Chapter 413: Chapter 146: The Might of Thunder, Awing the Heroes with One Punch and One Saber; Fusion of the Nine Tribulations Blood Prison Saber and the Twelve True Forms Fist

"Next."

Chu Fan’s voice echoed across the deathly silent Martial Arts Arena.

The arrogant, disdainful, and amused expressions on the faces of the disciples from the various sects, who had come to provoke him, all froze, as if an invisible hand were choking them.

The next moment, cheers erupted like a volcano that had been building pressure!

"Senior Brother Chu! Senior Brother Chu! Senior Brother Chu!"

The Seven Stars Gang disciples were all red-faced, pumping their fists and shouting, each wave of cheers louder than the last.

The Seven Stars Gang had just moved to Qing Province and had intended to keep a low profile. They never expected the local gangs to come looking for trouble so quickly, and everyone had been bottling up their frustration for some time.

Now, Chu Fan’s domineering punch had not only defeated his opponent but also completely swept away the gloom that had settled in their hearts!

Gang Leader Cao Feng, along with the two Guardians, Chen Xuan and Wang Kaishan, had long anticipated this outcome. But seeing Chu Fan powerfully crush Ling Ruoshui with their own eyes, they still couldn’t help but reveal smiles of delight and relief.

Cao Feng stroked his short beard and cupped his hands toward the ashen-faced Hall Master of the Celestial Wolf Gang and the others opposite him.

His voice was resonant, carrying an unconcealable hint of smugness. "Young people can be a bit heavy-handed. I hope you’ll understand. Please, forgive the display, haha!"

Understand?

Forgive?

The elders from the troublemaking gangs, like the Celestial Wolf Gang and the Celestial Blade Pavilion, looked absolutely ghastly. Their faces, alternating between green and red, made it seem as if they had just been slapped in public.

Before Chu Fan arrived in Qing Province City, his reputation had already spread throughout it.

At Cyan Yang City, he had used his Spirit Awakening Realm cultivation to thwart the Moon Worship Sect’s grand plan and turn the tide.

While only in the early Spirit Awakening Realm, he had slain a Divine Power Realm expert...

But who would believe it?

It was a complete joke!

They had all decided that in the Cyan Yang City affair, Chu Fan might have played some insignificant role.

The one who had truly defeated the Moon Worship Sect and slain the Divine Power Realm expert must have been Demon Suppression Envoy Yue Mankong!

Hadn’t the storytellers said as much?

That Demon Suppression Envoy Lord Yue Mankong’s paperman clone was attached to Chu Fan!

For a brat at the Second Heaven of the Spirit Awakening Realm to defeat someone at the Third Heaven using powerful Martial Arts or a Magical Treasure was still within the realm of reason.

To kill someone at the Fourth Heaven of the Spirit Awakening Realm, however, was nigh impossible.

As for slaying a Divine Power Realm expert?

That was absolutely impossible!

That was why they had come together today, to have their most outstanding young disciples challenge Chu Fan.

Their goal was to use this "undeserving" lucky boy as a stepping stone, while also dampening the Seven Stars Gang’s spirit and showing the newcomers just how deep the waters ran in Qing Province City.

They never would have expected this Chu Fan to actually be as unreasonably strong as the rumors claimed!

The moment he acted, he defeated his opponent with casual ease, instantly putting these few sects in an awkward, untenable position!

Of course, they had disciples stronger than Ling Ruoshui among them.

But those people were all much older than Chu Fan, some nearly thirty.

In the path of cultivation, a few years’ difference was a world of difference.

Sending a late-stage Spirit Awakening Realm cultivator who was nearly thirty to fight an eighteen-year-old boy would make them the laughingstock of Qing Province and cause them to lose all face, even if they won!

’What were they to do?’

Just as this group of people, their faces grim, found themselves in a predicament with no easy way out...

Among the young disciples who had previously vied with Ling Ruoshui to be the first to fight, a sturdy, stoic-faced young man carrying a sheathed long saber stepped out from the crowd.

"It’s Zhan Fei of the Celestial Blade Pavilion!"

"He’s actually going to fight? They say his saber is as fast as lightning! He’s a tough character who can fight above his level!"

"Fourth Heaven of the Spirit Awakening Realm, and a disciple the Celestial Blade Pavilion is heavily investing in for this generation!"

"Chu Fan is only in the early Spirit Awakening Realm. I heard he just broke through not long ago. For Zhan Fei, a Fourth Heaven Spirit Awakening Realm expert, to step up... isn’t that a bit too much like bullying?"

"What do you mean, bullying? This is to suppress the Seven Stars Gang’s arrogance! And to make Chu Fan understand that there’s always someone better out there!"

Amid the discussions, everyone’s gaze focused on the young man named Zhan Fei.

Seeing this, the elders of the various gangs nodded slightly, a sliver of hope rekindling in their eyes.

They had long heard of Zhan Fei’s saber skills and were certain he could suppress Chu Fan’s arrogance.

Zhan Fei strode forward and stopped about ten feet in front of Chu Fan.

His gaze was as sharp as a blade as it fell upon Chu Fan. He gave a slight nod, which served as his salute.

Then, he slowly drew the long saber from its sheath, the blade radiating a chilling Cold Qi.

The blade was long and narrow, and a faint light seemed to shimmer along its surface.

"Zhan Fei of the Celestial Blade Pavilion." Zhan Fei’s voice was low, yet sharp as a blade’s edge. "Where is your saber?"

Expressionless, Chu Fan simply reached back and gripped the hilt of the Thunder Blade on his back.

SHING!

The saber was unsheathed.

The body of the saber was dazzlingly bright, exuding the same cold, sharp aura as its master.

Zhan Fei’s gaze hardened. He said in a deep voice, "I’ve heard that the Seven Stars Gang’s Ninefold Thunder Shock Saber can merge Ninefold Blade Force, releasing it in successive waves with unfathomable power. I would like to experience it for myself."

He flicked his wrist, and the saber’s edge trembled with a faint hum. "My Celestial Blade Pavilion’s saber arts are known for their speed. I wonder if your Seven Stars Gang’s ’heavy saber’ can even be brought to bear against my ’fast saber’?"

Before his voice had even faded, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes, and he shot forward like an arrow released from its bow!

He was so fast that he left a faint residual image in his wake!

The long saber in his hand transformed into a bolt of white light, tearing through the air with a piercing shriek as it slashed wildly at Chu Fan’s neck!

"So fast!"

A wave of gasps rippled through the crowd, and the hearts of many Seven Stars Gang disciples leaped into their throats.

But faced with this thunderously fast strike, Chu Fan seemed frozen in shock, standing rooted to the spot without moving.

Just as the light of the saber was about to touch his body—

SWISH!

A brighter, faster, colder flash of saber light, like a sudden bolt of lightning in the dead of night, struck first despite being launched second!

No one saw how Chu Fan drew his saber. They didn’t even hear the clash of metal on metal.

All the crowd saw was a blur, and then the two figures had already brushed past each other.

CLANG!

The long saber that radiated Cold Qi fell limply from Zhan Fei’s hand, landing on the ground with a crisp sound.