The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS
Chapter 347 - 159: Gamble (Extra for leader Kuang San marries me, 1/10)

Chapter 347: Chapter 159: Gamble (Extra for leader Kuang San marries me, 1/10)

Not far from the battlefield before the Imperial City, there was a place that had been devastated by the aftermath of a battle in the Divinity Realm, where a tall building stood upright, looking extremely abrupt.

In this high building, someone said, "Xin Wen is likely to lose this time."

"Why? Didn’t uncle say that Xin Wen was second only to Abbot Xin Yuan in the Great Zen Temple?" Zhang Yangping asked, puzzled.

As the head of the Mahayana Institute at the Great Zen Temple, Xin Wen specialized in teaching advanced Martial Arts and Absolute Skills to monks; without substantial Martial Arts foundations, one could not hold this position.

Xin Wen could serve as the head of the Mahayana Institute precisely because he was the top expert in the Great Zen Temple, next only to Abbot Xin Yuan. For this reason, Xin Wen had previously served as bait to lure out the hidden experts of the Esoteric Sect.

If someone with insufficient strength had acted as the bait, it would have likely led to their defeat by Zuicheng before luring out the hidden experts, and that would have turned the situation into a farce by drawing out the top experts from the Great Zen Temple’s side.

"You and Xin Wen both have underestimated that Japanese," Zhang Yuanlu said, shaking his head, "That Japanese samurai, being able to break through to the Divinity Realm and transcend the mundane through Martial Arts Divine, is not an ordinary figure. Moreover, he possesses the extremely lethal ’Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword’; even amongst all the warriors in the Divine Capital today, he is among the forefront.

Although Xin Wen paid great attention to the ’Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword’, because Yagyu Munenori came from a minor country, he didn’t quite believe that the so-called Three Sacred Treasures from such a country could compare with other Divine Weapons from the Central Plains. Both the opponent and the weapon were underestimated, which is why Xin Wen had the leisure to state a grand reason before making a move."

"Just watch, Xin Wen is likely to lose this time."

At this moment, it was just before Yagyu Munenori executed the ’Windward One Slash.’

Next, Yagyu Munenori was about to assume the stance for the ’Windward One Slash,’ his killing intent intimidating his opponent.

Because Xin Wen harbored a trace of underestimation, his ’Heart Zen Immortal Skill’ was not at its state of immovable omnipresence, and in an instant, his mind was disrupted by the intense killing aura of the ’Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword.’

In high-level confrontations, sometimes victory and defeat are determined in an instant; Yagyu Munenori caught this momentary lapse.

He leapt into the air, slashing down swiftly.

With the fiercely malignant aura of the Orochi, which devoured the Kyoto Dragon Vein, his blindingly fast and brutal white blade light cleaved straight down.

The design of the Japanese katana was utterly developed towards maximization of lethality, fierce and resolute; Yagyu Munenori’s slash brought this to the extreme, turning the ordinary ’Windward One Slash’ into a stillness-conquering motion, a fatal slash meant to take lives.

Simultaneously, among the five Divinity Realm warriors of the Zen Sect, who were intensely fighting the five from the Mandala Formation created by Zuicheng, one quietly withdrew from the fray.

"Kill!"

Yagyu Munenori’s fatal slash came down.

Kill!

Behind Xin Wen, the withdrawing Divinity Realm warrior, with the Precepts Blade carrying a fatal intent, chopped towards Xin Wen’s neck.

Two strikes, one audible and one silent, both carrying a deadly intent, intended to end Xin Wen, the head of the Mahayana Institute of the Great Zen Temple, right then and there.

With both strikes coming from Divinity Realm warriors, how could Xin Wen respond?

"Snap—"

A crisp sound rang out, and Xin Wen caught a blade barehanded using the technique of entering the fray unarmed.

"Junior Brother Xin Yuan, it really is you."

Xin Wen, with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, clasped the Precepts Blade in both hands, looking at his junior brother, who faced him with eyes filled with disbelief.

Behind Xin Wen, on the Buddha Dharma Image, appeared a white-aura-laden slash mark, which quickly dispersed and faded.

The awe of the ’Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword’ unabated, it cleaved open much of Xin Wen’s upper body with one strike, even severing the spine, leaving his upper body hanging by just a shred of flesh and blood.

"Hiss," Qing Yu gasped, "the ’Heart Zen Immortal Skill’ is terrifying indeed!"

How could it not be? His torso was nearly split in half, his spine severed, with eerie Blade Energy still wreaking havoc on the wound. Yet, despite such grievous injuries, Xin Wen forcefully pulled his body back together, capturing the Precepts Blade sneak-attacked by Xin Yuan between his hands.

Even for a Divinity Realm warrior, who already surpassed ordinary humans and could still jump around after being bisected at the waist, Xin Wen’s life force was exceptionally beyond an average Divinity Realm’s.

"My heart does not falter, my body does not perish. Junior Brother Xin Yuan, it seems I have won the bet," Xin Wen, his mouth continuously spilling blood, still managed to say with a smile.

A gamble, indeed, it was all a bet. The underestimation was false, the intimidation of the mind was false—all of it a gamble by Xin Wen. He bet on the traitor revealing himself, bet that the traitor would not miss this chance to kill him.

Xin Wen, as the second top expert of Great Zen Temple, was not to be underestimated even openly. His strength was likely just below the elites on the Heavenly List. Even if truly caught off-guard, the miraculous ’Heart Zen Immortal Skill’ would mean injury, but not death.

The heads of the Great Zen Temple, well aware of the prowess of ’Heart Zen Immortal Skill,’ also surely understood this. So, if there was a traitor among them, he certainly would not let slip this opportunity.

Clearly, Xin Wen won the bet; the traitor Xin Yuan had revealed himself.

However, winning the bet didn’t mean he could survive. The ’Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword’ was still embedded in Xin Wen’s body, the evil weapon crazily devouring Xin Wen’s vitality.

"Die!"

Xin Yuan shouted angrily, the deep red Blade Energy on the clutched Precepts Blade surged, aiming directly at Xin Wen’s face.

At the same time, Yagyu Munenori channelled strength through his entire body, intending to split Xin Wen’s forcibly tethered torso completely apart.

"Amitabha."

Holy Brahma Qi assaulted from the side, aiming directly at the ’Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword’ in Yagyu Munenori’s hand.

There were others hidden, and moreover, a Divinity Realm warrior from Great Zen Temple.

At this moment, Yagyu Munenori faced two choices. Either continue to exert his force and slay Xin Wen, which risked losing the Divine Artifact. The opponent aimed directly at the ’Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword,’ not at Yagyu Munenori himself.

If the attack had been on Yagyu Munenori, he might have risked severe injury to kill Xin Wen. However, the target being Yagyu Munenori’s hand meant if he insisted on killing Xin Wen, there was a high probability of losing the ’Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword.’

The second option was naturally to withdraw the sword and dodge, passing the hope of killing Xin Wen to Xin Yuan.

These choices would largely determine if Xin Wen lived or died, and they were in Yagyu Munenori’s hands.

And his choice was...

The Divine Artifact must not be lost.

Yagyu Munenori withdrew his sword and retreated.

The ’Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword’ was a symbol of Japan’s royal power; Yagyu Munenori only held the right to use it, and if lost, he might have to stay in the Central Plains for the rest of his life.

"Junior Brother, I have won the bet again," feeling the evil weapon leaving his body, Xin Wen laughed heartily.

Following that, the ’Heart Zen Immortal Skill’ reached its pinnacle of refinement, and Xin Wen seemed to instantly return to his prime. Buddha Light flickered in his hand as he horizontally twisted, forcefully breaking the Precepts Blade, also considered a Divine Weapon.

"Ding—"

That was the sound of the remaining Precepts Blade stabbing into the Heart Zen Immortal Body.

"Spurt—"

A blade pierced the chest; half of the Precepts Blade penetrated Xin Yuan’s left chest.

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