Chapter 647: Cooperative Agreement

Chapter 647: Silent Cooperation

Boom! Bang! Rumble!

As powerful experts rushed in from all directions, the fierce battle between Ye Chen, Ji Ning Shuang, and Yin Zhi Ping continued without pause.

It was clear that Yin Zhi Ping was at a disadvantage. Despite his formidable strength, he couldn't withstand the combined assault from Ye Chen and Ji Ning Shuang. From the start, he was forced to retreat repeatedly, and every time he tried to assert himself, he was struck down again.

Ah!

At some point, Yin Zhi Ping's furious roar echoed through the sky as he unleashed a palm strike that swept across the heavens toward Ye Chen and Ji Ning Shuang.

His hair was disheveled, and his face was twisted in a savage expression, completely devoid of his earlier mocking smile.

Da Qian Long Yin!

Jiu Zhuan Xuan Tian!

Ye Chen and Ji Ning Shuang both retaliated, unleashing their supreme divine techniques that shattered Yin Zhi Ping's palm imprint. Even Yin Zhi Ping himself was shaken back step by step, each retreat crushing a section of the void.

Xuan Ling Shen Jue!

Ji Ning Shuang attacked again, thrusting her sword to release a beam of divine light aimed straight at Yin Zhi Ping's brow.

Tai Xu Dong!

Yin Zhi Ping suddenly steadied himself, a vortex forming in his palm that absorbed Ji Ning Shuang's sword beam—or more precisely, diverted it into a spatial black hole.

Take this big one!

Ye Chen charged forward, stepping into the sky with the Ba Long Dao in hand, delivering a fierce overhead slash that was direct and overpowering.

In response, the ferocious-faced Yin Zhi Ping drew his Tai Xu Long Jian, sweeping it upward to cleave through Ye Chen's golden blade light. Even Ye Chen was forced to stagger back a step.

Just as Yin Zhi Ping prepared to advance, his brow furrowed sharply, and he turned toward another direction—Ji Ning Shuang was unleashing a major technique.

Far off, a massive spiritual mirror over a hundred zhang tall stood between heaven and earth, shimmering with dazzling light and radiating waves of divine aura. Ji Ning Shuang had transformed into a figure within the mirror.

"Jiu Tian Xuan Ling Jing." Yin Zhi Ping recognized this secret art and knew its terrifying power.

Immediately, he wheeled around from his attack on Ye Chen and lunged toward Ji Ning Shuang.

"Where do you think you're going?" Ye Chen wouldn't let him interfere with Ji Ning Shuang's technique. He crossed the distance in a single step, blocking Yin Zhi Ping's path, and followed up with a slash before unleashing his own techniques relentlessly.

"Damn it." Yin Zhi Ping's face twisted in rage, but he had no choice but to counter, swinging his arms continuously to unleash a barrage of supreme divine techniques.

Boom! Bang! Rumble!

The already turbulent world erupted in nonstop thunderous noise.

High in the void, the two clashed like wild beasts, bombarding each other with secret techniques.

Ye Chen drew upon the origin of the Huang Gu Sheng Ti, his vital energy surging like a torrent and his life force thriving. With his clones constantly supplying earth essence and star power, he could unleash his techniques without restraint.

Yin Zhi Ping was in an enhanced state as well, bearing the soul of the Tai Xu Gu Long and harboring the Tai Xu Gu Long curse within him. This curse was insidious, allowing him to recklessly draw and replenish energy from those marked by its sub-curse to sustain his onslaught.

Both in their boosted states, their technique clash created a spectacular display that blanketed the sky.

Tsk, tsk, tsk!

Onlookers from all sides marveled at the grand spectacle. "Are these two even human? Unleashing techniques like that—how immense must their spiritual power be!"

"If it were an ordinary Kong Ming Jing first level cultivator, even with a Dan Hai, they'd have run out of spiritual energy by now."

"That's why they're so impressive—each one is incredibly powerful!"

"Mirror into Myriad Forms, Jiu Zhuan Xuan Ling."

Amid the discussions, Ji Ning Shuang, now embodied in the mirror, softly commanded, raising her jade arm to point at Yin Zhi Ping, who was battling Ye Chen.

Buzz!

The Jiu Tian Xuan Ling Jing trembled violently with a massive hum.

Then came the sharp ring of killing swords as a divine beam shot from the mirror, wrapped in tri-colored divine light and carrying devastating force. It pierced through the void, hurtling straight toward Yin Zhi Ping.

Sensing the beam's terror, Yin Zhi Ping, still locked in technique exchange with Ye Chen, tensed up instantly.

Tai Xu Dong!

He raised his hand again, forming a vortex that linked to a spatial black hole, intending to redirect Ji Ning Shuang's divine beam.

"You think I'm not here?" Ye Chen, like a troublemaker, charged in with another fierce, direct slash.

"Damn it all." Yin Zhi Ping's face contorted to the extreme. If he blocked Ye Chen's blade, he'd be hit by Ji Ning Shuang's beam; if he blocked the beam, he risked being cleaved by Ye Chen on the spot.

In a flash, he retreated rapidly, hoping to buy time through the gap.

Bind for me!

Ye Chen formed a seal with one hand, casting a binding secret technique that sealed off the void for a thousand zhang around.

Yin Zhi Ping, who was retreating at full speed, suddenly halted in place.

Zing!

With the sword's ring, Ji Ning Shuang's tri-colored divine beam arrived in an instant. Yin Zhi Ping, who had just broken free from the bind, was struck head-on. Even with his Tai Xu Shifting technique, he was wounded, a bloody hole piercing through his chest.

"You bastards deserve to die." Yin Zhi Ping's thunderous roar echoed like lightning, his face contorted like a malevolent ghost.

Divine light swirled at his brow, and a burst of radiance shot into the sky. Upon closer inspection, it was a brilliantly glowing map.

Radiance flashed, and the massive map unfurled, spanning several hundred zhang wide and over a thousand zhang long, like a silver waterfall cascading from the heavens, dazzling against the dark night.

This map stretched north to south and east to west, etched with great divine power, immensely vast. Every mountain, river, and ancient city was marked with perfect clarity.

Though it was just a map, Ye Chen felt insignificant before it due to its overwhelming grandeur.

"Jiu Zhou Xuan Tian Tu." Among the spectators, some elder cultivators' eyes gleamed as they stared intently at the massive divine map.

"Senior, what is the Jiu Zhou Xuan Tian Tu?"

"That was etched by Chen Huang during his conquest of Da Chu in the past?"

"More precisely, it's just a part of the Jiu Zhou Xuan Tian Tu." An elder with profound Dao skills explained, "The Jiu Zhou Xuan Tian Tu encompasses the entire map of Da Chu. After Chen Huang Xuan Chen's passing, the Da Chu Xuan Zong fell into chaos, and the map fragmented along with it. What we're seeing is likely just the map of Nan Chu—the rest has scattered to unknown places."

"It's not just a map—it's also a powerful artifact." Someone drew in a sharp breath, their eyes filled with awe.

"An artifact?"

Boom!

Amid the discussions, the Jiu Zhou Xuan Tian Tu shuddered, unleashing a world-shaking pressure that collapsed the surrounding void entirely.

Uh!

Ye Chen grunted, stumbling back and nearly dropping to one knee. His surging vital energy was forced back into his body, as if an eight-thousand-zhang mountain weighed on his back.

Crack!

Soon, the sound of the spiritual mirror shattering rang out. Ji Ning Shuang's Jiu Tian Xuan Ling Jing broke apart, forcing her out of it. She staggered, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, oppressed by the Jiu Zhou Xuan Tian Tu.

"Jiu Zhou Xuan Tian Tu." Ji Ning Shuang gazed solemnly at the enormous divine map hanging in the void.

"The artifact forged by the three ancestral sects is no joke." Ye Chen's vital energy surged as he steadied himself, staring in astonishment at the Jiu Zhou Xuan Tian Tu. He had heard Yang Ding Tian mention it before, and seeing it now truly broadened his horizons.

"Suppress them for me." Amid the shocked voices from all sides, Yin Zhi Ping's furious roar thundered through the sky.

The Jiu Zhou Xuan Tian Tu shook again, releasing even greater pressure that cracked the earth below.