Chapter 765: Soul Shock

With a sharp cry, she waved her jade-like hands, sending fierce gusts of palm wind toward Chen Qing’s flank.

“Trying to use your numbers to bully him? You’ll have to get through me first!”

How could Ruan Lingxiu let her have her way?

Having already been poised to strike, she instantly flashed forward to intercept. The Long Sword in her hand created ripples like jade-green waves as she unleashed the Jade Celestial Wave-Splitting Sword, precisely intercepting Liu Hanyan’s Palm Force.

The two women were instantly locked in combat, sword gleams and palm shadows intertwining as Qi Force radiated in all directions.

Seizing the opportunity, Chen Qing and Zhou Qianjun clashed once more. Spear and sword collided, True Essence surging as sparks flew everywhere.

Just then, Li Muyun, who had been standing by and watching quietly, finally made his move.

He took a deep breath, his once-calm gaze turning sharp. His hands formed an arcane Sound Rune Seal before his chest, and the True Essence throughout his body began to vibrate at a unique frequency.

“WUUU—OMMM—!”

A bizarre, silent ripple that directly struck the Divine Soul suddenly radiated out from him!

It didn’t target the eardrums but directly assaulted one’s Sea of Will!

The air seemed to fill with the deep, magnificent roar of a tide. This tide came not from Longze Lake, but from the very depths of one’s Divine Soul!

Tidal Profound Sound Break!

This was a rare Spiritual Attack Divine Technique, a secret passed down in the Cloud Water Upper Sect. It used True Essence to simulate the dao rhythm of the tides, causing the opponent’s Heart and Spirit to resonate with it. The technique would then rattle and assault their Divine Sense. A light blow would leave the victim mentally dazed; a heavy one would damage their Sea of Will, turning them into an imbecile.

‘Not good!’

The instant Chen Qing heard the tidal roar that seemed to well up from the depths of his own heart, he knew this was bad.

His Flesh Body was incomparably tough and his True Essence was abundant and pure. He had almost no weaknesses. His Divine Sense was the sole exception. Although it was far stronger than that of other experts at the same Realm—thanks to the Taixu Scripture and the expansion of his Sea of Will during his breakthrough—it was merely average compared to those who specialized in Spirit Soul Secret Techniques.

Moreover, this was the first time he had ever encountered this type of offensive technique.

Now, under the assault of the Jade Sea Tide Birth Song—a technique designed specifically to attack the Divine Sense—Chen Qing felt a BOOM in his mind. It was as if ten thousand tidal waves had exploded at once within his Sea of Will, and the world before his eyes instantly dissolved into chaos.

‘A perfect chance!’

A sharp glint flashed in Zhou Qianjun’s eyes. He would not miss this golden opportunity.

His figure moved like lightning. Man and sword became one, transforming into a blue streak like a Startled Swan piercing the void as he stabbed straight for the vital point on Chen Qing’s unguarded chest!

This single strike contained all of his Essence, Qi, and Spirit. He was determined to grievously wound Chen Qing with this one attack!

At this critical moment, Chen Qing forcibly suppressed the chaos in his Sea of Will.

Acting almost purely on instinct, the True Essence within his body began to circulate on its own!

Profound Turtle Spirit Armor Technique!

OMMM!

A deep turtle’s cry seemed to echo from ancient times.

The deep blue North Nether Profound Fiend rapidly fused with his own Primordial True Essence. It instantly condensed on his body’s surface, forming a faint suit of Spiritual Armor covered in the patterns of dark blue turtle shells!

A chilling aura emanated from the armor, upon which the faint phantom of a Profound Turtle was coiled. It exuded a profound and heavy aura of absolute indestructibility!

CLANG—!!!

Zhou Qianjun’s confident, all-or-nothing strike stabbed viciously into the Profound Turtle Spirit Armor!

The expected spray of blood and gore never happened. Instead, an ear-piercing shriek of metal on metal rang out!

The rebound force from the tip of his sword made Zhou Qianjun’s arm go numb. His full-powered strike had only made the Dark Blue Spirit Armor fluctuate violently, sending ripples across its surface, but had failed to pierce it!

‘What?! This defense…’ Zhou Qianjun’s brow furrowed.

In that brief moment of delay, Chen Qing had already fully recovered from the spiritual assault!

ROAR!

The full power of the Fifth Layer of the Dragon Elephant Wisdom Vajra Body erupted, his Qi and Blood surging like a stampeding Dragon Elephant!

The brilliant True Martial Demon-Vanquishing Spear Intent shot toward the heavens, merging perfectly with the power of his Flesh Body and True Essence!

The Profound Dragon Spear let out a roar that tore through the sky as he ruthlessly unleashed a move from the True Martial Seven Joints, filled with ultimate power and killing intent!

The Sevenfold Force erupted like a volcano, like a True Martial god vanquishing a demon, and smashed into Zhou Qianjun’s Long Sword with unstoppable momentum!

BOOM!

Zhou Qianjun felt an indescribable, colossal force slam into him. The webbing of his hand split open, and the Long Sword was nearly knocked from his grasp. The qi and blood in his chest roiled as if boiling, and he was sent flying backward uncontrollably. He landed in a heap, staggering back more than a dozen steps before he could barely regain his footing, his face a mask of utter horror.

Chen Qing’s mind raced. ‘I’ve already obtained the Nine Nether Yin Fiend, so my objective is complete. There’s no point in getting tangled up with these three from the Cloud Water Upper Sect any longer; it will only lead to more complications. A prolonged battle is not to my advantage. I have to get away as soon as possible! These three are quite strong. It’s almost impossible to kill all three of them and escape unscathed.’

Meanwhile, Liu Hanyan, who was still engaged with Ruan Lingxiu, was in turmoil. ‘This Chen Qing… he’s so tenacious! Even with Brother Zhou going all out and Brother Li launching a sneak attack, they still couldn’t take him down? Instead, he knocked Brother Zhou back with a counterattack!’

‘When did the Celestial Treasure Upper Sect produce such a formidable character?’

Just then, a righteous and immense aura swept in from the distance like a tidal wave. It felt faintly similar in origin to Ruan Lingxiu’s and was accompanied by a sharp eagle’s cry.

“It’s an expert from the Celestial Treasure Upper Sect! Let’s go!”

Li Muyun’s brow twitched. He made an instant decision, sending a hurried voice transmission to Zhou Qianjun and Liu Hanyan.

Although Zhou Qianjun was unwilling, he too could clearly sense the rapidly approaching aura. Without hesitation, the three of them shot off like lightning, fleeing in the opposite direction of the newcomers. After a few leaps, they disappeared into the vast water mist and behind the reefs.

Seeing this, Ruan Lingxiu let out a sigh of relief, her taut Heart and Spirit finally relaxing a little.

Chen Qing, however, looked in the direction the vast aura was coming from. He felt he had sensed it somewhere before; it was faintly familiar.