Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 1429 The Hidden Secret of the Royal Blood

On Lake Anbo, the young Xuanshi stood in the crevice, holding a black jade talisman.

Upon discovering the situation above, he reacted swiftly, turning around in mid-air and simultaneously flicking his sleeve. The rift, which had not yet reached its limit, suddenly closed, and a streak of blue light carried him away, causing him to vanish instantly, clearly having disappeared to the other side of the rift.

However, he did not notice that just before the rift closed, a ray of purple light flew in from afar and followed him inside.

Chen Chuan merely glanced at it and did not stop it.

There's no rush to resolve the rift issue. With the purple aura following us, we can find out where the other party has gone. Even if he doesn't have the core artifact to open it, we can still tear open the rift with the Snow Lord Blade.

His gaze fell upon the location of Prince Yong. Based on his previous observations, he believed that Prince Yong might be the possessor of the Secret Map bloodline.

He didn't know what abilities the other party possessed or what path they followed beforehand. If it was an unusual entity, due to the existence of unusual power, many offensive methods, even if they hit the person, might not necessarily bring any advantage, and might even have the opposite effect.

So he started with a probe, attacking the person with a spiritual shock. If successful, he could drive them away and prevent them from entering the rift. At the same time, he was also prepared for the possibility of failure, and regardless of the outcome, he could choose his next step based on the person's reaction.

Judging from the way the opponent used to defend themselves, the thickness of the spiritual fire, and most importantly, the faint outline behind them, he was already certain.

The other person, like myself, is also human.

That makes things easier.

Battles between human fighters are actually the simplest to fight, if we disregard the various lost items and ritual fields.

However, judging from Prince Yong's resistance just now, well...

A bit weak.

Prince Yong had already recognized that it was Chen Chuan who had defeated him, and his heart pounded wildly.

He didn't know how this person had gotten here. Had their travel plans been leaked? Or was there a traitor within their ranks? Could it be Prince Lin? Would his father blame him for this?
In that instant, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and his expression shifted constantly.

But he finally realized he couldn't just stand by and watch. This was within the territory of the Great Shun Dynasty, meaning the other side could receive support from them, and perhaps even more people were already gathering here. He had to either defeat Chen Chuan or find a way to lure him away so the entire royal family could escape through the rift.

His expression turned ferocious for the last moment, and his body surged with a bluish-green spiritual flame. With a boom, it shot into the air and instantly traversed the sky. Just as he was about to approach Chen Chuan, he joined his five fingers together, turned his body, and made a chopping motion.

His enormous external phantom instantly solidified, and a giant longsword appeared at the front of his hand, slashing towards Chen Chuan as his body posture changed.

Chen Chuan's eyes flickered slightly; he keenly sensed the other party's fear of him.

Because for fighters of the human form, especially those at their level, simply using external forms for offense actually reduces their power by half.

If you were facing a completely unfamiliar opponent, doing this might be considered a probe, but he believed that the opponent should already know about him, not to mention that the opponent himself is also a human. So he should go all out from the start, unleash his strongest side as much as possible, and try to break the deadlock.

From this perspective, the other party may have doubted that they could defeat him on their own, so they instinctively adopted this approach of ensuring their own safety first.

Yes, this also shows that the opponent lacks combat experience. Perhaps they have only fought against some medium to large-sized alien species, but have never fought against fighters of the same level, which is why they chose this kind of attack path from the start.

He watched as the enormous blade shadow descended with a light and flame that seemed capable of tearing the sky apart. He stood motionless in the sky, merely raising one hand. In the next instant, the blade's light crashed down, but the spiritual fire on his arm instantly condensed, solidly blocking the attack without his body even swaying slightly.

At this moment, he made a judgment. Judging from the opponent's external power alone, it was not much different from Yuan Congye's fully activated appearance. If the true body was added, then in terms of pure attack, it would be the strongest among the people he had ever seen, apart from himself.

However, if they were to actually fight, he didn't think this person could defeat Yuan Congye, because this attack revealed that the person had no fighting skills and no experience fighting against fighters of the same level. He probably hadn't been at the Dongxuan Temple level for very long.

Prince Yong was unaware that Chen Chuan had discerned so much from his single strike. Seeing the latter easily block his attack, his eyes narrowed in surprise.

In the past, when he launched this kind of offensive, all the alien creatures on the other side would submit, and then he only needed to continue the offensive.

Despite being somewhat prepared, he still felt a sense of unease in this situation, which inevitably caused some lag in the transitions between moves.

Fortunately, his own foundation and physical qualities were also extremely strong. After his first attack failed, he instinctively mobilized his strongest attack methods.

The enormous outer form was fully revealed at this moment, with a hundred-meter-tall outer form floating in mid-air.

Before he could launch his next attack, an even larger mace swung outwards from the sky, easily deflecting the longsword. Then, it slashed downwards, striking him squarely. Amidst a deafening burst of light and flame, he plummeted like a meteor, crashing deep into the snow below. Immediately afterward, a churning shockwave of snow and dust spread outwards, shaking the earth violently. A muffled rumble followed after a while, and seemingly influenced by this, avalanches thundered down from the distant snow-capped mountains, crashing onto the ground and stirring up swirling snow dust.

Chen Chuan stared down at the person below. This person's moves were full of flaws, and he didn't make good use of his speed at all. However, he had preserved the powerful defensive characteristics of the Human Form.

If a fighter were to suffer this blow without any special power or defense, their body would probably be smashed to pieces. This person, however, doesn't seem to have suffered any major injuries.

After slashing the person away, the outer minister behind him pierced through the outer minister that Yongwang had left in the sky with a single slash, and a huge torrent of light and flame directly dispersed it.

He then noticed that Prince Yong remained motionless for a long time after falling down, as if waiting for something. He did not go down to press him, because he was not in a hurry.

Not to mention that this place is within the territory of Da Shun, besides him, there are three other people who have come this time, including Ming Chengzi. Although Wen Guangdi's strength is unknown, he is certain that there are no other fighters of the same level here besides them.

Both advantages and time are on their side.

The land below exploded with a deafening roar, and Prince Yong, enveloped in a ball of light, charged upwards.

He had now merged with his external form. After the collision, he had figured it out: Chen Chuan was different from the alien species he had encountered. His previous experience was completely useless. Only by fighting with all his might could he hope to win.

Because his true form and outward appearance were in harmony, his power instantly doubled, and even the spiritual light on his body expanded significantly. The imposing force he unleashed at that moment startled Jiang Linghuai and the other two behind him.

Chen Chuan stared intently at the figure that was gradually growing larger in his eyes, his expression remaining calm.

Having just observed the performance of Prince Yong's foreign minister, he could roughly deduce the limits of the man's abilities.

He remained suspended in mid-air, and as the other party rushed closer, suddenly, a huge arm materialized from the air behind him, reached out and pushed, thus stopping the opponent's momentum out of thin air.

This kind of direct, uncompromising attack is like a reckless outburst of anger, making it all too easy to judge.

He raised his hand and aimed it at the person. A flash of light appeared in his palm, and as the illusory image of the large hand in front of him suddenly disappeared, a spiritual impact instantly erupted on his body, and Prince Yong's figure involuntarily flew backward.

Before he could regain his footing, the Foreign Minister swung his massive mace in both hands, striking him with a deafening roar, sending him flying far away once again.

At this moment, Chen Chuan also sensed something different.

As Prince Yong flew away, his appearance began to change, seemingly due to injuries far exceeding those he had sustained before.

First, two more arms grew from under his armpits, and at the same time, scales covered his entire body. His face twisted and turned into a monster with a blue face and fangs. It looked somewhat like an anomaly.

Chen Chuan observed these changes, but he did not immediately connect them to the Bloodline Secret Diagram.

Because the appearance of a person is an affirmation of the true self, the starting point of this person does not necessarily require that they themselves be a "person".

If that's the case, then it means that its current appearance might be its original form.

He was not wrong. The appearance of the Foreign Minister at this moment was indeed that of Prince Yong, or rather, all members of the imperial family were like this. They simply maintained a human appearance and were used to it.

However, after being subjected to strong external stimuli and injuries, the power hidden in his bones and blood is forcibly awakened, so his appearance changes accordingly first. If the battle continues, his appearance will gradually move in that direction.

At the same time, a crystalline mist, which he himself did not understand, emerged from his body.

The moment these mists appeared, they greatly enhanced his physical attributes. Even the spiritual fire around him seemed to have undergone some change, with its bluish-green flames becoming more intense and profound.

Chen Chuan immediately sensed the difference in his aura.

This feeling is as if his purple aura mutation organization has caused the mutation organization to go to a higher dimension.

His gaze was fixed on him. Could these be the result of the secret bloodline?

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(End of this chapter)