Zhi Jian Chen Sha

Chapter 682 A Sparring Match

Now Zhang Fan was a first-grade peak Golden Core realm expert who cultivated the Way of Thunder, his speed reaching an incredible level. In a few breaths, he ascended thousands of meters into the sky.

He looked down at Xue Jing, who was as small as an ant below, and a smile curved his lips. Such speed far surpassed that of ordinary Nascent Soul realm cultivators, not only greatly increasing his combat power but also elevating his survivability to a terrifying degree.

Then, Zhang Fan transformed into a bolt of lightning once more, charging straight into the heavens, piercing Earth's atmosphere and arriving in outer space.

After cultivating two first-grade peak Golden Cores, Zhang Fan found it somewhat difficult to estimate his own combat power. For caution's sake, he felt it more appropriate to spar with Xue Jing in outer space.

Several minutes after Zhang Fan reached outer space, Xue Jing finally arrived, looking at Zhang Fan standing alone in the void, his posture upright like a peerless divine sword. Occasionally, thunder would boom in his mind, causing Xue Jing's will to momentarily blur.

"Hoo!"

Xue Jing's powerful spiritual sense power emanated outwards, resisting this wave of spiritual erosion. After his will cleared, he broke out in a cold sweat all over.

"Such a strange Dao technique."

Two astonishing Great Dao powers lingered in his mind, capable of affecting his will.

Xue Jing was secretly shocked. Before the fight even began, he vaguely sensed that this sparring match would likely not be as easy as he imagined.

"Come, let me see how far you have cultivated your Sea of Blood Dao."

Zhang Fan looked at Xue Jing not far away and transmitted his thoughts.

Xue Jing nodded with a solemn expression, a faint mist of blood surrounding his body.

"Sea of Blood Domain!"

Xue Jing softly chanted, and the blood mist rapidly spread like ripples on water, forming a Sea of Blood Domain that enveloped Zhang Fan.

After forming a Nascent Soul, a cultivator's domain power would greatly increase. Nascent Soul realm cultivators could fully integrate the Dao they comprehended into their domain, which could be called a Dao Domain.

"For a cultivator who has formed a Golden Nascent Soul, this Dao Domain is indeed extraordinary."

Feeling the powerful restraining force on his body, Zhang Fan couldn't help but inwardly praise. Under such a powerful domain, an ordinary Golden Core realm cultivator would have no power to resist.

"Kill!"

Xue Jing held a massive blood axe, transforming into a streak of bloody light as he attacked Zhang Fan. He did not believe that his domain alone could completely restrain Zhang Fan.

"Disintegration Domain!"

"Endless Sword Domain!"

"Heavenly Thunder Domain!"

Zhang Fan's body remained motionless, but the instant Xue Jing moved, an incredibly powerful domain force, centered on Zhang Fan, continuously spread outwards.

The Sea of Blood Domain, which originally spanned tens of kilometers, under the effect of these three domain forces, began to disintegrate like a fault in the earth.

The Disintegration Domain was born from Zhang Fan's cultivation of the Myriad Domain Suppressing God Body. After the Minor Completion of the Myriad Domain Suppressing God Body, the power of the Disintegration Domain had reached an extremely terrifying level.

The Endless Sword Domain and the Heavenly Thunder Domain were both emanated from the first-grade peak Golden Cores and were powerful domains comparable to the Disintegration Domain.

With the combination of the three domains, even Xue Jing's Dao Domain was suppressed, its range continuously shrinking. In the end, it could only maintain a scope of a few dozen feet, enclosing himself within it to resist the influence of the three domains.

While Xue Jing had mentally prepared himself for this, the immediate and severe suppression of his Dao Domain still shocked him.

"Open!"

Xue Jing clenched his blood axe with both hands, raised it above his head, and split it down with all his might.

A blood mark that appeared almost solid spread from the blood axe, tearing through the domain blocking his path, and slashing directly at Zhang Fan.

Zhang Fan casually summoned his bronze ancient sword, simultaneously activating his Thunder Golden Core. The bronze ancient sword was immediately surrounded by streaks of heavenly thunder, emitting a dazzling lightning glow!

"Go!"

With a single sweep of his hand, a sword qi mixed with heavenly thunder was unleashed, slicing through the void and colliding violently with the blood mark.

Formless ripples of energy spread out, continuously propagating through the void. Before Xue Jing could react, Zhang Fan had already transformed into a streak of lightning, arriving less than ten feet in front of him.

"Heavenly Thunder Sword!"

Combining the Way of the Sword and the Way of Thunder, Zhang Fan unleashed a fierce sword strike. With the frantic operation of his two first-grade peak Golden Cores, immense Dao power and surging magical power poured out, transforming into a colossal sword qi, laced with dazzling heavenly thunder, that pressed down on Xue Jing.

"Blood Axe Nine Forms, Blood Abyss Style!"

Xue Jing, who had been extremely cautious from the start, had already made the worst-case scenario his plan. Therefore, although Zhang Fan's sword strike was sudden and fierce, Xue Jing immediately employed a countermeasure.

The Blood Axe Nine Forms were nine axe techniques that Xue Jing created after breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm and gaining a deeper understanding of the Sea of Blood Dao, combined with his practiced ultimate arts!

The Blood Abyss Style was the move with the strongest penetration among them. With this single move, it was enough to cleave open a ten-thousand-zhang blood abyss dozens of kilometers long in the void, which would linger for a long time.

The Heavenly Thunder Sword Qi and the Blood Abyss collided violently, powerful shockwaves spreading out, forcing both of them to fly back several kilometers.

Xue Jing, relying on the power of his domain, barely managed to stop himself. He gently wiped a trace of crimson blood from the corner of his mouth, his face filled with shock.

In a pure head-on clash, he, a cultivator who had formed a Golden Nascent Soul, was fighting an evenly matched battle against a Golden Core realm cultivator.

One had to know that even peak cultivators who had condensed a first-grade peak Golden Core had little power to resist those who had formed a Golden Nascent Soul.

"My master's strength is formidable, and Xue Jing admits defeat."

Xue Jing rapidly flew from the distant void to Zhang Fan's front, cupping his fists and speaking with sincere admiration.

Although he had sustained minor injuries in the fierce collision, as an immortal blood race with pure blood, his vitality was extremely strong, and the injuries were almost negligible.

If that had been Zhang Fan's strongest attack, Xue Jing did not believe he would have lost. However, having followed Zhang Fan for these years, he had some understanding of Zhang Fan's trump cards.

Not to mention those two divine abilities that could evolve into chaotic fierce beasts, just the fact that Zhang Fan could match his high-grade Heavenly Treasure with a top-grade spirit artifact was enough for Xue Jing to concede.

Furthermore, Zhang Fan had not used his high-grade spirit treasure, the Mountain River Seal, his powerful physical strength had also not been used, and there were even some unknown trump cards he possessed.

Although he also had his own trump cards that he hadn't used, compared to Zhang Fan's, the difference was too great.

Therefore, after fighting a full blow, Xue Jing instantly understood that there was still a significant gap between him and his master. He immediately admitted defeat, not wanting to continue fighting and getting himself beaten.

"Having only just broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, and not yet having passed your first Nascent Soul tribulation, to possess such strength is very good."

Zhang Fan nodded. This time, he had sought Xue Jing for a sparring match not only to understand his own current strength but also to see what level Xue Jing's combat power had reached after breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm.

As it stood, Zhang Fan was quite satisfied. If Xue Jing were to unleash his Blood Demon True Body, his strength could still be significantly enhanced.

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