Chapter 491

Chapter 491: Qin Yun Battles Demon King Bear Mountain

Translator: CKtalon Editor: CKtalon

Green Touring Palace .

Qin Yun headed for Dao Exchange Platform the moment he arrived in Green Touring Palace . On the way, he encountered many of his senior brothers and sisters .

“Junior Brother Qin, you actually dared to accept that Bear Mountain’s challenge . Impressive . “

“Junior Brother Qin, you have to teach that bear demon a good lesson this time . “

Many senior brothers and sisters said such things ardently . There were quite a number of them that stood on Qin Yun’s side .

Firstly, most of Green Touring Palace disciples knew how to differentiate between right and wrong .

Secondly, Qin Yun had a bright future ahead of him . Even if he was not Bear Mountain’s match this time, they believed that he would ultimately be able to suppress Bear Mountain in the future .

“Whoosh . “

Deep along a trail among the Green Touring Palace’s clouds, there was a spatial void . Floating in it was an ancient and unadorned combat platform . It was the Dao Exchange Platform .

With a whoosh, Qin Yun flew directly onto it and waited silently .

He scanned his surroundings, and beyond the Dao Exchange Platform were hundreds of Green Touring Palace disciples . They were watching while standing on clouds in groups of twos or threes . There were still many Green Touring Palace disciples flying over on clouds of their own .

“Junior Brother Qin is here . “

“This Qin Yun sure came early . “

There were all sorts of discussions .

Everyone was feeling carefree and relaxed . To these spectating disciples, the battle was just one of the interesting matters of their long lifespans .

“This Junior Brother Qin of ours is the only one who has carved a new sword immortal lineage other than the Grand Supreme Dao Ancestor . He hasn’t cultivated for long, but his strength is already no less than a ninth firmament Skyimmortal’s . Say, who do you think will win today’s battle?” commented a white-browed Daoist .

“Hahaha… Junior Brother Qin does have a bright future ahead of him . However, he agreed to this battle a little too readily . That Bear Mountain cultivates in the Physical Establishing Sage Dharmic formulation after all . Even a strike from a mighty figure would just leave him injured . Of those with strength less than mighty figures… few people can kill Bear Mountain,” said a hunchbacked elder with a crutch .

“This is Dao Exchange Platform, not a fight to the death . They just need to end with a victor,” said another young Daoist .

“Demon King Bear Mountain can stand there and allow Junior Brother Qin to attack him as he wishes, but it is unlikely he will be injured . How can Junior Brother Qin win like that?” said the hunchbacked elder with a smile .

“We shall know in a while,” said the young Daoist .

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Qin Yun stood on Dao Exchange Platform and waited silently .

The senior brothers and sisters that surrounded the platform increased . There were many who were curious about their junior brother . Of course, Ancestral Master Zhang, Dragon King Ao Fang, the three pig demon brothers, and others familiar with Qin Yun had arrived . All of them stood on clouds while discussing on the sidelines .

“Junior Brother Divine Firmament . Your fellow native sure is gutsy . Do you think he has any chances of winning?”

“Qin Yun’s perceptivity is indeed high . You will know in a while . ” Ancestral Master Zhang was chatting with his fellow disciples as well .

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Qin Yun waited for nearly an hour on Dao Exchange Platform before he suddenly sensed something . He turned his head as the stout Bear Mountain and several demons flew over . Following that, Bear Mountain exchanged a few words with the demons before flying to Dao Exchange Platform alone . He gradually descended and landed silently .

Bear Mountain looked at Qin Yun and grinned . “Hahaha, I thought you would be too afraid to come . I never expected you to come even earlier than me . At the very least, I’m impressed by your guts . “

“Senior Brother Bear Mountain, since you are here, go ahead and make your move,” said Qin Yun .

“There’s no rush,” Bear Mountain said, his voice resounding .

It reached the two thousand Green Touring Palace disciples around them . “Everyone, I will be having a Dao exchange with Junior Brother Qin . We will each offer a treasure . I will be offering the supreme-grade Numinous Treasure Mountain, Five Fires Calabash . As for Junior Brother Qin, he will offer the supreme-grade Numinous treasure, Yin Water Chains . Junior Brother Qin, am I right?”

“Yes . ” Qin Yun nodded .

Bear Mountain nodded . He had confirmed it publicly because he was afraid Qin Yun would go back on his word after being defeated .

By establishing the terms of the bet ahead of time, it prevented Qin Yun from being dishonest .

“Junior Brother Qin, this should be your first time on the Dao Exchange Platform . Let me explain the rules,” said Bear Mountain . “Beat your opponent until they admit defeat, capture your opponent alive, or send your opponent out of the Dao Exchange Platform’s area . All of these will result in victory . “

“I understand . ” Qin Yun nodded .

Capturing alive was in no way less difficult than directly killing one’s opponent .

This was because there were many fellow disciples watching . If one was completely overpowered, one would usually take the initiative to admit defeat before facing utter embarrassment .

Admitting defeat and being captured alive typically only happened when the difference in strength was extremely large .

At the ninth firmament Skyimmortal realm, these Green Touring Palace disciples cultivated in extremely brilliant Dharmic formulations . It was common for their strength to be similar!

When strength was similar, sending one’s opponent out of the Dao Exchange Platform was, in fact, the more common outcome .

“Since Junior Brother Qin is now aware of it,” Bear Mountain smiled with his eyes narrowed, looking somewhat genial . “Then, watch your front . “

“Senior Brother, you have to be careful too . ” The moment Qin Yun said that—

Boom!

Blurry starlight was immediately released from Qin Yun’s body . The starlight naturally caused boundless stellar forces from the external world to descend, forming the Heavenly Cycle Stellar Realm . The vast stellar realm blanketed the entire Dao Exchange Platform .

360 Swords of Stellar Light floated around Qin Yun .

Qin Yun watched Bear Mountain from the center of the starry realm like a stellar god .

“Try a taste of this Five Fires Calabash . ” Bear Mountain casually waved his hand as a red calabash floated in midair . It immediately spewed five columns of flames, each different in color . They were like five flaming dragons that streaked across the sky as they attacked Qin Yun .

With a thought, the 360 Swords of Stellar Light formed a Heavenly Cycle sword array .

“Chi! Chi! Chi!”

The five fiery columns blazed, turning the world around them into an inferno .

However, the Heavenly Cycle sword array was unfazed by the attack .

“I never expected Senior Brother Bear Mountain to be good at controlling flames, to the point of drawing out so much might from the Five Fires Calabash,” praised a relaxed Qin Yun .

Bear Mountain waved his hand again as a pouch flew up .

“Hu! Hu! Hu!”

The pouch immediately sent out a gust of gray wind .

The wind stoked the flames .

It was a combination of wind and fire!

Instantly, the inferno around the Heavenly Cycle sword array increased drastically in strength . Even the Heavenly Cycle sword array began having a hard time resisting the deadly inferno . A shocked Qin Yun thought to himself, “Thankfully my Intrinsic Flying Sword has broken through . I gained inspiration from the baffling Chaos contained in my Intrinsic Flying Sword . It benefited my Five Elemental Sword Sutra, raising my Heavenly Cycle sword array’s strength as well . If not, just this fire and wind array… would be enough to force me to use my Heavenly Cycle Stellar Robes to resist it . “

“This isn’t the first time Bear Mountain is using his Wind Howling Pouch . I never expected his fire control to reach such a formidable state . I also never expected the combined forces of wind and fire to have such potency . “

“Yea, his fire control is indeed brilliant . If not, even the combination of wind and fire would not be this powerful . “

The spectators included humans, demons, and even dragons .

All of them were commenting on the battle .

“Oh?” Bear Mountain was astonished seeing the outcome of his attack . He laughed and said, “Haha, Junior Brother, you sure have some tricks up your sleeve . You are actually able to easily withstand this bit of wind and fire . Alright, I shall stop using these minor attacks . “

As he said this, he waved his hand and put away the two supreme-grade Numinous treasures, Wind Howling Pouch and Five Fires Calabash .

Following that, Bear Mountain phased away .

Boom!

He immediately grew to a thousand feet high, like a small mountain . His terrifying aura radiated as each of his bear paws held a huge hammer .

Although the dense stellar forces descended and pressed down on his body, he thought nothing of it . This bit of pressure? With his strength, he could ignore it completely .

“Boom!” Bear Mountain brandished the hammers in his hands as his arms suddenly bulged . The hammers also expanded! Instantly, the hammerheads were nearly five kilometers wide . When they streaked across the void, they made the void warp slightly, as though a star had descended and was coming smashing down at Qin Yun . The pure might was truly terrifying . If it landed in the mortal world, just this strike alone would send quakes for thousands of miles, instantly flattening a mortal empire .

“Go . “

Qin Yun waved his hand .

A wisp of misty rain flew out of his fingertip . It flashed in midair and was extremely odd . It silently dodged Bear Mountain’s terrifying smite! The flying sword seemed to violate causality as it stabbed straight into Bear Mountain’s chest .

Qin Yun’s strike had been silent, but the moment it stabbed Bear Mountain’s chest, it produced black ripples . It made Bear Mountain’s expression change slightly .

Netherfiend Records—Venomous Stinger!

The intrinsic supreme-grade Numinous treasure had delivered the extremely odd Netherfiend Records’s sword move against its first enemy after its breakthrough . He was bent on using the first move to teach Bear Mountain a lesson .

“The might of an intrinsic supreme-grade Numinous treasure is in no way weaker than a Connate Numinous treasure . Will you… be able to withstand this strike?” Qin Yun had a look of anticipation in his eyes .

“Boom!”

Upon feeling the sword pierce his chest, Bear Mountain saw the black ripples emanate . He could not help but take many steps back in retreat . The original swing of his hammers also slammed heavily into empty ground .

There was a lot of fur at his chest that was damaged; however, all that was left was a white mark on his skin . The white mark had barely tore open the skin, but with Bear Mountain’s thick skin, it was still the epidermal level… not one drop of blood came out .

“What?” Qin Yun was somewhat astonished .

“Oh?” Bear Mountain looked down at his chest . Following that, he grinned hideously at Qin Yun . “Junior Brother Qin, it looks like I have underestimated you . ”