Listening to Jian Lei's sarcastic remark, Ling Chen's killing intent couldn't help but flare-up. He had to admit, he had truly underestimated the strength of Jian Lei.

The combined attack of the previous two great middle-stage Martial Venerable realm elders couldn't even leave a dent on the massive beast head made of dark True Qi energy, yet, Jian Lei was not only able to cut it into two halves but also like a whale sucking water. It completely dispersed the gigantic beast head as well.

The most frightening thing was that he didn't even use any top tier battle technique at all. It was just a simple sword strike, yet, its power was enough to destroy the gigantic beast head.

Furthermore, Ling Chen didn't even see when he drew his sword to attack. His speed was simply too fast to follow with the naked eye.

If he was using his eye power, it would have been a different story. However, his left eye power wasn't activated at that time, so he didn't see when Jian Lei unsheathed his sword to defend himself against the massive beast head.

His eye power wasn't like some sort of passive skills that were always activated, they were more like active skills or semi-active skills that needed him to trigger them with his spiritual power.

After this single exchange, Ling Chen was a hundred percent sure that Jian Lei was the strongest and most experienced warrior he had faced so far.

However, instead of feeling scared or flustered, Ling Chen's eyes were glistening as a monstrous battle intent erupted from his body.

Although he wasn't a battle maniac, Ling Chen loved a strong opponent. It was the only way for him to truly understand the extent of his power.

"It seems like it is I that underestimated your strength old man." Ling Chen stretched out his tongue and licked his lips as signifying his desire to experience true power. At the same time, his battle intent continued to rise exponentially.

Feeling Ling Chen increasingly battle intent, Jian lei merely sneered at him. He then flew towards Ling Chen and stopped fifteen meters away in front of him before he coldly said. " Oh!!! It seems like you still haven't understood your current situation yet. There's no way you'll get out of this place alive."

Jian Lei could tell Ling Chen wasn't a battle-hardened and experienced fighter. He had the feeling that Ling Chen was the kinda warrior that only used their overwhelming power to crush their opponent. However, facing a powerful experienced opponent of the same caliber, they had zero chance of winning.

"We'll see about that." Replied Ling Chen as the corner of his mouth tilted deviously and revealed a cold smile.

Rumble!

Suddenly, the dispersed dark True Qi energy began acting violently as they flew towards Ling Chen at a Lightning speed.

The next moment, Ling Chen was surrounded by the pitch black dark True Qi energy that began to rotate around him like a violent tornado.

The destructive vortex created by the violent rotating dark True Qi energy caused the True Qi energy of Heaven and Earth to intersect in disorder. Even the clouds in the sky above the inner sect region were blown away as well. Standing there gave a feeling of the apocalypse

"What the fuck is the little bastard up to?" Whispered Jian Lei as he was looking at the apocalyptic pitch-black aura that was fluctuating everywhere and rotating around Ling Chen as though it was trying to swallow him.

Not only him but the remaining great elders that were watching the battle on the sideline we're asking the same thing as well.

As the dark True Qi energy continued to rotate around Ling Chen like a tornado, it was decreasing at an amazing rate as well.

At the same time, Ling Chen's figure was nowhere to be seen as it was engulfed by the dark True Qi energy.

This phenomenon continued for ten seconds or so before it stopped. The dark True Qi energy that was violently rotating around Ling Chen also disappeared while revealing Ling Chen's figure in the process.

At this moment, Ling Chen's appearance was completely different, or rather his outfit was completely different from before.

His white robe was now pitch black. Not only his white robe, but his entire body had turned pitch black, except for his face.

It wasn't that his skin color had changed but rather the pitch-black aura had turned into an omnipresent dark True Qi energy of microscopic strands that could make it through anything and coated Ling Chen's entire body like a full-body jet-black armor which would able to protect him from any attack.

It's like Ling Chen had compressed all of this dark True Qi energy into a thin layer of a cocoon that surrounded his body. Though it was very thin, his defensive ability and durability were off the chart.

Aside from that, each of his hand had a long pitch-black sword made of compressed dark True Qi energy as well.

At this moment, Ling Chen truly looked like a demon god or an apocalyptic Fiendgod that came from the deepest part of hell and descended to the mortal world.

The moment, Jian Lei saw Ling Chen's new transformation, his expression suddenly turned serious. Other people might not see it, but his eyes could see the changes.

While Ling Chen seemed as though he had just surrounded his body by a thin layer of dark True Qi energy, Jian Lei could see that it wasn't as simple as that.

Furthermore, even though Ling Chen's body was only surrounded by a thin layer of dark energy, Jian Lei felt as though his entire body was surrounded by an impenetrable and unbreakable dark steel fortress.

"Now, it's time to get serious." Ling Chen said in a cold tone with his eyes turning even icier. At the same time, his left eye suddenly shone brightly and gave off an azure glint as Ling Chen activated the first skill of his left eye power.

However, before he could even make his first move, Jian Lei had already turned into an azure streak of light and soared towards Ling Chen like a shuttle piercing through the void.

Shua!

Suddenly, the space in front of Ling Chen was cut, after which Jian Lei appeared, holding a sharp longsword in his hand. At this moment, his longsword was already slashing out at an amazing speed, like a bolt of lightning.

He was so fast that Ling Chen seemed as though he wouldn't be able to dodge his attack on time. One had to understand, Jian Lei was not only known for his quick draw but also for his speed as he had awakened the Wind Domain.

"Gotcha" Mumbled Jian Lei with a victorious smile on his face as his longsword directly slashed through Ling Chen's neck.

However, something unbelievable happened when Jian Lei slashed through Ling Chen's neck with his longsword.

The wasn't a single drop of blood!

"Huh?" Jian Lei was stunned because he had perceived that his sword did not touch anything.

An afterimage!

The person that this longsword just passed through was not Ling Chen, but his residual shadow or a mere afterimage.

"I can see through your move old man." An extremely cold voice suddenly came from Jian Lei's side.

"What?" Jian Lei was shocked and looked to the side, where a figure who he didn't expect to see had appeared. What's more, tremendous killing intent was radiating from this figure and focusing on him.

Shua!

Before his voice could even fade away, Ling Chen suddenly slashed towards Jian Lei with one of his dark sword.

The space around Jian Lei seemed to cut in half by that single devastating slash as the dark sword directly moved towards Jian Lei's face.

As a peak Martial Venerable realm warrior with a wind domain as well as being a well-seasoned warrior, Jian Lei gracefully dodged Ling Chen's attack while flying backward with his absolute speed.

Swoosh!

However, Ling Chen wasn't going to let him off that easy as he instantly charged to arrive before Jian Lei and unleashed another barrage of attacks.

In a blink of an eye, an intense battle immediately erupted between these two mighty warriors. In just a very short amount of time, they had exchanged several dozen attacks.

All the great elders were watching these two men battling with each other with a look of horror on their faces. It was clear to them that Ling Chen was in a disadvantageous position, but still, he had yet to suffer any real injuries, and his combat strength was slowly becoming more and more formidable.

Swift! Swift! Swift! Unbelievably swift!

Jian Lei's figure was as swift as the wind and was able to dodge and block every one of Ling Chen's attacks while still attacking. He was able to both defend himself and attack at the same time.

Due to Jian Lei's Wind Domain, his speed was almost two times faster than the other warriors of the same level.

However, Ling Chen wasn't too bad himself. His figure flashed about ceaselessly like a dark shadow continued to attack and defend himself from the Jian Lei's swift and fast attack as well.

Furthermore, even though he hasn't left a single scar on Jian Lei, he wasn't able to injure him either. Because of his eye power, he was able to predict and keep up with Jian Lei's attack despite being inferior in terms of speed.

However, as the raging battle continued, Ling Chen began to gain the advantage as his speed was increasing little by little to point where it was surpassing that of Jian Lei.

At the same time, Jian Lei found himself in a dangerous situation.

'Damn it! not only are these little bastard's attacks terrifying, but even his defense is also shocking. If this stalemate continues, then I'll probably be unable to do anything to him even until my True Qi Energy is completely exhausted'

At this moment, Jian Lei was extremely annoyed. He's been fighting this bastard for a while now, yet he hasn't been able to land a single clean strike even with the absolute speed that he took pride in. It was as though this little bastard was able to predict his movements. Furthermore, the little bastard's speed was becoming faster and faster as they fought as well which wasn't a good thing for him.

To make matter worse, Ling Chen had stuck to him like a leech and didn't even give any time to breathe. With his non-stop attacks, he didn't have time to unleash his powerful battle technique at all.

'This little devil's strength is really formidable and terrifying, and I can't continue like this. I should first break away from this stalemate and use one of my powerful battle technique to finish him off'

These thoughts flashed for an instant within Jian Lei's mind, and his figure had already vanished on the spot.

" Haha… comeback old man and let's do it again!" Ling Chen aggressively roared out at Jian Lei that flew away from him as if he was trying to run away with his tail between his leg. At this moment, Ling Chen was very happy and was enjoying himself as he was battling a strong expert such as Jian Lei.

Hmph! I don't believe this old man can't kill you!" Jian Lei coldly harrumphed.

A thousand Dao Illusionary cleaving Sword!

The moment Jian Lei got away from Ling Chen, he didn't hesitate to use one of his powerful battle techniques to kill Ling Chen.

At the same time, a few dozens of figures flashed swiftly like bolts Lightning towards Ling Chen from all directions.

These numerous figures were all Jian Lei. All of them had fierce auras and were extremely realistic, and if looked at with only the naked eyes, it was utterly impossible to distinguish the real figure from the fake.

Left Eye Power — The Eye of Truth!

Swoosh!

After activated his second eye power, Ling Chen instantly felt as if the heavens and the earth were different. Its colors were clearly distinguished, and even the various True Qi energy, particles, and fluctuations in space were clearly visible down to the slightest detail.

With the power of the Eye of Truth, Ling Chen was able to discern with a single glance that all of the dozens plus figures that flashed towards him were illusions, whereas, Jian Lei's real body was attacking him from behind.

Nonetheless, after knowing where Jian Lei was attacking him, Ling Chen didn't do anything to alert him. He just stood there dumbly while looking at the dozens of Jian Lei that were flying towards him from all directions with their powerful and deadly attacks.

As the dozens of fake Jian Lei's sword attacks were about to land on Ling Chen's body as well as the real one.

Ling Chen suddenly vanished like a ghost from his previous position.

"A very good Illusion, however, using illusion to fight me is simply displaying one's slight skill before an expert." Right at this moment, Ling Chen's cold voice sounded out behind Jian Lei, causing him to be instantly shocked in his heart.

Puchi!

At the same time, before Jian Lei could say anything or even react, Ling Chen had already plunged one of his dark sword in his back.