Chapter 1658 - 844: Elite Disciple_2

"Aha, Brother Xuan Yu is absolutely right."

"Our disciples brawling among themselves, breaking a few bones is just a common occurrence; that’s what you call true Crystal Stones. The New Moon Palace can even afford to take a bit of damage. No wonder it’s always been so useless, tsk tsk."

What I want to say is, little brother Xuan Yu has already been merciful enough. If little brother Xuan Yu had used his full strength, and only a sixth level foundational Abyss Kingdom protective deep energy, would that kid still be alive right now?"

The shrill mocking voices came from the seven sects. The elders of New Moon Palace could only shake their heads and sigh helplessly. Yun Che’s anger actually brought a faint smile to his face. He carried Xia Yuanba to the side closest to Lan Xueruo: "Sister Xue Ruo, please let me take care of Yuan Ba."

"Alright!" Lan Xueruo hurriedly came down, took out a pearl-white pill, and fed it into Xia Yuanba’s mouth. When she raised her head, she saw Yin Che already standing up and walking toward Xuan Yu.

"Such grand words. Without eyes, even fists are hard to restrain." Yun Che stood before Xuan Yu, his expression already incomparably calm. He stared at the one who dared to injure Xia Yuanba right before his eyes, and spoke in a light tone: "Yuanou, you’d better remember what you just said." Next, I will be your opponent! Yun Che, Deep Profound Department, Class One, sixteen years old!

"Who is this youngster? He’s only sixteen, yet already at Level 1 of Nascent Profound Realm, and his deep energy is even higher than Li Hao’s. How come I’ve never seen him before?"

"No need to overthink it, he’s definitely a disciple of our Deep Profound Department." He’s my old friend, Chen Sun Tzu; he only joined our ranks this afternoon. But his expression was full of worry. Even though Yun Che’s deep energy was a bit stronger than Li Hao’s, it was only a tiny bit, not enough to make much of a difference. Li Hao was gravely injured by Xuan Yu; that meant Yun Che shouldn’t end up with any other result. At most, he’d be able to endure a few more rounds. If Yun Che got hurt right after joining the Deep Profound Department, he would have no way to face Xiao Lie. However, in this situation, the challenged must accept the challenge, and stopping the challenger from stepping forward was even harder. He could only watch with eyes wide open.

"Haozi... be careful! He... he’s too strong." Xia Yuanba clutched his chest and spoke painfully.

After hearing Yun Che’s declaration, Xuan Yu was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing, as if he’d just heard the funniest joke in the world: "Hahahaha, don’t tell me you’re trying to warn me? Threaten me? An eye for an eye? Hahahahahaha! With you? Hahaha!"

Although Xuan Yu’s laughter was utterly unrestrained and grated on the ears, no one felt his laughter was arrogant without basis. Only after laughing for quite a while did he finally say with contempt: "I have to say, I didn’t expect that in the New Moon Abyss Palace, at sixteen, there would actually be someone who could compare to Li Hao. In New Moon City, that level is actually quite decent, but it’s just your misfortune to have run into me today. Since you have the guts to challenge me, how could I not give you a bit of an advantage?"

Xuan Yu slowly stretched out five fingers and shook them in front of Yun Che: "Be bold! If you can walk five steps together with me, then you’ll be considered the winner of this Crystal Stone. How’s that?"

"Ah hahaha, Brother Xuan Yu, you’re taking him way too seriously." A burst of laughter erupted from the Spirit Sect.

The chief seat of this banquet was Qin Wuyou; since the "pointer replacement" started, he hadn’t spoken a word. He silently watched Yin Che, whose gaze hadn’t wavered at all under Xuan Yu’s laughter and mockery, and cried out in his heart: This little fellow is absolutely not simple.

"Are you done spouting nonsense?" Yin Che said coldly.

"Tsk! Your name is... mm, Yun Che, right? Don’t just stand there. If you want to begin, you can attack me whenever you like; at least you’ll get to strike once. If I strike first, you might never have the chance to strike at all." Xuan Yu said with a laugh, arms crossed over his chest.

"Heh." Yin Che also laughed. He didn’t say another word. Suddenly, his body swayed sharply to the left, his left hand shot forward, directly grabbing toward Xuan Yu’s neck.

"Huh? You don’t even use any movement art?" Xuan Yu’s laughter became even more mocking. His eyes narrowed halfway, and only when Yun Che’s arm was less than two feet from his face did he begin to move. His right hand shot out like lightning, grabbing toward Yun Che’s left wrist, his palm locking right onto that left hand.

A trace of sinister coldness flashed at the corner of Xuan Yu’s mouth. Just as he was about to explode with tremendous power to clamp down on Yun Che’s wrist, the wrist his palm clearly held suddenly turned empty. His five fingers slid past Yun Che’s wrist, clawing fiercely at thin air! As for Yun Che’s body, it had vanished as well, as if it had turned into mist.

At the same time, a fierce gust rose at his right side. His mind was still stuck in a brief daze; he didn’t even know how he should react.

"Pa!!"

An incomparably loud slap rang out from every corner of the entire palace. Everyone heard it clearly; the sound was so distinct it was as if their own faces had been struck. Xuan Yu’s entire body was sent flying into the air, spinning a full 1440 degrees before finally crashing heavily onto the ground.

For that slap, Yin Che hadn’t held back an ounce of strength. He wiped his hand in disgust on his clothes, his palm a bit red, and said indifferently: "Good move." This merciless slap that struck Xuan Yu also left everyone present utterly dumbfounded. At first, they had all thought Yun Che would suffer a disastrous defeat, that he might be seriously injured after just a few steps; none of them had expected that in the very first exchange, Yin Che would actually give Xuan Yu a ruthless slap across the face. And the sound of that slap couldn’t possibly have been louder!

Everyone from the seven major sects was completely stunned. The disciples and elders of New Moon Origin Palace were collectively shocked as well. For a while, their minds froze up, unable to turn for a long time. Only when the word "Qi" lightly came from Yun Che’s mouth did they finally awaken, as if from a dream they’d longed for. After finally confirming that what had happened was, in fact, real, each and every one of them instantly widened their eyes.

Li Hao and Xia Yuanba had both suffered miserable defeats. Add to that Xuan Yu’s ceaseless provocation and mockery, and the disciples of New Moon Abyss Palace were full of rage and humiliation, yet utterly powerless. Seeing Yin Che’s merciless slap, their whole bodies felt comforted down to the bone. The pleasure they felt from head to toe was simply beyond words. If not for the decorum of the banquet, they would have already shouted and cheered loudly.

The seven sects, especially the Abyss Clan, all looked at one another in turn. Xuan Yu, impressive at the second level of the newborn profound domain, and possessing the deep arts and skills of his Sect, had actually been brutally slapped in the face by someone at Level 1 of the newborn profound domain, and he hadn’t used any profound art at all. Was this a joke?

"Was that... a movement technique? Fourth Elder, did you clearly see his movement?" an elder of New Moon Abyss Palace asked in a low voice.

"Not at all! And I’ve never seen that kind of movement technique before either." His gaze toward Yun Che was now vastly different from before.

Xuan Yu struggled to climb back up from the ground; the entire right side of his face was already swollen, red like a monkey’s butt. Just now, he’d been speaking loudly, and in the blink of an eye, in front of everyone, he’d been slapped. This could be said to be a humiliation Xuan Yu had never suffered in his entire life. He glared at Yun Che, his eyes vicious to the extreme. However, he forcefully suppressed it, not losing the basic composure of his demeanor. Forcing a smile, he said: "Excellent! At first, I deliberately left you an opening, so you could at least exchange a few moves without losing too much face. But since you don’t know what’s good for you, then be ready to face the consequences of angering me!"

Yun Che shook his right hand, gave him a cold look, and said with disdain: "Idiot."

"Yuanou, you’re seeking death!" Xuan Yu was infuriated. With a low roar, he raised both hands and charged at Yun Che of his own accord. At the same time, purple light flickered above both his palms. Then, both fists lunged out toward Yun Che together, smashing down. Under the cover of Purple Sun Abyss Art, Xuan Yu’s two fists carried at least five hundred kilos of force.

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