Chen Tang hadn’t seen a single Celestial Concealment in Hermit Continent.

Unexpectedly, within less than half a year of entering Great Xia, he encountered a Celestial Concealment!

Only a hermit who steps into the Innate Realm is qualified to become a Celestial Concealment.

Even among the Dongyi Race, the number of Celestial Concealments is extremely limited.

Chen Tang, Shen Zhiyuan, Su Li, and Ah Li held their weapons, standing at four corners, already surrounding the intruder in the center.

Mo Ming stood outside, waiting for the right moment to act.

Although he was in the Inner Core Realm, he was aging, and in recent years rarely engaged in combat, his battle strength far less than the four young ones like Chen Tang.

"Traitor?"

This Celestial Concealment, even when surrounded by the four, remained expressionless, merely glancing at Ah Li not far away, lightly mumbling.

Ah Li’s skills as a hermit naturally couldn’t be concealed from this person.

Chen Tang cautioned, "Everyone be careful, this person is a Celestial Concealment of the Dongyi Race, an Innate Expert."

Shen Zhiyuan, Su Li, and Mo Ming felt a tightening in their hearts.

Innate Expert!

The discrepancy is too vast!

A Martial Artist steps into the Fifth Grade, beginning cultivation of Inner Qi, whether advancing to the Fourth Grade Awakening or the Third Grade Meridian Passage, they are constantly accumulating and settling Inner Qi.

But once stepping into the Innate Realm, it signifies the transformation of Inner Qi into Innate True Qi!

The gap between ordinary Inner Qi and Innate True Qi is as vast as the heavens and the abyss.

No matter how abundant the Inner Qi, it can’t withstand a wisp of Innate True Qi!

The Celestial Concealment’s calm is born from the confidence of an Innate Expert.

"Being able to see through my tracks still shows some skill."

The Celestial Concealment looked at Chen Tang not far away, his tone calm yet revealing a hint of killing intent.

Chen Tang’s sword indeed caught him off guard.

He never expected that among the few young people in this Taoist temple, there would be someone who could see through his tracks and intercept his assured killing strike with a sword!

As Chen Tang was about to speak, he suddenly noticed a blur before his eyes.

Killing intent descended!

Too fast!

Stepping into the Innate Realm means not only a transformation in Inner Qi, but also an elevation in strength, speed, and body technique to another level.

Chen Tang, without much thought, immediately entered the Divine Illumination State.

Under the Divine Illumination, everything around seemed to slow down, Chen Tang’s perception heightened to the utmost.

Even so, he only saw a faint shadow rapidly approaching!

Chasing Shadows!

A cold light flashed, slicing Chen Tang into two.

The Celestial Concealment was slightly stunned.

The Chen Tang under his blade was just a phantom.

"Interesting."

The Celestial Concealment noticed that the body technique Chen Tang had just displayed was exceedingly brilliant, even showing traces of ’Floating Light and Shadow’, and even surpassing it.

Ordinarily, this young man was merely Fourth Grade, and even the most supreme body technique couldn’t possibly evade his long blade.

On the other side, Chen Tang narrowly avoided the attack, his mind greatly shaken.

In reality, even in the Divine Illumination State, he was still a step too slow!

A scratch already appeared on his chest, his clothes torn.

It was fortunate that the Flood Dragon Armor shielded against the opponent’s blade, allowing him to remain unharmed.

This indicates that even as he continued to dodge, evading the Celestial Concealment’s pursuit would be difficult.

Once the Divine Illumination time expires, he would be as good as fish on a chopping block.

He cannot keep dodging blindly.

Chen Tang’s gaze was sharp as a knife, once again charging forward with his sword.

On the battlefield, the Celestial Concealment’s blade missed, failing to kill Chen Tang, and instead found himself beset by Shen Zhiyuan, Su Li, and Ah Li.

In his eyes, the trio’s battle strength was insignificant.

Yet he was, after all, made of flesh and blood, unable to withstand the trio’s weapons.

At most, he could kill two among them, but he would inevitably be harmed by the third, an unacceptable trade-off.

Seeing he’s lost the advantage, the Celestial Concealment had to employ his body technique, temporarily evading.

"Eternal!"

Shen Zhiyuan lightly exclaimed a word, the sword edge flickering, using the sword as a brush, Qi as ink, wielding an exceedingly exquisite swordsmanship, precisely the ’Riverside Preface’!

At first, the Celestial Concealment was dismissive of Shen Zhiyuan’s swordsmanship.

But it wasn’t long before he sensed something amiss.

Shen Zhiyuan’s swordsmanship wasn’t strongly aggressive, yet as the swordsmanship danced, the characters drawn in mid-air were vigorous and graceful, like iron cups and silver hooks, seemingly containing a mysterious force, condensed without dispersing!

The characters arranged in a precise sequence formed an extremely powerful combined force.

This was the inherent power of the ’Riverside Preface’ itself.

Shen Zhiyuan knew that with his swordsmanship and Inner Qi, he couldn’t possibly contend with an Innate Expert.

Hence, he fueled the ’Riverside Preface’s’ power through swordsmanship, using numerous characters to possibly restrain the Celestial Concealment’s form, restricting his body technique!

Sure enough.

A few breaths later, the Celestial Concealment indeed felt his body technique wasn’t as nimble as before, as if trapped by some peculiar power between his legs, difficult to break free.

Among the four, Su Li’s combat strength was the weakest.

Yet all her weapons were laced with potent toxins.

Whether the short sword in her hand or occasionally launched concealed weapons, each bore a faint fragrance, making the Celestial Concealment wary of even being slighted by her.

Together with Chen Tang and Ah Li’s cooperation.

In the Divine Illumination State, Chen Tang executed his swordsmanship to its pinnacle, increasingly faster.

Ah Li was well-versed in a hermit’s methods, each strike timed perfectly, targeting the Celestial Concealment’s vulnerabilities, forcing him to defend.

Though it was their first time collaborating, the four displayed a tacit coordination, like having telepathic connections, unleashing their utmost battle strength!

Both sides clashed for over twenty moves, with the Celestial Concealment unable to break the deadlock, unable to kill anyone, hindered and increasingly uncomfortable, stuck in a stalemate.

In truth, the current predicament was largely due to the Celestial Concealment’s overconfidence.

Hermits excel at stealth, concealment, assassination.

One strike to kill!

If unsuccessful, they would retreat immediately, avoiding entanglement, seeking another opportune moment.

This individual relied on being in the Innate Realm, his cultivation far surpassing Chen Tang and the others, dismissing them, believing he could easily subdue them, not expecting to be caught instead.

Of course, there was another reason.

Though Chen Tang and the others’ Cultivation Realm didn’t match the Celestial Concealment’s, in fact, they were among the young generation’s top talents!

Chen Tang, ranked first on the Wind and Cloud Ranking.

Shen Zhiyuan, ranked second on the Wind and Cloud Ranking.

Ah Li, Third Grade Meridian Passage, a whole major realm away from the Innate Realm.

Moreover, too familiar with a hermit’s methods, exceedingly threatening.

Su Li was also a Wind and Cloud Ranking prodigy, a poison expert.

Each had their strengths, mutually complementing, covering each other’s weaknesses, immediately backing each other up when one was in danger, leaving no chance to the opponent.

The Celestial Concealment wanting to kill would inevitably get injured himself!

This individual had reservations, unable to break the stalemate for the moment.

Under the four’s joint effort, they unleashed power surpassing their own realm!

The Celestial Concealment became increasingly alarmed as the fight continued.

If it went on like this, not only couldn’t he kill, but even finding it hard to escape unscathed.

At this moment, Chen Tang also kept a trump card unused.

He kept waiting.

Seeking the right opportunity to heavily injure the opponent!