Chapter 798 The First Clash!

As Shen Lang and Monk Bu Se waited outside the Twelve All Heaven Beast Array, it took little more than two hours for Yin Tianchou and Duan Chenfeng to appear.

Yin Tianchou was normally a deeply calculating man, but having had his fated opportunity stolen by Shen Lang, he was now on the verge of madness.

Furthermore, he was incredibly arrogant and had Duan Chenfeng, an expert at the Emperor Martial Realm Eighth Heaven, by his side.

Therefore, the moment he saw Shen Lang, he dispensed with all pleasantries and got straight to the point: he wanted to kill Shen Lang and take the Heaven-Slaying Trident!

However, Yin Tianchou had clearly underestimated Shen Lang’s skill and audacity.

Now, faced with Yin Tianchou and the Emperor Martial Realm Late Stage Duan Chenfeng, Shen Lang was not only completely unfazed, but he even retorted by asking who the hell Yin Tianchou was.

“You suicidal fool!”

Yin Tianchou flew into a rage and viciously swung his longsword!

As he swung his sword, the faint illusion behind him suddenly solidified!

An entire ocean instantly bore down on Shen Lang, threatening to crush him!

Within it, a pitch-black Demon Dragon looked ready to devour Shen Lang in a single bite, its ferocity reaching an apex!

The moment this immense power was unleashed, it wasn’t just Shen Lang at its center who was affected; even Monk Bu Se and the mysterious woman watching from the side found it difficult to breathe.

Even if this ocean wasn’t real, the power it harnessed was truly unimaginable. How could any ordinary person possibly withstand it?

Even Monk Bu Se, a King Martial Realm Fifth Heaven expert, had to circulate his Power at full force just to resist the incredible pressure in the air!

Just as the materialized ocean was about to crash down and pulverize Shen Lang…

Shen Lang’s ramrod-straight body suddenly moved like a phantom, shifting three meters to the right and leaving a trail of afterimages!

The next moment, Shen Lang raised his right hand and, with a simple motion, slashed forward!

A peerless blade of light carrying an unrivaled Sword Intent instantly slashed down into the oppressive ocean!

BOOM!

Amid the massive explosion, the ocean that had nearly blotted out the entire second-level platform was instantly cleaved in two by the blade of light!

The towering waves, the roaring Demon Dragon—everything vanished without a trace like a phantom under the impact of the light.

“Is the Deep Sea Realm of the White Banner of the Five-Colored Banner Lineage really all there is to it?” Shen Lang sneered. “It’s too slow and the opening is too obvious. It’s only good for fooling children.”

‘Damn you!’ This was clearly the first time Yin Tianchou had ever had his “Deep Sea Realm” broken with a single move the moment he unleashed it.

The look in his eyes, which already promised death by a thousand cuts for Shen Lang, became even more savage.

His frenzied, tyrannical aura, combined with his unconcealed Killing Intent, made him almost indistinguishable from the Demon Martial Artists.

Yin Tianchou grit his teeth. His longsword, wreathed in sea-blue Sword Qi, followed an exceedingly bizarre trajectory as he slashed at Shen Lang twice!

SWISH! SWISH!

The two streams of Sword Qi shot out to the left and right, forming two walls of blades that seemed capable of shredding anything in their path, sealing off Shen Lang’s escape routes.

Behind Shen Lang was a bottomless cliff where piercing Gang Feng howled. He had virtually nowhere to retreat.

SHINK!

Yin Tianchou’s eyes were like those of a Fierce Beast, intent on tearing its target to shreds. The longsword in his hand lunged for Shen Lang’s face like a venomous dragon!

Faced with this situation, the expressions of Monk Bu Se and the mysterious woman watching from afar grew solemn.

Shen Lang, however, remained completely unconcerned. He neither dodged nor retreated…

His feet seemed rooted to the ground. In a flash, he leaned his upper body back, and his palms shot forward, one after the other, in a scissoring motion. They instantly slapped against the flat of Yin Tianchou’s longsword!

‘He actually dares to block the Fifth Grade Profound Artifact, the Demon Dragon Sword, with his bare hands? Is he tired of living?’

A strange glint flashed in the eyes of Duan Chenfeng, who was watching the battle.

Others might not have known, but Duan Chenfeng was keenly aware that this Demon Dragon Sword was no ordinary weapon. Although it was only a Fifth Grade Profound Artifact, the materials used in its forging surpassed even those of a First Grade Emperor Artifact.

The White Banner Master of the Five-Colored Banner had personally traveled to the Barbaric lands to gather its materials for Yin Tianchou—millennia-old Netherworld Jade, Blood Demon Stone, and Celestial Demon Blood Amber. It was then jointly forged by several Artifact Refining Masters who had poured immense effort into its creation.

And now, this ghost-faced man was actually touching the flat of the blade with his bare palm!

Even if it wasn’t the cutting edge, a Fifth Grade Profound Artifact was not something an ordinary person could touch so easily with their bare hands.

For a split second, Duan Chenfeng expected the ghost-faced man to be instantly wounded by the Sword Qi, or even blasted to death by it.

Monk Bu Se, full of confidence in Shen Lang, expected Yin Tianchou to be jolted so hard that he would lose his grip on his sword.

The mysterious woman, however, revealed a hint of worry in her otherwise cold gaze.

The next moment, something even more terrifying happened…

As Shen Lang’s hands slapped against the blade in that scissoring motion, the longsword actually let out a mournful cry! Then, with a series of CRACKS, it snapped into three pieces!

The pieces clattered to the ground!

At that moment, Duan Chenfeng, Monk Bu Se, and the mysterious woman were all stunned into silence.

None of them had expected this outcome.

After all, according to their Divine Thought, the cultivation Shen Lang was displaying was merely at the Peak of King Martial Realm Second Heaven!

But in the very instant they were all stunned…

But Yin Tianchou was something else. Had it been anyone else, they would have been, if not shocked, at least livid with rage at having their Profound Artifact destroyed.

But Yin Tianchou’s expression remained unchanged!

The very instant the Demon Dragon Sword shattered, Yin Tianchou advanced instead of retreating, striking out at Shen Lang with a seemingly gentle palm strike from his left hand!

Though the strike seemed to have no power behind it, the moment it was launched, sand and stones were kicked up, and a ghastly aura, like the wailing of ten thousand ghosts, filled the air!

This palm strike clearly followed the path of the Demon Dao. The moment he unleashed it, the entire atmosphere on the second-level platform changed drastically.

“Hmph!”

Shen Lang’s shoulders dipped as his left hand shot out, smashing into Yin Tianchou’s left palm!

BANG!

As their palms met, Powerful Qi erupted. Yin Tianchou let out a muffled grunt and was sent flying backward. He stumbled back several steps across the ground, only stopping when Duan Chenfeng casually placed a hand on his shoulder, helping him disperse the force and regain his footing.

For a moment, an eerie silence fell over the entire area.

It had been a brief exchange, lasting only an instant, but the difference in their strength was already clear.

Not only had Yin Tianchou lost a Fifth Grade Profound Artifact, but he had also suffered significant injuries.

“Is that all the skill you have? And you dare act so arrogantly? You want my life? Do you really think a piece of trash like you can take it?”

Shen Lang spoke coldly, sweeping his right foot across the ground to kick the three pieces of the broken sword off the cliff.

“So arrogant and utterly clueless about your own limitations. Did Bai Luobing not teach you how to conduct yourselves?”

At these words, Yin Tianchou had little reaction, but Duan Chenfeng exploded with fury. “You junior truly court death! Is my master’s name something the likes of you are fit to utter?”

An overwhelming pressure erupted from Duan Chenfeng, bearing down on Shen Lang!

The Emperor Martial Realm Late Stage expert was finally preparing to take action against Shen Lang himself!