Chapter 520: Defeat

How long could a Divine Restraint Talisman stun a third layer Martial Extermination Realm expert?

That was the real question, but Shang Xia didn’t really give a damn. As long as he stopped moving for the time it took to blink, it was more than enough!

The Divine Restraint Talisman didn’t just stop his opponent’s movements. It directly froze their divine perception and soul. With their mind going blank, they wouldn’t be able to react to anything that was thrown their way.

Actually, even if they could break out from the mental stupor immediately, they wouldn’t be able to move their bodies because of the effects of the Divine Restraint Talisman.

Facing the immobilized Martial Extermination Realm expert of the Manyu Continent, Shang Xia’s Abyssal Blade slashed directly through his body. His head was separated from his body but not a drop of blood could be seen.

A thin layer of frost could be seen where his head was severed as it restricted his blood from spraying out of his wound.

That was a move Shang Xia developed from the 18th of the 24 solar terms, Frost Descent!

The other experts of the Manyu Continent couldn’t believe what they were seeing. They couldn’t understand why their companion stopped moving at the very last second and allowed the enemy to decapitate him instantly.

Thinking back to what happened, they seemed to recall seeing a talisman appearing before their companion froze in mid air. Anything that could stop one’s thoughts and body had to be a powerful talisman.

“Don’t let him use that talisman again!” The stronger of the two remaining experts of the Manyu Continent roared.

Before his other comrade could do anything, Yun Jing, who had been suppressed the whole time, sprang into action.

As a Deputy Patriarch of the Tongyou Institution and one of the patriarchs of the five great clans of the Tongyou Institution, Yun Jing didn’t seem to stand out from any of the others.

Putting it simply, she gave off the impression that she didn’t possess terrifying combat abilities!

She would be taking care of the institution most of the time in Kou Chongxue’s place and from Shang Xia’s perspective, she was more of an administrative deputy patriarch unlike Shang Bo and Ji Wenlong.

She might be able to use the Hidden Frost Sword to control the situation inside the Tongyou City and the regions around it, and she was also able to hold the Tongyou Institution’s position in the battlefield between the two worlds previously. However, everyone’s attention was placed on the Hidden Frost Sword instead of Yun Jing’s true abilities.

One had to know that even Liu Jitang, the previous Deputy Patriarch who was killed in the Coral Forest, had the guts to come up with a huge scheme to get his hands on the Zhu Family’s inheritance. That alone proved his confidence in his own strength. Because of that, his presence also overshadowed Yun Jing.

Other than Liu Zhiyuan who was recently given the position of Deputy Patriarch, if everyone had to rank the original group of Deputy Patriarchs of the Tongyou Institution, Yun Jing would be ranked dead last.

With Shang Bo’s extreme increase in strength and Ji Wenlong’s ascension to the Martial Dipper Realm, the distance became even bigger. Even Kou Chongxue, the patriarch himself, managed to gain the Origin Water Fate Dipper and become a third element Martial Dipper Realm expert. Yun Jing’s lack of achievements caused everyone’s impression of her to fall even further.

However, reality seemed a little different. Yun Jing could hold off the combined attacks of 3 Martial Extermination Realm experts of the Manyu Continent who were at the third layer or higher!

Now that Yun Jing made her move, Shang Xia realized that his evaluation of her was too far off the mark. She seemed to be in a bad state as she fought the 3 of them, but she was in no danger at all! She had merely been stalling them so that they wouldn’t be able to affect the other battles.

She didn’t expect Shang Xia to appear so suddenly and change the tides of the battle, but she wasn’t going to hold her punches now that he was here.

Deputy Patriarch Yun Jing, who had been dragging the battle out to look for opportunities to deal with her opponents, received the greatest chance she would get to end the fight! She could finally reveal her strength without any reservations!

Her extermination origins emerged from her body and formed a massive pillar of four colored light. It covered half the skies and from afar, it looked like a beautiful lady spider who was flaunting her pretty figure.

Not only did Yun Jing refine four extermination origins. From the aura she had released, she completely suppressed the fourth layer Martial Extermination Realm expert from the Manyu Continent.

The four colored lights started to fuse and they seemed to trap her in their midst.

Shang Xia couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath. Even when Shang Bo first appeared to display his strength at the fourth layer Martial Extermination Realm, he didn’t seem stronger than the current Yun Jing!

Despite everything that was happening, Shang Xia felt that something was wrong. He failed to put his finger on what was going on until he discovered that Yun Jing’s tyrannical might could only suppress one person. She left the third layer Martial Extermination Realm expert alone.

“...” Shang Xia’s Abyssal Blade cut through the air as it sent a ray of blade light at the other guy.

Even though the weapon in the hands of the third layer Martial Extermination Realm expert of the Manyu Continent wasn’t as good as Shang Xia’s Abyssal Blade, he was still strong enough to repel the attack coming his way. Shang Xia’s combat abilities might be terrifying because he refined 4 extermination origins at once, but his opponent was no weakling. He was a true blue third layer Extermination Realm expert.

“Hah, seems like you really think highly of me.” Shang Xia grunted once. He wasn’t talking to his opponent. Instead, his words were directed at Yun Jing.

Shang Xia might be comparable to a third layer Martial Extermination Realm expert if he gave it his all, but killing someone at that level the moment he appeared caused a chill to run down Yun Jing’s spine despite her cultivation level.

However, the method he used couldn’t be replicated easily. He caught his opponent by surprise this time and he used a powerful talisman to do so. He couldn’t do that in all his battles.

Now that he didn’t use another Divine Restraint Talisman, Shang Xia wielded the Abyssal Blade to its maximum potential and perfectly unleashed his Twenty Four Solar Terms. He quickly suppressed his opponent and it was a one sided battle. The expert from the Manyu Continent could barely hold on.

At the moment, Shang Xia was looking for a chance to use the Divine Restraint Talisman again. The talisman might be extremely powerful, but it had many limitations.

Like rank one and two restraint talismans, he had to stick it directly on the body of his target. In the case of the Divine Restraint Talisman, the user would have to use his divine perception to suppress the opponent’s soul. Naturally, the talisman would greatly boost the suppression but that was the best way to use the Divine Restraint Talisman.

With what happened earlier, the experts of the Manyu Continent knew that Shang Xia had some terrifying trump card hidden. He might not know what it was, but he knew that he shouldn’t tangle with Shang Xia in close combat especially since he was at a disadvantage. That wasn’t all. His divine perception and gaze were locked firmly on Shang Xia. He was afraid that he would suffer the same fate as his dead comrade if he became a little careless.

Because of how careful he was, Shang Xia was unable to find a chance to release his Divine Restraint Talisman. His combat abilities were limited since he was finding an opportunity to release his talisman and he could only run away while enduring some attacks.

What Shang Xia didn’t know was that even his current strength had exceeded Yun Jing’s expectations. Realizing that he would be fine, she no longer bothered about him and focused on suppressing her current opponent.

Now that Shang Xia had joined in the battle, the longer things dragged out, the worse it would get for the members of the Manyu Continent.

Chasing after Shang Xia, the expert from the Manyu Continent yelled at his other companion who was suppressing the member of the Tongyou Institution in the protection formation. “Elder Zhuang, stop what you’re doing and help me get rid of this kid!”

“Are you sure?” The figure in the distance didn’t seem willing to help, but he wasn’t exactly unwilling either.

“Elder Hu’s caught up with something. We’ll join hands to get rid of this kid right now before going over to support him! Ignore the formation master for now! She won’t be able to do anything in such a short amount of time.”

The cultivator chasing after Shang Xia seemed extremely anxious as he felt Elder Hu’s aura growing weaker by the second. His opponent, the Deputy Patriarch of the Tongyou Institution, seemed to be getting stronger and stronger!

If things kept up, Elder Hu wouldn’t be able to last for long.

“Fine!” Elder Zhuang leaped into the air as his extermination origins surrounded him. Instead of intercepting Shang Xia, he went for Yun Jing.

“Since Mister Ren is currently at an advantage, I’ll go save Elder Hu first!” Elder Zhuang left behind a simple statement before racing towards the other battlefield.

Shang Xia’s opponent cursed under his breath but his comrade had already left. He could only hope that all of them manage to deal with Yun Jing before coming back to give him a hand.

As soon as Elder Zhuang joined the battle, the tides turned yet again.

Shang Xia thought that since they had already obtained the advantage earlier, all they had to do was wear their opponents out and they would win eventually. However, he was in for a rude awakening after Elder Zhuang left. Even though they had a rank four Formation Grandmaster on their side, the protection formation wouldn’t be restored anytime soon. As long as the other party kills or seriously injures Yun Jing before the protection formation is restored, they would still win!

Even if the protection formation was restored after, they could band together to destroy it in an instant.

The Martial Extermination Realm expert who was chasing Shang Xia also stopped suddenly. He didn’t attack Shang Xia immediately as he was still a little afraid of the way his comrade was killed.

Seeing as his opponent was a wuss, Shang Xia charged at him instead.

Mister Ren might feel a little uncomfortable now that Shang Xia was rushing at him, but he wasn’t afraid of clashing with his opponent. He wasn’t willing to give up a chance to take this strange foreigner down, but he was also wary of the weird talisman his opponent could use.

He thought he guessed correctly when Shang Xia tossed a golden talisman at him the next moment.

With alarm bells ringing in his head, he couldn’t be bothered to fight the person in front of him. He retreated as quickly as he could and he even gathered his divine perception back into his body in case his opponent had some weird ability to affect it.

The very next moment, the golden talisman turned into a ball of fire that filled the area with a ferocious sea of flames. It surrounded Mister Ren immediately.

“Hmph, it’s just a fire talisman!” Mister Ren immediately relaxed when he detected the amount of power it contained. He couldn’t help but curse under his breath, “What do you think you can achieve with this?”

Mister Ren released his extermination origins to suppress the flame around him while making his way forward. A path was forcefully carved out from the sea of flames.

Before he could emerge from the sea of flames, Shang Xia tossed a golden talisman in his direction.

A second sun appeared in the skies before Mister Ren extinguished the first sea of flames.

Terrifying amounts of energy blasted against Mister Ren and he felt that it became even hotter than before. The path he carved out earlier reignited and his advance wasn’t as smooth as before.

Superimposing 2 Golden Sun Inferno Talismans on top of each other might not cause their power to double, but it was enough to stall Mister Ren in the sea of flames.

Shang Xia didn’t expect the talismans to keep him down anyway. Like when Shang Ke unleashed it on his enemy previously, his main aim was to drag the battle out.

With his Four Seasons Extermination Origins surrounding his body, Shang Xia pushed himself to his limit as he sent an attack at Elder Zhuang.

“Anyone who stands in my way will die!” Elder Zhuang growled in mid air as he released a horrifying punch into the void. Fist intent ripped through the air and flew straight at Shang Xia.

At the same time, Shang Xia sent out a formidable palm strike that contained his comprehension of his Four Seasons Extermination Origins.

When the attacks clashed, the skies above them changed color as cracks appeared in the void around them. A massive shockwave sent both of them flying.

Elder Zhuang was thrown thousands of feet away before he managed to stabilize his footing. By the time he gathered his thoughts, he noticed that the foreign cultivator he sent flying earlier was thrown into the heart of the battlefield between the 2 fourth layer Martial Extermination Realm experts.

“Shit! He tricked me!” Elder Zhuang’s expression changed drastically as a bad feeling welled up in his heart.