
The short man beside him was a bit surprised upon hearing this:
"Really? That kid is only Divine Sense Second Level right?"
"Humph, that kid's divine power conversion rate is quite formidable, definitely stronger than the average Divine Sense Second Level by a margin, and he has a Divine Technique in his possession, at least Yellow-rank Advanced!!"
"What?"
The short man was clearly quite shocked.
If Lin Chen were here, he would probably also be astounded. He knew better than anyone, he didn't possess any Yellow-rank Advanced Divine Technique, all he displayed was the Tianyan Swordsmanship, though its origins are mysterious, he couldn't ascertain its rank.
"Yellow-rank Advanced Divine Technique? What background does this kid have? Could he have ascended from an Upper Realm?"
Upon mentioning the Upper Realm, Zhao Wei furrowed his brows:
"Probably not, I've heard Lin Chen ascended from the Lower Realm, he even had a conflict with a young master from the Sunlight Sect before. And how would someone from the Upper Realm come to the sect as an Outer Disciple and live in a Yellow-level dwelling?"
"Humph, enough talk, this time I concede, however, this score I will settle sooner or later!"
Lin Chen naturally did not know the pair's numerous speculations and plans outside, he was currently sitting cross-legged in the Formation, with Xiao Lian absorbing the surrounding divine essence, the divine essence consumed during the fight was gradually being replenished.
But after a short while, Lin Chen suddenly noticed the surrounding divine essence had become much thinner.
"Hmm? What's going on? It shouldn't be like this, unless there's something wrong with the Formation?"
Lin Chen furrowed his eyebrows, felt around for a while, and finally discovered something.
He reached out and took out a small item from a very inconspicuous corner piece of the Formation that would have been almost impossible to find if one wasn't paying attention.
This item was stone-like, but crystal-clear and faintly pure vitality emanated from it, though it was dull, seemingly drained of energy.
After some thought, Lin Chen quickly guessed that this was Divine Crystal! However, it was not complete, merely a part inside.
As it turned out, just as he speculated, these were indeed fragments of Divine Crystal. If gathered together, they would form a complete Divine Crystal. Once embedded into a Formation, they accelerated the absorption of divine essence from the surrounding world, although using them directly for cultivation was slower.
Although Lin Chen was somewhat upset about the drastically slowed cultivation speed, he currently didn't possess Divine Crystal on him, so he could only be disappointed secretly.
But even without Divine Crystal, Lin Chen could still absorb divine essence, albeit with slightly reduced efficiency, but with Xiao Lian's help it was still manageable.
A night passed quickly in cultivation.
The next day, just as Lin Chen was contemplating how to obtain Divine Crystal to continue training, his Token moved slightly, he took it from his bosom, and his Divine Sense sank into it, hearing a familiar voice:
"Haha, Lin Chen boy, didn't the old man promise to give you a fine weapon before? Now I'll fulfill my promise, head to the Affairs Pavilion immediately!"
This voice, was the Senior Elder Sword Bone!
This was another important function of the Heavenly Sword Pavilion Disciple Identity Token, used for transmitting information.