The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS
Chapter 243 - 55: Zhang Yangde’s Death

Chapter 243: Chapter 55: Zhang Yangde’s Death

Soon, Qiao Baixuan’s skin began to seep blood, gradually staining his clothes.

Just like Qing Yu before his body refinement, in the tug-of-war between the two streams of True Qi, Qiao Baixuan’s body was the first to succumb to the pressure, showing signs of injury.

This was the prelude to a collapse; if he didn’t escape the situation immediately, it was foreseeable that Qiao Baixuan would be pressed to death.

Qing Yu’s victory seemed within reach.

However, at that moment, a sudden and unexpected change occurred.

A cold and sinister True Qi burst forth, filling the stone chamber.

Qing Yu, fully committed to maintaining the True Qi Field, caught off guard by this sudden eruption of cold True Qi, stumbled slightly, causing a fluctuation in the True Qi Field.

Seizing this opportunity, Qiao Baixuan, who was trapped in the True Qi Field, suddenly turned pale as if he had been severely injured, but his True Qi surged in an instant.

Evidently, Qiao Baixuan had used some kind of secret technique to explosively enhance his True Qi.

With a surge in True Qi, Qiao Baixuan mobilized his energy and burst forth with great force. Taking advantage of the moment when Qing Yu failed to reinforce the True Qi, he shattered the True Qi Field and escaped the lethal prison Qing Yu had woven.

"Damn it!"

In the brief moment of Qing Yu’s stumble, he lost the perfect opportunity to trap and kill Qiao Baixuan, and even with his Qi cultivation skills, he couldn’t help but curse.

It was too late for remedies; Qiao Baixuan, once again blurring his figure, reappeared with a palm strike that shattered the stone wall, fleeing into the passage behind it.

Seeing this, Qing Yu’s frustration grew even more intense. Throughout the fierce battle, Qiao Baixuan had continuously monitored the rotation speed of the stone chamber, understanding where the passage lay.

Thus, he was able to shatter the stone wall in the direction of the passage and escape into it.

Such a formidable opponent, driven to a dead end this time by chance, posed the question of when the next opportunity would arise after this failure.

Fuming with rage, Qing Yu fiercely turned around, staring down the direct cause of his missed chance.

Now, there were only four people in the stone chamber.

With Qiao Baixuan’s escape, some of the motley crew Zhang Yangde had subdued were killed by Qing Yu, while the rest were caught in the aftermath of the battle between Zhang Yangde and Yuan Jianyi, perishing as well.

Bie Pengyue was huddled in a corner of the stone chamber, shivering as he watched the four titans battle.

Without a doubt, the cold True Qi had been released by Zhang Yangde.

Zhang Yangde was now heavily shrouded in black True Qi, barely discernible as a human figure, with a chilling ghostly energy surrounding him, taking the form of Yin Dragon and Evil Tiger amidst the Qi.

Although his form was blurred, the aura emanating from within was thick with a sinister, uncanny energy, deeply intimidating.

Furthermore...

"This level of True Energy is quite unusual. And the transformation of this True Energy is also extremely strange," Qing Yu muttered, his eyes deep with confusion as he watched Zhang Yangde’s current stance.

Zhang Yangde’s level of True Energy, although not equal to Qing Yu’s Eightfold True Energy, had already surpassed what one would expect in the Innate Realm.

In addition, the transformation of his True Energy did not resemble what should be seen at the Innate Realm.

With the help of supreme Cultivation Techniques, combined with one’s own Heavenly Talent, it is possible to transform True Qi into form within the Innate Realm, just like Qingxu did, and like Yuan Jianyi is doing now.

However, Zhang Yangde’s Yin Dragon and Evil Tiger seemed to possess their own intelligence. Such a transformation of True Qi was not something an Innate Realm Martial Artist without a Divine Origin should have, unless Zhang Yangde had practiced a Cultivation Technique similar to the "Black Heaven Book," prematurely developing spiritual power.

"Anyway, this Yang De Zhang oozed weirdness from every pore, a disciple of the Taoist sect whose Cultivation Technique seemed like a Demon Technique, and now he’s come up with these bizarre tricks."

"Kid, your sword can hardly withstand it anymore, can it? Sword Tao Palace Disciples have Heart Sword Communication, and when a sword that has been communicated with for years gets damaged, the heart will surely be affected as well, your combat power will no longer be what it was before, your downfall is not far off. Hahahaha..." Yang De Zhang let out a sinister cold laugh.

Hearing this, Qing Yu glanced at the iron sword in Yuan Jianyi’s hand. The iron sword, which had not been in use for long, already showed faint hairline cracks. They were not obvious, but Qing Yu’s eyes did not miss them.

From this it seemed, although Yuan Jianyi hadn’t suffered much injury, he was undoubtedly about to be at a disadvantage.

However...

’Are you sure Yuan Jianyi’s combat power will no longer be what it was?’ Qing Yu couldn’t help but scoff internally.

Yang De Zhang had arrived late, unaware that the so-called Heart Sword, with which one communicated through the heart, had already been shattered by Qingxu Palm the day before.

And more than twenty days prior, the iron sword that Yuan Jianyi had worn for many years was twisted at the tip by Qing Yu’s Gang Qi.

In just one month, Yuan Jianyi had switched swords twice, and the one now breaking was the third. However, despite the changes in swords, his combat power was not affected at all, or to put it another way, based on yesterday’s performance, the Sword Qi condensed by Yuan Jianyi’s sword finger was even fiercer than the iron sword.

"Hahaha... That’s why I say you people on the Dragon and Phoenix List are nothing but show-offs, a bunch of clowns flaunting your strength. As a Sword Tao Palace Disciple, you actually use a broken iron sword as your Heart Sword, who are you looking down on?!" Yang De Zhang raged towards the end, bellowing his words. Although his form was covered by Black True Qi, making his face hard to see, Qing Yu’s ’Turtle Mirror’ could directly perceive his emotions—anger, humiliation, resentment, hatred...

His emotions were extremely complex, far surpassing what Qing Yu had sensed from others before.

"Who is Zhang Yangping to you?" Yuan Jianyi suddenly asked.

"Don’t mention that name!"

The question provoked an even more furious roar from Yang De Zhang. It appeared there was a story there.

Just from the two very similar names, Qing Yu could conjecture numerous melodramatic plotlines.

However, before Qing Yu could further speculate about the story behind it, Yang De Zhang couldn’t restrain himself and launched an Absolute Kill attack at Yuan Jianyi.

"Die!"

Yin Dragon Evil Tiger, with an overwhelming evil aura, along with its master, pounced towards Yuan Jianyi.

Yuan Jianyi thrust his sword straight, a seemingly ordinary move, which demonstrated peerless sharpness under the enhancement of his compelling Sword Qi.

However, the iron sword shattered instantly when it touched Yin Dragon Evil Tiger, stimulated by its cold and chilling True Qi.

"Hahaha..." Yang De Zhang laughed triumphantly, as if he had already secured the victory.

No, not as if, he had truly secured it. If his opponent had been any other Sword Tao Palace disciple...

The fragments of the iron sword fell to the ground, and without the physical medium for enhancement, Yuan Jianyi’s Sword Qi became even more intense.

"Whoosh—"

The whip-like sword light was unstoppable, piercing through Yang De Zhang’s chest with a swift sound.

The sinister Ghostly Energy dissipated, and the ferocious Yin Dragon Evil Tiger vanished, revealing Yang De Zhang, who incredulously looked down at the sword mark on his chest.

The sword light had passed straight through the chest, damaging organs to the left and right, the heart and lungs, leaving them riddled with holes.

"True Qi not cultivated by oneself doesn’t deserve to block my sword light," Yuan Jianyi rarely spoke such a lengthy sentence.

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