Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 979: Here to Stop the Dark Tide

Seeing Chen Chuanwang coming over, Takoda and the other two realized that their situation here was exposed. They all showed extremely vigilant expressions, and subconsciously dispersed and looked around.

According to their understanding, since someone took the initiative to find them, it means that the original plan has been exposed, and the encirclers should have made arrangements. So there may be more than one person coming, and there may be more enemies lurking around.

While searching, Ian suddenly looked up and immediately saw Chao Ming circling and flying there.

He opened his hand and grabbed a stone from the air. When it fell into his palm, light flashed slightly. Then he raised his hand and pointed upwards. However, just when he was about to push the stone out, Takoda signaled him to stop.

He did not act rashly, and with this delay, Chao Ming had already flown farther. He looked around again and asked cautiously, "Mr. Semper, is there any problem?"

Takoda said earnestly in fluent Federal language: "All things have spirits. If it's not for hunting food, there's no need to kill them at will."

Ian looked at him in surprise. In this situation, such words made him feel a little unbelievable. However, the situation of fighters is very complicated, because of the existence of oaths, everyone has them. Sometimes, what you think is natural may be a taboo to others.

Considering that they still needed to fight together, he didn't want to cause internal conflicts first, so he didn't insist. However, he reminded them in the Federal language with a Volo Peninsula accent:
"That might be a combat creature deployed by the other side."

Takoda said: "I know, but it's not a threat to us yet. There's no need to waste energy."

He stared at the figure coming over, "There is no one else around, only him. This person is not simple. Let's focus our energy on him."

At this moment, Chen Chuan was walking towards them step by step, holding the Xuejun Knife. He walked neither fast nor slow. The night sea breeze blew past, lifting his coat and his red scarf. There was only a red mark between his eyebrows on the jade mask he wore.

With every step he took, a ripple appeared on the surface of the sea, which continued to spread outward after he passed, forming a long trail.

At first the three people opposite didn't think anything was wrong, but as he got closer, they actually felt a strong sense of oppression, and their muscles tensed up unconsciously.

It was not the opponent's field that was emitting to them, but the opponent's pace, the rhythm of the body, and the confidence and composure that had been tempered through countless life-and-death battles. When everything was combined, it gave them a very intuitive message.

It just so happened that these three people were all experienced in combat, so they could sense the danger of the people coming from the opposite side. For a moment, they felt like they were facing a formidable enemy and responded accordingly.

Fengjian Yinghu quickly grasped the hilt of the long sword and let one end drag on the ground. Then, a light green spiritual fire was released from his body. The aura was so vague and ethereal that it could not be seen even at night without careful observation.

Originally he was just on guard and concentrating, but as Chen Chuan approached, he felt a growing sense of danger. In order to fight against this pressure, he had no choice but to guide the external appearance. With a change of mind, his body transformed and instantly grew to a height of seven or eight meters.

At this moment, he had curved ghost horns growing on his head, his face was ferocious, as if he was wearing a ghost mask, his eyes emitted a captivating cold light, and the alienated tissue emerging from his body outlined a set of armor of a foreign high-ranking warrior, and the originally long and narrow blade had now become just right in the hand.

This is the "Xutian Ghost". According to foreign legends, strong and evil people are unwilling to go to the underworld after death, and will continue to wreak havoc on the human world. The Xutian Ghost is a ghost sent by the Zen temple, and is specifically responsible for searching for and devouring these wandering evil souls.

On the other side, Ian first crossed his arms, then slowly pushed forward with one palm to form a vertical hand knife, and the other hand was pushed at the bend of the forearm. His feet were slightly apart, his knees were bent, and his center of gravity was pressed downward.

His expression suddenly became extremely solemn, and this posture had a strong sense of religious ritual. When he did this, a huge transparent figure vaguely appeared behind him, but it was not himself, but a Zen master with his eyes lowered, holding some kind of hand seal.

The new entanglement flow comes from the inheritance of Huining Temple, a branch of Zen Buddhism. Even though it has long become an independent branch, it still carries some traces of the old religion. The spiritual image behind it has formed the shape of great Zen, with wisps of orange-red flames floating up.

Takoda did not make any special moves. He just took off his hat, knelt down and said a prayer, then stood up again, reached behind his waist, and took out two battle axes. After turning them around in his hand, he held them in his palm.

The waves were surging on the sea, and in just a moment, Chen Chuan had already stepped onto the shore. He did not stop, but continued to walk towards the three people in his original posture, without even changing his pace during the process.

This gesture made the three people's hearts alarm bells ring. When he stepped into the safe distance of the three people without hesitation, Ian, who was standing in the front, took the first step.

He shouted loudly, and stood still, with an even more pious expression on his face. The spirit outside of him suddenly leaned forward, and a huge hand pressed forward. At this moment, the originally illusory palm became as dense and warm as jade, and the lines on it became clearly discernible, and wisps of light golden flames floated from the edge of the palm.

Chen Chuan looked up at the sky. He did not dodge, nor did he use the Xuejun Sword in his hand. Instead, he punched the hand in the face. As he made this move, a ball of platinum-colored light instantly hit the huge palm.

In the pitch-black night, the light from the collision between the two sides instantly illuminated the area.

Ian put a lot of force into this punch. One advantage of the External Form is that even if it suffers a little damage, there is no need to worry about endangering the main body, and the attack power is higher than the main body, so he can usually attack with confidence.

If the opponent makes a mistake in responding, then his subsequent attack will follow. If the opponent's strength is beyond imagination, I believe the two people behind him will not turn a blind eye, because their interests are now the same.

However, the moment his fists touched, he found something wrong. The spiritual fire on his palms was quickly melted and disintegrated. Generally speaking, the spiritual fire could only reach this level if the opponent's spiritual fire was extremely solid and powerful, or even a whole level beyond his.

At this moment, he had no time to investigate further and immediately prepared himself to face the onslaught. Sure enough, as the spiritual fire on his palm was consumed, a strong force suddenly rushed up.

His outer arm became ethereal under this impact, and it seemed that it would break apart in the next moment. However, as other spiritual fires on the outer arm flowed and replenished, circles of defense chains were formed, which continuously offset and dissolved the power.

The new entanglement style of moves pays great attention to the changes in the weight of the front and back, and emphasizes layer by layer of defense and survival at every joint. Breaking one place does not mean breaking everywhere. If it is just this kind of simple force impact, even if the opponent's strength is several times that of his, he has a way to deal with it.

But before this powerful force completely dissipated, another force rushed up, more violent than the previous one.

"Second stage strength..."

Ian's expression remained unchanged. As an experienced fighter, he had studied all kinds of strength and had ways to deal with all possible strength. He formed a strange hand seal with his body, and the rushing force was actually pulled by a strange force and dispersed throughout the body of the spirit. At the same time, subsequent spiritual fire continued to surge up to resist the opponent's attack.

But at this time, another force rushed in, and it was stronger than before.

His eyes widened. Three levels of strength? No! This is... there's more?!

At this moment, he only felt waves of power pouring into his body from the opposite side, and the spiritual fire was like the mighty waves on the seashore, surging up one after another.

What Chen Chuan was using at this moment was the same technique that Taru had used at the beginning, except that the latter used stick techniques to connect the two levels of power to form a continuous force, while he was now using the power of the Great Sky to connect them, and also exerted a similar force, but even more powerful.

But what appears to the outside world is a real punch!
In an instant, the spiritual fire on Ian Zen's body quickly weakened. First, a few cracks appeared on the palm of his hand that touched his fist, and then this trend spread upward along his arm. The huge body also produced a sense of uncertainty, and finally, as if it could no longer bear it, it expanded outwards for a moment, and suddenly collapsed with a bang, and dissipated into scattered mist.

The destruction of the outer appearance was also a blow to Ian's true body, because the outer appearance was also a part of himself. In addition, a large amount of spiritual fire was melted, and he couldn't help but stagnate for a short time.

Then, the reflection of Chen Chuan suddenly appeared in his eyes. He had already rushed to him, with his five fingers clenched into fists, which were emitting surging platinum flames, and was now attacking him.

However, his body was stiff for a moment and he was unable to move. Even if he tried his best to mobilize the spiritual fire, it was too late because there was simply no time.

There was no need for any skills when Chen Chuan rushed forward. What mattered was speed, the grasp of the opportunity, and the clear judgment of the situation.

However, just as the punch was about to hit Ian's face, a flash of knife light appeared from the side and suddenly slashed towards him!
However, Chen Chuan had no intention of changing his attack, and just when the knife was about to hit him, the red scarf around his neck fluttered, and suddenly, a woman in red with a veil emerged from mid-air, holding a goose-feather knife with a red light in her hand, which intercepted the knife light coming from the opposite side!
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(End of this chapter)