Chapter 0562: Cheating

Chapter 0562 Cheap Shot

Liu Chongsheng had been cautioned not to recklessly reveal his Fire Arcane Body and Fire Totem.

But now, he could no longer hold back.

He needed to win the 200,000 *jin* of Celestial Beast bones—and seek revenge.

Only by defeating Yun Daren before him could he avenge the humiliation of those three slaps.

Qin Yun wasn’t surprised at all, only puzzled as to why the totem patterns appeared on his hair.

"Yun Daren, be extra careful!"

Ke Mingjiang, witnessing Liu Chongsheng’s current power, felt a surge of dread and hurriedly warned Qin Yun.

Long before this, Ling Yuner had already informed Qin Yun that Liu Chongsheng possessed the Fire Arcane Body, so he was ready for this.

"Yun Daren, do you see now? This is what I’m really capable of! Even at the Ninth Layer Martial Path, I could easily defeat many Spirit Martial warriors. Taking you down is a joke."

Liu Chongsheng, seeing the envious and jealous gazes from the crowd, grew even more smug, his eyes nearly rolling back in smugness.

"But you still ate three slaps from me!" Qin Yun shot back. "If you had such formidable power, why didn’t you use it earlier?"

"You... That’s because... I’m a humble guy!" Liu Chongsheng taunted. "I admit you have some chops, but in the end, you’re just a Ninth Layer Martial Path warrior. You haven’t even awakened your Bone Spirit yet—there’s no way you can defeat me when I wield the power of Bone Spirit!"

Once the Bone Spirit awakens, one can fuse with powerful beast souls or other spirits, supercharging the bones with Bone Spirit.

Qin Yun had already prepared his Sky Lion Beast Soul.

Now, all he needed was to wait for his Bone Spirit to awaken before he could begin the soul fusion.

"Eat this!"

Liu Chongsheng struck out with a palm and snarled.

As his voice faded, a giant flaming hand, stories high, blasted toward Qin Yun with terrifying speed—so fast that Qin Yun couldn’t dodge.

Boom!

The thunderous explosion instantly engulfed Qin Yun, unleashing an inferno’s breath.

Heat waves surged outward, surging into the sky.

The crowd felt the searing heat while also flinching.

"That’s the *Void Origin Mystic Palm*! Another Arcane Art of the Martial Soul!"

"Didn’t he already have the *Wave-Seizing Mystic Palm*? Now he’s using the *Void Origin Mystic Palm* too—he’s mastered two Arcane Arts! How terrifying!"

The onlookers stammered in shock as they watched Qin Yun shrouded in flames.

Liu Chongsheng launched skyward and slammed down another giant flaming hand from above.

The hand struck the ground, leaving behind a massive handprint.

The flames raged unchecked, roaring endlessly.

Just as Liu Chongsheng was about to deliver his third palm strike, Qin Yun suddenly erupted from the flames.

Streaking out like a comet of fire, Qin Yun shot straight into the air.

Boom!

The sudden emergence of Qin Yun was incredibly swift, crashing into Liu Chongsheng with a dull thud.

Liu Chongsheng grunted in pain from the impact before hastily dodging Qin Yun midair.

Qin Yun’s clothes were scorched and tattered, but he was barely scratched.

Earlier in the match, many had already inspected both fighters and confirmed neither wore any protective armor.

Yet Qin Yun had withstood two of Liu Chongsheng’s powerful palm strikes.

*Blazing Heaven Inferno Palm!*

Enraged after being knocked back, Liu Chongsheng roared from a distance and unleashed another palm strike.

A surge of mystic body energy, intertwined with dense totem power, violently surged forward.

In the sky above, dozens of flaming palm projections appeared.

Those palms took the form of snarling wolves, all pouncing toward Qin Yun.

SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

Each flying palm exploded upon impact, creating a series of thunderous explosions.

Hundreds of palms continuously lunged forward, their successive explosions stirring scorching gusts of wind.

The crowd ducked for cover, fearing they might be caught in the crossfire.

“This guy is using totem martial arts!”

Qin Yun knew damn well only totem martial arts could unleash such totemic power.

“Relax! Your Sky Lion Mystic Body’s totem is a mystic totem, also fire-aligned! That guy’s fire totem is just a spirit totem—it can't hold a candle to yours!” Ling Yuner said.

Though Qin Yun was struck by multiple waves of fire totem energy, the attacks only stung a little without reaching his vital points.

“That must be totem martial arts!”

“That Liu Chongsheng figured out totem martial arts is truly impressive!”

“Qin Yun is being bombarded by continuous fire palms—that area has turned into a roaring inferno! The core temperature must be extreme. Has he been burned to a crisp?”

“Even if not ashes, he must be a burnt husk!”

Liu Chongsheng kept hammering with *Blazing Heaven Inferno Palms*, the dense flaming afterimages encasing Qin Yun in a roaring inferno.

Just as Liu Chongsheng was smugly thinking he'd won, he suddenly heard Qin Yun let out a lion-like bellow.

With a flash of golden light, Qin Yun’s Sky Lion Mystic Body unleashed a shockwave, blasting apart the flames surrounding him.

*Dragon-Tiger Raging Scale Slash!*

Qin Yun also channeled his totem arts, his palm becoming a razor-sharp arc of energy.

Countless shadowy figures flashed into sight, and upon closer inspection, they darted like dragons and tigers before transforming into draconic greatblades slashing toward Liu Chongsheng.

The sky filled with swirling draconic greatblades, howling with draconic and bestial fury.

Liu Chongsheng tried to evade, but the scaled blades rained down like a crushing net.

"Totem martial arts? Yun Daren, you actually have a totem too!"

Liu Chongsheng shouted in shock while frantically parrying with palm strikes, yet his body was still shredded by explosive qi bursts.

Enraged, Liu Chongsheng tossed his mane aside and swiftly unleashed his fire totem.

The fire totem manifested as flaming tendrils lashing outward, attempting to entangle Qin Yun.

Qin Yun stood his ground, immediately conjuring a spectral dragon-tiger.

The crowd witnessed a majestic dragon-tiger charging through the air toward the fiery vines.

Liu Chongsheng, gripped by fear, hastily unleashed his Sky-Scorching Inferno Palm to attack, hoping to destroy the black dragon-tiger beast.

The black dragon-tiger beast shuddered, its scales shooting outward—precisely the Dragon-Tiger Scale Tempest.

Countless Purple Gold Flame palms clashed with countless black draconic greatblades in midair, detonating like celestial firecrackers.

A concussive blastwave pressed down, sinking the earth beneath.

"Without Bone Spirit energy, you're doomed to lose!"

Liu Chongsheng's fire palms deflected every scaled blade before fiercely lunging at the draconic beast.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Under the relentless barrage of fire palms, the dragon-tiger beast disintegrated in a flare of light.

Seizing the moment, Qin Yun dashed forward, closing in on Liu Chongsheng. Focusing earth-shaking divine energy into his arm, he loosed a quake-inducing fist.

Even before impact, the punch unleashed a shockwave from afar!

Liu Chongsheng tried to counter, but the shockwaves disrupted his qi flow.

Clenching his jaw, he mustered all his strength to shield himself before crashing earthward, narrowly avoiding Qin Yun's terrifying seismic strike.

Everyone knew Qin Yun could unleash an inescapable and devastating tremor.

At this point, all credited it to the power of his dragon-tiger totem.

Even Liu Chongsheng believed so.

"That Yun Daren's Martial Soul must be black! His totem power is black!"

"A Black Martial Soul... If he obtained it at the first level of Martial Dao, he could awaken mystic arts by the third level! And by the sixth and ninth levels, he could refine specific mystic techniques!"

"So, this guy is using mystic power?"

"No wonder he's so terrifying, completely overwhelming the Spirit Martial Realm!"

"A Black Martial Soul and a totem—is this some aristocratic clan's secret weapon?"

As the crowd watched Qin Yun relentlessly pummel Liu Chongsheng, awe rippled through the spectators.

Even Ke Mingjiang was gaping in shock.

Jian Mang knew that Yun Daren was Qin Yun and was aware of Qin Yun’s formidable strength, but he never expected it to be concealed to this extent.

"Liu Chongsheng has a Purple Gold Martial Soul and a Fire Totem... but compared to Yun Daren’s Black Martial Soul and Dragon-Tiger Totem, he pales in comparison! If not for Liu Chongsheng’s Sky Lion Mystic Body, he might have already lost!" Ke Mingjiang said.

"Liu Chongsheng has just entered the Spirit Martial Realm and possesses Bone Spirit energy, yet he’s still being suppressed!" Jian Mang remarked.

Ke Mingjiang let out an astonished gasp at this realization.

Qin Yun’s power was anything but ordinary!

Liu Chongsheng, who was fighting Qin Yun, felt the terrifying tremors most directly—his energy was being disrupted, unable to gather.

Boom!

After dodging several times, Liu Chongsheng was finally struck hard by a punch, sending him plummeting from the sky.

The impact of his fall slammed into the ground, creating a crater.

Seeing this, everyone knew Liu Chongsheng was about to lose.

Now, everyone had witnessed Liu Chongsheng getting overpowered.

Qin Yun was surprised Liu didn’t recognize him even after leaking so much of his aura.

"End this!" Qin Yun abruptly descended, bringing his foot down like a hammer.

The battered and bruised Liu Chongsheng roared, suddenly gripping a longsword in his hand and thrusting it with blinding speed at the descending Qin Yun.

Spotting this, Qin Yun swiftly evaded the sword thrust.

"Liu Chongsheng, you’re using weapons!" Ke Mingjiang bellowed furiously upon seeing this. "You dishonorable bastard!"

"Bastard, die!" Liu Chongsheng glared at Ke Mingjiang and hurled a talisman toward him.

At the same time, Qin Yun pulled out a hammer and channeled a devastating wave of Nine Extremes Chaos Force at Liu Chongsheng.

A square shield materialized in Liu Chongsheng’s hand!

The Nine Yang Divine Hammer struck the shield, detonating in a fiery explosion that shattered it and sent Liu Chongsheng flying far away.

Boom! Boom!

As the shield exploded, the talisman Liu Chongsheng had thrown also detonated, unleashing a tempest of crackling lightning.

"A Raging Thunder Talisman!" Qin Yun whirled toward Ke Mingjiang’s direction as he shouted, "Damn it! Captain! Jian Mang—!"

The furious lightning bolts came crashing down relentlessly upon the area.

Qin Yun kept yelling "Captain! Jian Mang!" as he plunged into the maelstrom.

The power of a Dao Talisman was horrifying.

Even with his Sky Lion Mystic Body, Qin Yun was seared with white-hot pain.

The Raging Thunder Talisman had a 30-yard blast radius, making the attack even more concentrated.

Rushing inside, Qin Yun saw Jian Mang and Ke Mingjiang, their bodies charred and fissured from the strikes, igniting volcanic rage within him.