CHAPTER 1172: CHAPTER 1172: MORTAL ENEMIES WEAKENED

Magic Patterns danced around, a torrent of colors spilled forth.

It was a pair of weapons in the category of High-grade Attack Divine Artifacts—fist gloves.

In Shen Jun’s heart, a strong killing intent towards Jing Yan surged, and naturally, he would no longer stand on ceremony with Jing Yan. On the Divine Artifact, the Power spread outward, and the Divine Power within the Dao Palace burst forth in torrents.

Shen Jun’s eyes stared intently at Jing Yan’s face, his gaze filled with murder. In this arena battle, he wouldn’t hold back any longer; now, he had only one goal: to kill this Alchemist named Yan Jin in front of him, to quench the hatred in his heart!

Swish!

The Colorful Cloud Sword condensed in Jing Yan’s hand.

In the space around the Colorful Cloud Sword, the Laws quickly gathered, with dense patterns clearly visible. The colorful radiance completely enveloped the entire sword.

Jing Yan’s Colorful Cloud Sword was also at the High-grade Attack Divine Artifact level.

Seeing Jing Yan wielding the Colorful Cloud Sword, Shen Jun’s lips curled into a cruel smile.

"I didn’t initially plan to take your life, but you bring this upon yourself. Don’t blame me!" Shen Jun’s low voice reached Jing Yan’s ears.

"Kill me? Let’s see if you have that capability." Jing Yan softly replied.

Saying those words publicly in front of numerous Martial Artists around the arena was, of course, intentional on Jing Yan’s part. Regarding his current arena battle with Shen Jun, Jing Yan had been contemplating the possible outcomes for several days.

Shen Jun was the chief of the Middle-level Trading Area, an official figure of the Purple Spirit Commerce, while Jing Yan was currently a passenger on the Void Divine Ship of the Purple Spirit Commerce.

If Jing Yan were to kill Shen Jun in the arena battle, it might lead to even more significant troubles waiting for him ahead. However, if Shen Jun first harbored a killing intent towards him, forcing him to counterattack and kill Shen Jun in defense, then the nature of the situation would be entirely different.

Therefore, Jing Yan’s strategy was to provoke Shen Jun today.

As for merely defeating, rather than killing Shen Jun, that was an option but not the best choice. Shen Jun was ultimately the chief of the Middle-level Trading Area; using a shop in the Trading Area in the future would undoubtedly come with endless restrictions. Moreover, if Shen Jun outright denied their agreement, what could Jing Yan do?

Thus, after thorough consideration, he decided to publicly announce the agreement between himself and Shen Jun.

"Yan Jin, take my punch!" In fury, Shen Jun’s figure flickered as he charged towards Jing Yan.

As he quickly approached Jing Yan, Shen Jun simultaneously thrust his fists. At the moment he performed this move, in the space ahead, two fist shadows appeared, rushing swiftly towards Jing Yan. These two fist shadows carried immensely powerful forces.

Shen Jun was a powerhouse at the Nine-star True God Peak Realm. These two fist shadows embodied the Power of two kinds of First-class Divine Skills.

Feeling the power within the fist shadows, Jing Yan quickly realized that Shen Jun’s strength far surpassed that of Luo Jiu Divine Palace’s Sky Wolf Department Director Yin Tianhe. If Yin Tianhe were to battle Shen Jun, he might be defeated within three moves. And within ten moves, he would likely be slain on the spot.

As the fist shadows approached, Jing Yan’s eyes narrowed slightly. His body moved swiftly forward as he quickly thrust the Colorful Cloud Sword twice.

From the front end of the Colorful Cloud Sword, two streaks of Colorful Sword Light respectively charged towards the two rapidly advancing fist shadows.

"Boom!"

A massive noise of collision followed.

As the sound of collision emanated, Jing Yan’s body instantly flew backward. When he landed again, he had already retreated over a hundred meters.

"Quite strong, this Shen Jun’s Divine Power is several times more formidable than Yin Tianhe’s. The two Divine Skills within the fist shadows should have reached the Third Realm." Pondered Jing Yan.

"You could actually guard against that? You have some skill, no wonder Kui Ya suffered a great loss at your hands. With your Martial Arts Cultivation, in the White Sand Divine Domain, you could be considered a top-tier Nine-star True God, couldn’t you?" Shen Jun, seeing Jing Yan merely knocked back without grave injuries, expressed some surprise before his face resumed its somber look, saying.

Jing Yan blocking his first attack was not beyond Shen Jun’s expectation. This Alchemist Yan Jin, if didn’t have some genuine ability, how could he have readily agreed to the arena battle with him?

"You mustn’t underestimate White Sand Divine Domain’s Nine-star True Gods! My cultivation is merely ordinary among the Nine-star True Gods of White Sand Divine Domain." Jing Yan pursed his lips.

Hearing Jing Yan’s words, the spectator Martial Artists around the arena found their impressions of Jing Yan improving, albeit subtly.

"Hmph. Let’s see how long you can keep your mouth hard. Take another punch from me!" Shen Jun’s body rapidly leaped upwards.

While still in mid-air, he launched consecutive punches. In the blink of an eye, he punched a total of nine times.

Nine fist shadows filled the space.

"Let’s see how many of my punches you can withstand!" Shen Jun’s fierce voice echoed while suspended in air.

Seeing the overwhelming fist shadows, Jing Yan also rapidly mobilized the Divine Power within his Dao Palace.

The Sword Light of the Colorful Cloud Sword instantly intensified. As Jing Yan swung his arms, the Sword Light formed a seamless screen that sealed the surrounding space.

"Sword Intent Divine Ability!" The power of the Sword Intent Divine Ability of the Third Realm was also fully unleashed.

"Boom!" The first fist shadow struck the sword intent screen. The screen trembled, blocking the fist shadow.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Subsequently, the second, third, and fourth punches landed on the sword intent screen.

The sword intent light flickered violently.

One could see numerous Powers of Laws being shattered directly under such intense impact. With each punch that landed, the intensity of the light halo of the sword intent screen gradually dimmed, indicating the power contained within the screen was being weakened.

When the final fist shadow also struck the sword intent screen, it shattered entirely. Nonetheless, the last fist shadow was also annihilated.

Following that, Jing Yan’s body retreated swiftly once more.

This time he wasn’t flung away but with every step backward, his footprints landed heavily on the arena’s surface. The resonant sound of the heavy footsteps was heard clearly by all the spectators around the arena.

After quickly retreating several dozen steps, Jing Yan finally managed to stabilize his posture.

At this point, a trace of blood seeped from the corner of Jing Yan’s mouth.

"Senior Yan Jin!" Gui Ben watched Jing Yan nervously, subconsciously exclaiming.

He saw the blood at the corner of Jing Yan’s mouth and knew that Jing Yan was injured.

In his view, though Senior Yan Jin indeed had formidable Martial Arts Cultivation, that bastard Shen Jun was stronger. If this continued, Senior Yan Jin would be in grave danger. However, even though he was anxious, he couldn’t help at all.

On the arena, Shen Jun’s eyes flashed continuously.

Jing Yan blocking his second attack greatly surprised him. Blocking the first attack wasn’t beyond his expectations, but blocking the second attack was something he hadn’t anticipated at all.

Although it seemed this Yan Jin was injured, he could sense that the aura of this Yan Jin hadn’t diminished. In other words, Yan Jin’s injury hadn’t significantly impaired his combat power.