Chapter 97: Chapter 10: Chu Yingxiong Poaches Talent, Secret Realm Ends

“Is there even a place for me to butt in?”

Zhou Chen’s mouth curled up slightly. Suddenly, he reached out and wrapped his arm around Sword Hero’s slender, flexible waist, pulling her into his embrace.

He looked at Chu Yingxiong, who was first stunned, and then with fiery eyes, and said with a smile:

“To tell you the truth, the Yin Yang Forget River Flower has long been used by me. You have no chance!”

“What did you say!?”

These four words jumped out of Chu Yingxiong’s mouth one by one through gritted teeth.

His fists clenched tight, his nails digging into his flesh, and the originally handsome face with a slight smile twisted into ferociousness.

He saw that Sword Hero didn’t give Zhou Chen a sword even after being embraced, and allowed Zhou Chen to hold her, so he knew his hopes were shattered.

The Yin Yang Forget River Flower was gone.

Zhou Chen and Sword Hero had long used it for dual cultivation.

“You filthy couple, I’ll have you dead!”

Chu Yingxiong, like a furious lion, drew his sword and slashed.

A forty-meter sword qi fell, creating a deep crack in the ground.

Zhou Chen, holding Sword Hero, had already evaded, suppressing her movement to draw a sword, and laughed:

“Let me handle this!”

“You indeed have some skills, but you still have to die!”

Chu Yingxiong was startled, not expecting Zhou Chen to dodge his sword while holding Sword Hero.

Wasn’t it said that Zhou Chen was only Body Refining Seventh Layer?

Damn it.

Rumors are indeed unreliable.

However, he had been practicing the peerless martial arts Celestial Dragon Divine Sword created by the Great Ancestor of the Great Qian Dynasty since he was young, reaching Body Refining Ninth Layer Perfection.

Additionally, he had mastered five top-grade martial arts.

In terms of the number of martial arts, he could only be considered Fifth Body Refining Transformation, but a single peerless divine skill is worth more than ten; he was at least equivalent to Fifteenth Body Refining Transformation.

“Just in time to test my sword!”

Zhou Chen was eager, wanting to test the power of Heaven-Supporting Sword.

Killing those monsters before was simply not interesting.

As for whether anything would be exposed, he didn’t think of letting Chu Yingxiong leave alive.

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

Zhou Chen and Chu Yingxiong clashed instantly, both moving so fast they exchanged hundreds of blows in an instant, with streams of terrifying sword qi crisscrossing.

Within hundreds of meters, everything was riddled with holes in an instant, and countless trees turned into a sky full of splinters.

“How is this possible?”

Sword Hero stared at Zhou Chen in shock, not shocked by Zhou Chen’s strength, but by how he managed to practice Heaven-Supporting Sword to such a level in less than ten days.

Simply not human!

“How can you be this strong?”

Chu Yingxiong was incredulous, wasn’t it said that this Zhou Chen was just a mud leg?

Yet he could contend with him without falling behind.

One must know that his auxiliary five superior martial arts were all considered top-notch, including lightweight skill, fist techniques, palm techniques, claw techniques, and leg techniques, with almost no flaws in his body.

Even Sword Hero at most could contend with him for dozens of moves, and ultimately she was certainly not his opponent.

“It only shows you’re too weak!”

Zhou Chen sneered.

He primarily practiced Yi Arrow Skill and had mastered three martial arts, considered to be Third Transition Realm; he had already achieved Body Refining Ninth Layer and God Refining in Heaven-Supporting Sword.

Although God Refining was not complete, his soul was inherently strong, so it wasn’t a weak point; thus he could be considered to have mastered Heaven-Supporting Sword.

Compared to Chu Yingxiong, he was only short of one martial art.

Although some of his superior martial arts might not match Chu Yingxiong’s, they were also not far off.

Furthermore, he was cultivating the Immortal Dao and had successfully established a foundation.

After being refined by foundational magical power, Zhou Chen’s physical body was stronger than Chu Yingxiong’s.

“I don’t believe it!”

Chu Yingxiong grew even crazier, with sword intent around him reaching the extreme.

“Celestial Dragon First Style!”

Horrifying sword qi tore through the air, slashing down as Celestial Dragon Sword Intent, seeming like a giant dragon overlooking the world, dominating the seas and the wilderness with terrifying majesty that suffocated and felt like sinking into a quagmire.

“A Sword Divides the World!”

Ignoring Chu Yingxiong’s sword, Zhou Chen countered with a backhand move, ripping through the Celestial Dragon Sword Intent with Heaven-Supporting Sword Intent, slicing straight at Chu Yingxiong.

“No!”

The terrifying sword qi came at him, causing Chu Yingxiong’s eyes to widen in horror.

He never expected Zhou Chen to completely ignore his sword technique, aiming for a mutual destruction, ready to perish together.

Schk!

Unable to evade, Chu Yingxiong was split in half from the brow downwards, with flesh and blood flying everywhere.

Above Zhou Chen’s head, a Profound Turtle Shield appeared, immovable like a mountain and indestructible, blocking Chu Yingxiong’s attack.

Sword Hero watched Zhou Chen’s tactics with some peculiarity.

She never expected Zhou Chen to use such a dishonorable and shameless trick.

Chu Yingxiong probably couldn’t have imagined it even in death.

He thought Zhou Chen intended to perish together with him.

However, Sword Hero didn’t mind this method; she even appreciated it. When killing, she never adhered to honorable conduct.

To achieve her goals and to survive was the best tactic.

“Oh, there’s even a Storage Ring. This guy is really wealthy!”

Zhou Chen cleaned the battlefield, looting treasures, and was quite satisfied looking at Chu Yingxiong’s Storage Ring.

Inside, there must have been a lot of treasures.

Being the son of the Southern King’s Mansion, even if only a concubine’s son, Chu Yingxiong had decent talent and the resources he could acquire were certainly more than the True Inheritors of Cyan Cloud Sect.

After collecting all the treasures, Zhou Chen burned the body to ashes.

“You’ve cultivated the Heaven-Supporting Sword Body?”

Sword Hero came over, curiously scrutinizing Zhou Chen.

“Yes!”

Zhou Chen nodded.

“How did you do it so quickly?”

Sword Hero was curious, she hadn’t even completed the first layer.

“Quick?”

Zhou Chen chuckled, his smile intriguing.

If it’s about time, he wouldn’t admit it.

If it’s about frequency, he’s definitely worthy.

“Want to know? I’ll teach you slowly!”

Zhou Chen abruptly picked up the curious Sword Hero, inhaling the faint fragrance akin to orchids and chrysanthemums on her, making his blood boil as if he’d been injected with vigor.

“Let go!”

Sword Hero said coldly.

“I won’t!”

Zhou Chen grinned, pinching firmly the part he was holding.

“You… mm…”

Sword Hero parted her red lips slightly, but before she could speak, Zhou Chen leaned down to kiss her.

Sword Hero’s body stiffened, then gradually softened under the magical power of Zhou Chen’s Thunder Light Ruyi Hand.

“Alas!”

She sighed inwardly, giving up resistance entirely, her gaze complex as she looked at Zhou Chen on top of her, letting him have his way.

Sword Hero’s feelings about Zhou Chen were very complex.

No matter how it was, Zhou Chen was her first and only man.

She always had a strange feeling in her heart.

Not to mention Zhou Chen, although lustful, made her feel happy when she was with him, happiness she had never experienced before.

But her master would never agree to her being with Zhou Chen.

If her master knew, it would be dangerous for Zhou Chen.

Breaking up was the best choice.

Moreover, she wasn’t prepared yet.

She raised her fair arms, tightly hugging Zhou Chen’s neck, considering it a final goodbye.

To make a lifetime effort.

To give you one day of joy.

The two became lost in each other, deeply immersed.

Time flew by swiftly as stars shifted and joy swept through their moments together.

Zhou Chen gazed at Sword Hero cradling him, gently kissing the tear stains at the corner of her eye, indulgently saying:

“Rest assured, it won’t be long before I can make it so you can be with me openly!”

The grudges and entanglements between Celestial Sword Sect and Cyan Cloud Sect.

Sword Hero, as the chief disciple of the Celestial Sword Sect, Zhou Chen wanted to be with her, he needed to possess overwhelming strength.

Now, he wasn’t strong enough.

“I didn’t promise to be with you.”

Sword Hero’s eyes shimmered, expressionless she said:

“It was just an accident earlier, once we leave the Secret Realm, we’ll go our separate ways, as if waking from a dream once it’s over!”

“Don’t come looking for me either.”

“I’ll use Inner Qi to completely eradicate everything you left with me, from this point on we’re unrelated!”

Zhou Chen said nothing.

No words were useful right now.

He could sense Sword Hero had feelings for him.

A day of marriage brings a hundred days of gratitude.

They’d been together more than just a day.

Zhou Chen greedily kissed Sword Hero, but as the closure of the Secret Realm approached quickly, Zhou Chen reluctantly pulled away.

He took out two Dragon Tree Blood Lotus Seeds and placed them in Sword Hero’s hand, affirming:

“Don’t refuse, just take it as payment for your Heaven-Supporting Sword!”

Sword Hero held the seeds without speaking.

They dressed neatly, silence filling the cavern.

Sometimes silence speaks louder than words.

Zhou Chen looked at Sword Hero, finding idleness boring.

He reached out to embrace Sword Hero again, lowering his head to kiss her, but as the Secret Realm’s closure approached, Zhou Chen couldn’t do much.

At most, he could indulge in tactile pleasure.

Time swiftly passed as Zhou Chen greedily kissed Sword Hero’s rosy lips, and an invisible force repelling them surged.

Zhou Chen and Sword Hero were suddenly parted, sent out of the Secret Realm.

Outside the Secret Realm.

The major forces had long awaited, eagerly anticipating their disciples and juniors to emerge.

On the Cyan Cloud Sect’s Flying Ship, Qing Yuyao stood with hands behind, dressed in a green robe, her sleeves fluttering, seemingly like a fairy ready to ride the wind.

Li Changfeng and Song Hao stood calmly on either side.

Suddenly.

An uproar erupted, with someone exclaiming:

“They’ve come out!”

“They’re out!”

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