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Chapter 822 - Chapter 822 Chapter 822 Strike First to Gain the Upper Hand

Chapter 822: Chapter 822 Strike First to Gain the Upper Hand Chapter 822: Chapter 822 Strike First to Gain the Upper Hand Xue Jingren did not ignore Xue Hongfei’s injuries and death, but he had other, more pressing matters to consider.

In his view, did it really make a big difference whether he saved someone a few minutes earlier or later?

Immediate rescue was definitely necessary, but most of the time, those few minutes didn’t matter.

Surviving because of being saved one minute earlier or dying because the help was one minute too late–such situations certainly existed, but the chances were extremely low.

What he needed to ensure was that by sparing Feng Jun, the next person who would strike at the Xue family’s offspring would think twice.

Xue Jingren would not underestimate his opponent; the two family members who had fought the enemy were no longer reliable. So, he decided to prepare a defense talisman first.

Then he said, “My Xue family did not wish to become your enemy, and we even wanted to recruit you, but alas…”

That was the moment! Feng Jun’s divine sense suddenly launched a fierce attack at the opponent.

He had actually heard of the Five Elements Invisibility Technique before, but since it was his first time seeing it, he did not recognize it.

Since the opponent understood a wood-related invisibility technique–actually, Xue Jingren only knew Wood Concealment, not Wood Jutsu.

Anyways, the misunderstanding didn’t matter. He knew that the most effective way to deal with these dharma were divine sense attacks, which would disrupt the opponent’s divine sense, rendering the Five Elements Invisibility Technique impossible to execute.

Sure enough, after the divine sense attack, Xue Jingren’s figure appeared two zhang away. The form he had just assumed was still the Art of Wood Concealment, merely a projection.

Feng Jun did not directly attack his divine sense, but maintaining a projection also required divine sense.

Xue Jingren’s extended divine sense was attacked, causing him to involuntarily pause and reveal his shape.

In that moment of pause, Feng Jun’s hands were already forming seals, readying the Falling Thunder Technique!

When it comes to attack, thunder techniques are indeed swift, but the Falling Thunder Technique… requires seals to be formed.

And the only thing faster than a thunder technique attack is a divine sense attack.

Feng Jun was very aware of this; if he wanted to ambush, as soon as he formed the seals of the Falling Thunder Technique, it would be detected by the opponent. Therefore, he launched a soul attack first, followed by the rigidity of Falling Thunder Technique, and then other attacks…

That’s right, his plan was to take down both Dustfree-stage cultivators in one fell swoop. Xue Jingren worried about him escaping, but he was also concerned about Xue Jingren running away.

As expected, Xue Jingren’s body suddenly stiffened.

Thunder techniques are truly annoying– not only do they strike quickly, but they are also difficult to defend against. Except for specialized Lightning Avoiding Artifacts, ordinary armor is basically ineffective against Thunder Techniques.

Of course, “basically ineffective” does not mean completely ineffective.

For example, if, at this moment, Xue Jingren could bring forth something similar to the Mountain and River Seal and fully utilize it, maintaining a distance from the Great Seal, the damage from the Falling Thunder Technique would be significantly reduced.

Unfortunately, Xue Jingren did not possess such a magical treasure, and even more unfortunately, he had just been subjected to a divine sense attack.

In fact, the lightning from the Falling Thunder Technique was really too fast.

Fortunately, he had previously attached an intermediate-level Dustfree defense talisman on himself.

This defense talisman could not prevent the damage from the lightning, but it was not “completely ineffective.” Thus, while he was rigid, a white light emerged from his chest and shot towards Feng Jun–he also had nurtured a Wooden Yuan Bead.

But with Feng Jun having gained the upper hand, why would he wait for the counterattack? His body suddenly flashed, and then he once again raised the Mountain and River Seal.

That’s right, he dared to withstand Xue Hongfei’s Wooden Yuan Bead, but when facing the intermediate-level Dustfree-stage Xue Jingren, he would not bet on the ultimate defensive capabilities of his Flame Armor.

Now that he had disabled two combatants and initially taken control of the battlefield, why gamble on the ultimate defense of the Flame Armor?

To say he had disabled two combatants was actually an understatement–neither were dead. Xue Hongsheng, with a severely damaged soul, was rolling on the ground and howling, while Xue Hongfei, hit by the Mountain and River Seal and with an intermediate-level Dustfree defense talisman, was merely smashed into the earth.

However, they were fighting on a mountain, and although there was a lot of soil, there were also plenty of rocks. When Feng Jun withdrew the Mountain and River Seal and raised it again, the buried Xue Hongfei was revealed amidst the dirt and stones.

At that moment, Xue Hongfei was barely recognizable, his flesh and blood mangled, but he was indeed still alive– it looked as if he could hold on for several more minutes without issue.

Nevertheless, Xue Jingren could not afford to look at him, as he saw the Mountain and River Seal descending towards him. He withdrew his Wooden Yuan Bead and met it head-on!

With a loud bang, the Wooden Yuan Bead actually managed to momentarily stall the Mountain and River Seal. After all, it was an intermediate-level Dustfree-stage lifebound magical treasure, much stronger than the initial level Sound Explosion Finger.

However, such a collision greatly damaged the Wooden Yuan Bead that Xue Jingren had refined.

In that brief pause, the paralysis from the lightning had lessened a bit. Enduring the backlash from his Wooden Yuan Bead’s damage, he raised his hand to produce a small green bell and hurled it towards the slowly descending Great Seal in the sky.

This small bell, named the Soul-Suppressing Bell, had some sound-killing magical treasure effects, but its main purpose was to bind and restrain.

With a dull thud, Feng Jun only felt a dizziness in his head, then saw the little bell stick to the Mountain and River Seal, rapidly growing numerous vines, attempting to envelop the Great Seal.

For Xue Jingren, if he used the Soul-Suppressing Bell on Feng Jun, he might be able to capture his opponent while intimidating their divine sense. But in a battlefield where treasures clash, his first reaction was to contain the other’s magic artifact.

If he couldn’t stop this Great Seal, even if he could capture Feng Jun, he would be smashed into the rocky mountain by it.

By then, if the Soul-Suppressing Bell lost control, Feng Jun might even break free, so it would be better to destroy the Great Seal first.

Xue Jingren didn’t think there was anything wrong with his response; he had already figured out that the power of this Great Seal was definitely beyond the intermediate level, undoubtedly Feng Jun’s trump card. Without breaking this magic artifact, the battle wouldn’t end anytime soon.

Even worse, there was a possibility he could lose to the other side–knowing that his Wooden Yuan Bead was damaged, he also lost an ace in the hole.

He was preoccupied with how to deal with this treasure first. Unexpectedly, upon collision, the Soul-Suppressing Bell effortlessly resisted the Great Seal–although it didn’t completely bind it, the opponent seemed… to have no power to resist?

He felt a sense of “hitting the air with a punch”, and the next moment, he instinctively reacted, something’s wrong!

The other party had voluntarily given up the method of using the Great Seal to attack!

That meant they were going to use another method of attack–and it might not be much less powerful than the Great Seal.

These words take long to write, but in Xue Jingren’s mind, it all flashed by because the logic was too simple: without other strong methods, why would his adversary give up controlling the Great Seal?

Even if it was a war of attrition, they should still endure for a while, right?

Then he saw a green Rope Lasso fly out from Feng Jun’s hand.

Feng Jun gave up controlling the Mountain and River Seal out of necessity. He didn’t fear a head-to-head confrontation with the other party, but there were still two big living people lying on the ground–who knew when they might recover?

They didn’t need to fully recover; as long as they regained enough strength to strike once, he would face a pincer attack again.

So, he decisively abandoned the Mountain and River Seal, and luckily, he still had other powerful magic artifacts in his hands.

When Xue Jingren saw the green Rope Lasso heading his way, his expression immediately changed, and he raised his hand to point, “Explode!”

Another Sound Explosion Finger! This was not to say that the Xue Family lacked other skills, but rather this finger strike was extremely fast, and being an airborne technique, if he confronted the Qing Suo with a sword, the results would be terrible.

He hoped that the Sound Explosion Finger could effectively counter the opponent’s binding magic treasure. The possibility wasn’t very high, but also not very low–unless it was a magic treasure comparable to the Great Seal; otherwise, maybe it could buy him some opportunity.

Xue Jingren still had many tricks up his sleeve–leaving other things aside, he had over a dozen Talismans in his Storage Bag, which, even if not enough to blast the opponent into ash, were sufficient to support a drawn-out war of attrition.

Unfortunately, his Sound Explosion Finger couldn’t stop the green Rope Lasso.

The next moment, the Qing Suo firmly bound his body.

Xue Jingren thought his Sound Explosion Finger might not be very effective, but the result of it having “no effect at all” still left him dumbstruck, “What magic artifact is this?”

What magic artifact? It was the Immortal Binding Rope, a treasure Feng Jun acquired when he slew the first ascended Cultivator Yu Meiren, a treasure of the Yu Family said to “bind anything below Ascension.”

He had possessed this magic artifact for a long time, but he had been unable to activate it.

He had seen a similar magic artifact, the Binding Immortal Rope of Kunlun–strictly speaking, called the Ruthless Rope.

Kou Heiyi and Hua Hua had both used the Ruthless Rope, and indeed, it was handy. Feng Jun had always been quite envious and had wanted to try it.

But Hua Hua treasured this item more than its own life, and he had already promised to leave it to Zhang Caixin, so it wasn’t good to forcefully take it–since he already possessed the powerful Mountain and River Seal, it was better to leave some means for Hua Hua to defend the home.

As the boss of Luohua Manor, he should at least look the part, right?

In fact, his thought was that he was about to ascend soon, and in his Storage Bag, he had another Immortal Binding Rope with similar functions, so why bother with the hassle?

Thus, as soon as his ascension stabilized, his first action was to refine this magical treasure.

If he didn’t have this item as backup, how could he dare to give up the Mountain and River Seal so easily?

The Immortal Binding Rope easily bound Xue Jingren, and the Soul-Suppressing Bell, losing control, immediately fell to the ground.

Feng Jun stepped forward, took both the Soul-Suppressing Bell and the Mountain and River Seal, examined the Great Seal closely, saw that it was somewhat damaged, and couldn’t help but let out a heavy sigh, “Damn it.”

Then he walked up to Xue Jingren, took off his Storage Bag, and, upon seeing another storage ring, drew out his Long Blade and fiercely hacked at the man’s arm.

Regrettably, Xue Jingren had just slapped on an intermediate-level Defense Talisman, and the blade strike proved ineffective.

“Hehe,” Xue Jingren saw that his defense was unbroken and couldn’t help but let out a laugh before speaking earnestly, “Earlier, the Xue Family was unaware that you were an ascended Cultivator, and for any offense caused, the Xue Family is willing to apologize and compensate for your losses.”

Feng Jun glanced at him, too lazy to speak, and in a flash appeared beside Xue Hongsheng, who was still wailing on the ground, the Long Blade in his hand chopping down!