Chen Tang hadn’t seen a single Celestial Concealnt in Hermit Continent.
Unexpectedly, within less than half a year of entering Great Xia, he encountered a Celestial Concealnt!
Only a hermit who steps into the Innate Realm is qualified to beco a Celestial Concealnt.
Even among the Dongyi Race, the number of Celestial Concealnts is extrely limited.
Chen Tang, Shen Zhiyuan, Su Li, and Ah Li held their weapons, standing at four corners, already surrounding the intruder in the center.
Mo Ming stood outside, waiting for the right mont to act.
Although he was in the Inner Core Realm, he was aging, and in recent years rarely engaged in combat, his battle strength far less than the four young ones like Chen Tang.
"Traitor?"
This Celestial Concealnt, even when surrounded by the four, remained expressionless, rely glancing at Ah Li not far away, lightly mumbling.
Ah Li’s skills as a hermit naturally couldn’t be concealed from this person.
Chen Tang cautioned, "Everyone be careful, this person is a Celestial Concealnt of the Dongyi Race, an Innate Expert."
Shen Zhiyuan, Su Li, and Mo Ming felt a tightening in their hearts.
Innate Expert!
The discrepancy is too vast!
A Martial Artist steps into the Fifth Grade, beginning cultivation of Inner Qi, whether advancing to the Fourth Grade Awakening or the Third Grade ridian Passage, they are constantly accumulating and settling Inner Qi.
But once stepping into the Innate Realm, it signifies the transformation of Inner Qi into Innate True Qi!
The gap between ordinary Inner Qi and Innate True Qi is as vast as the heavens and the abyss.
No matter how abundant the Inner Qi, it can’t withstand a wisp of Innate True Qi!
The Celestial Concealnt’s calm is born from the confidence of an Innate Expert.
"Being able to see through my tracks still shows so skill."
The Celestial Concealnt looked at Chen Tang not far away, his tone calm yet revealing a hint of killing intent.
Chen Tang’s sword indeed caught him off guard.
He never expected that among the few young people in this Taoist temple, there would be soone who could see through his tracks and intercept his assured killing strike with a sword!
As Chen Tang was about to speak, he suddenly noticed a blur before his eyes.
Killing intent descended!
Too fast!
Stepping into the Innate Realm ans not only a transformation in Inner Qi, but also an elevation in strength, speed, and body technique to another level.
Chen Tang, without much thought, imdiately entered the Divine Illumination State.
Under the Divine Illumination, everything around seed to slow down, Chen Tang’s perception heightened to the utmost.
Even so, he only saw a faint shadow rapidly approaching!
Chasing Shadows!
A cold light flashed, slicing Chen Tang into two.
The Celestial Concealnt was slightly stunned.
The Chen Tang under his blade was just a phantom.
"Interesting."
The Celestial Concealnt noticed that the body technique Chen Tang had just displayed was exceedingly brilliant, even showing traces of ’Floating Light and Shadow’, and even surpassing it.
Ordinarily, this young man was rely Fourth Grade, and even the most supre body technique couldn’t possibly evade his long blade.
On the other side, Chen Tang narrowly avoided the attack, his mind greatly shaken.
In reality, even in the Divine Illumination State, he was still a step too slow!
A scratch already appeared on his chest, his clothes torn.
It was fortunate that the Flood Dragon Armor shielded against the opponent’s blade, allowing him to remain unhard.
This indicates that even as he continued to dodge, evading the Celestial Concealnt’s pursuit would be difficult.
Once the Divine Illumination ti expires, he would be as good as fish on a chopping block.
He cannot keep dodging blindly.
Chen Tang’s gaze was sharp as a knife, once again charging forward with his sword.
On the battlefield, the Celestial Concealnt’s blade missed, failing to kill Chen Tang, and instead found himself beset by Shen Zhiyuan, Su Li, and Ah Li.
In his eyes, the trio’s battle strength was insignificant.
Yet he was, after all, made of flesh and blood, unable to withstand the trio’s weapons.
At most, he could kill two among them, but he would inevitably be hard by the third, an unacceptable trade-off.
Seeing he’s lost the advantage, the Celestial Concealnt had to employ his body technique, temporarily evading.
"Eternal!"
Shen Zhiyuan lightly exclaid a word, the sword edge flickering, using the sword as a brush, Qi as ink, wielding an exceedingly exquisite swordsmanship, precisely the ’Riverside Preface’!
At first, the Celestial Concealnt was dismissive of Shen Zhiyuan’s swordsmanship.
But it wasn’t long before he sensed sothing amiss.
Shen Zhiyuan’s swordsmanship wasn’t strongly aggressive, yet as the swordsmanship danced, the characters drawn in mid-air were vigorous and graceful, like iron cups and silver hooks, seemingly containing a mysterious force, condensed without dispersing!
The characters arranged in a precise sequence ford an extrely powerful combined force.
This was the inherent power of the ’Riverside Preface’ itself.
Shen Zhiyuan knew that with his swordsmanship and Inner Qi, he couldn’t possibly contend with an Innate Expert.
Hence, he fueled the ’Riverside Preface’s’ power through swordsmanship, using nurous characters to possibly restrain the Celestial Concealnt’s form, restricting his body technique!
Sure enough.
A few breaths later, the Celestial Concealnt indeed felt his body technique wasn’t as nimble as before, as if trapped by so peculiar power between his legs, difficult to break free.
Among the four, Su Li’s combat strength was the weakest.
Yet all her weapons were laced with potent toxins.
Whether the short sword in her hand or occasionally launched concealed weapons, each bore a faint fragrance, making the Celestial Concealnt wary of even being slighted by her.
Together with Chen Tang and Ah Li’s cooperation.
In the Divine Illumination State, Chen Tang executed his swordsmanship to its pinnacle, increasingly faster.
Ah Li was well-versed in a hermit’s thods, each strike tid perfectly, targeting the Celestial Concealnt’s vulnerabilities, forcing him to defend.
Though it was their first ti collaborating, the four displayed a tacit coordination, like having telepathic connections, unleashing their utmost battle strength!
Both sides clashed for over twenty moves, with the Celestial Concealnt unable to break the deadlock, unable to kill anyone, hindered and increasingly uncomfortable, stuck in a stalemate.
In truth, the current predicant was largely due to the Celestial Concealnt’s overconfidence.
Hermits excel at stealth, concealnt, assassination.
One strike to kill!
If unsuccessful, they would retreat imdiately, avoiding entanglent, seeking another opportune mont.
This individual relied on being in the Innate Realm, his cultivation far surpassing Chen Tang and the others, dismissing them, believing he could easily subdue them, not expecting to be caught instead.
Of course, there was another reason.
Though Chen Tang and the others’ Cultivation Realm didn’t match the Celestial Concealnt’s, in fact, they were among the young generation’s top talents!
Chen Tang, ranked first on the Wind and Cloud Ranking.
Shen Zhiyuan, ranked second on the Wind and Cloud Ranking.
Ah Li, Third Grade ridian Passage, a whole major realm away from the Innate Realm.
Moreover, too familiar with a hermit’s thods, exceedingly threatening.
Su Li was also a Wind and Cloud Ranking prodigy, a poison expert.
Each had their strengths, mutually complenting, covering each other’s weaknesses, imdiately backing each other up when one was in danger, leaving no chance to the opponent.
The Celestial Concealnt wanting to kill would inevitably get injured himself!
This individual had reservations, unable to break the stalemate for the mont.
Under the four’s joint effort, they unleashed power surpassing their own realm!
The Celestial Concealnt beca increasingly alard as the fight continued.
If it went on like this, not only couldn’t he kill, but even finding it hard to escape unscathed.
At this mont, Chen Tang also kept a trump card unused.
He kept waiting.
Seeking the right opportunity to heavily injure the opponent!
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