Super Combat Soldier

Chapter 695: Chapter 694 [Compose Your Energy and Spirit, Keep a Clear Mind, and Show Respect]

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Above the sky, there was a person enveloped in golden flowing runes, who looked like a war god striding through the heavens, unstoppable and undefeatable. His strong will, unshakable by anything, was both terrifying and awe-inspiring.

Dongfang Meng and Tianshuang were both startled by this scene. They hadn’t expected that when Ye Tianchen burst out from the Black Killing Intent Tripod, he would be transformed. The surging power of his martial arts, his unstoppable aura, was hard to believe if not witnessed personally. The Ye Tianchen they had not seen for a brief time had become immensely powerful.

At that moment, Ye Tianchen’s fists were swirling with golden runes. Those runes were incredibly complex, unrecognizable as anything specific, yet each brimmed with vibrant life, as if containing some unimaginable divine power.

Step by step, Ye Tianchen thus trod across the heavens, walking towards the man in the black robe. At that moment, it seemed that no one could withstand Ye Tianchen’s killing intent. The man in the black robe, frightened, involuntarily stepped back, feeling a desire to flee. It wasn’t that his combat power was less than Ye Tianchen’s—in fact, in terms of combat power, he might have been able to compete with Ye Tianchen. However, his will to fight had been shattered by Ye Tianchen, and even the most powerful slaughter skills couldn’t be executed effectively. This was like once a person’s spirit is crushed, even a prodigiously gifted individual can instantaneously become a helpless one.

”I understand now; it’s not that my combat power is less than yours, nor is it that my talents are inferior, but rather that I haven’t had such great opportunities as you. The legacy of Yijin Jing is indeed very powerful...” the man in the black robe seemed to have given up resisting and said disheartenedly.

”You are wrong,” Ye Tianchen said indifferently, ”it’s not because I received the legacy of the Yijin Jing that I am stronger than you, but because my will to fight is a hundred times stronger than yours. Even if I am defeated countless times, even if only a drop of blood remains, I will fight to the end. As for you, defeated by a mere single move, you cannot accept it, which doomed you to fail!”

”What you said is right... However, as one of the ten seed players selected by the Blood Killing Organization, how can I just die in vain? I am stronger than Sha Wuji, I am ranked ninth, so let me show you my last bit of combat strength...”

With a thunderous roar like an explosion in the sky, the man in the black robe crossed his arms in front of his chest. Each of his hands held a sharp sword. Suddenly, he made a surprising move that even Ye Tianchen found astonishing—he sliced open his own chest with the swords, gruesomely splitting himself into four parts.

”Blood sacrifice to the evil spirits, summon the ultimate fierce adversary for me!”

The black-robed man shouted loudly, his body bursting apart, and a torrential spray of fresh blood surged towards Ye Tianchen like countless evil spirits attacking him. Taken aback, Ye Tianchen was momentarily at a loss. Seeing this, Tianshuang couldn’t help but yell at Ye Tianchen, ”Get away quickly! This is an Evil Spirit Blood Sacrifice Technique. Anyone touched by it will have their soul devoured, leaving behind only a fleshly body, a walking corpse without a remedy!”

Hearing Tianshuang’s warning, Ye Tianchen quickly retreated, but the body of the man in the black robe had already exploded, targeting him, with countless evil spirit-like blood drops pouring toward him, too numerous to count. In this extremely perilous moment, he simply could not evade quickly.

At this critical juncture, Ye Tianchen stood unmoving in mid-air. At that time, he had no tricks left to completely eliminate those blood drops that resembled evil spirits, but could only make a desperate move. As a cultivator, he knew he would face countless battles as perilous as this, often coming back from the brink of death. Sometimes, this kind of sacrifice and heroism was required.

”Stand erect with integrity, round arms in front of the chest, stabilize the breath, collect the spirit, serene in heart and respectful in demeanor...”

Ye Tianchen stood still, facing countless evil spirit blood drops, silently reciting spells, his arms bent at the elbows, slowly raised to chest height in an embracing sphere stance, wrists bending to form palms, fingers pointing upward, palms facing each other with shoulders, elbows, wrists on the same plane, breathing calmly and undisturbed, suddenly emanating an unworldly, pure aura, letting those malignant blood drops attack him.

”Has he gone mad?” Tianshuang couldn’t help but exclaim in astonishment.

”The black-robed man’s combat power is formidable. If his will to fight had not been destroyed by Ye Tianchen, he likely wouldn’t have been defeated so easily. All the divine arts of the Blood Killing Organization are designed to take lives, extremely cruel and hard to guard against. Ye Tianchen simply couldn’t avoid those evil spirit blood drops...” Dongfang Meng anxiously watched Ye Tianchen, unsure of what to do.

As Ye Tianchen placed his hands flat in front of his chest, silently reciting the spell, the black-robed man had splintered his body into countless evil spirit blood drips, which had already rushed in front of Ye Tianchen. They were all devouring him; even the sky was obscured, filled with that overwhelming killing intent. This was the black-robed man’s ultimate killing skill, undeniably powerful, and even Ye Tianchen did not know how to respond. In the end, he could only gather his divine mind, viewing everything as void, his heart and body in a state of ’emptiness in the four edges.’

Puff!

Puff!

Puff!

...

Countless evil spirit blood drips hit Ye Tianchen’s body, each emitting plumes of white smoke and emitting miserable screams. Ye Tianchen was chanting continuously, as if spouting lotuses, with scriptures continuously emerging from his mouth, resonating across the entire Ancient Martial World. This alarmed Dongfang Meng and Tianshuang from the Ancient Martial Sect. What Ye Tianchen was using was neither a powerful martial arts power nor a formidable Slaughter Divine Skill but seemed like scriptures related to a mental realm of clear emptiness. They purified each drop of evil spirit’s blood, and in an instant, the originally gloomy sky was illuminated. A person, radiating golden light, stood in mid-air, chanting incomprehensible scriptures, seemingly purifying everything in the world, emitting an aura of supreme divinity and solemnity, deterring anyone from approaching or blaspheming.

”No... It can’t be... It’s impossible... This is one of the strongest killing skills of the Blood Killing Organization, even capable of slaying stronger foes. Why can you...”

The black-robed man screamed and shrieked, completely losing his sanity. Being one of the ten chosen seeds nurtured by the Blood Killing Organization, who had emerged from numerous contenders and survived what could have been death to become one of the chosen ten, receiving training from some veteran assassins of the organization and even having the rare fortune to observe one of the very few forbidden weapons, the Extinction Demon Cauldron, gaining some insights—he wasn’t exactly a genius but was highly gifted. However, his numerous defeats to Ye Tianchen in this battle, no matter how furious he became, even resorting to self-harm and using his own essence blood for a blood sacrifice to try to kill Ye Tianchen, all were thwarted. Was the gap between him and Ye Tianchen really that large? Was he, a prominent figure in the Ancient Martial World, truly worthless?

”In a suitable place for cultivation, every person has the opportunity to practice, some are mediocre and incapable, some have average talents, some are geniuses, some are favored by heaven, and some are born with immense power. But regardless of the talent, without a heart that can endure endless setbacks, it’s useless. Without a heart that bravely pushes forward, aiming for the freedom of Eternal Life, through trials and tribulations, and dying without regrets, even if one cultivates the Supreme Divine Power, what use is it?”

Ye Tianchen made his move, and at this moment, he too became more detached. His body, enhanced by the Vajra Invulnerability Divine Skill, could block powerful killing skills. His right hand formed a fist, namely Vajra Divine Fist, which shared a subtle connection with the Vajra Invulnerability Divine Skill—one being a powerful defensive divine skill, and the other, a powerful offensive divine skill.

Boom!

A golden fist light slashed across the sky, pulverizing the black-robed man’s head into dust. Ye Tianchen slowly released the martial arts power from his body, returning to his normal physique. He too was dripping with sweat on his forehead and felt some lingering fears inside. The situation just now was extremely perilous. Pressed under the black Killing Intent Tripod, facing the overwhelming killing intent in the entire tripod, which could destroy everything, he could only support himself with the ”Vajra Invulnerability Divine Skill” while trying to think of a way to respond. At present, Ye Tianchen’s mastery of the ”Vajra Invulnerability Divine Skill” was merely a slight comprehension, far from even a Small Success, so relying solely on this skill, based on the robustness of his physique to block the killing intent inside the tripod, was impossible.

In a desperate moment, Ye Tianchen thought of ”Vajra Divine Fist.” According to the records in the Yijin Jing, ”Vajra Invulnerability Divine Skill” should be used in conjunction with ”Vajra Divine Fist.” However, while Ye Tianchen was contemplating the ”Vajra Invulnerability Divine Skill,” he found it too profound. Being someone who had always emphasized physical training, he was totally immersed in it, not sparing much energy to comprehend the ”Vajra Divine Fist.”

Under these circumstances, the spell of the Vajra Divine Fist flashed in Ye Tianchen’s mind, his entire body’s Martial Arts True Power surged out, passing bit by bit through his dantian, filling his entire body, whether bones, flesh, or meridians, all were filled with golden Martial Arts True Power. Golden runes slowly flowed over his fists, immense power infused within them. With the countless intricacies of each rune, seemingly with inexhaustible strength, Ye Tianchen threw several punches and obliterated the tripod forged from the black-robed man’s killing intent.

”You alright?” Dongfang Meng flew to Ye Tianchen’s side, asking with concern.

”I’m fine, just that my arms might not move freely for now, need some healing!” Ye Tianchen smiled and glanced at his blood-covered hands. Just now, catching the black Killing Intent Tripod had nearly shattered his arms into mincemeat, making this battle seem easy but was actually extremely perilous.

Tianshuang looked at Ye Tianchen and Dongfang Meng, paused for a moment, then said, ”We should hurry on!