Chapter 668 - 269: Divine Techniques (Part 2)

A furious Saber Astral capable of splitting mountains and shattering stone bore down from the front, a sinister, bone-eroding Palm Power struck from the side, and Cunning, Ruthless, and Fierce Poison Needles harassed him from a distance!

The trio’s coordinated attack was vicious and seamless, seemingly driving Chen Qing into a desperate corner!

Yet at this critical juncture, there wasn’t the slightest hint of panic in Chen Qing’s eyes.

He made no move to dodge Zhao Chi’s palm strike.

THUMP!

Zhao Chi’s palm struck Chen Qing’s side. At first, it felt like hitting an incredibly tough piece of old leather. But then, a monstrous rebound force, far beyond his imagination, suddenly erupted from within Chen Qing’s body!

"Ngh!?"

Zhao Chi’s expression changed drastically. He felt his Netherworld Bone-Eroding Gang Qi fail to penetrate as it normally would. Instead, a sharp pain shot through his palm, and his entire arm instantly went numb.

The brutal force sent him stumbling back two steps, each one stamping a deep footprint into the ground before he could finally dissipate the recoil.

He was horrified. ’This guy’s Body Refining Technique is this domineering? Even the recoil is this powerful!’

Though Chen Qing had taken the palm strike head-on, the impact sent the qi and blood in his own body churning violently.

Forcibly suppressing his churning qi and blood, he dodged the incoming Flying Needles and instantly locked his sights on Han Kui, who was charging forward with a full-powered cleave!

Han Kui let out a furious roar. Muscles bulged across his body and his veins popped like coiling Qiu Dragons. Gripping the Thick-Backed Mountain-Cutting Saber with both hands, he poured his life’s worth of Gang Qi into the blade without reservation!

VMMMM—!

The blade trembled violently, emitting a bloodthirsty hum. The Blood-colored Astral Qi that had been coiling around it suddenly surged, solidifying into a condensed, blood-red Saber Astral over ten feet long!

Before the blade even arrived, its furious Saber Momentum pressed down like a tangible mountain, causing the ground in a thirty-foot radius around Chen Qing to sink by an inch. Grass snapped, trees splintered, and sand and stones were sent flying!

The Saber Astral tore through the air with a demonic shriek, its sheer might causing the hearts of even the distant spectators to pound with fear!

But when Han Kui saw Chen Qing withstand Zhao Chi’s attack and then turn that chilling gaze upon him, his heart skipped a beat. A cold dread shot straight up his spine.

’This is bad!’

He realized that while his all-out strike was ferocious, he had overcommitted. The move was spent, making it impossible to alter his attack and leaving him wide open.

Han Kui wanted to pull back his saber to defend or alter his Saber Momentum, but the blow had already been thrown. Like an arrow loosed from a bow, how could it be recalled?

The arrow was already nocked; he had no choice but to let it fly!

He could only grit his teeth and desperately pour all his remaining Gang Qi into the blade, hoping this do-or-die attack would be enough to force Chen Qing back or even inflict a heavy wound.

Chen Qing’s gaze was iron-cold, his right hand already holding the Profound Dragon Spear in a firm grip!

The Three True Astrals within his body began to circulate at an unprecedented, frantic pace.

He stepped, twisted his waist, swung his arm, and thrust the spear! The movements flowed together as one!

The Profound Dragon Spear let out a piercing dragon’s cry as the dark dragon engravings on its shaft seemed to come alive. A cold light pulsed at its tip.

As he thrust the spear, he used the True Martial Seven Joints technique of the True Martial Demon Spear, but this time, it channeled Mountainous, Rain, and Thunderous Momentum.

BOOM! CRACK—!

The blood-red Saber Astral slammed into the tip of the Profound Dragon Spear! First came a deafening roar—the head-on collision of two immense Powers! A shockwave exploded outward from the point of impact, kicking up a sky-blotting cloud of dust.

It was followed by a sharp, grating sound of something shattering!

Before Han Kui’s disbelieving eyes, his blood-red Saber Astral—the culmination of his life’s Power—shattered like glass struck by lightning. Countless fine cracks spread outward from the point of contact with the spear tip before it violently collapsed, disintegrating into a shower of blood-red light that scattered into nothingness!

But the Profound Dragon Spear’s momentum was unbroken. Like a ship’s prow breaking through waves, its tip struck with unerring precision against the spine of the Thick-Backed Mountain-Cutting Saber!

CLANG—!

A piercing metallic clang rang out. Han Kui felt a Spiral Force transfer from the spear tip, viciously tearing at the body of his blade.

How could Han Kui’s saber possibly withstand the sharpness and resilience of the Profound Dragon Spear—a Low-Grade Spiritual Treasure—combined with Chen Qing’s terrifying Power, which contained the three Momentums of mountain, rain, and thunder?

CRACK!

The long saber shattered on impact, exploding into countless fragments that shot out in all directions!

The force split the webbing of Han Kui’s hands, drenching them in blood. The massive recoil made the very bones in his arms groan under the unbearable strain.

However, the true killing blow was only just arriving!

After shattering the Saber Astral and snapping the great saber, the terrifying Power that had been condensed to its absolute limit within the Profound Dragon Spear erupted like a long-dormant volcano!

A destructive wave of power—a mixture of immense qi, blood, and True Astral—surged forth from the spear tip like an enraged dragon bursting from the sea, instantly engulfing Han Kui completely!

"No—!"

Han Kui only had time to let out a short, desperate roar before his Protective Gang Qi dissolved like wet paper in the face of that power.

Under the impact of this indescribably violent Power, his body was obliterated. First, his clothes were shredded to dust, then his skin, muscles, and bones... all of it shattered and disintegrated, inch by inch!

Finally, in a sickening explosion of blood mist, he vanished completely, leaving not a single identifiable fragment behind.

Only a shallow crater and the thick stench of blood hanging in the air proved that he had ever existed.

In that instant, the entire battlefield fell silent!

The Demon Sect masters besieging Luo Qianjue and He Shuang, and even the struggling disciples of Xu Wang Mountain, were all stunned into silence by the horrifying scene.

An expert at Astral Force Perfection, dead just like that? Not even a corpse left behind!

Was Chen Qing really that monstrous?

Three masters at Astral Force Perfection had ambushed him, yet he had countered and killed one of them—and in such a completely overwhelming fashion!

When Zhao Chi and Hu Yuning saw Han Kui explode into a blood mist, they were utterly horrified. Their battle fervor was instantly extinguished, doused by a bone-chilling dread and replaced by sheer terror and the urge to flee.