The First Volume of the First Gate: The 98th Chapter of the Martial World - Eliminating Enemies

  Ye Wen's divine power had reached its peak, his true energy surging through his body without end, and his strength had increased to an unknown extent. With this one leap, he actually burst out of the cold spring and shot straight up towards the top of the cave.

  Fortunately, Ye Wen's true energy was strong in his body, but the Purple Mist Divine Art emphasized control after all. In just a blink of an eye, Ye Wen had figured out how to use his strength properly, although he couldn't manipulate it as freely as before, and it wasn't completely beyond his control like earlier.

  As soon as they emerged from the cold spring, Ye Wen only took a glance and saw Chi Yang God Lord entangled in battle with a giant snake. At this time, the giant snake didn't know how many palms it had been slapped by Chi Yang God Lord, its body was covered in black palm prints, and its massive tail was completely charred. Even its enormous head was grasped firmly in Chi Yang God Lord's hands, as he continuously poured fire energy into it, seemingly intent on burning the snake's head to ashes in order to kill it.

  At this time, the Red Sun God was also quite embarrassed. The long gown he was wearing was originally very valuable and beautiful, even when fighting with Ye Wen, it had not been damaged in the slightest. Now, however, there were holes everywhere, one on the left and another on the right, and his precious long gown had become a beggar's tattered garment.

  But Pei Gonglie was not in the mood at this time, he had been wrestling with this giant snake for almost half a day, and now it was already sunset. With great difficulty, he finally captured the giant snake, and as long as he could muster all his strength to burn its brain into ashes, he would be able to fulfill his wish.

  Who would have thought that at the critical moment, a splash of water sounded beside him, and a shadow suddenly jumped out of the water. Pei Gonglie didn't even have time to take a closer look at who this sudden emergence was, but instead intensified his cultivation, determined to first refine the giant snake in his hand to death.

  Ye Wen saw that Pei Gonglie's body was surrounded by a faint red glow, and his entire body's fire energy was concentrated in his hands. He knew that he was at the critical moment of the battle, and couldn't afford to divide his attention to guard against himself. So, he activated the Ladder Cloud Leap, and his figure suddenly made a strange turn in mid-air, directly charging towards Pei Gonglie.

  He moved swiftly and hastily, but his palm struck out silently, and if he hadn't turned around to look, even Pei Gonglie wouldn't have known that Ye Wen had already slapped him with one palm.

  After the completion of the Purple Mist Divine Art, Ye Wen's face no longer showed any unusual color, only a purple cloud aura surrounded his body, with an air of transcending the mundane. At this moment, a palm print came down from mid-air, just like an immortal descending from the clouds, and if ordinary people saw it, they would probably kneel down and kowtow immediately.

  Pei Gonglie was at a critical moment in his operation, and just as he was about to kill the big snake, another unexpected event occurred. Suddenly, another person appeared, and when he turned around, he saw that Ye Wen's palm had already struck him from behind. He was shocked and hastily countered with a palm of his own, but what surprised him even more was that this sudden attacker was none other than Ye Wen, whom he had thrown into the icy spring earlier. As a result, Pei Gonglie only casually blocked the attack without releasing his grip on the snake's head, and more than 80% of his internal energy was still focused on the snake. In response to Ye Wen's palm, he only used less than 20% of his fire energy.

  Pai Gong Lie was caught off guard and suffered a huge loss. The two palms collided, producing a loud crash. The purple energy on Ye Wen's palm directly dispersed Pai Gong Lie's Red Sun Flame, which he had thought would be enough to counter Ye Wen's one palm. However, his Flame of the River was defeated in just one exchange and completely collapsed.

  What's even more deadly is that Ye Wen's purple mist true energy seemed to be endless, wave after wave of it crazily surging into his body. In just an instant, it attacked Pei Gonglie's body, causing the Red Sun Fire in his body to be completely disrupted, and even the fire used to deal with the giant snake was scattered.

  At this time, Pei Gonglie could no longer grasp the snake's head and retreated seven or eight steps before stopping. The surging true energy inside his body mixed with the invading Purple Mist True Energy, forming a chaotic mass that had already caused internal injuries in just one palm strike.

  "You...you actually broke through the Heavenly Gate of Life and Death at the critical moment?"

  In an instant, Pei Gonglie understood that Ye Wen had encountered a strange encounter. He was thrown into the cold spring and not only did he not freeze to death, but instead, it helped him to open up his Ren and Du meridians, causing his power to surge exponentially, which is why he could severely injure him with just one palm strike.

  Originally, with Pei Gonglie's skills, even if Ye Wen's strength surged, he shouldn't be in such a predicament. However, when Ye Wen launched this attack, he was busy dealing with the giant snake and although he had sensed it, he was still caught off guard. Moreover, after realizing it was Ye Wen, he couldn't help but feel a bit scornful, as just half a day ago, this young man had been knocked half to death by his own palm and thrown into the icy spring.

  Who would have thought that in just half a day, Ye Wen has become a completely different person, his skills and strength now almost on par with mine. Although he still can't match my pure skill, the difference is no longer as vast as it was before. Moreover, Pei Gonglie had been battling the giant snake for more than half a day, his deep and profound skills must have also consumed a lot of energy, and his vitality is no longer as vigorous as it was earlier.

  Exhaustion, distraction, and underestimating the enemy allowed Ye Wen to gain some advantage from a sneak attack. If he couldn't severely injure Pei Gonglie again, then Ye Wen might as well jump into the icy spring and kill himself.

  Ye Wen struck with one blow, and didn't say much. No matter what Pei Gonglie said, he just ignored him, using all his strength to strike the final blow. After catching his breath for a moment, he immediately launched a second attack.

  He knew that Pei Gonglie's true energy was in disarray at this moment, and it was the weakest time. If he and Pei Gonglie wasted words, then Pei Gonglie would have taken advantage of him. The two were already in a situation where neither could retreat, how could they give each other a chance to catch their breath? It was only right to take advantage of the opportunity to kill him directly.

  Ye Wenzi's Purple Cloud Divine Art had reached a new height, and Ti Yuncong also rose to an unknown number of levels. This forward momentum seemed to be attacking Pei Gonglie's left side, but in mid-air, it suddenly changed direction, meeting the opposite direction instead. His left hand used a cotton palm to attack the right flank, while his right hand used a knife to execute a Five Tigers Severing Gate Knife technique, slashing towards the right neck.

  In one move, two moves simultaneously, left and right, up and down, enveloped Pei Gonglie's entire front, surprisingly wanting to kill him in one move.

  Pei Gonglie was shocked at the sight, and secretly thought to himself: "This kid is too cunning!" He could only muster up his fire energy with great effort, using one hand to block the incoming attack on his side abdomen, while using the Red Sun Fire Palm to counterattack the knife. However, because there was still Ye Wen's Purple Mist True Energy inside him, he had to hold back a lot of his fire energy in response, otherwise, if he let those Purple Mist True Energies rampage freely, he feared that even without Ye Wen making a move, he would already be dead on the spot.

  Just as the energy was not running smoothly, most of them couldn't move, and Bai Gonglie's hand speed and response time were inevitably a bit slower. By the time he got his own move to respond, Ye Wen had already changed his move again, making the palm of his knife spin around in a circle, dodging Bai Gonglie's seal, and then directly attacking the gate.

  Bai Gonglie could even feel that between Ye Wen's flips, the energy on his hands not only became more condensed, but its power was also greater, and at the same time, it had actually become much faster.

  This sudden blow made him even more unprepared, and in the midst of his hasty response, he couldn't have anticipated that Ye Wen's hand still had a changing move. In the end, he could only watch with wide eyes as Ye Wen's palm split into two fingers, which grew larger and closer in his eyes...

  "Ah——"

  A shrill cry pierced the air, and even the giant snake that had fallen to the ground and couldn't move seemed to have been startled by this ear-piercing sound. Ye Wen, who was closest to it, was also shocked by the cry, his eardrums throbbing with pain, and he quickly leapt backward, fearing that Pei Gonglie would make a final desperate attempt to take him down with him in a mutual destruction.

  As expected, after Ye Wen poked out the eyes of Chi Yang Shen Jun with his fingers, Pei Gong Lie suddenly went mad and exerted all his strength, even neglecting the Purple Mist True Qi in his body. He swung his palms up and down, left and right, without stopping, making a circle around him, striking in all directions. If Ye Wen hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been injured by Pei Gong Lie's frenzied attack.

  The cave suddenly became very eerie, and Pei Gonglie started to urge the red sun's fire with his palms, not daring to stop for a moment, fearing that if he stopped, Ye Wen would seize the opportunity to kill him.

  Ye Wen, however, simply stood quietly to the side, keeping a safe distance from Chi Yang God Lord while silently watching him. He didn't make a sound or move his hand, he just stood there, occasionally being on guard against that half-dead giant snake, preventing it from suddenly rising up and hurting someone.

  Bai Gonglie had no idea what Ye Wenchang was planning, that little brat simply wanted to exhaust himself to death. But for now, he had no other choice and could only continue on helplessly until he was exhausted, which would also be the time of his demise.

  This stormy offensive would ultimately be unsustainable, and even a master who could break through the Ren and Du meridians would find it difficult to sustain, because every palm that Pei Gonglie struck out with was almost infused with 100% of his strength, fearing that if he used too little force, he would be caught off guard by Ye Wenyu, and at that time, without even exhausting himself, he would be slapped to death by that cunning guy.

  However, after a short while, Pei Gonglie was already finding it hard to sustain himself under the pressure from both inside and out. His palm's momentum gradually slowed down, and at the same time, his face started to show an abnormal flush, but in fact, he had already shown signs of exhaustion, like a lamp running out of oil, shining brightly for one last moment before going out.

  He was definitely going to die, so Pei Gong Lie stopped making useless efforts and gradually came to a stop, standing still without continuing to make moves. At this moment, he really had no way to continue, even if he wanted to make a move, he couldn't, his meridians had been destroyed by Ye Wen's Purple Mist True Qi in that short period of time, and the Red Sun Fire he had cultivated all his life was now rebelling against him, surging left and right. On the surface, he seemed to have no injuries, but inside, it was a complete mess, unless a god came down from heaven, no one could save him.

  "I thought that after decades of roaming the jianghu, I would have encountered at least hundreds of battles big and small. Who would have thought that today I would fall in this remote place? And even more unexpectedly, it was you, a little thief, who defeated me with such a despicable move."

  "Aren't you convinced?" Ye Wen also saw that Pei Gonglie was already a dead man, and at this time he didn't mind saying a few words to the Red Sun God Lord. His hands remained unchanged, but he was on guard against Pei Gonglie's deceit.

  "Unwilling?" Pei Gonglie burst out laughing: "Since I, Pei Gonglie, have fallen to such a state today, then I've lost. What's the point of being unwilling or not? Even if I'm unwilling, can I still live?"

  Ye Wen no longer responded, but silently thought to himself: "This Pei Gonglie is indeed a formidable figure. At least he can admit defeat and doesn't make excuses." As he thought this, he slowly crept forward, preparing to end the man's life. The shock brought by Chi Yang God had been too great; if not for his own life-or-death experience that allowed him to break through the Tian Di Xuan Guan skill, and taking advantage of the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, today would have marked the downfall of the Shu Shan Sect. If he didn't personally kill him, Ye Wen wouldn't be able to rest easy.

  Bai Gonglie seemed to be unaware, continuing to speak his own words: "You don't have to worry too much, even if Ben Shengjun can escape today, I'm afraid he won't be able to escape the pursuit of Ling Xuzi that old man. That old man is known as the number one lightness kung fu master in the world, and if he's targeted you, no one will be able to escape."

  "Ling Xuzi?" Ye Wen wondered in his heart, but he didn't ask out loud, waiting for the Chi Yang God to speak himself. This guy seemed to know he was doomed, so before he died, he wanted to say a few more words.

  "I don't know what relationship that young man and old man had, who I killed with one palm earlier. But since he knew the old man's palm technique, it's likely they were either master and apprentice or relatives of some sort. With my skills, I can capture this beast and cultivate the Red Sun Divine Fire Technique, and by then, I won't fear that old man. However, for now..." Pei Gonglie let out a dry laugh, but his smile was filled with bitterness, as if he truly had no way to turn things around."

  Ye Wen finally understood that the Red Sun God wanted to kill Xu Xian because he was afraid that his junior brother had a relationship with Lingxu Zi, and was worried that if he let him go, he would find that super expert and cause trouble for him. That's why he wanted to silence him. If so, then it must have been Lingxu Zi who taught Xu Xian martial arts in the first place. Who would have thought that old man was such a high-ranking person? However, at present, no one knows that the old man has already died on Mount Shu.

  Pei Gonglie spoke for a long time, but there was no response, and he looked very depressed: "Ben Shengjun is about to die, can't you say a word?"

  At this time, Ye Wen had slowly approached Pei Gonglie's front, operating the Ten Perfection Purple Mist True Energy to infuse his palm. His right palm was shrouded in a purple aura that seemed to appear and disappear within the cloudy energy, already arriving at the back of Pei Gonglie's head, less than an inch away. Due to the subtlety of the Mian Zhang move, Pei Gonglie was completely unaware.

  Until then, Ye Wen finally spoke up and said: "You won't die, I won't be at peace, so let me see you off instead"

  Pei Gonglie suddenly realized that the voice was right next to him, his face changed greatly, and his hands suddenly turned bright red, and he could still mobilize the Chi of the Blazing Sun. It was Pei Gonglie who had gone berserk, leaving behind this last bit of Chi to trigger all his strength to fight Ye Wen to the death.

  He didn't expect Ye Wen to quietly walk up beside him, and before he could even react, Ye Wen's palm, full of energy, slapped the back of his head. With a loud "slap", Pei Gonglie's eye sockets burst out with countless pieces of flesh and blood, red and pink splattering everywhere, dying instantly.

  Ye Wen had already seen the anomaly on Pei Gong Lie's hand before his death, and he secretly let out a sigh of relief: "This damned Red Sun God is indeed not benevolent, and actually wants to die together with me."

  Luckily, he was cautious and made the first move. Otherwise, Chi Yang would have sensed that he wasn't falling for it and probably wouldn't have missed the opportunity to make a final strike. Although Ye Wen was confident that Pei Gong Lie's blind attack wouldn't hurt him, it would still be troublesome. It's better to be safe than sorry.

  After settling the strongest enemy he encountered after crossing over, Ye Wen didn't have time to celebrate. He walked slowly to the front of the giant snake and saw that its entire body was limp on the ground. Its huge head couldn't be lifted up again, only its eyes were still rolling around, and it would occasionally spit out a snake core, which was very different from its fierce appearance before.

  Ye Wen saw, only said: "You this beast, I still worry about how to kill you today because of that dog fart god's reason was picked up by me is really the sky want to destroy you"

  He finished speaking and with a loud slap, he directly slapped the snake's head. The snake's body twisted for a moment, and then it also fell silent.

  After doing all this, Ye Wencai finally dared to take a deep breath and relax his tense nerves. However, at this moment he suddenly remembered that Xu Xian was slapped out of the cave by Pei Gonglie and didn't know whether he was dead or alive. He immediately rushed out of the cave in a hurry.

  As soon as he came out of the cave, Ye Wen saw Ning Ruxue standing not far from the entrance, holding a long sword with tears streaming down her face, looking at him anxiously. However, her posture seemed to be not like she was about to fight someone, but rather like she was ready to take her own life at any moment.

  "Sister, what are you going to do?"

  Ye Wen was startled by Ning Ruxue's posture and immediately shouted, fearing that his junior sister's hand would tremble and a wisp of soul would disappear who-knows-where.

  At the same time, Ning Ruxue saw someone coming out and immediately threw away the long sword in her hand as soon as she saw that it was Ye Wen, and rushed over directly.

  Ye Wen only felt a fragrant breeze approaching, followed by the warmth of jade as he held someone in his arms. Unfortunately, the person in his arms was crying uncontrollably, so Ye Wen could only try to comfort them with gentle words.

  "Don't worry, little sister, isn't everything okay? Don't cry, don't cry." After a long while of persuasion, Ning Ruxue finally gradually stopped crying.

  As the crying stopped, Ye Wen hastily asked: "Where's Xun Xian?" Ning Ruxue's eyes reddened again as she pointed to a distant place: "Xu Shidi is no longer alive..."

  Originally, Ye Wen wrote the character "escape" on Ning Ruxue's hand, but Ning Ruxue didn't follow it. Watching Ye Wen and Pei Gonglie walk away, she steeled herself and made a secret decision to chase after them with her long sword. However, when she arrived, she was slightly late and only saw Xu Xian floating in the water pool. She quickly rushed over and pulled Xu Xian to the shore, but discovered that he had already stopped breathing.

  Wanted to explore the situation of Ye Wen but couldn't see him, knew that Shixiong and Pei Gonglie were definitely in the cave, but unfortunately Ning Ruxue's skills weren't enough, and her internal energy wasn't pure Yang Qi to resist the cold air, so she couldn't even get close to the entrance, only able to cry and wait on the side. Just waiting for someone to come out of the cave to know the outcome. Decided in her heart, if it was Pei Gonglie who came out, then she would immediately take her own life, and go with Shixiong to the Yellow Spring, not a waste of their relationship as siblings.

  It was only then that Ye Wen saw the scene he had witnessed earlier, and upon hearing that Xu Xian had stopped breathing, he was shocked. Seeing Xu Xian lying straight on the edge of the pool, he immediately went up to investigate.

  This time, however, Ye Wen found Xu Xian's situation to be quite strange.

  I originally wanted to revive on the spot...