Immortal Path to Heaven

Chapter 166 The Chens’ Spear Technique

Ou Yangming’s spear was about 3 meters long. It had a golden point head and a wooden shaft.

When he moved his wrist, it seemed like the sky was star-studded, there were flashes of silver lights, as well as sprinkles of water.

Chen Yifan only wanted to claim his title as Ou Yangming’s master when he taught Ou Yangming his spear art. Who knew, the young fellow cultivated the technique whenever he was free as if he gained a treasure after he was taught the spear technique.

Speaking of which, the spear technique was the first complete set of martial art that Ou Yangming learned. Before that, he had learned the military’s fist art and blade technique, which were killing skills, hence they could not be mentioned on equal terms with the spear technique.

Although Ou Yangming had not cultivated the spear technique for long, he was able to grasp its essence due to the integration of Heaven and man and the thoroughly meticulous state.

As he attacked with the spear at the moment, his might was frightful.

“Hey?”

Tributary Chen had a strange look on his face. He swayed his body a little like a leaf on the water, and he could not be taken down despite the intense spear force.

Ou Yangming shouted and suddenly shook the tip of his spear, then the storm-like spear force instantly became as delicate as silk.

His spear technique remained the same, but he performed two entirely different prospects in a short span of time.

Wu Guotu, who found his footing after taking a step back, was about to charge again when he recalled something. He also had a weird expression on his face, but he no longer had the intention to fight with Tributary Chen to death.

Tributary Chen scoffed coldly and reached out his finger to flick the tip of the spear at the speed of light.

Plenty of essential Qi gushed out as an attempt to hit Ou Yangming through the spear.

The corner of Ou Yangming’s eye twitched, and he had already sensed through the thoroughly meticulous state the odd changes around him before Tributary Chen even attacked.

Be it the flow of Tributary Chen’s aura or the slightly expanded muscles under his garment, everything was under Ou Yangming’s observation.

Ou Yangming’s eyes lit up, and he shook his wrist again, causing his spear to wind up in an unbelievable way. The spear was not the only thing that rolled back because it was also accompanied by Tributary Chen’s surging essential Qi.

Leveraged force!

This was the most important part of Chen Yifan’s spear technique.

The spear itself had a vigorous force. If one wielded it with one’s power only, the consumption would be much more than if one’s used a saber or a sword. Therefore, a person who adopted the spear technique had to be adept in leveraging force, or one could also borrow the spear’s force or another person’s power. Nonetheless, it was not easy to achieve that. Without sufficient time to comprehend the theory behind it, it would be incredibly difficult for one to grasp its essence. Ou Yangming had his own understanding in the technique when he practiced it in the past, but he would be lying to himself if he said that he comprehended it thoroughly.

That said, when he was suddenly being attacked by a powerful enemy, his essence, energy, and spirit suddenly became clear and penetrating. As a result, he could perceive every detailed change.

Ou Yangming subconsciously performed the trick when he sensed the surging energy from his spear.

When he released the technique, the thin veil, which had been covering him, seemed to have been removed at once. He gained a deeper understanding in spear technique as though he was self-taught. “Very well!” Tributary Chen uttered loudly. His eyes were glowing as if he had just seen something interesting, and his expression became completely different as well.

He reached out his finger again to tap the end of the spear this time, causing it to bounce in mid-air and shoot in the opposite direction.

Ou Yangming was surprised. ‘Tributary Chen is indeed worthy of his reputation as a Supreme Great Ancestor; he has profound knowledge and a great understanding in spear technique. He tapped and pushed at the perfect time, and he performed a method similar to leveraging force, causing the power in the spear to be stronger than before.’

Nevertheless, the duel was not able to trouble Ou Yangming, who had apprehended the technique.

In particular, he could easily identify the spear’s key points of strength through the thoroughly meticulous state.

Ou Yangming reached out his palm to move it backward on the shaft. While it looked like he was brushing the shaft with his palm, he actually exerted power on a few points. Consequently, the spear turned around once more and zoomed at Tributary Chen’s direction at the next instant.

The power that was contained in the spear became extremely fearsome because they both took turns to exert more power. Thus, even Tributary Chen dared not ignore it. Despite that, Tributary Chen looked like he was full of admiration, and his fierce killing intent even disappeared. “Very well, I’d like to see how many rounds you can withstand!”

Tributary Chen shouted before he guided and pushed the spear with his palm. The spear turned around smoothly and flew toward Ou Yangming along with a shrilling sound from the wind.

Ou Yangming stood still on the spot as he watched the spear being turned around, then he quickly used his palm to tap a few different points on the spear during that crucial moment. Subsequently, the spear went around him according to the force’s direction, and it flew back in the opposite direction.

Each hit from Tributary Chen’s palm was swift, decisive, and violent, but Ou Yangming did not show an impression of weakness even when the spear was pushed back to him. Even though he did not have the energy to send the spear away with one hit, he could identify all strong and weak points on the spear.

Ou Yangming used the weak against the strong, hit many points on the spear, and was able to use leveraged force.

With that, the unlucky spear flew back and forth between them, and the whistling sound eventually grew so loud that it became deafening.

Wu Guotu had led his men away a long time ago, but he had a complicated look in his eyes when he watched the dancing spear.

The young man, whom he treated lightly just a while ago, had actually arrived at such a stage and could contend with a Supreme Great Ancestor.

Wu Guotu knew it was an overstatement to say that Ou Yangming could resist the Supreme Great Ancestor. It was more like the young man had the capital to withstand the great ancestor’s attacks in a certain aspect.

However, Wu Guotu still found it unbelievable.

As for Liang Jinye and the other people, they were already stupefied and were in a daze.

Liang Jinye exchanged glances with his brother, and they both noticed how horrified they were.

They attached extreme importance to the fact that the Yin Grade martial artist actually had the ability to resist a Supreme Great Ancestor in a certain sense. On top of that, they were appalled that the Yin Grade martial artist was cruel, merciless, and unrestrained.

The brothers feared the young man’s methods, which were similar to an outlaw’s, as well as his extraordinary martial arts cultivation base.

Any one of the two would give them a splitting headache, and the combination of both would result in a deterrent effect.

The faces of Liang Jinye and his brother were ashen as they howled in grief, ‘Why did we offend an enemy like him…’

They could only pray that Tributary Chen would kill Ou Yangming right away out of rage; it was the only way they would be spared from future troubles.

“Pow…”

At the spur of the moment, the spinning spear exploded, resulting in countless shards that shot out in the air.

Although the spear was a selected weapon in the military, it could not withstand being wrecked by Ou Yangming and Tributary Chen.

After being pressured by their endless power, it finally burst.

Tributary Chen’s face darkened. He swayed to kick up Liang Jinling, who was constantly groaning on the ground.

Liang Jinye was elated when Third Young Master Liang flew up, so he immediately opened his hands to catch the young master. Liang Jinye looked at the young master’s bloody wound, then at Ou Yangming, and he did not know what to feel.

When the wooden shards got close to Tributary Chen’s body, they were rebounded by an invisible power.

Since the wooden shards were only shards that exploded from the spear, they were not comparable with the might of an explosive arrow, so they could not hurt the tributary.

Tributary Chen fixed his gaze on Ou Yangming.

Ou Yangming naturally did not have such forceful essential Qi to protect his body, but he bent his body backward and twisted in an exceptionally strange manner. The seemingly unintentional movements allowed him to dodge most of the shards, then he swung his hands to hit the remaining shards away, which he failed to avoid.

While the effect of Ou Yangming’s actual combat was far from Tributary Chen, his reaction left the other people in awe.

Just as Ou Yangming hit away the last shard, a shadow flew in his direction.

He reached out his hand to grab the spear.

Tributary Chen kept a straight face as he kicked up another spear and stared at Ou Yangming. “Again!” Ou Yangming was slightly moved. “Sure!” Afterward, he stabbed with his spear, and the spear force was so intense that the spear carried the aura for a one-way attack.

Tributary Chen attacked with his spear too, but he casually flicked it out.

When the spears almost contacted each other, Ou Yangming’s spear suddenly turned, and the surging aura that it carried vanished in the blink of an eye as if it found an outlet. The turning spear became like a gentle breeze or a mild drizzle – it was no longer violent.

The dancing spear became more flexible in Ou Yangming’s hands, and it slowly carried Chen Yifan’s style as it became like a dragon, which turned over boundless waves.

On the other hand, Tributary Chen displayed his skills when he tapped, pushed, stabbed, and blocked with his spear. That being said, Tributary Chen defended more than he attacked, and even when he occasionally attacked, he withdrew his spear very quickly

The fight became more intense, but the spectators looked at each other as they felt that it was strange.

They vaguely sensed that the spear techniques performed by Tributary Chen and Ou Yangming were very similar as though a senior was feeding techniques to a junior in a clan.

Of course, the junior had a great level of attainment in the spear technique too as he could sometimes employ tricks to force his senior to attack instead.

Liang Jinye and his brother exchanged looks as they were shocked. ‘This doesn’t seem right…’ However, it was impossible for the brothers to make a move.

“Swoosh…” In the fight, Ou Yangming stabbed openly with his spear, but the attacking angle was a cunning one. Tributary Chen could not evade it, so he tapped the shaft to swing the tip of his spear, and he suddenly shouted, “Young fella, watch out!”

After countless exchanges of blows with their spears, Tributary Chen finally initiated an attack.