Cultivation starts from simplifying the exercises

Chapter 2219 Defying Heaven

"Boom!"

Centered on the point of collision between the two, the core area of ​​the martial arts arena, spanning over a hundred miles, was instantly filled with countless crisscrossing, enormous cracks, like a shattered mirror.

Then, these cracks suddenly collapsed and shattered inwards.

The outer void was completely pierced.

It revealed the relatively stable, yet turbulent, shallow void behind it.

Chen Fei's Returning to the Void Dharma Form and Cheng Jing's Void Dharma Form were thus placed in a broken void background, with the array base of the martial arts arena beneath their feet, and deep, dark shallow void above and all around them.

The raging void energy continuously assaulted the two Dharma forms, but was easily repelled and annihilated by the power on their bodies.

"kill!"

Almost the instant they fell into the shallow void, the two Dharma forms moved again.

Cheng Jing's Void Dharma Form combines the Hundred Flowers Battle Technique with the Dao of Space to the extreme. His spear strikes are like dragons, swift and unpredictable. Each strike is accompanied by the blooming and withering of illusory flowers, causing ripples in space and forming layers upon layers of spear shadows and spatial barriers.

They targeted the vital points of Chen Fei's Void Dharma Form, especially the key point where the Dao Domain and the Dharma were combined, attempting to find an opening to shake the Dao Domain.

Chen Fei's Guixu Dharma Form, on the other hand, is as stable as a rock, responding to all changes with immutability.

The chaotic halberd in his hand moved slowly, yet it always managed to accurately deflect Cheng Jing's cunning and ruthless spear attacks.

The halberd technique was expansive and powerful, with each strike containing immense power of the void and spatial-temporal vibrations. It not only blocked attacks but also continuously eroded and annihilated the spatial power and Daoist essence contained in Cheng Jing's spear techniques.

What alarmed Cheng Jing even more was that Chen Fei's Dao Domain seemed to be perfectly integrated with the Dharma Image. All her attacks were weakened and delayed by the power of the Dao Domain before they even touched the Dharma Image, greatly reducing their power.

It's impossible to directly touch the Dharma body, let alone shake the core of that Dao domain.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

Two colossal beings engaged in a fierce close-quarters battle in this shattered, shallow void.

The shadows of spears and the light of halberds crisscrossed, and the Daoist charm of withering flowers and returning to the void collided and annihilated each other, stirring up the surrounding void energy into chaos.

Each collision triggered a small-scale spatial collapse and energy storm, creating an extremely terrifying scene.

Cheng Jing grew increasingly alarmed as the fight progressed. She had pushed the Hundred Flowers Battle Technique and the Void Spear Technique to their limits, her spear techniques were unpredictable, and her use of spatial power was exquisite, yet she was still unable to break through Chen Fei's seemingly simple defense.

The opponent's halberd technique seemed to be able to predict all her attack routes, and that Dao domain was like a bottomless pit, constantly devouring and eroding her power.

Ten moves had passed, and she couldn't even shake Chen Fei's Dao Domain, let alone make his Dharma Form retreat a single step.

In contrast, Chen Fei's Chaos Halberd carried a terrifyingly heavy force with each swing, causing her ethereal avatar's arm to go numb and the illusory flower patterns on the spear to dim considerably.

In the eleventh move, Chen Fei's Returning to Nothingness Dharma Form, after parrying Cheng Jing's spear light aimed straight at his throat, suddenly shone with chaotic spiritual light in his eyes, and his halberd technique abruptly changed.

The Ruins of Return are shaken!

The Chaos Halberd spun at an odd angle, and the spacetime array patterns on its shaft suddenly lit up. A strange vibrational force traveled along the halberd to Cheng Jing's silver spear.

This shockwave was not a simple vibration of power, but rather contained a strange Daoist rhythm of temporal and spatial distortion and erosion, which directly affected the connection between Cheng Jing's spear technique core and his Dharma form.

Cheng Jing's expression changed as he felt an irresistible, twisting force emanating from the spear in his hand. The spear's momentum instantly became chaotic, and the illusory images of a hundred flowers on the spear dissipated in large swaths.

She groaned, trying to steady her spear, but the surging blood and qi within her body, caused by the prolonged failure to break through, could no longer be suppressed under the influence of this sudden shock, and surged violently.

The void dharma image behind Cheng Jing trembled violently, and several clearly visible huge cracks suddenly appeared on the exquisite Hundred Flowers Battle Armor on its body.

The cracks spread from the right arm holding the gun to the chest, the light quickly dimmed, and the entire image became illusory and unstable.

With his Dharma form damaged, Cheng Jing's mind was shaken, and his aura instantly weakened.

Her eyes were filled with disbelief. Her proud Void Dharma Form had actually developed cracks under the impact of the opponent's single halberd strike.

Chen Fei's strength and his grasp of the opportunity were simply terrifying.

Before she could regain her footing, Chen Fei's Void Dharma Form stepped forward, raising the Chaos Halberd in his hand once more. The halberd blade locked onto Cheng Jing, whose aura was disordered, and with an overwhelming force, it slashed down fiercely.

This strike was heavier and more domineering than any of the previous blows, clearly intended to secure victory in one fell swoop.

Cheng Jing could clearly sense that, given his current damaged state, there was absolutely no way he could withstand this fatal blow.

If you try to take the hit head-on, your Dharma image will shatter, and you will also be severely injured and defeated.

"I can't lose here. I still want to enter the Blazing Sun World. I still have a chance."

A flash of madness and determination appeared in Cheng Jing's eyes. She forcibly suppressed her surging blood and qi, and just as the Chaos Halberd was about to hit her, she suddenly slammed her back against the shallow void barrier behind her, which was already extremely unstable due to the fierce battle.

"Crack!"

The already fragile, shallow void barrier was smashed open by Cheng Jing's full power, creating a huge, dark hole.

Beyond the hole lies no longer a relatively stable shallow void, but a deep void filled with violent and chaotic energy.

Immediately afterward, under the watchful eyes of countless people, Cheng Jing's enormous ethereal avatar, along with its true form, plunged into the dark hole without hesitation.

The figure of the Void Dharma Form was instantly swallowed up by the deep darkness and disappeared without a trace.

Chen Fei's determined halberd strike slammed into the empty void, temporarily clearing away the turbulent energy currents in that area.

An eerie silence fell over the training ground.

"Cheng Jing crashed into the deep void?"

"My Dao Ancestor, has she gone mad? The deep void is a forbidden zone that even Heavenly Monarchs dare not easily set foot in."

"To avoid Chen Fei's attack, they're willing to risk their lives?"

“No, look at where she disappeared. That void hole is slowly closing, and it’s very stable. It doesn’t look like she completely lost control and fell into the void turbulence.”

"Could this not be an accident, but something she did intentionally? Is it some kind of secret method of concealment that we don't know about?"

"Using the deep void as a barrier to isolate oneself from all aura and presence?"

"If it's true, then this concealment technique is simply too heaven-defying. To hide briefly in the deep void, who among those of the same level could find him?"

"But this is too dangerous. If you are not careful, you will be torn apart by the power of the deep void, or be swept into the real void turbulence, which is a dead end that even the Heavenly Monarch cannot save you from."

"Cheng Jing is gambling, gambling that her secret technique can deceive Chen Fei, gambling that she can hold out until Chen Fei reveals a flaw."

Countless eyes were fixed on the slowly healing void, and discussions, exclamations, and doubts rose and fell.

Cheng Jing's defeat by Chen Fei was expected by most people. After all, Chen Fei was a ruthless person who rose to power by stepping on Yu Jinsheng, while Cheng Jing, though strong, had not accumulated enough experience.

But no one expected that Cheng Jing, despite being at a complete disadvantage and with his Dharma body damaged, still had such a strange and dangerous trump card hidden.

To directly vanish into the deep void and conceal oneself—such a method is unheard of.

Many cultivators, especially those who had some understanding of the Dao of Space, had solemn expressions at this moment.

They were well aware of how dangerous the deep void was; the spatial turbulence, spacetime fragments, and various unknown rule storms within it were enough to easily tear apart the Dharma form and soul of a half-step Heavenly Monarch.

The fact that Cheng Jing was able to deliberately crash into it without being immediately torn apart or swept into the turbulence demonstrates her mastery of this secret technique and her extremely precise understanding of the safe zone at the edge of the deep void.

"The Valley of a Hundred Flowers actually possesses such an exquisite technique for concealing oneself in the void?"

"But can Cheng Jing stay hidden inside forever? That kind of secret technique must consume a huge amount of energy and is extremely dangerous. She can't last long."

"It all depends on whether Chen Fei finds her first, or whether Cheng Jing can't hold on first, or whether he takes the opportunity to launch a sneak attack."

In the center of the void battlefield, Chen Fei's Returning to Nothingness Dharma Form stood quietly in the shattered shallow void.

He showed no sign of distress at Cheng Jing's disappearance; instead, his eyes, formed from chaotic mist, slowly closed.

At the center of his brow, the undying spiritual light suddenly shone with an unprecedented brilliance. The Myriad Transformations Returning to Truth Spiritual Mirror was activated to its fullest potential at this moment.

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, his divine soul seemed to split into countless forms, spreading wildly outwards from him into the shattered void in all directions.

Under the illumination of the spiritual light, the surrounding void was no longer a void of darkness and chaotic energy turbulence. In Chen Fei's perception, everything became clear and concrete, with distinct layers.

At the seemingly lifeless edge of the deep void, Chen Fei, with the ultimate insight of the Myriad Transformations Spiritual Light, detected a very subtle abnormal spatial fluctuation.

Although the fluctuation was instantly concealed, it still left a faint, almost imperceptible echo.

Chen Fei's closed eyes suddenly opened.

Without warning, the Chaos Halberd in his hand reversed backward, its blade tearing through the void and slashing fiercely at the left side behind him, at that area of ​​void where only turbulent energy flowed slowly.

"laugh!"

At the very instant the Chaos Halberd was unleashed, the empty void behind Chen Fei rippled slightly like water, and a silver spear tip, gleaming with a cold light, silently pierced out, aiming directly at the lower back of Chen Fei's Returning Void Dharma Form.

That place is a relatively weak link between the Dharma realm and the Dao realm.

Cheng Jing used a concealment technique to briefly hide at the edge of the deep void, not to escape, but to wait for an opportunity to launch a deadly sneak attack.

This shot was silent, ruthless, and cunning.

However, she was fast, but Chen Fei's halberd was even faster.

She was well hidden, but Chen Fei's insight was even deeper.

"clang!"

A metallic clang, seemingly capable of shattering one's soul, suddenly erupted in the void. The blade of the Chaos Halberd struck the silver spear tip that had just emerged from the void.

The violent energy surge instantly cleared away all the void energy within a radius of dozens of miles.

Cheng Jing's seemingly inevitable shot was blocked by Chen Fei's counterattack, which appeared to be prophetic.

The Daoist essence of withering flowers and the power of spatial penetration contained in the spear tip collided with the boundless power of returning to nothingness of the Chaos Halberd, and quickly dissolved and annihilated.

From the depths of the void, a faint, incredulous gasp of Cheng Jing echoed. She never imagined that her near-perfect concealment and ambush would be so easily detected and intercepted by the other party.

How did Chen Fei discover her? How could he possibly sense the fluctuations at the edge of the deep void?

Before she could think it through, and before she could retreat back into the deep void, the Guixu Dharma Avatar suddenly exerted force with both arms, and on the Chaos Halberd, the power of Guixu and the spacetime array patterns simultaneously erupted with dazzling light.

Chen Fei did not engage with Cheng Jing's spear tip for too long. Instead, he used the momentum of his parry to forcefully press and twist the halberd downwards.

"Boom!"

A terrifying spiral force surged wildly along the silver-white spear shaft, flowing into the depths of the void it connected to.

At the same time, the blade of the Chaos Halberd transformed into a giant axe capable of cleaving through chaos, and cleaved towards the void area protruding from Cheng Jing's spear tip.

"Crack!"

The void that was originally just rippling slightly was cleaved open by the Chaos Halberd, creating a terrifying rift.

At the edge of the inner void that had been forcibly cleaved open, a figure shrouded in faint phantom images of a hundred flowers and spatial ripples appeared, his face filled with horror—it was Cheng Jing.

Her secret technique of concealment was forcibly dug out from the depths of the void by Chen Fei's incredibly violent halberd strike.

At this moment, Cheng Jing's face was even paler than before.

Her concealment was forcibly interrupted, and Chen Fei's halberd energy invaded her body, causing her breathing to become disordered and most of the illusory flowers around her to dim, clearly indicating that she had suffered serious internal injuries.

Her gaze toward Chen Fei was filled with shock, anger, and a hint of disbelief and bewilderment.

Chen Fei gave Cheng Jing no chance to catch his breath or hide again. He stepped out in his Void Dharma Form and appeared in front of Cheng Jing, who was forced to reveal himself. He raised the Chaos Halberd in his hand once more.

The blade of the halberd pulsed with chaotic light, condensing into a miniature world of the Void, carrying a terrifying power to suppress all heavens, and slashed down at Cheng Jing, who was still unsteady on his feet.

This strike was more domineering than any of his previous attacks.

Wherever the halberd wind passed, even the surrounding raging inner void energy was forcibly pushed aside and annihilated, forming a temporary death zone.

Cheng Jing could clearly feel that the space around him was completely locked and frozen, leaving him with no way to avoid it or retreat.

If she doesn't defend herself, given her current state, her Dharma form could very well be shattered by this halberd. At that point, severe injury and defeat would be the least of her worries; she might even die on the spot.

A riot of flowers, a thousand layers of walls!

A ruthless glint flashed in Cheng Jing's eyes. She knew there was no way out now, and she could only fight back.

She frantically poured all the Yuan energy in her body into the silver-white spear in her hand. On the spear, the already dim phantom of a hundred flowers bloomed again, instantly intertwining and overlapping in front of her, transforming into a defensive wall composed of countless withered and blooming flowers.

Each flower embodies her understanding of the Dao of Space and the power of the Hundred Flowers Battle Body, layered upon each other, attempting to block this fatal blow.

"boom!"

The Chaos Halberd slammed fiercely into the barrier of a thousand flowers.

There was no stalemate, no power struggle.

The moment it made contact with the halberd blade, the seemingly incomparably thick Hundred Flowers Barrier vanished and dissipated in large swathes from the point of contact.

Wherever the power of the Void passed, the Daoist aura of withered flowers was forcibly smoothed out, and spatial fluctuations were suppressed and distorted. It held for less than a breath before the thousand-layered barriers shattered with a deafening roar. (End of Chapter)