Chapter Eighty-Five: Zhenwu's Downfall

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  Chen Xuan walked around in the large array set up by the two, breaking through their formation to control himself, while thinking about how to escape. Now he could immediately leave, but this was not what Chen Xuan wanted.

  Chen Xuan also saw that the two of them were not using their full strength, each holding back a move. This was why Chen Xuan still had room to counterattack. If the two of them really went all out, he probably wouldn't be able to hold on now, Chen Xuan thought to himself as he looked at the two in mid-air.

  "Little mongrel, don't persist anymore. Honestly tell us the cultivation method of your technique and we might spare your life. From now on, just be our dog and we won't treat you unfairly. As long as you reveal the cultivation method, we guarantee not to kill you and will even help you resolve the troubles you've caused. What do you say?" Ning Feixia said to Chen Xuan below him.

  "It's still the same, if you want my kung fu skills, it depends on whether you have what it takes. You think you can just come over and take advantage of me? Today, even if I die in battle, I'll make sure to drag you down with me as a human shield," Chen Xuan roared.

  "You really think you can use us as a shield, don't you? You actually think the True Martial Realm is a soft persimmon! Earlier, I was just playing along with you, letting you gain an advantage. But now, you're getting too full of yourself, thinking you can do something to us? We won't play along with you anymore, Zhou Tianming. Let's not hold back our strength any longer. This prolonged battle will attract the attention of others," Ning Feixia shouted at Zhou Tianming.

  "Good," Zhou Tianming also let out a loud roar,

  The two men's attacks were now much faster than before, and the intensity of their blows had increased by a factor of two. Chen Xuan could clearly feel the pressure, and if things continued like this, he would probably not be able to hold on for even half a cup of tea's time.

  Soft Chop, Chen Xuan shouted again and released the Soft Chop he had just grasped. This time was slower than before. The first time Chen Xuan was still a bit unfamiliar with it. After the previous display, this time's power was greater than the last. All the seals that wanted to seal Chen Xuan were shattered, but Chen Xuan was also injured by these seals, and his body was covered in wounds.

  Chen Xuan let out a loud roar and jumped out of the large formation set up by his opponent; however, his own spiritual power was almost depleted after this gentle slash, and his big move also consumed spiritual power. Chen Xuan's current strength could only cast three times at most, and any more would leave him exhausted. Three times were enough to consume his spiritual power completely; moreover, he was still injured now.

  "Stop struggling, you little beast. Hand over your skills and we might spare your life. Your spiritual energy is almost depleted, isn't it? If you hand them over, you can still live. Just kneel down and kowtow to us a few times, and we'll let you go," Ning Feixia said as he descended from mid-air to Chen Xuan.

  Chen Xuan simply treated the wounds on his body, and these injuries were no longer a threat to Chen Xuan. With the energy of the Soul Stone, they could be quickly restored, and as the True Body of the Ten Thousand Dragons, his recovery ability was astonishing in itself.

  "You want me to kowtow to you? Haha, Chen Xuan threw his head back and laughed loudly. Anyone who's ever asked me, Chen Xuan, to kowtow has been knocked to the ground. You're no exception today, come on! Let's have a fierce battle!"

  Chen Xuan picked up the evil charm and rushed forward, wanting to engage in close combat with them. Close combat was Chen Xuan's strongest suit, and the Seven Kills Knife was most suitable for close-range battles. Slash Empty, countless knife shadows surrounded the two at the center;

  "This trick still wants to trap us, I'll break it," the two of them punched out a fist in the formation, and the formation was broken. Chen Xuan was also thrown out more than ten meters away;

  Chen Xuan immediately got up, picked up the evil halberd again and charged forward. Spiral slash, this time with even greater power, waves of spiral force shot towards the two of them.

  Douliang Tianxia, Ning Feixia shouted loudly, the Douliang ruler in his hand collided with Chen Xuan's Spiral Slash, and the spiral force attacking Zhou Tianming was also blocked by Zhou Tianming's Chi Ling Sword. All the spiral forces were directly broken, and now the Spiral Slash could not knock the two out like it did to Ning Feixia earlier. The power of one attack had been dispersed among the two, making it difficult to knock down the opponent;

  Chen Xuan's attack was also blocked by the opponent, and the three of them were entangled together, each attacking Chen Xuan would result in some damage to his body. Two true martial arts core disciples had been fighting a spirit martial arts ant for so long without resolving it, which was already a huge joke. The two became more and more impatient as they fought on. How could this kid's spiritual energy be so thick? After such a long time, he still hadn't exhausted his spiritual energy, and judging from his appearance, he seemed to be full of energy, not showing any signs of spiritual energy deficiency. We've been fighting for so long, I've already consumed nearly 500,000 yuan ling dan, does this kid have that many yuan ling dan on him? Both of them were puzzled, their attack speed suddenly increased; Chen Xuan frequently appeared in a state of crisis.

  With a loud crash, Chen Xuan was hit by the Douliang Chi and flew hundreds of meters away, with large amounts of fresh blood gushing out of his mouth.

  He struggled to his feet, still unable to break through their defense. Was he really going to die here? He wondered if he could compress the Star Explosion again after reaching the peak of Spiritual Martial Arts. If he could successfully compress it, he would be able to completely eliminate these two today and cut off any future troubles. Chen Xuan thought to himself as he stood in place.

  Put the evil charm into the scabbard, "Yuanshen Dan burn for me again 500,000," Tianyan furnace once again burned 500,000 Yuanshen Dan, the spiritual power of the dantian reappeared saturation, both hands once again formed various handprints and arrays, once again mobilizing all the spiritual power, the spiritual power of the dantian frantically surged outwards, a golden light the size of a washbasin swirled back and forth on Chen Xuan's hands.

  Chen Xuan once again pressed the ancient scroll's recorded hand seals and array methods towards the spiritual light sphere, causing it to shrink smaller and smaller. However, it still didn't meet the requirements mentioned earlier. Chen Xuan continued to form arrays non-stop to stabilize this ball of light, this was his last chance, if he failed again today, he would find it very difficult to leave this forest.

  "What is this kid doing, does he want to kill himself? He's actually trying to compress all his spiritual energy, what kind of technique is that? I've never seen anything like it before.

  "It won't be that simple. I sense a dangerous aura from him, he wouldn't choose to commit suicide. His technique is clearly not skilled, it seems he hasn't fully grasped it either. Let's wait a bit longer, his spiritual energy has already compressed to such a severe extent. Once an explosion occurs, we'll also get hurt," Ning Feixia said with furrowed brows.

  Chen Xuan was still condensing non-stop, his hands were no longer visible, only the light and shadows hitting the light ball in front of him could be seen. More than a dozen breaths had passed, the light ball was getting smaller and smaller, it was now only the size of a fist, but it still hadn't reached the egg-sized requirement on the ancient scroll, the compression became increasingly difficult towards the end;

  "Not good, the spiritual energy is starting to dissipate and will explode," Chen Xuan was shocked, the energy ball in his hand began to become disordered and jumped around, this was another sign of an impending explosion. Chen Xuan had studied the rules of the energy ball countless times in the mountain cave and knew that as soon as the spiritual energy became disordered, it would explode. Was there still something wrong with himself? What was he lacking? Chen Xuan turned all his brain cells to think about what had gone wrong and where the problem lay.

  "Chen Xuan, this set of moves shouldn't be the complete set, there must be something missing. This martial skill is only seen in ancient times, if you use it now, isn't something lacking? Think carefully again, what's not right," Lao Li was also worried for Chen Xuan, once an explosion occurs, Chen Xuan would likely suffer severe injuries even if he doesn't die. Previously, it was just the size of a bowl that exploded and injured his whole body, now it's already the size of a fist, its power has increased several times;

  Chen Xuan's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, the energy ball was about to explode, he had done his best but still couldn't condense this spiritual power successfully, what was it that Chen Xuan kept asking himself?

  The energy sphere began to crack, and with a few more breaths, it would explode. Chen Xuan's clothes were all soaked in sweat. Suddenly, Chen Xuan had an epiphany - the Soul Stone! The Soul Stone could stimulate the transformation of the Devouring Furnace, but he didn't know if it could also stabilize this energy sphere. Without any hesitation, Chen Xuan summoned a large amount of Soul Stone energy from the Soul Ocean and poured it into the energy sphere in his hand. The situation changed abruptly, and the energy sphere began to transform. The cracked patterns on its surface also started to recover. "It really works!" Chen Xuan exclaimed excitedly to Lao Dao. He hadn't expected the Soul Stone to have this effect.

  Once again, Chen Xuan made a hand seal and cast an array to compress the energy sphere. This time, without any chaos, the energy sphere grew smaller and smaller until it was about the size of an egg. Finally, it transformed into a golden egg in Chen Xuan's hand. However, upon sensing the terrifying power contained within, Chen Xuan felt that holding this egg was no different from holding a live bomb. If it were to explode in his hands, he would undoubtedly be reduced to nothing but bones.