Chapter 763: Secret Arts Confrontation

Boom!

Dan Chen and his companions' combined attack didn't break the barrier, but it caused a violent tremor.

"Thinking of escaping? That's just wishful thinking," Dan Mo sneered, suddenly clasping his hands together.

Immediately, violent winds and clouds erupted within the barrier. In the churning sea of blood, blood-red rune chains emerged, intertwining in a complex pattern, accompanied by the crisp clinking of iron links. They were like serpents slithering towards Dan Chen and his group.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Then came thunderous dragon roars. Nine blood-red giant dragons roared forth from the barrier, lunging at Dan Chen and his allies. Within them surged waves of blood light and demonic energy, dissolving their vital essence.

Damn it!

Dan Chen and Dan Yi's faces turned extremely grim. With no time to deal with anything else, they were forced to turn and confront the blood-red rune chains and blood dragons.

Seeing this, Ye Chen, who had been escaping through the void space, suddenly burst out. With a swift sword strike, he cleanly decapitated a Kong Ming Jing peak expert, then vanished back into the void space.

"Playing hide-and-seek? Get out here!" Dan Mo instantly spotted Ye Chen's trail, slamming a palm across the sky and crushing down on that patch of space. The void space shattered inch by inch, forcing Ye Chen out.

Suppression!

Quickly, a blood light shot from Dan Mo's forehead—his life-bound artifact, the blood-red alchemy furnace, appeared and rapidly expanded, radiating strands of demonic energy, each one incredibly heavy.

I have one too!

Ye Chen smirked coldly. The Jiu Zhou Xuan Tian Tu hovered above his head for defense, while the Chaos God Cauldron charged forward, growing even larger and more massive than the blood-red alchemy furnace. Its overwhelming pressure made the furnace buzz and tremble violently.

At this sight, Dan Mo's face darkened to an extreme.

He could see that Ye Chen was no ordinary Kong Ming Jing cultivator—elusive and capable of killing Kong Ming Jing peak experts. Only he could suppress Ye Chen, but with him controlling the barrier, he had no time to deal with anything else.

He knew even more that even if he went all out, he couldn't take down Ye Chen quickly, which would only give Dan Chen and his group a chance to break the barrier.

A miscalculation! A serious miscalculation!

Dan Mo's face twisted into a ferocious expression. He had planned everything but never anticipated Ye Chen's involvement, which had repeatedly disrupted his schemes, leaving him in a deadlock.

Divine Fire Thunder, One Arrow Across Worlds!

As Dan Mo gritted his teeth, Ye Chen had already drawn his divine bow to full moon, firing a thunder arrow straight into the heavens, aimed directly at Dan Mo.

Who was he, after all? The ultimate troublemaker. He could see the situation clearly—the key was Dan Mo. As long as he kept him occupied, Dan Chen and his group would be safe for the time being, until the Dan City reinforcements arrived for a full counterattack.

Break!

Dan Mo struck powerfully, shattering the thunder divine arrow with one palm.

"I'll give you something big too." Ye Chen had anticipated the arrow being destroyed. The moment he loosed it, he was already forming hand seals rapidly.

Tai Xu Long Jin!

With a light shout from him, the sealing secret technique of the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon clan was unleashed. Nine massive light pillars rose to the sky, forming a cage that trapped Dan Mo inside.

Perhaps not expecting Ye Chen to master such a heaven-defying divine ability, Dan Mo was caught off guard and stumbled back, his vital essence dissipating in an instant, his form utterly disheveled.

Open for me!

Dan Mo roared in fury, raising his hands to the sky in a great divine ability that tore through the heavens. The newly formed Tai Xu Long Jin cage was ripped apart on the spot.

"Is this guy some kind of beast?" Ye Chen grunted and staggered back from the shock. He knew the terror of Tai Xu Long Jin, but this was his first time using it against an enemy, and it was defeated so decisively, leaving him with a sense of defeat.

Zing!

A sword's resonant hum rang out immediately. A blood-red killing sword shot from Dan Mo's forehead, descending from the sky like a crimson divine light, its speed blinding, carrying destructive piercing force.

Ten Thousand Swords as One!

Ye Chen raised his hand abruptly, pointing Chi Xiao Sword at the heavens. A myriad of swords merged into a single unmatched sword beam, clashing head-on with the descending blood-red killing sword.

Crack!

Soon, the sound of the sword beam shattering echoed. Dan Mo's blood-red killing sword was too powerful; it pierced through the beam and shot straight toward Ye Chen.

Seeing this, Ye Chen reached out his palm to grab the blood-red killing sword.

Just as it was about to pierce his palm, a black vortex appeared in his palm's center. The blood-red killing sword vanished into the vortex.

"Tai Xu Cave is really useful," Ye Chen muttered, staggering back a step with fresh blood overflowing from his mouth. Although he used Tai Xu Cave to swallow the sword, its immense power still wounded him.

On Dan Mo's side, his face turned savage, for he had lost contact with the blood sword—that was his personally refined killing tool, gone just like that, how could he not feel the pain?

Xuan Dao Wu Shang, Di Fa Tian Luo!

Ye Chen invoked another secret technique, this one Qing Yun Old Ancestor's exclusive skill. Two golden divine lights shot into the sky one after another, intertwining to form a single beam—this was an ultimate sealing divine ability. Having suffered from it before, he knew full well its terror.

"What on earth is this kid's background?" Dan Mo gnashed his teeth, his face twisted in ferocity, as if he recognized the origin of Ye Chen's secret technique and knew how troublesome it was. Even he dared not face it head-on.

Demon Cavern!

In a flash, Dan Mo formed a seal with one hand, and a massive blood-red cavern appeared before him, surging with demonic energy. The divine light Ye Chen fired was swallowed up on the spot.

"It's similar to Tai Xu Cave in effect," Ye Chen glanced at the blood-red cavern. "It connects to an unknown realm, swallowing my attacks and transferring them there."

Swallow them for me!

Dan Mo snorted coldly. The eerie demon cavern began to spin, forming a vortex that rapidly expanded, like an endless abyss with no bottom in sight. Just looking at it made one feel their spirit being drawn in.

"Swallow Heaven Demonic Art." Ye Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, recognizing this evil secret technique, as he had seen Yin Zhi Ping use it before.

"Boy, don't worry about us—get out of here fast!" Dan Chen and his group, still battling the blood dragons and rune chains in the barrier, shouted in unison, seemingly aware of the Swallow Heaven Demonic Art's danger—once caught, it meant certain death.

"You think you can destroy me with this? You're far from it." Ye Chen sneered, and the Jiu Zhou Xuan Tian Tu floating above his head flew out, expanding rapidly to span the vast sky, majestic and grand, with every wisp of its aura as heavy as a mountain.

"Don't rush—there's more." Ye Chen sneered again, his forehead glowing brightly as beams of golden light burst forth, transforming into terrifying spiritual artifacts: alchemy furnaces, eight trigrams mirrors, killing swords, treasure seals, spirit pearls... The number was staggering, hundreds of them.

"I... damn." Dan Yi, in the midst of fighting the blood dragons, couldn't help but curse at the grand scene. "This guy's spiritual power is way too overwhelming!"

It wasn't just him—even Dan Chen and the other Kong Ming Jing peak experts, as well as Dan Mo hovering in the sky, had their expressions change. Summoning so many spiritual artifacts at once was something even they wouldn't dare try lightly.

Boom!

As everyone reacted with shock, the Jiu Zhou Xuan Tian Tu and the hundreds of spiritual artifacts unleashed their power simultaneously. The Jiu Zhou Xuan Tian Tu stretched across the sky like a brilliant star river, while the hundreds of artifacts shone like dazzling stars, their auras merging into one, collapsing half the sky.

Break for me!

Ye Chen roared, and the descending Swallow Heaven vortex was crushed on the spot by the Jiu Zhou Xuan Tian Tu and the hundreds of spiritual artifacts.

Ugh...!

Dan Mo grunted immediately, staggering back as he suffered a terrifying backlash, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Ten Thousand Swords Toward the Sect!

Sword Flight to Immortality!

Flying Phoenix Sword Formation!

In that instant, the beast-like Ye Chen swung the Chi Xiao Sword abruptly, targeting those Kong Ming Jing peak experts controlling the barrier, all with wide-area attacks. He didn't expect to kill them outright, just to cause them some trouble and buy time for Dan Chen and his group.

Zing! Zing! Zing!

Sword shadows and sword energy filled the sky, sweeping in like a storm, countless and razor-sharp.

Damn it!

The Kong Ming Jing peak experts' faces twisted in ferocity, forced to divert their attention to defend.

Due to their distraction, the Nine-Nine Sealing Heaven Barrier became unstable, giving Dan Chen and his group a chance to catch their breath. While fighting the blood dragons and rune chains, they also managed to strike at the barrier.