Beast Shadow Fusion

"Boom."

A golden long saber, like a blade that could split the heavens, struck heavily against Jiang Yifan's long staff, emitting an earth-shaking explosion.

The ground shattered, kicking up dust that filled the sky, as a figure flew backward, rolling like a gourd across the ground for hundreds of zhang before barely managing to steady themselves.

When they saw the figure clearly, the Disciples of the 36th Branch Court all opened their mouths wide, their faces filled with extreme shock.

That wretched figure who had been sent flying was none other than Jiang Yifan, who had used the Beast Fusion Technique and whose combat power had soared.

At this moment, Jiang Yifan's face was also filled with shock, his eyes staring fixedly ahead as a figure slowly walked out from the dust.

As the figure became clearer, people saw Long Chen with a fierce-looking golden long saber resting on his shoulder. He walked out slowly like a Heavenly God descending to the mortal world, radiating a will that looked down upon the world and disdained all directions.

All the Disciples of the 36th Branch Court swallowed hard; they simply could not believe their eyes.

On Tu Fang's side, however, no one was surprised. They knew Long Chen's combat power better than anyone; using the lightning spear earlier had merely been a warm-up.

Now that he had brought out Zhan Xie, it meant the warm-up was over, and it was time to enter the real battle.

"Boss is mighty and domineering!"

Guo Ran clenched his fists and raised them high, his face full of excitement, as if he were the one who had sent Jiang Yifan flying with a single slash.

The other Disciples were just like Guo Ran, looking at Long Chen with adoration. In their hearts, Long Chen was an invincible God of War.

Every time they watched Long Chen fight, they felt their blood boil, wishing they could draw their weapons and slaughter everyone on the other side.

"You are so disappointing. After all that posturing and making such loud, empty noises earlier, is this all the ability you have?"

"And you think you deserve to be called a Supreme Genius? Don't tell me you bought your title of Supreme Genius from a scalper," Long Chen said with a look of disdain.

He had refused to use his full strength before because this was his first time facing a Supreme Genius, and he had to be careful; he couldn't afford to lose.

He wanted to use the battle to figure out more of the opponent's methods and create more opportunities for victory for himself; this was the safest way to fight.

However, he finally realized that this kid was just an idiot with no combat experience whatsoever, knowing only how to fight blindly.

When he used his ultimate move earlier and bragged that he had only used a small portion of his power, Long Chen had thought he was really something. As it turned out, he was sent flying by a single slash, and Long Chen felt insulted.

If he had known this idiot was so weak, he wouldn't have been so cautious; a few slashes would have finished him off.

At the same time, Long Chen finally understood that there were huge differences among so-called Supreme experts; not everyone could compare to Mo Nian or Yin Luo.

"How is this possible? How can you be this strong?" Jiang Yifan asked, both shocked and angry.

"Does your face not hurt anymore?" Long Chen repeated the same question.

"You… you are courting death!"

Jiang Yifan's shock was instantly replaced by rage, and he smashed his long staff toward Long Chen once again.

"Off you go!"

Long Chen's Zhan Xie traced a profound arc and struck heavily against Jiang Yifan's long staff.

Jiang Yifan immediately felt a massive force transmit through, one he couldn't resist at all. He went tumbling out again, this time truly sent flying, soaring a thousand zhang away and getting a mouthful of dirt.

"How is this possible?" "What kind of monster is this Long Chen?" "This is too terrifying."

The Disciples from the 36th Branch Court finally couldn't help but speak up; Long Chen's strength was simply perverse.

Luo Bing was also looking at Long Chen in shock, but when she saw the long saber in Long Chen's hand clearly, she finally understood: this Long Chen was born with Divine Power, and that long saber was strange; it was definitely frighteningly heavy.

Most importantly, Long Chen's slender figure had deceived everyone. Who would have thought that such a thin frame could hide such terrifying power? He was practically a Demonic Beast in human form.

Jiang Yifan was dazed and confused from the fall. Most critically, his face had been pressed against the ground, acting like an iron plow, forcefully carving a trench into the earth with his face.

Just as he regained consciousness, he felt his mouth stuffed full. He spat hard to get the dirt out of his mouth.

The dirt was out, but his mouth was filled with the taste of blood, which was extremely uncomfortable. He looked up at Long Chen in the distance.

At this moment, Long Chen was looking at him with a face full of "concern": "Does your face hurt?"

Jiang Yifan's chest heaved violently as he slowly stood up and pointed at Long Chen: "I admit I underestimated you, but if you think you can survive just like this, you are gravely mistaken."

"Congratulations, you have successfully infuriated me. I have decided to tear your body apart piece by piece. Not only that, but I will also find out about your Family, hehe…"

Long Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. This bastard was actually using his Family to threaten him. Moreover, Long Chen could sense that this bastard was a narrow-minded villain, and he was capable of doing it.

Long Chen couldn't help but sigh inwardly; Heaven must be blind to have let such a bastard become a Supreme Genius.

"It seems I cannot let you leave here alive," Long Chen said coldly. After saying this, he walked slowly toward Jiang Yifan.

By now, the entire arena had long since shattered, and even the ground had large craters. For over a dozen miles around, it was a mess; there was no longer any such thing as going out of bounds.

"Hahaha, you want to kill me? You really make me laugh to death! Then I will let you see a divine technique that you wouldn't be able to witness even if you were to Cultivate for another thousand years!"

Jiang Yifan let out a wild laugh, extended a finger, bit down on his teeth, wiped it across the pattern on his glabella, and formed an extremely complex seal with both hands.

"Rumble."

As that seal was activated, the space behind Jiang Yifan began to become unstable, as if it were about to burst open. At the same time, an extremely fierce aura radiated out.

Long Chen couldn't help but be startled. He saw the space constantly fluctuating, gradually forming a huge phantom.

That phantom was over a dozen zhang long, as if condensed from black mist, eerie and powerful.

That aura made people feel suffocated. When that phantom appeared, Jiang Yifan's eyes instantly turned blood-red, resembling the eyes of a devil.

"Hum."

Jiang Yifan swung the long staff in his hand, and the space immediately hummed. With the reinforcement of that phantom, his power completely erupted.

"The current me is the real me. Kid, go to your death!"

Jiang Yifan roared and lunged straight at Long Chen, wielding the staff with both hands and smashing it down fiercely toward Long Chen.

"Boom."

Long Chen raised his saber to block, but felt his whole body shake violently; he was actually forced back a dozen steps by that powerful force.

Each step Long Chen took back, the ground beneath his feet was shattered. After retreating a dozen steps, Long Chen was already a hundred zhang away.

"Not bad, this is a bit more interesting."

Long Chen shook his slightly numb hand. Only now did it barely have a hint of a Supreme expert's flavor.

"Die!"

After forcing Long Chen back with one strike of the staff, Jiang Yifan struck out with the staff again. Now that he had the phantom's reinforcement, his strength had soared.

"Clang."

The saber and staff collided, but this time it didn't cause any explosion. Jiang Yifan's strike felt as if it had smashed into cotton; all his strength had nowhere to land, and he felt so uncomfortable he wanted to vomit blood.

"The Gale Saber Technique is truly worthy of being an Earth Rank Advanced combat skill; it is indeed exquisite. Now that the 'Deflect' technique has been used, let's try the 'Explode' technique."

"Get lost!"

Long Chen let out a shout like a spring thunderclap that startled the heavens. He pushed the Zhan Xie in his hand forward, and the power he had deflected earlier, combined with his own power, erupted in an instant.

Jiang Yifan felt a mountain-toppling and sea-draining force surging toward him from Long Chen's saber, and he hurriedly tried to block.

However, he was horrified to discover that the force was actually two-fold. He was unable to withstand it at all and was directly forced back.

When Luo Bing and the others saw that Jiang Yifan had already used his ultimate move but still couldn't do anything to Long Chen, they couldn't help but be shocked.

"How could this be?"

Even Luo Bing's expression changed. Long Chen's strength far exceeded her expectations. If things continued like this, the situation would likely be dire.

"Boom." "Boom." "Boom."

Even after using his ultimate move and having his strength surge, Jiang Yifan was still forced back repeatedly by Long Chen, which made Jiang Yifan roar repeatedly in anger.

In fact, the current Jiang Yifan could suppress Long Chen in terms of strength, but unfortunately, his luck was bad; Long Chen had just mastered some exquisite blade-handling techniques from the Gale Saber Technique.

This left Jiang Yifan with a full body of strength but unable to do anything to Long Chen. At this moment, the long saber in Long Chen's hand flew downward, golden light filling the sky, forcing Jiang Yifan to retreat continuously.

Under Long Chen's storm-like attacks, Jiang Yifan had all this strength but couldn't unleash it. Sometimes, when he used a full-force strike, a portion of it would be borrowed by Long Chen using clever methods and returned to him, making him so angry he wanted to vomit blood.

"This is the Gale Saber Technique."

A Branch Court Elder recognized this combat skill and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration: "Long Chen is truly a Prodigy. I heard he only just took this combat skill from the Xuantian Pavilion a short while ago."

"To have mastered the essence of the blade technique in such a short time—this talent, this Comprehension Ability, and this perseverance are truly terrifying."

The Elders present were at least sixty or seventy years old; having lived for such a long time, their eyes were naturally sharp.

They could see at a glance that Long Chen was fighting Jiang Yifan entirely based on combat techniques, a different style from his past brute-force head-on clashes.

Moreover, Long Chen fought with increasing courage, and his blade technique became more and more proficient, eventually becoming completely fluid and free.

Several Elders looked at each other and couldn't help but sigh. Indeed, the waves of the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and the former waves die on the beach. Long Chen was actually using a Supreme Genius to practice his blade technique.

Thinking back to when they were young, they had all lived properly and dutifully. Compared to Long Chen, they felt they had truly lived in vain.

It wasn't just Tu Fang and the other Elders who saw it; even Disciples with higher cultivation levels, like Tang Waner, had noticed it.

It was too obvious. Because at the beginning, the traces of Long Chen's blade technique were very clear, but as time passed, it became more and more fluid; it would be strange if they hadn't noticed.

Tang Waner couldn't help but shake her head. Having lived with this guy for so long, Long Chen had always been challenging everyone's imagination with his actual actions.

Using this Supreme Genius as a test subject—such a luxurious sparring partner—perhaps in the whole world, only Long Chen's brain would dare to think of it.

On the other side, Luo Bing's expression was extremely ugly. She raised her hand several times, only to secretly put it back down. She was also panicked at this moment, not knowing what to do.

"Damn you, Long Chen! You forced me to do this!"

Jiang Yifan suddenly shouted sharply, his face twisted in a ferocious expression. Gritting his teeth, he brought his hands together.

"Beast Shadow Body Integration!"