Dashing Student-Chapter 1234: The Bystander Poised to Strike

Chapter 1234: Chapter 1234: The Bystander Poised to Strike

The Black Xuan Water Snake suddenly lunged forward, carrying the momentum of a swift wind, arriving in an instant.

Chen Nan had just stabilized his stance, his pupils suddenly contracting, realizing that this Black Xuan Water Snake’s strength was formidable. With a flick of his palm, the ancient Sword Chenyuan appeared in his hand, blocking in front of him.

The longsword blocked in front of him, and with a resounding "clang," the iron sword collided brutally with the snake’s hard scales, the immense force making Chen Nan involuntarily stagger backward.

Looking up, the Water Snake pursued again, opening its mouth. This time, it didn’t spew venom but a mass of black poisonous fog.

In the blink of an eye, the poisonous fog enveloped Chen Nan, and anything it touched, be it plants or dirt and stone, emitted wisps of white smoke, corroding rapidly.

Even Chen Nan felt a stinging sensation on his skin, seeming unable to resist the corrosion of the poisonous fog.

"Little snake, time to work!"

Chen Nan’s thoughts moved, summoning the King of Ten Thousand Gu, the lazy little snake appeared and similarly opened its mouth and sucked quickly, ingesting the surrounding poisonous fog into its body.

The Black Xuan Water Snake was bewildered, pausing for a moment, as if failing to understand why its poisonous fog was disappearing rapidly. Before it could finish pondering, the air around suddenly resounded with rolling thunder.

The next moment, Chen Nan appeared above the Black Xuan Water Snake’s head, Thunder Wings flashing behind him, Sword Chenyuan emitting a sharp glow, stabbing fiercely toward the snake’s head.

Another "clang," like metal clashing, the snake’s head scales blocked Sword Chenyuan’s blade, sparks flying, but the Water Snake instantly became furious.

Seeing the Water Snake about to spew poisonous fog again, Chen Nan gritted his teeth, holding the longsword like a blunt weapon, grasping it with both hands, Dragon Elephant shadows looming behind him, before smashing it down.

With a thud, before the Black Xuan Water Snake could spew poisonous fog, it was struck on the head with the sword, immediately dizzying it, even causing blood to trail from its eyes, its body heavily crashing to the ground from mid-air.

The astonishing force nearly shattered the snake’s skull!

Chen Nan immediately descended from the sky, riding on the snake’s head, deploying the Heaven Burning Technique, golden flames enveloping his body while Dragon Elephant Power gathered in his fists, his punches falling like a storm, swinging out afterimages.

The continuous sound of strikes echoed, the Black Xuan Water Snake initially resisted, then started convulsing, finally completely ceasing movement, even its head was smashed to pulp by Chen Nan.

"Whew, this damn stinking snake was really fierce." Chen Nan let out a breath, dragging the snake’s corpse to the pond, then eagerly going to pick Golden Marrow Grass.

But just then, a cold gleam shot through the air, making Chen Nan raise an eyebrow slightly, dexterously withdrawing his hand and dodging, landing by the pond’s edge.

Narrowing his eyes, he looked as a young man emerged from the other side of the pond, dressed in purple clothes embroidered with a Jiao Long pattern in gold thread.

The young man was handsome, holding a folding fan, his face filled with arrogance, eyes disdainful, yet his cultivation was unmistakably Sixth-Layer Golden Core Realm.

Even Chen Nan had his expression turn gloomy, testingly asking, "What does Your Excellency mean?"

The young man sneered, snapping his folding fan shut with a "pop," beckoning with his finger, the cold gleam that had attacked Chen Nan flew back to his side, a slender dagger emitting a faint red glow.

"Did I not make myself clear enough? The Golden Marrow Grass belongs to me, the Black Xuan Water Snake’s corpse too, and as for you, get out before you lose your life."

Chen Nan’s expression turned thoroughly grim, being robbed while pretending to be indifferent, it was simply infuriating!

"Why? Who do you think you are?"

The young man’s face instantly turned cold: "Kid, you ask who I am? I am Yi Mingzi, a disciple of Master Canglan. In these seas, you might not know others, but you cannot not know me!"

"Bullshit, what if I don’t know you?" Chen Nan’s patience ran out, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Yi Mingzi grew even angrier: "Originally I considered sparing your life for killing the Black Xuan Water Snake for me, but since you choose death yourself, don’t blame me!"

He shouted harshly, the dagger that floated beside him shot out again, bursting through the air, instantly piercing toward Chen Nan’s face.

"Clang," Chen Nan swept Sword Chenyuan, the blade fiercely striking the dagger, sparks flying, the dagger knocked away.

But when he looked up, Yi Mingzi summoned dozens of identical daggers, each dagger covered with a faint red glow, emitting a fiery aura.

"Flame Locust!" Yi Mingzi sealed with both hands, eyes sinister.

Chen Nan swung Sword Chenyuan to defend, but gradually sensed something amiss, as each dagger’s attack was remarkably powerful, even their angles very cunning.

He even felt like being besieged by dozens of people, not daring to slacken for a moment.

It’s said cultivators controlling Flying Sword Type weapons can’t possibly control too many at once, since there’s only so much Divine Soul Power, needed to maneuver the weapons, make them return, change direction, act according to one’s heart.

Controlling each weapon requires dividing part of Divine Soul Power, though sword energy doesn’t count as it doesn’t require Divine Soul Power to control.

A Sixth-Layer Golden Core Realm cultivator, even with strong Divine Soul Power, controlling dozens of weapons is the limit, and they can’t manage them all.

Yet Yi Mingzi controls over a hundred daggers simultaneously with ease, clearly mastering some Secret Technique, continuous ding dongs sounding, daggers like locusts densely shrouding Chen Nan.

Chen Nan was continuously defending, but the number of daggers was immense, a careless moment, and one dagger broke through his defense, piercing in his shoulder.

Though his physique is resilient, the dagger still penetrated half an inch, the blade’s scorching mana burned and scalded on touch, the wound even blackened, indicating poison smeared on the dagger.

"Truly despicable!"

Chen Nan gritted his teeth, the situation truly dire, unable to wield much mana, many magic couldn’t be cast, while relying on physical power to win required getting close.

Yet Yi Mingzi gave him no chance to close in, remotely controlling daggers to besiege Chen Nan, evidently preparing to wear him down.

"Damn."

Chen Nan struck a dagger away with a swipe, but instantly ten more daggers assaulted, unable to guard for long, soon pierced by several more daggers, the mana on them nearly melting his body.

Clearly, the flame used by Yi Mingzi was no ordinary fire!