Chapter 517 - 254: Infinite Realm

Chapter 517: Chapter 254: Infinite Realm

Besides, a First Layer Yin Yang Realm wouldn’t necessarily lose to a Second Layer Frost Snow Realm.

Su Qiluo and Su Nishang quickly formed a Yin Yang Wheel Seal to meet the incoming Frost Longsword!

BOOM!

The Yin Yang Wheel Seal and the Frost Longsword collided head-on, erupting in a deafening roar before both dissipated!

Su Qiluo and Su Nishang flickered into motion, forming another Yin Yang Wheel Seal.

But Shen Zhaoyi was faster. He was like a crazed beast, lunging forward so quickly that he left ripples in his wake.

Wherever he passed, the frigid air instantly condensed into solid ice. As if possessing Spirituality, the ice linked together, forming an ice dragon dozens of feet long.

’Hmph! The more condensed a Realm is, the stronger its power. This kind of empty show is useless!’

Su Qiluo thought to herself. She exchanged a glance with Su Nishang, and they each gathered the auras of the Extreme Yin Realm and Extreme Yang Realm, making their Yin Yang Realm even more substantial.

As more of the Yin Yang Realm’s aura gathered, the Yin Yang Wheel Seal didn’t expand. Instead, it condensed from over ten feet wide to the size of a millstone.

But the pressure emanating from the Yin Yang Wheel Seal grew increasingly tyrannical and terrifying!

Shen Zhaoyi channeled the frigid aura. The ice dragon suddenly soared into the air, then violently swung its massive tail, smashing down toward Su Qiluo and Su Nishang!

Undaunted, Su Qiluo and Su Nishang controlled the Yin Yang Wheel Seal to meet it!

RUMBLE!

The auras of the Frost Snow Realm and Yin Yang Realm clashed violently, once again erupting in a tremendous roar!

As expected, the ice dragon’s massive tail was instantly shattered!

The ice dragon then bared its fangs and claws and lunged downward.

The Yin Yang Wheel Seal’s momentum didn’t cease. It spun like a vortex, vibrating violently as it ground the ice dragon to pieces!

However, the Yin Yang Wheel Seal also quickly dissipated.

Su Qiluo and Su Nishang quickly formed another Yin Yang Wheel Seal, but Shen Zhaoyi had already gathered all the frigid aura in a radius of hundreds of feet.

He formed it into massive walls of ice that hurtled toward Su Qiluo and Su Nishang from all directions!

Su Qiluo and Su Nishang remained composed, for they could already see that these ice walls were still not condensed and their power was ordinary.

The auras of the Extreme Yin Realm and Extreme Yang Realm swiftly merged, forming a lotus platform over ten feet wide that shielded the two of them.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ice walls crashed against the lotus platform, erupting in a violent roar!

The ice walls shattered and exploded, sending a blizzard of ice and snow into the air!

Yet the lotus platform stood unshaken; in fact, it seemed to solidify even further.

The expressions on Su Qiluo and Su Nishang’s faces grew more relaxed.

They continued to gather the aura of the Yin Yang Realm, waiting only to amass enough of it to form another Yin Yang Wheel Seal.

But they seemed to have overlooked one thing: from start to finish, Shen Zhaoyi had been constantly on the move.

While the ice walls were crashing into the lotus platform, he had darted hundreds of feet away, covering a large area.

Su Qiluo and Su Nishang finally formed another Yin Yang Wheel Seal dozens of feet wide.

But before they could act, an overwhelming wave of frigid aura swept in from all directions.

For hundreds of feet, everything was a vast expanse of white. The frigid aura was so thick it was almost tangible.

Shen Zhaoyi moved rapidly, waving his palms one after another. Between his palms and fingers, he continuously launched incomparably condensed Ice Cones that shot toward Su Qiluo and Su Nishang from all directions at extreme speed!

Each Ice Cone was condensed from the frigid aura of a dozens-of-feet radius. Each possessed the Realm Power of the Second Layer. Each could easily shatter the Yin Yang Wheel Seal and pierce through it.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

Amidst a series of violent roars, the Yin Yang Wheel Seal was bombarded until it was riddled with holes. In just a few breaths, it shattered with a loud bang!

At that very moment, the frigid aura filling the air once again condensed into a massive ice dragon, which opened its maw and lunged to bite Su Qiluo and Su Nishang.

The color drained from Su Qiluo and Su Nishang’s faces. They tried to dodge, but the frigid aura impeded them, making it difficult to move. They could only instinctively activate their True Force to protect themselves.

CRACK!

The ice dragon bit down on them both. Its massive body then instantly collapsed into a frigid mist, which immediately solidified into ice.

The street suddenly fell silent.

Snowflakes drifted leisurely down from the sky!

Su Qiluo and Su Nishang were frozen in the ice, like statues!

By the time they finally managed to use their Yin Yang Realm to shatter the ice, they only saw two tall figures walking away in the distance down the street.

It was none other than Chen Cheng and Shen Zhaoyi. They were chatting casually as they walked. Seemingly pleased with the conversation, Shen Zhaoyi placed a large hand on Chen Cheng’s shoulder.

Chen Cheng, in turn, put his arm on Shen Zhaoyi’s shoulder.

The old man and the young man walked on with their arms slung over each other’s shoulders, their figures receding into the distance!

"Ah Cheng, this old man easily crushed those True Inheritors from the Sutra of Ultimate Sect using just my Frost Snow Realm, but I learned a few tricks from you. I was putting them to use right away!"

"Otherwise, even if this old man had comprehended the Second Layer of the Frost Snow Realm, defeating their Yin Yang Realm wouldn’t have been so easy!"

"Elder Shen, you’re too modest! Even in a head-on clash, the Realm Power of a Second Layer Frost Snow Realm is still far superior to a First Layer Yin Yang Realm!"

"Eh... these old bones of mine can’t handle many more head-on clashes. It’s much more satisfying to use favorable timing, geographical advantage, and superior tactics to crush an opponent without spilling a drop of blood!"

"True enough!"

"Ah Cheng, with the current situation in Linji City, I’m afraid trouble is brewing. Why don’t you move into the Ice Castle and keep an old man like me company?"

"Elder Shen, I can still handle it!"

"Ho! Good kid! It seems that even if this old man hadn’t stepped in, those two little dolls from the Sutra of Ultimate Sect couldn’t have done anything to you!"

"If it were a life-and-death battle, I wouldn’t be afraid. But in a martial arts competition, if they used their Yin Yang Realm, I’d probably have to flee in disarray!"

"Hahaha! ’Flee in disarray,’ I like that! Ah Cheng, you’re truly an interesting fellow!"

"You’re an interesting fellow yourself, Elder! Quietly comprehending the Second Layer of the Frost Snow Realm... you even kept me in the dark!"

"Heh! It’s all thanks to you!"

...

That day, Chen Cheng went to the Ice Castle again. He ate Ice Spirit Fish, drank wine, and discussed the Martial Dao with Shen Zhaoyi.

...

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, more than a month had passed.

The ice and snow melted, winter passed, and another year’s early spring arrived.

For the past month, Chen Cheng continued to diligently dedicate himself to cultivating the Martial Dao every day.

「One morning.」

Chen Cheng woke up early and practiced the Tendon-Separating Bone-Crushing Hand in his courtyard.

During this period, he mainly focused on cultivating the Dragon’s Roar Iron Cloth Shirt and the Tendon-Separating Bone-Crushing Hand. His progress with the Dragon’s Roar Iron Cloth Shirt was slightly slower.

The Tendon-Separating Bone-Crushing Hand, however, progressed extremely quickly. The progress bar for the Tendon-Separating Bone-Crushing Stance had long since reached Perfection, and the Inference Realm was at its final stage.

HUMMM!

Chen Cheng’s body moved like the wind. His hands sometimes formed claws, sometimes palms, and sometimes his fingers came together like a blade.

In the courtyard, gusts of a gentle breeze stirred, creating ripples that spread out in layer upon layer.

Chen Cheng’s movements grew faster, but occasionally he would stop abruptly, lost in thought.

[Progress of Tendon-Separating Bone-Crushing Hand Inference Realm has increased.]

...

As he cultivated, the system panel’s prompts appeared from time to time.

Suddenly, Chen Cheng stopped in front of an ancient tree by a flower bed. He gazed at the mottled texture of its bark, a thoughtful expression on his face.

His thoughts began to drift.

After an unknown amount of time, a sudden understanding bloomed in Chen Cheng’s mind, and images began to flash through his head...

A youth in green robes darted through a vast, dense forest. The trees, branches, and leaves were layered so thickly that the forest was deep and dark.

The trees grew denser and denser, until there were almost no gaps left. The youth had nowhere to step and was forced to halt.

At that moment, the entire forest began to tremble. The trees shifted, stacking themselves together in a fine, dense mass, which soon formed a single entity that pressed in to crush the youth.

A feeling of being squeezed and suffocated washed over him. The youth was terrified. He widened his eyes and held his breath, but all he could see was a seamless wall!

"No, this isn’t right!"

The youth spun around. Behind him, and on all sides, were the same seamless walls.

The walls continued to press inward, threatening to grind the youth into dust.

The sense of a life-and-death crisis overwhelmed him. The youth suddenly swept his palms forward!

As his fingers and palms touched the wall, he could clearly feel its texture!

"To insert that which has no thickness into that which has gaps... ah, there is always more than enough room for the blade to play!"

The youth murmured. He brought his fingers together like a blade and chopped forward, striking right into the texture of the wall.

SHINK!

The texture abruptly split apart. With a flash, the youth’s body vanished into it.

The world before him suddenly opened up. When he looked again, he found himself in a vast ocean. His body was enveloped by the dense seawater, and the feeling of being squeezed and suffocated grew even stronger.

"This isn’t right!" the youth shouted lightly. He moved his body quickly and once again sensed that even the dense seawater seemed to have gaps!

SWISH!

The youth’s palm sliced gently, easily opening a fissure. Then, with a sudden leap, he burst out from the gap!