Chapter 400: 283: Testing

Chapter 400: Chapter 283: Testing

Boom!

Over a lake about thirty to forty miles away from Xinglong City, a series of rapid and massive sonic booms continued to explode, with clouds being torn apart by dazzling sword lights and the atmosphere shattered by Fist Gang, causing thunderous roars.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Large silver-gleaming blood pearls fell from the sky at high speed, splashing into the lake and causing huge splashes, creating countless waves on the water’s surface.

At that moment, a tremendous shadow suddenly appeared on the lake surface, looking from above like a gigantic underwater monster as large as a mountain.

Then, the massive shadow slowly sank down.

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At the same time, thousands of feet in the air, Zhao Sheng was drenched in fresh blood, his chest and abdomen covered in wounds of varying depths, the most severe one exposing a chunk of his azure-blue spinal bone, almost severing him in half.

Had Zhao Sheng been defeated?

At this point, however, he had a smile on his face, seemingly unconcerned about his injuries.

“Jian Er, thank you for your leniency!”

With a light laugh, Zhao Sheng’s body burst forth with spirit light; dozens of wounds sprouted countless new fleshy roots that tangled and grew rapidly, visibly healing at a remarkable rate.

Furthermore, the copious amounts of blood flowing from his wounds eerily congregated into threads of blood which burrowed back into his body through the pores of his skin.

On the other side, Jian Er remained expressionless, floating a hundred yards away in mid-air, his body unscathed but oddly silent.

At the same time, his Unrivaled Sword continuously hummed with vibrations, its blade, resembling a Water Sword, turned dull and lightless as if shrouded in a layer of shadow.

At that moment, Huang Sha Daoist flew over from afar, his face unconsciously showing signs of astonishment and shock.

The clash between Zhao Sheng and Jian Er had lasted less than ten breaths, yet the battle was over, and the victor, decisively determined.

Jian Er seemed unscathed, yet he completely lost.

Huang Sha Daoist could never have imagined that someone would dare to challenge a Sword Dao Golden Core head-on, and in such an unstoppable manner too.

Even more unforeseen for him was that the person won so crisply.

“Brother Zhao, this… your Vajra Unbreakable Body is just too powerful!” Huang Sha Daoist flew between the two and exclaimed in amazement as he looked at Zhao Sheng.

While cultivating his technique and healing his injuries, Zhao Sheng modestly said, “Not at all, not at all! Look at these wounds on me, clearly my Body Refinement practice is insufficient. Jian Er’s sword skills—fast, precise, fierce—almost severed me in half.”

Jian Er flashed next to Zhao Sheng, focusing his eyes on the rapidly healing wounds and abruptly asked, “How much strength did you just use?”

Zhao Sheng replied modestly, “I used all I had. If the fight had lasted a bit longer, I would have been defeated!”

Huang Sha Daoist and Jian Er darkened their expressions, both inwardly cursing, “Hypocritical!”

Unlike Huang Sha Daoist, who kept his thoughts internal, Jian Er spoke them outright.

“Hmph, you didn’t even use your Golden Crow True Fire and Lifebound Magic Treasure; how could that count as your full strength? Well, Jian Er admits defeat; unable to bring out Taoist Zhao’s true power. But the day I take the position of Jian Yi, I shall surely visit again to wash away this disgrace!”

As he finished speaking, Zhao Sheng added, “Brother Jian, you’ve said that many times before. Perhaps try a different phrase? Something like ‘what goes around comes around,’ or ‘don’t bully…’ something like that!”

“Hmph!”

Jian Er’s face darkened, and he snorted coldly; the Unrivaled Sword suddenly transformed into a beam of Sword Light, wrapping around its master like a streak of lightning, tearing through the atmosphere and quickly disappearing toward the horizon.

“Jian will be waiting for you in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains!”

The lingering sound was still in the air, but the sword rainbow had vanished behind the clouds in an instant.

Seeing this, Huang Sha Daoist looked anxious and sighed, “Ah, Taoist Jian left too hastily! Such a stubborn and inflexible nature. Can’t he take a joke? Taoist Zhao, don’t you agree?”

Zhao Sheng, tearing off his tattered robe and changing into a new set of clothes, laughed and said, “If Jian Er were as sociable as us, he wouldn’t have achieved what he has today!

By the way, Mr. Huang, when do we set off?”

“If Taoist Zhao is ready, how about we set off right away? After all, delays lead to changes,” Huang Sha Daoist immediately said.

“Good, let me make some arrangements, and then we can leave right away!”

Having said that, Zhao Sheng took out a Messenger Talisman Crane and infused it with some information through his Divine Sense.

Then, a stream of True Yuan was channeled into the talismanic crane, causing it to flap its wings vigorously and, after circling once, speedily fly towards Xinglong City a few dozen miles away.

“Alright, let’s set off!” Zhao Sheng watched the talismanic crane disappear into the distance, then said with a smile.

Within a few breaths, two tunneling lights quickly vanished at the edge of the sky.

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Five days later, in a dense valley of Mang Forest with miasma steaming over the mountains, Zhao Sheng and Huang Sha Daoist traveled side by side, each controlling their own tunneling light and moving forward.

While flying through the void, they continually communicated through Divine Sense, apparently discussing something.

“Taoist Zhao, Central Continent currently faces disturbances, and Heavenly Burial Plain seems to show signs of becoming a major headache for Tianzhu Realm. In your opinion, will a great war between two realms truly start? How large would the scale be? Which realm has a higher chance of victory? And could the war spread to the Southern Border?”

“Who can be certain about such things! However, the Sect Alliance is currently preparing for the great war. The three-phase plan of annihilating corpses and eradicating ghosts in Heavenly Burial Plain is underway full throttle. The Golden Wall and the Boundary-breaking Array Group are eight tenths complete. If the power of the Netherworld Ghost Realm does not exceed Tianzhu Realm’s estimation, they might not even make it out of Heavenly Burial Plain. But if…”