The Eternal Heart - Chapter 24

Chapter 24: Torrential Pear Blossom Needles

Translator: Alsey

Editor: Chrissy

On the horizon.

The old man with the white hair proudly stood in the middle of the airflow. Gale was swirling all around him as a surge of transcendental aura surpassing that of a Connective Meridian stage intimidated Honghu’s Three Fiends.

The Visceral Tempering stage was worthy of being a level higher than the Connective Meridian stage.

The old man with the white hair launched a punch from a distance and sent the leader of “Honghu’s Three Fiends” flying.

“You can actually back away with your whole body after facing this old man’s palm. It looks like you are already close to the Visceral Tempering stage, while the maturity of your [Heart Pressing Palm] is at its peak.”

A hint of a grave expression appeared on the face of the old man with the white hair.

When they crossed blows for a second just now, not only did he feel the profoundness of the Great Fiend’s Inner Breath, but what he felt even more was that the other party understood tactics at the Visceral Tempering stage rather well and had a lot of experience in how to deal with them.

It was very likely that there wasn’t that much of a discrepancy in this Great Fiend’s strength compared to someone at the Visceral Tempering stage.

“Chu Lifeng! I advise you that it’s best if you wait with your hands tied to be captured soon. Master Wu is an expert at the ‘Visceral Tempering stage’. I invited him to come here in addition to the experts present here. Even if you were given wings today, you wouldn’t be able to fly,” the Castellan, Chu Fengyun, coldly reprimanded.

When they heard this, everyone on the scene was stunned.

Castellan Chu Fengyun actually called out the Great Fiend’s name. They didn’t know the true name of Honghu’s Three Fiends until now.

What was more thought-provoking was that this Great Fiend was also surnamed Chu. Could Chu Fengyun and he have some kind of relationship?

“Hahaha… Chu Fengyun! Do you think you can exterminate me, Chu Lifeng, by inviting an expert at the Visceral Tempering stage to make a move?”

The dark-faced middle-aged man’s laughter shook the deep mountains as his Inner Breath rushed forth. He was already close to the Visceral Tempering stage.

The old man with the white hair lightly sighed as he slowly spread his arms open.

A decisive battle was about to begin.

“Old ignorant man!”

The dark-faced middle-aged man wore a sneer on his face. “The posture you have possesses the cultivation of a martial artist at the initial Visceral Tempering stage. You’re not enjoying your later years as best as you can, since you’ve come here to kill us. This really is like the God of Longevity resenting having a long life, hanging himself as a result of that.”

Once those words fell, surging frantic Inner Breath emerged prominently on the Great Fiend’s middle-aged body.

In that instant, the intensity of that Inner breath actually reached a level that was on par with the old man with the white hair.

“Visceral Tempering stage? That’s not right…”

Chen Yu realized that a crimson layer of blood patterns appeared on the black-faced middle-aged man’s skin. All of the veins on his body bulged up as he had a malevolent look on his face.

“Violent Blood Pill! You actually used this kind of medicinal pill to increase your cultivation for a brief duration!” Castellan Chu Fengyun sucked in a cold breath of air.

The Violent Blood Pill was a kind of pill medicine that had rather severe side effects. One could forcibly increase their cultivation for a brief moment after ingesting this pill. Unfortunately, there was a possibility that they would die from violent blood.

Besides, it seemed as though the individual would become weak depending on the duration of time it was used.

“Insignificant talent.”

The old man with the white hair laughed in a sarcastic manner. He leaped high up into the air and slapped the Great Fiend.

There was surely a discrepancy between the Visceral Tempering stage he activated at the last moment with the help of medication and a genuine one.

“Exterminate the Three Fiends!”

Everyone closed in on the tree stump where Honghu’s Three Fiends were at when they saw the situation.

“Attack!”

A smear of mercilessness appeared on the corner of the Great Fiend’s lips.

Chen Yu followed closely in the crowd and perceived the expressions on the Great and Second Fiends’ faces. He felt that something was faintly amiss, subconsciously slowing down.

In the instant the old man with the white hair attacked from high up in the air, strange changes occurred at once.

Whoosh!

A cylindrical shaped object appeared in the hands of the Second Fiend by his side. Numerous densely packed round holes appeared on the face of the cylinder as it emitted an eerie gas.

“This is bad! Everyone, hurry up and retreat!”

The expression on Castellan Chu Fengyun’s face abruptly changed as he cried out in alarm to put a stop to them.

Unfortunately, he was somewhat too late in doing so.

“Torrential Pear Blossom Needles!”

The Second Fiend sinisterly pressed the metal cylinder’s mechanism with a snap.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

Numerous densely packed silver needles resembling drizzling rain swept the field ahead with terrifying penetrative power.

At the very least, half of the silver needles amongst them were aimed at the old man with the white hair in mid-air.

The other half scattered toward the crowd nearby.

“Ah!”

A dozen or more bloody holes appeared on the last high-ranking military officer at the late Connective Meridian stage from the Castellan’s official residence before he fell to the ground and died.

“Fifth Uncle!”

Chen Ying’er let out a low cry. With her exquisite martial arts form and Inner Breath, she discovered that Fifth Uncle Chen, who was by her side, had fallen to the ground when she dodged and blocked the silver needles.

Clink, clink, clink!

Chen Yu circulated his [Bronze Statue Technique] as a layer of deep bronze emerged on his entire body. He circulated a pair of Bronze Arms and blocked the silver needles. This was actually the bane of this type of concealed weapon.

Naturally, he still had to activate his Inner Breath and strengthen his defense. He couldn’t let the silver needles pierce his vital parts.

Aside from him, only the old man with the white hair could ward off the Torrential Pear Blossom Needles head on amongst those present on the scene.

Whoosh!

A formless layer of Inner Breath around the body of the old man with the white hair blocked the absolute majority of silver needles.

However, there were too many silver needles, so it had a certain penetrative power toward Inner Breath. Half of the “Torrential Pear Blossom Needles” the Second Fiend used was directed at him.

When the Second Fiend used this trump card, the Third Fiend beside him didn’t stay idle either.

She was holding an odd flute in her hands. When she blew it, she launched a ray of incomparably sharp and concentrated sound waves as an attack.

The sound wave attack this time was concentrated into a single beam, aimed at the old man with white hair.

In that moment, the old man with the white hair was the first to suffer the attack of the Torrential Pear Blossom Needles, suffering the concentrated sound attack from the flute as well. Even though the latter couldn’t threaten him, it could still raise certain disturbances.

As powerful as he was at the Visceral Tempering stage, he could only deal with it in his weary state, with a few needles actually piercing him.

“Heart Pressing Palm!”

The Great Fiend’s tall and sturdy figure flashed. He arrived in front of the old man with the white hair and welcomed him with a palm in a move that was as light as a feather.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The Second Fiend put his cylinder away and assaulted the old man with the white hair in the face with a few Three-Pronged Darts, accompanied by sharp whistling sounds.

“This is bad!”

The old man with the white hair still hadn’t landed on the ground. A few needles struck him a moment ago and he still hadn’t recovered from it.

Crash!

In a moment of desperation, he forcibly circulated his Inner Breath as a formless layer of powerful air jolted those few Three-Pronged Darts away.

However, the palm, which contained the power that the Great Fiend had stored to its peak, was already in front of him. As such, the old man with the white hair could barely swat out an attack in a hurry.

Bang!

Two palms stamped together as a gale engulfed everything within a radius of several meters.

Bang!

The dark-faced middle-aged man was sent flying, but he laughed nastily while he was in mid-air.

Wah!

The old man trembled and spat out a breath of air. His face was incredibly pale.

“Ignorant old man, are you feeling better after my [Heart Pressing Palm] struck you? I cultivated my [Heart Pressing Palm] to its peak, so those at my same level of cultivation and below would definitely have their hearts shattered, much less an old rotting body like yours.”

The dark-faced middle-aged man fell to the ground and laughed nastily without end.

The old man was caught unprepared because the dark-faced middle-aged man had stored up all his energy and attacked him with that palm just now.

“You…”

A few silver needles were stuck on the body of the old man with the white hair. There were bloodstains on the corner of his mouth which flowed down along his beard.

The others on the field weren’t any better either.

Other than Chen Yu and Chen Ying’er, the Pear Blossom Needles either killed the other or injured them. Those injured fell to the ground and lost their fighting capabilities.

On Chen Clan’s end, Fifth Uncle Chen was unconscious as five or six needles had hit him.

Fortunately, Bodyguard Uncle Fang had a small shield, so he managed to dodge this calamity at the crucial moment, only sustaining some minor injuries.

“Uncle Fang, take Fifth Uncle and leave first,” Chen Yu briefed in a low voice.

Under the present circumstances, it was already very difficult for Uncle Fang and Fifth Uncle Chen to be of use anymore.

At this moment, Honghu’s Three Fiends hadn’t lost a single person all around the tree stump.

Only Castellan Chu Fengyun, and the old man, who was disastrously injured, were left from the Castellan’s end.

No one from the Mu or Wang Clan could stand up anymore.

The formidable might of that Torrential Pear Blossom was truly frightening and astonishing. Not only did it have powerful penetrative abilities, but the range of damage dealt was extraordinary as well.

“Evil villain! Even if I have to stake it all today for it to end in death, I will kill you!”

The old man had a severely grim expression on his face. He strongly suppressed the condition of his injury as a powerful Inner Breath emerged prominently on his body again.

Thump, whoosh!

The old man flashed across and got close to the dark-faced middle-aged man.

“Ignorant old man! You’re already an arrow at the end of its flight, so how are you going to fight me?”

The dark-faced middle-aged man laughed heartily.

This time, he didn’t stubbornly clash heads with the old man but rather, he took out a black metal whip and started fighting the old man from afar.

“Young heroes, thank you for your trouble in pinning down the Second and Third Fiend,” Castellan Chu Fengyun solemnly said to Chen Yu and Chen Ying’er.

Up until this moment, only Chen Yu and Chen Ying’er still came out unscathed as they still retained their complete combat strength.

“Alright.”

Chen Yu and Chen Ying’er exchanged a glance before nodding.

The two figures flashed as they closed in on the Second and Third Fiend beside the tree stump separately.

When he saw this, Castellan Chu Fengyun let out a furious roar, helping out the old man with the white hair in circling to attack the Great Fiend together.

The old man joined forces with Chu Fengyun, allowing them to immediately suppress the Great Fiend.

Unfortunately, this Great Fiend was as sly as a loach. A metal whip danced in his hands as he fought with two great experts on this mountain peak.

On the other side, Chen Ying’er and the Second Fiend were engaged in battle.

Bang, bang!

After crossing a few blows with her in close contact, the Second Fiend’s expression changed. “This girl’s martial arts cultivation is so profound.”

After all, Chen Ying’er was a sect disciple, even being an apprentice under an Elder of a sect.

Even Chen Yu could only fight Chen Ying’er by defending and prolonging the fight when engaging in open combat.

The Second Fiend soon sank into a disadvantageous position and had no choice but to lay low in combat.

“Damn it! I’ve used up all my concealed weapons…”

The Second Fiend was flustered and exasperated.

When did a little girl ever oppress him tenaciously before?

Naturally, even if he had a large number of concealed weapons, they weren’t useful either. Concealed weapons were purely suited for secret attacks. If one were to use them in open combat, there would be a great reduction in the damage they showed.

Chen Yu was the one left to deal with the last of the remaining Three Fiends.

“Tsk, tsk! Third idiot… we meet again. This time, I’m seriously going to break off your dog legs,” Chen Yu sneered and walked closer to the Third Fiend, Soul Scattering Fragrance.

“… Third idiot?!”

The Third Fiend was flustered and exasperated. When had she, one of Honghu’s Three Fiends, ever been so humiliated to her face before?

In just the time she was stumped for words, Chen Yu had already closed in on her.

Fiendish Cloud Fist!

The punch with violently surging fiendish qi and whistling Inner Breath seemed to be a vicious beast baring its fangs and brandishing its claws as it assaulted her directly in the face.

The Third Fiend couldn’t dodge in time, so she firmly received Chen Yu’s punch.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Chen Yu punched the Third Fiend to an extent where she continuously moved a few steps back and almost spat out blood.

Even if she was at the late Connective Meridian stage, she was the weakest in direct combat amongst the Three Fiends.

Besides that, Chen Yu had broken one of her arms before, so there was a steep decline in her combat strength.

Chen Yu laughed heartily. The fiendish qi on his forehead became denser as the True Fiendish Cloud Qi in his body surged up violently like it was boiling.

Bronze Punch! Fiendish Cloud Punch!

A metallic luster that resembled dark bronze appeared on Chen Yu’s fist. In addition to that, the might of the fiendish qi from the “Fiendish Cloud Boxing Technique” rose once more.

The Third Fiend only felt fear and trepidation amidst the face of disaster as that formless fiendish qi pressured her to the point where her breathing became impeded.

Wah!

The Third Fiend was seriously injured and spat out blood after she was attacked a few times in a row.

There was a distressed look of despair on her face. She unintentionally saw the Castellan’s daughter being bonded on the tree stump out of the corner of her eyes.

The Third Fiend’s eyes shone as she grabbed onto a thread of life.

Thump!

She leaped up and pressed on toward the Castellan’s daughter.

Towering Cloud Step!

Chen Yu saw through her intention. His heart throbbed powerfully as he applied force beneath his leg, utilizing his martial arts form.

In a split second, Chen Yu’s body went light as a whistling wave accompanied his body, jumping high up above the Third Fiend’s head.

But at the same time, the Third Fiend’s hand was about to grab hold of the Castellan’s daughter’s neck.

A hint of a smile that implied she had reached her goal had just appeared on her face when it froze in a flash.

Bang! Boom!

She sank into endless darkness as a heavy sound accompanied the acute pain.

“Third Younger Sister!”

The Second Fiend, the dark-faced young man not too far away, cried out in fear, yet he saw an incomparably bitter scene.