Chapter 337: Piercing Sun

“What! Have! You! Done!” Gao Yun roared with all his might after Shang Xia sealed off the gourd.

Raising his head to glance at the asshole of a Formation Master who made his life hell ever since he dove into the underground river back in the Thousand Leaf Mountain Range, Shang Xia barely managed to resist his urge to flash a middle finger at the man as he ran out of the City Lord Manor.

An enraged cry came from behind him as Gao Yun released a maniacal cry. A blast tore through the air and a quarter of the City Lord Manor was destroyed in an instant.

Even though he was shocked, Shang Xia only turned to look behind him after he felt that he had left any immediate dangerous situation.

He was shocked by what he saw next. He saw Gao Yun forcing Youshang away as he fled in Shang Xia’s direction.

“Stop him! He wants to get away!” Youshang roared as a thousand page essay filled with curse words filled Shang Xia’s mind.

Stop telling a Martial Intent Realm cultivator to do everything! What the fuck! Even if this daddy here is capable of messing with Martial Extermination Realm experts, I can’t do it over and over and over again!

No matter how much he was cursing in his heart, Shang Xia still found the situation a little weird. Why would Gao Yun try to escape?

Feeling the Spirit Extermination Gourd in his hand, Shang Xia seemed to have thought of a terrifying possibility. Also, after the extermination origin and fate dipper entered the Spirit Extermination Gourd, they were remaining oddly silent.

When Youshang saw Shang Xia’s inaction, he misunderstood the kid’s intentions. He quickly addressed Shang Xia again. “The energy isn’t flowing from the Tongyou City anymore! Yun Lu’s plan should be destroyed! The water droplet earlier should be Yun Lu’s fate dipper after his clone was destroyed. Seeing Gao Yun’s reactions now, my guesses should be right!”

Shang Xia’s shock increased after hearing Youshang’s evaluation.

For Yun Lu’s clone to be destroyed and for his fate dipper to be revealed, that would mean that the Tongyou City was no longer in danger!

When Ancestor Yun Lu descended earlier, there was such a terrifying fluctuation of heaven and earth qi! He arrived with such a spectacle, but he was defeated just like that?

Was it possible that Kou Chongxue had recovered?!

Shang Xia could think of no other reason for Ancestor Yun Lu to be defeated.

If that was the case…

Trembling slightly, Shang Xia’s spear shot upwards. Starlight gathered around the top of his spear as he released his seventh move, Celestial Disruption!

The moment his spear stabbed upwards, the streak of light under Gao Yun’s fleeing figure exploded. Specks of light started gathering around his body at a frightening pace.

With his expression changing slightly, he swiped his sleeves to get rid of those tiny specks of light.

The only reason his expression changed was because of the inconvenience Shang Xia’s attack caused when he was trying to escape. By the time he dealt with those light specks, Youshang had arrived in front of him. His escape attempt was foiled!

Gao Yun wasn’t the only person who was shocked by how Shang Xia managed to obstruct his escape. Youshang was equally taken aback.

Shang Xia’s spear art could affect Martial Extermination Realm experts!

Even though it was a mere distraction, it was a terrifying achievement. Shang Xia was in the Martial Intent Realm and Gao Yun was a third layer Martial Extermination Realm expert!

It was a slight delay, but it wasn’t enough to deal with Gao Yun for good. Youshang’s voice rang beside Shang Xia’s ears again. “It’s not enough. Summon that spiritual deer again!”

Taking everything into consideration, Shang Xia managed to affect Gao Yun due to the sneak attack. If Shang Xia tried it again, there was no way it would succeed.

Very quickly, Gao Yun changed direction to flee in the other direction.

“Quickly! Stop him!” Youshang’s voice appeared again.

Actually, Shang Xia had been making his preparations. He didn’t need Youshang’s reminder this time.

Youshang barely completed his sentence when Shang Xia’s Scarlet Star Spear shot upwards.

Unleashing his eighth move, Startling Moon, the moon that was hanging above the City Lord Manor seemed to shift slightly.

The two Martial Extermination Realm experts in mid air gasped in unison. One of them seemed to be in disbelief while the other was slightly confused.

Earlier, Shang Xia used the same move to break out from underground. Perhaps it was due to the dispersed power, but the two of them didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary about Shang Xia’s attack. Now that they were witnessing it for themselves, they discovered that his strike had the ability to shift space!

That was the publicly acknowledged domain that could only be affected by Martial Extermination Realm experts! Only Martial Extermination Realm experts had the ability to alter the space around them!

However, Shang Xia managed to do it in the Martial Intent Realm! Gao Yun, who had been escaping, finally felt a sense of danger coming from the kid below.

If the Woundless Spear Shang Xia unleashed earlier managed to injure Gao Yun and caused him a little surprise, Celestial Disruption definitely caused him to see the kid in a new light. However, Both of those moves couldn’t affect him much.

Startling Moon was different. It definitely possessed enough power to hurt him for real! Gao Yun could tell that the space before him was fractured. If he forcefully broke through, he would be significantly injured!

Raising his head to look at the waning moon that appeared in the air, Gao Yun stretched his hand out to grab at it mercilessly.

The moon in the air fractured, turning into random pieces of light. The space in front of Gao Yun returned to normal, and the moon that was originally hanging high in the air appeared in its original position.

Shang Xia’s eighth move might be powerful, but a Martial Extermination Realm expert could shatter it without much effort.

However, Gao Yun had to admit that his escape attempt was actually obstructed by Shang Xia yet again!

Youshang’s spear arrived during the short delay, and a grunt left Gao Yun’s lips as he spat out another mouthful of blood.

At that instant, the bridge started to tremble once again, attracting the attention of the two Martial Extermination Realm experts and Shang Xia.

Only then did Shang Xia realize the problem. If Ancestor Yun Lu’s fate dipper was in his hands, why was the bridge still suspended in mid air?

Could it be?

Gao Yun broke away from Youshang once again, and the latter chased closely behind him.

This time, Gao Yun seemed to have set his mind on escaping. No matter how many attacks he had to take from Youshang, he had to get away!

The rose-colored bridge lit up as Gao Yun attempted to escape for a third time, and the clear ringing of a sword filled the skies above the You Continent.

It seemed to be an announcement of sorts, and Shang Xia was familiar with the ringing sound.

Hidden Frost Sword!

Kou Chongxue!

When the thought appeared in Shang Xia’s mind he couldn’t help but picture the legend who had been defending the You Continent from both external threats like the Azure Spiritual World, and internal threats in the Azure Origin World! The man was back!

The ringing sound didn’t stop there as it echoed clearly in the ears of everyone present.

Gao Yun, who had been running freely around the Changfeng City all this while, felt his movements severely restricted as a terrifying pressure descended on him. On the other hand, Shang Xia found that his divine sense and thoughts had become extremely clear.

Kou Chongxue’s return seemed to signify that the ruler of the You Continent had returned!

“Hah!” Youshang snorted heavily as a cold light emerged from his palm. His spear shot out with the force of a thousand suns and the power contained behind it exceeded the time when it tore through the protection barrier and severely damaged the southern city gates!

“Ah!” Gao Yun felt an unprecedented wave of danger rapidly encroaching on him. With life and death at stake, he released all three of his extermination origins to protect himself. A strand of red, a strand of yellow, and a strand of blue intertwined to form a three-colored shield in front of him.

“Rip!” The shield was torn to shreds as Gao Yun’s miserable scream filled the air. However, a bitter laughter soon replaced his scream.

After the spear tore through Gao Yun, the glow around it disappeared as it started to fall powerlessly to the ground after traveling several tens of feet.

Clearly, Youshang was a spent force after sending out the last strike.

“Haha… Hahaha, Hahahaha! Looks like I’m going to live after all!” After the spear tore through his shield, a huge hole was blown through Gao Yun’s chest.

The injury might be serious, but it wasn’t enough to take the life of a third layer Martial Extermination Realm expert. Even though he was extremely weakened, Youshang was exhausted from everything that happened before! Like a dried-out lamp, Youshang would only be able to watch as Gao Yun escaped!

There wasn’t a need for Gao Yun to be worried about Shang Xia. After all, he had already left the range of the kid’s attack!

Now, no one could stop him from leaving!

“Damn it! We still allowed him to escape!” Youshang gasped weakly.

A rank four formation master like Gao Yun was the reason the White Deer Paradise was able to send a Martial Dipper Realm ancestor out of their territory. An existence like that was extremely rare, even in a superpower like the White Deer Paradise!

As long as he remained alive, the threat the White Deer Paradise posed to the You Continent would never be eliminated! Youshang and Shang Xia were reluctant to see him escaping, but there wasn’t much they could do about it.

Youshang turned to look at Shang Xia as Gao Yun started to circulate the last of his inner qi in an attempt to leave the Changfeng City. He couldn’t help but sigh softly to himself. The kid had done enough. From destroying the first layer of protection formation around the spirit cave before breaking out himself, to the destruction of the various wells that channeled the word origin the White Deer Paradise was stealing. He even interrupted Gao Yun’s escape attempt twice, allowing Youshang to critically injure the man. Shang Xia even managed to develop a move that allowed him to do something only Martial Extermination Realm experts could do, which was to shift space. What more could he expect from the kid? After all, Shang Xia was only at the Martial Intent Realm.

His expression froze after thinking about the things Shang Xia managed to accomplish. A look of terror soon replaced his frozen expression when he saw that Shang Xia was deep in contemplation. The Scarlet Star Spear in Shang Xia’s hand was buzzing softly, and it seemed to be getting excited about something.

This…

Switching up his grip on the Scarlet Star Spear, Shang Xia grabbed it with one hand. Arching his body like a bow, he prepared to toss the spear at the fleeing Gao Yun.

Shang Xia’s divine sense achieved an unprecedented state due to the ringing of the Hidden Frost Sword, and the scene where Youshang unleashed the final attack on Gao Yun replayed time and time again in his mind. The only thing that Shang Xia could think about was the streak of light that was left behind by Youshang’s spear when he threw it earlier.

That was the full-powered strike of a second layer Martial Extermination Realm expert they were talking about! However, the true power contained in the strike could rival the strongest attack of a third layer Martial Extermination Realm expert!

The inspiration, idea, and method of execution filled Shang Xia’s mind, and everything seemed to gather together into a streak of light. It became strangely imprinted into his memory, and it fused with his comprehension of the Providence Spear Art. In that instant, he released the Scarlet Star Spear.

It turned into a streak of red light that slightly resembled what Youshang did earlier.

Was it actually a copy of Youshang’s move? No! It wasn’t a mere copy. It included everything Shang Xia understood about the Providence Spear Art and the streak of red disappeared into the void as soon as it left his hand.

A hundred or so feet away, Gao Yun who was certain that he managed to escape, felt his heart sinking as the feeling of death crept up his heart. His expression changed drastically.

The guttural cry barely managed to leave his lips before blood sprayed uncontrollably out from them. His extermination origins that were barely supporting his flight were stained red.

He resembled a bloodied sun that was hanging above the Changfeng City, but in the next moment, a gaping hole was blown through it.

Dense starlight followed the trajectory of the spear that punched a hole through the blood sun as Gao Yun’s cries were silenced.

The ninth move of Shang Xia’s Providence Spear Art, Piercing Sun, was complete!