King of Creation
Chapter 358 - 354 Qing Yii’s Explanation

Chapter 358: Chapter 354 Qing Yii’s Explanation

"Hmph, really? It’s not certain whose end it is yet!"

In cheerful laughter, Ye Zhen burst out from the endless Palm Shadows like a crossbow cannon, with a Red Seal spinning above his head, radiating fiercely bright light.

Wherever the light reached, the Illusion Divine Palm just a meter above Ye Zhen melted away like snow, but at the same time, the light from the Red Seal above Ye Zhen’s head was rapidly diminishing.

However, as soon as the light from the Red Seal weakened, Ye Zhen’s spiritual power surged out from within him, replenishing the Red Jade Seal’s consumption and letting it act as Ye Zhen’s pathfinder.

It surprised everyone, whether it was Qing Yi in the sky, the Thousand Illusion Eagle King from afar, or other observing grandmasters of the Soul Sea Realm.

Could the Red Jade Seal be used this way?

Had Ye Zhen refined the art of using the Red Jade Seal to perfection?

As Bu Changtian, who was plummeting from the sky toward the ground to strike at Ye Zhen at close range, tightened his expression because he realized, was Ye Zhen targeting him?

Could it be that Ye Zhen had identified the real body among the four illusions?

Or perhaps, was it that Ye Zhen, like a blind cat stumbling upon a dead rat, guessed correctly?

But regardless of which it was, by the time Bu Changtian noticed, avoiding Ye Zhen had already become near impossible.

However, based on Bu Changtian’s knowledge of Ye Zhen, Ye Zhen seemed to always have unexpected tactics in every battle, so Bu Changtian was very cautious.

Instantly, the Protective Spirit Force around his body erupted to the extreme, with layers upon layers of various Palm Shadows densely arranged in front of Bu Changtian, guarding him from all sides.

This was the formidable aspect of the Illusion Divine Palm.

It could attack and defend.

In attack, it could crush the opponent with thousands of Palm Shadows; in defense, it could shield one imperviously, impenetrable even by water.

Bu Changtian was confident that with this level of defense, even if he were to vigorously absorb one, even two or three blows of the Red Jade Seal directly, it would pose no problem.

"It’s about time!"

The corner of Ye Zhen’s mouth suddenly rose with a fierce smile, he had indeed targeted Bu Changtian’s True Body, under the Sword Heart Enlightenment, the True Body was crystal clear.

A powerful Divine Soul fluctuation suddenly surged out from Ye Zhen, silently charging towards Bu Changtian.

Soul Thorn!

Divine Soul Attack, Soul Thorn!

Boom!

Almost simultaneously, Bu Changtian’s head throbbed with pain, as if being stabbed thousands of times by needles. He couldn’t help but scream in agony, covering his head.

As soon as the screams began, the other three Shadow Transformation figures of Bu Changtian, surrounding him, trembled abruptly like ripples and dissipated together.

Along with their disappearance, the countless Palm Shadows bombarding Ye Zhen from all directions, including the layers upon layers of Illusion Divine Palm walls in front of Bu Changtian, also vanished instantly due to the loss of Divine Sense support.

Bu Changtian screamed, his body unable to stop plummeting.

On Ye Zhen’s body, a trace of an age-old vast aura suddenly emerged, and a jade-colored finger abruptly appeared from the void, lightning-fast, pointing at Bu Changtian’s forehead.

Where the jade-colored finger passed, the air seemed to boil, forming a unique trail, as if a fish was swiftly darting through water.

Floating Cloud Finger!

At this moment, the Floating Cloud Finger was more likely to take Bu Changtian’s life than the Red Jade Seal.

The screaming from Bu Changtian continued, but Ye Zhen’s Floating Cloud Finger had already reached Bu Changtian’s forehead. The extremely intense Protective Spirit Force around Bu Changtian, in front of Ye Zhen’s Floating Cloud Finger, was like a layer of window paper, easily torn apart by Ye Zhen!

"Die!"

Ye Zhen’s body suddenly hovered in the air, a cold smirk emerging on his lips as he awaited Bu Changtian’s death by his finger.

Bu Changtian was far too dangerous. For the sake of revenge for Bu Changxuan, he had even once pursued to the extent of reaching the Qiyun Sect, and had long been on Ye Zhen’s kill list!

The sound of the Floating Cloud Finger piercing through Bu Changtian’s forehead, Ye Zhen did not hear, but he did hear the sound of a Palm Seal breaking through the air.

A True Void Palm, ten times more condensed than the ones Bu Changtian released, suddenly appeared above Bu Changtian’s forehead. Before Ye Zhen’s Floating Cloud Finger could penetrate through Bu Changtian’s forehead, it blocked the Floating Cloud Finger.

In an instant, the Floating Cloud Finger and the Palm Seal both shone brightly.

Puff!

A mild sound echoed as the light dispersed. The highly condensed True Void Palm was punctured with a large hole, and its light dramatically diminished while the still bright Floating Cloud Finger passed through the hole, grazing Bu Changtian’s scalp, and shot a thousand meters into the air before dissipating.

As for Bu Changtian, he thudded to the ground, still covering his head and lowly groaning in immense pain. Fortunately, the intervention from the True Void Palm had saved his life.

The True Void Palm had merely temporarily blocked Ye Zhen’s Floating Cloud Finger for less than a moment, but this brief moment had given Bu Changtian a chance to survive.

Bu Changtian’s body, already free-falling through the air due to the severe damage to his Divine Soul, fell the length of a head in this half-moment, narrowly escaping death.

Ye Zhen paused, his gaze sharply turned toward the person who had just released the True Void Palm— the Temporary Grand Deacon Qingyi of the Black Dragon Ancient Land presiding over Dragonhead Stage No.8.

Though he looked, Ye Zhen’s body moved instinctively or subconsciously, continuing the pursuit to kill Bu Changtian, but just as Ye Zhen moved, Qingyi’s figure blocked him.

Ye Zhen immediately became furious!

"Elder Qingyi, what is this about?"

"You, as a temporary Grand Deacon of the Black Dragon Ancient Land, how can you intervene in a martial artist’s fight before it’s concluded?"

"By intervening so arbitrarily, where do you put the rules of combat?"

"Just because Bu Changtian is a disciple of the Phantom Divine Sect, do you think you can bend the rules for him?"

"Fairness! How can there be any fairness in the Black Dragon Ranking competition if you act like this?"

....

It was not until this moment, that Ye Zhen’s angry roar and questioning finally awakened the martial artists, who had been dazedly watching the match.

It was too thrilling, too dramatic a turn of events.

Even the martial artists watching from the sides of other stages couldn’t help but fly into the air to see what was happening on Dragonhead Stage No.8. As for the temporary stewards of the other stages, all of them stared fixedly at this scene, leaving the other stages unattended.

No one had yet taken the stage at No.3, because the steward had not announced the results of the previous match.

"How did he win? How did Ye Zhen win, exactly how?"

"Wasn’t Bu Changtian about to win just now? How did Ye Zhen suddenly win?"

"Divine Soul Power, it must have been a Divine Soul Attack launched by Ye Zhen!"

"Bu Changtian was almost killed by Ye Zhen, but Elder Qingyi intervened and, despite the match not being decided yet, saved Bu Changtian."

"Why is that fair?"

"What about those five martial artists who died tragically yesterday? Why didn’t they receive any help? Just because Bu Changtian is a disciple of the Phantom Divine Sect, they can break the rules?"

The discussions among the audience grew louder.

But the expressions of the Soul Sea Realm martial artists present remained somewhat vacant, and the temporary stewards from the Black Dragon Ancient Land had particularly grim expressions.

With their sensory powers and vision, they clearly saw how Bu Changtian was defeated.

Divine Soul Attack!

Ye Zhen had launched a Divine Soul Attack against Bu Changtian!

Moreover, Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul Attack was extremely powerful; its strength was nearly equivalent to the Divine Soul Attacks of the Third Stage of the Soul Sea Realm.

In other words, to some extent, Bu Changtian had been fighting against a martial artist from the Third Stage of the Soul Sea Realm, and how could he not be defeated!

However, that wasn’t what shocked them the most.

Divine Soul Power, many martial artists from the Great Sects and major families at the Spirit Transformation Realm were cultivating Divine Soul Power, only not as abnormally as Ye Zhen.

Most people were only at the First Stage of Divine Soul and the Second Stage was very rare; Bu Changtian himself possessed a First Stage Divine Soul.

Otherwise, the Soul Thorn that Ye Zhen had used just now wouldn’t have just incapacitated him, but rather, it would have dispersed his Divine Soul and killed him instantly!

What shocked them the most was Ye Zhen’s Floating Cloud Finger.

Ye Zhen’s Floating Cloud Finger not only tore through a True Void Palm Seal cast by Elder Qingyi, but it even had power to spare.

Who is Elder Qingyi? A peak powerhouse of the Fifth Stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm, a highly respected elder throughout the Black Dragon Domain. Even if that True Void Palm wasn’t Elder Qingyi’s full-force strike, it was still formidable—enough that ordinary Soul Sea Realm Second or Third Stage martial artists couldn’t handle it.

Yet it was broken by a single finger from Ye Zhen.

That finger was terrifying!

Zhii Sheng, the Thousand Illusion Eagle King, Kong Shan, including Elder Xie Lvu from the Qingluo Sect, had veins throbbing on their foreheads, and their complexions were extremely ugly!

They could never have dreamed that Ye Zhen would be so freakish!

As unpleasant as their expressions were, the countenance of Elder Qingyi, who stood blocking Ye Zhen’s way, was even uglier.

If he hadn’t intervened just now, Bu Changtian would have undoubtedly died!

But now that he had intervened, it amounted to a blatant disruption of the Black Dragon Ranking competition’s order, and he needed to provide an explanation!

Otherwise, even if they didn’t care about the mutterings of those people, the Black Dragon Ancient Land would still impose a penalty on him, perhaps even affecting his luck.

Qingyi could even feel the Black Dragon Token within his body growing hot, emanating waves of energy that made his Divine Soul tremble.

This was the Black Dragon Ancient Land.

These temporary stewards were merely auxiliary tools; the ’Dragon Spirit’ of the Black Dragon Ancient Land was the true master here.

Otherwise, why would he be nervous?

With the Phantom Divine Sect’s overwhelming strength, why would they care about malicious gossip from other martial artists?

Words are the most useless thing!

His act of favoritism might even become a beautiful story a hundred years later.

"Fellows, it was not my intention to disrupt the order of the Black Dragon Ranking competition; rather, there was a reason!" Qingyi struggled to explain, feeling the increasing oppressive force from the Black Dragon Token within him, churning his Divine Soul restlessly.

"What reason could there be, other than that Bu Changtian is your Phantom Divine Sect’s disciple? Would you have intervened if it were anyone else?" Ye Zhen questioned.

"Ye Zhen, let me finish speaking!"

"My intervention in the match was primarily because the outcome... had already been decided!"

"The outcome had been decided? Elder Qingyi, are you saying we are blind? The fight was still going on, Bu Changtian hadn’t surrendered, how could you say the outcome had been decided?"

"Mostly because of your... Divine Soul Attack! Your Divine Soul Attack rendered Bu Changtian unable to speak, and in his critically injured state, he only had time to send a Divine Soul Telecommunication to me!

That Divine Soul Telecommunication was...." (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote and support it at qidian.com. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)