Chapter 732: Raging Waves (Part 2)

Chapter 732: Chapter 290: Raging Waves (Part 2)

“Excellent! Junior Brother Chen, your fundamentals are surprisingly solid! In that case, allow me to demonstrate the Great Sun Heaven-Burning Spear of my Mystic Sun Lineage!”

Before his voice had faded, Zhang Baicheng’s aura suddenly changed!

The scorching True Essence he had kept restrained erupted violently, and a crimson light shot toward the sky.

The Liaoyuan Spear in his hand hummed and trembled. Its shaft instantly turned crimson, as if just pulled from a furnace, while its tip condensed into a point of light so blinding one could not look at it directly. It radiated a terrifying heat, enough to incinerate the world.

The Great Sun crosses the heavens, burning mountains and boiling seas!

Zhang Baicheng took a step forward, and the floor of the platform instantly charred and melted.

He thrust the Liaoyuan Spear. Its momentum wasn’t a simple, direct attack. Instead, it transformed into a sky full of crimson spear-shadows, resembling a fiery meteor shower or the searing magma from a volcanic eruption, sweeping toward Chen Qing with overwhelming force!

Before the spear even arrived, the searing heatwave singed the hair of the disciples in the front rows, forcing them to retreat in horror.

The temperature of the entire Seven-Star Platform suddenly skyrocketed. The air distorted, making it feel as though they were trapped inside a furnace.

Facing this terrifying Spear Momentum that seemed to burn the heavens and boil the seas, Chen Qing’s gaze was as calm as still water.

He took a deep breath. The once-tempered Primordial True Essence surged through his body, and a magnificent Righteous Qi—one capable of suppressing demons and stabilizing the very land—rose from within.

True Martial Demon-Vibrating Spear! True Martial Abyss!

With a low shout, he executed no complex or flashy maneuver, but simply thrust the Profound Dragon Spear straight forward.

However, things were different now.

As he infused it with True Essence and his Spear Intent erupted, this “True Martial Abyss” technique manifested with a completely different presence in his hands!

In that instant, Chen Qing’s aura fused with the Profound Dragon Spear. For a moment, he seemed to transform. He was no longer a Martial Artist, but the phantom of an ancient deity standing before an endless abyss, one foot on a Profound Turtle, a giant serpent coiled around his body. Let a thousand fiery calamities rage, let monstrous waves crash down—he would remain utterly Immovable, defending heaven and earth with supreme resolve.

The Profound Dragon Spear seemed to move slowly, yet it carried an unshakable gravity and determination.

Along the spear’s dark shaft, Primordial True Essence circulated, condensing into an exceptionally solid, profound-black spear light. Like the legendary Stabilizing Needle, or the very line dividing yin and yang, it stabbed straight into the heart of the crimson torrent that threatened to burn the heavens and boil the seas!

BOOM—!!!

Crimson and profound black, scorching heat and immense gravity—the two completely different Spear Techniques and True Essences clashed violently!

A deafening explosion, like thunder from the highest heavens, erupted. A tide of crimson and black True Essence surged wildly in all directions from the point of impact, like a furious tsunami!

The incredibly durable light barrier protecting the Seven-Star Platform twisted violently, groaning under the strain. It flickered erratically, looking as if it might shatter at any moment.

The crowd below watched, their hearts and spirits shaken, completely mesmerized and overwhelmed by the spectacle.

Just as the destructive wave of True Essence was about to crash against the edge of the platform and engulf the disciples, Zhang Baicheng’s free left hand shot out like lightning. He spread his fingers and pressed forward into the empty air.

A mystical Power materialized from his gesture. Like a gentle spring breeze or an invisible barrier, it precisely intercepted the shockwave.

When the rampaging crimson-black wave of True Essence met this Power, it was like snow under a warm sun. Its force was dispelled, layer by layer, until it was nothing more than a gentle breeze that swept past, leaving the crowd completely unharmed.

“That’s the Mystic Sun True Flame Shield of the Mystic Sun Lineage! To be able to dissipate the backlash so effortlessly… Zhang Baicheng’s control over his True Essence has reached the Transformation Realm!” a knowledgeable Steward immediately exclaimed, drawing a chorus of amazed gasps.

At almost the exact same moment, faced with the same surging backlash of True Essence, Chen Qing simply stood his ground.

The qi and blood in his body surged violently. Faintly, the roar of a dragon and the trumpeting of an elephant echoed from within him. A Dark Gold Luster flowed across his skin, upon which ancient, esoteric Sanskrit runes could be seen flashing into and out of existence.

HUMMM!

The violent wave of True Essence slammed into Chen Qing, but it only produced a deep, muffled sound, as if striking a massive bronze bell.

Chen Qing’s body swayed slightly, the Cyan Gang Rock under his feet cracking and shattering. But the Dark Gold Luster surrounding him merely rippled violently before it absorbed the full force of the impact, leaving him completely unharmed!

It was the Buddhist Sect’s Body Refining Secret Technique!

The Dragon Elephant Wisdom Vajra Body!

The crowd held its breath, staring unblinkingly at the duel.

This was far more dangerous, far more terrifying than the previous bout!

True Essence roiled and Martial Dao Will manifested—a level where Skill is Almost Like Magic!

This was transcendent Martial Arts, a true display of the might of True Essence. It made the blood of every watching disciple boil with excitement, filling their hearts with longing.

“Chen Qing…”

Ruan Lingxiu stared at the young face on the platform, feeling dazed for the first time.

True Disciples like herself were the most outstanding talents the Celestial Treasure Upper Sect had produced in twenty years—veritable geniuses.

But looking at Chen Qing, a thought surfaced in her mind. ‘Could it be… that he has a chance of reaching the Grandmaster Realm?’

Among the current generation of True Disciples, the only one the entire Sect believed had a very high chance of stepping into the Grandmaster Realm was the eldest, Senior Brother Nan Zhuoran.

For everyone else, it would be a matter of fate and opportunity.

Meanwhile, the battle on the platform had reached a white-hot intensity.

After that single clash, Zhang Baicheng held back no longer. His Spear Intent erupted in full!

Great Sun Burning Heaven, a wildfire across a thousand miles!

The crimson True Essence around him erupted like a volcano, and his searing Spear Intent instantly saturated the entire Seven-Star Platform.

Chen Qing felt the world before him twist and distort. It was as if he had been plunged into a boundless sea of fire. He was surrounded on all sides by flames that could incinerate creation itself, and searing waves rolled toward him, threatening to swallow him whole.

Spear Intent!

This was the manifestation of the Great Sun Heaven-Burning Spear’s Spear Intent!