Ye Chen looked up at the towering peak that pierced the clouds and then took a step toward the summit.

But the moment his foot touched the ground,

suddenly, his figure vanished from where he was and reappeared in front of a large rock to his left.

"Swish!"

The Celestial Mark Sword was unsheathed in an instant.

A fierce sword light howled, and a man hiding behind the big rock shot up and retreated violently.

"Boom!"

The rock was cleaved with a smooth, flat cut by Ye Chen's sword, then exploded to both sides.

And the guy who retreated a distance was already drenched in cold sweat.

Intending to ambush Ye Chen when he wasn't paying attention, he hadn't expected to almost be killed by Ye Chen's sword.

"Ye Chen, although I come from the Sect Alliance, this time, we are both representing the Great Zhou Dynasty. Our opponents are people from the other three great dynasties. By disregarding the big picture and trying to harm my life, if word gets out, do you think Yang Tianji could protect you?!"

Ye Chen chuckled softly and said, "At this point, there's no need to continue saying such meaningless nonsense. You hid near me, harboring murderous intent. If I don't kill you, should I wait for you to kill me?"

The man from the Sect Alliance snorted coldly and said, "If you want to kill me, you'll have to break through my defense first, but with your level of strength, you might as well scratch an itch for me!"

As his words fell,

a layer of stone armor suddenly appeared on the man's body.

"The Stubborn Stone Technique from the Giant Armor Sect?"

Regarding the Sect Alliance, Ye Chen wasn't completely ignorant. He had investigated quite a bit about matters related to the Sect Alliance.

Within the Sect Alliance, the Giant Armor Sect was considered relatively powerful, and their core inheritance was the Stubborn Stone Technique, which had quite a good defense. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, people from the Giant Armor Sect always claimed to have the strongest defenses among those of the same level.

"I see you have some insight," the man from the Giant Armor Sect said with a cold laugh.

He knew he wasn't Ye Chen's match and could only rely on an ambush to kill Ye Chen.

But he had been discovered by Ye Chen...

However, with the Stubborn Stone Technique, he was not afraid.

A cold light flashed in Ye Chen's eyes. The next moment, golden light flashed beneath his feet. He activated the Vertical Earth Golden Light and stepped forward, instantly appearing before the man from the Giant Armor Sect.

The power of the union between spirit and martial roared to life, and a sword thrust out.

Golden Extreme Sky-breaking Sword!

The vast sword light gathered at the tip of the sword, a technique that pursued speed and single-target burst.

The man from the Giant Armor Sect had no time to dodge, but he wasn't flustered, trusting in the Stubborn Stone Technique for protection.

"Puff!"

The blade of the Celestial Mark Sword pierced through the stone armor on the man from the Giant Armor Sect and then went through his throat.

A powerful force erupted from the sword, destroying the Giant Armor Sect man's vitality.

"Unable to withstand even half of my attack power, the Stubborn Stone Technique of the Giant Armor Sect is nothing but a hollow reputation, not worth mentioning." Ye Chen said calmly, then withdrew his sword.

The man's face from the Giant Armor Sect was full of disbelief, overwhelmed with reluctance...

The method he prided himself on turned out to be nothing but a joke under Ye Chen's sword!

With a sound, his body fell to the ground, his vitality completely dissipating.

After taking the storage ring from the fallen man, Ye Chen didn't hesitate and directly ascended toward the summit of Lingyun Mountain.

Perhaps there were plenty of opportunities at the foot of the mountain, but the greatest opportunity was near the summit. That Holy Source Grass was extremely important to Ye Chen.

His bodily origin was dormant and needed the Holy Source Grass to awaken!

......

At another area at the foot of Lingyun Mountain.

Fatty and Luo Tian were not far apart, having already gathered, and Dongfang Xiu was also in the same position as them.

In response,

Fatty and Luo Tian didn't waste any words and immediately began to fight!

They had come to an agreement during the Cangxing Martial Arts Academy's freshman trials. Dongfang Xiu was too insidious. Whenever encountering him in the future, there was no need for words—just start fighting.

Fatty used the Earth Spirit Seal to perform the Thousand Mechanism Divine Wheel.

Luo Tian wielded a large black broadsword, continuously executing the Dragon Slaying Slash and Reverse Dragon Slash.

Dongfang Xiu was so angry that he swore!

Bastards.

Do these two brats not care about their opportunities? What's the point of chasing me to cut me down?

I'm on your side...

Unfortunately, Dongfang Xiu didn't dare to shout this.

Who knows if others were lurking nearby... If someone heard this, it would lead to big trouble later.

As for fighting back... Dongfang Xiu didn't dare either.

He would still need to follow Ye Chen in the future... If he offended these two, Ye Chen would probably cut him down too.

Moreover, whether he could even win was uncertain.

Both Yu Hui and Luo Tian had progressed significantly; if not for Ye Chen's brilliance overshadowing them, they would undoubtedly be renowned.

......

Ye Chen dashed madly toward the summit.

Whether or not there were opportunities around him, he did not care at all.

Suddenly, a sense of danger arose in Ye Chen's heart. His forward momentum stopped abruptly, and without a second thought, he swung his sword in a horizontal slash.

Earth Extreme Dragon Sword!

A giant dragon of earth and stone materialized with Ye Chen's sword.

"Boom!"

Almost at the instant the Earth Stone Dragon appeared, it exploded with a bang, and the strong airwaves swept toward all directions.

"Your reaction is quite fast. This move is just like the rumors. It seems you must be Ye Chen from the Cangxing Martial Arts Academy of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

A cold laugh sounded. A man, with an incredibly arrogant expression on his face, stared at Ye Chen with disdainful eyes.

Ye Chen's expression tightened.

It turned out to be someone from the Thousand Spirits Sect.

Unexpectedly, it's so fast that I'm going to fight with the people from the Thousand Spirits Sect.

Although the Thousand Spirits Sect is very strong, not everyone is particularly strong. This guy, before entering Lingyun Mountain, stood at the back of the Thousand Spirits Sect's team.

The guys standing at the back are not that impressive.

"I have no grievances with the Thousand Spirits Sect," Ye Chen said.

The man from the Thousand Spirits Sect smiled and said, "I am very interested in spiritual and martial unity, so if you hand over the method of spiritual and martial unity, I won't trouble you any further."

"Do you want the cultivation technique for spiritual and martial unity?" Ye Chen asked, "Then you can talk to my teacher."

"Ye Chen, don't refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit. I've given you a chance. If you don't cooperate, don't blame me for being rude!" the man from the Thousand Spirits Sect shouted.

Ye Chen sneered, "Do you think my teacher is hard to provoke, so I'm easy to bully?"

"It seems that you are just like the rumors, a tough nut to crack. I want to see just how tough you are. When I break your bones piece by piece, let's see if you dare talk to me like that!"

"There's another rumor about me you haven't heard, has there?"

"What?"

Ye Chen's lips curled into an ice-cold smile, "My enemies either die immediately or are already on the path to death, and you belong to the first kind!"

As soon as the words fell, Ye Chen made his move, leaping up, and slashed out with his sword.

Ten Thousand Swords Return to One!

A dense array of Sword Qi emerged, and as Ye Chen swung his sword, all the Sword Qi merged into one.

The man from the Thousand Spirits Sect snorted coldly and punched towards the massive Sword Qi.

The sound of tigers roaring and apes howling was heard within the punch imprint.

This was the Thousand Spirits Sect's legacy, the Celestial Tiger Fierce Ape Fist.

The Thousand Spirits Sect is most famous for creating cultivation techniques and martial arts based on models of demonic beasts.

The punch imprint was so powerful that after shattering Ye Chen's Sword Qi, it continued to strike toward Ye Chen. Ye Chen, in mid-air, gripped his sword with both hands, and cleaved downwards, splitting the punch imprint in half, but his body was knocked backward a short distance.

"Ye Chen, you are far from being my match. The gap was already very clear in that move just now. I advise you to be sensible!"

"You're courting death yourself!"

Ye Chen shouted furiously, his eyes filled with a chilling light, and the Demonic Qi inside him also began to conduct the spiritual and martial unity.

His aura suddenly surged.

Furthermore, the power of spiritual and martial unity cascaded and surged vigorously on the Celestial Mark Sword in his hand.

Wave Stacking Force, six layers of power stacked together.

The man from the Thousand Spirits Sect already sensed the crisis in his heart, and the look of contempt on his face faded. Above his body, the fierce tiger and violent ape phantasms appeared.

The tiger roared, the ape howled, and the Thousand Spirits Sect man dashed out, his fists pounding toward Ye Chen.

The tiger's mouth opened wide, revealing deadly fangs.

The giant ape's arms crashed down, imposing and majestic.

Faced with the terrifying attack from the Thousand Spirits Sect man, Ye Chen showed no fear on his face, and the Invincible Sword Momentum exploded in an instant.

The fierce tiger and giant ape phantasms that lunged to bite Ye Chen were stunned by Ye Chen's Invincible Sword Momentum for a moment.

And that moment was more than enough for Ye Chen.

He swung his sword with great force.

The sword light traced an arc in the air.

The Power of the Five Elements circulated endlessly, then converted to Yin and Yang.

This sword was precisely the fusion technique in the Five Elements Extreme Sword Technique, the Five Elements Yin Yang Sword!

Yin and Yang intertwined, combining hardness and softness.

The phantasms of the fierce tiger and the violent ape were swept by the sword light and directly obliterated.

The man from the Thousand Spirits Sect was filled with intense fear, and under the sword light's illumination, his face became extremely pale.

"Swish!"

The arcing sword light swept through the Thousand Spirits Sect man's body.

The body of the man from the Thousand Spirits Sect was split into two and exploded.

Ye Chen's figure flickered, passing through the blood mist without a pause, continuing to dash toward the mountaintop!

Meanwhile, many thoughts flitted through his mind.

Although he killed the man from the Thousand Spirits Sect, Ye Chen felt even heavier in his heart.

Except for not using Yin Yang Transformation of Sun and Moon, all his other trump cards had been exhausted in that sword just now.

But the enemy he killed was only at the bottom of the Thousand Spirits Sect's ranks.

This guy was far inferior when compared to the Sect Alliance's Li Tianyi or the royal Zhou Chengqian.

A strong sense of urgency arose in Ye Chen's heart.

To sweep across all directions in Lingyun Mountain, relying solely on his current strength was still not enough.

On the way here, he had tried his best, silently conducting spiritual and martial unity all along, and now spiritual and martial unity had reached seventy percent.

But now, with no time left to practice spiritual and martial unity further, the only solution was to break through!

However, in the Spirit Dao aspect, he was far from advancing to Tier Five Extreme Spirit Master.

In the Martial Dao aspect, he was close to the Primordial Embryo Realm, but his practice of the Nine Heavens Sword Manual caused his Primordial Embryo Realm to differ from ordinary. He needed to condense a Sword Seed, which would consume enormous energy.

It seems he must first find the Holy Source Grass, awaken his dormant physical origin, and use it as a foundation to condense the Sword Seed!

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