The Eternal Heart - Chapter 30

Chapter 30: Murderous Counterattack

Translator: Alsey

Editor: Chrissy

Above the canyon, a young man in green garments sneered as he looked down at Chen Yu, who was currently being outflanked by a group of experts.

“Chen Yu, oh Chen Yu. Your wings have been pierced today. It’ll definitely be difficult for you to flee. Your fortune and good luck will end right here!”

There was a bit of a sinister look on Wang Lingyun’s charming face.

After that battle with Chen Yu on the sect mountain that day, he was apprehensive and uneasy.

After that “Space Metal Meteorite” incident, Chen Yu’s progress was insanely quick for him. It was as if he became an entirely different person.

Wang Lingyun was certain that Chen Yu most likely had some fortune or secret.

After returning to Xiangyang City, Wang Lingyun kept taking note of and asking around about Chen Yu’s whereabouts in secret. He even schemed this assassination operation.

When he got to know that Chen Yu killed the Great Fiend by a fluke and obtained a generous bounty, Wang Lingyun became incredibly jealous and hateful.

How could he resign himself to watching the opponent he formerly suppressed leap higher and higher before his very eyes?

At this moment, at the mouth of the canyon below.

Chen Yu made the fastest reaction when faced with the intercepted attack of six great experts from his left and right side—he fled!

Whoosh!

Chen Yu became light as he launched his [Towering Cloud Step], dangerously dodging the interception of a group of experts with his unusually quick martial arts form.

Ding, chi!

There was a flying dart amongst the attack which he couldn’t dodge in time, so he used the [Bronze Statue Technique] to forcibly receive the attack.

Huh?!

Soon, Chen Yu escaped unscathed from the siege with a brilliant martial arts form. There was a hint of surprise in the eyes of the two people at the late Connective Meridian stage dressed in black heading the attack.

“When did this boy cultivate his martial arts form to such a degree? But why does this martial arts form resemble Le Feng’s [Towering Cloud Step]?”

Wang Lingyun looked quite startled above the canyon.

He had seen this kind of martial arts from Le Feng, the outer sect genius, but Chen Yu breaking the siege with such speed didn’t cause Wang Lingyun to panic.

A hint of coldness flashed across in Wang Lingyun’s eyes. “Fortunately, I already upgraded my projection towards your strength. Taste my secret weapon!”

Bang, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

Chen Yu had just fled a few meters when two rows of arrows with ample force suddenly shot out of the dense forest from both sides.

Every single one of those arrows was as thick as a thumb. They ripped the air open, accompanied by sharp and astonishing whistles.

“Armor Cleaving Arrow!”

Chen Yu’s expression finally changed. These Armor Cleaving Arrows rarely seen in armies could penetrate the steel armor cavalries wore.

Under some circumstances, this kind of Armor Cleaving Arrow was especially used to ambush experts.

However, at this moment, two rows of crossbows, making a total of twenty arrows, completely blocked off Chen Yu’s road to escape.

Regardless of how he moved, it was very difficult to dodge all of the Armor Cleaving Arrows.

Not only did the Armor Cleaving Arrow have the might of breaking armor, but it was also much faster than ordinary concealed weapons of the bow and arrow type.

Gulu!

Chen Yu rolled on the ground in a hurry as he circulated the [Bronze Statue Technique] with all his might to protect the vital parts of his body.

Ding, ding, chi!

There were still two Armour Cleaving Arrows. They pierced Chen Yu as the sensation of vigorous drilling transmitted through him, which made him feel a hint of stabbing pain.

The surface of Chen Yu’s skin was pierced as a hint of blood flowed out.

Of course, the bloodstains of that wound congealed very quickly and was currently healing at a speed one could see with their naked eye.

What powerful penetrative strength!

Chen Yu was incomparably clear about the defensive abilities of his [Bronze Statue Technique]. Naturally, his [Bronze Statue Technique] was only at the Bronze Skin level only. It would be different if he reached the higher Bronze Muscle level.

How could it be?!

Even though Wang Lingyun had a hardened expression above the canyon, he looked superbly appalled.

“This Armor Cleaving Arrow can even penetrate the thickest armor, yet it was incapable of causing much damage to Chen Yu.”

Wang Lingyun was somewhat dumbfounded for a moment.

It wasn’t that he didn’t know Chen Yu cultivated a resistive external technique beforehand. But the Armor Cleaving Arrow had a comparatively stronger restraint over this type of resistive external technique.

Wang Lingyun erred in not understanding the truth and details behind the death of “Honghu’s Three Fiends”.

What he knew was mostly second-hand information.

Those so-called “people involved” claimed that Chen Yu killed the Great Fiend because he had gained a great advantage after the Great Fiend grew weak and exhausted his strength from ingesting the “Violent Blood Pill”.

Only Castellan Chu Fengyun and Chen Ying’er genuinely understood the truth.

“Fire! Fire again!”

Wang Lingyun took a deep breath as an astonishingly severe light flashed in his eyes.

He couldn’t believe it.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

The second wave of Armor Cleaving Arrows sealed Chen Yu off after the time it took to take two breaths.

“I really will be too passive if things continue on like this. Even if I can escape, I will bear an injured body.”

Chen Yu resisted two arrows as he couldn’t help but clench his teeth.

All of a sudden, he made a decision. He flipped over like a carp and scuttled over in the opposite direction.

This grand being wasn’t going to flee anymore!

Chen Yu looked stern as he had a murderous aura around him, responding to the assaults of the six great experts behind him by attacking them.

“This boy definitely has some insane defense….”

The six great experts behind Chen Yu were incomparably apprehensive after seeing him shoulder two rounds of attacks from the Armor Cleaving Arrows.

But at this moment, that young man launched a counterattack by killing his assailants at an astonishing speed.

As such, the following attacks stopped after he withstood the third round of Armor Cleaving Arrows.

If they continued attacking him, the Armor Cleaving Arrows would accidentally injure their own people.

“Attack!”

That expert at the late Connective Meridian stage wielding the whip sneered as he took the lead in pouncing at Chen Yu.

They had already planned a response before the ambush.

If the target escaped, he would be faced with a volley of Armor Cleaving Arrows. A layer of skin would be shed even if he didn’t die.

If the target retreated, they would continue their attack from all sides.

In short, the target couldn’t escape his fate of being besieged no matter what.

“You’re the first one I’m going to kill!”

Chen Yu’s expression sank. He was just like a leopard as he closed in on the expert at the late Connective Meridian stage at the very front, who was wielding the whip.

The expert wielding the whip was very troublesome as it was very easy for Chen Yu to be restricted and controlled.

“Junior, you’re courting death!”

The expert at the late Connective Meridian stage wielding the whip smiled bitterly as he activated all of his Inner Breath and brandished out a severe gale, paired with the shadow of a whip.

Even a crack could be made on a metal board under the full force of his whip.

“Give it to me!”

Chen Yu shouted. He didn’t dodge nor hide, but rather he circulated his [Bronze Statue Technique] and poured his Inner Breath into it as he grabbed the whip with one hand.

What?

The expert wielding the whip sneered. This boy actually dared to be careless and grab ahold of his whip?

Under normal circumstances, one was courting their own disgrace if they wanted to seize their opponent’s weapon unless they were of much higher cultivation and strength.

Bang!

Chen Yu really grabbed the whip with one hand and there was a wave of scorching heat going through his hand.

Unfortunately for him, the hardest body parts in cultivating the [Bronze Statue Technique] were the palm, leg, and head, named “Bronze Fist”, “Bronze Leg”, and “Bronze Head” respectively. Due to their difficulty in cultivating, in exchange, they didn’t fear ordinary weapons.

“Come over here!” Chen Yu shouted. In the instant he grabbed the whip, he abruptly tugged it towards him.

This was bad!

The expert at the late Connective Meridian stage wielding the whip felt a tremendous surge of energy pulling his body forward, which caused him to take a few staggering steps.

He reacted rapidly and loosened the whip, but his body became weak. He couldn’t steady himself anymore.

Such a great flaw was really critical in a close-quartered fight to the death.

“Die!”

An afterimage of Chen Yu’s figure streaked across the sky. He rapidly charged and arrived in front of the other party’s body, smashing a fist into his chest.

Bang, crack!

That fiendish and tyrannical punch struck this expert at the late Connective Meridian stage immediately as his chest split open. The expert spat out blood in mid-air before he fell to the ground and died soon after.

He killed someone at the late Connective Meridian stage!

From the beginning of the confrontation, Chen Yu created an advantageous flaw, successfully killing the troublesome expert wielding the whip.

Naturally, he had to pay a certain price for that. After all, the one he was facing off against wasn’t just a single person.

Ding! Ding!

At the same time, two concealed weapon attacks struck his “Bronze Skin Physique” and cut a tiny wound open.

The greatest threat was still the full-forced attack from another expert at the late Connective Meridian stage.

“Accept your death!”

A big ice-cold wave surfaced around the spear in the hands of another expert at the late Connective Meridian stage as he poured the Inner Breath of his entire body into it while he stabbed at Chen Yu from the back.

Chen Yu had just killed the expert at the late Connective Meridian stage wielding the whip, so it was unrealistic for him to escape unscathed.

He had no choice but to activate his [Bronze Statue Technique] and use his arm to forcibly resist the stabbing his opponent made with his spear at full strength.

Plop, chi!

Chen Yu’s arm was slashed open once more, the wound being almost less than half an inch deep.

To Chen Yu, this was the first time he had been wounded the greatest ever since he cultivated the [Bronze statue Technique].

“How can this be…”

The expert at the late Connective Meridian stage wielding the spear was so shocked at the sight that he was at a loss for words.

His full-force attack, which was even a sneak attack from the back, only dealt minor injuries to his opponent.

Such a wound wasn’t major to Chen Yu’s surly physique, but this did make him a little aggravated.

He was a disciple who was established in a sect and was about to attack the inner sect, yet these secular experts had actually wounded him.

Chen Yu made a firm resolution. He definitely had to cultivate the [Bronze Statue Technique] to the Bronze Muscle level once he returned to the sect. When the time came, he could basically disregard attacks using weapons from ordinary martial artists at the Connective Meridian stage as long as they weren’t using treasured weapons.

“Get lost!”

Chen Yu waved his arm and jolted this expert at the late Connective Meridian stage wielding the spear as far as three meters away, but he didn’t continue pursuing this person.

The expert wielding the spear, that is.

Once Chen Yu was entangled in a battle with him, he would get caught up in an all-round attack from the four other experts at the middle Connective Meridian stage and get beaten up.

Whoosh, swish!

Chen Yu swayed as a ray of afterimages almost dragged out in the spot he was currently at. He dodged the attack of the concealed weapon and charged at the four other martial artists at the middle Connective Meridian stage.

At this moment, his mastery of the [Towering Cloud Step] was already close to perfection.

In a short period of time, that expert wielding the spear couldn’t follow his tempo at all.

Fiendish Cloud Fist!

Chen Yu launched a punch as his Fiendish Cloud Inner Breath was like a screaming vicious beast. A surge of netherworldly and tyrannical fiendish qi sealed a martial artist at the middle Connective Meridian stage, who was using concealed weapons, to death.

“Ahh!!!”

This expert at the Connective Meridian stage couldn’t block such a violent punch at all. He was immediately sent flying as his inner organs were smashed to pieces.

In an instant, the second expert died in a tragic manner.

Chen Yu made a huge decision in his mind to kill this expert using a long-ranged concealed weapon so it would be better to deal with the remaining expert at the late Connective Meridian stage and three remaining martial artists in the middle Connective Meridian stage.

Whoosh!

He launched his martial arts form and threw the expert using the spear down surprisingly fast before he charged at the other three martial artists at the middle Connective Meridian stage.

“Junior, have a battle with me if you have the skill to do so!”

The eyes of the expert wielding the spear burned with rage as the voice of a middle-aged man could be heard.

Chen Yu laughed grimly and used the same tactics. He killed the three remaining experts at the middle Connective Meridian stage at lightning speed in a few rounds.

At this moment, only the expert at the late Connective Meridian stage wielding the spear was left on the field.

Ss!

The expert wielding the spear sucked in a cold breath of air. He dodged and retreated without giving it a second thought.

At the same time, above the canyon.

Bang!

With a gloomy expression, Wang Lingyun punched the rock beneath his feet and opened up a crack.

At this moment, he also knew that the great power had already left.

“How can this be?! How can…”

Wang Lingyun tensed his jaw as deep creases of unwillingness appeared on his evil and tyrannical forehead.

Where was he going to run?!

Chen Yu shouted out from below and chased after that expert at the late Connective Meridian stage wielding the spear.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

All of a sudden, a few Armor Cleaving Arrows shot out from the forest on both sides, blocking Chen Yu’s figure.

That expert using the spear was battered and exhausted as he squeezed into the dense forest.

Chen Yu didn’t continue pursuing after him, but rather, he crouched down and uncovered the face cloth covering the expert at the late Connective Meridian stage wielding the whip.

A middle-aged man with a high nose bridge entered his vision.

This person’s face gave Chen Yu a sort of familiar feeling.

When he made an association with his previous conjecture, Chen Yu suddenly recalled who that person was and murmured, “That person is a Clan Elder from the Wang Clan! Wang Lingyun, it really is you…”