Chapter 396: Chapter 280 3rd-Tier Blue Equipment: Centipede Bee Bag! 5th Realm Peak: Lion Roar! Top Green Equipment: White Horn Trumpet!_2
"Rattle Strength!"
"Flipping Force!"
"Swallowing and Spitting Force!"
"Rolling Force!"
"Transparent Force!"
"That’s it!"
"Keep fighting like that!"
Yan Chuan became more and more excited as he spoke.
Wang Zhengyi fought with increasing zest.
Zhuge Zhen, on the other hand, felt more and more stifled, increasingly on the defensive.
Yan Chuan’s guidance was precise and striking.
He could pinpoint a person’s weaknesses with incredible accuracy.
He was pressing the situation from the sidelines, bare-handed, yet preventing Zhuge Zhen from fully displaying his abilities and giving Wang Zhengyi sufficient time to observe and familiarize himself with "Heavenly Earth," thus experimenting with various techniques under Yan Chuan’s guidance and demonstrations.
Zhuge Zhen seemed like a fish in a barrel, pursued and toyed with by two giant hands. Although they couldn’t capture him immediately, being in the barrel meant capture was only a matter of time.
He glanced at Yan Chuan, seeing him rise and fall, burrow and pounce, stretch and retract, penetrate and explore, open and explode, twist and snake, quick and agile, like a mighty river flowing, majestic and vigorous, rising and ebbing, never-ending, like a stormy torrent rushing a thousand miles.
As the boxing proverb says: "The eyes are the vanguard, the brain the commander, while hands and feet are the generals and soldiers of the Five Camps and Four Guards."
Clearly, Yan Chuan had refined Boxing to the highest depths, ingrained it into his very bones.
Truly skillful!
Indeed wonderful!
Fully interpreting fierceness and dominance.
Wang Zhengyi followed closely, observing forward and backward, left and right, far and near, attacking according to the form, stepping and attacking in perfect synchronicity.
One wielded a long spear.
One with a bare fist.
Zhuge Zhen knew he was fending off attacks from two Masters of Fist Technique, and Yan Chuan, though strong, willingly played a supporting role, aiming to guide and cultivate Wang Zhengyi.
"I have become a sparring partner!"
Zhuge Zhen’s longsword trembled, his palm, arms, and entire body tingling with pain. He knew it would be hard to beat Yan Chuan and Wang Zhengyi with "Heavenly Earth," so he decisively decided not to exhaust his physical strength further and reached into his chest—
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"Blue Equipment!"
"It’s finally out!"
Lu Yuru had long detected the treasure and was waiting for Zhuge Zhen to make a move. Now as Zhuge Zhen showed weakness, the treasure finally appeared!
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Zhuge Zhen had fought for a long time, and one sword could not block the fierce assault from both sides. In desperation, he could only leap out of the fighting ring, holding the sword in one hand and grabbing a cloth bag from his waist with the other.
"This is the ’Centipede Bee Bag,’ be careful, both of you!"
"If you cannot withstand it, lie down to save your life!"
Zhuge Zhen shook his ’Centipede Bee Bag’, and the centipede bees surged forth in droves, like locusts, numbering in the hundreds or thousands.
It is said that these centipede bees, from the Mountain and Sea Realm, are poisonous creatures, and even one would cause an ordinary Practitioner pain and numbness, falling to the ground immediately. With three to five stinging simultaneously, even Qi-Blood at the limit would find it hard to resist.
As for hundreds or thousands!
Even Limit-breaking and Postnatal Peaks would have to dodge fully.
At this moment, Zhuge Zhen shook open the ’Centipede Bee Bag’—
What marvelous centipede bees!
Covering the sky and casting shadows on the sun, like a sudden downpour of locusts.
"What a treasure!"
Lu Yuru finally saw the Blue Equipment on Zhuge Zhen and was astonished: "The centipede bees are sharp, and this bag can actually nurture over a thousand centipede bees, releasing them all at once. An Innate Grandmaster may be hard to judge, but at least, I must avoid its edge!"
Lu Yuru, ranked third as "Chufeng," known as the ’Three Heavenly Swords,’ knew she couldn’t withstand the ’Centipede Bee Bag’ or battle the ’Centipede Bee Group.’
This is the terrifying aspect of Exotic Treasure.
"I’ve practiced hard for years and achieved some success in Swordsmanship, but Liu Xin with the ’Chasing God Blade’ can match me, Yan Chuan and Wang Zhengyi with their combined Green Equipment can defeat me, and Zhuge Zhen’s ’Centipede Bee Bag’ is equally formidable. If I encounter it, the only option is to flee!"
Lu Yuru was born with ’Wisdom Eye’, able to see various treasure lights, distinguishing tiers and strengths by them. But the most painful thing in the mortal world is seeing but not being able to obtain.
Such is the fate of Exotic Treasures, determining life and death!
And yet, possessing ’Wisdom Eye’, she didn’t have a proper treasure of her own. When encountering these ’overpowered’, the noble "Chufeng" third had to flee in haste, temporarily avoiding their edge.
Is it stifling?
Of course, it’s stifling!
Lu Yuru suffered this stifling, but the rest of the crowd widened their eyes and felt their hearts surge.
Sword Discussion Centre Stage!
If you dare, come on!
In such a setting, whether you’re an ordinary spectator or a contestant, they all eagerly awaited seeing the profound martial arts and high-level accomplishments unseen before and anticipated various strange and ancient Exotic Treasures appearing.
For example, Liu Xin’s ’Chasing God Blade’.
For example, Ban Xianfu’s ’Avici Blade’.
And also, Wang Zhengyi’s ’Mirage Pearl’.
As well as just now Qi Zhicai’s ’Wind Gourd’.
All made people’s eyes light up, broadening their horizons.
And now Zhuge Zhen’s ’Centipede Bee Bag’ once again refreshed everyone’s understanding of Exotic Treasures, realizing then—
"So there are such Exotic Treasures?!"
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"Centipede Bee?"
Wang Zhengyi didn’t recognize the centipede bees, but knew their danger, quickly retreating while his long spear danced, impermeably defended, transforming the ’Mixed Element Qi Spear Technique’ from Xingyi Boxing’s Cross Fist into a front line of spear shadows attempting to block the centipede bees.
But the centipede bees were ubiquitous, enveloping the sky and earth; how could they be blocked?
Pressing step by step.
Seemingly about to force them off the stage.
At this moment, Yan Chuan made a move, his right hand gripping a sword, employing the ’Arrow Breaking Style’ of the "Dugu Nine Swords," a method primarily used to counter all hidden weapons under heaven.
Yan Chuan’s ears moved, ’Listening to the Wind and Distinguishing Weapons’, ’Sound Positioning’.
Then with a clang, the sword unsheathed—
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
One sword after another, striking down each pursuing centipede bee that got past Wang Zhengyi’s ’Mixed Element Qi Spear Technique’, utilizing the Qiankun Shifting Style to slay the bees individually, reflecting the slain bee corpses back into the bee group.
Even so, how numerous are the hundreds and thousands of centipede bees?
Yan Chuan could kill dozens, maybe tens, but to kill hundreds or thousands, even the strong ’Arrow Breaking Style’ has its human limitations.
Fighting against the bee cluster was still slightly lacking.
But Yan Chuan never intended to slay all the bees with a three-foot sword blade. His right hand wielded the sword to kill the stray, while his left hand raised the ’White Horn Trumpet’ to his mouth.
The next moment—
"Roar!"
Zhuge Zhen brandished the ’Centipede Bee Bag’, releasing hundreds of thousands of centipede bees, aiming to score a significant victory on the stage, but never expecting one trumpet from Yan Chuan to resound like a thunderbolt, echoing for miles.
It struck terror into the hearts, causing the soul to quiver!
A shocking deterrent!
Unbelievable!
Zhuge Zhen and Yan Chuan, separated by the centipede bee group, still felt their eardrums vibrating, their heads about to burst, barely able to maintain.
Look again at the front centipede bees—
Buzz buzz buzz!
Boom boom boom!
Each bee couldn’t resist, exploding outright under this incredible ’Lion Roar’, popping one by one like frying beans.
Individually, centipede bees aren’t particularly strong, but their collective menace is terrifying. "Hidden Dragon", and "Chufeng"’s Heavenly Pride excel in Fist and Feet, Weapons refined, Ding Xiang’s movement technique is exquisite, Ban Xianfu’s Saber Skill frightens, Wei Lingshan’s defense unmatched, but when over a thousand centipede bees surge at once, hurriedly, they can’t kill them all, can’t fend them off, can only flee.
Especially on this 19-zhang arena, amidst flurries of bees, can only jump down to preserve life.
Only Yan Chuan!
The Five Realms Peak ’Lion Roar’, paired with Second Rank Peak Green Equipment ’White Horn Trumpet’!
Terrifying power!
Bang bang bang!
Centipede bees burst!
Every single burst, each sound, felt as if hammers were striking upon Zhuge Zhen’s heart.
Heartbroken beyond compare!
The ’Centipede Bee Bag’ indeed marvelous, but Zhuge Zhen raising these ’centipede bees’ wasn’t easy, having been stung countless times, endured untold pain.
Struggling to rear over a thousand bees, finally forming a formidable swarm for wreaking havoc, Zhuge Zhen was about to shine at this ’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion’, to dominate everyone.
The result!
Yan Chuan’s single roar annihilated all the centipede bees!
"My centipede bees!"
Zhuge Zhen’s heart was filled with sorrow, couldn’t withstand, in a moment of distraction couldn’t resist Yan Chuan’s ’Lion Roar’, instantly it invaded, rumbling inside him, inner strength churned, dissipated, went berserk, uncontrollable.
"Puh!"
Lurching back, vomiting blood!
Zhuge Zhen fell to his knees, blood streaming from his mouth, eyes, nostrils, and ears, truly tragic.
Look again at those centipede bees!
Hundreds and thousands!
Fell all over the ground!
Already completely slaughtered!
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