When a person is in a high-ranking position, their words carry the law.

Chapter 183 Careful thinking
"I finally know what's wrong with you."

Bai Ze gazed at the figure 500 meters away, feeling the perilous sense of danger emanating from it, and whispered.

His intuition had been telling him that something was wrong with Yun Shu, and now Bai Ze finally knew what was wrong.

Spiritual power can be projected outwards, locking away souls across a thousand miles.

Saying it's a thousand miles is actually an exaggeration; at least a six-star martial artist can't travel a thousand miles, but they can manage a dozen or so miles.

Now, Yun Shu has locked onto Bai Ze using her mental power.

His level of cultivation, even if it wasn't six stars, was only a hair's breadth away.

Yun Shu could project her mental energy outwards and directly lock onto Bai Ze. This slight difference was something Yun Shu could easily overcome if she wanted to; she didn't need to rely on the pressure from others to break through.

Looking back now, the so-called challenge to the top ten of the Heroes Ranking was nothing more than a show, a breakthrough at the right time to gain the greatest momentum.

There were also considerations regarding disclaiming responsibility and Yun Yan's death.

Yun Shu hastily emerged from seclusion after Yun Yan's death, which delayed his breakthrough, making him seem completely unlike the person who killed Yun Yan.

Even if others knew that Yun Yan died at the hands of his own family, they would not have thought of Yun Shu.

The Yun family wants the title of upholding justice and sacrificing their own family, but Yun Shu refuses to bear the blame for patricide.

But now, Yun Shu has directly revealed his cultivation level, which makes it impossible not to consider the possibility that he might kill Yun Yan.

He could have taken that step long ago, so there was no need for him to go into seclusion.

Therefore, he may have already emerged from seclusion, but simply hasn't shown his face.

"This is truly... meticulously planned," Bai Ze said.

"To say it was meticulously planned would be an exaggeration. I just wanted to refine it a bit, after all, it concerns the future of martial arts."

Yun Shu said calmly, "I originally intended to use it to gain fame, but now I've changed my mind."

He abandoned his breakthrough due to his brother's death, immediately emerged from seclusion, and challenged young masters of his generation to a duel to break through his limits, thus becoming the number one among the younger generation.

The script was written long ago, but Bai Ze ruined it.

First, Yun Yan's demonic possession was exposed, and then Bai Ze approached the person who had come to keep the appointment and sent him away.

During this process, Bai Ze displayed a talent and potential that even Yun Shu feared, so he changed his plans and personally took action against Bai Ze.

Wei Changqing and the others were just a decoy; the real main force was actually Yun Shu, who was hiding in the shadows.

When they strike, it's a fatal blow.

Wei Changqing, Chu Xingyun, Xiao Cangshu, and Bu Chenfeng, along with Shen Feilian, would make five four-star martial artists.

Even if these five people joined forces, they might not be able to defeat Bai Ze. Even if Bai Ze couldn't win, he could still escape.

However, Yun Shu is able to win over Bai Ze with 100% certainty.

He can no longer be regarded as a five-star martial artist. He has already reached the point of projecting his spiritual power. If Yun Shu is given some time, he can definitely break through.

Just as Yun Shu himself said, he only made some minor polishing.

An invisible spiritual force firmly locked onto Bai Ze, and even Bai Ze's optical invisibility was ineffective.

It was precisely because Yun Shu was already able to project his spiritual power that he suddenly sensed something was wrong and broke through Bai Ze's illusion.

Even though there were many experts present at that time, Yun Shu was unwilling to expose himself and did not release his spiritual power. However, he still noticed the slight discord and broke the illusion.

Now that he has the upper hand and has locked onto Bai Ze, even at a distance of 500 meters, he still cannot make Bai Ze feel safe.

And in the next instant—

The overwhelming pressure seemed to become a tangible force, pressing down from all sides, making the world spin and shake.

When a martial artist's mental strength becomes powerful enough to be projected outwards, their overall strength will undergo a complete transformation.

Simply using his mental power to suppress others is enough for him to completely overwhelm those whose mental strength is not strong enough. Although Bai Ze's own mental strength is not weak, he is undoubtedly no match for Yun Shu now.

"Mental isolation".

Bai Ze decisively used the "Words Become Law" technique, unilaterally shielding himself from the influence of the mental pressure.

Just like when a computer is hacked, you decisively unplug the network cable, cutting off the channel for external attacks so that they cannot affect you.

Of course, it only shields the influence of imposing aura, not completely ignoring mental power.

The overwhelming force immediately weakened, and Bai Ze moved, leaving behind afterimages. The ground beneath him was shattered by a burst of energy in the next instant.

boom!
The air crackled as Yun Shu broke the sound barrier, rushing forward with a thunderous roar, sweeping straight across the river. The strong wind even tore a long gash in the river.

For Yun Shu, whose burst speed reaches the speed of sound, a distance of 500 meters is less than two seconds. Before he even arrives, the second burst of energy has already struck.

Roar!
The wind howled like a tiger's roar, and true energy materialized into a phantom tiger's head, crashing towards where Bai Ze was.

Even if Bai Ze deceived Yun Shu's vision and hearing under the mental lock, it would be of little use, and he could not avoid this attack.

"Follow the laws of heaven and earth."

He no longer concealed his signature technique; the illusory image of his Dharma form instantly solidified, and the tiger's head energy struck the Dharma form, causing cracks to appear on the massive Dharma form.

Given the disparity in power, Bai Ze could not neutralize Yun Shu's attack, whether using the Phase Shift Protective Divine Skill or "Return to Nothingness".

No matter how powerful these two moves are, they still depend on Bai Ze's power. When facing an opponent with a huge difference in power, using these two moves will only hasten one's own defeat.

Yun Shu immediately rushed over, extended a palm, gathered cloud energy in his palm, and a dragon shadow suddenly appeared, slamming into the illusory image of the Dharma.

boom!
The enormous Dharma image was blasted open with a large hole, and the force of the palm strike shattered it in one fell swoop.

At the same time, Bai Ze withdrew from behind the Dharma Image, crossed his arms, and used Yun Shu's power to retreat.

"Its spirit soars to the heavens."

With the gravity reduced, Bai Ze used the explosive "Qi Guan Chang Hong" again, transforming into a black shadow and retreating swiftly to the cliff on the side of Sanxing Beach.

He chose to leave.

Yun Shu, of course, would not let Bai Ze go. The booming sound rose again, and he sent out two palms from a distance, with the roar of dragons and the howl of tigers suddenly arriving.

Bai Ze decisively moved sideways, his energy striking the cliff face and creating two large craters, sending rocks flying everywhere.

He moved like a dragon, leaving behind afterimages. After dodging the attack, he grabbed a rock, and under the reaction of the invisible force field around him, he soared into the air, while softly shouting, "Sword, come!"

Shen Feilian's longsword, frozen in ice, pierced through the air. Bai Ze caught the sword in mid-air, and the sword energy swept across the mountainside, slicing through the rocks like rain.

Upon arriving later, Yun Shu saw this and changed his movements, from swift to agile, flashing and soaring over the rocks as if flying through the clouds.

Breaking the sound barrier is an explosion of speed, which is difficult to sustain. Moreover, in this kind of uphill cliff climbing, Yun Shu could not possibly fly directly into the sky like a rocket. However, his lightness skill was by no means weak. He used the force of falling rocks to lift himself up and chase after Bai Ze.

The two of them, one above the other, rapidly ascended along the mountainside.

Bai Ze soared upwards like a roc, reaching the mountaintop in the blink of an eye. He unleashed a powerful gust of wind with his left palm, causing the old vines on the cliff to coil around Yun Shu like snakes.

Immediately, flames rose.

"Burn!"

Flames appeared out of nowhere and swept across the surroundings at an astonishing speed, instantly igniting a raging inferno and setting the vines ablaze, transforming them into fiery tendrils.

Bai Ze stood amidst the flames, his hands flashing as he channeled the fire.

"The Great Swamp Burns."

The raging flames, like a meteor shower, fell upon Yun Shu, who was surrounded by fire vines.

(End of this chapter)