NOVEL WEB Ch. 54
Chapter 54: Finally Obtained the Bodhi Fruit!
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Ye Mingyu was momentarily stunned when he saw the change in his hair. Just as he was wondering what was happening—
Suddenly!
Ye Mingyu abruptly noticed flickering lightning appearing in all directions—above, below, front, back, left, and right!
【Is this what they call the Sea of Clouds Thunder Prison?】
A trace of fear unexpectedly rose in Ye Mingyu's heart, and he couldn’t help but swallow hard.
Immediately after—
Ye Mingyu glanced at the Purple Bronze Flying Sword hovering beside him, thinking uncertainly to himself:
【This sword of mine… I'm afraid it can't divert that much lightning, right?】
Just as Ye Mingyu was wildly speculating, Xu Zhengyang's Sea of Clouds Thunder Prison launched with full force!
Although Ye Mingyu's Purple Bronze Flying Sword had the ability to absorb lightning,
it was limited by its material—after absorbing just a few hundred bolts, it turned completely red as if freshly cast from a furnace.
But the lightning produced in the Sea of Clouds Thunder Prison far exceeded that!
Because Xu Zhengyang wasn’t idle outside either—
He continuously channeled spells from the ground, injecting more and more water vapor into the cloud sea.
At the same time, Xu Zhengyang used wind-element spells to precisely control the temperature inside the cloud, continually expanding the scale of this man-made cumulonimbus cloud!
It was precisely because of this—
Just as Ye Mingyu’s Purple Bronze Flying Sword was about to be destroyed and the thunderstorm was about to strike him—
Chen Xingyu, the Black Iron Sword Master of the Azure Peak Sword Sect, finally activated the Yin-Yang World-Breaking Pearl to retrieve Ye Mingyu from the Sunset Cloud Blessed Land!
After leaving the Sunset Cloud Blessed Land—
Ye Mingyu looked at Chen Xingyu with a face full of shame and said, “Elder Chen, I…”
“Victory and defeat are both common in the path of cultivation.”
Chen Xingyu waved his hand indifferently and said with some regret, “It’s just that this boy used up all of his Spiritual Energy to deal with you using a secret technique. Looks like— That girl from the Heavenly Profound Sect is going to pick up the bargain…”
As Chen Xingyu spoke,
Yang Hong, who had been half frozen into an ice block by Zhang Yutong, was also retrieved from the Sunset Cloud Blessed Land by Chen Qiang using the Yin-Yang World-Breaking Pearl.
……
Inside the Sunset Cloud Blessed Land—
Zhang Yutong looked with lingering fear at the gradually dissipating thunderclouds in front of her and said to Xu Zhengyang, “I have to admit, your Sea of Clouds Thunder Prison is indeed terrifying! Don’t even mention that wooden log from the Azure Peak Sword Sect— Even if my younger brother were still here, the two of us working together might not have been able to withstand such a lightning strike! However…”
At this point—
Zhang Yutong’s tone shifted, adopting the stance of a victor as she continued, “You used the Reverse Pulse Point secret technique just now, didn’t you? You used up all your Spiritual Energy to deal with Ye Mingyu. Now, I’m afraid you can’t even use your storage pouch, can you?”
“Hahaha!”
Xu Zhengyang laughed loudly upon hearing this and said, “Even without Spiritual Energy, dealing with you is as easy as turning my hand!”
“Arrogant fool!”
Zhang Yutong sneered coldly, immediately summoning over a dozen Ice Blades, weaving them into a blade web, and launching a fan-shaped assault toward Xu Zhengyang!
As she moved—
Zhang Yutong shouted hatefully at Xu Zhengyang, “That injury you dealt to my brother just now—let’s settle that debt right now!”
After performing the Reverse Pulse Point technique—
All the Spiritual Energy in Xu Zhengyang’s body had been thoroughly drained!
But fortunately, there were still thirty-five units of Spiritual Energy stored in the Jade Gourd, which could at most support Xu Zhengyang in a short-term battle.
【I must find a way to force her into close combat!】
Xu Zhengyang thought to himself.
He immediately took out a Light Body Talisman from the Jade Gourd and applied it to himself, then charged directly toward the Bodhi Tree behind him!
If this had been not long ago—
Anyone who ran toward the Bodhi Fruit Tree first would have certainly been attacked by the crowd!
But now—
Only Zhang Yutong and Xu Zhengyang remained in Green Peak Gorge. If Xu Zhengyang made a run for it, Zhang Yutong would inevitably give chase!
“You dare!”
Sure enough!
Seeing this, Zhang Yutong shouted in anger and activated her Flying Magical Artifact to pursue Xu Zhengyang!
Zhang Yutong originally intended to properly teach Xu Zhengyang a lesson, avenge her younger brother, and then retrieve the Bodhi Fruit.
But now, she had no time for any of that.
Zhang Yutong only wanted to get the Bodhi Fruit into her hands first to avoid any further complications!
……
Zhang Yutong’s Flying Magical Artifact was several times faster than Xu Zhengyang’s running speed!
Just as Zhang Yutong was about to overtake Xu Zhengyang and reach the Bodhi Tree first—
At that critical moment!
A flash of silver light streaked across—Xu Zhengyang immediately used the Spiritual Energy stored inside the Jade Gourd to activate the Silver-Scaled Battle Armor!
With the boost from the Silver-Scaled Battle Armor—
Xu Zhengyang’s martial cultivation could suddenly rival that of a Bone Cleansing Realm expert for a short period. He could even temporarily perform the third-level Sky‑Riding Steps:
Stepping Void to Command Wind!
Before the fight began, Xu Zhengyang had already recorded the flight speed of Zhang Yutong’s Flying Magical Artifact onto his AR Vision.
Because of this—
The timing of Xu Zhengyang’s move was executed to perfection!
Before Zhang Yutong had time to react, Xu Zhengyang’s body transformed into a silver afterimage and shot directly to the front of the flying vessel!
“The debt for attacking my junior brother—we haven’t settled that either!”
As Xu Zhengyang roared, the Splitting Sky Palm also launched at full force!
In an instant—
The martial qi around Xu Zhengyang’s entire body condensed into an iron-like plate and blasted toward Zhang Yutong!
Zhang Yutong looked at Xu Zhengyang in astonishment.
She simply couldn’t understand how Xu Zhengyang, with his Spiritual Energy supposedly depleted, could still soar into the air to block her.
In a panic—
Zhang Yutong erupted with the little Spiritual Energy she had left and summoned an Ice Shield over a foot thick in front of her in hopes of blocking Xu Zhengyang’s attack!
But...
Leaving aside the overwhelming force of the Splitting Sky Palm, driven by martial power nearing Bone Cleansing Realm—
Just the inertia of Zhang Yutong herself, standing atop the Flying Magical Artifact traveling at such speed, was an enormous force that couldn’t be ignored!
With both forces combined—
That foot-thick Ice Shield of Zhang Yutong shattered like glass under Xu Zhengyang’s martial qi.
Upon the first contact, Xu Zhengyang blasted it into icy debris!
The next moment—
Just as Xu Zhengyang’s Splitting Sky Palm was about to slam Zhang Yutong into a meat patty—
Zhang Youwei, the Disciplinary Hall Elder of the Heavenly Profound Sect watching from the Absolute Shadow Wall at Celestial Mechanism Peak, immediately activated the Yin-Yang World-Breaking Pearl to extract Zhang Yutong from the Sunset Cloud Blessed Land.
After Xu Zhengyang’s punch missed, he casually curled his lips and said, “I knew I wouldn’t land the hit.”
As he spoke—
Zhang Yutong’s Flying Magical Artifact, which had lost its Spiritual Energy supply, dropped to the ground in a perfect parabolic arc due to inertia.
Seeing that all his competitors in Green Peak Gorge had now exited the Sunset Cloud Blessed Land—
Xu Zhengyang let out a long sigh of relief and finally landed before the Bodhi Tree, plucking the rare Bodhi Fruit encountered only once in a millennium!
“What a treasure!”
Xu Zhengyang exclaimed, taking out a pre-prepared Jade Box from the Jade Gourd.
He placed the Bodhi Fruit inside, stuck a Sealing Talisman onto the box to preserve the fruit, and finally stored it back in the Jade Gourd.