Chapter 176 - 160: Pang Saint’s Fear!

Chapter 176: Chapter 160: Pang Saint’s Fear!

In the dense forest.

Hearing Chen Sha’s voice from the high sky behind him, Pang Saint was about to flee when he unexpectedly ran head-on into a piece played by the mysterious Chess Master.

This illusory chess piece was extraordinarily miraculous. It seemed to be formed by Qi Power. As soon as it fell from the void, it turned the surrounding ten or so zhang of space into a chessboard.

The piece landed right above Pang Saint’s head, trapping him within the chess game.

"This trick is getting old, yet you still show off..."

Furious, Pang Saint shouted and swung the Demon Saint Golden Body in his hand once more. Under this strike, faint cracking sounds echoed through the void of heaven and earth.

However, right after the Chess Master’s piece was struck and shattered again, a glint flashed in his eyes. He watched as Chen Sha dove down to within some twenty zhang of Pang Saint.

His figure shifted slightly. He suddenly pulled back and hid in the dense forest, clearly intending to leave the subsequent battle to Chen Sha. Unwilling to clash with Chen Sha at this moment, he chose to watch from the shadows and wait for an opportunity to strike.

WHOOSH!

Just as Pang Saint used the Golden Body to repel the Chess Master, he felt a terrifying fist wind coming from behind his head. The rolling, thunderous airflow sent a chill down his spine.

He quickly took a step back, spun around, and spread his five fingers to catch the punch thrown by Chen Sha.

BANG!

Under this punch, the dirt and dust in a radius around his feet instantly exploded and shot into the sky, looking like spectacular earth dragons surging upwards.

The moment their hands collided, Pang Saint felt the tyrannical and fierce intent within Chen Sha’s Fist Power. Even after battling Long Zaitian for half the night, his aura showed no signs of weakening.

"This man is truly a monster!"

Pang Saint cried out inwardly. Borrowing the force of Chen Sha’s punch, he rapidly retreated, intending to widen the distance between them once more.

Meanwhile, Chen Sha felt the Palm Power from Pang Saint. It was like erupting volcanic magma and a ten-thousand-year iceberg at the same time. These two polar opposite Yin and Yang Power Daos and Powers exhausted all the profound variations in Martial Arts, making his arm first stiffen and then tremble.

"So this is the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Yin Yang Copper Furnace Technique... He is indeed worthy of being among the top three in the world. His Realm is faintly even above Long Zaitian’s."

After exchanging a single blow, Chen Sha judged his opponent’s strength, but he had no intention of letting him leave easily.

"You must leave either your life or Long Zaitian’s body behind!" he shouted coldly. "Otherwise, I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth!"

Stomping his foot, his Beidou Killing Power spread out invisibly, and patches of frost rapidly crept outward from beneath his feet.

CRACK!

Having retreated over a dozen zhang away using the force of Chen Sha’s punch, Pang Saint had barely turned around when he felt his feet stiffen as boundless cold energy froze over him.

SCREECH!

At the same time, a long, piercing cry of a condor echoed. It turned out that as Chen Sha threw his punch, the diving Teng Zijing also struck for its master, swooping down from the sky with its two claws.

"Teng Zijing..." Pang Saint snorted coldly. "You’re courting death!"

Facing Chen Sha’s closely following punch and Teng Zijing’s aerial dive attack, he moved both hands simultaneously.

One hand circulated the world-dominating Yin Yang Marvelous Skill, striking Teng Zijing’s claws with lightning speed. The blow forced a muffled groan from the bird as it spat out blood, its wings trembling like they had been electrocuted while it was knocked back relentlessly.

BOOM!

Meanwhile, seemingly having grown accustomed to using the Demon Saint Golden Body as a weapon, Pang Saint’s other hand gripped its single leg and swept it horizontally toward Chen Sha.

CLANG!

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

Chen Sha smashed several consecutive punches onto the Golden Body, but it felt like striking an unbreakable Golden Bell Magical Treasure. His knuckles went numb, and a flash of astonishment crossed his eyes.

"The man is dead, yet his physical body has become even stronger."

Seeing that this move was highly effective, Pang Saint’s confidence multiplied, and he found Long Zaitian’s Golden Body increasingly handy to wield.

In the Martial Arts world, there was a unique weapon known as the "One-legged Copper Man." It was extremely heavy and could be used as a versatile weapon. It was mostly wielded by Martial Artists with infinite strength or by Strong Officers in the military to charge through enemy lines.

Generally speaking, because this weapon was highly peculiar, it demanded a lot from its user. If someone in a military camp could wield such a weapon, they would be a warrior capable of matching ten thousand enemies.

As the third most powerful person in the world, the profundity of Pang Saint’s Power Realm went without saying. Furthermore, the Golden Body left behind by Demon Saint Long Zaitian after his "suspected Broken Void" was harder than any Refined Gold in the world. Being used as a weapon in Pang Saint’s hands, it fully displayed the profound principle that true mastery requires no elaborate techniques.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Every time the Golden Body swept over, Chen Sha was forced to use all his strength to block it, creating a massive, booming resonance in the open sky.

Because Pang Saint was constantly worried that more pursuers were on the way, he lacked the resolve for a decisive battle. After a few swings, he forced his way out and continued to flee.

"This Golden Body... I must take it back from his hands."

An indifferent light flickered in Chen Sha’s eyes as he continued his pursuit.

However, Pang Saint was different from Long Zaitian, who had been dead-set on seeking death for a breakthrough. If he were to risk it all and fight Chen Sha to the bitter end, Chen Sha would have at least a sixty percent chance of defeating and killing him. But right now, relying on a priceless treasure, the opponent had absolutely no intention of fighting for his life. The moment he saw a chance, he fled, completely refusing to drag things out with Chen Sha.

When the number three expert in the world was dead-set on escaping and refused to engage you in combat, that was the most troublesome situation.

After Chen Sha continued his pursuit along with Teng Zijing, it was not long before Ma Rulong, Qin Half-Immortal, and the others also chased their way into this forest.

Suddenly, they heard the Chess Master’s voice say, "You don’t need to say anything. Having Chen Sha pursue him is enough."

Ma Rulong looked both surprised and righteously indignant. "Chess Master, how can we not pursue him? Whether my master’s corpse is snatched by Pang Saint or falls into Chen Sha’s hands, it is something I absolutely cannot tolerate."

"I deliberately stalled Pang Saint for a moment just now," the Chess Master said faintly. "It was to give Chen Sha the chance to catch up and stick to him. Even though Chen Sha is powerful, hunting down the world’s number three who is dead-set on leaving is not something he can accomplish in a short time.

"The chase between the two of them leaves Chen Sha with no time to focus on anything else. This gives me the perfect opportunity to make a trip up Dao Yi Mountain and see if my guess is correct."

"But my master’s corpse..." Ma Rulong said anxiously.

"If my guess is right, what does your master’s corpse even matter?" the Chess Master said coldly. "We might obtain the most powerful Golden Body in the world—Chen Canxuan’s Golden Body.

"I always believed that achieving Broken Void could only be done after heaven and earth fully revived and the rules reappeared.

"But looking at it now, your master Long Zaitian used his own life to slap me hard in the face. He proved to me with facts that your Demon Saint Sect’s ’Demon Heaven Tribulation’ truly is that special. By using the ’Heavenly Tribulation’ method, he was able to achieve a ’Broken Void’ that many experts far stronger than him couldn’t accomplish.

"Such a feat was achieved not only due to your master Long Zaitian’s personal temperament playing a vital role, but also because of the Demon Sect’s miraculous skill, the ’Demon Heaven Tribulation’.

"I even suspect that the Cultivation Technique ’Demon Heaven Tribulation’ was originally created by predecessors to provide future generations with a ’Breaking Method’ in an otherwise impossible environment.

"In short, whether it’s the Demon Heaven Tribulation or your master Long Zaitian, this Broken Void battle at Copper Mountain has told me one thing. If Long Zaitian could take the step toward Broken Void through the ’characteristics of his Cultivation Technique’ rather than relying purely on his Realm and Power, then the formerly unparalleled Chen Canxuan could not possibly have overlooked such a method. It is highly likely that he, too, departed through a spiritual Broken Void, leaving behind the most powerful physical body in the world buried on Dao Yi Mountain."

Hearing the Chess Master’s words, Ma Rulong’s expression changed rapidly. "But..."

The Chess Master shot him a cold glance. "No matter how much you respect Long Zaitian, he has already vanished from this world. As the next Demon Saint Sect Master, you should know what needs to be done and when."

With that said, his black robes fluttered as he floated off in the opposite direction of Chen Sha and Pang Saint—heading straight for Dao Yi Mountain.

Ma Rulong stood in place, gritting his teeth in hesitation for a moment. He glanced back toward the direction his master’s remains had been taken. In the end, he hardened his heart and followed the Chess Master toward Dao Yi Mountain.

......

The entire world was in an uproar.

Copper Mountain had always been a Holy Land in the hearts of Martial Artists. Various decisive battles were usually held here, and many of the world’s most powerful experts had emerged from this place, achieving fame in a single battle.

However, the news that this battle at Copper Mountain transmitted to the people of the world was nothing short of an earth-shattering shock.

Not to mention the battle between Chen Sha and Long Zaitian—their respective Immortal-like techniques resembled a war between gods, leaving ordinary mortals with nothing to do but look up in awe, completely unable to fathom or understand it.

Just the bizarre phenomena and rumors following Long Zaitian being hammered to death by Chen Sha, combined with the number three expert in the world stepping in to snatch a corpse, spawned countless versions of Martial Arts legends.

Tales spoke of "Broken Void," or that "he seemingly lost but actually achieved Corpse Dissolution and became an Immortal," or that "Pang Saint intervened specifically to seize the immortal physique"...

Even rumors claiming that "the Demon Saint’s remains contain the secret to unmatched invincibility and immortality" spread far and wide, causing a massive uproar. How could such a sensational Martial Arts event not draw the world’s attention? Everyone eagerly awaited the final fate of the "Demon Saint’s remains."

In Huaiyin City, people in various taverns and teahouses were discussing this monumental event.

"It’s said that Pang Saint, the third strongest in the world, has been hunted by that Sect Leader Chen for an entire month. Over this month, Pang Saint fled all the way from Copper Mountain, which is tens of thousands of miles away, straight into our Jin Country territory..."

Just as Jianghu experts from all walks of life were animatedly exchanging words, a loud sound erupted.

CLANG!

The terrifying sound of metal clashing rang out directly above Huaiyin City, echoing for dozens of miles around. People on the streets could be heard shouting:

"It’s those two!"

"They actually chased each other all the way to Huaiyin City!"

At this moment, on the city walls towering over Huaiyin City, Pang Saint was fleeing, panting heavily with the Golden Body hugged to his chest. Incredibly, a trace of panic now filled his eyes.

He was like a completely different person compared to a month ago. What on earth could make one of the top three experts in the world feel such terror?

The reason was simple...

In the short span of just one month, Chen Sha had actually learned his "Heaven and Earth Qiankun Yin Yang Copper Furnace Technique." This made all of his Martial Arts appear as nothing but flaws in his opponent’s eyes. He had been completely seen through!

The number three expert in the world had been read like a book and was now being hunted down like a stray dog.

And the most terrifying part was...

During this month, Chen Sha’s Great Yellow Court Power and Divine Spirits seemed to have upgraded once again!

It had reached the point where Pang Saint felt he had less than a ten percent chance of winning against Chen Sha. The only thing he could do was run for his life, sprinting with reckless abandon. Because once Chen Sha tangled him up, he would truly be beaten to death by this Demon!