Chapter 141: Treasures and Secret Arts
Cultivators at the Other Shore Realm possess many divine abilities and countless techniques. If one were to only rely on physical strength to deal with a powerful opponent, their methods would be endless.
"Who do you think you are? Do you truly believe yourself a god, standing high above on the clouds?!" At that moment, Ye Fan suddenly shot into the sky, pressing forward once more.
Li Xiaoman was greatly startled. She had never imagined that Ye Fan could fly. It was obvious that he could cultivate, at least at the Life Spring Realm or above, and was far from being merely physically formidable.
"His physique clearly shouldn't allow this," she thought, her mind churning with unrest.
Chen Feng was initially surprised but quickly calmed down. From the fluctuations of divine power, he could tell that his opponent was only at the Divine Bridge Realm.
"A firefly's light dares to compete with the bright moon?!" He flipped his palm, and starlight scattered down like liquid mercury pouring forth. Though it appeared gentle, it weighed ten thousand jun. He intended to use boundless divine power to refine Ye Fan alive.
Ye Fan stepped through the void, his footwork mysterious. With each step, he gave the impression of the Dao moving naturally, evading the starlight.
Below, Ji Ziyue covered her small mouth and murmured, "This guy has so many secrets. His footwork really resembles that legendary mad old man's."
Even Chen Feng's expression changed. This footwork posed a certain threat to him; it was profoundly subtle.
Ye Fan moved like flowing clouds and drifting wind, shifting left and right, making it impossible to track his shadow.
This footwork was indeed profoundly mysterious. He had studied it for over a year and had only scratched the surface.
Back then, the old madman had taken a single step, leaving endless mountains and rivers behind him. It was truly a case of "shrinking the earth into an inch," countless times faster than others flying through the sky or burrowing into the ground. It had left an indelible impression on Ye Fan.
The Dao patterns left by the old madman were extremely complex. Ye Fan had only grasped the more superficial parts and had not fully comprehended them.
"Boundless Starlight!" The white-robed Chen Feng shouted softly. He raised his right hand, and a river of stars flowed out. At first, it was like a gentle stream, but soon the sky was flooded with starlight. No matter where Ye Fan dodged, starlight enveloped him.
Ye Fan flipped his hand, revealing a purple bronze Bagua mirror. It gathered infinite divine light, blazing like a sun, and shone toward Chen Feng.
The brilliant radiance was intense and fierce. A massive beam of light instantly shattered the starlight. This was the most powerful treasure of an elder from the Jiang Family, a rare spiritual artifact.
"What?!" Such a powerful treasure startled Chen Feng, and he quickly retreated.
In the distance, Ji Ziyue chuckled softly, "Did you really think this guy only knows how to throw punches? If he gets close and grapples you again, the real show begins."
Suddenly, Ji Ziyue's smile froze, and her expression changed drastically. "Void Art!"
Ye Fan's body nearly vanished, turning into a wisp of black smoke drifting forward. In an instant, he materialized and slapped outward.
Ji Ziyue couldn't help but be shocked. First, Ye Fan had displayed a mysterious footwork, and now he was executing the Grand Void Art recorded in the Ji Family's ancient scripture.
This was a formidable secret art recorded in the Void Scripture. When cultivated to its peak, it allowed one to traverse the void, possessing unfathomable and ghostly abilities.
"I only wrote him a short passage. Without a powerful mental method to support it, it shouldn't be usable. This guy must have cultivated some immortal scripture, no less than the Void Scripture!"
At this moment, Chen Feng was also shocked. He narrowly avoided being struck by Ye Fan and quickly dodged to the side.
"Hum—"
The void trembled, as if on the verge of shattering!
Ye Fan did not pursue, but a massive black hand appeared beside Chen Feng, blotting out the sky as it descended!
"Remnant Form of the Void Great Hand Seal!" Ji Ziyue exclaimed softly, muttering to herself, "He must have cultivated some ancient scripture; otherwise, he couldn't possibly execute the Void Great Hand Seal."
"Smack—"
Although Chen Feng was fast, his left arm was still struck. The bones in his arm shattered on the spot, and his left arm hung limply.
The black hand dispersed in the sky, but it stunned many present. Chen Feng's face turned pale, and cold sweat continuously beaded on his forehead.
In the distance, the disciples of Star Peak were all shocked. Chen Feng was incredibly powerful, yet since the battle began, he had never gained the upper hand. Now, his left arm had been shattered. This was almost unimaginable.
"What is his background? How does he have such methods?"
"How is this possible? Even Senior Brother Chen Feng can't defeat him. His left arm was actually shattered."
Ji Ziyue clenched her delicate fists, feeling that Ye Fan harbored many secrets, far more than he appeared on the surface.
"Heh!" The white-robed Chen Feng let out a cold shout. A river of stars surged from his bitter sea, flowing toward his left arm.
"Crackle, crackle—"
His left arm trembled and shook. Bathed and nourished by starlight, the broken arm was rejoined!
This was the power of a cultivator at the Other Shore Realm—wounds could heal quickly.
"What secret art is that?" Chen Feng showed a solemn expression for the first time. That black hand seal was too mysterious, and it still unsettled him.
Ye Fan was also surprised. The Void Great Hand Seal was extremely domineering, possessing formidable offensive power. Unfortunately, he had only mastered a remnant form and could not fully display it.
Relatively speaking, the Wheel Sea chapter of the Dao Scripture focused on foundation consolidation and excavation, lacking powerful offensive techniques and secret arts.
"Didn't you want to break all my bones? If you have the means, go ahead and use them."
"Do you really think that mastering a few secret techniques makes you my equal? Your divine power is far inferior." Chen Feng's expression turned cold. He opened his mouth and spat out a wisp of pure qi. Starlight shimmered on his body as eight stars materialized one after another.
Seven stars were as large as human heads, hanging in the sky like seven small suns. Then, they transformed into flowing light, shooting in all directions.
In an instant, the sky changed. It suddenly darkened, and stars appeared in the heavens. He used his powerful divine power to seal the sky, setting up a heavenly cage, intending to trap Ye Fan to death.
"Borrow the divine power of the Big Dipper Star Lord!" Chen Feng shouted.
In the sky, the seven stars immediately shone brightly. They were not the true Big Dipper but the starlight he had accumulated over years of cultivation. At the Other Shore Realm, cultivators were powerful, and their methods were divine. The seven stars hanging in the sky became his most powerful weapon.
"Celestial Pivot Divine Sword!" Chen Feng roared.
Among the Big Dipper stars, Celestial Pivot blazed fiercely, shooting down a sword beam straight toward Ye Fan.
"Celestial Glow Divine Sword!"
Celestial Glow was exceptionally brilliant, scattering dazzling light that condensed into a sword to strike Ye Fan.
"Celestial Secret Divine Sword!"
The third sword beam tore down like a bolt of lightning across the sky.
"Clang, clang—"
In the sky, Celestial Authority, Jade Measure, Opening Yang, Shaking Light, Celestial Secret, Celestial Glow, and Celestial Pivot—the seven stars of the Big Dipper—radiated brilliantly, bursting with dazzling light. They condensed into seven divine swords, slashing in all directions.
Chen Feng treated Ye Fan as a formidable enemy, holding nothing back. He said coldly, "I said I would shatter all your bones, and I will."
Ye Fan stepped with his mysterious footwork, continuously dodging. These sword beams were indeed sharp, and he had no intention of clashing head-on.
"Hum—"
Ye Fan executed the Void Great Hand Seal again. A massive black hand appeared in the sky, slapping toward Chen Feng.
However, this time Chen Feng was prepared and dodged immediately.
The black hand seal emitted energy fluctuations that made one's heart tremble before slowly dissipating in the sky.
The Void Great Hand Seal was indeed immensely powerful, but it had a fatal flaw: it was not fast enough.
Moreover, this was a remnant form, incomplete, and could not kill an enemy in one strike.
"Do you have any other tricks? Go ahead and use them!" Chen Feng sneered.
Ye Fan charged left and right, but the seven stars of the Big Dipper always hung above his head. These three words were the key.
The rainbow that spanned Clumsy Peak and the dozen surrounding peaks receded like water waves, instantly transporting the three to the summit of Clumsy Peak.
"Senior Brother Li is no ordinary person."
"I increasingly feel that he will be comparable to the great powers of ancient times."
Several elders of Star Peak murmured.
Ji Ziyue clicked her tongue in amazement. She felt that Li Ruoyu was unfathomably profound, even more mysterious than the renowned elders of the Ji Family.
"The disciples of Star Peak are too easy to beat." Ji Ziyue glanced sideways, deliberately provoking.
"You haven't seen the most outstanding disciple of Star Peak. Although he cannot compare to the Divine Body of the Eastern Wasteland, he is not someone you can contend with at your current level." Li Ruoyu said this.
In the end, Ji Ziyue yawned delicately and swayed gracefully toward her small wooden hut.
Only then did Ye Fan consult Li Ruoyu. "I activated the supreme secret art only after circulating it hundreds of times. Senior, is there any way to increase this probability?"
"As your realm improves, the activation probability will increase. Aside from that, you need to find the other supreme secret arts. For each additional one you master, the activation probability increases by ten percent."
Ye Fan was shocked. According to Li Ruoyu, the reason the Nine Secrets were called supreme secret arts was that they were too extraordinary.
If the Nine Secrets were fully unified, setting aside the supreme power of the other eight, this single secret from Clumsy Peak could reach perfection, allowing near-certain activation at any time.
"This... is hard to believe!"
"Yes, it turns the rotten into the miraculous." Li Ruoyu nodded. "Perhaps it is precisely because it is too incredible that even heaven does not allow the Nine Secrets to be unified. Hence, they were split apart and lost in all directions."
"Who has come to my Clumsy Peak? Why not come out and meet me?" At that moment, Li Ruoyu suddenly spoke.
But the surroundings were silent, with no sound at all. There was no sign of anything unusual.
On Clumsy Peak, no unfamiliar figure could be seen. Only a few dozen newly accepted disciples were building wooden huts halfway up the mountain. They seemed not to have heard Li Ruoyu's voice, oblivious.
Ye Fan's golden lake at his brow pulsed. His powerful divine sense materialized, sweeping in all directions. He sensed a strange aura but could not pinpoint it precisely or confirm if someone was there.
Li Ruoyu stood calmly at the summit of Clumsy Peak, making no move. The grass and trees around him immediately flourished, growing outward.
"So it's a strong expert from the Ji Family. The Grand Void Art lives up to its reputation, allowing one to traverse the void. Truly earth-shattering and unparalleled—worthy of being called a supreme secret art." Li Ruoyu looked up, as if he could see through the void to the source.
At his feet, a vine stretched into the air, emerald and dripping with life. On it, a bud was about to bloom, emitting crystalline, radiant light.
In that instant, the vine grew continuously, stretching rapidly like a vigorous dragon, reaching high into the sky. The bud bloomed in the wind, its petals crystal clear and sparkling, sealing a portion of the void, enveloping it within the massive flower.
This was the natural Dao. The petals represented eternity, sealing a space!
"The Clumsy Peak lineage is indeed extraordinary. Is a second great power about to emerge?" The void flickered, and an old man stepped out from the void, standing on the crystalline petals.
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