Chapter 256

Chapter 256: Complete Defeat

Black runes danced in the air as Gou Mang sat cross-legged.

A blood-red six-pointed star pattern appeared beneath him.

Ancient, hoarse chanting echoed in everyone’s ears, feeling obscure yet profoundly mysterious.

In an instant, a phantasm emerged above Gou Mang.

The specter’s hands were withered, its veins looked like green worms wriggling, its entire body shrouded in a wide black robe, and its eye sockets were deep like an abyss.

“Ancient Witch Phantasm?”

Chen Ansheng felt the ancient and eerie aura, recalling the message left by his master in the treasure.

If encountering a witch cultivator who could summon an ancestor, one must not be careless and should use the three divine treasures together to have a chance to escape.

“You all step back; I’ll decide the outcome with him!”

Chen Ansheng commanded.

After all, Ying Lan and the others were nearly useless when facing a witch cultivator.

The few of them understood the situation and advised Chen Ansheng to be extremely careful before flying off the battle platform.

This time, the true duel had begun!

Before this, no one would have expected that the person ultimately facing that witch cultivator would be Chen Ansheng.

“Namo Old Man, you really have no shame! You actually brought a witch cultivator to compete — how unfair can it be?”

Li Tai’a mocked as he glared at the somewhat pleased Immortal King Namo.

However, the Immortal King Namo was quite disdainful, stating, “If you have the ability, go find one yourself; this king isn’t stopping you.”

Nearby, Toad chimed in angrily, cursing, “You damn old rascal, I remember this. Sooner or later, I’ll settle the score with you.”

“Bring it! I’ll accompany you to the end!”

Namo glared at Toad contemptuously, showing no signs of retreat.

Toad had reached his limit today. He silently vowed that no matter what, he would find a way to regain the dignity he had lost!

As for Gu Miaoyan, she had just been shaken by Chen Ansheng’s temporal sword intent, initially thinking that this duel unexpectedly favored him.

However, that witch cultivator still had even stronger abilities.

At this moment, genuine concern arose in her heart.

“Chen Ansheng, you don’t need to fight. You’re not his opponent.”

After some consideration, Gu Miaoyan sent a voice transmission to stop Chen Ansheng from continuing the duel.

After all, with her perceptive abilities, she clearly sensed the power of the witch’s summoning technique.

Chen Ansheng replied, “I’ve already half stripped; how could I stop now?”

Gu Miaoyan was taken aback by his vulgar metaphor, but it seemed somewhat reasonable.

“Alright then, keep fighting. I have a celestial herb here. If you can win, even if you die, I can bring you back to life!”

Gu Miaoyan suddenly felt this guy concealed lots of depth, curious to see what other trump cards he had!

Chen Ansheng quickly responded, “If I don’t die, this celestial herb belongs to me; is that alright?”

Before Gu Miaoyan could reply, Gou Mang had already launched his attack.

He, encased in a powerful phantasm, actively flew over, wanting to engage Chen Ansheng up close!

“Huh?”

Chen Ansheng raised an eyebrow.

First, he activated his defensive divine treasure to its limit, covering his celestial body with a layer of visible holy white light.

“Turns out you have a divine treasure! I told you, you can’t break through my Spiritual Language Technique!”

Gou Mang exclaimed, reaching out. The phantasm from his mouth spat out a series of black runes, forming a rune battle knife that fell into Gou Mang’s hand.

“Then let’s see whether your martial arts dual cultivation is superior, or my witch’s knife dual practice is stronger!”

Swish!

Gou Mang’s figure flickered and he dashed towards Chen Ansheng like instant transmission.

At that moment, Chen Ansheng felt himself enveloped by endless witch energy; despite having defenses, his celestial soul was disturbed and it felt very uncomfortable.

“Alien Immortal Realm, activate!”

Chen Ansheng decisively unleashed the Alien Immortal Realm within him.

The entire battle platform was shrouded in a dark red sky.

“This move is good, but I’m sorry, my ancient witch techniques aren’t bound by any earthly rules. You’ve lost!”

Swish!

The rune battle knife sliced towards Chen Ansheng.

That strike seemed to consume no time at all, directly landing on Chen Ansheng’s shoulder.

Zizz…

The witch knife clashed with Chen Ansheng’s defensive light, their energies annihilating each other.

Chen Ansheng’s defense was momentarily intact, but he felt a tremendous internal shock, his figure rapidly retreating.

“Hahaha.”

Gou Mang scoffed repeatedly.

“Is that all you can do? I haven’t even used my true ancestral witch power yet!”

Suddenly, swish swish swish…

From where Gou Mang stood, sword intents surged repeatedly, piercing through over a hundred times within a single moment.

Caught off guard, the enormous black robe phantasm surrounding Gou Mang was sent into chaos by the sword intents…

Realizing, Gou Mang was filled with alarm and rage: “I almost forgot, you can reproduce sword intent! But this won’t help you win! Ancestral witch power, kill!”

Boom!

The heavens and earth shook. The black robe phantasm spewed forth a torrent of black runes, infusing them into Gou Mang’s body and blade.

In that moment, his aura surged rapidly, growing so powerful that even the Alien Immortal Realm couldn’t contain it.

Seeing the Alien Immortal Realm about to shatter.

Chen Ansheng spread his palm, and a great imperial halberd, crackling with dark red lightning, fell into his grasp.

“This aura is very strong! Good! It’s about to belong to me!”

Gou Mang’s eyes gleamed with greed, staring at the halberd.

“You? You’re not worthy!”

Chen Ansheng bellowed, and the laws of the entire world began to go awry.

“Old Black, get out here and suppress him!”

Facing that overwhelming ancestral witch aura, Chen Ansheng understood that unless he was a Celestial Immortal, he wouldn’t stand a chance.

But the alien immortal soul lying in the imperial halberd was a different matter; after this period of cultivation, even if it hadn’t restored its ability to battle with the Immortal King, it was far stronger than a common Celestial Immortal.

“By your command, Master!”

“Screech!”

A fierce howl erupted as the alien immortal, serving as the spirit of the imperial halberd, charged out.

Its black wings spread wide, stirring up surging black energy that covered the sky.

Boom!

The alien immortal formed a long spear and fiercely thrust it towards the ancestral witch phantasm.

“This… you…”

Feeling that madness akin to an Immortal King’s aura, Gou Mang was nearly scared out of his wits.

Boom!

Before he could react, the black spear collided with the ancestral witch phantasm.

Crack…

The ancestral witch phantasm exploded, scattering countless black runes, dissipating from Gou Mang’s body.

As a result, Gou Mang was severely injured, blood spurting from his mouth, and even his black robe was torn apart by the terrifying force, revealing his pale and emaciated body.

“You scoundrel! You cheated!”

Gou Mang was furious, not expecting that this kid still had such a powerful helper hidden away!

This violated the rules of the duel!

“Boom!”

At the same time, the alien immortal struck again with a spear.

Gou Mang was terrified, his body releasing witch power recklessly. “Shatter this crumbling small world, and I’ll still have a chance!”

Boom!

Several witch thunderbolts erupted, smashing the already crumbling little world into fragments.

Meanwhile, Gou Mang activated “Spatial Evasion”, causing his figure to completely vanish.

The battle platform, which had been obscured by dark red mist, suddenly cleared.

Everyone saw Chen Ansheng standing on the platform, yet Gou Mang’s figure was nowhere to be seen.

“That kid won?”

“No, he didn’t; he can’t possibly win!”

Namo could still sense Gou Mang’s aura, a smile curling at the corners of his mouth, looking composed and confident.

“One, two, three…”

Chen Ansheng silently counted in his heart while launching his attacks simultaneously.

“Sword Intent Prison!”

Swish swish swish…

Genuine Sword Damage sword intent condensed into a prison on one side of the battle platform, locking that space together.

In the next moment, Gou Mang’s figure emerged from the hidden space.

His first thought was to instantaneously escape!

“Sword Intent, Reverse Flow!”

Clang clang clang…

But the endless terrifying sword intent had already surrounded him, leaving him no retreat.

“You scoundrel! I’ll fight you to the death!”

Gou Mang cursed loudly, witch power surging within him, condensing into countless blood-colored short blades that collided and attacked against Chen Ansheng’s sword intent.

The booming sounds were incessant.

Gou Mang felt utterly exhausted, his internal witch power completely drained.

Yet that sword intent was relentless, flowing back again and again, leaving him no way to defend.

Sizzle…

Finally, Gou Mang’s pale body was marked with crimson lines from the sword intent.

Within a breath’s time, he was covered in injuries.

“Scoundrel! I can’t take this anymore; die!”

Gou Mang was on the verge of madness, disregarding everything, making a final explosive effort to attempt to take Chen Ansheng down with him.

“Gou Mang, halt!”

Namo, below the platform, cried out in alarm!

But it was too late; Gou Mang’s body suddenly exploded, unleashing a torrent of toxic witch energy.

Even the Immortal King below had to summon defenses to protect himself and his disciples.

“Here it comes!”

Chen Ansheng first reinforced his defenses and then produced a red rope, throwing it forward with great force.

This red rope was the third divine treasure, capable of binding witch souls!

“Senior Brother Fang, assist me!”

Sensing that terrifying impact, Chen Ansheng knew his defensive treasure couldn’t fully resist it, as his celestial power was far from his master’s strength, limiting the divine treasure’s effectiveness.

“Chaos True Qi, activate!”

Swish!

Earthy yellow mist swept in, gathering before Chen Ansheng to confront the witch gas.

“Pu!”

Fang Chixu was thrown back off the battle platform, spitting out a mouthful of old blood, showcasing how strong the rampaging witch power was.

Fortunately, the Chaos True Qi blocked most of the witch power, and the remaining force failed to break Chen Ansheng’s defenses.

However, a strand of special witch energy inexplicably invaded Chen Ansheng’s meridians, causing him extreme pain.

On the other side, after Gou Mang’s body exploded, his witch soul drifted, attempting to escape into the spatial passage.

However, a red rope, like a chain of chaos rules, suddenly descended, binding his witch soul tightly.

“Ah!”

Gou Mang’s witch soul screamed in agony, revealing a sound of utter despair.

“You’ve lost, utterly defeated!”

A smirk appeared on Chen Ansheng’s lips, filled with mockery.

“Hahaha.”

Gou Mang’s witch soul sneered.

“So what if I lost? You’re poisoned by the witch’s soul, no cure exists. Your celestial soul will suffer a torturous existence, living in pain, and you can’t escape!”

“Is that so?”

Chen Ansheng retracted his cold smile.

Taking out the Purification Bottle, he displayed it before Gou Mang, using the purifying energy to expel the strand of witch poison.

At that moment, Chen Ansheng couldn’t help but marvel at how powerful his master truly was, able to create such a formidable divine treasure.

“You…”

Seeing this scene, Gou Mang felt the world spin, as if he had lost everything at once.

Desperate, he still refused to give in, calling out to the Immortal King Namo below, “Master! Master, save me! I haven’t lost; this kid cheated and summoned an Immortal King-level helper to deal with me!”

With these words, the crowd, initially amazed by Chen Ansheng’s power, turned their gazes toward him, each plotting their own schemes.