Seeing the darts flashing with cold light shooting towards him, Li Jiang’s expression changed, and he was forced to abandon his attack and dodge to the side.
However, the moment he dodged to the side, Chen Nan suddenly turned around, his body shining bright as if engulfed in fierce flames. He raised his palm high and, with the speed of lightning, struck down towards Li Jiang’s head, intending to kill him with a single palm.
The broad palm emitted a blinding white light. Wherever it passed, the void created a buzzing tremor, an unstoppable force.
Li Jiang had just dodged the darts and now faced an attack from Chen Nan’s hand power, causing his complexion to dramatically change as he quickly swung his palm to counterattack.
The clash of palms caused a thunderous noise that shook Heaven and Earth, like Divine Thunder striking down, resembling roaring seas and stampeding horses, deafening to the ears.
In an instant, a storm of True Qi erupted from the center of the two, dispersing in all directions, shattering myriad plants into fragments.
"Clang clang clang..."
A series of footsteps sounded as Chen Nan was shaken back seven or eight steps. He felt an upheaval of Inner Qi within him, struggling to calm it. Although Li Jiang had met the attack in haste, Chen Nan had still ended up at a disadvantage.
After one move, Chen Nan almost confirmed that his opponent’s strength was at least at the Qi Dao Eighth Layer Heaven, and possibly close to the Qi Dao Ninth Heaven.
After steadying the rolling True Qi inside him, Chen Nan glanced at Li Jiang and scoffed, "Considering your age, your cultivation isn’t much stronger than your disciple’s."
"You little beast, how dare you be arrogant! I will take your life right now!"
Agitated, Li Jiang’s face turned iron blue as he shouted and swung his palm towards Chen Nan.
Facing a stronger opponent, a crazed look appeared in Chen Nan’s eyes, but he harbored no fear and advanced rather than retreating. Stepping out the first step of the Slaughter God Seven Steps, he left a deep footprint on the ground, leapt into the air, and stepped through the void towards Li Jiang.
The Slaughter God Seven Steps was not only an attack technique but also an extremely profound method of movement.
The Slaughter God Seven Steps allowed one to reach extreme speeds within seven steps, truly like lightning, almost invisible to the naked eye. Even more unpredictably, when performing Qinggong and leaping into the air, the Slaughter God Seven Steps allowed one to step through the void within seven steps, walking as if on flat ground without any footing, akin to Sky-controlling Flight—an absolutely heavenly ultimate kill technique.
Chen Nan moved like a fleeting shadow, taking the second step five meters away, his foot stepping into the void, heading directly above Li Jiang’s head.
Seeing Chen Nan able to step through the void, Li Jiang was instantly shocked. What realm had this young man reached? For Ancient Martial artists, even experts in the Master Realm could not perform Sky-controlling Flight!
Li Jiang’s heart churned like surging waves. Could it be... that he was a legendary cultivation practitioner?
Staring dumbfounded as Chen Nan charged at him, Li Jiang was completely overwhelmed until Chen Nan took the fourth step, reaching right above his head, that Li Jiang finally came to his senses, hurriedly channeling his True Qi to its peak, and threw a punch upwards into the void, blasting towards Chen Nan.
At this moment, Chen Nan had just taken the fifth step of the Slaughter God Seven Steps.
The void trembled, and as Chen Nan’s fifth step came down, endless True Qi roared forth from beneath his foot, creating a sound of wind and thunder, rushing down towards Li Jiang with an overwhelming fury.
Their True Qi collided, like a bomb exploding, producing a massive shockwave that swept through the surroundings, instantly pulverizing within a five-meter radius all the grass and trees into dust.
Due to the huge disparity in strength, after one strike, Chen Nan was sent flying backward for more than ten meters before finally landing on the ground, his blood churning within him, coughing out a mouthful of fresh blood.
"So it turns out he’s just a paper tiger!"
Li Jiang sneered coldly and charged at Chen Nan with his fist again.
Initially, he was startled by Chen Nan’s Void Steps, thinking that Chen Nan was among those legendary cultivators who could move mountains and seas, but now it seemed that his ability to walk in the air was merely aided by some mysterious step technique, and not because his strength was particularly formidable.
Seeing Li Jiang charging at him again, Chen Nan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his war intent soaring, advancing instead of retreating.
He stomped on the ground, stepping out the sixth part of the incomplete Slaughter God Seventh Step, and the Void itself trembled with a sound. In an instant, his body surged forward over ten meters, and with the seventh step, he fiercely stomped down towards the top of Li Jiang’s head.
The Slaughter God Seven Steps, stronger with each hit, the power of the seventh step was equivalent to the combined force of the previous six steps, and the ferocity of his attack power was imaginable.
His palm was swirling with layers of killing aura, as he stood in mid-air, resembling a demon god, his whole body emanating an incredibly wild and powerful aura, with every move filled with destructive power.
Although they had not officially crossed hands yet, Li Jiang below had already drastically changed his expression. The attack power Chen Nan displayed with his seventh step far surpassed the scope of the Qi Dao Seventh Heaven. Even for those in the Qi Dao Eighth Layer Heaven, it was doubtful they possessed such strong offensive power.
Li Jiang’s face twisted, channeling his Inner Strength to the utmost limit, and struck out with a punch toward Chen Nan in the air.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
As though thunder rolled, their punches and kicks collided, their unrivaled power smashing together, nearly shaking the mountains, causing the ground to tremble as if there was an earthquake.
Li Jiang was shaken to the point that he spewed out a mouthful of fresh blood, taking more than ten steps backward, his body swaying, nearly collapsing to the ground.
On the other hand, Chen Nan was also suffering, his body flung over ten meters backward, fresh blood once again leaking from his mouth; although the power of the Slaughter God Seventh Step was great, after all, Li Jiang had reached the Qi Dao Eighth Layer, while he was only at the Seventh Layer Heaven.
Though there was only a slight difference in their realms, the purity of their True Qi was an insurmountable gulf.
"You little beast, if I don’t take your life today, I swear I’m not human!" Li Jiang roared, a brilliant blue light radiating from his body, layers of killing aura spreading all around him, an endless oppressive force enveloping Chen Nan, his entire being like a mad tiger, ferociously pouncing towards Chen Nan.
Being injured by a junior with lower Cultivation, how could he not be furious!
Chen Nan slowly raised his right hand, his eyes coldly scanning Li Jiang, his voice chilling, "Old bastard, today I will let you witness the True Essence of Martial Arts!"
The moment his words fell, Chen Nan casually flicked his wrist, and suddenly a "whoosh" sound was heard as a dart shot towards Li Jiang’s chest.
At the same time, Chen Nan stomped down, executing the Slaughter God Seventh Step, his figure like a shadow, his Killing Aura soaring as he surged towards Li Jiang, his right palm raised high, a layer of radiant white light swirling around his hand, like an indestructible divine hand, smashing all barriers, ruthlessly slamming down towards Li Jiang’s chest.
Driven by True Qi, activating his inner potential, using the pure power of his flesh to shatter all barriers, indestructible, this—this is the True Essence of Martial Arts!
(Sorry, I have been very busy these past few days and haven’t been able to update thrice. I will definitely try to make it up tomorrow!)