Chapter 456 - 454: Disappointment

Chapter 456: Chapter 454: Disappointment

As the tall, thin second brother spoke, the short, stout third brother’s previously indifferent expression grew slightly more serious.

However,

he still said stubbornly:

"That may be so, but Qiu Kunsheng’s death was mysterious, and outsiders don’t know the specifics. Who knows if he was ganged up on and that kid just landed the final blow? Is that how the rumor started?"

"To reach the Soul Emergence Seventh Layer Cultivation Realm in his twenties or thirties while also maintaining strength beyond his own Realm... I just don’t believe it!"

"Enough, Third Brother!"

"Whether his combat record is real or not, a lion uses its full strength even to hunt a rabbit!"

"Besides, we need to end this quickly! Delays breed trouble!"

The eldest of the three brothers spoke in a deep voice.

For some reason,

as he looked at Shen Changchuan in the distance, a faint sense of unease rose in his heart.

He didn’t know where this unease came from.

But no matter what,

’Killing the man before me first can’t be a mistake!’

The eldest had spoken,

so the third brother fell silent.

He wasn’t an idiot.

After all, the kid named Shen Changchuan had used Magic to block their combined attack.

Very few people who survived this long were true fools.

Therefore,

"Attack!"

As the eldest brother shouted,

the short, stout third brother showed no hesitation or carelessness.

Boundless Magical Power erupted from his body and once again merged into the Void Heaven, blending with the Magical Power auras of his two brothers.

The three auras intertwined,

resembling a round sun,

radiating terrifying Magical Power fluctuations!

The next moment,

the vast power surged once more, preparing to bear down on Shen Changchuan!

However,

they were fast,

but Shen Changchuan was faster!

Almost at the exact instant their auras merged again,

SWISH!

A cyan sword light instantly slashed through a thousand feet of sky. With unstoppable momentum, it swept across the heavens and arrived before them in a flash!

"Damn it! How is he so fast?!"

In that moment, the pupils of all three Murong Brothers shrank to the size of pinpricks!

’Fast!’

’He’s just too fast!’

Although the three of them could use a Secret Technique to unleash a strike comparable to the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer,

unleashing such an attack

not only required a certain amount of preparation time but also came at a steep price!

Specifically, their Magical Power would be greatly diminished.

Their Divine Souls would also be significantly drained.

Therefore,

after using that Black Sun Wheel-like attack, they would enter a "cooldown period."

During this "cooldown period,"

although they could still use their Combined Secret Technique to merge their Magical Power and unleash great strength,

they could no longer use an attack on par with the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer!

’But what’s the deal with this kid, Shen Changchuan?’

’Only a few breaths have passed, yet he can use such a terrifying move again?’

’Could it be that he feels no burden at all from using a power two Realms above his own?!’

Among the three brothers,

the short, stout third brother’s eyes were practically bulging from their sockets. At that moment, his mind was in absolute turmoil!

As a result, for an instant,

the once-perfectly fused aura of the three brothers revealed a flaw!

"Third Brother, focus!"

In his mind,

the eldest brother’s voice boomed, snapping his Heart Spirit back to reality.

Instantly,

cold sweat poured down his back!

However,

he didn’t have time to dwell on it.

The heaven-piercing sword light was already upon them!

Quickly steadying their minds, the three-in-one aura merged into Perfection once more.

Then,

the three of them struck in unison. Their terrifying attacks merged into one,

stirring up monstrous waves in the sky

and hurtling toward the sword light with unstoppable force!

BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!

A world-shaking explosion erupted again.

The air for thousands of feet in every direction shuddered violently, as if it were a mirror about to shatter at any moment!

And in the wake of this collision,

the figures of the Mu Lan Brothers were sent flying.

They were blasted back thousands of feet.

Under the impact of the violent Magical Power storm, the fused aura of the three was shattered!

"Is that all you’ve got?"

A calm voice echoed in the ears of the three men as they were sent reeling.

The next moment,

Shen Changchuan’s figure appeared before them as if by Instant Teleportation.

At this moment, Shen Changchuan floated in the void.

His aura was utterly unremarkable, devoid of any special quality, making him seem like an ordinary person.

But at this moment,

when the Mu Lan Brothers, renowned throughout the Nanyue Kingdom, saw him, their hearts plummeted as if into an abyss, into an ice cave beneath a frozen river!

Right now,

their Combined Secret Technique had been forcibly shattered by Shen Changchuan’s sword strike, breaking them out of their three-in-one state.

Without the enhancement of their Secret Technique,

the three of them were nothing more than three rather ordinary Soul Emergence Eighth Layer Early Stage cultivators!

"Well, so be it."

A trace of disappointment flickered in Shen Changchuan’s eyes.

Over this period, with the successful creation of the Cyan Wood Cloud-piercing Sword, his strength had grown once more.

He just so happened to be looking for a worthy whetstone

to properly temper himself against.

When he first saw the three of them combine to launch a strike comparable to the Ninth Layer Early Stage,

he had thought they might be decent opponents for a good workout.

But now, it seemed,

he was somewhat disappointed.

’Although that Combined Secret Technique can unleash power comparable to a Ninth Layer strike, its cooldown is a bit too long. And in the end, they aren’t true Soul Emergence Ninth Layer cultivators. They only barely reach the threshold of the Half-step Ninth Layer by merging their Magical Power. So when I launched my second Cyan Wood Cloud-piercing Sword, its superior strength directly shattered the connection between their auras... Now that their Secret Technique is broken, they’re nothing more than ordinary Soul Emergence Eighth Layer Early Stage cultivators.’

Shen Changchuan couldn’t help but shake his head inwardly.

From the very beginning,

he had noticed some flaws in the so-called Mu Lan Brothers’ Combined Secret Technique.

It was just that since they could unleash power on a Soul Emergence Ninth Layer Level,

and their three auras were as one,

they had seemed quite intimidating.

But it wasn’t until this moment

that he discovered its flaws were even greater than he had imagined!

’In that case,’

’there’s no need to hold back anymore.’

’This is a battlefield, after all.’

’The proper course of action is to finish this quickly and seize the Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ant I need.’

And so,

without any hesitation,

Shen Changchuan made his move!

He didn’t make any grand gestures.

He simply formed a Seal with his right hand.

In an instant,

FWOOSH!!!

A sky full of scorching flames was born from the void, turning the vacuum for thousands of feet around into a sea of fire!

The boundless flames billowed through the air as if guided by a great, invisible hand, forming a giant dragon of fire that lunged toward the three men before him!