Chapter 649: Chapter 656: Fooling Everyone to Limpness! (Third Update)
Boom! Boom! Boom! ——!
The terror-inducing sound became increasingly furious wave after wave, and the gigantic flying boat, a colossal object that could accommodate thousands of people, shockingly shattered into countless pieces right in front of everyone’s eyes.
Out of the countless wood chips, there was a man with a sword, so bizarre that it felt like a dream.
His wild power, fierce figure, along with the enormous sword in his hand that sent shivers down one’s spine, all made him seem like a ferocious beast, shattering the flying boat into pieces with a series of thunderous blows.
Everyone was stunned, including Gong Sanhe and Death Shadow, even Hua Youyue and Han Yan’er were taken aback.
Many who knew of Yang Zhen’s phenomenal strength were startled, let alone those who had never seen Yang Zhen before, they were completely aghast, as if they had seen a monster.
“Who… Who is this person? Such terrifying strength, could he be the legendary body refining practitioner?”
“Shit, even a body refining practitioner wouldn’t be this terrifying. That single slash could shatter a small mountain.”
“Impossible, how can this be? Am I seeing things, I must still be half-asleep.”
Smack!
“Awake yet?”
“Shit, senior brother, why are you hitting me?”
…
The crowd engaged in a flurry of discussion, their faces blooming and changing colors, showing all kinds of expressions.
The Thousand-Spirit Saintess was at the forefront. Watching Yang Zhen shattering the huge flying boat with each swing of his wrist, her eyes were filled with incredulity.
The despicable cat stood flabbergasted where it was, taking a deep breath and placing a hand over its rapidly beating heart, muttering to itself: “Damn, why was I so nervous? This asshole Yang Zhen is even more scaredy-cat than anyone else. How could he possibly trigger an eruption in the land of the Nine Dragon Que Flower?”
Only when Yang Zhen, carrying the Great Missing Sword, started to walk towards the void did everyone jump in fright, instinctively parting to make way for him.
As Yang Zhen churned his energy and blood, his striking strength appeared absolutely ferocious. However, even in this world of cultivation, the principle of ‘equal and opposite forces’ still holds true. Despite having mastered the fifth stage of Dragon Elephant Prison Shaking Body, Yang Zhen also was experiencing internal displacement and numbness in his hands.
For no apparent reason, it was simply a great disaster. He felt like he had been shit on by a dog.
Yang Zhen, with a fierce gaze, headed straight for Elder Qian. Along the way, he noticed the stunned Thousand-Spirit Saintess and winked at her, and then continued on without looking back.
All the disciples of the Ancient Spirit Clan swallowed hard, watching Yang Zhen dumbstruck. Wherever Yang Zhen went, a path was cleared for him.
Yang Zhen walked straight up to Elder Qian, stared at him for a while, then extended his hand and said, “Pay!”
“Pay? Pay what?” Elder Qian was taken aback, looking at Yang Zhen with a strange expression, asking in confusion, “Pay for what?”
Yang Zhen gave a hearty laugh, hoisted the Great Missing Sword onto his shoulder, looked back at the wooden debris still floating in mid-air, and pointing at the group of Ancient Spirit Clan disciples behind him, he said, “Fellow, do you realize how close you were to causing a catastrophe just now?”
Elder Qian shook his head and said, “Death Shadow has already explained the situation to me; however, I also explained to him that it was purely an accident.”
“Just because it was an accident, we can let it go?”
Yang Zhen’s voice rose significantly, pointing at the altar below that was emitting a faint glow, he said, “It seems you are aware of the place here being the land of Nine Dragon Que Flower. But do you know what is sealed underneath there, yes, right under that very altar?”
“What’s underneath?” Elder Qian was taken aback, glanced at Thousand-Spirit Saintess who had followed up, shook his head and asked, “Could there be a powerful entity sealed under this land of Nine Dragon Que Flower?”
“Powerful, incredibly powerful, even myself as Sao Saint, the once-in-a-million-year prodigy, dare not provoke that entity. Can you say it is powerful?”
Yang Zhen earnestly spouted nonsense. However, everyone present changed their faces when they heard that even Yang Zhen wouldn’t dare to provoke the person inside.
Although the disciples of the Ancient Spirit Clan had never seen Yang Zhen, his name was well-known.
In the rumors, there was no one that Yang Zhen wouldn’t dare to provoke. Everywhere this rascal went, chaos ensued. Now that Yang Zhen himself said that he wouldn’t dare to provoke the person sealed inside, how could everyone not be shocked?
Elder Qian, who was most familiar with Yang Zhen’s character, looked perplexed and horrified, and said, “This… could there be a Demon Saint sealed inside?”
A scrawny cat sitting on Han Yan’er’s shoulder followed them and chuckled, “Elder, you probably don’t know. This kid once chopped off a Demon Saint! Do you think if just an ordinary Demon Saint were trapped inside, Yang Xiaozi would be so nervous?”
“What?” Elder Qian’s face changed again, startled, he said, “So, is it someone even more terrifying than a Demon Saint?”
Yang Zhen glared at the skinny cat and reprimanded, “When did you get the right to speak? Although what you said was damn right, you can’t frighten Elder Qian like this!”
Yang Zhen then apologized to Elder Qian, “Elder, don’t listen to this rascal’s nonsense. The one I chopped was not a Demon Saint!”
Hearing this, Elder Qian breathed a sigh of relief. The disciples of the Ancient Spirit Clan also let out a sigh of relief.
“I knew it! However frightening Yang Zhen is, how could he have chopped a Demon Saint?”
“This skinny cat is obviously spouting nonsense. None of what it said is true. But Yang Zhen, unlike in the rumors, admits to some truths amid his nonsense.”
“Yang Zhen is only at the peak of the Mahayana Phase in his cultivation. The scrawny cat dares to say he chopped off a Demon Saint. That is simply an absurd exaggeration.”
Many disciples discussed amongst themselves, and Elder Qian’s face gradually returned to normal.
Yang Zhen said leisurely, “The one I chopped off was not actually a Demon Saint, but just the avatar of a Demon Saint.”
“Doesn’t it… What?” Elder Qian, looking horrified, almost popped his eyes out: “You killed an avatar of a Demon Saint?”
Dead silence!
The entire place fell into a deathlike silence. Everyone was looking at Yang Zhen, speechless.
Although what he said seemed absurd, since Yang Zhen dared to say it, it was likely to be true.
No one thought Yang Zhen would lie about something like this. Once he said it and people believed it, there might be people challenging him. If someone defeated Yang Zhen, wouldn’t it be indirectly killing an avatar of a Demon Saint?
This kind of event, which wouldn’t offend a Demon Saint and could make one famous, was exactly what everyone wished for.
But Yang Zhen blurted it out, which shows that what Yang Zhen said was true, or in other words, Yang Zhen wasn’t afraid of being challenged at all.
Everyone swallowed hard, looking blankly at Yang Zhen.
Seeing everyone’s bewildered faces, Yang Zhen took a deep breath, patted Elder Qian’s shoulder, and said, “Do you know that this Sao Saint just saved the whole Ancient Spirit Clan?”
“What… what do you mean?” Elder Qian looked confused, obviously baffled by Yang Zhen’s words.
The rest of the Ancient Spirit Clan disciples also looked at each other in confusion. They had no idea what Yang Zhen was talking about.
The Thousand-Spirit Saintess looked strangely at Yang Zhen. The woman who looked like she came from an ink painting was also dumbfounded at this moment.
Yang Zhen sighed, took a deep breath, and continued, “Your Ancient Spirit Clan, almost became the sinners of humanity! Because underneath this altar, there might be a Demon Saint, or even a Demon Emperor, sealed!”
As soon as these words came out, everyone present turned white.