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Chapter 681 - 607: Both Jade and Stone Burn Together

Chapter 681: Chapter 607: Both Jade and Stone Burn Together

After Chen Daozang revealed his true strength, Chu Xuanji also refused to be outdone and immediately broke through to the Great Perfection of Gang Qi!

This all seemed simple, but in reality, it was the result of many years of Chu Xuanji’s accumulated insights.

As the second Supreme Strongman on the Dragon Ranking, Chu Xuanji’s talent made Yan City feel ashamed—Yan had said more than once that Chu Xuanji was more likely to reach that legendary realm than he was.

Once, having delved into too many areas, Chu Xuanji’s energy was scattered and his realm and cultivation progress were slow, not even comparable to Jie Dao at that time.

Over the years, Chu Xuanji had vigorously caught up and started focusing most of his energy on cultivation, not only becoming the second Supreme Strongman in the Huaxia Cultivation World, just after Yan, but also accumulating a vast understanding of martial arts.

Just now, he had worn the Black Iron Fist set, burned the essence of his Gang Qi, disregarded life and death, and struck a blow that surpassed his limits, comparable to the invincible power of a Great Perfection of Gang Qi, which greatly inspired him.

This critical moment of inspiration, like a thread, linked all of Chu Xuanji’s martial arts insights over the years together, thereby allowing him to break through to the Great Perfection of Gang Qi in one fell swoop.

"The... Evil Emperor has also broken through to the Great Perfection of Gang Qi!"

"We still have hope for rescue!"

Sensing Chu Xuanji’s aura suddenly climbing step by step until it became as powerful as Chen Daozang’s, those cultivators who had been in despair, debilitated, now seemed like lost children finding their way home, each one bursting with joy.

"I didn’t expect the Evil Emperor to break through to the Great Perfection of Gang Qi at such a critical moment, it’s really wonderful!"

Lv Zhan also became extremely excited.

Just now, when Chen Daozang had revealed his true strength and released the aura of a Great Perfection of Gang Qi, he had despaired just like the other cultivators in the plaza.

But now, with Chu Xuanji’s breakthrough amidst crisis, he saw the dawn of victory!

If even an outsider was so thrilled, what about Ye Fan and Chu Ji?

At that moment, both Ye Fan and Chu Ji were so excited that they clenched their fists, yet they did not utter a word.

At this time, silence was more eloquent than words.

They simply looked proudly at Chu Xuanji, feeling proud to have such a master!

"Haha... Brother Xuanji, you truly deserve to be the Evil Emperor, indeed sinister enough to break through to a realm we others can only dream of at such a pivotal moment!"

The Lv Family Patriarch, Lv Yuan, both excited and envious, shouted, "Next, I can rest easy dealing with that villain Jie Dao!"

"How is that possible? How could he break through to the Great Perfection of Gang Qi at this time?"

Jie Dao ignored Lv Yuan’s words and just stared intently at Chu Xuanji, his eyes filled with resentment that Chu Xuanji’s strength had advanced a step further, making it impossible for him to ever catch up in this lifetime.

This whole thing, like a thorn, was lodged in his heart, driving him to madness with hatred!

"So what if he broke through to the Great Perfection of Gang Qi? He’s still going to die at the hands of his own disciple, isn’t he?"

After venting his anger, Jie Dao spoke again, with a tone that sounded like sour grapes, full of schadenfreude.

Huh?!

Startled by Jie Dao’s words, whether it was Lv Yuan, or Ye Fan, Chu Ji, and Lv Zhan, or even the cultivators on the plaza whose lives were hanging by a thread, all were suddenly shocked awake.

At that moment, they all realized a terrifying fact: Chu Xuanji had just broken through to the Peak of Gang Qi, while Chen Daozang had already achieved this breakthrough long ago, merely suppressing his realm deliberately. The two were fundamentally incomparable.

"Chu Xuanji, you actually breaking through to the Peak of Gang Qi at this moment was truly beyond my expectations,"

From the sky, Chen Daozang was also surprised by Chu Xuanji’s breakthrough during the fight, but he soon calmly accepted it, still posing as if he controlled the whole situation, "But... just like I said before, no matter how much you struggle today, the outcome will not change, including your breakthrough to the Peak of Gang Qi!"

"Lv Yuan, at all costs, kill Jie Dao!"

Ignoring Chen Daozang’s taunting, after quickly adapting to the Peak of Gang Qi, Chu Xuanji shouted loudly, "Ji and Xiao Fan, immediately command the remaining cultivators to leave, and be quick!"

"You can count on me, Evil Emperor!"

Lv Yuan responded loudly, then flicked his wrist and his Inheritance Spear pointed towards Jie Dao, "Jie Dao, you villain, come and meet your death!"

Whoosh!

As the words fell, figures moved!

Lv Yuan, wielding the Lv Family’s Inheritance Spear, rapidly advanced towards Jie Dao.

"Yes, Master!"

Simultaneously, Ye Fan and Chu Ji echoed in unison, swiftly running towards those previously despairing, paralyzed cultivators, preparing to follow Chu Xuanji’s instructions and lead them to escape.

"It seems you do have foresight, knowing that even if you break through to the Peak of Gang Qi, you are still no match for me, so you plan to entangle me and save the others."

Chen Daozang watched all these unfold, yet did not intervene, instead, he taunted with a sneer, "However, this isn’t quite like your style—at least, in my memory, you never cared about the world’s people. And now you’ve become worried about the nation and its people, quite unusual indeed."

"Enough talk, come and embrace death!"

Seeing Lv Yuan and Jie Dao fighting together, and with Ye Fan, Chu Ji, and Lv Zhan directing the innocent cultivators to flee, Chu Xuanji finally felt relieved, concentrated his spiritual energy, and his war intent exploded dramatically.

"Embrace death?"

Even though Chu Xuanji had broken through to the Peak of Gang Qi, Chen Daozang was still full of disdain, mocking as he faced Chu Xuanji, "Even within the same realm, there are disparities! Did you think that just by breaking through to the Peak of Gang Qi, you could compete with me?

If you had already reached the threshold of the Peak of Gang Qi and were merely suppressing it deliberately to prevent breakthrough, then after the breakthrough, you could indeed have harnessed the true combat power of the Peak of Gang Qi, possibly even propelling yourself to become the greatest within this realm due to your accumulated foundation. In your current situation, however, you stand no chance!"

"Is that so?"

Chu Xuanji’s expression was cold as he made a resolute decision, his expression firm and determined.

As the words fell, the Gang Qi within Chu Xuanji surged, and his aura soared once again!

"Still thinking of fighting to the death? Dream on!"

Seeing Chu Xuanji attempting to burn his Gang Qi essence again, Chen Daozang shouted coldly, no longer wasting words, and charged directly at Chu Xuanji.

Chen Daozang could ignore Chu Xuanji burning his Gang Qi Essence in a fight to the death during the Peak of Gang Qi Realm, but he could not afford to let Chu Xuanji burn his Gang Qi Essence in a fight to the death!

Because, at this moment, if Chu Xuanji were to really burn a lifetime’s cultivation of Gang Qi Essence in a fight to the death, he could severely injure him!

This was not the outcome he wanted!

After all, according to his plan, after killing Zhe Xuanji and the others, he still had to make a concerted effort to deal with Yan, then head towards Yanjing, conduct a bloody purge of the Ye Family, completely overturn Huaxia, and take the first step towards dominating the world!

Quick!

Worried about Zhe Xuanji burning his Gang Qi Essence, in that moment, Chen Daozang pushed his speed to the extreme, instantly covering hundreds of meters to come within attack range, and swung out a punch in succession!

Whoosh!

As Chen Daozang threw his punch, a torrent of Gang Qi surged from his right fist, merging with the rich Evil Yin Qi to form a dark Punch Ray, blasting towards Zhe Xuanji!

"Xuanyin Fist" was adapted by Chen Daozang from the "Xuansha Fist" that Zhe Xuanji had created, focusing mainly on boxing techniques.

This was Chen Daozang’s first use of the boxing technique from "Xuanyin Fist." Although the attack power was not as strong as the Killing Move "Shadowless Yin Demon Slash," the attack speed was significantly faster, aiming to force Zhe Xuanji to abandon burning the Gang Qi Essence in his body.

Swish!

Zhe Xuanji’s feet flickered, and he instantly sidestepped over a hundred meters, avoiding the Punch Ray that was howling towards him.

So fast!

With his punch missing, Chen Daozang couldn’t help but be shocked!

The surprise was because he hadn’t expected that after Zhe Xuanji had broken through to the Great Perfection Realm of Gang Qi, with the help of the high-level magic artifact Ghost Ring, his speed would be so fast — although not as fast as his, but also not by much!

"I want to see how long you can dodge!"

After a short moment of shock, Chen Daozang let out a low shout and charged towards Zhe Xuanji again.

Zhe Xuanji continued to dodge, avoiding Chen Daozang’s sharp moves while continuing to burn the Gang Qi Essence in his body during the fleeting moments after dodging.

Clearly, Zhe Xuanji knew that if he didn’t burn the Gang Qi Essence in his body, his attacks would hardly cause fatal damage to Chen Daozang, and he would be bound to lose.

If the enemy doesn’t move, I don’t move.

If the enemy intends to move, I move first.

You chase, I dodge.

One punch, two punches, three punches...

In the sky, Chen Daozang repeatedly lunged at Zhe Xuanji, swinging his fists, and in an instant, he had thrown eighty-one punches!

Suddenly, in the sky, Punch Rays appeared frequently, with continuous bursting sounds, and the area where the two were fighting became a complete vacuum.

"Zhe Xuanji, are you forcing me to also burn Gang Qi Essence?"

Missing repeatedly, Chen Daozang felt somewhat furious and also a bit alarmed.

Because, by now, the aura on Zhe Xuanji could be described as terrifying, enough to give him a sense of crisis!

"You want to dominate the world and also break through that legendary realm, so you won’t do that."

Zhe Xuanji responded coldly while continuing to burn the Gang Qi Essence in his body.

Having cultivated together with him for many years, Zhe Xuanji knew Chen Daozang’s nature like the back of his hand, fully grasping his mindset.

"You..."

Chen Daozang was uncontrollably angry.

Although he wished he could immediately burn his Gang Qi Essence and strike down Zhe Xuanji in one fell swoop, he knew that Gang Qi Essence was the most precious thing for a cultivator at the Gang Qi Realm. Once lost, it would damage the primordial, and even though it could be replenished through cultivation, it would take a very long time.

Such a cost was too expensive; Zhe Xuanji could bear it, but he could not!

Because, once he did that, then the plans to make a spirited effort to kill Yan would be as difficult as reaching the heavens.

At that time, his plan would be completely disrupted, perhaps never to be realized.

This... was something he absolutely didn’t want to see!

"Zhe Xuanji, you’re ruthless!"

Chen Daozang said through gritted teeth, and after weighing his options, he finally decided to abandon his plan to kill Zhe Xuanji that day.

It must be said, Chen Daozang was a very decisive person; once he made a decision, he didn’t hesitate and turned to leave.

"You can leave, but leave your life behind!"

Zhe Xuanji roared furiously and suddenly turned from passive to active, leapt forward, and instantly blocked Chen Daozang’s path.

In a breath, the situation was reversed.

Zhe Xuanji frantically burned the Gang Qi Essence in his body, like a War God descending, charged forward with a fearless momentum, and punched towards Chen Daozang!

He was willing to perish together with Chen Daozang!

Not for himself, nor for his disciple.

Only to stop Chen Daozang’s plan and save the Hua Xia Cultivation World!

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PS: Today, there was a bit of an emergency at the construction site, and I had to follow my supervisor in the afternoon to take care of it. I didn’t get back until midnight, which is why the update is so late. I’m very sorry.

Additionally, I would like to explain that recently, due to changes in my job position and being very busy, coupled with the birth of my son, there are also many matters at home, resulting in unstable updates.

I will adjust as soon as possible, hoping to balance all three aspects to stabilize the updates.

Sorry again to all brothers and sisters, good night!

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