115: Chapter 113 Wind Sweeps Away Clouds 115: Chapter 113 Wind Sweeps Away Clouds Ye Zhen and Cao Bufan slowly made eye contact and silently began to lift their bowls of meat soup to their mouths while their other hands stealthily reached towards the hilt of their swords.

Seeing that Ye Zhen and Cao Bufan were about to drink the meat soup, Che Tiejun and Che Family’s Sixth smile grew even broader.

At that moment, a sudden change occurred.

Ye Zhen and Cao Bufan flung the bowls of meat soup in their hands toward Che Tiejun and Che Family’s Sixth while their long swords stabbed out like lightning.

Chi!

A burst of Sword Light blazed!

The moment Ye Zhen stood up, he casually unleashed the Winter Plum Snowbreaker from bottom to top, while Cao Bufan’s Fast Sword had already transformed into a series of sword shadows.

Under such a sudden and unexpected attack, the Che brothers immediately suffered a great loss.

Especially Che Family’s Sixth, who, despite instinctively dodging, still ended up with several wounds on his shoulder.

The Che Tiejun whom Ye Zhen attacked seemed to have been on guard, and a dense Spirit Light mixed with Protective Gang Qi surged out abruptly, blocking Ye Zhen’s Winter Plum Snowbreaker Sword Momentum.

He shockingly was a mid-stage Spirit Summoning Realm cultivator.

“Young Hero Ye, what are you doing?”

Seeing that Che Tiejun was still pretending, Ye Zhen coldly laughed, “Clan Leader Che, if you can down two more large bowls of that soup, I will kneel and apologize to you today!”

Instantly, the forced smile on Che Family’s Sixth face disappeared, replaced by a visage full of fierceness and malice.

Che Tiejun’s expression changed, “How is this possible?

How did you find out?”

“Hmph, we saw Xie Shao’s corpse with our own eyes, and yet you claimed that Xie Shao was healing in his tent—it must be fishy!” said Cao Bufan.

“So it turns out to be this!

I was careless for not being able to confirm Xie Shao’s life and death.

I didn’t expect it to become a flaw!

So, Young Hero Ye, you must have spotted the flaw when you purposely asked me about Xie Shao’s whereabouts, right?” Che Tiejun asked.

Ye Zhen’s gaze landed on Che Family’s Sixth, “Can a man who just lost a son and a brother smile?

This expression now is the normal one.

That smile, it was far too fake.”

“Hahahaha, Young Hero Ye is truly exceptional.

It would really be a pity if you were to die just like this!

I have some slow-acting poison pills here.

If you are willing to take them and guard the Che Family, I guarantee that I will give you the antidote after five years!” Che Tiejun took out a vial enticingly.

“Clan Leader Che, are you so certain that we are completely at your mercy?” Ye Zhen glanced at Fast Sword Cao Bufan and said.

“Could it be, two mid-stage Spirit Summoning Realm elders, plus dozens of cultivators of the True Essence Realm from the family, cannot deal with the two of you?

Even if you, Ye Zhen, are incredibly powerful, can a kid at the fourth stage of the True Essence Realm compete with a Spirit Summoning Realm martial artist?” Che Tiejun laughed again.

“Surname Che, Ye Zhen is a disciple of the Qiyun Sect.

Aren’t you afraid that by killing him, you will bring about the annihilation of your Che Family?” Cao Bufan shouted fiercely.

“Annihilation of the family?”

Che Tiejun coldly chuckled, “With so many dead loose cultivators around, including Yan Shan and the Red-clothed Venerable, and even you, who couldn’t be framed?

It would just be said that you coveted treasure and killed Ye Zhen for a Low Grade Artifact—who would disbelieve that, who would doubt our Che Family?”

“Heh, Clan Leader Che, I’m very curious as to what kind of treasure emerged from this mine to make you so insanely cruel!” Ye Zhen said.

“That, you needn’t worry about.

Now, you just need to tell me, are you willing to take this slow-acting poison pill?” Che Tiejun shook the poison pill in his hand.

“Clan Leader Che, what if I say no?” Ye Zhen smiled.

“Big brother, stop wasting words with him, kill them!” Che Family’s Sixth roared.

“Unwilling?

Then you face only the road to death!”

“Kill!”

Almost at the same moment, Ye Zhen let out a furious roar and a thirty-foot Sword Gang suddenly swept out—a series of plum blossom-like Sword Gangs, stabbing towards Che Tiejun.

Winter Plum Trembles!

Che Tiejun’s face changed, and he punched out in a series, shattering one plum blossom Sword Gang after another.

Ye Zhen’s sword momentum didn’t stop at all, and with a slight concentration, he consecutively launched Winter Plum Snowbreaker, Winter Plum in the Wind, and Winter Plum Welcoming Spring, combined with the Winter Plum Intent.

In an instant, even this oppressively warm forest seemed to rise with a hint of chill.

As Ye Zhen continued his assault, Che Tiejun’s expression grew more and more grave, until at last, a dense Spirit Light mingled Protective Gang Qi covered his body.

Each move overflowed with more than half of the spiritual power, fully unleashing his mid-stage Spirit Summoning Realm cultivation.

His iron palms danced so watertight that even Ye Zhen’s strong Winter Plum Intent could not break through the Protective Gang Qi formed by half of Che Tiejun’s spiritual power.

Ye Zhen’s expression also became very serious.

Suddenly, Ye Zhen’s stance shifted, and the Sky Crystal Sword vibrated in an odd manner.

During the vibration, an eight-zhang long ice-blue Sword Qi, like a shocking rainbow, cleaved down towards Che Tiejun.

The atmosphere in the entrance of the mine dropped sharply, and the pot of meat soup, which had just been steaming, was instantly covered with a layer of white frost.

Peng Peng Peng!

Che Tiejun’s body burst with Spirit Light, and in an instant, he punched out thirteen times.

Thirteen continuous Fist Gangs, twisting like a flood dragon, rose to meet Ye Zhen’s ice-blue Sword Qi.

Boom!

Amidst the blinding glow, Che Tiejun’s Fist Gang and Ye Zhen’s ice-blue Sword Qi both shattered, Che Tiejun, covered with a layer of frost from Ye Zhen’s Ice-blue Sword Qi, looked extremely shocked.

“Ye Zhen, you are much more powerful than I imagined!

Just now, that move must have been your strongest attack, right?

If it were an early-stage Spirit Summoning Realm existence, he would probably only face defeat!

Unfortunately, you met me, with cultivation already reached the mid-stage of the Spirit Summoning Realm!

Today, you are undoubtedly doomed to die!”

“Is that so?”

Ye Zhen’s expression suddenly turned solemn, “Then, try taking another one of my moves!”

Suddenly, Ye Zhen’s aura transformed, and True Yuan surged rapidly around his body, seemingly stirring up small whirlwinds.

Not only did it cause Ye Zhen’s clothes to rustle, but the fallen leaves where Ye Zhen stood also lifted into the air and started to spin due to the traction of Ye Zhen’s Qi.

Zhou!

The True Yuan around Ye Zhen suddenly started to swirl like a whirlwind, and at almost the same time, Ye Zhen’s Sky Crystal Sword was slashed out in an odd trajectory.

It appeared to be a straight slash, but during the process, the trajectory of the Sky Crystal Sword slightly shifted constantly, each turn drawing in more Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

Whoosh!

Under Ye Zhen’s manipulation, the densely surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi distorted and spun at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In an instant, an endless terror streamed from Che Tiejun’s eyes.

As the long sword slashed down, when the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi was driven to its limit by Ye Zhen, he roared,

“Wind Sweeps Away Clouds, go!”

Amidst the roar, the veins on Ye Zhen’s forehead bulged as his body’s True Yuan was frantically drawn out by the sword momentum, causing his cheeks to twitch rapidly.

In a flash, a whirlwind-like sword light blasted towards Che Tiejun.

All of this, in fact, happened in an instant.

Almost simultaneously, Che Tiejun’s fist light also burst forth.

Swish!

The whirlwind-like sword light swept over Che Tiejun, cutting off several large trees behind him that couldn’t be encircled by one person.

The Protective Gang Qi that flashed over Che Tiejun’s body also extinguished in that instant, disappearing along with all the flesh on Che Tiejun’s body.

After the whirlwind sword light passed, all the flesh on Che Tiejun’s body was gone, leaving only an empty and bleak skeleton and a skull-like head, with both eyeballs still wide open in terror!

Hiss!

This scene made everyone who supported themselves with swords feel weak and gasp in cold air.

He knew that the Wind Cloud Sword Technique was a Middle-grade Earth-Level sword technique, a Sect Guardian Martial Skill of the Qiyun Sect, very powerful, very much so, but he hadn’t expected it to be this powerful!

Just the first move, Wind Sweeps Away Clouds, was so formidable!

It directly turned a Mid-stage Spirit Summoning existence into a skeleton, instantly vanquishing him!

The power was simply terrifying to the extreme.

But what shocked Ye Zhen even more was the consumption of True Yuan by this Wind Cloud Sword Technique.

Just now, in an instant, nearly ninety percent of the True Yuan inside Ye Zhen was drained clean.

Even so, it felt insufficient.

No wonder Caiyi had once mentioned when teaching Ye Zhen the Wind Cloud Sword Technique that it was only because the mental method to activate this sword technique had been lost; otherwise, one strike could drain Ye Zhen completely!

However, what Caiyi mentioned was the ultimate realm of the Wind Cloud Sword Technique, having comprehended the Wind Cloud Artistic Conception to its highest level.

Now, Ye Zhen had just barely learned the Wind Cloud Sword Technique and activated it with the lost Wind Cloud Sword Art.

As for the Wind Cloud Artistic Conception, he had never even considered it.

But even so, this single strike had drained Ye Zhen of his strength, as if all his energy had been sucked away by that sword, forcing Ye Zhen to use his sword to support himself standing!

Clap!

The skeleton of Clan Leader Che of the Che Family, Che Tiejun, suddenly fell to the ground, shattering upon impact, and also causing the onlooking Che Family clan members at the periphery to be stunned as if they had witnessed an illusion.

Even Che Family’s Sixth and Fast Sword Cao Bufan, who were still fiercely fighting, were shocked by this scene!

Ye Zhen at True Essence Fourth Realm had actually slain Che Tiejun, who was in the Mid-stage Spirit Summoning Realm.

This…

Ye Zhen was truly constantly surpassing Cao Bufan’s limits!

“Dad!”

Che Tiejun’s eldest son, Che Yuan, who was standing on the edge, cried out in grief, and this cry also awakened Che Family’s Sixth.

The moment he resumed his battle with Cao Bufan, Che Family’s Sixth roared, “Che Yuan, stop howling!

Ye Zhen is out of energy, now’s your chance to avenge your father!”

“Quick, quick!”

The shout from Che Family’s Sixth awakened Che Yuan, who roared and led a dozen martial artists at the True Essence Realm from the Che Family, charging towards Ye Zhen.

“Out of energy?”

Ye Zhen smirked, knowing he had indeed drained all his True Yuan.

But he had the Primordial Spirit Jade Liquid given by Caiyi!

With a flip of his palm, he took out the Primordial Spirit Jade Liquid and took a single drop.

Instantly, Ye Zhen’s mind was filled with the pure gaze and sweet smile of Caiyi as she faced him.

A single drop of Primordial Spirit Jade Liquid entered his stomach, and Ye Zhen’s dried Dantian felt like a drought-stricken land blessed with sweet rain!

True Yuan instantly began to regenerate and recover!

“Ye Zhen, die…”

The voice of Che Yuan, who had just approached, abruptly stopped as a four-zhang-long True Essence Sword Finger suddenly sent Che Yuan’s head flying into the air, beginning a slaughter!

Any Che Family martial artist who charged at him was decapitated by Ye Zhen with a single sword stroke!

These martial artists, within the True Essence Realm Second or Third Stages, were only fit to be chopped down like vegetables in front of Ye Zhen!

A hundred breaths later, under the joint assault of Ye Zhen and Fast Sword Cao Bufan, the already injured Che Family’s Sixth fell to the ground, lifeless.

The twenty or so remaining members of the Che Family, who hadn’t been killed, had already fled as far and fast as they could.

“Ye Zhen, you…

you’re just too…

too monstrous…” Cao Bufan was at a loss for words to describe Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen just smiled, casually pointed to two other mine tunnels, and said to Cao Bufan, “Old Cao, shouldn’t we explore what treasures are actually in these mine tunnels?

What could the Che Family want to kill us over to keep covered up?” (To be continued.

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