Chapter 5: Fierce Battle with Bei Guangguang
2013-02-09 Author: Gu Zhenren
Section 5: Fierce Battle with Bei Guangguang
The “East Yin, West Jian, South Sao, North Se” were all renowned figures on the Teng List.
In Xingzhou, not all strong individuals are widely known or listed on the Teng List. However, everyone on the Teng List is undoubtedly a powerful expert. Even those on the lowest rung, the Junjie Ranking, possess unique strengths.
The Four Great Yin Thieves of Xingzhou are all established figures of long standing. Bei Guangguang, known as “North Se,” ranks on the Talented Person Ranking and possesses three great Spirit Monsters, along with numerous auxiliary Demonic Beasts. He is an elder figure and the most mysterious among the Four Great Yin Thieves, with combat power no weaker than Chu Yun’s.
“This will be a tough fight! Although I’ve ascended from the Junjie Ranking to the Talented Person Ranking, it was an exceptional promotion due to a feat of fighting ten thousand against one. Bei Guangguang, however, has occupied a spot on the Talented Person Ranking for many years, ranked five places above me, with genuine solid strength. But a fight is a fight, and I will use this opportunity to gauge my true combat power!”
Chu Yun saw a silhouette in the sky, tearing through the horizon, approaching rapidly. Instead of alarm, he rejoiced, his battle spirit surging within him like boiling water.
He had been engaged in constant battles throughout the Archipelago. Although he had repeatedly gained the upper hand, the Archipelago had been embroiled in civil war since the ancient Five Virtue King era. The heavy losses had resulted in fewer resources and less high-end combat power compared to other Island Countries.
The combat power of Spirit Monsters in the Archipelago could be considered that of great generals. However, in other Island Countries, they would only be considered ordinary high generals, or even junior generals.
Chu Yun, possessing memories from his previous life and a broad perspective, was naturally not arrogant or reckless. His upcoming confrontation with Bei Guangguang was something he had long anticipated.
“Battle!” Chu Yun roared, drawing the Drunken Snow Saber in a flash and summoning the colorless Rainbow Demon to envelop himself before charging skyward. The Sky Fox Maiden followed closely behind. The two figures tore through the sky, cleaving the air, unleashing a ferocious aura as they charged towards Bei Guangguang.
“Such an imposing aura.” Bei Guangguang’s heart stirred. He was enveloped in a dense layer of peach-colored mist, only his pair of greenish eyes visible. Chu Yun had revealed some of his secrets, making the habitually disguised and mysterious “North Se” both nervous and wary. He wished to capture Chu Yun immediately and interrogate him thoroughly.
Little did he know that Chu Yun was merely drawing upon his memories from his previous life, revealing everything he knew.
“This Little Tyrant, he’s a rising star among the younger generation who has recently gained much attention. I underestimated him!” Bei Guangguang saw Chu Yun counter-attacking with immense ferocity. His eyes gleamed, and his expression turned serious as he regarded Chu Yun as a formidable foe.
He had initially intended to assert his dominance, using the prestige of his long-established reputation from the older generation to pressure Chu Yun, a mere fledgling, into a disadvantage from the outset. He hadn’t expected Chu Yun’s aura to be even more powerful, showing no fear and instead looking at him with bloodshot, eager eyes, impatient for battle.
“Magnificent Dragon Pattern!”
As the two closed in at high altitude, Chu Yun raised his saber. With a dragon’s roar, a massive, brilliant dragon-headed saber energy tore through space. The dragon’s mouth gaped, its fangs sharp, and the saber energy was icy and piercing, as if to swallow Bei Guangguang whole.
“He won!” Seeing this, Little Fly Yan, hiding in a corner, couldn’t help but cheer with delight.
But in the next moment, her jaw dropped, and she watched in disbelief as a ray of rosy light bloomed amidst the overwhelming snow-white saber energy.
The pink light was greasy, starting as a small dot before rapidly expanding.
With a boom, the half-Supreme-grade Dragon Pattern saber energy disintegrated. In the sky, a vast expanse of pink mist spread, stretching across the heavens and obscuring the sun and earth, casting a rosy hue over the surrounding verdant mountains.
This was the Five Luo Rotten Flower Smoke, a Spirit Monster-level ability that served as both offense and defense, one of Bei Guangguang’s signature Spirit Monster combat powers.
“Little Tyrant, you’re still too green. This isn’t some shoddy place like the Archipelago.” Bei Guangguang’s triumphant laughter echoed from within the Five Luo Rotten Flower Smoke.
“Is that so? Sky Fox, use World-Destroying Red Lotus!” Chu Yun let out a low cry. Before he finished speaking, the Sky Fox Maiden’s fingers bloomed like lotuses, her small mouth slightly open. A stream of pure demon essence sprayed into her palm, transforming into a delicate, translucent flaming red lotus.
The red lotus traced a brilliant trajectory in the air, a full-power attack from the Sky Fox. It instantly grew exponentially, forming a massive fire lotus the size of a small mountain.
“Supreme-grade cultivation method…” Bei Guangguang’s laughter abruptly ceased as he felt an intensely fierce heat wave rushing towards him.
Instantly, he quickly retracted the Five Luo Rotten Flower Smoke and activated a cultivation method. The flower smoke solidified, transforming into a suit of full-body armor that completely concealed Bei Guangguang’s face.
Boom!
A colossal explosion erupted like thunder. Flames surged, and heat waves steamed, filling the sky with a blinding white expanse. The dazzling light made the observing Little Fly Yan cover her eyes, yet tears still streamed down her face.
The expanding shockwaves swept through the surroundings. The wind howled, and the chaotic energy surged, uprooting countless trees on the vertical slopes with the heat waves, causing even the sprawling mountain range to tremble. Little Fly Yan cried out in alarm, tightly clutching a large tree trunk, thus averting the danger of being blown away.
At the moment the shockwave swept over, she felt as if the mountains were collapsing and the earth was splitting. Her tiny heart was filled with terror.
This was the Sky Fox’s most powerful strike in its history.
After the explosion, the hazy vision gradually cleared. The mountain forest within tens of feet of the explosion’s center had been reduced to an open space.
Although the explosion occurred solely in the sky, the sheer force of the shockwaves directly blasted away large sections of the ground, causing the dense vegetation to vanish.
“That bad guy is still alive!” Little Fly Yan, her shock subsiding, looked up at the sky and gasped.
Under such a terrifying attack, Bei Guangguang was shrouded in a wavering mist. His peach-pink armor, though indistinct, was gradually becoming clearer as the mist coalesced back.
“Hehehe, a Supreme-grade Demonic Beast paired with a Supreme-grade cultivation method, the power is indeed extraordinary. However, that’s as far as it goes. One Breath Capture Hand!”
Bei Guangguang extended a hand, and a portion of the Five Luo Rotten Flower Smoke formed a colossal hand in the air, as large as a small mountain, reaching out to grab Chu Yun.
Chu Yun brandished the Drunken Snow Saber to defend. The hand was incredibly agile, like an extension of Bei Guangguang’s own body, moving as he willed. It would clench into a fist to strike, transform into a large palm to slap, or become a hand blade to slash horizontally.
More crucially, even though Chu Yun’s blade was sharp enough to pierce this giant hand, the hand vanished like smoke and immediately reformed, rendering all his attacks futile.
Chu Yun found himself in a dire struggle, as the Five Luo Rotten Flower Smoke countered the Drunken Snow Saber, nullifying many of his attacks.
This Five Luo Rotten Flower Smoke was only of Upper-grade potential, but its cultivation far surpassed that of the Drunken Snow Saber. Its unique material, combined with profound cultivation methods, had effectively suppressed the Supreme-grade Drunken Snow Saber.
There is a saying in Xingzhou: “There are no strongest Demonic Creatures in this world, only the strongest Monster Tamers.” This is because everything is in balance, with Demonic Creatures having strengths and weaknesses against each other. Even Supreme-grade Demonic Beasts merely have good potential, making their strength easier to improve.
If the Sky Fox hadn’t been providing support, its continuous Six Paths cultivation methods firmly restraining Bei Guangguang, Chu Yun’s situation would have been far worse.
In fact, Bei Guangguang also found it troublesome. The Sky Fox’s offensive cultivation methods were too fierce, making him feel as if he couldn’t get his head up.
“This Sky Fox is too annoying. With only six tails, it already possesses such power and can restrain me, preventing me from unleashing my full strength. What a bother!”
To defeat Chu Yun, he had to deal with the Sky Fox first. Realizing this, Bei Guangguang took out his Delusional Lust Mirror.
This was a Spirit Monster-level Demon Weapon with half-Supreme-grade potential. Bei Guangguang controlled the giant hand formed by the Five Luo Rotten Flower Smoke with one hand while holding this mirror in the other, unleashing a white incandescent light beam that enveloped the Sky Fox Maiden.
The Sky Fox Maiden’s eyes immediately glazed over. Her deepest love was stimulated and amplified by the mirror’s light. Chu Yun’s appearance and demeanor repeatedly surfaced in her mind, unceasingly and inseparably.
The Sky Fox’s battle intent greatly diminished, and its movements slowed significantly.
“Hehehehe…” Bei Guangguang chuckled sinisterly, and the light beam abruptly doubled in size.
The Sky Fox Maiden let out a soft moan, falling into an boundless illusion. In this vast white world, she and her master Chu Yun met naked, embracing each other tenderly. Chu Yun affectionately stroked her fox tail and gently kissed her fox ears, waves of exquisite pleasure washing over her entire body. Incessantly, every cell in her body trembled.
The Sky Fox’s previously dense cultivation method attacks suddenly became sparse.
“Little Tyrant, I’ll be taking your Sky Fox and Drunken Snow Saber.” Bei Guangguang couldn’t help but laugh heartily.
“How could this be?” Little Fly Yan’s eyes turned red with anxiety. Hiding among the treetops, she unconsciously clenched her small fists, seeing Chu Yun in a perilous state and unable to intervene due to her own lack of strength, her worry was extreme.
“Ice Soul Divine Light!” Chu Yun suddenly changed tactics, feigning an attack and taking out the Lishan Dragon Eye Flower Branch. Pristine white Ice Soul Divine Light shot out in all directions. Hitting the giant hand formed by the Five Luo Rotten Flower Smoke, it instantly had a remarkable effect, slowing down the capturing hand’s movements.
Chu Yun’s spirit lifted. He madly slashed with his battle saber, splitting the hand into five or six pieces. The Ice Soul Divine Light continued to bombard, and the combination not only broke the capturing hand but almost shattered Bei Guangguang’s protective armor.
The Ice Soul Divine Light was an innate Supreme-grade cultivation method of the Extreme Ice Dragon, rumored to be able to freeze everything in the world. Although Chu Yun’s synthesized Ice Soul Divine Light was a mere imitation, it still originated from the Dragon Eye Fruit of the Extreme Ice Dragon and grudgingly suppressed the Five Luo Rotten Flower Smoke.
“This Chu Yun is indeed quite troublesome.” To deal with a junior, Bei Guangguang had been fighting for a long time without subduing him, a hint of impetuousness rising within him.
He had originally suppressed the Sky Fox with the Delusional Lust Mirror. He hadn’t expected Chu Yun to then use the Lishan Dragon Eye Flower Branch, breaking through his Five Luo Rotten Flower Smoke. The situation had shifted from one stalemate to another.
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