622: Chapter 622 Unleashing All Killer Moves!

Poof!

Poof!

Poof!

Thirty-six figures flew backward like kites with severed strings, tumbling through the air.

Some crashed into the old locust trees on both sides, the bowl-thick branches snapping with a crack. Their entire bodies were embedded into the tree crowns, limbs dangling like tattered clothes hanging on a tree.

Some slammed into the perimeter wall, the blue bricks shattering with a boom. They smashed right through the wall and flew into the neighboring courtyard, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Some collided with the door pillars of the grand mansion, the wooden pillars snapping at the impact. Roof tiles clattered to the ground, burying the people beneath the debris.

Others flew straight out of the manor, clearing the three-meter-high wall and vanishing into the night, leaving only a shrill scream echoing in the night sky.

One strike.

Just one strike.

The Thirty-Six Heavenly Stems, the Bai family's most elite hidden guards and Heavenly First Realm Experts, hadn't even touched the corner of Ye Chen's clothes before being sent flying in total disarray.

They couldn't even crawl back up!

Bai Zhantang stood rooted to the spot, his entire body frozen.

His mind went blank, his eyes wide and round.

No...

Is that kid using cheats?

The Thirty-Six Heavenly Stems were actually... actually... actually... all heavily injured?

The Seventy-two Earthly Fiends stood in place. Although they weren't hit directly, the shockwave had sent their blood and qi churning, leaving their faces pale.

They looked at their wailing comrades scattered across the ground, their eyes filled with terror.

That was simply not a level of power a normal human should possess!

Nan Batian stood on the steps, his legs shaking like sieves, his crotch already wet.

The Nan Family disciples behind him were in even worse shape. Some sat paralyzed on the ground, some scrambled backward in terror, and some simply fainted away.

Shi Xiaonian stood behind Ye Chen, her legs also shaking, but she didn't run. Instead, her eyes lit up brilliantly.

Holy cow!

So the legendary Chief Instructor of the Dragon Group is actually this badass?

Could she join the Dragon Group too?

No!

She had to ask Instructor Ye in a bit if she could change 'adding money' into joining the Dragon Group.

That's right!

She was going to defect from the Stealing Sect!!!

Bai Zhantang finally snapped out of it, his face turning completely hideous.

“Seventy-two Earthly Fiends! Join forces with the Thirty-Six Heavenly Stems! Attack together!”

“Deploy the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Grand Array!”

“I don't believe that the combined strength of one hundred and eight hidden guards can't take down one man!”

One of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Stems coughed up blood and said with a bitter smile, “My Lord, our bodies can't really take it...”

“Take it even if you can't!”

“Pop some pills right now!”

Bai Zhantang roared, “The Bai family's face cannot be lost!”

As soon as he spoke,

The Seventy-two Earthly Fiends shuddered. They grit their teeth and began to close in on Ye Chen with eerie footwork.

At the same time,

They all pulled a medicinal pill from their robes and swallowed it directly.

In the next second,

The aura of each individual surged instantly, becoming more than a level stronger than before!

The Thirty-Six Heavenly Stems lying on the ground also swallowed pills and struggled to their feet.

Then,

Coordinating with the footwork of the Seventy-two Earthly Fiends, they began to erupt with power.

One hundred and eight auras subsequently intertwined together.

The Thirty-Six Heavenly Stems stepped into the positions of the Big Dipper. Everyone's steps, breathing, and true qi circulation were identical, like gears in a precision machine.

The Seventy-two Earthly Fiends followed the positions of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Stems, laying down layer after layer of a great net on the periphery.

The Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Grand Array.

The ultimate killing formation of the Bai family's hidden guards.

Rumor had it that once this formation was formed, the power of the one hundred and eight people would merge into a single whole, like one hundred and eight streams flowing into the sea, erupting with a terrifying power that far exceeded the Golden Core Stage.

Bai Zhantang had once used this formation to surround and kill two Late Golden Core Stage experts.

Those two hadn't even lasted a single move before being ground into pieces by the array.

Now,

It was being deployed once again, and the target was Ye Chen!

Bai Zhantang gripped his longsword, a sinister smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

“Ye Chen, you are indeed very strong.”

“But no matter how strong you are, can you be stronger than the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Grand Array?”

“Today, I'll show you what true despair looks like!”

As soon as he finished speaking,

The one hundred and eight hidden guards attacked simultaneously.

The Thirty-Six Heavenly Stems drew their short blades in unison. Thirty-six blade lights, like thirty-six bolts of lightning, slashed down toward Ye Chen from different angles.

The Seventy-two Earthly Fiends performed hand seals, and seventy-two streaks of black true qi drilled out from the ground like venomous snakes, coiling toward Ye Chen's feet to block his retreat.

Blade lights.

True qi.

Attacks from above and below, from all directions, sealed off all space for evasion.

That terrifying killing intent crushed down like something physical. Shi Xiaonian felt like her heart was about to burst, and she couldn't help but take two steps back.

Ye Chen stretched lazily.

Not only did he not resist the incoming power, but he also asked out of the blue,

“Do you know what it means for absolute strength to overcome all techniques?”

As he spoke,

Ye Chen clenched his fist and casually punched forward.

No gathering of power, no building of momentum; it didn't even look like he was using much strength. He just threw a punch like that.

Layered Wave Strength, First Layer...

Erupt!

The fist force boomed out, and a visible airwave crushed forward like a raging tide.

The blade lights of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Stems hit this fist force and shattered inch by inch like porcelain hitting steel, turning into fragments that filled the air.

The true qi chains of the Seventy-two Earthly Fiends coiled around this fist force and instantly evaporated like spider silk meeting a raging fire, leaving not even a trace behind.

“BOOM!!!”

The fist force collided head-on with the combined strike of the one hundred and eight hidden guards.

The airwave expanded in all directions, plowing deep furrows into the ground of the front yard as gravel flew and dust swirled.

When the dust cleared,

Ye Chen stood in place, motionless.

Opposite him, the Thirty-Six Heavenly Stems and Seventy-two Earthly Fiends had only retreated a single step.

Both sides were at a draw.

At least on the surface, it was a draw.

Bai Zhantang stood on the steps, watching this scene and letting out a cold laugh.

“And here I thought you were something special.”

“The Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Grand Array only used its first strike, and you couldn't take it down?”

“With just this little bit of skill, you dare to be arrogant before me?”

The Bai family disciples behind him also breathed a sigh of relief, contemptuous smiles appearing on their faces.

“Exactly! I thought he was amazing, but it turns out he's just so-so!”

“The Lord is right. This was only ten percent of the power and he's already struggling. When the full power is unleashed, won't he be kneeling and begging for mercy?”

“What 'Chief Instructor of the Dragon Group'? I think 'Chief Instructor of Bragging' is more like it!”

...

Mockery rose from all sides.

Ye Chen withdrew his fist and glanced at Bai Zhantang.

“Don't be in such a hurry.”

“In a moment, it'll be your turn to cry.”

The cold smile on Bai Zhantang's face stiffened slightly.

For some reason, Ye Chen's casual words caused an inexplicable surge of unease in his heart.

But he quickly suppressed that unease.

Who was he, Bai Zhantang?

The commander of the Bai family's hidden guards, a peak Late Golden Core Stage expert!

Even he wouldn't be able to withstand the combined force of the one hundred and eight hidden guards in the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Grand Array.

Ye Chen was just a young man in his early twenties. Even if he had started cultivating in his mother's womb, how deep could his foundation be?

That punch just now must have been his full strength, right?

A draw meant that this was his limit.

And the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Grand Array had only just begun!

Bai Zhantang took a deep breath, a flash of ruthlessness in his eyes.

“You won't shed a tear until you see the coffin.”

“Then I'll let you know what true terror is.”

He waved his hand abruptly and shouted,

“Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends, exert your full power!”

“All killing moves unleashed!”

“Let this ignorant brat witness the true strength of my Bai family's hidden guards!”

As his voice fell,

The one hundred and eight hidden guards shouted in response, their footwork changing accordingly.

With every step they took, the ground vibrated, as if something heavy was crushing the earth.

Their auras also changed.

The Thirty-Six Heavenly Stems held their short blades across their chests, and a blood-red light glowed on the blades, looking like streaks of bloody lightning in the night.

The Seventy-two Earthly Fiends quickly performed hand seals in front of them. Black true qi swirled around them, transforming into hideous, malevolent dragons.

Then,

The Thirty-Six Heavenly Stems struck with their blades simultaneously.

They didn't slash at Ye Chen, but at the void.

Thirty-six blood-red blade lights intertwined, merged, and reorganized in the air, transforming into a massive blood-red longsword suspended in mid-air.

The blade was ten meters long and three meters wide. Its surface was covered in eerie patterns, like twisted blood vessels slowly writhing.

The blade's edge pointed at Ye Chen, radiating a suffocating killing intent.

The Seventy-two Earthly Fiends struck at the same time.

The black true qi in their hands turned into malevolent dragons that roared and charged toward the blood-red longsword, coiling around the blade.

With every dragon that coiled around it, the aura of the blood-red longsword grew stronger.

When all seventy-two dragons had merged into the blade, the blood-red longsword had turned into a black demonic blade.

The patterns on the blade had turned completely black, radiating a decaying, violent, and frenzied aura!

Bai Zhantang looked at the demonic blade and began to grin sinisterly.

“Ye Chen, this is the ultimate killing move of my Bai family's hidden guards...”

“The World-Extinguishing Blade!”

“Even an early-stage Nascent Soul expert wouldn't dare to take this strike head-on.”

“Now, prepare to die!”

He waved his hand violently.

“Slash!”

The one hundred and eight hidden guards pointed forward in unison.

The black demonic blade slashed down toward Ye Chen.