Chapter 286: Chapter 127: Dual Mastery of Saber and Palm, Vajra Indestructible, Feigning Weakness, Attacking the Unprepared, Die

"The eighth blade—Burial Blood!"

"Hmph!" The black-robed man snorted. The long sword in his hand was like a viper striking from its den. The tip trembled, producing several cold, spectral sword-flourishes to meet the Sword Gang.

Although his Swordsmanship was not as exquisite as Chu Fan’s Sword Technique, the abundant Primordial Qi of his Divine Power Realm was more than enough to compensate.

Black light surged along the blade of his sword, and he forcefully shredded and blocked Chu Fan’s Evil Qi Sword Gang—an attack that would have terrified any peak Spirit Awakening Realm Martial Artist.

CLANG!

Saber and sword clashed, letting out a piercing shriek!

An immense, overwhelming force traveled up the body of his saber. Chu Fan felt his blood churn as he was thrown back several yards, barely managing to disperse the force.

"So strong!"

Chu Fan’s heart went cold.

Just because he had killed one Divine Power Realm expert in black robes before didn’t mean he would underestimate the power of this realm.

But in a direct clash like this, the enormous gap in their Primordial Qi still made his heart pound with fear.

If not for his exquisite Sword Technique, powerful Traits, and the protection of his Vajra Undying Body, that last sword strike would have sent his saber flying from his grasp.

Chu Fan shot upward again, brandishing his Long Saber. He unleashed a continuous flurry of moves from the Nine Blood Soul Blades, creating a crimson storm as he fought on the retreat, leading the battle ever higher up the city wall.

The black-robed man’s killing intent burned fiercely. How could he let Chu Fan escape?

His Sword Momentum grew sharper, and streams of black Sword Qi tore through the air, pursuing relentlessly and carving deep gashes into the cold city wall.

One pursued while the other fled. Their toes found purchase on the wall’s bricks as they flew upward. Just as they were about to reach the top—

A cold glint flashed in Chu Fan’s eyes. Without any warning, his body came to an abrupt halt, and he twisted fiercely like a wildcat.

The Primordial Qi in his body surged wildly into his right arm, pouring entirely into his Long Saber.

In an instant, the Ninefold Blade Force condensed into one!

"’Sixth Fold of the Ninefold Thunder Shock Saber, Celestial Fury! Raging Thunder from the Heavens!’"

Chu Fan roared, his voice mingling with his Sword Momentum and exploding into the night sky!

BOOM!

It was as if this saber strike had truly summoned the thunder of the nine heavens. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Lightning flashed across the saber’s body, and violet-blue arcs of electricity coiled around the edge. The Ninefold Blade Force fused perfectly at this moment. Superimposed with the two Traits, Sword Heavy as a Mountain and Zhong Yue, this strike not only possessed a sharpness that tore the air but also carried a crushing, ferocious weight that could seemingly suppress mountains and rivers!

Wherever the blade’s edge pointed, the air was violently compressed until it detonated with a muffled sonic boom.

Even the surrounding night wind seemed to be forced back by this Sword Momentum!

What was even more astonishing was that this earth-shattering strike was unleashed from a precarious position on the steep city wall!

Chu Fan’s toes were perched on the narrow edge of a brick, with no solid ground to stand on and no leverage to borrow!

The black-robed man was right behind him. Just as he raised his sword to stab Chu Fan in the back, he suddenly sensed the terrifying power and biting Mental Realm emanating from the saber, and his expression changed slightly.

On flat ground, with his Divine Power Realm Cultivation, he naturally wouldn’t have given such a strike a second thought.

But here, if he tried to block it head-on, he would likely be smashed right off the city wall by its mountain-like force!

He didn’t dare to be the least bit careless. The Primordial Qi in his body circulated rapidly as he instantly executed the Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step. His figure flickered sideways like a phantom, his robes grazing past the saber’s wind as he narrowly dodged the strike that could have shattered gold and split stone.

However, in the exact instant he dodged, it was as if Chu Fan had already anticipated this reaction and had precisely calculated the movement trajectory of his Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step...

Chu Fan’s Long Saber was just a feint; his left hand shot out like a bolt of lightning!

Cold Qi frantically gathered and compressed in his palm. The hazy white Cold Qi condensed into a ball, as if he were holding a miniature Extreme Cold Ice Prison. Radiating a bone-chilling cold, it shot straight toward the opening in the black-robed man’s chest!

The palm strike was so fast and accurate that it seemed to have been waiting there all along. It was as if the black-robed man had delivered himself right into it!

"Hmph?!"

The black-robed man was both shocked and enraged, his eyes filled with disbelief. He never would have imagined that this Spirit Awakening Realm brat’s Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand was even more exquisite than his own, a Divine Power Realm Cultivator who had practiced it for years!

"You’re overestimating yourself!"

The black-robed man laughed in fury. Pushing his Palm Force to its absolute limit, he struck out to meet Chu Fan’s palm. Though he moved second, his attack would land first, carrying a crushing momentum!

He wanted to see just how this Spirit Awakening Realm’s meager Primordial Qi could possibly block his Divine Power Realm’s vast Palm Force!

They were both using the Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand, but the difference in their power was like that between heaven and earth!

’Today, I’ll blast you and your palm to icy smithereens!’

In the instant before their palms collided—

Chu Fan’s striking palm suddenly twisted at the wrist. His move changed, instantly shifting from the Cold Vein Palm of the Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand to the grappling-focused Meridian-Sealing and Qi-Cutting Hand!

His fingertips, carrying a faint trace of Cold Qi, quickly flicked and pressed against the pulse point on the black-robed man’s wrist...

The move was fast and precise, perfectly knocking aside the black-robed man’s attacking left hand before following the momentum to land a solid palm strike right on his chest!

There was no sound of cracking bones as expected. Instead, a dull thud echoed out, like the sound of striking tanned leather.

The black-robed man never could have predicted that his opponent’s Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand had reached such an unimaginable level of mastery, that even switching between moves was as fluid as flowing water.

A stifled grunt escaped his throat, and a look of utter shock and disbelief flashed across his face. As if struck by a heavy hammer, his entire body plunged uncontrollably toward the base of the city wall!

SCREEECH!

The black-robed man was a Divine Power Realm expert, after all. His reflexes were incredibly fast. In the instant he began to fall, he thrust his long sword forward, viciously plunging the tip into the bricks of the wall.

The sword scraped against the bricks, sending sparks flying with a piercing shriek. He barely managed to arrest his fall, leaving him dangling precariously in mid-air.

By now, the Cold Qi that had invaded his body from Chu Fan’s previous punches and that final palm strike was already spreading rapidly through his meridians.