Dan Chenzi's body trembled slightly.
Powerful spiritual energy surged from him, bearing down on everyone.
It whipped up violent gales that nearly knocked the onlookers off their feet.
"Such powerful spiritual energy!"
"No wonder Dan Chenzi ranks just one place below Han Wujie. Their strength is almost evenly matched..."
"Mm... true... but... he probably isn't Senior Brother Chu's match!"
"That goes without saying!"
The dozen or so Forbidden Sect disciples began discussing the pressure radiating from Dan Chenzi.
"Senior Brother Dan, you can do it!"
The Pill Sect disciples all cheered Dan Chenzi on.
Even Zhao Sheng's and Qin Yi's eyes lit up, and they nodded inwardly.
This young man had exceptional talent!
"Watch my sword!"
Hum...
Dan Chenzi barked coldly and stepped forward!
His figure vanished instantly!
In a flash, his blurred silhouette appeared before Chu Luo!
A spirit sword wrapped in spiritual energy thrust toward Chu Luo's chest.
Chu Luo was surprised by Dan Chenzi's speed.
Sure enough, none of those who made the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking were easy to deal with!
Chu Luo was no slowpoke either.
He twisted sideways, dodging Dan Chenzi's thrust!
Boom...
A beam of sword light shot from the spirit sword, blasting apart the paving of the nearby plaza!
Dan Chenzi swung his sword repeatedly, slashing at Chu Luo!
But Chu Luo dodged every strike!
"Why isn't Senior Brother Chu fighting back?!"
The dozen or so Forbidden Sect disciples were all baffled.
Chu Luo's battle with Han Wujie had been nothing like this!
Chu Luo heard his junior brothers' puzzled remarks.
He could not help muttering inwardly.
Whenever I attack, it's with a forbidden ultimate move.
Can Dan Chenzi actually withstand one?
What if I slip up and accidentally kill him?
My master isn't even here!
Hum...
Chu Luo easily dodged another vicious sword strike!
Dan Chenzi seethed with anger and said coldly,
"Chu Luo, is dodging all you can do?!"
At that, Chu Luo grinned and shook his head slightly.
"Brother Dan, show me your full strength!"
"If you don't, I'm honestly afraid I'll kill you!"
"Hiss... how arrogant! Senior Brother Dan, give him what he wants!"
"Senior Brother Dan, show him your true strength and make him regret it!"
"..."
The dozen or so Pill Sect core disciples watching nearby were also enraged by Chu Luo's words.
How could he be so arrogant!
He acted as though he could crush Senior Brother Dan!
Veins bulged on Dan Chenzi's forehead as he roared furiously,
"Fine!"
"Chu Luo, since you insist, I'll grant your wish!"
Boom...
Dan Chenzi leaped up and stood in midair.
A force brimming with vitality soared from his body into the sky.
Under its influence,
vines as thick as a thigh suddenly burst from the ground, stabbing toward Chu Luo!
Slightly startled, Chu Luo kept darting aside.
The vines seemed to possess minds of their own, pursuing him relentlessly!
"It's the Wood Spirit Body!"
"I've heard that the Pill Sect's Dan Chenzi possesses a Wood Spirit Body!"
"The rumors were true!"
A Forbidden Sect core disciple spoke with a grave expression.
"Hiss... Senior Brother Dan has activated his spirit body!"
"If Chu Luo still won't attack, he's bound to lose!"
"Heh... let's see him keep acting so cocky!"
"Look... Senior Brother Dan... is he going to use that move?!"
Just then, the Pill Sect disciples familiar with Dan Chenzi suddenly paled.
They stared intently at his figure in midair.
Dan Chenzi formed seals with both hands.
An intricate seal appeared between his palms.
The spirit sword floating before him shone with green light.
Strange green runes danced and coiled around its blade.
Whoosh!
Hum...
Dan Chenzi pointed skyward, and his spirit sword soared into the heavens, vanishing into the curtain of clouds.
Immediately afterward, a powerful force enveloped the surroundings, stirring fierce winds.
Everyone noticed the trees on the Pill Sect's mountain swaying wildly.
At some point, emerald leaves had filled the sky.
Every leaf gleamed green, carrying the momentum of a cascading sword strike!
Boom...
The leaves filling the sky rose with the wind and streamed into the clouds!
Green light flickered in Dan Chenzi's eyes as he lowered his gaze!
A terrifying pressure brewed deep within the heavens!
"To think this youngster has mastered this move to such a degree!"
Even Great Emperor Yaoming looked up and nodded in praise.
Boom...
Chu Luo struck backward with his palm, shattering the vines pursuing him.
As though sensing something, he abruptly looked up, the corners of his mouth lifting.
"Chu Luo!"
"Does this move qualify to make you fight?!"
"Myriad Forest Swordfall!"
Dan Chenzi let out a long cry toward the heavens, then swept his finger toward Chu Luo below!
Boom!
Everyone present saw a colossal sword blotting out the sky and sun sweep aside the clouds.
As though descending from the cosmos, it bore down with overwhelming might!
Green leaves wreathed the colossal sword phantom, unfolding a myriad forest of forms!
Vast sword intent swept through heaven and earth, cascading from the nine heavens!
It seemed this sword could subdue demons and annihilate the world!
No one could stop it!
The disciples of both sects were collectively horrified, their expressions changing drastically!
"Just what I wanted!"
"Let's fight!"
Boom...
Chu Luo laughed and leaped straight into the air!
At that moment, Dan Chenzi's sword strike had thoroughly ignited his fighting spirit!
In the next instant, everyone saw powerful, immense spiritual energy surge from Chu Luo into the sky!
Chu Luo formed seals with both hands, his eyes glowing with a deep golden light...
Hum, hum...
In an instant, heaven and earth changed, and darkness engulfed the entire sky.
"This brat..."
"Forbidden Secret Arts!"
Great Emperor Yaoming froze as well, surprise appearing on his face as though he had recognized something.
Zhao Sheng, Qin Yi, and all the Forbidden Sect core disciples were stunned!
They, too, realized that Chu Luo was employing one of the Forbidden Secret Arts!
But they had not seen the phenomena produced by this forbidden secret art yesterday!
In other words, their Senior Brother Chu was unleashing a brand-new forbidden ultimate move...
"This brat... just how many of our sect's Forbidden Secret Arts has he learned?"
Elder Qin Yi could not help exclaiming in shock.
Zhao Sheng also drew a deep breath and shook his head slightly...
Even he had only learned three of the sect's Forbidden Secret Arts.
Those three Forbidden Secret Arts had become his trump cards for securing victory!
One could easily imagine just how difficult these arts were to learn!
Counting yesterday and today, this brat had unleashed no fewer than five Forbidden Secret Arts!
Boom...
Under everyone's astonished gazes,
a vast vision of the myriad heavens and worlds rose behind Chu Luo.
Within it, stars wheeled through galaxies, the sun and moon alternated, spring gave way to autumn, tides rose and fell, and worlds succeeded one another...
A force steeped in an eternal aura gathered within the vision!
In an instant, an illusory golden sword emerged from the vision with crushing force!
The moment that sword phantom appeared, even heaven and earth lost their luster!
"Eternal Void-Splitting Sword!"
At the sight, Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi could not help crying out!
They had never imagined that Chu Luo had learned even this move!
Ten thousand years ago, they had seen one of the Forbidden Sect's ancestors unleash it just once!
That sword strike from their ancestor
had stunned all the supreme powers of the Three Thousand Great Worlds into silence!
The power of Chu Luo's strike was nowhere near their ancestor's back then.
Yet it still shook both elders!
"Forbidden Secret Arts, Eternal Void-Splitting Sword!"
"Go!"
"Go!"
Chu Luo and Dan Chenzi flicked their fingers simultaneously!
The two colossal sword phantoms crashed violently into each other!
Boom...
In the next instant, Dan Chenzi's face turned deathly pale!
"What?!"
"How is this possible?!"
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