Martial Cultivator Chapter 714: There's Really Retribution In This World

The Profound Yellow Bell shattered, countless fragments scattering in all directions and crashing into the ground, leaving behind a landscape full of craters and pits.

The terrifying aura from that single page continued to emanate. Not only had it shattered the Profound Yellow Bell in an instant, but moments later, a terrifying air billow slammed toward Daoist Yinli.

Daoist Yinli's expression changed drastically, and his mind was thrown into chaos. From the start, he had been most wary of Chen Chao, because of the page he believed Chen Chao carried. That was why he had resolved to eliminate Yu Xiyi first. But who would have thought that Chen Chao had used the demon bead as bait, placing it on Yu Xiyi in order to lure him in?

Daoist Yinli had been completely caught off guard, unknowingly walking right into the trap Chen Chao had laid out.

The terrifying air billow relentlessly pushed him backward. Even when he reacted in time and made a move to resist, he still could not completely block the terrifying aura.

The defensive layers of qi hastily formed in front of him shattered one after another. They barely held for an instant before being broken apart by that dreadful force. He was forced back several hundred feet, and streams of uncontrolled qi slammed into his body without any regard, causing him to cough up several mouthfuls of blood.

Chen Chao, Yu Xiyi, and Yun Jianyue exchanged a glance.

The three acted without hesitation. Yun Jianyue's daoist robes billowed as he rose into the air. The bright moon ascended overhead, and countless radiant moonlight cascaded down to the world below. Those pure white rays of light instantly locked the surrounding space. At the same time, Yu Xiyi unleashed another sword strike, the pale sword light slashing across horizontally.

Chen Chao did not make a move at that moment. Instead, he shot forward, intending to close the distance between himself and the great daoist sage.

Daoist Yinli had been wounded by that page of paper, but had at least survived the onslaught of that terrifying aura.

Yet before he could fully recover from the peril he had just endured, Daoist Yinli suddenly noticed the beams of moonlight surrounding him.

He cast a confused glance at Yun Jianyue in the distance.

A blade of sword light had already slashed over.

Endless killing intent erupted in that instant, and the terrifying sword light surged toward him.

Daoist Yinli's mind stirred, trying to summon back the seal that belonged to the Temple Master, but for some unknown reason, that seal was now floating in midair at a distance, remaining motionless.

Daoist Yinli furrowed his brows. He had clearly already refined this item, so how could the connection be severed now?

But he quickly came to his senses and understood the reason.

Because he saw Yun Jianyue over there.

If there was truly something happening beyond his comprehension, then without question, it was the doing of that Yun Jianyue.

Unable to recall the seal, Daoist Yinli had no choice but to personally confront that overwhelming, unreasonable sword light.

The terrifying sword light tore across the heavens and earth, arriving before him, and in no time, left two gashes on Daoist Yinli's body.

His daoist robe began to rip apart, revealing several tears.

A trace of irritation appeared in Daoist Yinli's eyes, but at this point, aside from retreating, there was nothing else he could do. He could only keep falling back, dodging the deadly edge of that sword.

Even so, he still failed to fully evade it.

He continued to retreat, constantly dissipating the force of that sword.

Finally, after retreating several thousand feet, he endured until the sword's might dissipated.

Just as Daoist Yinli let out a breath of relief, he suddenly tensed up again.

In this round of attack and defense, both Yun Jianyue and Yu Xiyi had made their moves, but there was still one person who had not.

And unsurprisingly, the one who had not attacked yet was the most terrifying trump card of all.

As expected.

The next moment, a dark figure appeared in midair and came crashing down to the earth!

Daoist Yinli's daoist robe fluttered in the strong wind, his entire body shrouded beneath that descending shadow, nowhere to escape.

A surging wave of qi arrived before the dark figure itself, pressing toward Daoist Yinli. Several talismans spilled out from his sleeve, but before they could even unfold, Chen Chao's saber came cleaving down.

The dazzling saber light was especially radiant beneath the night sky.

That saber strike was without doubt Chen Chao's strongest saber strike thus far.

Killing intent flooded the heavens, enveloping Daoist Yinli completely. There was nowhere to hide, no possibility of dodging it.

With a tearing sound, the saber edge landed on the talismans.

The talismans were sliced clean through in an instant, and the saber continued its descent.

Daoist Yinli reached out to smack the saber aside, trying to deflect the blow. But already wounded, he no longer had the strength. Failing to knock it away, he could only watch helplessly as the saber struck, landing on his shoulder.

When the saber's edge met his daoist robe, it sliced through with ease, then cut into his skin. Flesh and blood were torn open as the saber drove deeper, finally wedging itself within.

It failed to sever Daoist Yinli's arm completely.

Chen Chao raised his head and glanced at Daoist Yinli, while the latter let out a muffled groan in pain.

Chen Chao placed both hands on the saber hilt and pressed down with force.

Daoist Yinli gathered his qi with a pale face, and struck at Chen Chao's chest.

But at this moment, he was no longer the terrifying figure he had been before. His qi was barely any stronger than that of a cultivator at the Nepenthe Realm.

He failed to even pierce through Chen Chao's body.

Chen Chao released one hand and struck the top of Daoist Yinli's forehead with a backhanded blow.

Daoist Yinli quickly raised a hand to shield his forehead, trying to block the strike. But just a moment later, a crack resounded from his palm.

That hand of his suddenly shattered.

Without the surging qi flowing within, trying to withstand such a fearsome blow from a pure martial artist was no easy feat.

Furthermore, Chen Chao was no ordinary Nepenthe martial artist.

Daoist Yinli furrowed his brows slightly and looked at the Chen Chao before him. For the first time, he felt a sense of crisis.

These three young people whom he had never taken seriously had, through a series of maneuvers, dragged him down from the lofty height at the end of Nepenthe.

Now, facing these three, he was no longer standing high above the masses.

Chen Chao released his grip on the saber and began unleashing punches with both fists. Streams of fist qi flowed naturally, swirling around him, making this young martial artist appear like a war god descended upon the world.

Daoist Yinli struggled to defend himself, but more often than not, he simply could not keep up with the storm-like barrage of punches.

With each breath, white mist began to coil around Chen Chao's body. Then he poured all of that mist into his punches. Each strike now carried a terrifying shockwave mixed with mist, making it even more painful for Daoist Yinli to endure.

What pained him the most was not just the relentless assault from this young martial artist before him, but the fact that the two other youths nearby were still watching intently, ready to strike at any moment.

At this point, Daoist Yinli was already thinking of retreat.

Leaving this place and returning to the Infatuation Daoist Temple, no matter how severe his injuries now, it no longer mattered.

The only issue was how to escape.

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Chen Chao who was bare-chested had already lost count of how many punches he had landed on Daoist Yinli. Nor did Daoist Yinli know how many of those punches he had taken head-on.

At this moment, his daoist robes had yet to be completely torn apart, but his body was undoubtedly riddled with countless gashes. Each of the wounds was the result of Chen Chao's relentless punches.

By now, even someone like Daoist Yinli was starting to falter.

Chen Chao was also exhausted, his old qi depleted depleted, and new qi yet to be generated.

He threw one more punch, then retreated several steps.

Yu Xiyi's sword light arrived as expected.

The young sword immortal carried Wild Grass in hand and shot forward calmly. The flying sword in his hand hummed with a piercing vibration, sword qi surging all around him.

Yu Xiyi made a casual slash with his sword, directly forcing Daoist Yinli back hundreds of feet.

For the next hour, Yu Xiyi kept attacking, almost entirely unconcerned with the consumption of sword qi, unleashing everything he had without holding anything back.

Daoist Yinli responded cautiously to the sword immortal's techniques, clearly already quite exhausted.

An hour later, Yu Xiyi sheathed his sword, and Yun Jianyue floated over with an indifferent air.

The daoist genius looked at this Temple Master of the Infatuation Daoist Temple before him, without a trace of emotion in his eyes.

“Yun Jianyue, if you kill me today, are you not afraid of disgracing the Infatuation Daoist Temple?”

Daoist Yinli looked at Yun Jianyue and spoke softly, his voice laced with a subtle, bewitching tone.

Yun Jianyue remained unmoved and replied blandly, “Chief Enforcer has already disgraced the temple. How could this disciple's actions be considered disgraceful in comparison?”

“There may be grudges between us, but that is an internal matter of the temple. How can outsiders be allowed to meddle?”

Daoist Yinli looked at Yun Jianyue, spat out a mouthful of blood, yet his expression remained calm.

“What Chief Enforcer says makes sense. In that case, if I kill Chief Enforcer, this matter will be easily settled.”

Yun Jianyue replied indifferently, his voice carrying a hint of coldness.

Daoist Yinli said nothing, because thunder was once again rumbling in the skies above. Countless bolts of heavenly lightning began to converge. Yun Jianyue had already begun to channel his lightning spell, clearly intent on killing Daoist Yinli right here.

In terms of lightning techniques, he might not be the strongest in the daoist world, but the power he could wield was still formidable.

Daoist Yinli raised his head to gaze at the sky, sensing the presence of those heavenly lightning bolts. He thought back to that day on the open sea, where his own senior brother had ultimately died under Yun Jianyue's lightning techniques.

Could this be retribution?

Before today, Daoist Yinli had never once considered the concept of retribution. But now, he could not help but dwell on it.

Just as the thought lingered unresolved, bolt after bolt of heavenly lightning crashed down.

The terrifying might of it all blanketed the entire area, leaving Daoist Yinli not the slightest chance to escape.

Daoist Yinli glanced at Yun Jianyue. For some reason, at that moment, he began to smile. There was something strange about his smile.

Very strange.

It was as if he had completely given up on resisting.

He was quickly engulfed by the lightning pool.

Yu Xiyi watched the scene unfold and said curiously, “Does someone like that really feel regret in the end too?”

Chen Chao chuckled and said, “When a man is about to die, his words are kind. Of course, some people regret every wrong they've ever committed in their final moments. But... he's clearly not one of them.”

He took a deep breath and leaped into the sky.

Over there, the lightning pool had completely engulfed Daoist Yinli, his traces were no longer visible.

Yun Jianyue could no longer sense Daoist Yinli's presence either, yet the heavenly lightning still continued to fall.

Moments later, a barely perceptible streak of light suddenly shot out from the lightning pool.

Yu Xiyi was quick-eyed and swift-handed, slashing out with his sword.

A terrifying sword light swept out and hit that streak of light.

But the streak only paused briefly, it did not stop. Yun Jianyue frowned and unleashed a terrifying aura to attack it as well.

Even so, the streak of light struggled its way out of their encirclement and shot toward the sky.

Yun Jianyue moved at once to give chase.

Yu Xiyi followed as well.

The two of them quickly vanished into the distance in pursuit.

The lightning pool gradually quieted down.

Before the shattered city wall, an aura slowly gathered. A middle-aged daoist with a pale face and blood at the corner of his mouth slowly appeared.

It was precisely Yinli.

This Infatuation Daoist Temple Master looked up at the sky, his eyes filled with a complicated emotion.

He was an old fox who had cultivated for many years after all, he still managed to deceive these youngsters in the end.

"Impressive means, Sage."

Suddenly, a voice sounded out.

A bare-chested young man appeared on the scene.

He looked at Daoist Yinli and said with a cheerful smile, “When Sage thinks everyone else is a fool, oftentimes you're the biggest fool of them all.”

After seeing this young man, Daoist Yinli's expression became ugly to the extreme. Fury surged in his heart, why was it that he could deceive everyone else, yet not this young man?

Just like with all those schemes from before, he had been completely led around by the nose by this one youth.

Chen Chao slowly drew his saber and looked at Daoist Yinli, smiling as he said, “Sage, losing to me isn't unjust in the slightest.”

As Chen Chao spoke, blood trickled from the corner of his lips.

In truth, his current condition was not much better than Daoist Yinli's.

His injuries were extremely severe; he had just been suppressing them all along.

Staring at the snow-white saber in Chen Chao's hand, Daoist Yinli's expression grew complicated.

He was silent for a long time before finally muttering something that seemed completely incomprehensible.

“Does retribution truly exist in this world?”