Left Hand Pointing at the Moon

Chapter 25 The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind It!

The white ape, of course, wouldn't let Xu Chen take the True Spirit Fruit. Ignoring its injuries, it brandished its long staff and attacked Xu Chen.

"Roar!"

With world-destroying momentum, the long staff swept through the air. The white ape erupted at this moment.

This strike swept away all of Xu Chen's subordinates and then landed on him.

The terrifying power stirred up dust and flew everywhere in the canyon.

At this moment, the white ape revealed a human-like sinister grin.

However, before it could rejoice for long,

the situation on the battlefield changed drastically.

As the dust settled, Xu Chen stood unharmed in his spot, while the white ape's long staff had been cleanly severed by Xu Chen's blade.

"You call this strength, and you dare covet the True Spirit Fruit?"

Xu Chen, using some secret technique, had his cultivation leap to the third level of the Mortal Transformation Realm!

With a single sword strike, the already heavily injured white ape was struck again, falling to the ground.

Ignoring the fallen subordinates and the outer disciples nearby, Xu Chen reached out to pluck the ripe True Spirit Fruit.

"Hold it!"

"I want this True Spirit Fruit!"

At this moment, Xu Chuan appeared, interrupting Xu Chen's action.

Xu Chen had not expected anyone to dare stop him at this moment, let alone speak such audacious words. He wanted to see who had such courage.

The injured outer disciples, filled with a glimmer of hope, turned their gazes toward the newcomer.

But when they saw it was Xu Chuan, despair engulfed them once more.

As the top performer in the first stage of the assessment, they had all looked into Xu Chuan's background and knew his cultivation was only at the fourth level of the Qi Gathering Realm.

Yet, Xu Chen was at the third level of the Mortal Transformation Realm!

Xu Chuan had no chance of winning!

"So it's you!"

Seeing it was Xu Chuan, Xu Chen said with amusement.

He had wanted to teach Xu Chuan a lesson for a long time but had never found a suitable opportunity. He hadn't expected Xu Chuan to deliver himself to his doorstep.

"Good, very good!"

"I didn't seek you out, yet you've come to me."

"Come, let me see what you're truly capable of!"

As he spoke, Xu Chen's face turned cold.

Xu Chuan on the opposite side remained silent, but the Yuan force within him was already surging in secret.

A battle between the two was inevitable for the True Spirit Fruit.

Besides, Xu Chuan had long wanted to experience what made this "Son of Destiny" so extraordinary!

Xu Chen struck first, taking a step forward and elegantly swinging his long sword into a flourish.

"Cloud Shock!"

A beam of sword energy whistled out, carrying terrifying power as it attacked Xu Chuan.

"Impressive swordsmanship!"

Upon seeing this strike, Xu Chuan couldn't help but praise it.

For any other outer disciple, even one with equivalent cultivation, it would have been difficult to parry this attack.

But Xu Chuan showed no fear, his eyes blazing with formidable battle intent.

He had long yearned for a worthy opponent to test his mettle against.

Xu Chen, the Son of Destiny currently at the third level of the Mortal Transformation Realm, was the perfect candidate.

As the sword energy was about to hit him, Xu Chuan's expression remained calm. He then flashed, swiftly evading the energy beam and appearing beside Xu Chen.

"Blade Slash!"

The Killing God Blade met the long sword with a clang of metal, sparks flying.

In this exchange, neither gained any significant advantage.

The surrounding disciples were also struck with awe.

In their eyes, there was a vast difference in cultivation between the two. They had expected a one-sided fight, but it turned out to be an even match.

"You have some skill. No wonder you dared to show yourself!"

Xu Chen had to admit that Xu Chuan's strength exceeded his expectations, but that was all.

"It's time to end this!"

"Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate!"

Xu Chen's long sword suddenly unleashed a terrifying sword energy that shot straight into the sky, its piercing hum resounding in everyone's ears.

"Slash!"

With Xu Chen's command, the sword energy descended, heading towards Xu Chuan.

A confident smile spread across his face, as if he already saw Xu Chuan being slain by his sword.

"Well met!"

"Killing Life Saber Technique, unleash!"

Xu Chuan roared, the Great Sun Yuan force erupting from his body, transforming into a blinding golden light that enveloped him!

From afar, he appeared like a miniature Great Sun.

This was the power of the Profound Sun Art.

During battle, it transformed him into a Great Sun, burning all enemies!

Only at the ninth level of the Qi Gathering Realm could he barely employ this technique.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

Xu Chuan swung his arm, and a saber energy mixed with golden light intertwined with Xu Chen's sword energy.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Upon contact, Xu Chen's sword energy suddenly weakened, while Xu Chuan's saber energy intensified dramatically!

In the blink of an eye, the massive sword energy vanished without a trace, completely absorbed by Xu Chuan's saber energy.

In Xu Chen's astonished gaze, it continued its path towards him.

"This… how is this possible?"

Xu Chen was utterly stunned.

He had never expected his proudest sword strike to be so easily broken by Xu Chuan.

Even the Yuan force attached to his sword energy had been devoured by Xu Chuan's saber energy, bolstering his own power.

He found it difficult to accept this reality, standing frozen as the earth-shattering saber energy cleaved towards him.

"Damn it!"

By the time he regained his senses, evasion was impossible!

He couldn't block this strike!

With no other option, he crushed his mission token and instantly vanished from the eleventh floor of the trial tower.

"Xu Chuan, is it? Our contest will not end here!"

Leaving those words behind, Xu Chen fled, abandoning his subordinates on the ground.

"Hum!"

The Killing God Blade let out a hum, as if expressing its reluctance to have not felled Xu Chen.

Meanwhile, the surrounding onlookers remained in a state of stunned disbelief!

Was this person too ridiculously strong?

Was he truly an outer disciple?

They were plunged into deep doubt.

Xu Chuan ignored them and turned his gaze to the True Spirit Fruit.

Xu Chen had fled, so the True Spirit Fruit was his!

With a wave of his hand, the dozens of True Spirit Fruits from the tree fell into Xu Chuan's storage ring.

However, the heavily injured white ape was not willing to let Xu Chuan benefit so easily.

"Roar! Human, die!"

At this moment, the white ape actually spoke human words, its voice filled with rage and fierce killing intent.

Immediately after.

The white ape's mangled body rapidly swelled, its eyes burning with savage red light. Its aura surged, instantly returning to its peak.

"Not good, it's going to self-destruct!"

Xu Chuan instantly saw through the white ape's intention, his expression changing drastically as he retreated rapidly.

With the white ape's strength at its peak during its final burst, Xu Chuan wasn't confident he could survive its self-destruction unharmed.

Others not far away also recognized the white ape's intent, their faces turning ashen.

Those who could ascend to the eleventh floor did so, and those who couldn't immediately withdrew from the assessment.

In an instant, only Xu Chuan and the white ape remained in the entire canyon – one person and one beast!

Boom!

In the blink of an eye, the white ape expanded to its limit. The next moment, a violent tremor echoed through the heavens and earth, and an incredibly powerful energy storm erupted from the white ape as its center, devastating everything.

The surrounding land shattered. The True Spirit Fruit tree, which Xu Chuan had no time to take, was also ripped apart in the explosion.

And Xu Chuan, also at the epicenter of the storm, bore the brunt of the terrifying energy, instantly turning him into a bloody mess.