The System Arrives: Leading My Clan to Become the Strongest

123: Zhang Jimie Sword Technique plus One Sword from the WestA terrifying shockwave spread out with the two at its center, the ground instantly splitting into several fissures several feet deep, and the surrounding boulders were shattered to pieces.

Jiang Chen felt a force far more terrifying than that of the Great Rhino strike him. His arms shook violently, the web of his hand went numb, and he staggered back three steps before he could barely steady himself.

The Man in White Robes was also shaken by the Sword Qi. He looked down at the shallow sword mark on his palm, and the interest in his eyes grew even stronger.

”What a sharp sword, what strong Sword Intent! To be able to take a palm strike from me at the Nascent Soul Stage without being injured, you truly have the qualification to make me take action!”

Before his voice had even faded, the Man in White Robes quickly formed hand seals and shouted low, ”Ten Thousand Ghosts Soul-Devouring Palm!”

In an instant, pitch-black spiritual energy gushed from his palm, faintly mixed with the shrill cries of ghosts, transforming into a giant ghostly claw that carried an aura capable of corroding everything as it lunged toward Jiang Chen.

Everywhere it passed, the air was stained ink-black, and the green grass on the ground withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Jiang Chen’s eyes narrowed. He could feel that the power of this palm strike far exceeded the previous one!

He didn’t dare to be careless. He poured all the Nascent Soul power within him into his longsword. The silver-white Sword Qi surged several zhang, and a faint dragon-shaped phantom appeared on the blade.

”One Sword Comes From The West!”

Jiang Chen gave a violent shout and slashed his longsword down fiercely at the ghostly claw.

There was no other way; the opponent was too strong. The Nirvana Sword Art couldn’t do anything to him at all, so Jiang Chen could only use his strongest Martial Skill.

The blade’s soft hum echoed through the clouds as the silver-white Sword Qi and the pitch-black ghostly claw collided with a boom.

”Boom—”

After the world-shaking explosion, a terrifying energy storm swept through the entire valley.

The ghostly claw shattered inch by inch, and the Sword Qi also mostly dissipated.

Seeing this, the Man in White Robes was not angry; instead, he laughed toward the sky:

”Delightful! Truly delightful! Today, I will definitely capture you alive and refine your Nascent Soul!”

Having said that, his figure flashed as he lunged toward Jiang Chen once more.

Jiang Chen took a deep breath, his eyes filled with overwhelming Battle Intent.

So what if he’s at the Soul Transformation Stage?

He, Jiang Chen, never feared a fight!

Longsword waving, Sword Qi crisscrossing; the Man in White Robes’ palm shadows fluttered, the ghostly Qi eerie and grim.

One man, one ghost—two figures collided in the valley. Every exchange caused the heavens and earth to change color and rocks to fly through the air.

A world-shaking battle between a Nascent Soul and a Soul Transformation had begun!

Silver-white Sword Qi and pitch-black ghostly Qi collided repeatedly in the valley, each clash emitting a sharp whistle that tore through the air.

Although Jiang Chen only had a Late Stage Nascent Soul Stage cultivation, he managed to withstand dozens of fierce attacks from Bai Hanye by relying on his supreme Sword Intent and exquisite movement techniques.

But the chasm between the Soul Transformation Stage and the Nascent Soul Stage was ultimately difficult to cross. Bai Hanye’s palm force was wrapped in the ”Netherworld Poisonous Malignance” unique to the Bone-Corroding Netherworld Sect. Every contact caused Jiang Chen’s Meridians to sting faintly, and black spots had already appeared on his silver-white spiritual energy shield.

”To be able to hold out until now at the Nascent Soul Stage, you have reason to be proud.”

Bai Hanye’s palm shadows were like waves, and claws condensed from ghostly Qi constantly snatched at Jiang Chen’s vital points, his tone carrying the playfulness of a cat catching a mouse.

”Unfortunately, the difference in Realm is a chasm that even talent cannot bridge. Hand over your Nascent Soul obediently, and I can give you a quick death.”

Jiang Chen let out a muffled groan, dodging the incoming ghostly claw. His longsword traced an arc, the Sword Qi cutting through the poison fiend, but then he saw Bai Hanye’s figure flicker, transforming into three afterimages that attacked simultaneously from three directions.

This was the ”Divided Soul Body Control” technique that only Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators could master. The afterimages had the exact same aura as the original body, making it impossible to distinguish between the real and the fake.

”Clang, clang, clang!”

Jiang Chen struck three times in succession, barely blocking the attacks from the left and right, but his back was struck solidly by a palm from the central Bai Hanye.

Terrifying force mixed with Netherworld Poisonous Malignance surged into his body. Jiang Chen felt as if he had been struck by a heavy blow; he spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying, crashing heavily toward a giant boulder.

Just as he was about to hit it, Jiang Chen used his Heaven Rank movement Martial Skill, the Nine Heavens Cloud Treading Steps. With a light tap of his toes, like a dragonfly skimming the water, he glided to the side.

Seeing this, Bai Hanye frowned slightly. He hadn’t expected that Jiang Chen, who he thought would be seriously injured, was actually not in bad shape. The killing intent in his eyes instantly surged.

”Since you don’t know what’s good for you, don’t blame me for being ruthless!”

He formed hand seals, and the ghostly Qi around him surged, turning into a sky full of black mist. Within the mist, countless phantom vengeful souls roared, gradually condensing into a pitch-black spear. The tip of the spear flickered with an eerie green poisonous light—it was one of the Bone-Corroding Netherworld Sect’s foundational Martial Skills, the ”Netherworld Soul-Devouring Spear.”

”Under this spear, your Soul will Fly Away and Spirit Scatter, and you won’t even have a chance at Reincarnation.”

A cruel smile curled on Bai Hanye’s lips as he threw the Soul-Devouring Spear.

”Die!”

The pitch-black spear carried a world-destroying momentum, piercing through the sky and pointing directly at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen watched coldly. A trace of blood leaked from the corner of his mouth, and his face was as pale as paper, but the Battle Intent in his eyes grew even more intense.

He felt the Nascent Soul inside him trembling violently, and the Netherworld Poisonous Malignance in his Meridians was being purified by the System.

Perhaps this was one of the benefits of having a System.

However, Jiang Chen quickly suppressed these thoughts in his mind.

”I, Jiang Chen, will not admit defeat so easily!”

With a roar, a surge of spiritual energy far exceeding anything before suddenly erupted from within Jiang Chen.

The Nascent Soul in his Dantian snapped its eyes open, and silver-white light illuminated his entire body. Without the erosion of the Netherworld Poisonous Malignance, his combat power returned to its Peak once again.

The Heaven Rank top-grade Cultivation Technique The Primordial Undying Record operated frantically within his body.

”Nirvana Sword Art, One Sword Comes From The West!”

Jiang Chen gripped his sword with both hands, pouring all the spiritual energy in his body into the blade.

The longsword emitted a buzzing hum, and countless silver-white Sword Qi gathered from all directions, transforming into a giant sword phantom dozens of zhang long. Upon the sword phantom, the Power of the Stars actually seemed to flow.

This was a Move he had never truly mastered, but under this life-and-death crisis, he finally broke through and performed it!

Jiang Chen directly applied the One Sword Comes From The West Concept to the Nirvana Sword Art.

The giant sword phantom collided violently with the pitch-black Soul-Devouring Spear. There was no world-shaking explosion; instead, it fell into an eerie silence.

Immediately after, terrifying energy spread from the point of collision. The boulders in the valley were instantly turned to powder, trees were uprooted, and the ground collapsed into a bottomless pit.

The smile on Bai Hanye’s face froze. He felt the ghostly Qi on the Soul-Devouring Spear being constantly dissolved by the Sword Qi. Within that pure Sword Intent, there was actually a trace of righteous power that restrained evil.

”Impossible! How can someone at the Nascent Soul Stage perform a Move with such power!”

Before his voice had even faded, the giant sword phantom had already broken through the defense of the Soul-Devouring Spear and slashed directly at Bai Hanye.

Bai Hanye’s expression changed drastically. He hurriedly mobilized all his spiritual energy for defense, but the sword phantom flashed past. The white robes on his chest were instantly torn open, and a sword wound deep enough to see the bone ran across his chest as eerie green blood gushed out.

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