Overlord of the Wilderness

“Enough talk!”

Zhaang Ye sneered. He swept his Broken Wave Saber through the air, and a terrifying Sword Gang tore through space, broke free of the Array’s seal, and shot toward Beibing Feng.

The Heaven and Earth Reversal Technique was formidable, but Zhaang Ye’s Spiritual Sense far surpassed that of experts at his level. While the great Array could trap his physical body, it couldn’t completely contain his Spiritual Sense. With Beibing Feng speaking just moments before, Zhaang Ye easily locked onto his position. The Sword Gang he unleashed shot straight toward him.

Beibing Feng waved his hand, and an immense force surged out to dissipate Zhaang Ye’s Sword Gang. He was aghast. “Impossible! Zhaang Ye, how can you tell which way is which?”

Anyone trapped in the Heaven and Earth Reversal Array would lose all sense of direction, unable to tell up from down. The fact that Zhaang Ye, while caught inside, could still attack with such accuracy left Beibing Feng utterly shaken.

Zhaang Ye sneered again and slashed out with his Broken Wave Saber. This attack was twice as powerful as the last. The terrifying Sword Gang broke free of the Array’s constraints and shot directly at Beibing Feng.

Beibing Feng sneered, raising his palm to block the Sword Gang once more. But the power contained within Zhaang Ye’s attack was simply too condensed. Although Beibing Feng managed to dissipate it, he was still forced back three steps.

‘Hmm? Such a sharp Sword Gang! It’s only been ten days, yet Zhaang Ye’s Saber Technique has improved again!’ Beibing Feng was shaken as he blocked Zhaang Ye’s attack.

Zhaang Ye’s last slash had not only broken through the great Array’s restrictions but had also forced him back three steps. That single attack was already comparable to a strike from a Sixth-Layer Expert of the True Dao!

Beibing Feng’s heart pounded wildly. ‘This kid, Zhaang Ye, is getting more and more monstrous! Good thing I set up the Heaven and Earth Reversal Array ahead of time, or I’d be in real trouble! No, wait… this Array probably can’t hold him for much longer. I need to consume the Jade Marrow Fruit quickly and raise my Cultivation to the Realm of True Dao Sixth Layer!’

As this thought crossed his mind, Beibing Feng’s gaze fell upon the three Jade Marrow Fruits. They were already showing a hint of red, but they still needed a little more time to ripen completely.

The fruit’s medicinal effects would be at their peak only when fully ripe, but Beibing Feng didn’t want to wait any longer. He took a step forward, preparing to pluck one and swallow it to quickly advance his Cultivation and kill Zhaang Ye.

SWISH SWISH SWISH!

Beibing Feng had just taken a single step when three sharp Sword Gangs suddenly tore through the air toward him.

Even while dealing with the Barbaric Beasts inside the Heaven and Earth Reversal Array, Zhaang Ye still had enough strength left to launch consecutive attacks!

Beibing Feng focused and blasted apart the three Sword Gangs. He sneered, “Zhaang Ye, your combat prowess far exceeds my expectations. But trapped within this Array, you’re helpless against me, no matter how skilled you are!”

Zhaang Ye let out a cold laugh. He slashed with his Broken Wave Saber again and again, sending out waves of Sword Gang that surged forth like overlapping tides. The layered attacks filled every inch of space, actually causing the Heaven and Earth Reversal Array’s rotation to slow. The massive, ten-li-wide Array began to emit strange, grinding sounds!

HISS!

Seeing this, Beibing Feng couldn’t help but gasp. He had spent three hundred and sixty precious jade stones and a tremendous amount of effort to lay down this Heaven and Earth Reversal Array. When active, it continuously drew in all the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi from a three-hundred-li radius.

And now, Zhaang Ye, with just a single saber, was causing the great Array to malfunction. It was as if he were single-handedly resisting the combined Heaven and Earth Essence Qi of a three-hundred-li radius. Such an ability was simply monstrous, utterly terrifying!

“Hmph! You think escaping will be that easy?”

Beibing Feng snorted, pressing his palms down from a distance. Two massive streams of Innate True Qi poured into the Heaven and Earth Reversal Array. With this infusion of power, the enormous Array began to run smoothly again, trapping Zhaang Ye tightly within.

‘Son of a bitch! Being trapped in an Array is so damn frustrating!’ Zhaang Ye thought, swinging his Broken Wave Saber in exasperation.

SWISH SWISH SWISH!

In his frustration, Zhaang Ye pushed the Broken Wave Saber to its limits, unleashing over three hundred slashes in an instant.

Zhaang Ye’s Saber Technique had always relied on speed to win. If those three hundred slashes had landed on the same spot, they could have leveled a hundred mountains. But the Heaven and Earth Reversal Array seemed to be in constant rotation, preventing his attacks from ever striking the same place and thus preventing them from unleashing their full power.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!

The great Array shook violently.

Zhaang Ye took a deep breath. After three hundred slashes came another three hundred.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!

The great Array continued to shake.

Zhaang Ye attacked relentlessly. Though he couldn’t break the Array, the entire formation shook violently with each assault. Beibing Feng, who was controlling it, could feel Zhaang Ye’s counterattacks growing increasingly ferocious. The Array he had painstakingly constructed was being rocked again and again. Zhaang Ye was like a tireless monster, his strength and stamina seemingly endless!

Beibing Feng’s face grew pale. His hands were pressed against the empty air, pouring out a continuous stream of Innate True Qi to suppress Zhaang Ye. Zhaang Ye’s might was far beyond his expectations. He didn’t dare let up for even a second, lest Zhaang Ye break free and slice him in two!

ROAR!

Zhaang Ye let out a great roar from within the Array. “Beibing Feng, let’s see how long you can keep this up!”

SWISH SWISH SWISH!

As he spoke, Zhaang Ye attacked again. Under the pressure of the Array’s encirclement, he gained a new sliver of enlightenment regarding his Saber Technique. In an instant, he unleashed three hundred and twenty slashes!

With those three hundred and twenty slashes, Beibing Feng felt as if a Flood Dragon was rampaging within the great Array. His palms grew numb from the tremors, and even the flow of his qi and blood became sluggish!

Zhaang Ye laughed heartily and continued to slash with his Broken Wave Saber. This time, he broke through again, unleashing three hundred and forty slashes in the blink of an eye!

Under the terrifying might of the Sword Gang, the entire Heaven and Earth Reversal Array began to sputter. Beibing Feng desperately held it together, his face turning deathly pale, his heart filled with absolute shock.

The power Zhaang Ye was unleashing grew more terrifying with each burst. His rate of improvement was just too fast! Beibing Feng couldn’t fathom how someone at the True Dao Fourth Layer could possess such horrifying power and Saber Technique.

Zhaang Ye attacked again. This time, he unleashed three hundred and sixty slashes in the blink of an eye!

Beibing Feng felt as if two Flood Dragons were now rampaging within the Array. He was horrified. ‘This is bad! Zhaang Ye’s Saber Technique is becoming more and more formidable! At this rate, he’ll break out sooner or later! I’d better just grab the Jade Marrow Fruits and get the hell out of here!’

HAHAHAHAHA!

Just as Beibing Feng made up his mind, Zhaang Ye let out a long, loud laugh from within the Array. As it turned out, after a series of deductions, Fire Spirit had finally found the Array-Breaking Technique!

Zhaang Ye laughed loudly and roared, “Break!”

His Broken Wave Saber moved with incomparable ingenuity. Hundreds of Sword Gangs shot out, each one striking a critical node of the great Array with perfect precision. After being bombarded hundreds of times, the Array’s core nodes shattered. Accompanied by a deafening RUMBLE, the ten-li-wide Array began to rapidly disintegrate!

“Ah! He broke the Array! How is this possible?!” Beibing Feng’s face went white with shock.

Horrified, Beibing Feng stretched out his arm, trying to grab the Jade Marrow Fruits. With the Heaven and Earth Reversal Array broken, he didn’t dare linger for another second. He planned to snatch the fruits and flee as far from Zhaang Ye as he could.

Zhaang Ye had been watching Beibing Feng’s every move. Seeing him reach for the fruit, he sneered. Man and saber blurred into motion and vanished on the spot!

SWISH!

A faint glimmer of light from a blade passed through Beibing Feng’s body before landing beside him. The light retracted, coalescing into the form of a person: Zhaang Ye.

Beibing Feng froze in place, his eyes wide with utter disbelief. He pointed a finger at Zhaang Ye, as if to say something, but before any words could come out, a thin line of blood appeared at the crown of his head. The line spread rapidly downwards, and his entire body abruptly split in two.

Cloud-Breaking Slash!

Zhaang Ye had just executed the Cloud-Breaking Slash. He had crossed several hundred yards in an instant, striking Beibing Feng with the speed of a thunderclap that leaves no time to cover one’s ears.

Against a technique so fast it was like Instant Teleportation, Beibing Feng had no time to react before he was dead, his body cleaved in two by Zhaang Ye’s blade.

Zhaang Ye sheathed his Broken Wave Saber. He glanced at Beibing Feng’s corpse and nodded slightly to himself. ‘The power of this Cloud-Breaking Slash has increased dramatically. A True Dao Fifth Layer expert would have no hope of dodging it. The only pity is that while its power has grown, so has its consumption of Celestial River Righteous Qi.’

Now that his Cultivation of the Cloud-Breaking Slash had reached this level, it had become a Sword Control Technique. Unleashing it required a massive amount of Celestial River Righteous Qi. At his current Cultivation, Zhaang Ye could only execute it three times. He would not have the strength for a Fourth Blade.

After taking Beibing Feng’s Storage Pouch, Zhaang Ye walked over to the Jade Marrow Tree. Though the previous battle had been fierce, the Array’s isolation had protected the tree from harm. The three Jade Marrow Fruits on its branches were still growing, slowly ripening to red.

The Jade Marrow Fruit was a Seventh Grade Spirit Fruit. As it ripened, its fragrance grew richer, drifting on the wind for hundreds of miles.

ROAR ROAR ROAR!

From the distance came dozens of earth-shattering roars. Clearly, a large pack of Barbaric Beasts had caught the scent of the Jade Marrow Fruit and were now rushing over. Judging from the sound of their roars, these Barbaric Beasts were terrifyingly powerful, comparable to Sixth-Layer Experts of the True Dao.

HAHAHAHAHA!

Just as Zhaang Ye frowned, a long peal of laughter echoed from the distance. The sound was focused, carrying far without dissipating. It belonged to a Sixth-Layer Expert of the True Dao.