The Sword God of the Universe
Chapter 186 - 186 186 Two Secret Techniques

Chapter 186: Chapter 186 Two Secret Techniques Chapter 186: Chapter 186 Two Secret Techniques Jing Yan, with his gaze fixed on the silver ravine sweeping towards him, felt the oppressive power contained within it, making him feel as if he were trapped in a quagmire.

This time, Zhao Zhenyan’s attack power was much more terrifying than the first.

The first time, the Sky Pool Sword Technique’s pressure on Jing Yan only required him to activate part of his Primordial Energy to dissolve it.

But this time, Jing Yan’s pressure suddenly increased.

Even though he activated his Primordial Energy to counteract some of the oppressive force, his movements were still severely affected.

“Open!”

Jing Yan shouted angrily.

Within the Fog Vortex, the Primordial Energy suddenly exploded, surging out.

In that instant, Jing Yan’s Primordial Energy violently pushed the oppressive forces around in the space several meters away.

In terms of the thickness of Primordial Energy, Jing Yan was not much inferior to Zhao Zhenyan.

Compared to when he fought with Wei Zhenzhi, Jing Yan’s Primordial Energy had improved significantly and could barely contend with Zhao Zhenyan, who had just advanced to the Late Innate Realm.

The gap was not too large.

“Sky Wings!”

Taking advantage of the gap created by his own Primordial Energy pushing away the binding power, Jing Yan promptly executed the Sky Wings Martial Art.

At the same moment, the silver ravine thunderously fell from the sky.

It could be said that had Jing Yan been even slightly slower, that strike could have torn his body apart.

After executing Sky Wings, Jing Yan’s figure left an afterimage in space.

Most of the attacks from the Sky Pool Sword Technique swept over this afterimage.

The actual force attacking Jing Yan’s body was only the residual part.

Jing Yan then unleashed a sweep of red Sword Light which almost completely neutralized the remaining force.

“Boom!”

The Sky Pool Sword Technique’s terrifying impact power fiercely struck the ground.

The plaza at the City Lord Mansion, built from undoubtedly high-quality ore, had unquestionable hardness, but even then, a startling crack was left on the ground after the impact, which showed just how horrifying Zhao Zhenyan’s attack power was.

Jing Yan was also somewhat shocked in his heart.

This Zhao Zhenyan’s combat power was indeed much more terrifying than that of the Wei Family Great Elder, Wei Zhenzhi.

If it had been Wei Zhenzhi fighting against Zhao Zhenyan, Wei Zhenzhi would surely have died.

“What?”

Zhao Zhenyan’s expression changed, and his eyes suddenly focused.

His certain kill, had actually been resolved by Jing Yan.

How could this be possible?

How did Jing Yan break free from the binding powers of the Sky Pool Sword Technique?

You should know, after using the Secret Technique ‘Golden Buddha Baptism,’ both the pure attack power and the binding power of the Sky Pool Sword Technique had greatly increased.

Yet Jing Yan could still break free at a critical moment.

Moreover, his speed during that dodge was astonishingly fast, not the speed a normal Innate Martial Artist should have.

His mind racing, Zhao Zhenyan vaguely guessed that Jing Yan might also have cultivated some kind of secret technique, likely something related to movement techniques, or else he couldn’t possibly have such incredible speed.

“Die!

Die!” Zhao Zhenyan roared hysterically.

He, a martial artist at the Late Innate Realm, could not kill even an Innate Realm martial artist, which was utterly humiliating.

Even if he managed to kill Jing Yan now, it wouldn’t be something worth boasting about.

“Shii!”

Silver Sword Light filled the air, and the entire space was permeated with terrifying silver Sword Light.

“New Moon Cutting Sword Technique!” Jing Yan’s figure moved swiftly.

The binding power of the Sky Pool Sword Technique was too strong, and although Jing Yan had Sky Wings, his speed was still significantly reduced.

Thus, the situation he faced was extremely perilous.

Faced with Zhao Zhenyan’s frenzied attack, Jing Yan had no choice but to use his strongest attack.

“Boom!

Boom!

Boom!”

“Puff!

Puff!

Puff!”

Silver and red intertwined and annihilated each other continuously.

The battle between Jing Yan and Zhao Zhenyan made the many Innate Strong People present change their expressions drastically.

Not to mention the Innate Realm strong ones, even the City Lord Huo Chunyang and the Zhao Family Head Zhao Guiyuan were holding their breaths.

Zhao Zhenyan was furious, his face ashen.

Huo Chunyang’s eyes, meanwhile, showed a sparkle.

He had not expected Jing Yan’s battle with Zhao Zhenyan to reach such an extent.

He felt that he had underestimated Jing Yan before, thinking him too rash, but perhaps he had misjudged him.

With such strength, Jing Yan could of course fight Zhao Zhenyan!

A martial artist should have a spirit of striving.

Before, he had advised Jing Yan only because he felt the gap between them was too great.

Striving was fine, but seeking death was not.

“Now is the time!” Jing Yan’s heart focused, his eyes flashing with a sharp light.

He had been sparring with Zhao Zhenyan for a while, constantly channeling the Sky Vaulting First Divine Skill, looking for hidden flaws in his opponent’s swordsmanship.

Now, Jing Yan finally found a flaw in the Sky Pool Sword Technique that could be easily exploited.

Red Sword Light suddenly blasted forth.

At a certain spot in the ditch formed by the silver sword light, there was a slight tremor, and it was actually penetrated.

After piercing through the silver sword light, the Red Sword Light swiftly struck towards Zhao Zhenyan.

Jing Yan, too, watched eagerly as his New Moon Cutting Sword Technique eradicated Zhao Zhenyan.

This strike should injure Zhao Zhenyan.

As long as he could wound his opponent, weakening his strength, finding another opportunity to strike him down would be much easier.

“What?”

Zhao Zhenyan was greatly shocked!

From the beginning of their engagement, he had been suppressing Jing Yan, who seemed too resilient.

Many times it appeared that Jing Yan could no longer hold on, yet he always managed to dodge with his incredibly fast movement technique.

Now, Jing Yan’s martial arts attack had actually pierced through his own Sky Pool Sword Technique.

Zhao Zhenyan, of course, felt horrified.

How could this brat’s sword light, clearly weaker in power than the Sky Pool Sword Technique, penetrate his own?

After this scene unfolded, everyone in attendance widened their eyes.

Clearly, they hadn’t anticipated such a turn of events.

“Die!” Jing Yan whispered fiercely.

“You little brat, do you think this can threaten me?

You’re too naive!

I told you, to me, you are nothing but trash!” Zhao Zhenyan, after recovering from the shock, waved the silver longsword in his hand repeatedly.

Faint black light surged around his body.

“What?”

Jing Yan was slightly stunned.

Zhao Zhenyan actually possessed a second secret technique.

The golden light from before was one secret technique.

Now, a second type of glow appeared, obviously another secret technique.

“Dong, dong, dong!”

The Red Sword Light attacked right in front of Zhao Zhenyan, but the silver magic artifact longsword in his hands bizarrely formed a sword screen with silver mingled with black light.

The Red Sword Light collided with this sword screen and couldn’t penetrate, being completely blocked.

“Another secret technique, Copper Wall Iron Curtain!”

“Zhao Zhenyan has cultivated two secret techniques.

The Copper Wall Iron Curtain Secret Technique, though it doesn’t augment his attack, greatly enhances his defense.”

“This battle is really full of twists and turns!”

“…”

The surrounding strong individuals all sighed in admiration.

Many believed that Zhao Zhenyan might be wounded after Jing Yan’s martial arts pierced through his.

However, they hadn’t anticipated Zhao Zhenyan having a defensive secret technique, rendering Jing Yan’s incredible attack unsuccessful.

“Hahaha…”

“You little brat, did you really think you could injure me?

Even if I stand here and let you attack, you can’t hurt me at all,” Zhao Zhenyan said, laughing loudly.

He spoke as if he didn’t care at all, but his thoughts had completely changed inside.

He knew well that if it weren’t for his Copper Wall Iron Curtain Secret Technique, he might indeed have been injured by Jing Yan’s sneak attack.

That meant Jing Yan, whom he hadn’t considered a threat, could actually pose one.

Fortunately, he had cultivated the Copper Wall Iron Curtain Secret Technique.

He was very confident in its defense.

“This is troublesome now, Zhao Zhenyan has also cultivated the Copper Wall Iron Curtain Secret Technique, making it very difficult for Jing Yan to injure him!” City Lord Huo Chunyang shook his head slightly.

In his view, Jing Yan’s ability to penetrate Zhao Zhenyan’s martial arts was probably luck.

Huo Chunyang naturally couldn’t expect Jing Yan to have discerned the weakness of the Sky Pool Sword Technique.

Even he couldn’t possibly find the weakness of the top-grade martial arts Sky Pool Sword Technique in such a short time.

However, every type of martial arts has its weaknesses, something every martial artist knows.

Jing Yan managed to penetrate the Sky Pool Sword Technique, likely because his own martial arts coincidentally hit its weak spot.

This was undoubtedly lucky.

But now, Zhao Zhenyan had cultivated the Copper Wall Iron Curtain, wiping out Jing Yan’s luck.

Even if Jing Yan could again get such a chance to penetrate the Sky Pool Sword Technique, it wouldn’t pose much of a threat to Zhao Zhenyan.

“Killing Jing Yan will also be difficult for Zhao Zhenyan,” Lv Yan said softly.

“Difficult in the short term, but in prolonged combat, Zhao Zhenyan is ultimately in the Late Innate Realm,” Huo Chunyang shook his head again.

Hearing Huo Chunyang’s words, Lv Yan understood.

Indeed, Jing Yan was only in the Early Innate stage, while Zhao Zhenyan was in the Late Innate.

In prolonged combat, Jing Yan would definitely be the first to not hold on.

Once Jing Yan’s primordial energy couldn’t keep up, would he still manage to dodge as quickly as now?

Lv Yan also couldn’t help feeling a bit anxious.

Zhao Zhenyan, fighting against Jing Yan, could of course think of this.

He had already changed his strategy, abandoning the idea of quickly killing Jing Yan, instead aiming to exhaust Jing Yan’s own primordial energy as much as possible.

As long as he could ultimately kill Jing Yan, that was an acceptable outcome.

“Bang, bang, bang!” The duel between the two continued.

However, Zhao Zhenyan’s Sky Pool Sword Technique was used less frequently, while Jing Yan maintained the attack strength of his New Moon Cutting Sword Technique.

“You little brat, let’s see how long you can last,” Zhao Zhenyan thought coldly.