Lei Jun, enhanced by the Heavenly General Talisman, grew taller in stature. With a swing of his long staff, he swept to the ground those who approached him from the inner circle.

Just as he was about to continue clearing the Ye Clan disciples on the perimeter, a sudden feeling stirred in his heart.

This time, Lei Jun's heart tightened as if facing a formidable enemy.

He immediately swung his staff behind him.

Behind him, indeed, was a Confucian Classical Studies swordsman, thrusting his sword toward Lei Jun.

The swordsman's Sword Qi was restrained, making him just as silent and stealthy. However, the surprise attack was blocked by Lei Jun's sweeping staff.

In that instant, illusions seemed to fill Lei Jun's mind:

A massive snake, coiled deep within the earth, pitch-black with wings on its back, ferocious in spirit and unpredictable in nature, was opening its cavernous jaws, emitting a silent, terrifying hiss at him.

Teng Snake!

At this moment, Lei Jun's Spiritual Soul seemed to be immobilized.

But deep within his Spiritual Soul, in the True One Altar Cave Heaven formed by the Celestial Master Seal, the Forty-Nine Lamps, once dim, flared bright again as a clear breeze brushed through the skies above the sanctum.

Lei Jun's Spiritual Soul was instantly cleansed.

In the blink of an eye, while Lei Jun seemed stunned, the Ye Clan Confucian Scholar changed his swordplay.

This time, not resorting to a sneak attack, his overflowing Sword Qi burst forth. It concentrated at a single point, like a shooting star, thrusting straight at Lei Jun.

But Lei Jun recovered much faster than expected. With a sweep of his staff, he once again blocked the opponent's killing blow.

Both sides were taken aback.

Lei Jun looked at the equally young face opposite him, matching it with a portrait he had seen before.

Ye Chifeng.

He was a rising star of the younger generation of the Jinzhou Ye Clan, a Confucian Scholar who had recently emerged.

Though young, his knowledge and cultivation surpassed many elders of his clan. He was regarded as a talent likely to reach the Upper Three Realms in the future.

For this southward venture, the Jinzhou Ye Clan actually had two main individuals in charge: one was Ye Qi, and the other was this Ye Chifeng.

However, to maintain secrecy, he had concealed his tracks all along. Aside from Ye Qi, even other clan disciples were unaware of his presence.

Ye Chifeng was the main force in executing the list provided by Li Xuan.

However, he too had failed to detect the enemy who had quietly approached and suddenly struck, ambushing his Seventh Uncle, Ye Qi, right before his eyes.

Ye Chifeng quickly regained his composure. Adopting a tactic of using his enemy's methods against him, he did not reveal himself immediately. Instead, he seized the opportunity to approach Lei Jun quietly and then launched a surprise sword attack.

He held his sword in one hand. His other arm was wrapped with what resembled a strange snake made of white bones—the White Bone Chain.

The eerie Spiritual Nature of the White Bone Chain came into play. It not only concealed Ye Chifeng's presence and movements, but at the moment he launched his sudden attack from hiding, its Spiritual Nature fully erupted to suppress Lei Jun's mind.

Lei Jun, accustomed to delivering surprise blows from behind and constantly refining his Wind-Thunder Talisman, possessed a keen sense for such tactics.

But this time, he had met his match.

Although Ye Chifeng had failed to detect Lei Jun's approach earlier, allowing him to succeed in his sneak attack on Ye Qi, Lei Jun, in turn, had also failed to sense Ye Chifeng lurking nearby.

His gaze swept over the White Bone Chain on the other's arm.

It must be because of that thing.

Not only did it aid Ye Chifeng in hiding his tracks, but during the sudden assault, an ominous aura also erupted, suppressing the target's mind.

Caught off guard and then subjected to a full-force sneak attack, one could be gravely injured, if not killed.

But deep within Lei Jun's Spiritual Soul lay the hidden Celestial Master Seal.

Influenced by the Celestial Master Seal, his mind recovered instantly, allowing him to block Ye Chifeng's otherwise fatal sword thrust.

"...Your Spiritual Soul is unusual?" Ye Chifeng, a highly cultivated talent from the direct lineage of the Jinzhou Ye Clan, possessing broad knowledge and quick wit, immediately understood.

"Indeed. Compared to you schemers, I am far too simple and honest."

Before Lei Jun finished speaking, his body moved. He advanced toward Ye Chifeng and launched another attack.

Yet Ye Chifeng seemed to have anticipated the move. He sidestepped it swiftly, while his sword, as swift as starlight, entered a cosmic chessboard—the Universe itself—seizing the initiative and striking at a position that would put Lei Jun at a disadvantage.

The family techniques of the Jinzhou Ye Clan.

Star-Chess Sword.

Lei Jun neither dodged nor evaded. Seemingly oblivious to the stabbing sword light, he struck overhead with his staff toward Ye Chifeng's head.

He's aiming for mutual destruction?

A foolish dream! I'll strike him first.

Then I'll still have room to change my move and neutralize his attack... Just as Ye Chifeng reached this thought, he suddenly sensed something was amiss.

His sword strike was slower than expected.

It was as if an invisible force in the air created resistance, his thrust sinking into a quagmire.

CRACKLE!

Ye Chifeng's eyes widened.

Around Lei Jun's body, faint sparks of electricity flickered into view.

The invisible Dual Polarity Primordial Magnetism was already densely permeating the area.

Using his own Dual Polarity Yuan Magnetism Spell to delay Ye Chifeng's sword light, Lei Jun's staff came crashing down. The Supreme Pure Golden Bamboo glinted brilliantly as he struck his opponent squarely on the head!

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