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

Chapter 262 Yun Shu's Defeat, A Life-or-Death Choice

boom!
A surge of energy erupted, and another ring of true energy, seemingly tangible, burst forth, sweeping across all directions.

Wherever it passed, the earth cracked, mud and rocks flew, and even the large trees in the surrounding forest swayed constantly.

"Formation!"

Zhang Shaoming shouted loudly, his true energy surging and connecting with everyone around him, "The Big Dipper Formation!"

The martial arts association agents under Zhang Shaoming and the martial arts club members under Yun Shu quickly formed a formation. The club president, vice president and Zhang Shaoming were in the center, forming the Big Dipper constellation, and the rest of the group surrounded the seven people, forming a formation.

The interconnected true energy finally blocked the air waves and the true energy ring.

At the source of the eruption, a sharp beam of light pierced through the air and struck directly.

The sea of ​​clouds transformed into a sword that spun three thousand times, piercing through the nine heavens in one breath—this was the Azure Cloud Calamity Sword.

Yun Shu's family sword technique possesses extremely strong penetrating power. After the solidified crystalline Yuan Qi barrier blocked the Dragon and Tiger Dual Forms, it was pierced through by the Thousand Turns Sword, and the sharp light even struck Bai Ze's crown.

Swish!
The Azure Cloud Calamity Sword pierced straight down from the black-robed man's crown, yet no blood was seen.

Bai Ze's figure split into two, seemingly becoming two people in an instant. The Azure Cloud Calamity Sword passed between the two and pierced into the earth.

Then, the two figures leaped into the air and merged together to meet Yun Shu, who was descending from the sky.

Yun Shu's hand flashed with sharp light, gathering energy into a blade, which was none other than the "Azure Netherworld Severing Technique".

Yun Shu's eyes flashed with sharpness, her gaze like a knife, and she also carried an invisible force of mental suppression.

The divine intent of martial arts inherently has the effect of intimidating the mind. Yun Shu's mind is self-centered, and the divine intent of life and death that he evolved based on his own martial arts and mind is greatly enhanced in terms of intimidation.

When the mental energy was suppressed, it actually caused Bai Ze's energy to become stagnant.

Qi and divine sense simultaneously emerged from the body, aiming to lock onto Bai Ze and deliver a thunderous blow.

However, this attempt to lock the deal failed.

Bai Ze himself was like a phantom that did not exist, unbound by gravity, and even less bound by qi or divine sense.

Yun Shu suppressed his aura and spiritual power with all his might, but landed in emptiness. That moment of emptiness caused his aura to tremble.

In that instant, Bai Ze moved like a ghost, striking with a palm.

"Humph!"

Yun Shu's eyes flashed like lightning. He forcefully controlled his qi with his mind, turning his qi around. With a muffled groan, he used his true qi to surge through his meridians and slashed the qi blade at Bai Ze's palm.

As their palms clashed, Bai Ze's figure suddenly disintegrated, turning into a wisp of true energy that dissipated.

True Qi Transformation into Shadow?

A thought flashed through Yun Shu's mind, and at the same time, she realized something was wrong.

An invincible surge of true energy shook the sky, falling like a long river from the heavens.

Suddenly, Bai Ze appeared above Yun Shu, looking down at her with a palm strike. The force of his palm shook the air, creating a hazy, wave-like phenomenon.

"The mighty river tide recedes, its energy settles like a gentle autumn breeze!"

In reality, it refers to ascending to the heights of Chu, a thousand miles away.

"what!"

A sense of crisis alarmed him, his divine sense detected the threat, and the instinct for survival unleashed his potential. Yun Shu turned around in mid-air, his qi blades tracing beautiful, natural arcs, bursting forth with numerous blade shadows.

In that instant, Yun Shu and the Qi Blade became one, their movements unpredictable, slashing, cutting, chopping, and stabbing, constantly parting the "great tide of rivers" that descended from the sky.

However, he himself was still knocked to the ground by the impact.

"A thousand moves and a hundred techniques are contained in a single breath."

Ascending to a High Place: A Distant Peak Offers Resentment.

Jade hairpins and spiral buns transform into palm prints; chaotic mountains cleave the face, splitting the lonely city.

Bai Ze's palms flew up and down, like overlapping shadows of distant mountains, the palm shadows covering the sky and darkening the sky, as if the sky were collapsing.

Each move in the ascending intent is stronger than the last, and the momentum of each move is inexhaustible, greatly increasing the power of the next move.

Bai Ze unleashed three moves in quick succession, already nearing the limits of his current physical endurance.

boom!
The burst of energy far surpassed that before, and Bai Ze's background music became infinitely more intense, with howling sounds like thunder and the wind roaring.

Under the overwhelming pressure of this immense energy, Yun Shu was horrified to discover that even her divine sense had been forcibly suppressed.

He had previously used his divine will to suppress the flow of qi, but now the qi has reversed course, suppressing his divine will.

When you stare into the abyss, the abyss also stares into you.

To put it simply, forces act in pairs.

You were able to suppress Qi with your divine will, and now Qi can also suppress your divine will in turn.

When the volume reaches a certain level, it will cause a qualitative change. Now, Bai Ze's true qi volume has exceeded a certain limit and can even affect the invisible spiritual power.

The vital energy of Yingzhou Secret Realm became Bai Ze's greatest asset, enabling Bai Ze's "Cantongqi" to be fully utilized.

In contrast, although Yun Shu could also absorb vital energy, he paled in comparison to Bai Ze.

The roaring thunder scattered the spiritual energy, and the palm shadows and palm strikes fell like a silver river from the heavens, blasting Yun Shu to the ground.

boom!
The earth shook, and cracks appeared everywhere.

Yun Shu landed on both feet, carving deep furrows several meters long in the ground before releasing his force.

At the same time, the desire to ascend fell again.

"Celestial Crushing Fist".

Ascending to a high place, one's spirit soars to the ends of the earth.

This move is not taken from "Shui Long Yin: Climbing Jiankang Shangxinting", but from another poem by the same author, "Yong Yu Le: Reminiscing at Jingkou Beiguting".

Since most of the usable lines in the original poems had already been used up, Ye Liuyun simply decided to find another one.

And this move is just as powerful as its name suggests, with an aura that can swallow up thousands of miles.

The immense primordial energy was instantly absorbed into his body. Bai Ze descended from the sky like a god or demon, slamming his fist into the earth.

The variations of Denglinyi's moves are incredibly smooth and effortless in his hands. His use of palms as fists does not diminish their power at all; in fact, the use of fists adds a sense of weight and power.

However, the increasingly powerful palm strikes and the roaring torrent of primordial energy still made Yun Shu realize something was amiss.

Without a trace of spiritual power, he suppressed him with overwhelming strength.

This feeling, this power...

The nightmares that used to haunt me in the middle of the night seemed to reappear. The fear of being defeated head-on during the martial arts competition in Yujing and being beheaded with a qi blade welled up from the bottom of my heart.

However, Yun Shu had no time to think. Facing the incomparably domineering fist, Yun Shu clasped his hands together, his qi blades surging, and with all his strength, he slashed at the demon-like figure.

The massive fist imprint slammed into the air blade, the force collapsing and thundering from the ground, causing Yun Shu's hands to burst into a cloud of blood mist as he was sent flying.

But at the same time—

The air blade suddenly split into two, slashing at Bai Ze's body from both sides.

At the critical moment, Yun Shu did not continue to fight. Instead, he split the energy blade and endured the residual force of the fist, allowing the energy blade to kill the opponent.

This subtle change finally allowed Yun Shu to injure his opponent. With the sharpness of his qi blade, once it struck, even if the opponent didn't die, he would be severely injured.

Yun Shu stopped retreating, spat out a mouthful of blood, and looked at the other party.

The black-robed man landed, his feet touching the ground, and a burst of mist suddenly erupted from his body.

"This is--"

Yun Shu's eyes widened. "It really was you!"

The scene and the moves left a very deep impression on Yun Shu. "Return to Nothingness!" He uttered the two words fiercely, like a ferocious beast tearing at flesh.

In response to Yun Shu's words, the man in black robes stepped out from the mist.

Two scratches appeared on his black robe, and a bloodstain flowed from his arm to his palm.

However, this injury was not caused by the air blade, but by the burden of the power of ascending intent.

"Oops, I was caught off guard."

Bai Ze said, seemingly helplessly, "Since that's the case, then I don't need to continue pretending."

An even stronger aura rose up, and the primordial energy surrounded Bai Ze, forming clouds and mist that swirled and changed in accordance with the sound of praise.

"White Pond!"

The others were also shocked to realize Bai Ze's identity. Qiao Yuexuan shouted, "How dare you attack us!"

"Foolish. If you're all dead, who will know that I attacked you?" Bai Ze chuckled.

Entering the secret realm of Yingzhou is bound to be risky.

Even though many of the strange beasts here have been wiped out during previous explorations, there are still quite a few dangerous beasts remaining.

Martial artists from other countries who enter this place... or even martial artists from their own country, could potentially become enemies.

If you die in a secret realm, you can only blame your bad luck and lack of strength, right?

An illusory Dharma image appeared behind Bai Ze, whose robes fluttered as he rose into the air.

Bai Ze then recited in a leisurely tone: "I've examined the Wu hook sword, and patted every railing—"

"No one understands my feelings upon ascending this height."

No one could understand the meaning of the person who reached the summit, nor could anyone know how powerful the power of reaching the top was.

The final form is called "The Meaning of Ascending to the Peak".

The move that shares the same name as the palm technique represents the true essence.

At this moment, the palm strike of the ascending intent continued to rise, as if without limit. Bai Ze frantically devoured the primordial energy of heaven and earth, absorbing all the essence of nature. The yin and yang energies intertwined like a spiral, constantly generating like fission.

The power was so great that the black and white colors around Bai Ze's body alternated, his whole body was filled with true energy, and even his cells were penetrated by the yin and yang energies.

The already strained body was injured again, but in the next instant, the injury was completely healed.

Just as Bai Ze once thought, as long as my injuries heal quickly enough, the backlash won't be able to catch up with me.

In just a few breaths, Bai Ze was enveloped by an unparalleled, incomparable, and inexhaustible aura, its power overwhelming and startling all directions, drawing roars from the beasts.

Facing this overwhelming power, Yun Shu's expression changed drastically. He leaped forward and retreated into the Big Dipper Formation, shouting, "Activate the formation! Block them together!"

The Big Dipper Formation was originally a formation of the Martial Arts Club. As the former president of the Martial Arts Club, Zhang Shaoming also taught this formation to his subordinates. Those who were close to Yun Shu were naturally familiar with this formation as well.

With everyone united, the formation activated, and their true energy coalesced into a single force, forming a Big Dipper constellation that clashed with the overwhelming aura and momentum.

thump—

Like two mountains colliding, the earth shook.

Before the move even arrived, the palm strike came first. After the initial collision between the heavy pressure and the formation, the overwhelming palm force descended.

boom!
The air was instantly displaced by the palm force, creating a vacuum. The palm force pressed down like Mount Tai, causing the star map to sink inch by inch.

bang bang bang-

The sounds of flesh and blood exploding rang out one after another like firecrackers, and seven fourth-rank martial artists instantly exploded and died.

Their exoskeleton armor failed to withstand the pressure, merely binding their flesh and blood to prevent them from resembling a human body.

When the body fell to the ground, blood stained the yellow earth.

Long——

The palm strike continued to press down, and the resulting energy caused Yun Shu's injuries to worsen, almost causing her to vomit another mouthful of blood.

"Use forbidden techniques!" he shouted, his aura surging.

The others also used forbidden techniques, either burning their vital energy or expending their life force, to forcefully resist the palm strike.

With everyone's combined strength, they could easily block that palm strike...

Yun Shu's eyes flickered violently.

Even if I block that blow... so what?

The vital energy in the Yingzhou Secret Realm became Bai Ze's accomplice, allowing him to thrive there.

Even if he unleashes such a powerful palm strike, expending a great deal of energy, he can recover quickly.

On the other hand, even if everyone on their side had cultivated the "Wind and Dew Dining Technique" at the four-star level, they still wouldn't be able to defeat Bai Ze.

When a battle reaches the point of exhaustion, defeat is inevitable.

It's impossible for Bai Ze to exhaust his true energy here.

The only way, or rather, the only way to survive, is to escape!
At this moment, Yun Shu inappropriately thought of Mu Yaoguang.

Did Mu Yaoguang face a similar situation back then?
When faced with a powerful enemy, if you cannot defeat them despite your best efforts, you can only flee.

But the enemy isn't stupid; they won't just sit idly by and watch you escape. You have to hold them off.

Back then, Mu Yaoguang chose to cover the retreat alone, allowing the others to escape.

And Yun Shu—

Yun Shu swung his palm backward, and the energy blade cleaved through the formation behind him. His figure flickered, and he withdrew from the Heavenly Dipper Formation.

Yun Shu made the opposite choice to Mu Yaoguang without hesitation.

It could also be said that it was precisely because of Mu Yaoguang's experience that Yun Shu made another choice without much hesitation.

After Mu Yaoguang was deposed, her honors remained, but her status plummeted.

Those without strength cannot stand firm in this era of martial arts. Even Mu Yaoguang could only retreat to the background in despair.

Yun Shu's situation is only going to get worse. If he loses, being crippled will be the least of his worries; he's more likely to be killed.

Bai Ze will never let any hidden dangers go unpunished.

But conversely, if they escape, Bai Ze is finished.

He attacked martial artists from Yujing Martial Arts University and the Martial Arts Association, putting them to death. Once this is reported, Bai Ze will surely die, no matter how strong his talent is.

Therefore, Yun Shu escaped.

In order to survive, and also to defeat Bai Ze.

He abandoned his followers, even his girlfriend, and left without hesitation, instantly moving hundreds of meters away.

Hearing the commotion, Qiao Yuexuan, who was near Yun Shu, was startled and looked incredulously at Yun Shu's location...
It was completely empty.

"what--"

The abandoned woman let out a shrill howl, like the wailing of a demon, filled with endless resentment and anger.

The Big Dipper Formation also collapsed rapidly at this moment, having only blocked the palm strike for a few seconds before being shattered by the powerful palm force.

Although most of the Yin and Yang energies were blocked, the remaining force still swept through like a torrent.

Figures were swept away and thrown about, and streams of blood were carried along by the torrent.

In the blink of an eye, another dozen or so people died, and the rest were seriously injured.

When the remaining force dissipated, what came into view was devastation.

(End of this chapter)