Chapter 1167, Defeating Jin Mi

Translator: Silavin

  

“He… He…”

 

Sensing the sudden disturbance on this side, countless powerful experts’ pupils contracted simultaneously. Their gazes were all fixed upon that bottomless crater.

 

Even Jin Mi had the savage grin on his face froze solid in an instant. Within his eyes, a thick, dense shade of pure disbelief had taken up residence.

 

From within that crater, he felt something. A sensation of extreme, bone-deep danger.

 

Surely, his all-out strike just now had not failed to obliterate that brat?

 

He had borrowed the power of the Golden Flame Spirit within the Reincarnating Flame Ghost Staff in order to unleash it. Even he himself would have found it exceedingly difficult to receive such an assault head-on.

 

Moreover, he had once used this very technique in an overwhelming display of his full might, capable of even annihilating a Mid Stage Saint!

 

“How is this possible!? A mere Late Stage Martial Ancestor, how could he possibly survive a technique like that!?” Jin Mi’s expression darkened as he fixed his gaze upon the crater, and within his body, powerful Yuan Energy fluctuations surged.

 

No matter how great his disbelief, that sensation of danger still compelled Jin Mi to raise his guard.

 

*Boom!*

 

Beneath the fixed gazes of countless onlookers, a tremendous crash suddenly rang out from within that crater, and immediately, a silhouette was seen launching upward like an arrow loosed from a bow. It shot straight toward the dark-faced Jin Mi at terrifying speed.

 

In the wake of that silhouette, the very air let out a piercing sonic boom, and a wave of bone-chilling fluctuations rippled outward from within it.

 

*Hmph!*

 

Upon seeing that rapidly hurtling figure, Jin Mi’s pupils abruptly contracted, and he let out a cold snort. With a swing of his arm, the staff in his hand rapidly shrank, condensing to a size that would just barely serve as a shield to intercept that silhouette, which he positioned squarely before himself.

 

Simultaneously, from Jin Mi’s body, vigorous Yuan Energy came howling forth in a rush, pouring into the Reincarnating Flame Ghost Staff positioned before him. In an instant, brilliant radiance flowed across the surface of that staff, as though it had transformed into an indestructible shield.

 

At that moment, Qin Yichen’s silhouette had already arrived mere metres away, his robes billowing without any wind, snapping sharply. Then, he threw a punch through the air, driving it viciously toward Jin Mi, who was concealed behind what appeared to be a solid fortress of a shield.

 

*Boom!*

 

With Qin Yichen’s punch unleashed, the world trembled. His arm shook, and then, beneath the fixed gazes of countless onlookers, it slammed savagely into that iron staff-like shield.

 

*Bang!*

 

A thunderous, ear-splitting crash erupted and spread outward, causing the massive Thunderous Blessings Mountain Range to shudder and tremble. A terrifying wave of force spread outward, forming a ring of visible ripples that pulsed through the air.

 

At the point of impact, Jin Mi’s complexion abruptly turned black, and his heart was flooded with pure shock.

 

The sensation of numbness spreading through both arms told him everything he needed to know about the force behind Qin Yichen’s strike. It must be known that even in a direct clash against an ordinary Saint, he had never found himself in such a predicament.

 

Just how on earth had a Late Stage Martial Ancestor managed to accomplish this!

 

Yet what shocked Jin Mi even more was that Qin Yichen’s strike was far from over.

 

“Break!” At this moment, Qin Yichen’s eyes were utterly cold. The savage muscles across his arm writhed and flexed rapidly, and a terrifying force of extreme ferocity surged and erupted from his fist.

 

“This is bad!”

 

As that terrifying force came pouring out, Jin Mi’s complexion went pale as a sheet in an instant. His gaze turned ferociously vicious as he frantically mobilised every scrap of energy within his body, attempting to withstand this power that was overwhelming to the point of despair.

 

*Bang!*

 

Yet that terrifying force came crashing down like a tidal wave. His resistance did little. Beneath the wide, horror-stricken gazes of countless onlookers, the Reincarnating Flame Ghost Staff was blasted clean out of his grasp and sent flying.

 

*Boom!*

 

And simultaneously, the Yuan Energy defences upon Jin Mi’s body collapsed almost instantaneously, without offering even the slightest resistance.

 

Then, beneath a wave of stunned and shaken gazes, Jin Mi spat out a violent mouthful of blood, his body launching backward like a cannonball, shooting toward the distance.

 

*Bang!*

 

Finally, Jin Mi’s body slammed violently into the peak of a distant mountain, causing the very earth to shudder.

 

Simultaneously, the several powerful experts who had been accompanying Jin Mi shot wary apprehensive glances at Qin Yichen, before hastily flying off toward that direction in great haste. All traces of their earlier rampant arrogance had thoroughly vanished.

 

After a while, those several experts finally retrieved a weakly-breathing silhouette from within that mountain peak, which had been reduced to something close to rubble. Then, beneath a storm of bewildered gazes, they departed without a single moment’s hesitation, flying off into the distance at speed, as though terrified that Qin Yichen or Qing Luan might act to keep them behind.

 

With Jin Mi’s complete defeat, the entire Thunderous Blessings Mountain Range fell into complete silence. In the eyes of every powerful expert present, a thick, overwhelming shade of shock had taken hold.

 

Jin Mi had lost!?

 

That was a genius who had been effectively peerless among Martial Ancestors. Yet, he had now been thoroughly and completely defeated at the hands of some unknown, obscure brat in full view of countless witnesses!

 

Those powerful experts who had participated in the encirclement of Qin Yichen all had fear and shock clearly written across their faces. On their foreheads, faint beads of cold sweat had begun to seep through.

 

The person they had taken to be a fat slab of meat, ripe for the taking, actually possessed such terrifying strength!

 

Had they known from the start that even an existence like Jin Mi was no match for him, what courage would they possibly have had to join the encirclement against Qin Yichen?

 

Treasures were naturally enough to make one’s eyes burn with envy, but so long as one possessed enough strength, who would be tired enough of living to set their sights on him?

 

After a while, upon that mountain peak, Qin Yichen’s silhouette became clearly visible once more. When they caught sight of his figure, countless pupils contracted sharply, and wave after wave of gazes locked onto him.

 

Upon Qin Yichen’s body, no one knew when it had appeared, but there was now a chest plate of the most archaic, unadorned style imaginable. At this moment, the surface of that chest plate was crisscrossed with patterns and markings, as though it had been battered and damaged seven or eight parts out of ten, thoroughly ruined and decayed.

 

However, almost every powerful expert present understood that the reason Qin Yichen had been able to receive Jin Mi’s supposedly invincible strike, was very likely because this chest plate had played a tremendous role!

 

Which was to say, the armour that Qin Yichen wore upon his body was capable of defending against the attacks of virtually any Martial Ancestor!

 

At this realisation, no small number of them could not help but draw laboured heavy breaths. Yet, at this moment, not a single one of them dared allow even a fraction of covetous intent to show in their eyes.

 

Naturally, what none of them knew was that this chest plate had been deliberately revealed to them by Qin Yichen on purpose.

 

Although Jin Mi’s assault earlier had been formidable, it still fell somewhat short when compared to those residual divine techniques within the Dangerous Territory.

 

This was the Myriad Dao Divine Armour chest plate, which those residual divine techniques could not even scratch. How could it possibly be shaken by a mere Jin Mi possibly damage it?