Chapter 2232 - 2230: Small Success vs. Great Success

Chapter 2232: Chapter 2230: Small Success vs. Great Success

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Driven by vanity!

The collapse of his Taoist Heart!

Made Mo Huan, who was stuck at the Early-stage Martial Saint, almost reach the brink of breakdown. It wasn’t just that everyone in their Illusion Sect knew that Mo Huan was in closed-door cultivation,冲击着武圣中期的修为境界, even some of the younger generation Martial Artists from other inheritances had their eyes on this matter, and all of them felt that with Mo Huan’s talent, breaking through to the Mid-stage Martial Saint Cultivation Realm shouldn’t be a problem; after cultivating behind closed doors for so many years, he should have been able to pull it off!

Yet, Mo Huan just kept failing. All these years he’d been in seclusion in a cave within the Illusion Sect’s inheritance grounds, practically sealing himself off from the world, not contacting the outside at all, solely to冲击到武圣中期的修为境界. Although in Mo Huan’s own view, he indeed wasn’t as monstrously strong as those four demons Zhao Tianqi, Dao Yu, Yu Jianzi, and Bai Wuji, he believed that as long as he could successfully break through to the Mid-stage Martial Saint Cultivation Realm this time, he wouldn’t have to worry about being unable to catch up to those four freakish youths!

But what no one expected, especially what Mo Huan himself never imagined, was that after all these years in seclusion, nearly ten冲击着武圣中期的修为境界, every single one ended in failure—utter defeat, without the slightest sign of success. This made Mo Huan increasingly unable to accept it. He couldn’t accept his own failure, couldn’t accept that when he emerged and those people who’d been watching him saw that he hadn’t broken through to the Mid-stage Martial Saint Cultivation Realm, the disappointment and mocking looks in their eyes. Thus Mo Huan’s Taoist Heart was shaken, and his vanity swelled greatly, to the point that he made a crazy move: he swallowed a demonic Spiritual Medicine he had refined beforehand. This demonic Spiritual Medicine could make Mo Huan’s cultivation look as if it had reached Mid-stage Martial Saint, while in reality his battle strength was still only at Early-stage Martial Saint. All of it was just a self-deceiving act!

Only, Mo Huan was busy lying to himself, thinking that now, by using this demonic Spiritual Medicine to pretend his cultivation had broken through to Mid-stage Martial Saint, then later, once he actually comprehended the Mid-stage Martial Saint Realm and really broke through, it would be fine. That way, there would be no chance of being exposed!

"You actually saw through that my cultivation is fake!" Mo Huan glared at Princess Zi Xuan, frowning hard as he spoke.

"That’s because your battle strength hasn’t increased; your cultivation is just a façade." Princess Zi Xuan said with disdain.

"Hmph, so what? You and I are both at Early-stage Martial Saint, both with the combat power of this realm. Your chance of beating me is small, but my chance of beating you is more than enough!" Mo Huan said, looking very confident.

"Boasting shamelessly, far too overconfident." Princess Zi Xuan said calmly.

Bang!

Mo Huan was completely enraged, unleashing all his combat power, madly bombarding toward Princess Zi Xuan again and again. Princess Zi Xuan didn’t retreat a single step; her hands flipped and danced, sending out wave after wave of Flying Flower Divine Palm power, blasting out and shaking the surroundings until they were exploding everywhere!

Boom!

Another thunderous blast. The two were sent flying. Blood flowed from the corners of both Princess Zi Xuan’s and Mo Huan’s mouths; both were heavily wounded, yet their Battle Intent was thick, their cold gazes locked on each other, killing intent seething between them, shockingly intense!

"Illusion Sect Fist—die beneath the Illusion Sect Fist!" Mo Huan’s voice was icy as he stared at Princess Zi Xuan and spoke.

"I’ll likewise use the Flying Flower Divine Palm. Back then, our duel was fought with these two Divine Skills, and now it’s the same." Princess Zi Xuan still spoke with cool composure.

Boom!

Mo Huan was a ruthless, vicious man, and especially now, in his enraged state, his eyes were filled with killing intent. In an instant his whole body was shrouded in a surge of fist force; with him as the center, countless streams of fist force erupted outward, instantly enveloping Princess Zi Xuan within them, startling her for a moment. It seemed these years of Mo Huan’s seclusion hadn’t been entirely fruitless; at the very least, the Illusion Sect Fist of their Illusion Sect inheritance had advanced greatly. It was far stronger than that of his junior brother Mou Yun!

Princess Zi Xuan hadn’t expected that this guy Mo Huan had actually cultivated the Illusion Sect Fist to such a level—it should have reached Great Success. With him as the center, this little battlefield of theirs was completely filled with the power of fist force; it was a terrifying scene. Every strand of fist force carried killing intent and rending power, making Princess Zi Xuan feel a chill of fear, because Mo Huan’s Illusion Sect Fist had been cultivated to the Great Achievement Realm—truly astonishing!

"What’s wrong, scared? This is the Illusion Sect Fist at Great Success—enough to tear apart a patch of heaven and earth. It’s only that my cultivation is insufficient; if it were ample, I could destroy a whole Galaxy!" Mo Huan sneered as he looked at Princess Zi Xuan and asked.

Princess Zi Xuan furrowed her brows slightly and said nothing. She was pondering how to counter Mo Huan’s power, but for the moment she couldn’t think of a good way. This made her somewhat anxious and feeling hard-pressed to respond. The psychological pressure on her was enormous; after all, if she were to lose, the one losing might be the entire Flying Flower Zen Temple. The burden on her shoulders was heavy; there were things she simply had to take into consideration!

"Don’t worry. Your Flying Flower Divine Palm is more than enough to deal with this—have faith in yourself!" Ye Tianchen’s Divine Thought transmission once again echoed in Princess Zi Xuan’s mind!

"But... but my Flying Flower Divine Palm is only cultivated to the Small Success Realm, while this guy’s Illusion Sect Fist has reached Great Success. For me, I honestly have no confidence inside, and I can’t afford to lose!" Princess Zi Xuan replied to Ye Tianchen via Divine Thought transmission, speaking earnestly.

"Trust me, with your Flying Flower Divine Palm at Small Success Realm, you’re more than enough to shock-kill his Illusion Sect Fist at Great Achievement Realm!" Ye Tianchen said with a smile.

Bang!

Boom!

An incomparably powerful fist force suddenly blasted toward Princess Zi Xuan. When Princess Zi Xuan looked up, she couldn’t help but furrow her brows, because the overwhelming fist force was crashing down upon her. That kind of power really made one feel on the verge of collapse, as if the entire sky was falling in the form of fist force. That momentum was truly so mighty it gave people a sense that it could not be resisted!

"Go, believe in me!" Ye Tianchen sat cross-legged behind Princess Zi Xuan with a smile and said.

Princess Zi Xuan nodded. Her hands slowly lifted flat toward the sky, and in both palms an immense Martial Arts True Qi was surging. She fully unleashed the power of her Flying Flower Divine Palm cultivated to the Small Success Realm. Facing the overwhelming fist force blasting down upon her, when she looked at the faint Martial Arts True Qi shrouding her hands, Princess Zi Xuan did feel somewhat unsure in her heart!

"Hahahaha, the power of my Great Achievement Illusion Sect Fist isn’t something you can contend with. Don’t even mention that your Flying Flower Divine Palm is only at Small Success Realm— even if it had reached Great Achievement Realm, to me it would still be nothing special!" Mo Huan laughed loudly, his tone utterly disdainful.

Seeing Mo Huan act so arrogant and domineering, a surge of killing intent rose in Princess Zi Xuan’s heart. Was he really looking down on her, Princess Zi Xuan, this much? As the Sect Leader of the Flying Flower Zen Temple, there were some things that simply could not be weak!

Smack!

A palm force slapped out — this was the power of Princess Zi Xuan’s strike. This force wasn’t particularly strong; compared with the sky-filling fist shadows unleashed by Mo Huan’s Illusion Sect Fist, it didn’t seem powerful at all. It even looked a bit weak and was instantly drowned within that sea of fist force!

"Hmph, truly courting death. It’s already come to this, and you still think resisting is useful?" Mo Huan snorted coldly, asking in disdain.

"In the Illusion Sect Fist, only a single strand of fist force carries true Power of Slaughter — the rest are nothing but illusory phantoms. That is the essence of the Illusion Sect Fist. Your sky-filling fist shadows can’t scare me. This one Flying Flower Divine Palm of mine is enough!" Princess Zi Xuan said with confidence.

Rumble!

In an instant, Princess Zi Xuan was swallowed up in a sea of fist shadows. That vast expanse of fist shadows descended like a fall from the heavens, incomparably terrifying. Although Princess Zi Xuan had struck out with one palm, it seemed she hadn’t managed to block the fist force Mo Huan had unleashed. It indeed gave the feeling that Princess Zi Xuan was somewhat at a disadvantage!

"Looks like Princess Zi Xuan has lost. She can’t block Mo Huan’s Illusion Sect Fist at Great Achievement Realm!"

"After all, Mo Huan’s Cultivation Realm is a whole level higher than Princess Zi Xuan’s. That’s an absolute gap in strength!"

"The power of the Illusion Sect Fist at Great Achievement Realm suppressing the Flying Flower Divine Palm at Small Success Realm — that’s completely within reason!"

"The fate of the Flying Flower Divine Skill has truly run dry. Sang Qing’s sitting in eternal meditation, too, means this long-inherited Sect is about to be cut off here!"

"Princess Zi Xuan has been submerged beneath this Great Achievement Realm Illusion Sect Fist’s power. Even if she doesn’t end up annihilated in body and soul on the spot, she’ll surely be blasted into losing all combat strength!"

Pu!

Yet just as everyone thought Princess Zi Xuan had been defeated, Mo Huan, who was standing up high in the sky with an incomparably triumphant look, suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. Terror flooded his eyes as he stared in disbelief at his own chest, because right at his chest he had been struck by a single Flying Flower Divine Palm!

"No..." Mo Huan roared in disbelief.

Thud!

He was blasted flying backward, gravely injured. And within that ocean drowned beneath the sky-filling fist shadows, the fist force slowly dispersed, bit by bit fading from between heaven and earth. Princess Zi Xuan walked out step by step from within that storm of fist shadows. Her gaze was resolute, and the aura around her was thick and heavy. Her entire body was not filled with killing intent; instead there was a kind of calmness — a calmness that would fight no matter who came. It was precisely this calm that made people feel her strength. Perhaps this was the bearing a true powerhouse ought to possess...