463 Three Swords Break the Divine Armor

With a buzz, a stream of turbulence abruptly appeared around the forward partof the black spear, the result of the spear tip shaking so quickly that itdeformed the air. With a whistle, the sharp spear tip pierced through the turbulence. Imbuedwith an unimaginable strength and speed, it stabbed at Chen Changsheng. Truly worthy of its reputation for being sinister and harsh, Mu Laoban'sattack had actually struck out without the slightest warning and wasexceptionally strange. ‘Strange’ did not mean it was lacking in strength. Countless petals werelifted up from the ground by the Qi and rushed towards the stone steps alongwith the spear. The area in front of the Orthodox Academy was filled with pinkand white petals, blocking Chen Changsheng's vision and also blocking the viewof many spectators. The crowd only knew that the short spear was behind that sea of flowers. The petals dancing in the air were rapidly blackening, signifying that thepoison on the spear had contaminated them. In a flash, this so-called martial exhibition had become incomparablydangerous. Everyone's hearts leaped into their throats. The spear stabbed through the sky of raining petals, its strange movementscharting out a slender and speckled snake shape in the sea of flowers. Yet no matter how strange the trajectory or movement of this short spear was,it was incapable of breaking through Chen Changsheng's sword. Because it was the Stupid Sword that not even Su Li had been able tosuccessfully train in. Only a clumsy swordsman could successfully train in the world's number onedefensive sword technique. Bong! In fact, the sharp spear tip coated with poison had already struck ChenChangsheng's sword innumerable times. Back in Xunyang City, not even Painted Armor Xiao Zhang's spear had been ableto overcome this technique, let alone this spear. But the tip of this short spear was coated in a terrifying poison. Could thispoison be transferred to Chen Changsheng's body through the sword? Mu Laoban thought so. In these many years, he had been able to obtain victoryover so many opponents who were not all inferior to him precisely because asthe battle continued, the cold poison coating his spear would be carried withthe wind and scattered at random. Noiselessly, it would destroy his opponent'sweapon, and then through the weapon and even the air, it would intrude into hisopponent's heart and meridians. Ultimately, his opponents would find themselveswithout the strength to continue the match. Today, none of this would occur. Chen Changsheng's seemingly ordinary sword that just seemed a little brightactually contained the unimaginable might and energy of a dragon! How could itbe damaged by human poisons? The sword was named Stainless and it was naturally for a reason. The sword had no problems and the person would also have no problems, becausethe person was also stainless. Chen Changsheng was an expert in the medical arts. Yesterday, upon receivingthe report from the Bureau of Ecclesiastic Education, he had made theappropriate preparation. Even if he had not taken medicine beforehand, thepoison on the spear would still be incapable of injuring him in the slightest.His body had once been the dwelling of the Black Frost Dragon's spiritual soul,and it also had been bathed in that Black Frost Dragon's true blood and itsstrength now far surpassed that of a body obtained through perfectPurification. From a certain standpoint, rather than comparing his physique tothat of a powerful human, it would be better to say that it was like the bodyof an actual dragon… Unless it was a poison on the level of Nanke's Peacock Plume, how could thissupposedly highly toxic poison from Youling in the south possibly be a matchfor him? The petals rained down, the spear and sword parted, and Mu Laoban revealed hisshocked and perplexed eyes. Chen Changsheng used the Yeshi Step, transforming into an afterimage andarriving before him. With an explosive cry, Mu Laoban retreated backwards. Simultaneously, hisblack short spear pulverized countless petals. A barrier formed of pink, whiteand black appeared before him. This was his Star Domain. After the battle with Zhou Ziheng, the entire continent knew that ChenChangsheng possessed the ability to surpass cultivation levels and battle withStar Condensation cultivators. Mu Laoban did not dare to hold back. It was veryobvious that he had derived the lesson from Zhou Ziheng's battle to retreatfirmly and resolutely. Even more importantly, he had displayed his Star Domainextremely early and extremely quickly. Before Chen Changsheng had even takenout his sword, Mu Laoban had already enveloped himself in his Star Domain. He and many people continued to insist that the iron law of the cultivationworld was an iron law. Chen Changsheng had been able to break through ZhouZiheng's Star Domain in one stroke because Zhou Ziheng's mind back then hadbeen in chaos, or perhaps because Chen Changsheng's sword had been too sharp,his luck too good. He believed that his Star Domain was firmer and morepowerful than Zhou Ziheng's. Crucially, he believed that as long as he wasprepared, he would not panic. As a result, he did not believe that ChenChangsheng would be able to so easily break through his Star Domain today.However, how could he and those people that continued to cling to the so-callediron law possibly understand Su Li's genius? That it was simply impossible totie down his ingenious and profound thoughts? How could they possibly know whatthe so-called Intellectual Sword was? The Intellectual Sword truly was not a sword technique, but a method offighting. When the petals on the floor in front of the Orthodox Academy had risen up tothe sky like a waterfall in reverse, when the sinister spear had thrust throughthe rain of flowers, when Chen Changsheng had raised his sword to confront— He had already displayed his Intellectual Sword. This sword had risen up with the calculations he had performed last night, andnow it fell amidst this rain of flowers. A flash of light appeared in front of the Orthodox Academy, like a bolt oflightning. The Stainless Sword seemingly stabbed at the sky above the rain of flowers,but it ultimately pierced through a soft petal. But behind that soft petal about the size of a fingernail was Mu Laoban's eye. Just like that, Chen Changsheng had easily found the weakness of his StarDomain. The technique Chen Changsheng had used was the simplest True Sword of theOrthodoxy, but at this moment, it was the most suitable technique. The dagger pierced through the petal and stabbed at Mu Laoban's eye. In the eye appeared an expression of shock, but he did not notice it. Evendeeper within, there seemed be some other emotions. With a harsh howl, he rose up. With a soft squelch, the Dragoncry Sword plunged into his abdomen. Yet unlike the fight with Zhou Ziheng, the incomparably sharp Dragoncry Swordcould not pierce through his body, but was rather blocked by some object. Feeling the peculiar reaction from his sword, Chen Changsheng narrowed hiseyes. Mu Laoban's clothes concealed a flexible armor. The problem was, what sort of flexible armor in this world could block hissword?  He was still lacking in experience. If it were Tang Thirty-Six, he would havealready guessed that the flexible armor under Mu Laoban's clothes was one ofthe Tianhai clan's closely guarded treasures, the Six Protections Divine Armor. The Six Protections Divine Armor was a divine artifact ranked seventy-ninth onthe Tier of Legendary Weapons. It was rumored that it had been a treasure ofthe Tianliang Wangs, but was later on brought into the palace by Emperor Taizu.After that, it was said that Emperor Xian, worried that the Tianhai Empress'senemies were plotting against her in the Hundred Herb Garden, sent her thearmor to protect her. When the Empress cultivated to the Saint Realm, she nolonger needed any defensive measures, so she sent it to her father, who backthen had not yet returned to the sea of stars. From that moment on, the SixProtections Divine Armor had been stored in the Tianhai estate. Now, it wasprobably being worn by Mu Laoban. It must be said that the Tianhai truly had invested massive capital this time.No wonder Tang Thirty-Six's thick stack of silver banknotes had been unable toentice the avaricious Mu Laoban. Worthy of being one of the divine artifacts on the Tier of Legendary Weapons,the Dragoncry Sword had been unable to pierce through it one stroke. ChenChangsheng's sword technique had been halted halfway. The terror in Mu Laoban's eyes instantly transformed into a berserk killingintent. With a howl, his short spear fiercely thrust out at Chen Changsheng's throat. Even more frightening was that as his spear energy violently rose up, it wasable to swiftly reconstruct his Star Domain, trapping Chen Changsheng within. Logically, the most important technique of a Star Condensation expert was theStar Domain. It was normally absolutely impermissible to allow one's opponententrance into one's Star Domain, but the situation now was very unique. Yes, itmust be admitted that the iron law of the cultivation world was invalidatedunder Chen Changsheng's sword. So he might as well use the Star Domain to trapChen Changsheng and fight him head-on. The people that had come to challenge the Orthodox Academy in the last fewdays were all extremely well-researched on Chen Changsheng, especiallypertaining to his first match with Zhou Ziheng. Everyone could see that thesword intent he had received from Su Li was incomparably exquisite, hisswordplay enormously complex, as vast as the ocean. Although his Yeshi Step wasincomplete, it was enough to help his body move like a flash of lightning.However, Chen Changsheng had a massive weakness. He was still not fully sixteen and only a youth. He had fixed his Fated Starand begun to cultivate barely a year ago. Even if he were the reincarnation ofZhou Dufu, the amount of true essence in his body could not compare to thoseexperts that had cultivated for several decades, or even several centuries. And this was without anybody knowing that his meridians had problems, theirefficiency at outputting true essence incredibly disastrous. In brief, Chen Changsheng's greatest weakness was his lack of true essence. Yet there was one thing Mu Laoban did not know. At the same time, he had alsoforgotten a few things. In Xunyang City, Liang Wangsun had used a similar method to deal with ChenChangsheng. If Chen Changsheng was really so lacking in true essence, how wasit in the Grand Examination that he had been able to withstand the storm ofblows from Gou Hanshi? In Xunyang City, how had he been able to break throughLiang Wangsun's Star Domain? If Liang Wangsun's Star Domain could not hold, wasthere anyone at Star Condensation and below that could hold him? There were many people under the awning that believed that Chen Changshengmight lose this battle. One by one, they stood up in shock. The people in the tea house, as well as the people in those carriages quietlysitting on both ends of the street, did not think this way. They knew and wouldnot forget Chen Changsheng's feats in Xunyang City. They were keenly aware thatChen Changsheng possessed the ability to escape this trap. This battle wasstill far from over, and the winner and loser had yet to be decided. However, what happened next was something that not even they had imagined. Chen Changsheng did not choose to use the Intellectual Sword to break MuLaoban's Star Domain. He did not choose to retreat and then plan. His Stainless Sword was still pierced into Mu Laoban's abdomen, and then itcontinued forward. It was as if the idea of escaping had never been on his mind, as if he did notcare that under Mu Laoban's clothes was the Six Protections Divine Armor, adivine artifact of the Tier of Legendary Weapons. It was as if he only thoughtof victory. Crack! A blazing Qi suddenly appeared in front of the Orthodox Academy. Mu Laoban'scold and sinister Qi was like ice and snow encountering the fierce sun,instantly vanishing without a trace. The petals dancing in the air actually began to blaze, transforming into adazzling light. Mu Laoban's face was pale under the light. Surrounded by it, he could vividlysense that intense and blazing Qi…Chen Changsheng was incomparably boundless. His true essence was insufficient…this fact had turned out to be a facade. His expression abruptly shifted. Now it was filled with an absolute terror.With a terrified cry, he no longer had time to attack with his spear, insteadswiftly retreating backwards like his life depended on it. But Chen Changsheng would not give him any chance. The Stainless Sword in hishands pierced through the abdomen and emerged through the other side. The intense sword intent completely annihilated any fighting spirit Mu Laobanhad. That terrifying power directly shot him away from that sharp dagger. A muffled boom like thunder resounded through the area in front of theOrthodox Academy. Mu Laoban, a black silhouette, flew backwards several dozen zhang. The awning on the street had an array in front of it to serve as a barrier. He rammed against this array, then slumped to the ground, no longer able tostand up. The air in front of the awning faintly began to give off blue rays of light,and it was even possible to hear the sounds of tearing. Dust fell from thebeams of the awning, caking the heads and faces of those sitting below. Mu Laoban sat paralyzed on the ground, incessantly vomiting blood, his eyesbrimming with terror and shock. Just what was going on here? How could Chen Changsheng's true essence havebecome so powerful and explosive in such a short time? The people under the awning were similarly shocked to the extreme. Without anyconcern for the dust on their bodies, they stared at Chen Changsheng withmouths agape.