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Chapter 551 - 490: Chu Xuanji vs Wu Mu - Part 2

Chapter 551: Chapter 490: Chu Xuanji vs Wu Mu - Part 2

Hmm?

At the same time, Chu Xuanji furrowed his brow.

That punch just now, although he didn’t use any martial arts techniques, with his Martial Arts Cultivation at the Peak of Gang Qi, unleashing Gang Qi should have shattered even a massive boulder, yet it had been neutralized by a blow from the Evil Yin Monster—the monster’s strength had exceeded his expectations!

"Hehehe..."

Having cleaved through the Gang Fist unleashed by Chu Xuanji, the Evil Yin Monster let out a peculiar laugh. With a mighty leap, it brought up a trail of black smoke as it rushed toward Chu Xuanji once more, blade in hand.

Whoosh!

In the blink of an eye, the colossal figure of the Evil Yin Monster, almost a hundred meters in size, appeared in front of Chu Xuanji. The Evil Yin Blade in its hand chopped down again, creating a blade light formed of Evil Yin Qi that was over ten meters long and five or six meters wide, completely enveloping Chu Xuanji.

Swoosh—

Faced with the Evil Yin Monster’s aggressive assault, Chu Xuanji’s figure flickered, instantly flashing dozens of meters away, leaving behind an afterimage.

Whoosh!

The Evil Yin blade light struck Chu Xuanji’s afterimage, dispersing it instantly, then it hit the mountain below, scattering in all directions.

The flowers, grass, and trees on the mountain were corroded by the Evil Yin Qi and withered instantly, filled with an aura of death.

Unlike Gang Qi, Evil Yin Qi is a type of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi that primarily corrodes and destroys the vitality of all living creatures. While the mountaintop had no life, the flowers, grass, and trees upon it were all alive.

After the blade missed its mark, Wu Mu sneered and continued to command the Evil Yin Monster to chase Chu Xuanji with its blade.

"Heaven has Five Elements: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth..."

Chu Xuanji avoided direct combat, multitasking as he dodged and silently recited the mantra of the ’Five Elements Formation’. His hands were placed in front of his chest, rapidly transforming handprints at an extreme speed.

"Essence Energy of flame, Divide!"

With a low shout, Wu Mu cast the ’Divide’ hand sign from the ’Five Elements Formation’.

As the handprint was made, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi began to whirl and stir, as strands of Essence Energy of flame separated and gathered.

"Fire Dragon Technique!"

With another low shout, Chu Xuanji’s handprints changed once more, casting the handprint for the ’Fire Dragon Technique’.

The Fire Dragon Technique is a simplified version of the Fire Dragon Formation.

When Ye Fan was refining Elixir Pills, he had once triggered the Fire Dragon Formation within the Medicine Furnace, but its power was incomparable to the Fire Dragon Technique used by Chu Xuanji.

In an instant, the gathered Essence Energy of flame suddenly ignited, transforming into a red dragon that roared as it charged at the Evil Yin Monster!

"Damn it!"

The sudden change caught Wu Mu off guard, and his expression shifted as he hurriedly maneuvered the Evil Yin Monster to dodge.

As a Magician at the Gang Qi Great Success Realm, he was very much aware that the Evil Yin Monster was afraid of fire.

Even though Wu Mu reacted swiftly and steered the Evil Yin Monster to evade, it was still struck by the fire dragon descending from the sky and was shattered into pieces upon impact.

Wuuu wuuu!

As the fire blazed fiercely, the Evil Yin Qi on the Evil Yin Monster rapidly evaporated, and even the horrifying, evil resentful spirit let out cries of agony.

"Old Dog Chu, your Fire Dragon Technique can’t break my ’Ghost King Descent’!"

Even though the Evil Yin Monster had weakened somewhat, Wu Mu showed no signs of panic, but rather a confident expression.

Because as long as the resentful spirit was unscathed and the Evil Yin Qi continuously replenished, the Evil Yin Monster would not dissipate,

As soon as he finished speaking, he moved his mind, forming a handprint with both hands, once again employing the powerful spell ’Ghost King Descent’ to replenish the Evil Yin Qi for the Evil Yin Monster.

"Fire Dragon Technique!"

Ignoring Wu Mu’s taunts, Chu Xuanji formed handprints again, activating the Fire Dragon Technique. Another fire dragon formed in the sky and dove down at the Evil Yin Monster.

Swoosh—

The fire dragon manifested as Chu Xuanji moved rapidly, pushing his speed to the limit, and fiercely pounced toward Wu Mu.

Create confusion, strike elsewhere!

The Evil Yin Monster was conjured by Wu Mu using ’Ghost King Descent’. If he could kill Wu Mu, naturally the Evil Yin Monster would vanish.

"Thinking of getting close to kill me? No chance!"

Wu Mu seemed to have anticipated Chu Xuanji’s actions and immediately let out a cold laugh, his thoughts shifting as a black boat-shaped magical artifact appeared beneath his feet.

Mid-level Magical Artifact, Shuttle Boat.

Well aware that his own speed was far less than Chu Xuanji’s, Wu Mu saw the Evil Yin Monster blocked by the fire dragon and knew he couldn’t escape Chu Xuanji’s close-range strike. Without hesitation, he activated the Shuttle Boat.

The moment the Shuttle Boat emerged, the airflow beneath Wu Mu’s feet increased in speed severalfold. With a whooshing sound, he was carried hundreds of meters away.

Hmm?

In terms of speed, Chu Xuanji was at most five times faster than Wu Mu. Now that Wu Mu had activated the mid-level magical artifact ’Shuttle Boat’, his speed surged, and Chu Xuanji couldn’t catch up to him in a short time.

Moreover, because the fire dragon formed by the Fire Dragon Technique lacked a Fire Spirit, it couldn’t exist as long as the Evil Yin Monster and would disappear in a moment.

Once the fire dragon vanished, the Evil Yin Monster would attack him again, continuing to hinder his attempt to kill Wu Mu.

Swoosh—

With these thoughts in mind, Chu Xuanji had to give up on killing Wu Mu. He halted his momentum, changed direction, and rushed towards the Evil Yin Monster with great speed.

In the sky, the Evil Yin Monster was struck once more by the fire dragon, scattering in all directions. A portion of the Evil Yin Qi evaporated, but an even greater amount of Evil Yin Qi gathered again beside the resentful spirit.

Whoosh!

As the Evil Yin Monster was reforming, Chu Xuanji charged to a place a hundred meters away from it and punched out again.

Knowing the strength of the Evil Yin Monster, Chu Xuanji directly unleashed the killing move ’Qi Rushes to the Sky’ from the Xuansha Fist.

And it was... the Ninth Layer!

Ninety-nine times the power!!

"Xuansha Fist" was created by Chu Xuanji, who spent his whole life blending his martial arts insight and experience into it; nobody was more familiar with Xuansha Fist than him.

With this attack, Chu Xuanji held nothing back, determined to slay the resentful spirit!

As the saying goes, it’s not your friends or family who know you best, but your opponents.

As Chu Xuanji’s enemy and old rival, Wu Mu’s understanding of Chu Xuanji was beyond what outsiders could imagine.

He was deeply aware of the terror of "Qi Rushes to the Sky." Sensing that Chu Xuanji had unleashed "Qi Rushes to the Sky," his pupils shrank, and his heart leaped to his throat!

"Whoosh!"

A punch was thrown, unleashing a stream of Gang Qi that was more than ten times more concentrated than before, shooting out from Chu Xuanji’s fist like a laser cannon, blasting towards the core of the Evil Yin Monster—the resentful spirit.

Crackling!

Along with a series of air-bursting sounds, the punch hit right in the middle of the Evil Yin Monster’s body.

That spot was exactly where the resentful spirit resided!

"Thump!"

In an instant, the Gang Fist exploded like a cannonball, the terrifying energy directly scattering the Evil Yin Monster.

Wooo wooo!

The resentful spirit wailed, its black glow instantly dimming considerably.

At the same time, about a third of the Evil Yin Qi that had been swirling around the resentful spirit vanished into nothingness.

"Hiss~"

Seeing this, Wu Mu’s lips twitched in distress, and he immediately formed a handprint, "Gather!"

As the handprint was made, the scattered Evil Yin Qi surged back towards the resentful spirit, circling around it and once again forming the Evil Yin Monster, albeit much smaller than before.

However—

The resentful spirit, which had been injured by Chu Xuanji’s punch, recovered its essence after receiving the Evil Yin Qi, its black light intensifying significantly.

Even so, Wu Mu remained wary of Chu Xuanji’s killing move "Qi Rushes to the Sky," fearing if Chu Xuanji used it a few times consecutively, he would directly kill the resentful spirit. He immediately maneuvered the Evil Yin Monster away from Chu Xuanji.

World Martial Arts all share a common characteristic: The greater the power, the more complex it is, the more difficult it is to cultivate, and the longer the time required for activation.

Chu Xuanji, although eager to use the killing move "Qi Rushes to the Sky" again, knew that as an ultimate move, it took a long time to activate, and it couldn’t be used consecutively—there would be a pause between uses.

At this moment, Wu Mu used this pause to move the Evil Yin Monster far from him, and so Chu Xuanji naturally couldn’t continue using it.

Firstly, the greater the distance, the weaker the power of the Gang Qi; secondly, with enough distance, Wu Mu could easily maneuver the Evil Yin Monster to dodge, rendering Chu Xuanji’s attacks futile.

Although he didn’t use the killing move "Qi Rushes to the Sky" in quick succession, Chu Xuanji did not hold back, continuing to chase the Evil Yin Monster.

"Ghost King Descent!"

Just then, Wu Mu’s "Ghost King Descent" was completed once again. The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi violently fluctuated, and streams of Evil Yin Qi poured down from the sky towards the Evil Yin Monster continuously.

With the replenishment of Evil Yin Qi, not only did the Evil Yin Monster grow stronger, but the resentful spirit also seemed completely restored, as if immortal.

"Qi Rushes to the Sky!"

Sensing this, Chu Xuanji’s eyebrows twitched, and he unleashed the ninth layer of "Qi Rushes to the Sky" once more!

Whoosh—

This time, the Evil Yin Monster did not sit idly by, but instead swung its Evil Yin Blade, slashing at Chu Xuanji with a single strike.

"Bang—"

In a flash of electricity and a shower of sparks, the Gang Fist collided with the sword light formed of Evil Yin Qi, the sword light instantly dissipated, and the Gang Fist, unstoppable as before, hit the Evil Yin Monster once again, scattering it and injuring the resentful spirit.

"Hmph!"

Seeming to have anticipated this outcome, Wu Mu wasn’t angered but snorted coldly, maneuvering the resentful spirit away from Chu Xuanji once again, causing the Evil Yin Monster to reform.

"Wu Mu, you old thief, don’t think that just because you rely on the Evil Yin Monster, you can contend with me. When your Mind Power is exhausted, your time of death will come!"

After a frenzied bout, Chu Xuanji saw that he wasn’t able to break through Wu Mu’s "Ghost King Descent" and stopped attacking. He looked toward Wu Mu, who was five hundred meters away, with a gaze sharp as a knife and a hint of anger in his eyes.

With his strength, if Wu Mu didn’t have the Soul Summoning Banner in his hands to command the resentful spirit in the Evil Yin Monster, killing Wu Mu would be no different than slaughtering a chicken.

Now, although Wu Mu could use the Evil Yin Monster to hold him off, once Wu Mu’s Mind Power was depleted, he wouldn’t be able to continue controlling the Evil Yin Monster.

But because of his Dual Cultivation of Magic and Martial Arts, and his Martial Arts Cultivation having stepped into the Peak of Gang Qi, he still possessed Gang Qi and Mind Power within him, and killing Wu Mu would be as easy as flipping one’s hand.

"Heh, Old Dog Chu, I forgot to tell you, just before you arrived here, I had consumed a Plant Essence, storing a huge amount of Heaven and Earth Essence in my body— who will be the first to give out is still an unknown factor!" Wu Mu sneered, his face full of mockery.

Whoosh!

As Wu Mu’s words echoed in his ears, Chu Xuanji showed color for the first time.

Heaven and Earth Essence, as the name suggests, is the condensed essence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, which is not only easy to absorb but also refines quickly. It can be converted into the Power, Gang Qi, and Telekinesis needed by Martial Artists and Magicians in a very short time.

In such a situation, if what Wu Mu said was true, Wu Mu could refine the Heaven and Earth Essence in his body, continuously replenishing his Mind Power.

In this case, Chu Xuanji’s hope of exhausting Wu Mu to death was almost impossible; on the contrary, he might even, as Wu Mu suggested, run out of Gang Qi first.

After all, he didn’t have any Elixir Pills on him to recover Gang Qi quickly.

"Old Dog Chu, if you know what’s good for you, get out while you can, lest you end up getting killed by me!" Seeing that Chu Xuanji didn’t dare to act rashly, Wu Mu’s momentum surged, and he laughed coldly.

"Master, I’ll help you!"

As Wu Mu’s voice had just faded, Ye Fan’s voice suddenly rang out from Five Saints Mountain.

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