Chen Feng’s caution surged. An unprecedented sense of danger filled his mind, making his eyes narrow violently.

He made the correct response almost reflexively. He quickly retreated while raising his god artifact to defend.

Boom!

The five afterimages of the Heaven-lifting sword merged as one and struck Chen Feng’s god artifact again. The great force made Chen Feng stumble backwards. The attack almost knocked the high quality god artifact out of his hand.

Jian Chen rushed over with the Laws of the Sword wrapping around him. The Heaven-lifting sword turned into a blur, producing numerous streaks of dazzling light as he clashed violently with Chen Feng.

For a moment, rumbles rang out constantly. Fragments of sword Qi scattered everywhere inside the violent storm of energy.

In mere moments, the two of them clashed several hundred times. Even the space there became filled with chaotic storms of energy.

Chen Feng only possessed a single high quality god artifact, which was the mallet in his hand. Clashing with Jian Chen had already ruined his medium quality god artifact armour. It was covered in sword slashes and his blood that radiated with great energy.

On the other hand, Jian Chen’s Divine Armour of Heavenflight had also received some attacks. A few marks had appeared.

However, that was all they were, marks. As a high quality god artifact of impressive grade, the Divine Armour of Heavenflight was very sturdy. It could not be damaged by any early Immortal Exalt.

Let alone early Immortal Exalts, even peak mid Immortal Exalts would struggle to inflict any realistic damage to the Divine Armour of Heavenflight.

On the surface, Jian Chen seemed unscathed, but in reality, he had been shaken up slightly, except these injuries were no different from scratches to him.

“You’re too weak. If this is all the strength that you possess, then you won’t be able to last very long against me at all.” Jian Chen stood with his sword. He radiated with fighting spirit as he stared at Chen Feng coldly.

There was still a distinction between strong and weak among First Heavenly Layer Immortal Exalts. Chen Feng’s battle prowess could only be regarded as run of the mill.

He was relatively mediocre.

He was an impressive Immortal Exalt, yet an Immortal Emperor mocked him right now, which made Chen Feng burn with fury inside. However, Jian Chen had displayed startling battle prowess, which also forced him to recognise that the Immortal Emperor before him was very powerful.

Before this, he never would have imagined that a mid Immortal Emperor could face an Immortal Exalt in a direct confrontation.

“Yang Yutian, you may possess unprecedented talent but so what? You’ve offended so many peak organisations at the same time and have even provoked our Wind clan. You’re fated to die.”

“There is nothing I can do about you right now. If you’re still alive when the Skyscraping World opens up again, I’ll definitely report what happened here to the Contrary Winds Ancestor. Just you wait for the Contrary Winds Ancestor’s pursuit,” Chen Feng said angrily. He understood her temperament extremely well. She was definitely a vengeful figure.

“You think you can leave the Skyscraping World alive?” Jian Chen smiled coldly. The cold killing intent in his eyes grew heavier and heavier.

“I admit that you have the ability to contend with me, but you can’t stop me from escaping,” Chen Feng said proudly. He had already made up his mind about retreating. He did not want to fight Jian Chen any longer.

He had also noticed that Jian Chen was completely unscathed despite withstanding many of his attacks. It made him think of a rumour. He knew that if they kept fighting, Jian Chen would outlast him in the end.

“Thousand Soul Demon Exalt, seal off this area. Don’t let this person escape,” Jian Chen said suddenly.

As soon as he said that, an extremely burly figure appeared out of nowhere. He radiated with demon Qi.

It was the Thousand Soul Demon Exalt!

After these years of recovery and being “fed” by Jian Chen several times, the Thousand Soul Demon Exalt’s strength was rapidly recovering. Despite not returning to his peak condition of the Fourth Heavenly Layer yet, he had still reached the peak of the Third Heavenly Layer.

“W-who are you? There’s no one like you among the Immortal Exalts who entered the Skyscraping World this time.” Looking at the Thousand Soul Demon Exalt who had appeared out of nowhere, Chen Feng was greatly startled. When he sensed the powerful pressure from him, his face immediately became extremely ugly.

But shortly afterwards, he realised something. His heart shook violently as his gaze towards Jian Chen changed dramatically. It was replaced by burning greed and interest.

At the same time, there were even undisguised signs of madness.

“S-so you’re actually even hiding such a terrifying treasure on you!” Chen Feng’s voice trembled, perhaps out of excitement or even fear.

“Sect master, just leave someone as insignificant as him to me,” said the Thousand Soul Demon Exalt. When his eyes that flickered with pitch-black flames turned towards Chen Feng, Chen Feng’s heart immediately tightened. All he felt was invisible pressure from all sides. His entire body and even his soul was about to be frozen.

Chen Feng quivered inside. His burning greed directly turned to ice. He had never been so stern before.

Only now did he realise a severe problem. Despite discovering that Yang Yutian was hiding a startling secret, he also had to face the threat of a Third Heavenly Layer Immortal Exalt.

“No need. You only need to seal off the surroundings and prevent him from escaping. I’ll personally deal with this person.” Jian Chen said emotionlessly. His eyes were cold. The killing intent he gave off made the surrounding temperature plummet.

In the past, an Immortal Exalt ancestor of the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens had died by the Mistress of Contrary Winds’ hand. Now, it was time for him to collect this blood debt bit by bit.

The Thousand Soul Demon Exalt’s figure had already vanished. He turned into a dense, black mist that pervaded the surroundings, fading in and out of view.

Meanwhile, when Chen Feng heard that Jian Chen would deal with him personally, he beamed with joy inside. He thought, “What an idiot. If you got that Third Heavenly Layer Immortal Exalt to take action, I definitely could not last for long, but you’re actually confident enough to think that you can kill me as a mid Immortal Emperor. I only need to buy some time. Before long, other Immortal Exalts will definitely pass by this place.”

Thinking up to there, Chen Feng immediately eased up.

But at this moment, extremely powerful sword intent suddenly appeared. Just the presence alone gave off a paramount bearing that could dominate the world. It also made the thick spiritual Qi in the surroundings thin out as if it had been obliterated by the sword intent.

Two finger-sized strands of sword Qi appeared over Jian Chen’s head, shining with blinding light. They dyed the entire space snow-white.

In order to kill Chen Feng as quickly as possible, Jian Chen used two strands of Profound Sword Qi without hesitation!

“W-what is that…” Chen Feng’s eyes narrowed violently. He felt a tremendous threat. He immediately raised a barrier of energy as quickly as he could.

In the next moment, the two strands of sword Qi pierced the air simultaneously. They surpassed time and space, overcoming all obstructions and arriving before Chen Feng’s forehead instantly and plunging into his soul.

“Argh!” Chen Feng shook violently and howled out in pain.

His soul had endured two strands of Profound Sword Qi at the same time. It felt like his soul was being sliced apart by a knife. It was nowhere near enough to be lethal, but it was definitely excruciating.

Most importantly, his soul was affected, which made him temporarily blank out. His vision also plunged into temporary darkness, almost cutting his senses off from the outside world.

He could recover in just a few seconds, but even a moment’s lapse in attention in the middle of a battle could determine the outcome, let alone a few seconds.

“Five Superimposition Sword!”

At the same time, Jian Chen had already arrived before Chen Feng silently. The Heaven-lifting sword in his hands thrust towards Chen Feng’s forehead with a series of afterimages and surging sword Qi.