Rise to God with Life Skill Professions-Chapter 334 - 324: Killing Ji Cheng

The voice echoed in the pale space, piercingly sharp and unsettling.

Ji Cheng’s heart suddenly trembled, and his whole body was covered in goosebumps, as if a thousand steel needles had pierced his flesh.

A bone-chilling cold surged up his spine, instantly spreading throughout his body.

"Three Blades Unite!"

The crisis of life and death arrived abruptly, and a hint of fear emerged in Ji Cheng’s heart.

He could cultivate to the Great Success of Inner God Realm, his talent was already extraordinary, otherwise he wouldn’t have been sent by his teacher to Shengyuan Sect to acquire human-level true essence.

With this talent, his vision exceeded that of ordinary cultivators in the Inner God Realm, allowing him to see at a glance that Qin An’s blade was a union of three forms, with immense power.

"Can’t take it head-on!"

A thought echoed in Ji Cheng’s mind, but it was merely a thought.

Unable to match strength with strength, doesn’t mean he can overcome this crisis.

Ji Cheng gritted his teeth and swung his long sword horizontally.

A terrifying dazzling light appeared once more.

This secret technique, called the Dazzling Light Sword Array, was a formidable secret technique he learned from his teacher.

When performed, the dazzling light not only blinds the enemy’s eyes but also harms their divine sense.

At this moment, he pushed the sword array to its limit and fiercely collided with Qin An’s straight blade.

"Boom——"

A deafening boom echoed through the pure white space.

Ji Cheng felt six kinds of terrifying true essence flowing through his body along the long sword in his hand.

In a critical moment, Ji Cheng raised his left hand, pointing it like a sword, and fiercely tapped on the sword’s blade.

"Clang!"

The long sword shattered in response.

Taking advantage of the situation, Ji Cheng flew backward, flipped to create distance.

Then, he landed steadily on the ground.

Qin An stood with his blade, smirking slightly: "Not bad, remaining composed in adversity, truly worthy of the word ’genius’."

Ji Cheng’s face turned blue and white, feeling as though he had been humiliated by Qin An.

Because Qin An’s tone at this moment was not as if he was speaking to a peer, but more like a senior watching a junior rise, filled with satisfaction.

"How dare you humiliate me!" Ji Cheng’s eyes turned bloodshot, throwing away the broken sword.

The true essence within him surged like a furious tide, his meridians swelled around him.

The next moment, a fierce aura emanated from Ji Cheng, soaring high.

"Here, using secret techniques is no different from the outside world, and wouldn’t result in death. It’s the perfect opportunity for me to fight with you unrestrained."

The blood-red hue in Ji Cheng’s eyes grew more intense, and the true essence within him suddenly started to flow in an extremely odd manner.

If one looked closely, they’d find that Ji Cheng’s true essence movement at this moment was completely opposite to before.

Qin An squinted: "Reversal True Essence secret technique? Quite daring, seems like a willingness to go all-out."

Ji Cheng sneered: "This secret technique can double my strength. After slaying the enemy, though I must die, this place is a divine sense realm; I need not perish. But you—just die ahead of me, and it’s my victory!"

As soon as the words fell, Ji Cheng’s aura surged once more.

Yet at this moment, he saw Qin An’s expression calm, as if he didn’t take him seriously at all, even standing with his hands behind his back, watching him like a spectacle.

"Just go ahead and boast!" Ji Cheng’s eyes emitted a venomous glow, roaring: "Once I unleash my power, you’ll regret it endlessly; I will skin and bone you to avenge today’s resentment!"

What kind of person he was.

Ever since joining the Evil Extermination Bureau, with his sect’s prominence, his path was smooth.

Under the tutelage of his teacher, he slew demons and evildoers, all too seamlessly.

Never had he encountered someone capable of forcing him to use such an all-or-nothing secret technique.

Moreover, this person was just a wild kid from a rural village.

If defeated in this battle, it would be a humiliation to him.

Today he would ruthlessly batter Qin An, letting Qin An realize that a boy from the countryside could never match someone with such boundless foundation as himself.

Qin An heard Ji Cheng’s mocking remarks, his demeanor calm.

He had not only improved his Heart Method to the initial comprehension of the Inner God Realm but also his blade and fist skills as well.

Currently situated in a special divine sense realm, everything here spent is illusory.

Thus, he wished to test what distance was there between him and the Great Success of Inner God Realm.

In the blink of an eye, half a stick of incense’s time had passed.

The quieter Qin An’s demeanor, and the less he acted, the greater humiliation for Ji Cheng.

Ji Cheng plunged into an indescribable frenzy.

The pain of his meridians rupturing swept through his entire body, but this pain only made him want to tear Qin An apart even more.

"You’ll regret it!" Ji Cheng’s hair and beard stretched.

At this point, still in the Great Success of Inner God Realm, but far more terrifying than an ordinary Great Success.

"If I were you, I would strike first, but you let me employ the secret technique. Such arrogance will leave you not intact!"

The silhouette suddenly disappeared, reappearing before Qin An.

Though devoid of a long sword, he pointed his fingers like a sword.

The terrifying dazzling light and true essence hovered between his sword fingers.

A finger pointed, the wind rose.

This finger was swifter than the previous sword moves, supplemented by massive true essence and divine sense power.

Qin An raised an eyebrow slightly, suddenly retracting the Cold Star.

A long knife entering its sheath could be heard, Qin An raised his right fist, covered in six-colored true essence, enveloped with divine sense power like an inverted galaxy.

The demon sense boiled within Qin An, transforming into terrifying qi blood power, spreading throughout.

Everything consumed here is illusory.

No matter how much demon sense is spent, it’s all fake.

Thus, he didn’t fear wasting qi blood.

Qi blood circulated his entire body, gathering in his right fist.

Qin An’s qi blood was dragon-like, akin to a walking Pure Yang entity.

A punch thrown, spirits frightened!

The fist and Ji Cheng’s sword fingers fiercely clashed together.

"Boom!"

A deafening roar was heard.

Ji Cheng felt a terrifying Qi Blood Power spreading through his body along the sword finger.

Before he could react, his right arm shattered inch by inch.

First, the flesh melted, then the bones crumbled.

In an instant, the terrifying Qi Blood Power spread to half of his body.

Half of Ji Cheng’s body shattered, and he flew backward, landing on the ground, convulsing uncontrollably.

"Ah!"

Ji Cheng let out a cry, his eyes filled with pain.

But the shock in his heart overshadowed this pain.

"Impossible, impossible!"

The remaining half of Ji Cheng’s body struggled furiously, roaring hoarsely, "The Reversal Meridian Technique was taught by my teacher. He said that even if someone of Great Success in the Inner God Realm uses this Secret Technique, they would still fall by my hands. You are just a rural upstart at the initial stage of the Inner God Realm, how could you possibly defeat me?"

The sense of humiliation spread through Ji Cheng’s heart as he kept repeating that Qin An came from a remote place.

But the more he repeated, the stronger the sense of shame grew.

"Clang!"

A crisp sound rang out.

Qin An walked forward with a blade in hand, approaching slowly, "You’ve lost."

As soon as he spoke, a Cold Star flashed by.

The cold light cut through the white space.

Ji Cheng’s head flew high into the air, then fell heavily to the ground.

His eyes still carried a look of disbelief.

Qin An sheathed his blade, surveying the pure white space.

The next moment, the overwhelming force of being pulled emerged again, gradually tearing Qin An’s Divine Sense away from this white space.

...

In just a few breaths, Qin An’s vision blurred, and he found himself back in the hall of the Shengyuan Sect.

In the hall, there were only Qin An, Ke Mingzhe, and Ji Cheng.

Ke Mingzhe clenched his fists, his eyes filled with disbelief.

As the caster, Ke Mingzhe had seen the entire fight between Qin An and Ji Cheng in that pure white space.

Whether it was Qin An’s ruthless and determined blade skill or his overwhelming and fierce fists, they all left Ke Mingzhe deeply shocked.

He finally understood why the usually indifferent Jin Fengyu suddenly paid so much attention to a Mountain Patrol Silver General.

With such strength, such talent, such astonishing foundation, any Mountain Patrol Golden General would be driven mad upon witnessing it.

Ji Cheng’s face was ashen; his eyes were void of spirit as he slumped to the ground.

His Divine Sense suffered immense damage in the Secret Realm of Divine Sense, taking possibly a month to recover.

But compared to the damage to his Divine Sense, the injury to his mind was even greater.

Especially the thought of being slain by a boy from a poor rural area was a huge blow to him.

Qin An said calmly, "Master Ke, when shall we start the marrow cleansing for me?"

The matter was over, the battle ended, and Qin An had long coveted this human-grade true intent; it was time to collect it.

Ke Mingzhe snapped out of his daze, nodded, and said, "Since Mr. Qin has won, follow me to the inner chamber, and I will personally conduct the marrow cleansing for you."

Qin An gestured with his hand, "Please."

Ke Mingzhe did not waste words, turned around, and was ready to lead Qin An to the inner chamber.

But at that moment, a discordant voice suddenly rang out.

"Wait!"

Qin An and Ke Mingzhe stopped their steps, turned their gaze, and looked at the direction not far away.

Ji Cheng crawled up shakily, using both his hands and feet, his eyes blood-red, shouting fiercely, "The human-grade true intent cannot be given to you!"

Qin An raised an eyebrow slightly, "The result of the competition is decided, are you reneging?"

"Reneging I am!" Ji Cheng strode to Qin An, his face twisted with ferocity, "I am determined to obtain the human-grade true intent. If I can obtain it, my teacher will undoubtedly cultivate me more. You, a rural upstart, obtaining the human-grade true intent, will be a waste of talent. With your initial stage strength in the Inner God Realm, when will you set foot into the Unity Realm? Logically, it is better that I possess it!"

Ke Mingzhe showed a slight disdain, "Lord Ji, this was agreed upon by both of you, and those are the rules. Since you lost, there is no need to fight over it anymore, best to return early."

He was a master of the Unity Realm, a top person in the Xunyang Prefecture.

Though emerged from the battlefield of corpses and blood, he has been upright, and extremely disgusted by such behavior of entitlement.

If not for the support of Jin Fengyu and Ji Cheng’s teacher, Ji Cheng’s fickle character, would have been expelled with a single strike long ago.

Upon hearing this, Ji Cheng sinisterly said, "Ke Mingzhe, don’t forget your position, the entire power of Xunyang Prefecture lies under the Evil Extermination Bureau’s shadow, be careful not to stray onto the wrong path."

"Are you threatening me?" Ke Mingzhe’s body surged with powerful momentum, pressing towards Ji Cheng like a mountain.

Ji Cheng’s face turned pale, being suppressed by this Unity Realm aura, feeling a direct confrontation with life and death.

Yet, he forcibly steadied his trembling legs, gritted his teeth, "If you dare touch me, my teacher will wipe out the Shengyuan Sect!"

Ke Mingzhe’s eyes grew cold, clenching his fists, but restrained himself from attacking.

A dignified master of the Unity Realm was, yet, threatened by Ji Cheng with his teacher, and he couldn’t make a move.

If he were alone, he would’ve already killed Ji Cheng with a single strike.

But now he had to consider the lives of the disciples of Shengyuan Sect.

At this moment, Ke Mingzhe even wished he were not the Sect Leader of Shengyuan Sect.

Just then, a flash of blade-light flickered abruptly.

Ji Cheng felt a pain in his chest, and looking down, he saw Qin An’s straight blade deeply embedded in his chest.

The blade tip pierced through his back, blood dripped onto the ground, soon dyeing it scarlet.

Ji Cheng raised his trembling left hand, speaking shakily, "Killing fellow officers is a major taboo of the Evil Extermination Bureau, are you courting death?"

Qin An gazed indifferently, "This isn’t killing a fellow officer. You and I set a duel; Master Ke intended to let us battle in a Divine Sense Secret Realm, yet you insisted on a real-life confrontation where blades and swords have no eyes, some death or injury is normal."

The astonishment in Ji Cheng’s eyes gradually faded away.

Every word Qin An spoke dimmed Ji Cheng’s vision a bit more.

The Six-Colored True Essence was eroding his internal organs; were he not at the Inner God Realm, he would’ve already perished.

"Why?" Ji Cheng mumbled, his voice like a dying breath.

Qin An kicked Ji Cheng in the chest, withdrawing the Cold Star, flinging off the blood beads on the blade.

Ji Cheng fell to the ground; after convulsing a few times, he ceased moving.

Qin An stared at Ji Cheng’s corpse, his voice calm as still water.

"Because, inside there, you looked at me with a venomous gaze, and all who have looked at me that way are already dead; you’re no exception."