Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 545: Kill Again
The purple rock formations of the Ziyun Mountains shimmered with an eerie glow in the twilight, a glow that seemed to envelop the entire mountain range.

Several figures appeared around the halo, their divine senses all locked onto Lin Chen.

At the same time, an old man strolled over, his gaze fixed on Lin Chen, his eyes filled with coldness: "You have killed many warriors of my Eight Desolate Domain, and I will be waiting for you here."

Xi Zeliang flipped his hand, and the halo around the mountain range transformed into four pillars of light that shot into the sky. These four pillars of light completely sealed the entire mountain range, making it difficult for even a fifth-level innate cultivator to escape in a short time.

Two days ago, Xi Zeliang received a report from his subordinates that many innate martial artists had died mysteriously. According to the report from his spies who had infiltrated the Canglan Domain, Qu Guanfu of the Canglan Domain was staying in Cangqiong City and had not left the city.

The fact that so many of his subordinates were killed, including those who were at the fourth level of the Innate Realm, led Xi Zeliang to conclude that the murderer must be a fifth-level Innate Realm expert.

That's why he specially set up this formation.

He was only at the fifth level of the Innate Realm. If there were no formation, he wouldn't be able to stop the opponent from escaping. But with the formation, the opponent couldn't escape.

Xi Zeliang's gaze fell on Lin Chen, but his brows furrowed. According to his divine sense, the person in front of him was only at the fourth level of the Innate Realm.

A martial artist at the fourth level of the Innate Realm is capable of killing two martial artists at the fourth level of the Innate Realm?

You should know that those two Innate Fourth Realm martial artists are both sect deacons and have the potential to break through to the Innate Fifth Realm in the future. Even if they are no match for the person in front of them, they can easily escape.

Assassination or sneak attack can only target one person; the other person will inevitably react.

Despite his confusion, Xi Zeliang's eyes still held a chilling killing intent: "A mere fourth-level Innate Realm cultivator dares to slaughter my sect's disciples? I've been waiting for you to fall into my trap for a long time. Today, I'll let you taste the bitterness of being annihilated, body and soul!"

Faced with a fifth-level Innate Realm expert, four fourth-level Innate Realm experts, and this sealing formation, Lin Chen showed no panic whatsoever. Instead, a cold smile appeared on his face.

With his divine sense, he had long sensed something unusual about this mountain range. The formation was set up temporarily and could not be made seamless, so there was some leakage of the formation's aura.

Even knowing that there was a formation set up inside the mountains, Lin Chen still chose to enter the trap himself. This formation blocked his own retreat, but it also blocked the retreat of the martial artists from the Eight Desolate Domains.

"The scenery here is quite nice."

Lin Chen spoke calmly, and amidst the puzzled looks from Xi Zeliang and the other four, he smiled brightly: "You guys certainly know how to choose your own burial plots."

"Insanity!"

Xi Zeliang was furious. How dare a fourth-level innate martial artist be so arrogant in front of him? His aura surged, and he spread his wings like a roc. His palms carried the terrifying power to shatter mountains, turning into two giant claws that covered the sky and fell towards Lin Chen. He wanted to twist this man's head off.

Facing Xi Zeliang's devastating attack, Lin Chen's eyes flashed with a sharp light, showing no fear. He frantically activated the Immortal Technique, his body radiating endless golden light, and directly met the attack with a punch.

boom!
The giant claw collided with the fist, shaking the entire mountain range and sending countless rocks and dust flying everywhere.

"what!"

Xi Zeliang's pupils shrank sharply. Even though Shi Chen had blocked his vision, in his divine sense, this person had actually withstood his attack without suffering any injury.

The four innate martial artists maintaining the formation wore mocking smiles—with Elder Xi personally taking action, this person was doomed.

"If these are all the tricks you have, then it's my turn next!"

Amidst the dust, Lin Chen's cold voice rang out. The next moment, the four innate martial artists who were standing around the formation to maintain it hadn't even reacted when they saw a golden light shoot towards their elder.

"court death!"

Although he failed to injure his opponent with a single move, Xi Zeliang was still shocked. However, as a fifth-level Innate Realm expert, how could he back down in the face of a fourth-level Innate Realm expert's provocation?
Rumble!
Xi Zeliang's palms danced with an ancient aura as he unleashed the Eight Desolate Sect's signature technique, the Eight Desolate Palms.

Lin Chen responded with his own palm strike, unleashing the Heavenly Evolution Myriad Phenomena Annihilation Palm, each strike carrying a terrifying aura of annihilation.

The four Innate Realm Fourth Stage martial artists from the Eight Desolate Domain, watching the two figures locked in battle, no longer had their previous relaxed expressions. They could not believe what they were seeing; Elder Xi and this person were actually evenly matched.

Blood splattered, space shattered!

Although most of the blood was spilled from the other person, in the eyes of the four, this person seemed to feel no pain at all, and fought more and more fiercely, while Elder Xi's momentum was weaker than before.

How is this possible?
Elder Xi is at the fifth level of the Innate Realm, while this person is only at the fourth level.

"Perhaps Elder Xi did it on purpose. Don't forget that in battles between innate martial artists, there is also a battle of the soul. Elder Xi is just playing around with this person."

Zhao Yu spoke, and the other three nodded in agreement upon hearing his words.

Indeed, with his superior spiritual power, Elder Xi could easily defeat his opponent simply by using spiritual attacks.

Unbeknownst to these people, Xi Zeliang was growing increasingly alarmed with each battle. He had tried using his soul-based attacks, but they had failed to have any effect on this person. This meant that not only was this person's soul no weaker than his own, but he also possessed extremely strong soul defense techniques. If this continued, he would undoubtedly be defeated.

Xi Zeliang stepped back, and a halberd appeared in his hand. Upon seeing the halberd, a trace of reminiscence flashed in Lin Chen's eyes.

When he and Sima Kong fought for the second time at Wudao Mountain, Sima Kong used the Eight Desolations Creation Halberd, a martial art technique of the Eight Desolations Sect known as the number one in attack and killing.

At that time, Sima Kong had only been a member of the Eight Desolations Sect for a short time and had not yet mastered the Eight Desolations Creation Halberd.

"Elder Xi used the Eight Desolate Creation Halberd?"

Seeing this, the four warriors of the Eight Desolations Sect were stunned. If Elder Xi was just teasing this person, why would he use the Eight Desolations Creation Halberd now?
"The Eight Desolations are destroyed!"

Xi Zeliang swung his halberd, a move that Sima Kong had also used before. However, when Xi Zeliang used it again, its power was incomparable to that of Sima Kong. The light was extremely dazzling, and it also carried an aura from the ancient wilderness. If it were an ordinary innate fourth-level martial artist, he would probably have lost his mind by now.

boom!
Lin Chen struck out with his palm again, but this time the halberd light pierced through his palm, leaving a bloody hole in his palm, dripping with blood.

"You've forced me to get serious; you may die without regret!"

Looking at the bloody hole in his palm, where a special energy was preventing his wound from healing, and hearing Xi Zeliang's words, Lin Chen's lips curled into a cold smile. This old guy really knew how to save face for himself.

"Now that things are getting serious, I have nothing left to hide."

Lin Chen's hair fluttered in the wind, his expression neither joyful nor sorrowful. Xi Zeliang was taken aback for a moment, then said disdainfully, "He really thinks he's a fifth-realm expert."

In his view, the person in front of him must be a master of body tempering techniques, and with the addition of a soul defense technique, he was able to fight him until now. He absolutely did not believe that the person was still holding back any trump cards; he was definitely bluffing.

"The bright moon rises over the sea."

Lin Chen spoke softly, and as his voice fell, Zhao Yu and the other three, who were staring at the battlefield, saw a scene that was hard for them to understand. A nebula suddenly appeared behind this mysterious martial artist, and within this nebula, a bright moon rose majestically from behind him, its radiance enveloping the man within a twenty-foot radius. Although they were not within the range of the moonlight, looking at this man at this moment, all four of them felt a chill run down their spines.

fear!

Whether it was the nebula, the bright moon, or the man at this moment, they all felt a fear that came from the depths of their souls.

what happened?
The four were unable to understand why their souls suddenly felt fear. At this moment, Lin Chen's radiance had already enveloped Xi Zeliang on the battlefield.

"Go to hell!"

Enveloped in the moonlight, Xi Zeliang felt a sense of crisis. He held nothing back and unleashed another halberd strike, this time with all his might. His intuition told him that if he could not kill this person quickly, his life would be in danger.

Facing Xi Zeliang's halberd attack, Lin Chen remained indifferent. At this moment, Xi Zeliang's movements appeared to be twenty times slower in his eyes, making it easy for him to dodge.

But Lin Chen simply pointed his fingers together like a sword, gathering all his energy at his fingertips: Azure Wave Finger!

At this moment, Lin Chen finally used the technique that revealed his identity.

Xi Zeliang's pupils shrank. He hadn't expected that the mysterious man in front of him was actually from the Canglan Sect. But what terrified him even more was that he found himself seemingly restricted in some way. Both his soul and the innate power within his body were suppressed at this moment.

boom!
In Xi Zeliang's despairing eyes, the giant finger crashed down.

Click!

Xi Zeliang's head exploded the moment the giant finger touched it, blood and brain matter splattering everywhere. The headless corpse swayed and then crashed downwards.

The four Innate Realm Fourth Stage martial artists of the Eight Desolations Sect were terrified at the sight. Elder Xi had not only been defeated, but had also lost his life.

Faced with someone capable of killing Elder Xi, even the combined efforts of the four of them were insufficient. The formation that had sealed off this area had now become an obstacle preventing their escape.

Lin Chen turned around indifferently, and without any hesitation, he opened the Azure Eye between his brows and directly annihilated their souls.

puff!
puff!
puff!
Eight beams of light swept across, and the four people fell towards the ground.

……

……

Thirty breaths later, Lin Chen stepped out of the broken formation. The Purple Cloud Mountains were as silent as a graveyard, with only the mountain wind carrying the smell of blood blowing across the cliffs and the cracks in the cliffs telling passersby that a great battle had once taken place here.

After glancing at the scene in the mountain range, Lin Chen was about to head towards the camp where the warriors of the Eight Desolate Domain gathered, but the next moment he suddenly turned around and looked at the sky behind him. When he sensed the appearance of the person coming with his divine sense, Lin Chen lowered his guard and a smile appeared on his lips.

(End of this chapter)