Unrivaled medicine god, p.132
Unrivaled Medicine God, page 132
"Profound Knowledge Akin to Divine Aid!"
After a tumultuous and violent clash, Luo Chengfeng finally used his greatest trump card!
This move was something that Luo Chengfeng comprehended only recently. Originally, this was his ultimate trump card meant to deal with Tian Yu, but it was unexpectedly forced out by Ye Yuan.
Once it was executed, the wind and clouds suddenly changed. Powerful formless energy flooded the platform. A moment of carelessness and the outcome would definitely be being sent flying off the platform!
But over on the other end, only to see Ye Yuan swing his sword calmly. Profound Knowledge Akin to Divine Aid was released in a twinkle!
Except, everyone here, including Luo Chengfeng, did not detect that Ye Yuan added a little something extra into this move!
Essence Energy Ignition!
It was only to see Ye Yuan's Profound Knowledge Akin to Divine Aid being executed. The battle situation on the platform became drastically different from before!
Ye Yuan's force was like a whirlwind sweeping away scattered clouds, devouring Luo Chengfeng's attack unceasingly.
Luo Chengfeng's face changed. He did not think that such a situation would actually occur.
Previously, it was always him bombarding wantonly, but this time, Ye Yuan retaliated, catching him completely off-guard!
The attack after adding Essence Energy Ignition was unbelievably powerful. It was already too late for Luo Chengfeng to want to defend against it!
He only saw countless blasts of formless energy besieging him, directly breaking through his protective essence energy and sending him flying.
Luo Chengfeng was only hit down the platform and did not suffer major injuries.
Ye Yuan had a sense of propriety when attacking and did not ignite too much essence energy.
Luo Chengfeng adjusted his posture in midair and landed on the ground lightly.
It was dead silent below the stage. Everyone did not know what to say.
If this was like the result of Zhang Jing's match, everybody could still barely accept it. The result of this match was really unexpected!
The top three core disciples represented virtually the highest point in the Tranquil Cloud Sect!
In the minds of all the core disciples, the only ones who could beat the top three people were only the top three, or core disciples.
Others need not even think about it!
Because for these three people to be able to occupy this position meant that their improvement speed surpassed all others.
Once they were shaken off by such a genius, then they would only get cast even further behind.
Nobody had ever thought that someone in the top three would lose in the hands of a Fourth Level Spirit Condensation Realm!
Just take Luo Chengfeng for example. His strength was sufficient to challenge ordinary Third Level Crystal Formation Realms!
Someone like Su Yulin was not even Luo Chengfeng's match.
Doesn't this mean that Ye Yuan's strength could cross an entire major realm to defeat his opponent?
This . . . This was too inconceivable!
Luo Chengfeng sighed lightly and cupped his fists towards Ye Yuan and said, "Many thanks for Junior Apprentice Brother Ye showing mercy!"
"Not at all! Senior Apprentice Brother Luo being able to walk so far on the Dao of Calligraphy, this Junior is full of admiration! In fact, this Junior won with somewhat unorthodox means," Ye Yuan said with a smile.
Luo Chengfeng's face changed slightly, and he could not help voicing the suspicions he had in his heart. "Where did Junior Apprentice Brother Ye's moves come from? Could Junior Apprentice Brother Ye really have trained in the Imperial Law True Book before?"
Ye Yuan shook his head and said with a grin, "Nay! Those moves were all copied after I watched Senior Apprentice Brother Luo's moves! This is called . . . mimicking concept!"
Chapter 267. Dragon Among Men |
"Mimicking concept? What's that?" Luo Chengfeng could not help being stupefied.
"My move looks exactly the same as yours. But in reality, when talking about the contents, it differs in thousands of ways. Those moves of mine were mimicked using sword intent. It appeared right, but is really wrong," Ye Yuan said.
"This . . . Concepts can actually be utilized like this?"
Luo Chengfeng originally felt that something was off, but could not figure it out the whole time. Now that he heard Ye Yuan talk about it, the other party had actually been using sword intent to clash with him the entire time?
But even if it was sword intent, wasn't it too alike?
No matter how Luo Chengfeng racked his brains, he could not figure out how sword intent could be used to mimic calligraphy intent so skillfully as to be indistinguishable from the original!
Luo Chengfeng believed that the audience below the stage could not even see through that what Ye Yuan used was sword intent! Only him, someone who immersed himself in the Dao of Calligraphy for so many years could differentiate that minute trace of difference!
Ignoring other things, just how high was Ye Yuan's attainments on the Sword Dao?!
This match was not lost unjustly!
"Myriad Dao laws, all lead to the same destination! The concepts might be different in endless ways, but they also have many common aspects. Although I have yet to research in depth into the Dao of Calligraphy, I've seen before extremely powerful Calligraphy Dao experts, so I'm also rather familiar with the Dao of Calligraphy. Hence, that's why I can mimic Calligraphy Dao with Sword Dao," Ye Yuan said.
The extremely powerful calligraphy dao expert that Ye Yuan was talking about was actually the Heavenly Book Divine King.
Except, no matter how big a hole Luo Chengfeng and the rest excavated in their brain, they could not imagine what kind of existence this so-called extremely powerful calligraphy dao expert was like.
Ji Qingyun and his father had exceedingly high status in the Divine Realm. They were acquainted with most of the Divine King powerhouses.
Although the Heavenly Book Divine King was a more eccentric member of the Ten Great Supreme Divine Kings, he used to have pretty good relations with Ye Yuan.
And Ye Yuan had also witnessed with his own eyes the great battle between the Heavenly Book Divine King and other divine kings. It was truly heaven startling and caused the gods to weep!
Compare to the Heavenly Book Divine King, this Imperial Law True Book of Luo Chengfeng was simply weak to the max!
Ye Yuan originally had tremendously high perception and also comprehended a supreme true intent on Sword Dao. In addition to having witnessed the Heavenly Book Divine King's Dao of Calligraphy before, wanting to mimic Luo Chengfeng's moves was not something hard.
Ye Yuan's factors were much better than Luo Chengfeng's. If he could not even mimic such a low-level concept, then he would really be too useless.
"What a fine phrase: myriad Dao laws, all lead to the same destination! Junior Apprentice Brother's perception is freakishly high. Even though it's just mimicking my concept, if Junior Apprentice Brother Ye's concept isn't extremely high, I'm afraid that it's also impossible to have such a battle result. This Luo is fully convinced of my loss!" Finishing, Luo Chengfeng cupped his fists and left.
Far away, Xiao Jiang and Mo Yuntian stood with their hands behind their backs. They had just watched the battle between Ye Yuan and Luo Chengfeng."
"Oh, Yuntian, what you said was right. A monster like Ye Yuan, my Tranquil Cloud Sect might not have the destiny to contain him! About his strength, how do you view it?" Xiao Jian suddenly asked.
Mo Yuntian said, "Junior Apprentice Brother Ye's sword intent most likely already surpassed mine by far too much. It even . . . uh, if my conjectures are right, Junior Apprentice Brother Ye probably already fully comprehended the Azure Dipper Purple Yang Sword Art on the Nine Heavens Road!"
Xiao Jian turned to look at Mo Yuntian. He said with a chuckle, "If he surpassed me, then he surpassed me. What's there to avoid saying? I wonder which rock this boy jumped out from, to actually have such monstrous talent! In the thousands of years since the establishment of my Tranquil Cloud Sect, there have only been a mere three individuals who can comprehend the Azure Dipper Purple Yang Sword Intent in its entirety! This boy is only 15 years old and actually comprehended such a profound sword intent fully. Truly remarkable!"
Mo Yuntian felt slightly awkward as he said, "Junior Apprentice Brother Ye is a dragon among men. As long as he doesn't plummet, he will surely be able to ascend to the Divine Realm in the future! Furthermore, I feel that his talent might even be stronger than Forefather You Wuya's. Even after he arrives in the Divine Realm, he can most likely become the powerhouse of a domain!"
Xiao Jian nodded. He clearly approved of Mo Yuntian's view.
To be able to fully comprehend a true intent at the age of 15, such a freak should not have appeared in the Endless World.
"Yuntian, did you discover that Ye Yuan's sword intent seems to have some different aspects?"
Mo Yuntian was rather surprised. Although he also comprehended much of the Azure Dipper Purple Yang Sword Intent, he was obviously not as sensitive compared to Xiao Jian.
If they talked about it, the Azure Dipper Purple Yang Sword Intent that Tian Yu comprehended was even stronger than Mo Yuntian's!
Mo Yuntian shook his head. Xiao Jian's gaze turned stern as he said, "Ye Yuan's sword intent is not purely Azure Dipper Purple Yang Sword Intent! If my conjectures are correct, he even comprehended some other sword intent!"
"Other sword intent?" Mo Yuntian had a baffled look. He did not know what this meant.
Xiao Jian nodded and said, "It's clear that Ye Yuan's sword intent carries the shadow of the Azure Dipper Purple Yang Sword Intent, but there is a trace of nimbleness and elegance within the sword intent. In my opinion, Ye Yuan most likely already comprehended a type of sword intent before challenging the Nine Heavens Road. When he was challenging the Nine Heavens Road, he comprehended the Azure Dipper Purple Yang Sword Intent too. The most terrifying thing is that he already fused these two types of sword intent into one!"
Mo Yuntian revealed an astonished look. He knew that Ye Yuan's sword intent was extremely powerful, but he did not think that Ye Yuan's sword intent was already powerful to this sort of extent!
As a sword cultivator, Mo Yuntian was deeply aware that fusing concepts was even harder than comprehending two kinds of concepts!
"Ye Yuan fully comprehending the Azure Dipper Purple Yang Sword Art meant mastering a type of true intent. If he merged another kind of concept, then just what realm is he at?" Mo Yuntian felt that his mind could not quite wrap itself around it.
Xiao Jian shook his head and said, "I don't know either! But there is bound to be even higher realms above true intent! Those are realms belonging to the Divine Realm's powerhouses! I wonder what the other sword intent Ye Yuan fused it with is like. If it's also a type of true intent, then that would be terrifying!"
Limited by own worldview, Xiao Jian did not know what realm was above true intent. He himself did not even fully comprehend a type of true intent. But he knew that there was surely even higher realms above true intent. Otherwise, what did those powerhouses in the Divine Realm cultivate?
Xiao Jian was also not sure what realm fusing two kinds of true intent would reach, because in the Endless World, possessing one type of true intent already meant an immensely powerful expert!
It was said that there were major powers in the Northern Domain who fused two types of true intent, but as for what kind of realm those major powers were at, Xiao Jian had completely no clue.
In reality, under most circumstances, it was impossible to produce a supreme true intent even by merging two types of true intent.
In the Divine Realm, there were many experts who fused two types of concepts, but very few of them could cultivate to the Divine King realm. The reason was that they could not comprehend a supreme true intent!
Mo Yuntian sucked in a deep breath and said, "This shouldn't be very likely, right? While Ye Yuan's talent is astonishing, to merge two types of true intent at this age . . ."
Mo Yuntian felt that this already exceeded his boundary of understanding and instinctively felt that it was impossible.
Xiao Jian laughed wryly and said, "Haha, actually, I also feel that this is not very likely. True intent isn't some cabbage that can be comprehended as you like. Ye Yuan could comprehend the Azure Dipper Purple Yang Sword Intent primarily is still because he barged into the Nine Heavens Road under coincidence. I reckon that he only added in the nimble and elegance concept that he comprehended before that into the Azure Dipper Purple Yang Sword Intent."
Chapter 268. Battling Tang Yu-er! |
As expected, yet also a complete surprise.
Tian Yu, Tang Yu-er, and Ye Yuan entered the final four, while Luo Chengfeng was tragically eliminated, blocked outside the final four.
It was expected because Tian Yu and Tang Yu-er entering the final four was within reason.
But it was a surprise because before this grand competition, nobody would have thought that No. 52 could actually charge into the final four!
The other person who made it into the final four was called Sui Liang, precisely the other one the two half-step Crystal Formation Realms.
The face-off for the semi-finals was already out. Ye Yuan versus Tang Yu-er, and Tian Yu versus Sui Liang!
There was basically no suspense for Tian Yu versus Sui Liang. Tang Yu-er and Ye Yuan's match clearly became everyone's focal point.
Ye Yuan overcame all the obstacles along the way, and even Luo Chengfeng fell to him. This made the originally lifeless sect grand competition suddenly became lively.
Everybody wanted to see what step Ye Yuan could walk to!
Although Ye Yuan defeating Luo Chengfeng in the previous battle made everyone's glasses fall off, everybody could sense that Ye Yuan's fight with Luo Chengfeng was not as easy as with Zhang Jing.
And Tang Yu-er's strength was not because Luo Chengfeng did not use his weapon!
Everyone knew that even if Luo Chengfeng used his weapon, the result would also be the same!
Hence, Ye Yuan and Tang Yu-er's match was even more anticipated than with Tian Yu.
Tian Yu used the sword. Whether he could gain any advantages in a battle against Ye Yuan was another matter altogether. But Tang Yu-er did not use a sword. If Ye Yuan could even beat Tang Yu-er, he would only be a step away from number one.
Yes, at the semi-finals, Tian Yu did not seem too promising instead!
Not because he wasn't strong enough, but because he used swords!
Tian Yu was strong because of his sword. But facing Ye Yuan, his sword became his greatest shortcoming instead!
The semi-finals were about to commence. Ye Yuan and Tang Yu-er's platform was already surrounded until not even water could flow through!
"Quickly look! Isn't that Senior Apprentice Brother Ti Wujiu? There's also Senior Apprentice Brother Cheng Wu and the rest! The elite disciples actually came to watch Ye Yuan's match too!"
"What's so strange about that? The elite disciples' matches have already ended. Senior Apprentice Brother Ti Wujiu won rank one without any contest! And Senior Apprentice Brother Cheng Wu is third from the bottom. He will be competing with our core disciples' number one. Coming to check on his opponent's strength is something very natural."
"Then why did Senior Apprentice Brother Ti Wujiu come over?"
"Hehe, with Ye Yuan's degree of monstrousness, he'll most probably cause a threat to Senior Apprentice Brother Ti Wujiu before long. Isn't it very normal for him to come and take a look at his future adversary? I reckon that the number of elite disciples who came to watch the match is not small!"
The elite disciples' grand competition was already all finished at this time.
Ti Wujiu became the number one elite disciple uncontestably with the battle result of 19 complete victories!
But Cheng Wu ultimately could not shake off the bottom three rankings. According to the sect rules, he would have to undergo a final match with the number one core disciple to determine who stays and leaves.
Hence, it was very crucial to Cheng Wu who obtains rank one.
"Senior Apprentice Brother Wujiu, who do you think can obtain rank one?" Cheng Wu asked rather flusteredly.
Ti Wujiu shook his head however and said, "It has already been a very long time since the previous grand competition. Tian Yu and Tang Yu-er both made significant progress. But as for how much they improved, nobody knows. Moreover, there's even a Ye Yuan who popped out this time. Whose hands the number one lands in is really still an unknown."
Cheng Wu's eyes lit up as he said with a smile, "Do you think Ye Yuan can beat both Tang Yu-er and Tian Yu? Heh heh, if he can get number one, then that would be great!"
Ti Wujiu shot Cheng Wu a glance and said with a chuckle, "Hur hur, I, on the other hand, think that it's best if you don't bump into Ye Yuan."
Cheng Wu asked in puzzlement, "No way! Although this Ye Yuan is impressive, I, Cheng Wu, can't possibly lose to a Fourth Level Spirit Condensation Realm, right?"
Cheng Wu was at the First Level Crystal Formation Realm. While his strength was near the bottom among the elite disciples, that was only relative to the elite disciples.
Towards the vast majority of core disciples, his talent was absolutely those super strong types.
Even though Ye Yuan's talent was heaven-defying, Cheng Wu was a major realm higher than him. How could Ye Yuan possibly be his match?
This sort of crushing in terms of cultivation realm could not be turned around with talent!
Ti Wujiu said, "Ye Yuan's might in sword intent realm surpasses everyone's imagination! If my speculations are right, he might have already grasped the Azure Dipper Purple Yang True Intent! Even if he has not fully grasped it, it's most likely more or less there already. If you really encounter him, it's best to be careful. Take care not to be careless!"
Cheng Wu sucked in a cold breath when he heard that. He knew that Ye Yuan's sword intent was very strong, but did not think that it was powerful to such an extent!
