The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 893 Didn't Go In
Zhao Chen's sword strike was devoid of any fancy moves; it relied entirely on the power of the "Crimson Flame Maple Sword" and the characteristics of the "Crimson Emperor Nourishing Yuan Sword Qi" to brutally sever Nie Fei's cyan sword threads and dissipate most of his defensive mystic light, leaving him powerless to defend himself.

After all, the Li family's "Five Emperors Paying Homage to the True Sword Technique" is a sword technique that relies on the characteristics of flying swords to suppress people. Its mystery lies not in the sword moves, but in the sword energy itself.

In terms of supernatural powers, superior powers overwhelming inferior powers are inherently annihilating each other. Even though the "Crimson Emperor Nourishing Yuan Sword Qi" is just a spell, as long as it is used with the supernatural flying sword "Crimson Flame Flowing Maple Sword," it will have the power of a superior supernatural power.

"This... Zhao Chen can not only use supernatural magical artifacts, but he can even unleash their full power? He's only at the Gang Sha realm, right?" The viewers who witnessed the replay couldn't help but gasp. "Either he miraculously completed the process of completely unifying his soul and body before he even mastered supernatural powers, thus crossing the first step of the ladder, or his swordsmanship is far beyond imagination, and he has completely subdued that high-grade flying sword!"

Having just misjudged the situation, Master Mi sighed and lamented, "It should be the second one... There's absolutely no possibility of achieving a perfect soul before attaining true supernatural powers!"

But even the second one is quite terrifying! This young master Chen hasn't even come of age yet!

Could he be the reincarnation of some old monster?

While the cultivators in the audience were discussing, they also began to take Zhao Chen, this young man from the Northwest, seriously for the first time, not because of his special identity, but because of his strength!

Inside the Thousand Bamboo Garden arena, Zhao Chen tapped the last remaining green light above Nie Fei's head with his flying sword, then sent "Crimson Flame Maple" flying back to his vicinity. He smiled and clasped his hands in a fist salute, saying, "Alliance Leader Nie, you flatter me."

Nie Fei was somewhat dazed. He had thought he would lose, but he didn't expect to lose so quickly and so thoroughly. After a long while, he smiled bitterly and said, "Young Master Chen's swordsmanship is superb. I, Nie, admit defeat."

After speaking, he urged his natal flying sword, "Emerald Bamboo Sword," which transformed into a streak of light and flew back to the corner pavilion.

At this moment, Jin Qingmo, dressed in orange-red and ink-speckled clothes and looking only seventeen or eighteen years old, stood up with his spear in hand. White wings then sprouted from his back, and he flew into the arena.

Although he looks young, he is actually over sixty years old. It is only because he used some kind of monster's organ material when he was "refining his acupoints" that his appearance has been frozen at the age of seventeen.

The monster's "materials" also allowed him to hear the voice of a terrifying being when he was advancing in his divine powers, causing several of his natal spells to be instantly corrupted and deteriorated. Fortunately, Jin Qingmo had anticipated this and chose to advance near the imperial palace, where the power of the "Zhou Tian Xing Chen Da Zhen" (Great Array of the Celestial Stars) was relatively strong, so he was not completely corrupted and turned into a demon.

Even so, his original fourth-grade divine ability, which was the foundation of his power, has been transformed into the "Wings of the Feathered Man" that he now possesses.

In addition, he has two other supernatural abilities, one of the fifth rank and the other of the seventh rank.

The fifth-grade divine ability is called "Yunxin Yiying" (Bamboo Heart Shifting Shadow), which is a substitute-type divine ability that allows one to use any green bamboo within their field of vision to take the damage of a fatal attack in their place.

The "Thousand Bamboo Garden" is filled with lush bamboo, and there are so many bamboo-themed landscapes and buildings. In addition to being aesthetically pleasing, it also serves to facilitate Jin Qingmo's use of his supernatural powers.

After all, this is the home ground of Jin Qingmo's Class A team, so the venue setup should naturally favor their own cultivators.

Another seventh-grade divine power is called "Dew-Dyed Green Armor," a defensive divine power that can neutralize enemy attacks to a certain extent.

As for the "green jade spear" in his hand, it is a magical artifact with supernatural powers, and it is also Jin Qingmo's main means of attack.

In fact, this person was a martial arts practitioner whose original foundational supernatural power was a combat technique similar to "copper head and iron arms".

However, after transforming into these "wings of the feathered people," they may be slightly less powerful, but they are much more agile.

Recalling the information Ming Xueling had previously collected, Zhao Chen glanced at the surrounding bamboo forest, then took out the "Kui Niu Zhen Tian Bow" and "Nine-Colored Cloud Piercing Arrow" that were still surviving from the "Mysterious Maiden Set".

These two magical artifacts, when used together, are best at breaking "substitute techniques." Even the "Blood God Child" Lingyun dared not take them head-on, let alone Jin Qingmo in front of him. If he were truly hit, his "Yunxin Shifting Shadow" technique would probably be unable to activate.

Inside the pavilion of the Green Bamboo Alliance, a man who saw the bow and arrow suddenly stood up and muttered, "Two more magical artifacts? Besides controlling that crimson flying sword, Zhao Chen can actually control other magical artifacts? His divine sense is probably beyond the mid-grade divine abilities of the First Ladder, right?"

This person is the team leader of the top-tier league team where Jin Qingmo plays. His surname is Lü and his given name is Guang. He also possesses the strength of a mid-grade divine power and has good eyesight. However, he is unwilling to see his team's main player easily defeated at home, as that would damage their commercial value.

"His spiritual sense is certainly strong, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to break my 'Listening to the Rain in the Bamboo Grove' with a single sword strike. That was not only a crushing defeat in terms of the level of the divine power, but also a crushing defeat in terms of spiritual sense!" Nie Fei, who had been looking dejected since returning, said.

Lu Guang glanced at Nie Fei a few times, his gaze somewhat awkward, but he still asked, "How strong is your divine sense? Is it stronger than Old Jin's?"

Although Nie Fei found it a bit strange, he still nodded and said, "Stronger than Lao Jin... I even think that his sword strike did not concentrate all the power of his divine sense."

Upon hearing this, Lü Guang's expression grew even more worried. He frequently glanced at Tantai Zhugong, who was resting with his eyes closed, but the young master did not react at all, as if he were truly asleep.

As they were talking, the battle in the arena had already begun.

Jin Qingmo launched the first attack, swooping down from the sky like a meteor towards Zhao Chen.

As a veteran cultivator with supernatural powers, Jin Qingmo had already crossed the first step of the ladder and could unleash the full power of the "Green Jade Spear" in his hand. Moreover, after witnessing the previous battle, he had no intention of testing the waters and immediately launched a killing move - "Dragon Bamboo Fall".

This is his interpretation of the profound meaning of his own fighting technique. Although he has only just begun to understand it, this strike, combined with the "Green Jade Spear," is comparable to a third-grade divine power and is currently his strongest technique.

It was thanks to the arrogance of this young master Chen that he was given enough time to prepare; otherwise, he might not have been able to use it.

On the other side, facing the approaching "greenish-blue" meteor, Zhao Chen smiled slightly, then drew his bow and shot out the "Nine-Colored Cloud-Piercing Arrow".

However, the arrow did not meet the "meteor" head-on, but circled around from another direction and landed on Jin Qingmo's back.

Moreover, the arrow was even faster than Jin Qingmo's charge, which startled him.

But he was unwilling to "change" to his ultimate move state at this moment.

"At worst, we'll all perish together! Anyway, I have 'Yunxin Shifting Shadow,' so I won't die!" Jin Qingmo thought fiercely, but still covered himself with "Dew-Dyed Green Armor," which was as thin as a cicada's wing and resembled a liquid bamboo membrane.

The next moment, Jin Qingmo's spear tip pierced Zhao Chen's shoulder socket with unerring accuracy—he deliberately avoided vital points because he didn't want to make a fatal enemy.

"bingo!"

Jin Qingmo shouted in his heart, but before he could show his joy, he heard a "clang".

Immediately afterwards, a violent tremor transmitted through the spear...

"It...didn't go in?!"

(End of this chapter)