The Eternal Heart - Chapter 26

The Great Fiend’s expression went under a drastic change as he took a closer look. His entire body trembled, even going to the point where he almost went deranged. “This…this is impossible!”

Chen Yu and Chen Ying’er were at a bit of a loss.

From this moment onwards, the development of the matter had completely exceeded the duo’s imagination.

However, when a mental association was made with what happened in the past, it appeared to be very reasonable for Chu Fengyun to not care about whether the “Castellan’s daughter” lived or died from the beginning until the end.

“Haha! You don’t believe it, do you?”

Castellan looked incredibly proud of himself as he smiled and said, “I found out that this woman was actually your illegitimate child that year and was itching to abandon her in the wilderness. However, I was only forced to keep this woman because my madam threatened to commit suicide if I didn’t.”

“She… she really is mine and Xuan’er’s flesh and blood?” the Great Fiend said with a trembling voice. He carefully and properly laid down the “Castellan’s daughter”, who lost consciousness in a hurry.

“Shut up!”

“Xuan’er is not someone you can call as you please! If it wasn’t for the fact that you, an ‘illegitimate child’, took the advantage of me not being at home to make a move on Xuan’er that year, I wouldn’t have painfully set out to kill you, my brother from the same father but that of a different mother.”

“Cease your malicious slander!”

Great Fiend Chu Lifeng got angry in an instant. “Xuan’er and I were each other’s sunshine. You’re the one who did it! You’re the one who forcibly snatched her away from my side. Your old mother as well! She even wanted to poison me, the illegitimate child, to death a few times!”

Chen Yu became stunned from the duo ousting each other out in front of their faces.

At this point in time, he had a clear idea about the gist of the story.

As it turns out, Castellan Chu Fengyun and Great Fiend Chu Lifeng were siblings from the same father but had different mothers. However, the Great Fiend Chu Lifeng was an illegitimate child.

On top of that, the two of them were tied by an enmity through life and death because of one woman.

Castellan Chu Fengyun, the son of the legal wife, should have been the one who prevailed in those days.

But Great Fiend Chu Lifeng was unhappy about that outcome. He left home and made his way in the world everywhere all these years and cultivated a whole body of peak martial arts technique with the desire to return to take revenge.

He grabbed the Castellan’s daughter as a hostage to force Chu Fengyun out.

Chu Fengyun beat him at his own game. He invited experts at the Visceral Tempering stage as he intended to completely end the illegitimate child, Great Fiend.

“Regardless of what you say, I, Chu Fengyun, am already extremely benevolent, doing my utmost duty,” Chu Fengyun laughed grimly and said not long after. “Ying’er was my fiancee that year. I even kept your flesh and blood. I initially thought that this woman could maintain a lifetime of being safe and sound if you didn’t make a comeback, but since you wanted to return with vengeance, she is a chesspiece I can use as a countermeasure against you!”

“That is also to say that your hatred turned on you and made you harm your own flesh and blood,” Chu Fengyun sneered after.

When he heard this, Great Fiend Chu Lifeng swayed, his blood of fury almost assaulting his heart.

It didn’t matter how thorough he was in his schemes and how many “hidden trump cards” he had prepared up his sleeves. In the end, he still lacked a chess piece when compared to Chu Fengyun.

Chen Yu also felt a tremor in his heart.

Even though this Chu Fengyun wasn’t someone from the sect world, the level of scheming he showed was seriously astonishing.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

At this moment, a team of twenty to thirty guards rushed up the mountain and rendezvoused with the Castellan.

These guards were previously stationed halfway up the mountain. Chu Fengyun temporarily made them stay behind to provide support at the last moment.

“Castellan.”

These guards surrounded Chu Fengyun and protected him, surrounding him.

“Young heroes, this thief is already an arrow at the end of its flight. You can receive two bounties, one from the dynasty and one from my Castellan’s official residency, by beheading the said individual.”

Chu Fengyun said to Chen Yu and Chen Ying’er with clasped fists.

Chen Yu rolled his eyes with an unpleasant expression. This Chu Fengyun’s cultivation didn’t lose to the Great Fiend’s, yet he wasn’t taking the initiative to forcibly stake it all.

Looking at the current situation, this person still wanted to use the two of them as chess pieces.

“Then again, we’ve already killed the Second and Third Fiend. If we give up just like this, that would be a shame.”

Chen Yu already had a scheme in his mind.

Chen Yu didn’t have the slightest bit of a pitiful heart toward such a diabolical disciple like the Great Fiend.

“Younger Martial Sister, how many times do you reckon this Great Fiend can unleash attacks at the Visceral Tempering stage?” asked Chen Yu in a low voice.

First off, he wanted to suss out the enemy’s true standing.

He didn’t want to let Chu Fengyun pick up the small advantages once the duo fought the Great Fiend to the point where both sides suffer later on.

“I’ve heard of the Blood Constituent Pill quite a bit before,” said Chen Ying’er as she pondered for a small while. “Based on the Great Fiend’s condition, he used a total of three attacks at the Visceral Tempering stage, in addition to his consumption in the middle. At most, he can still unleash two more attacks at the Visceral Tempering stage now, but he will probably sink into a slightly weakened state after that.”

“Oh? Two more times?”

Chen Yu felt a great relief wash over his heart. If the Great Fiend was at a complete Visceral Tempering stage state, he would turn around and leave right away.

Huff!

The duo exchanged a glance and took a deep breath. They accumulated their Inner Breath and closed in on the Great Fiend together.

Even though the Great Fiend was an arrow at the end of its flight, he still could use attacks at the Visceral Tempering stage two more times and had that [Heart Pressing Palm] that reached great heights in terms of mastery.

“Great idiot! Aren’t you going to deliver your head over here?”

Chen Yu had tumultuous battle intent and an astonishing fiendish qi emanating from his body like an enormous vicious beast.

Fiendish Cloud Fist!

Chen Yu flashed and launched his Fiendish Cloud Fist which he had cultivated to its initial form. It had a tyrannical, gloomy, and cold Inner Breath with it, as well as the sound of explosive clouds surrounding it.

Chu Lifeng’s expression changed slightly as he saw how terrifying Chen Yu’s punch was.

After all, the [Fiendish Cloud Fist] was a branch of the sect’s key technique and was of a much higher level than his [Heart Pressing Palm].

“Spherical Water Style!”

Around the same time as Chen Yu brandished his fist, a nimble figure slapped out a palm with surging and swelling water.

Chu Feng and Chen Ying’er carried out a joint attack combat technique.

The Great Fiend had a woman along with him. Even if his cultivation and martial arts form was above average, it was impossible for him to dodge two people’s simultaneous attacks.

Heart Pressing Palm!

The Great Fiend shifted and dodged Chen Yu’s attack as his palm crossed blows with Chen Ying’er.

Bang, pow!

The two palms collided with each other. Chen Ying’er tenderly shouted as her figure fell a few steps back.

The Great Fiend swayed on the spot with an evil grin on his face as he looked at Chen Ying’er. “Girl, you’re still alright after being hit with my Heart Pressing Palm?”

Even though he didn’t use strength at the Visceral Tempering stage in that attack just now, he was still very confident in his [Heart Pressing Palm].

“Insignificant talent.”

“Your technique that uses Inner Breath in a revolving manner to shake the other party’s heart isn’t considered to be that brilliant of a technique in the sect world,” Chen Ying’er said in utter disdain.

The reason why she was in a disadvantageous position in crossing blows just now was mainly due to the discrepancy in skill.

The Great Fiend had been cultivating for at least twenty to thirty years and had profound Inner Breath. As such, the [Heart Pressing Palm]’s realm of maturity was really high.

Putting that in a sect.

At the very least, the [Heart Pressing Palm] was a mid-ranked martial arts skill that had great formidable power once it was cultivated to its peak realm. Previously, Chen Yu’s low-ranked martial arts skill [Metal Plow Fist] had been trained to perfection and possessed extremely astonishing might as well.

Therefore, the Great Fiend could only kill those at the same rank in the secular world who were at the Connective Meridian stage in a single move and achieve his fame of fighting prowess, earning the moniker of “Reaper’s Hand”.

How could this be?!

The Great Fiend looked appalled. Nevertheless, he discovered that he had underestimated the duo’s origins.

He naturally didn’t know that Chen Ying’er was a disciple under a Sect Elder.

“Die, you old evil being!”

Chen Ying’er jumped high up in the air and circulated her mysterious Spherical Water Styles as she pressed on toward the Great Fiend.

The Great Fiend truly believed that other martial artists at the Connective Meridian stage would only explode and die instantly if they forcibly circulated their Inner Breath after being hit by his [Heart Pressing Palm].

Whoosh!

He flashed and dodged Chen Ying’er’s attack.

“Heart Pressing Palm!”

A low and heavy Inner Breath surged forth from the Great Fiend’s palm, but this time, he directed it at Chen Yu.

“Be careful, Elder Brother Yu!”

Chen Ying’er cried out in alarm. The formidable power of this attack from the Great Fiend had reached a whole new level.

This was a Visceral Tempering stage attack!

Whoosh!

Chen Yu only felt that a surge of deep, low, and strange Inner Breath had already entered his body in advance.

“Tai!” he shouted. Soon after, his whole body was instantly plated with a layer of deep bronze metal while his build swelled. He also activated his [Fiendish Cloud Fist] to its limit.

Bang, puff!

The Bronze Fist steaming with fiendish qi collided with the Great Fiend’s palm that surged with Inner Breath.

A strangely powerful Inner Breath wound around and quaked into Chen Yu’s heart.

Chen Yu immediately let out a smothered groan as there was a burst of acute pain near his heart.

In that instant, he almost spat out blood. He staggered and withdrew a few steps back soon after.

“How powerful! This is the [Heart Pressing Palm] at the Visceral Tempering stage…”

Chen Yu’s face became pale.

However, there was a surge of pulsation that was as heavy as a mountain in his heart, a bizarre energy surging toward his four limbs and all the bones in his body soon after.

Chen Yu only felt that that surge of energy that came pouring into his heart was eliminated without a trace.

Naturally, he sustained a wee bit of internal injuries, which wasn’t considered to be that big of a deal due to his tyrannical physique that possessed self-healing abilities.

“This is impossible!”

The Great Fiend stared at Chen Yu as though he had seen a ghost.

He struck Chen Yu with his [Heart Pressing Palm]. It was even an attack at the Visceral Tempering stage, but he didn’t die as a result of having his heart shattered on the spot.

The Great Fiend would feel a little better if he at least spat out a mouthful of blood.

However, Chen Yu’s face was slightly pale but soon recovered its rosiness. It was as though the attack didn’t hurt him nor tickle him.

“Hehe! You want to attack my heart?”

There was a strange smile on Chen Yu’s face.

The origin of his body’s formidability came from the transformation of his heart.

His transformation started from his heart.

Chen Yu’s heart was the strongest point of defense across his entire body if one were to put it imprecisely.

Chen Yu’s smile immediately made the Great Fiend feel scared in his heart. Other people would spit out blood and die after being struck by his [Heart Pressing Palm], but not only was this fellow alright, he could actually smile so ghastly as well.

In that instant, a kind of illusion that this boy was inhuman rose in the Great Fiend’s mind.

“Withdraw!”

The expression on the Great Fiend’s face changed drastically. His body swayed as he grabbed the Castellan’s daughter and charged down the mountain.

Bang!

Chen Ying’er wanted to block him, but the Great Fiend struck her with the final attack he circulated at the Visceral Tempering stage. Her delicate body trembled as a hint of blood seeped out from the corner of her lips.

“Ying’er, are you alright?”

Chen Yu supported Chen Ying’er with his hand in a hurry.

Chen Ying’er didn’t have such a powerful heart like him, so she was still alright when faced with the [Heart Pressing Palm] at the Connective Meridian stage. If it was the power of his palm at the Visceral Tempering stage, her ability would be quite lacking.

The attack the Great Fiend launched before he left had already injured Chen Ying’er.

“I’m alright. I just need to neutralize the force of the Great Fiend’s Heart Pressing Palm. Elder Brother Yu, the medical efficacy of that Great Fiend’s ‘Blood Constituent Pill’ should be running out soon. He’s probably about to sink into a weakened state…”

Chen Yu ingested a pill medicine in a hurry.

“Alright.”

Chen Yu understood that these next moments would be when the Great Fiend was at his weakest.

Thump!

He jumped up and circulated the [Towering Cloud Step] as he pursued the Great Fiend right away.

The Great Fiend had a profound level of skill himself and it was very likely that he originally triumphed over Chen Yu slightly in terms of speed.

Unfortunately, he was taking someone along with him. On top of that, the medicinal efficacy of that “Blood Constituent Pill” had nearly been used up as a wave of weakness washed over his body.

One was chasing while the other was fleeing. In a single breath, the duo ran above several dozens of kilometers.

“Great Fiend, if we’re competing in terms of endurance, you are certainly underestimating me…”

Chen Yu was neither slow nor swift as he pursued the Great Fiend from behind.

He saw that the Great Fiend sank into a certain weakened state as a result of ingesting the Blood Constituent Pill.

He initially unleashed the limit of his body’s explosive speed and could barely catch up to him, but he didn’t so do.

Chen Yu stared at him from a distance that was neither near nor far. This was so that the Great Fiend consumed his internal energy at a faster rate, thus weakening him even further.

As expected, after he ran between 50 to 100 kilometers, the Great Fiend was already gasping for breath and dripping with sweat. His legs were trembling as well.

Bathump!

The Great Fiend finally fell to the ground in a powerless and helpless manner.

No matter what, he never thought that he was entirely ill-matched with this freak, Chen Yu.

“Heh! Is this considered to be the supreme art of war where you subdue the enemy without fighting?”

Chen Yu clapped his hands and slowly walked toward the weakened Great Fiend, but he held a certain vigilance in his heart.