The Whale in the Mountains
Chapter 558 The Difference Between Martial Artists and Cultivators
The Second Guardian let out a blood-curdling scream.
The two arms that Chen Xiao had snapped were his original arms, unlike the other four arms, which were merely formed from his power.
The body is the biggest difference between martial artists and cultivators.
The goal of cultivators is to ultimately shed their physical bodies and ascend to immortality.
The ultimate goal of martial artists is to forge an incomparably powerful physical body.
This is why cultivators develop a nascent soul and divine sense after advancing, while martial artists can only develop a spirit body or sacred body.
And this means that when the Second Guardian's arms were broken, he would definitely suffer a great loss of vitality, and his cultivation would regress by more than a little.
The Second Guardian looked at the wounds on his shoulders that were still bleeding, his eyes full of fear.
His sacred body had been tempered to be indestructible, yet Chen Xiao broke his arms with just one snap.
What kind of monster is this kid, and where did he get this strange strength?
However, just as the Second Guardian was screaming in pain, a figure appeared behind Chen Xiao like a ghost.
Whoosh—
As soon as the figure appeared, it brandished two daggers and deeply slit Chen Xiao's throat…
And this person was naturally the Fourth Guardian, who had been looking for an opportunity.
"Sorry, Second Brother, but this is really the best opportunity. Although you have been crippled, it's all worth it to avenge Third Brother!"
The Fourth Guardian said in a low voice.
When Chen Xiao's attention was on the Second Guardian, it was the best time for him to strike… and he seized the opportunity!
Seeing this scene, everyone's pupils dilated as if there had been an earthquake.
Was Chen Xiao just taken down like that?
He had exploded the Third Guardian's head and crippled the Second Guardian's arms as soon as he made a move… but was he so easily taken down by the Fourth Guardian?
It seems that the saying is true, what goes around comes around!
The Fourth Guardian breathed a long sigh of relief, but before he could finish exhaling, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
Because he had used those daggers to slit the throats of countless people, but this time, the feeling was obviously different.
Bang… Chen Xiao, whose throat he had cut, turned into a puff of white smoke in the blink of an eye.
At the same time, he suddenly felt a chill coming from behind, which made his hair stand on end.
"You think you're the only one who can turn invisible?"
A voice sounded faintly behind the Fourth Guardian, his pupils dilated rapidly, and all the hairs on his body stood on end.
Although he hadn't figured out what was going on, he realized that he had fallen into a trap.
However, it was obviously too late for him to realize this.
A large hand pinched his neck, and then, the Fourth Guardian's eyes went dark, and he lost consciousness.
And he would never recover.
Because Chen Xiao had already twisted his neck.
All of this was just a little trick by Chen Xiao.
Because in this space, his divine sense was limited and had a very small range, so when the Fourth Guardian turned invisible, he didn't know where the other party was.
But this didn't stump Chen Xiao. Although the range of his divine sense had become smaller, it was still no problem to turn his divine sense into a physical clone.
He used this clone as bait to lure the Fourth Guardian to attack, while his main body relied on the Canglan Sacred Body's ability to turn invisible and hid aside, waiting for an opportunity.
This was exactly like a mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, and the oriole didn't know that behind it… there was an eagle following!
So, the Fourth Elder, this little oriole, could only die under the eagle's claws.
All of this happened in just a few seconds, and almost no one on the scene could understand what happened.
And it must be said that this shows the gap between martial artists and cultivators.
If everyone present were cultivators, then they would definitely be able to see that Chen Xiao's clone was just transformed from his divine sense.
However, martial artists' knowledge is ultimately limited, and coupled with their stubbornness, each ancient martial arts sect is hidden in a small world, isolated from the world, which leads to their knowledge becoming worse from one generation to the next.
Their martial arts cultivation is certainly not low, but little do they know that there are many people who are more powerful than them.
The Hall Master, Elders, and Hall Masters of the Godsfall Temple were all shocked. In their eyes, Chen Xiao was almost an invincible existence!
Huangfu Yan was about to grind his back molars to pieces. From the time he was sensible, he had been a proud son of heaven. Everyone he came into contact with carefully held him up and coaxed him, making him truly feel that he was the greatest genius under heaven.
But today, a secular person whom he disdained actually displayed strength far superior to his, which made him completely unacceptable, and his worldview was about to collapse.
He began to deeply question himself… and after the questioning, there was a monstrous killing intent!
He looked at Chen Xiao with hatred, his mind in turmoil: "No matter what method we use, we must make this kid die!"
In the blink of an eye, three of the Four Guardians were gone. Although the Second Guardian was not dead, he had lost two arms and had also lost his combat power.
The First Guardian was their last hope, and their greatest hope!
The First Guardian watched helplessly as the Third and Fourth Brothers died in front of him, and the Second Brother also had his arms crippled. He was so angry that his eyes were about to burst, and he wished he could tear Chen Xiao into pieces.
At this time, Chen Xiao's gaze also turned to him.
"So, now you're the only one left. I'll give you a chance to unleash your strongest attack!"
Chen Xiao said with his hands behind his back, calm and collected.
"Boy, you will pay the price for your arrogance!"
The First Guardian said with a grin, "Originally, you had a chance to live, but unfortunately, you revealed your trump cards too early!"
"Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin!"
"Today, I will let you taste the feeling of being pierced by ten thousand swords!"
As the First Guardian spoke, the flying swords behind him also spread out. From a distance, they were dense and covered the sky.
At a rough glance, there were at least ten thousand flying swords behind the First Guardian!
"Godslaying Sword Formation! Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin! Sever!"
The First Guardian roared hoarsely, his eyeballs bulging outward, filled with bloodshot veins.
It was hatred that made his eyes red.
The dense flying swords flew towards Chen Xiao like a storm!
The sword rain enveloped Chen Xiao in all directions, with no blind spots. Waiting for him was only to have his body shattered by these ten thousand flying swords!
Tie Xue couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, "Alas, Brother Chen is truly a hero of this era, but unfortunately, he was one step short. What a pity, what a pity!"
However, facing the rain of swords all over the sky, Chen Xiao chuckled.
"My trump cards were revealed too early? You think too highly of yourself!"
"Do you think you trash are worthy of making me use my trump cards?"