Chapter 365 - 195: Rematch (Part 2)

Faced with this earth-shattering spear thrust, everyone in the audience unconsciously held their breath!

However, Jiang Che neither dodged nor evaded!

He took a deep breath and also took a step forward. Meeting the Unbreakable spear tip, he fearlessly threw a simple, straight punch!

"BANG!!!"

An extremely muffled yet seemingly mountain-shattering explosion erupted in the center of the ring!

To the utter horror of the onlookers, Qin Wuya’s terrifying spear thrust—powerful enough to instantly kill any expert at the Peak of Refining Organ Realm—was forcefully blocked by Jiang Che with a single fist!

A visible, circular shockwave exploded outward from the point of impact!

Qin Wuya felt a terrifyingly immense force, more tyrannical and savage than his own Spear Momentum, surge from the spear tip. The impact sent a sharp pain through the web of his hand, threw his Qi Blood into turmoil, and instantly shattered his previously invincible Dark Gold Strength!

He stumbled back uncontrollably—STOMP, STOMP, STOMP—taking three steps before he could barely regain his footing!

"How is this possible?!"

A storm of shock raged within Qin Wuya! He stared in utter disbelief at the figure across from him, who had only needed a slight shake of his shoulders to become as steady as a rock.

Even though he had only used seventy percent of his power for that thrust, it would have been enough to easily defeat Gu Qingxuan!

Even the previous version of Jiang Che would not have come out unscathed from taking that blow head-on!

’But now... not only did Jiang Che block it, he even knocked me back?!’

Below the stage, a deathly silence fell in an instant!

Everyone was dumbfounded!

"I... I’m not seeing things, am I?! Chief Qin... was knocked back?!"

"One punch! Just one punch! In a direct clash, Jiang Che actually gained the upper hand?!"

On the high platform, several Elders from the Taiyuan Sect shot up from their seats, their faces filled with disbelief!

"Not bad!" After his brief shock, Qin Wuya’s eyes showed no sign of dejection. Instead, an even more blazing, flame-like fighting spirit erupted from within them! "I underestimated you! It seems you’ve improved quite a bit. Again!"

With a long roar, his Spear Technique suddenly changed!

No longer were they simple, ferocious thrusts. Instead, they transformed into a sky full of stars, a storm of spear afterimages. Each image was imbued with the power of a Divine Thought lock-on, clinging to him like a shadow and enveloping Jiang Che from all directions!

However, with his [True: All-Seeing Eye] already operating at full power, every transformation within that storm of spear afterimages, every subtle flow of Strength, was displayed with perfect clarity in Jiang Che’s mind!

His figure flickered as he moved as if taking a leisurely stroll, weaving effortlessly through the airtight net of spears. His fists flew out, and every strike landed with pinpoint accuracy on the weakest point of his opponent’s Spear Momentum!

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

The rapid-fire clashes of fist and spear sounded like a torrential downpour, sending sparks flying everywhere!

The more Qin Wuya fought, the more alarmed he became! He discovered that Jiang Che’s strength, speed, and reflexes... were suppressing his own in every single way!

Especially those iron fists, clad in dark silver Gloves; every collision felt like he was wrestling with an ancient Fierce Beast, making his arms go numb and his Qi Blood churn violently!

"I don’t believe it!!!"

Completely suppressed and having lost all face, Qin Wuya was finally pushed to his limit!

His eyes turned bloodshot as he gathered all the Strength in his body that had begun the process of "Refining Spirit," channeling it into the tip of his spear without reservation!

"Celestial Spirit Destruction: Unrivaled!!!"

On the Long Spear in his hand, the dark gold Qi Force furiously condensed and compressed, ultimately transforming into an impossibly dazzling point of starlight!

A pure, destructive aura emanated from that point of starlight!

It was his strongest move again!

Faced with this world-destroying strike, Jiang Che’s face showed not a hint of fear. Instead, a... smile appeared!

He took a deep breath and also stopped holding back!

’Twentyfold Strike!’

"Azure Dragon... Annihilation!!!"

He slowly raised his right hand, pressing his index and middle fingers together, and pointed lightly at that world-destroying point of starlight!

There was no earth-shattering momentum, no magnificently dazzling light.

Only a single point...

A single point of darkness so pure it seemed to devour all light... pitch blackness!

As the entire audience watched with bated breath, the point of blackness and the point of starlight violently smashed into each other!

In that instant, time seemed to stand still.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no world-destroying momentum.

Only... ultimate penetration and annihilation!

The crowd only saw the point of starlight on Qin Wuya’s spear tip, upon contact with the point of blackness, silently... melt away like snow in the sun!

Immediately after, the black beam of light continued onward, its power undiminished, driving straight forward!

For the first time, a hint of panic and fear flickered in Qin Wuya’s once-disdainful eyes!

He could clearly feel that a pure, destructive aura, powerful enough to completely annihilate him along with his Divine Soul, had completely locked onto him!

’I can’t dodge! I can’t block!’

The shadow of death, at this moment, was clearer than ever before. Like a cold tide, it instantly submerged all his pride and confidence!

On the high platform, the smile on Taiyuan Sect’s Sect Leader, Zhao Qingtian, instantly froze, his eyes filled with shock!

"That strike..."

An Elder from the Taiyuan Sect, at the First Layer of True Master Realm, shot up from his seat, his face a mask of horror!

He could clearly sense that the black beam of light from Jiang Che contained a lethal danger that made even him feel a pang of dread!

Just as the destructive beam was about to pierce through the center of Qin Wuya’s brow!

VMMMM—!

An incredibly profound golden light, seemingly containing the will of the heavens and earth, burst forth from Qin Wuya’s chest without any warning!

Within the golden light, countless profound runes swirled, instantly condensing before him into an indestructible golden Rune Shield!

It was none other than the Taiyuan Sect’s Sect Leader’s Talisman Seal!

BOOM!!!

The black beam solidly smashed into the golden Rune Shield!

An incredibly muffled boom rang out!

The moment it made contact with the black beam, the golden Rune Shield let out a sorrowful whine as if unable to bear the load. Its surface was instantly covered in spiderweb-like cracks, looking as if it would completely shatter in the next moment!

Qin Wuya himself was sent flying back several dozen yards by the terrifying impact. He crashed wretchedly to the ground, and the Profound Iron Long Spear was knocked from his grasp, flying far into the distance.

He was not injured.

In the end, the Sect Leader’s Talisman Seal had blocked the fatal blow at the last possible moment.

But he had lost.

A complete and utter defeat, without a shadow of a doubt.

He stared blankly at the Sect Leader’s Talisman Seal on his chest, which was now covered in cracks and glowing dimly.

Then he glanced at the calm figure in the distance slowly retracting his fingers, his mind a complete blank.

He knew that without this Sect Leader’s Talisman Seal...

He would already be a corpse.

The entire arena was deathly silent!