Chapter 1020: Chapter 582: Uninvited Guest, Seeking Guidance from the Expert!

Several long swords finally couldn’t withstand the clash of Sword Qi, and with a loud bang, they broke and flew away. The Hidden Crown Prince stared at the Sword Qi sweeping in, his robes fluttering as he formed his fingers into a sword. His Sword Intent spread out, intercepting the Sword Qi that Chen Yi had unleashed in mid-air!

He spun like a Tai Chi, turning Chen Yi’s Sword Qi into his own use, and then slashed back towards Chen Yi.

Chen Yi’s figure flickered. At the moment when the Hidden Crown Prince’s Sword Qi had not fully transformed, only able to maintain parity with the Sword Intent World, Chen Yi directly broke towards the Hidden Crown Prince. The latter’s pupils narrowed slightly as a dazzling blade light slashed toward his head!

The Hidden Crown Prince pressed forward with both hands, and when Chen Yi’s blade was three inches from his throat, it suddenly halted. He pinched the blade with his fingers, and the Sword Qi erupting from his fingertips clashed with the blade, making a pinging sound.

The Hidden Crown Prince’s entire body was exuding Sword Gang!

At the critical juncture, he formed a Sword Array with Sword Qi, integrating it into his fingers, forcibly holding this strike.

The blue bricks beneath their feet almost simultaneously shattered.

After a moment of stalemate, the Hidden Crown Prince’s figure was violently shaken backward!

Chen Yi pursued relentlessly, breaking through the crowd and about to throw his Hou Kang Sword, when he suddenly sensed a hidden presence and swiftly twisted his body to throw the sword to the left!

The magnificent Sword Intent followed the sword, creating a whirlwind in its path.

A figure collided with the sword, and a near-earth-shattering explosion erupted in the town!

The surging airwaves spread as Gu Jue, the Fengzhu of Lifeng Pavilion, appeared from the crowd, his clothes shredded into rags by the invisible Sword Qi.

He was puzzled as to how Chen Yi had discovered his whereabouts.

A glimmer of golden light flashed in Chen Yi’s eyes. From the moment he engaged with the Hidden Crown Prince, he had been keeping his Heavenly Eye open.

The Shangqing Heart Method slowed time, the Heavenly Eye pierced through everything, and with the Sword Intent World, not discovering Gu Jue would indeed be peculiar.

Chen Yi spun, turning his sword.

The Hidden Crown Prince had already distanced himself, so he decided to kill Gu Jue first!

At this moment, even the most oblivious people realized the situation was extraordinary, and a tide of screams erupted like a landslide, spreading out with Chen Yi’s sword edge as the center.

Almost everyone was horrified in their hearts.

But this did not interfere with Chen Yi’s battle. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

At the moment when weapons clashed, dust rose like a whirlwind.

Gu Jue, a renowned assassin from the Jinyu Border and originally a bandit, wielded curved blades in both hands. His blades moved with the momentum, tracing a balance of yin and yang. He excelled at capturing his opponent’s flaws and seizing opportunities. However, Chen Yi’s sword enveloped the entirety of his surroundings like a complete world.

Gu Jue’s hands spun rapidly, his body retreating swiftly. Only when they truly engaged did he realize how formidable this opponent was.

Sword Qi crisscrossed, concentric circles of fierce energy rolled between the two.

The two engaged in close combat on the increasingly fragmented road. Gu Jue’s hidden blade aiming for the vital Dan Zhong acupoint was intercepted by Chen Yi’s raised elbow, and with the sound of torn fabric, thirty-two strands of Sword Qi erupted, Gu Jue maneuvering and dodging, blood splattering, but he firmly protected his Life Gate. When Chen Yi executed the Wind-breaking and Rain-cutting, Gu Jue suddenly flicked his wrist, releasing flying needles from his sleeve. A storm of Hidden Weapons exploded forward like pear blossoms in a torrential rain.

While Chen Yi was delayed by the flying needles, Gu Jue bounced up, speeding away.

The previous encounter was extremely perilous, life hanging by a thread multiple times.

Gu Jue realized that he absolutely could not face Chen Yi head-on and was about to head towards the Hidden Crown Prince, only to find the latter retreating even faster.

Clearly, the Hidden Crown Prince had realized this as well.

"Damn!"

Gu Jue couldn’t help but curse.

However, time waits for no one, nor does Chen Yi. He charged with his sword, leaping into the air with countless upturned heads beneath him.

Facing the relentless pursuit of Chen Yi, Gu Jue had no choice but to fight while retreating, desperately trying to buy time while waiting for reinforcements to break through the crowd.

He had initially thought this assassination would be accomplished in a single swift move, yet everything was beyond his expectations. The assassins who should have remained hidden were exposed and used as the Hidden Crown Prince’s meat shields.

Gu Jue fought with all his might, his curved blades still formidable, yet Chen Yi remained as calm as a well, showing no trace of anxiety, only continually unleashing wave after wave of sword momentum like a tidal surge.

At a glance, Gu Jue’s blade light was as bright as day.

However, each move and strike seemed to sink into Chen Yi’s Sword Intent World like a mud cow into the sea.

Even the once world-renowned Wu Buxu couldn’t escape this realm, let alone Gu Jue.

This couldn’t go on any longer. Chen Yi was no ordinary Third Rank, and Gu Jue knew the longer the fight dragged on, the closer death loomed, while the Hidden Crown Prince intended to use his death to stall Chen Yi, pushing him towards a dead end.

With a roar, Gu Jue combined his two blades into one slash, carving a large circle in the air. Sword Gang and Sword Gang collided, the dual blades in his hands shattering, unleashing a surge of airwaves as he used the massive recoil to fly backward.

He landed in front of the Da Shangqing Palace with all his might, his hands numbed from the impact, blood flowing from his tiger’s mouth. Numerous heroes and warriors who usually distinguished between good and evil stopped in action. Thousands of eyes were fixed on him.

"Fellow warriors!"

Gu Jue infused his voice with Qi, his tone as loud as a great bell, addressing the crowd:

"That man is former West Factory Battalion Commander Chen Yi! He first aided the Demon Sect, then protected the White Lotus, his crimes are known throughout the world! I deeply despise this fiend and wish to eliminate him. I implore you to lend me your support!"

A dense crowd gathered before the Shangqing Palace, and a clamor louder than waves exploded. Numerous Martial Arts masters, who typically moved with high prestige, had already turned their heads away, and the sound of weapons unsheathing rang out sharply.