Chapter 995: Five Finger Mountain
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

This time, in the region of Taiyin Peak, the Ice Clan and the Evil Clan were united under Teng Li’s command to encircle and kill Chen Fei.

The recent maneuvers on the battlefield were all conducted according to Teng Li’s directives.

In battles involving hundreds of mid-stage Sun Moon Realms, there must be a single commanding voice; otherwise, hesitation and indecision would lead to internal strife and weaken their forces.

Chen Fei’s strength exceeded all expectations of the Evil and Ice Clans present, yet they could not understand how he could be so powerful.

They were baffled by his ability to unleash such intense attacks, and even more so by his ability to continue doing so.

Despite this, no one among the Sun Moon Realm cultivators present blamed Teng Li for poor command.

After all, facing Chen Fei’s power, Teng Li’s command could not be criticized significantly.

However, now, as they were being entangled by the Mountain-Shaking Formation and forced to use forbidden techniques, burning their entire strength, Teng Li actually fled with the remaining power of the Mountain-Shaking Formation!

Such betrayal shattered the psychological defenses of the remaining sixty or so mid-stage Sun Moon Realm cultivators.

If Teng Li had fled so resolutely, what was the point of their remaining behind? Were they to be slaughtered by Chen Fei?

Collapse could occur in an instant, as it did now!

In a split second, the remaining mid-stage Sun Moon Realm cultivators of the Ice and Evil Clans scattered wildly, each trying to run faster than the others, hoping that Chen Fei would find it too troublesome to pursue them.

Chen Fei looked at the scene before him with indifference.

He was likely the first to notice Teng Li’s attempt to escape.

All the previous combat rhythms were under Chen Fei’s control. When Teng Li used the most intense method to activate the Mountain-Shaking Formation, Chen Fei noticed immediately.

Later, when Teng Li suddenly retracted his own power and let others take over, it was also within Chen Fei’s sight.

Chen Fei’s right hand formed a seal, and the giant hand in front of him mimicked the same motion. Threads of spiritual essence appeared before the giant hand and were ignited once again.

Just moments ago, over a hundred mid-stage Sun Moon Realm cultivators had erupted with forbidden techniques and turned into ashes.

Normally, no more spiritual essence would be available, as it would have been exhausted in their explosion.

But on a macro level, there was a change in the microcosm and the rules’ perspective: those spiritual essences still existed, merely clinging to the particles of rules, and with a bit more time, they would dissipate.

Chen Fei seized that moment and forcibly extracted the spiritual essence from those rule particles.

The distinction between the Rule Integration Realm and the Sun Moon Realm was truly profound. The understanding of power in the Rule Integration Realm was on an entirely different level.

With the Star Shatter Slash as a catalyst, Chen Fei experienced for the first time what the Rule Integration Realm was and how powerful it could be!

As the Ice and Evil Clan members fled, they sensed a change in the aura behind them and instinctively looked back, only to see some spiritual essence burning again in the giant hand before them.

There wasn’t much spiritual essence, only equivalent to seven or eight mid-stage Sun Moon Realm cultivators’ worth.

But their own numbers were dwindling rapidly.

The formations they had previously assembled were forcibly shattered, resulting in the instantaneous death of over a hundred mid-stage Sun Moon Realm cultivators.

Now, without any formations, even though they had used forbidden techniques, their severe injuries and recent explosions had left them in a weakened state.

A single strike like this was enough to kill them on the spot without even making direct contact; just a brush with it would be fatal.

It was simply monstrous. Chen Fei, the human, treated near-Rule Integration Realm attacks as if they were mere ordinary techniques. The aura he was emitting was at its peak.

Such attacks, far beyond their realm, placed an immense burden on the attacker. Sometimes, the attack’s power might even cause the attacker to collapse before the strike could be fully executed.

It was similar to a Sixth Stage Rule Integration Realm weapon; Sun Moon Realm cultivators would never use it. Besides the cost, the main reason was that using such a weapon would cause self-harm.

Hundreds of miles away, the alien racess sensed the aura changes from Taiyin Peak, their expressions filled with shock.

They had been thoroughly defeated!

In direct combat, the Ice and Evil Clan’s Sun Moon Realm cultivators were swept away by a single human.

Teng Li, the Evil Clan prodigy with over two hundred mid-stage Sun Moon Realm avatars, had been forced into a desperate retreat.

Whether he could escape Chen Fei’s grasp was still a big question.

It all came down to whether Chen Fei would first eliminate the remaining dozens of Sun Moon Realm cultivators at Taiyin Peak or pursue Teng Li.

With his forces stretched thin, if one side was delayed, the other would disappear without a trace.

At Taiyin Peak, Kuang Xingfeng was contemplating whether to intercept a dozen fleeing members when he saw Chen Fei forming hand seals and then striking the hilt of the Qianyuan Sword with his palm.

“Clang!”

A melodious sound of the sword ringing out echoed, and the Qianyuan Sword trembled slightly, sending out a ripple.

This ripple resonated through the rule particles, spreading to a hundred-mile radius in the blink of an eye.

The fleeing members of the Evil and Ice Clans instantly felt an immense force weighing down on them, as if they were carrying a mountain on their backs.

Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away, all the alien racess looked up in astonishment at the direction of Taiyin Peak, where they saw a towering mountain phantom reaching up to the clouds.

Pillar Mountain!

At this moment, the divine Pillar Mountain had actually been shattered by Chen Fei. However, Chen Fei wouldn’t forget how to reassemble Pillar Mountain.

Using the power of Star Shatter Slash, Chen Fei gathered a mass of rule particles to cast the divine Pillar Mountain.

The current Pillar Mountain’s power far exceeded the scope of ordinary divine abilities, as the rule particles contained within it were several times more than that of a normal divine technique.

As a result, the Ice and Evil Clans within a hundred-mile radius felt as if they were walking through quicksand. This area effectively became the domain of Pillar Mountain.

The giant hand in front of them had shrunk by about half, with much of its power redirected by Chen Fei to manifest Pillar Mountain.

Chen Fei’s perception of the rule particles in the resonance space extended, allowing him to capture Teng Li’s position nearly two hundred miles away.

In this brief moment, Teng Li had moved nearly two hundred miles, demonstrating impressive fleeing skills.

If he delayed any longer, losing his trail might make it impossible for Chen Fei to know where he ultimately escaped to, even if Chen Fei could move.

Chen Fei extended his right hand forward and then pulled it back.

Teng Li, who was frantically fleeing nearly two hundred miles away, felt a darkness in the sky and then saw a giant hand descending from above.

Teng Li’s eyes widened. This giant hand was becoming his nightmare.

Abandoning his own kin to escape, Teng Li felt no shame.

He believed that preserving his own life was more important than that of others.

Yet even as he fled, Chen Fei, the human, was still in pursuit.

“Break!”

Teng Li’s eyes widened as he roared fiercely. The remaining power of the Mountain-Shaking Formation surged instantly and crashed toward the giant hand in the sky.

Worried about insufficient power, Teng Li shattered twenty of his avatars in one go.

The remaining power of the Mountain-Shaking Formation burned fiercely like oil on fire, causing the space it passed through to ripple.

At Taiyin Peak, Chen Fei remained impassive. He rotated his right hand, and the giant hand nearly two hundred miles away followed suit, transforming into five fingers that surrounded Teng Li.

From destruction to confinement, while this hand could not directly annihilate Teng Li, it was enough to trap him momentarily.

Seeing the transformation of the giant hand, Teng Li understood Chen Fei’s intention and his eyes grew more frenzied. He smashed the power of the Mountain-Shaking Formation wildly against the Five-Finger Mountain.

“Boom!”

Three of the five giant fingers shattered instantly, but two persisted.

The surrounding Heaven and Earth energy surged and continuously flowed into the remaining two fingers, while the three shattered fingers vaguely began to reassemble.

Seeing the scene before him, Teng Li’s heart sank, and a trace of despair appeared in his eyes.

Despite having a dozen avatars around him, the brief delay had already drained most of his life force.

At Taiyin Peak, Chen Fei withdrew his gaze and looked at the fleeing Ice and Evil Clan members around him. He grasped the Qianyuan Sword in front of him and drew it out.

With the sound of a sword’s ringing, a chilling sword intent immediately filled the hundred-mile radius.

The dozens of Evil and Ice Clan members under the shadow of Pillar Mountain were filled with despair.

From the moment Chen Fei cast the Pillar Mountain domain, to trapping Teng Li two hundred miles away, and now drawing his sword—this all happened in an instant.

As a result, the dozens of mid-stage Sun Moon Realm cultivators within the Pillar Mountain domain had barely managed to escape any distance.

Having scattered in a desperate bid for survival, they had tried to avoid being wiped out in one fell swoop by Chen Fei to increase their chances of survival.

However, they were still trapped within the domain and could no longer rely on their kin’s power, leaving them isolated.

The dozens of Ice and Evil Clan members, sensing the overwhelming sword intent behind them, did not turn back to make a final stand.

In the past, they would have tried to inflict even a minor injury on their enemy before dying.

But facing Chen Fei, a monster who defied all logic and conventional wisdom of cultivation, the notion of a last-ditch effort or desperate struggle seemed utterly absurd.

Previously, there had been over a thousand mid-stage Sun Moon Realm cultivators gathered here. Did they lack the resolve for a final fight then?

In the end, they were reduced to these defeated remnants.

Having lost their courage, their minds were completely consumed by the desire to survive, leaving only the thought of fleeing.

How fast could it be to kill mid-stage Sun Moon Realm cultivators?

Even without the power of Star Shatter Slash, Chen Fei, after shattering both his soul and divine abilities, was an insurmountable existence.

With one sword strike after another, Chen Fei moved through the Evil and Ice Clan members as if strolling in a park.

Whether the opponents resisted or not made no difference to Chen Fei.

In the blink of an eye, the dozens of mid-stage Sun Moon Realm cultivators around him were all slain.