14: Chapter 14 Chen Xuan Makes His Move

Wu Linfen could only watch from not far away as his clansmen had their life-saving Talismans shattered one by one.

Pfft!

The middle-aged Cultivator's shoulder was pierced through, but fortunately, he timely pulled out an earth escape talisman and slapped it onto his body, barely dodging this blow.

Not dying from a single blow somewhat surprised Chen Changqing. As expected, these Family Cultivators had many tricks up their sleeves; if one were to underestimate them, they might take a massive tumble.

"If one move doesn't kill you, then two will." He muttered to himself, lifting his finger to point at the middle-aged Cultivator, and struck out with another finger.

"Isn't this brat at the Third Layer of Qi Refining? How does he still have magical power to execute such a terrifying Spell?" The middle-aged Cultivator felt a lingering fear and immediately took out another earth escape talisman, intending to flee far away.

This time, Chen Changqing was well prepared. After missing with Azure Wood Finger, he immediately slapped a body-lightening Talisman on himself and gave chase. The earth escape talisman was only a First-Tier Low Grade Talisman, which could at most let him escape a distance of ten zhang.

After releasing his Divine Sense, Chen Changqing observed the fluctuations of the surrounding earth.

Just ten zhang away from the middle-aged Cultivator, a slight fluctuation came from a patch of earth. Chen Changqing immediately summoned the qingyang sword, waiting for the middle-aged Cultivator to poke his head out before killing him with a single blow.

Sure enough, as soon as that middle-aged Cultivator popped out from the soil, he was slain by Chen Changqing with a single sword strike.

Before facing death, his eyes carried bewilderment—why did the youth before him actually know where he would escape from?

Chen Changqing squatted down and took the middle-aged Cultivator's Storage Pouch.

Seeing Chen Changqing so cleanly and neatly resolve a Middle Stage Qi Refining Cultivator, the others carried disbelief in their eyes.

"If this boy does not die, he will surely become a great enemy of our Family in the future." Wu Linfen felt dread in his heart. After making up his mind, he immediately launched a sneak attack on Chen Changqing.

However, Chen Yuanjin wouldn't give him that chance either. Whenever they headed towards Chen Changqing's side, she would fiercely and frantically attack the opponent.

"You bitch, you truly deserve to die," Wu Linfen said angrily.

"Sixth Aunt, I'll come assist you," Chen Changqing said, pulling out several Talismans and attacking the Middle Stage Qi Refining Cultivator who was besieging Chen Yuanjin alongside Wu Linfen.

That Middle Stage Qi Refining Cultivator quickly dodged and then attacked Chen Changqing. This time Chen Yuanjin did not block him, because she truly was no match in a two-on-one fight. Originally, her strength was on par with Wu Linfen's, and Chen Changqing's action drastically reduced her pressure.

Looking at the Middle Stage Qi Refining Cultivator attacking him, Chen Changqing's eyes held a bit more solemnity and a bit less ease.

Could a Cultivator capable of besieging Chen Yuanjin together with Wu Linfen be simple? Their strength was at least at the Perfection of the Fifth Layer of Qi Refining.

On the other side, the enemies of Chen Yuanzhan and Chen Yuanyi were not simple either. Having fought until now, both sides carried quite a few injuries, and the opposing Cultivators were the same. Their strengths were similar, making it hard to decide the victor in a short time.

Chen Changqing withdrew his gaze, concentrating on dealing with the Cultivator before him.

He took out several Wind Blade Talismans and Fireball Talismans, throwing them all out in one go. Then he himself cast Azure Wood Shield, and furthermore stuck a Wood Armor Talisman on himself. Such squandering of Talismans left the opposite Cultivator somewhat dumbfounded.

That Cultivator threw out an earth escape talisman to dodge Chen Changqing's Talisman bombardment, and then manipulated two Flying Swords to slash towards Chen Changqing.

The two Flying Swords did not collide head-on with Chen Changqing, but instead adopted a long-range release of Sword Qi to mutually attack Chen Changqing's qingyang sword.

"This person's Spell-combat experience is far more seasoned than that previous person's, coming up right away to trade blows in a war of attrition with me." Chen Changqing thought to himself.

"Azure Wood Finger." Chen Changqing let out a low shout.

That Cultivator had long guarded against this trick of Chen Changqing's. However, unlike the middle-aged Cultivator just now, he didn't use an earth escape talisman to dodge, but instead stuck a body-lightening Talisman on himself and immediately distanced himself.

"Sure enough, your Spell's might is immense, but its range is limited." That Cultivator sneered.

Hearing this, Chen Changqing's expression turned a bit ugly. He had actually been seen through; as expected of a veteran seasoned in Spell-combat experience.

Chen Changqing remained silent, only continuing to drive the qingyang sword to slash at the two Flying Swords while pinching out a few more Talismans in his hand.

Seeing Chen Changqing pull out another stack of Talismans, that person didn't even know what to say. Every time he made a move, he threw them out a few at a time; no matter how many Talismans one had, they weren't supposed to be used like this.

Bang, bang, bang!

A series of explosive sounds resounded through the surroundings.

That Fifth Layer Qi Refining Cultivator once again timely dodged the attack.

Seeing this, taking advantage of the body-lightening Talisman's Spiritual Qi not yet dissipating, Chen Changqing flew forward, recalling the qingyang sword back into his hand. He wasn't worried about what those two Flying Swords could do to him, anyway he had already stacked his defenses to the max.

Clad in green robes, dashing and graceful, he held the sword in his right hand, infused a massive amount of wood-attribute magical power, raised the sword, and slashed.

Upon seeing Chen Changqing rush toward him, that Fifth Layer Qi Refining Cultivator had already retreated backwards, then used both hands to drive two Flying Swords to slash at Chen Changqing.

Chen Changqing's face showed disdain, his eyes locked onto him from beginning to end.

"Go to hell." When Chen Changqing was merely a zhang away from him, the hand holding the sword fell.

"Ah!" The Wu Family Cultivator let out a miserable scream, and just like that, perished.

Chen Changqing glanced at his corpse; those two Flying Swords dropped down after losing their master's control.

Chen Changqing casually packed them away together with the Storage Pouch.

In the span of a short half-quarter of an hour, he had successively slain two people, and judging by his appearance, his magical power was still very ample. The crucial point was that his cultivation was only at the Third Layer of Qi Refining. Such a battle record caused the entire group of the Wu Family to feel their blood run cold, and they rapidly dispatched all their Cultivators to surround and kill Chen Changqing.

"This boy must absolutely not be kept alive, otherwise, my Wu Family will surely suffer a disastrous calamity in the future." One white-haired, vicissitude-visaged elder said with dread. He led all the Cultivators of the ancestral hall to deploy completely; they no longer intended to wait any further, since the Xu Family's Cultivators would be arriving soon anyway.

Watching a group of Cultivators from the ancestral hall all rushing toward his side, a trace of dread flashed through Chen Changqing's inner heart.

The other three saw it as well, but their opponents didn't intend to let them go either, and right now they used all their strength to latch onto the three of Chen Yuanjin.

Just when the Wu Family crowd was less than a hundred zhang away from the battlefield on Chen Changqing's side...

Streaks of Spells struck from another location, but their target wasn't Chen Changqing and the others, but rather the Wu Family's Cultivators.

"Old scoundrel, stop trying to harm my clansmen." Chen Xuanyi rapidly arrived, his entire body radiating scarlet-gold magical power.

"Golden Radiance Art? Chen Xuanyi, I didn't expect you to have cultivated this Cultivation Technique to the realm where magical power manifests externally. It seems you have also reached the Perfection of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining!" Wu Xianzhen said in shock.

Hearing this, the crowd around him felt a trace of fear flash through their hearts. The Perfection of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining—that was an expert sufficient to anchor a clan. They didn't expect the Chen Family to produce yet another one; how could this not terrify them?

Originally they thought the Chen Family was merely fish meat on the chopping board, but unexpectedly not only did a freak like Chen Changqing appear, even Chen Xuanyi—whom they believed would never be able to take another step forward in this lifetime—not only broke through the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, but even reached the Perfection of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining.

"Hmph! If we had known your Chen Family possessed today's strength, we truly should have wiped you out earlier. Saying these things now is already too late." Wu Xianzhen sighed with emotion.

"It's not too late now, Second Uncle," said Wu Linjin, who was beside Wu Xianzhen. As one of the Wu Family's eight Late Stage Qi Refining Cultivators, he naturally knew many inside details and understood that the relationship with the Chen Family was now irreconcilable. However, to say he didn't regret dealing with the Chen Family would be impossible.