NABC Chapter 2136 Treating You as Nothing
Chapter 2136 Treating You as Nothing
Chapter 2136 Treating You as Nothing
Chang Guwu's pupils suddenly contracted to the size of pinpoints. He had just suppressed the slight backlash caused by the broken spell in his body and was shocked by the fact that Shi Pojun had been forced back by Chen Fei's halberd. Just as the alarm bells in his mind were ringing, he was horrified to find that Chen Fei's figure had appeared out of thin air less than a foot in front of him.
At such close range, he could clearly see Chen Fei's calm, almost indifferent eyes, and his own face reflected deep within them.
Cold, merciless, like the gaze of death.
Immediately afterwards, a dark golden light swept upwards diagonally, filling Chang Guwu's entire field of vision.
That was the blade of the Qian Yuan Halberd, carrying a terrifying killing intent that locked onto his soul, leaving him with no way to dodge or escape, and silently slashed down toward his neck.
"not good!"
Chang Guwu was filled with dread, all traces of his previous ruthlessness and composure vanished.
His own Wind, Thunder, Earth, Fire Tornado had just been easily shattered by a single halberd strike, making him realize that Chen Fei's power was ridiculously strong. And Shi Pojun, a half-step late-stage expert, had actually been forced back by a single halberd strike in a head-on clash.
Judging from what Shi Pojun said earlier, wasn't this kid just recently broke through to the early stage of the Tai Cang Realm? How could someone who "just broke through" have such strength?
Chang Guwu's reaction was incredibly fast. Almost without thinking, he used the fastest speed he had ever used to make the most instinctive response at that moment.
Wind and Thunder Barrier!
Chang Guwu let out a short, sharp shout, and his powerful true energy surged wildly into the black jade folding fan in his hand.
The surface of the folding fan suddenly glowed with a spiritual light, and the wind, thunder, and cloud patterns painted on the fan seemed to come alive, emitting crackling sounds. He flicked his wrist rapidly, instantly unleashing forty-nine swipes.
"Hoohoo!"
One after another, solid barriers, interwoven with cyan wind blades and silver lightning, appeared densely between him and Chen Fei, like layers of crystal walls that seemed to grow out of thin air.
These wind and thunder barriers were not static, but were rapidly rotating and vibrating, emitting a piercing shriek. Each barrier contained considerable cutting and annihilation power, and they were also interconnected, faintly forming a temporary small trapping and killing array.
The aim is not to injure the enemy, but to hinder and delay Chen Fei's advance to the greatest extent possible.
Chang Guwu was well-versed in the arts of wind and thunder, and knew that Chen Fei was incredibly powerful. He had no chance of survival in a direct confrontation. The only way was to rely on the entanglement of the wind and thunder barrier and his own speed to seize that fleeting opportunity to catch his breath.
At the same time, Chang Guwu's feet stomped repeatedly, his figure like a willow catkin blown by a gale, retreating wildly backward in an extremely strange and elusive manner.
He retreated without reservation, even at the cost of sacrificing his own life force, forcibly activating a life-saving secret technique of short-distance teleportation. His figure left several blurry afterimages in the space, all to create that fatal distance between him and Chen Fei.
If they could block that halberd strike for even a fraction of a second, even just slowing Chen Fei's movements down, Shi Pojun and Liu Yanqing would arrive in time to encircle him, reversing the tide of attack and defense and resolving the crisis.
Just as Chang Guwu was desperately setting up layers of wind and thunder barriers and retreating rapidly, a terrifying aura, like a star erupting or a ferocious beast bursting forth from behind Chen Fei, suddenly exploded.
Shi Pojun, a powerful expert at the late stage of the half-step Tai Cang Realm, completely erupted in anger and shock after being knocked back by Chen Fei's halberd and experiencing a surge of qi and blood.
He absolutely refused to allow his meticulously planned ambush to be so easily broken by Chen Fei in the very first encounter, and even to have his companions killed right in front of him.
This is not only a failure, but also a great disgrace.
The Myriad Realms of Truth, Burn the Heavens!
Shi Pojun let out a low growl like a wounded beast, his burly body suddenly trembled, as if some kind of shackles within him had been violently broken.
A blazing, violent, and terrifying blood energy, seemingly capable of burning away the eight wastelands, mixed with incomparably pure Yuan power, erupted from his pores like volcanic lava, instantly condensing into a layer of burning, leaping crimson flames on his body surface.
This raging flame was no ordinary fire; within it, faint phantom images of mountains and rivers flowed, radiating a terrifyingly high temperature that could burn everything and melt the void, scorching the space around him until it was slightly distorted.
This was a sign of Shi Pojun's top-tier cultivation technique, the Myriad Manifestations True World Dao Body, being pushed to its limit. At this moment, his aura suddenly surged, already infinitely close to the true late stage of the Tai Cang Realm.
With one step, Shi Pojun appeared directly behind Chen Fei, right in front of Chang Guwu, leaving Chen Fei with an open space behind him.
Without any frills, Shi Pojun gripped the dark longsword with dark red blood flowing through it tightly with both hands. He poured all the boiling crimson flames around him, the surging terrifying power, and the overwhelming killing intent and rage in his chest into this one strike, and slashed it down fiercely towards Chen Fei's nape.
Where the blade passed, crimson flames blazed fiercely, transforming into a crimson blade aura condensed to its extreme. Within the blade aura, countless savage beast phantoms seemed to roar and charge, radiating a terrifying will that could tear apart the heavens and annihilate the soul.
This strike, in terms of power, speed, and the murderous intent it contained, far surpassed the previous ones. Shi Pojun was now truly enraged, willing to deplete his own life force to kill Chen Fei on the spot.
"He has no intention of letting you go, yet you're still thinking of fighting us alongside him. Fool! Kill him, and you can leave immediately."
Just as Shi Pojun erupted and his blade was about to strike Chen Fei's nape, Liu Yanqing's angry yet seductive shout rang in the ears of the vengeful demon Huang Jiugao.
She saw through Huang Jiugao's little scheme; this vengeful demon clearly wanted to sit back and watch the tigers fight, and might even be trying to take advantage of the situation.
However, Chen Fei's combat power has far exceeded expectations, and Shi Pojun has already unleashed his power. It is the best time to join forces to kill him. We must not let this troublesome demon cause any more trouble.
She used the promise of "letting you go" as bait, trying to pull Huang Jiugao, this unstable element, back to her side, or at least to make him stop obstructing her.
As she shouted, Liu Yanqing's figure had already floated out. Instead of rushing straight towards Chen Fei, she used a strange and unpredictable arc trajectory. From a distance of dozens of feet, she thrust her slender purple rapier at Chen Fei's back.
Dividing Thrust, Piercing Through the Void!
The sword tip trembled, and a point of condensed purple light shone brightly before disappearing into the void.
The next moment, the space three feet behind Chen Fei rippled silently, like a stone thrown into a calm lake.
At the center of the ripples, the purple light reappeared, transforming into a thin, hair-like purple sword beam that exuded a terrifying Daoist aura that could divide Yin and Yang and shatter the void, pointing directly at Chen Fei's vital point in the back.
This sword strike was even more insidious than the previous sneak attack on the back of the head, and contained a much stronger dividing force, determined to pierce Chen Fei's heart in one blow.
Faced with Shi Pojun's ferocious frontal slash, Liu Yanqing's insidious and cunning backstab, and Chang Guwu's desperately constructed wind and thunder barrier, Chen Fei seemed to be trapped in a truly deadly situation.
With obstacles in front and two attacks from behind, there was no way to avoid it, and no way to stop it.
The vengeful demon Huang Jiugao, who had been waiting for an opportunity to strike, flickered his scarlet soul fire violently after hearing Liu Yanqing's rebuke and promise, but did not attack Chen Fei as Liu Yanqing had wished.
He recalled the cold, indifferent glance Chen Fei had given him earlier, devoid of any emotion.
Then, recalling Liu Yanqing's seemingly seductive but actually calculated words.
Huang Jiugao sneered inwardly. He'd be a fool to believe even a fraction of what that woman said. It was clear that Shi Pojun and his two companions intended to silence Chen Fei and him to prevent future trouble.
Even if they were lucky enough to join forces and kill Chen Fei, Huang Jiugao would most likely be the next to die. These three men are all ruthless and cunning, each more so than the last.
In a flash, a resolute glint appeared in Huang Jiugao's scarlet soul flame.
To hell with this alliance! I'm leaving first. Your life-or-death struggle is none of my business. I'll come back and reap the benefits when you're both badly injured.
Thinking of this, Huang Jiugao roared and no longer hesitated. His body, which was formed from the death energy of the vengeful demon, twisted violently and turned into a dark gust of wind. He no longer cared about the battle situation or tried to attack anyone. Instead, he rushed towards the extremely unstable purple-gold "boundary barrier" at the fastest speed.
Huang Jiugao spotted a slightly weakened spot in the barrier due to the conflict of forces, gathered all his demonic energy, swung his ferocious bronze hammer, and smashed it down hard.
He wanted to break through the barrier and escape this dangerous place. He didn't care whether Chen Fei lived or died, or whether Shi Pojun and the other two succeeded.
At this moment, Chen Fei, who was at the very center of the storm, did not turn around, dodge, or even look at the two potentially fatal attacks behind him.
His gaze remained calmly fixed on Chang Guwu, who was frantically retreating in front of him, as if the deadly attack behind him was nothing more than a gentle breeze.
Just as the crimson blade energy was about to slash Chen Fei's nape and the purple sword light was about to pierce his vital heart, at the critical moment...
"Buzz!"
Chen Fei's hands, gripping the Qian Yuan Halberd, trembled slightly. The flowing dark golden light on the halberd shaft suddenly receded, as if all the power had been compressed to its limit, ready to be unleashed.
The next moment, Chen Fei turned around and flirted back.
Chen Fei's movements didn't seem fast; in fact, they had a unique rhythm. Yet, he managed to turn around just before Shi Pojun's lightning-fast crimson blade aura and Liu Yanqing's space-ignoring purple sword light reached him.
As he twisted his waist and turned around, the incredibly heavy Qian Yuan Halberd drew a perfectly formed dark golden arc. The halberd blade rose diagonally from bottom to top, like a crescent moon rising into the sky, precisely meeting the two attacks coming from behind.
"clang!!!"
The first thing to collide with the halberd was Shi Pojun's ferocious slash, burning with blood-red flames and carrying the momentum of all things.
The halberd blade and the sword clashed violently for the second time, and this time the explosion was even more terrifying than the first. It was like two divine mountains colliding, or like a thunderstorm exploding in the heavens right next to your ears.
The blinding dark gold and blood-red light, as if a plane had shattered, instantly engulfed the center of the collision. The shockwave, so violent it was unimaginable, spread wildly in a spherical shape, carving deep trenches into the ground and crashing into the barrier, causing the entire barrier to groan under its own weight.
On the crimson blade aura, the surging phantoms of myriad beasts let out mournful howls and shattered one after another. The burning crimson flames were forcibly suppressed and torn apart by the dark golden halberd light.
The ferocious and violent look on Shi Pojun's face was instantly replaced by horror.
He clearly felt that when his ultimate strike, which unleashed the full power of his Myriad Manifestations True World Dao Body, struck Chen Fei's halberd blade, the force of the recoil from that blade was even more violent and savage than before.
"puff!"
Shi Pojun spat out a mouthful of blood mist, and his burly body was once again uncontrollably forced backward.
Even though he had pushed his Myriad Manifestations True World Dao Body to its limit, raising his power to the peak of the half-step late stage, he was still suppressed and forced back. Just how inconceivable was Chen Fei's power?
At the very moment Shi Pojun was knocked back, that purple sword light, which ignored space and was insidious and cunning, also pierced the side of the halberd shaft.
"laugh!"
A sound like a red-hot iron piercing ice and snow rang out. Liu Yanqing's invincible Dividing Thrust, which contained the Dao of Dividing Boundaries, struck the shaft of the Qian Yuan Halberd, which was covered with dark gold patterns, but failed to penetrate even an inch.
The intricate array patterns on the halberd shaft suddenly lit up, and a powerful, suppressive force, impervious to all laws, was spontaneously activated, violently clashing with and annihilating the Daoist rhythm of the boundary.
The purple sword light lasted only a moment before letting out a mournful cry. Its brilliance dimmed, and the Daoist essence of the boundary it contained shattered like waves crashing against rocks.
The sword's edge itself was shattered into countless purple specks by the immense force rebounding from the halberd shaft.
Liu Yanqing let out a muffled groan, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth. Her wrist, gripping the rapier, trembled slightly, her eyes filled with horror. Her dividing dagger had actually been shattered by the weapon's self-defense mechanism?
With the immense force transmitted from the Stone-Breaking Army's sword energy, and the recoil from shattering Liu Yanqing's sword light, Chen Fei's waist snapped back like a bowstring stretched to its limit.
At this moment, his entire being, along with the Qian Yuan Halberd in his hand, transformed into an indestructible and peerless divine weapon.
Chen Fei slammed his feet into the ground, transforming into a dark golden lightning bolt that tore through the sky, crashing headlong into the layers of wind and thunder barriers that Chang Guwu had painstakingly set up.
"Boom boom boom boom boom!"
A series of thunderous explosions suddenly rang out.
Those thick wind and thunder barriers, which were enough to stop a mid-stage Tai Cang Realm cultivator for a moment, were as fragile as glass struck by a heavy hammer in the face of Chen Fei's terrifying impact.
The first barrier was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks upon contact, and then shattered with a deafening roar.
The second, the third... were like a devastating blow.
Chen Fei's figure did not hesitate at all. Wherever the tip of the Qian Yuan Halberd passed, the wind blades collapsed and the lightning was annihilated. The rotating and vibrating barrier structure was forcibly torn apart and shattered by the incomparably tyrannical force.
Debris flew everywhere, and energy turbulence splashed in all directions.
Chen Fei's figure passed through the last collapsing barrier and reappeared in front of Chang Guwu, whose face was filled with horror.
The distance was less than five feet. Chang Guwu could even smell the cold aura emanating from the halberd blade, a mixture of metal and blood.
Chang Guwu's mind went almost blank at that moment.
He never expected that after dealing with Shi Pojun's violent slash and Liu Yanqing's insidious and strange backstab in the void, Chen Fei would still be able to break through all the wind and thunder barriers he had carefully set up in such a tyrannical and unreasonable way.
Moreover, the entire process was smooth and seamless, without the slightest pause, as if his barriers were made of paper and could not hinder him in the slightest.
At this moment, Chen Fei's figure was close at hand, his eyes, as calm as an ancient, cold pool, were staring at him indifferently.
The dark gold halberd, carrying a terrifying force that distorted space itself, continued its relentless slash towards his head. Even before the blade arrived, the overwhelming, violent aura, as if the entire sky were pressing down, had already locked onto and suppressed him.
You can't dodge it, you can't stop it!
I'm going to die! I'm really going to die!
Chang Guwu's face changed from shock to boundless fear. He had no doubt that if he held back, or if he made the slightest mistake in his defense, he would surely die and his soul would be scattered under this halberd.
"Ignite my origin! Burn my Dao domain! Wind and thunder, true fire, protect my true spirit!"
Chang Guwu's eyes were bloodshot, and the corners of his eyes even cracked. He dared not take any chances anymore and directly used a forbidden technique to fight to the death. This was his true trump card, a desperate measure that might even sever his path to enlightenment.
"boom!"
An aura far more powerful, intense, and violent than before suddenly erupted from Chang Guwu's body.
From every pore of his body, scorching hot life essence and vital energy imbued with the power of wind and thunder surged forth, instantly mixing and burning with the already turbulent wind and thunder power outside his body.
Azure wind, silver lightning, and crimson earth fire—the three forces intertwined and surged wildly across his body, transforming into a raging tricolor flame that enveloped his entire being, causing his aura to rise steadily.
At the same time, the phantom of the Xunlei Dao Domain behind Chang Guwu, formed by the laws of wind and thunder, also began to burn fiercely, emitting a dazzling light. The power of the Dao Domain frantically fed back to him, causing his aura to surge once again.
The price was that the illusory image of the Dao Domain became dim and illusory at a visible speed, which was a sign of damage to the Dao Foundation.
He burned his very essence, burned his Dao domain, all to gain a fleeting moment of ultimate power to withstand this fatal blow.
Three mid-stage Tai Cang Realm cultivators ganged up on one of their own level, but instead of achieving a quick victory, they were forced to have one of them burn his Origin Dao Domain to fight for his life. This was something that Chang Guwu, Shi Pojun, and Liu Yanqing could never have imagined before.
Yet, this absurd and cruel scene actually unfolded. Moreover, Chang Guwu dared not fail to ignite it; he feared that if he hesitated even slightly, there would be no chance for it to ignite at all.
As the origin and Dao domain burned, Chang Guwu's aura became violent and chaotic, but his power reached an unprecedented peak.
He stared intently at Chen Fei, who was so close yet remained calm and expressionless, his eyes filled with resentment, madness, and a resolute determination to perish together with him.
"Die! Thunder, lightning, and fire hell, scorching the heavens and boiling the seas!"
Chang Guwu roared angrily, clasped his hands together, and the black jade Xunlei fan floating in front of him let out a mournful cry and exploded.
The fan ribs turned to dust, and the fan surface burst into flames of three colors.
At the cost of the complete destruction of his natal magic weapon, he poured all the power he gained from burning his original Dao Domain, along with the terrifying energy released by the shattered magic weapon, into this strike.