Chapter 50: Devouring the Immortal

“Since Brother Yu Ming doesn’t believe in my strength, why don’t we make a wager? Let me challenge Brother Yu Ming to a duel—if I lose, I’ll leave immediately, and you can pretend I never came.”
“But if, by chance, I win against Brother Yu Ming, then I’ll join you to complete the task. What do you think, Brother Ao Xuan?” Although Chen Yi knew Fu Ao Xuan’s words were well-intentioned, he was determined to obtain the Elephant Blood Fruit and thus had to venture into the Tianlong Mountains. So he proposed a bet to Fu Ao Xuan, wanting to compete with Yu Ming and demonstrate his true capabilities.
He wanted Fu Ao Xuan to see that he was fully capable of completing the task and would not be a burden.
“Since Brother Chen Yi has said so, I won’t say any more. Third Brother, have a match with Brother Chen Yi,” Fu Ao Xuan replied, agreeing wholeheartedly to the wager. He was curious about what sort of strength this minor Qi Cultivator could possess, for Chen Yi gave him a faint sense of danger.
Fu Ao Xuan had already used the Essence Blood Pill to break through to the mid-stage Foundation Establishment, while Chen Yi’s cultivation was only at the ninth level of Qi Condensation—just a step away from Foundation Establishment. Yet that single step was a world apart.
The fact that Fu Ao Xuan sensed danger from Chen Yi meant that Chen Yi’s strength was not as simple as it appeared.
Fu Ao Xuan wanted to see Chen Yi’s true capability through the duel, and Chen Yi intended to showcase his own power. Though their purposes differed, the outcome was the same: the duel was inevitable.
“Good, I’ve been wanting to test the strength of the champion of the Outer Sect Grand Competition,” Yu Ming said. After Chen Yi announced his name, they immediately recognized him; the three brothers had long heard of Chen Yi’s reputation, for he had defeated Dongfang Tian in the competition.
Before the three brothers became Inner Sect disciples, Dongfang Tian had already made a name for himself in the Outer Sect with his terrifying cultivation talent. Within a month, Dongfang Tian, who had once known nothing of cultivation, advanced to the fourth level of Qi Condensation, shocking those around him.
After the brothers entered the Inner Sect, Dongfang Tian’s talent propelled him to the ninth level of Qi Condensation at rocket speed. Had he not paused to consolidate his foundation, he would have broken through to Foundation Establishment ahead of them and become an Inner Sect disciple.
No one expected that such a peerless genius would be defeated in the Grand Competition by an unknown like Chen Yi. The news stunned everyone, including the three brothers, who had wondered if Chen Yi possessed three heads and six arms to have beaten Dongfang Tian.

Now that Chen Yi had come to seek them out, wishing to join them in completing the task, they naturally wanted to test his strength.
Yu Ming moved with astonishing speed; before Chen Yi could even see clearly, a sword light shot toward him—it was the longsword at Yu Ming’s waist.
Chen Yi did not know that although Yu Ming was the youngest among the brothers, his strength was formidable. Yu Ming was a sword cultivator, his entire cultivation focused in his sword. His sword, named Aurora, was said to be faster than light, forged entirely from Light Meteorite, and was a superb lower-grade magical artifact.
Bathed in sunlight, the Aurora Sword seemed to move even faster, its attacks carrying an intense burning sensation. To Chen Yi, the sword felt like a blazing fireball hurtling toward him—this was due to the Light Meteorite.
Light Meteorite was a fragment of the sun, so when exposed to sunlight it enhanced speed and attack power. Yu Ming also possessed the Light Flash Sword Technique, which, when mastered, was said to unleash sword strikes at the speed of light.
Relying on the Aurora Sword’s speed and the Light Flash Sword Technique, Yu Ming’s sword was unrivaled among early Foundation Establishment cultivators; most could not withstand a single blow.
Yet Chen Yi’s own strength was extraordinary. Unable to see the Aurora Sword’s speed with his eyes, Chen Yi closed them, relying instead on his powerful spiritual sense to track the sword’s movement.
With his formidable spiritual sense, Chen Yi easily traced the Aurora Sword’s path; under its influence, the sword’s speed seemed to slow, and he could even discern the intricate patterns on its blade.
Having tracked the sword’s movement, a blood-red spear appeared in Chen Yi’s hand. He unleashed a spear technique at lightning speed.
“Devourer of Immortals.”
The spear was the Blood-Devouring Lance, and the technique was the Blood-Devouring Spear Art. Since the Aurora Sword was a magical artifact, Chen Yi had to use the Blood-Devouring Lance to counter it.

Chen Yi’s Devourer of Immortals surged forward like a blood-red demon dragon, claws extended, rushing at Yu Ming’s Aurora Sword.
As Chen Yi unleashed the Devourer of Immortals, Yu Ming felt as if a mountain pressed down upon him, his internal mana flowing sluggishly. What Yu Ming did not realize was that Chen Yi’s technique was specifically designed to suppress cultivators, giving it a natural advantage.
Fu Ao Xuan and Wang Haochen, watching from the side, grew solemn as Chen Yi performed Devourer of Immortals, for the attack had already reached the power of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. They too felt its oppressive force, though less intensely due to their distance.
Though the suppression on Yu Ming was powerful, Fu Ao Xuan and Wang Haochen were not worried about him being injured. Having been brothers for years, they knew Yu Ming’s strength well and believed he could handle the Devourer of Immortals.
Yu Ming, the strongest sword cultivator among them, was not easily cowed. Bracing himself against the suppression, he circulated his mana and, wielding the Aurora Sword, executed the Light Flash Sword Technique, cleaving toward the demon dragon’s head.
A series of sharp cries rang out.
Before Yu Ming’s Aurora Sword could strike the dragon’s head, the demon dragon reached out with a claw for the sword. When claw and sword met, the dragon’s mouth emitted a pitiful shriek—the claw had been severed by the Aurora Sword.
Enraged by the loss, the demon dragon grew wild. With a flick of its tail, it lashed out at Yu Ming. The tail moved so swiftly that Yu Ming had no time to react, forcing him to raise the Aurora Sword before his chest to block the dragon’s attack.
A thunderous boom echoed.