Purple Mist Dao Master-Chapter 856 - 563: Capturing Zhou Shun!

"Senior brother!"

"Straight ahead! Treasure light flashes wildly! A pile of treasures!"

Lu Yuru, holding the Thousand-mile Mirror, saw the treasure light from afar and hurriedly pointed the direction to Yan Chuan.

"Great!" Yan Chuan exclaimed with joy, leaping towards the direction Lu Yuru pointed out. It was already at the end of two hours, and this time Yan Chuan and Lu Yuru were unlucky; they did not encounter a Seventh-rank Divine Weapon. In total, they only captured four treasures, the most valuable being just a Fifth-Rank Odd Weapon.

Just when they thought they would return disappointed, unexpectedly, at the last moment, they had a great harvest——

"Hmm?"

"Something's wrong!"

Yan Chuan initially thought there would be a great harvest, but when he leaped forward to take a closer look, he saw that what lay ahead was not a pile of treasures, but a small hill floating in chaos. On the hill, over ten people were either sitting or standing, and Yan Chuan happened to lock eyes with one of them——

"Zhou Shun?!"

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First Layer of the Returning Ruins Realm.

Zhou Shun and a group of Divine Generals from Lishan Sect gathered on a small hill, which was a treasured place. The small hill was filled with impressions, evidently having had at least Sixth Rank Divine Generals cultivating here, leaving imprints behind. Compared to the 'desensitized' cultivation caves in Lishan Sect where these Divine Generals usually stayed, this place could undoubtedly provide them with more inspiration.

Thus, when Li Huai, Dean of Jiujiang Institute, and Zhe Zai, Dean of Xuanqi Institute, discovered the small hill, they immediately located it and set up an array, then brought over half of the Ten Elders from the two institutes, a group of sixteen, to occupy this site, forming the core Divine Generals' cultivation dojo.

Even though the Ten Elders and other Divine Generals were prominent figures in the Hunxi Territory, in the Returning Ruins Realm, anyone below the sixth-rank was an ant. They could not leave this place freely, except for Li Huai and Zhe Zai, who roamed at will, thus, they took turns to guard this temporary cave mansion to prevent any unexpected events.

At this moment, Li Huai was guarding, searching for treasures in the mountain, when suddenly he looked up and saw a person approaching, enveloped in Sword Qi——

"This is the territory of Lishan Sect, halt immediately!"

Li Huai shouted loudly.

On Yan Chuan's side, he was pleasantly surprised to see Zhou Shun: "I was worried about how to capture you alive at Lishan Sect, but happened to meet you in the Returning Ruins; truly, fate."

With such fate, how could he let it slip?

Without another word, Yan Chuan, having already prepared several paths of Sword Qi, surged forward with wind and fire, True Qi roaring, instantly executing the Sixth Form of the first chapter of "Wave Riding Micro Steps"——

"Sword Rain!"

"At the peak of movement technique, like dew and lightning, the sword creates smoky rain, wind and rain arrive fiercely, this is 'Sword Rain'!"

Yan Chuan gathered Sword Qi around him like smoky rain, overwhelming the sky; its power was not comparable to 'Sword Net', which took fifteen minutes to reach its peak, but it was three times stronger than 'Six Meridians' and 'Breaking Body'.

He crashed forward violently, breaking the Array within the mountain.

At the same time.

"Old Wang!"

"Assist me!"

Yan Chuan paid no attention to Li Huai rushing towards him, as he broke the Array, he released Wang Zhengyi's "Demon Ape Avatar"——

The Demon Ape lifted the thousand jin rod!

As soon as the Demon Ape appeared, it raised the Jingu Bang and struck at Li Huai, the rod's fierce wind and fire caused fear, making Li Huai panic and quickly defend.

In that gap, Yan Chuan moved swiftly, arriving before the group of Divine Generals from Lishan Sect, his steps always generating Sword Qi, step by step giving birth to Sword Qi, yet in the instant he saw Zhou Shun face to face, he extended his five fingers in a claw——

"One of the Ten Strong Martial Arts!"

"Ten Claws' ninth!"

"Dragon Capturing, Control Crane!"

Yan Chuan fiercely extended his claw, instantly executing the ninth move 'Dragon Capturing' from the first chapter of the Absolute Skill "Ten Strong Martial Arts" - "Ten Claws". It's founded on the Absolute Skills "Dragon Capturing Skill" and "Control Crane Skill", combined with various claw skills and grappling techniques from across the world, best at capturing people from a distance. Even using it alone, its power was already impressive, let alone its enhanced strength when combined with Yan Chuan's "Ten Strong Martial Arts", making 'Dragon Capturing' stronger.

Zhou Shun was a Fourth Rank Divine General. Seeing Yan Chuan rush towards him, he wanted to escape, but as he started moving, Yan Chuan clutched towards him, causing his body to pause momentarily. Although he wasn't truly captured from afar, as he was a Fourth Rank Divine General, he was ultimately hindered in movement, becoming stagnant and slow, while Yan Chuan, in a flash, got close——

"One of the Ten Strong Martial Arts!"

"Ten Claws' third!"

"Orchid Brushing Acupoint!"

As soon as he got close, Yan Chuan pinched his thumb and forefinger together, slightly spreading the remaining three fingers, extending his hand like an Orchid branch, an extremely beautiful gesture.

This evolved from the Absolute Skill "Orchid Brushing Acupoint Hand", the third move in "Ten Claws", emphasizing 'fast, accurate, strange, clear'. Particularly, the 'clear' technique is the hardest, requiring elegant movements, a leisurely aura, with nonchalant execution, as if nothing happened.

But indeed, it is the superior acupoint closure technique.

Sword Qi sealed off the escape routes around.

Zhou Shun had to confront 'Orchid Brushing Acupoint', with a panicked heart, his vision blurred, he was caught by Yan Chuan's technique which drove piercing Sword Qi into his vital points, True Qi was instantly sealed, in a glance, captured.

"In!"

Yan Chuan grabbed Zhou Shun like a chick, throwing him into the 'North Mansion'; Zhou Shun entered a prison cell, where, with a clatter, chains shot out violently from all sides, locking Zhou Shun's hands, feet, waist, neck, and head tightly.

Capturing Zhou Shun happened in an instant.

Yan Chuan turned to look again, finding no opponent in front of the Demon Ape——

"He escaped!"

...

"Whew!"

"Lucky!"

Li Huai returned, full of lingering fear.

He saw clearly, when the Demon Ape raised its rod and smashed down, effortlessly tearing through eleven layers of Chaos, undoubtedly the peak existence among Divine Swords. He, being Sixth Rank, was not an opponent; fortunately, at that moment, they were in the special environment of the Returning Ruins: "The First Layer of Returning Ruins only withstands ordinary sixth-rank; exceeding this realm's attacks or movement techniques will cause further Chaos opening. The Demon Ape didn't know, assuming to smash me with a rod, but before hitting me, tore through several layers of Chaos, instead shielding me. I turned to tear the Returning Ruins apart, easily escaping."

Such is the benefit of the Returning Ruins.

Virtue must match position!

As long as staying honestly within the matching level of Returning Ruins, not overstepping, even if encountering Ninth Rank, Tenth Rank, or even War God, these formidable enemies cannot perform attacks or speed beyond that level of Returning Ruins, which is a form of assurance.

Moreover, the weaker side can reverse tear the Chaos to exit Returning Ruins back to the entrance at any time, returning to where they came from, where the entrance is often the Divine Generals' stronghold, no one knows what arrangements lie there, not daring to recklessly pursue.

"Don't chase the desperate!"

Capturing Zhou Shun was already an unexpected joy for Yan Chuan; without intention to remain in battle, he joined the Demon Ape and together broke through Chaos, leaping back to the Tan Valley Realm.

This journey!

Complete perfection!

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