I Have a Compass for Opportunity
Chapter 235 - 151: Broken Rain Traceless
Zhan Huaping had a top-grade defensive magical artifact for protection, so using the Celestial Calculation Skill for Taming Objects for a sneak attack had no different effect than a frontal assault.
However, the speed triggered by the Artifact Manipulation Spell was unavoidable for Zhan Huaping. His top-grade artifacts didn’t enhance his speed, so he could only rely on his artifacts to withstand the attack.
Clang! A loud bang.
Zhan Huaping’s defense remained unbroken, yet his body was pushed back several steps by the Canglan Sword’s impact.
Taking this opportunity, Liou Yuan, using Treading Flowing Waves, shot forward once again, closing the distance to Zhan Huaping.
This time, he didn’t reach for the Canglan Sword; his entire body was boiling with blood energy, which finally condensed into blood energy gloves on his fists.
"Die!" Liou Yuan’s eyes flashed with fierceness, his blood energy surging on his fists, fiercely pouring towards Zhan Huaping.
Zhan Huaping was unafraid of direct confrontation, simultaneously activating both attack and defense capabilities of the Cold Star and Moonlight Bracelet.
With a defensive barrier blocking Liou Yuan’s fists, the Moonlight Halberd slashed downwards.
Top-grade magical artifacts are particularly troublesome, even those at Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer find them troublesome, especially when they form a set, making them even more powerful.
Zhan Huaping relied on his artifact refining skills to maintain an absolute dominance among the disciples training in the Outer Sect.
Bang! Liou Yuan’s fist, condensed with blood energy, pounded on the armor on Zhan Huaping’s body.
Although the armor’s defense was not breached, the fierce force still transmitted through the armor to Zhan Huaping’s body.
His body was struck so that it curled into a bow shape.
On the other side, the silvery light arc from the Moonlight Halberd’s eruption also landed on Liou Yuan’s body, which he firmly blocked with his blood energy glove-covered hands.
Raging energy crashed onto his arm; it felt like being hit by a hill.
His body was forcibly driven underground, the blood energy glove on his hand shattered considerably, and his entire arm’s skin burst open, exposing the bones beneath, leaving Liou Yuan’s face pale with pain.
Fortunately, he blocked this Halberd attack.
He and Zhan Huaping suffered mutual injuries.
Zhan Huaping, having taken a full strike from Liou Yuan, found the force transmitted through the armor by the blood energy could shatter his bones.
Without the armor, Zhan Huaping felt that Liou Yuan’s punch could have cost him his life.
"Isn’t Liou Yuan renowned for his swordsmanship? How is he also such a formidable Body Cultivator?" Zhan Huaping grumbled bitterly; this was the first loss he suffered after crafting the Cold Star and Moonlight Bracelet.
He regretted agreeing to Liou Tao’s request to make a move.
By now, he had exhausted all his techniques, feeling he no longer had any assurance of defeating Liou Yuan and feared getting trapped.
In contrast to Zhan Huaping’s regret, Liou Yuan’s fighting spirit soared.
Since he began cultivating, he had never encountered a rival as evenly matched as Zhan Huaping.
Both cultivation and techniques equaled his own.
All his lifelong learnings were validated in this battle.
He felt both his swordsmanship and the Blood Imperial Spell achieved new insights during this battle.
"Again!" Liou Yuan shook his arm, using blood energy to deflect the Moonlight Halberd to one side.
With his other hand, he formed a spell, controlling the Canglan Sword to slash towards Zhan Huaping once more.
Zhan Huaping, enduring his injuries, fought Liou Yuan bravely, already contemplating retreat in his heart.
At this moment, the situation on the battlefield suddenly changed.
As they fought, Liou Yuan suddenly recalled the Canglan Sword, holding the sword in one hand and blood energy in the other, attacking with both hands.
The Green Tide Pure Water Sword and Blood Absorption Skill alternated in attacking Zhan Huaping.
The Shock Tide Nine Swords, Silent Rain Cutter, and Blood Absorption Skill repeatedly bombarded Zhan Huaping’s armor, causing the armor formed by his top-grade artifacts to begin deforming.
The golden-clad youth and Liou Tao outside the battlefield looked astonished.
For it was clear to anyone that under Liou Yuan’s relentless assault, the armor condensed by Zhan Huaping was on the verge of breaking.
Seeing the armor about to shatter, Zhan Huaping became anxious and shouted, "Stop!"
"Stop your nonsense!" Liou Yuan cursed, knowing full well the Moonlight Halberd’s strike had cracked his arm’s bone and required an unknown period for recovery.
At this point, how could he just stop?
Suddenly, with blood energy surging, Liou Yuan punched Zhan Huaping’s Moonlight Halberd aside, swinging the Canglan Sword towards Zhan Huaping’s body.
The cyan sword glow blossomed on the Canglan Sword like a lotus, and in the center of each blooming petal, a streak of cyan sword glow silently shot towards Zhan Huaping’s armor.
This sword glow was silent, releasing no spiritual power or light upon swinging out, like a fish swimming beneath a lake’s surface.
The third Rain Curtain Stealth strike, Broken Rain Traceless.
In Zhan Huaping’s eyes, that stroke of cyan sword light looked like a poisonous snake’s flickering tongue.
His body hairs stood on end, sensing the scent of death.
Since activating the top-grade artifacts, it was the first time he attempted to dodge, trying to avoid this sword.
Yet at such close range, how could he possibly dodge the most powerful strike of the Silent Rain-Slaying Sword Skill?
In an instant, the sword glow slashed onto him.
The armor, already on the verge of collapsing, was effortlessly sliced through by the Broken Rain Traceless sword glow, piercing through Zhan Huaping’s chest and out his back.
After penetrating Zhan Huaping’s body, the sword glow’s power showed no sign of diminishing, entering the hill where he previously sat, silently piercing through it, creating a transparent hole from front to back.
Zhan Huaping’s body was frozen in place.
The Cold Star and Moonlight Bracelet on his wrist dimmed at this moment.
The armor on his body and the Moonlight Halberd in his hand vanished like a bubble.
Clang! The Cold Star and Moonlight Bracelet finally fell from his arms, dropping to the ground.
His face rigid, his body collapsed like a clay sculpture onto the earth.
"Amazing!" The golden-clad youth on the battle’s edge exclaimed in admiration, clapping his hands, a smile on his face.
Having witnessed the whole battle of Liou Yuan defeating Zhan Huaping, the youth looked as though he had watched a grand opera, still savoring the scene.
The other Outer Sect disciples lurking around were all stunned, watching Zhan Huaping fallen before the sword-wielding youth, each holding their breath, eyes bulging wide.
"He defeated Zhan Huaping, breached the top-grade artifact’s defense."
That was Zhan Huaping, the Artifact Refining Pavilion’s prodigy, equipped with a set of top-grade artifacts.
Top-grade artifacts, those at Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer would furrow their brows at them, and yet now they’ve been breached.
"Who is this guy?!"
However, Liou Yuan’s appearance was relatively unfamiliar; although his talent had spread his name widely in the Outer Sect, only a few truly knew him.
Only the disciples from the Fifth Peak of the Outer Sect were most familiar with him.
Just then, there happened to be a cultivator from the Fifth Peak present, answering others’ questions: "Liou Yuan, the younger brother of Mr. Liou, the famous Snow Shattering Sword."
"Gasp!"
"The younger brother of the Snow Shattering Sword, no wonder his swordsmanship is so remarkable."
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