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Chapter 1880: 1880

Jiang Chen didn’t fear Mad Fiend even in close-quarters combat, but among the myriad of techniques he’d mastered, the melee ones were the least advanced .



On the other hand, Mad Fiend most preferred fighting in close distance . However, he was prevented from tapping into his full power because of Jiang Chen’s golden bell .

Their fight was caught in a gridlock .

Mad Fiend couldn’t break out of the golden bell’s restraint, and Jiang Chen couldn’t find an opening to attack with his Holy Dragon Bow . After being refined, the bell’s power was no joke .

Even the old man’s golden staff couldn’t break the bell’s restraint, which made him antsy .  

“Are you going to fight me properly, kid? Or are you just gonna rely on your damn bell?”

Jiang Chen smiled faintly . “In the martial dao world, all cultivators have their strengths . I have many means of attack against you . Why would I choose the one you prefer?”

The old man cried in anger, “Don’t forget that I’m the defender of the fourth palace! I get to decide whether you pass!”

Jiang Chen chuckled . “I’ll find a way . ”



“Hmph, dream on!” The old man brandished his staff . “You’re never going to leave this palace without defeating me!”

The old man was rather put out . He wanted the challenger to meet him head-on and fight him in close quarters without abandon .

In truth, Jiang Chen wasn’t opposed to that, but he could tell the old man’s staff was not to be underestimated . He had a good number of fine weapons in his own possession, but none could rival the staff .

That was why he wasn’t willing to play the old man’s game .

Although he’d acquired some demigod level weapons some time ago from the empyrean experts he’d killed, none of them had caught his eye . He’d either given them away, or put them aside without refining them .

In the martial dao world, instant connection was important for picking both weapons and cultivation methods . Anything he didn’t take an instant liking to weren’t meant for him .

Of all the demigod and empyrean weapons he’d acquired, the golden bell was the only one that caught his fancy . The others, he wasn’t interested in at all .

Therefore, he hadn’t upgraded any weapons other than the ones he’d been using since he was at emperor realm and great emperor, such as the Pentecolor Divine Swords .



The swords had been a gift from Emperor Peafowl . When he was at great emperor, they were the finest weapons he could get his hands on, and they were still useful at initial empyrean realm . However, after reaching intermediate empyrean or later, advanced empyrean, the swords wouldn’t be powerful enough .

Jiang Chen had also refined a few swords for the Heavenly Chalice Sword Formation .


They were of good quality, but their full power could only be reached in concert with the formation, as that was how they’d been designed . Used in a one-on-one fight, the swords fell short . To put it simply, they were specialized for group attack rather than single-target attack .

He had some other weapons like the nameless sword, but due to his rapid progress, he really didn’t have any weapons that could go toe-to-toe with the golden staff at the moment .

The Holy Dragon Bow ranked as high as the staff, but it was a ranged weapon and not suitable for melee battle .

Ah, that reminded him .

The bow was just one of the items he’d acquired from the ancient Primosanct Sect . There was another item he’d gotten - a giant writing brush called True Spirit Post .

It was the perfect item to create glyphs and formations with . He hadn’t had the chance to use it yet . It seemed to be a great weapon as well . According to the Primosanct Sect’s records, the brush could be used as a spear .

Jiang Chen looked at the insistently blabbering old man and laughed . “Senior, you’re just trying to talk me into fighting you in close quarters . It’s unbecoming of a senior to use your power to bully others . ”

“Me? Bully you?” The old man glared at him . “Watch your tongue, kid . If I’d wanted to take advantage of you, I would’ve fought you with my full strength . Do you think you’d have the slightest hope of passing the challenge then?”

The old man was naturally much more powerful than he’d let on .

He was here because of an oath he sworn to the master of the Veluriyam Pagoda . He had to fight the challenger at the challenger’s level rather than his own peak strength, unless the challenger was as powerful as he was .

He couldn’t go back on his oath .

Jiang Chen chuckled . “That’s not what I meant . ”

“Then what do you mean?” the old man asked in an irritated tone .

“Your staff, of course . I don’t have a weapon that’s as good as yours, which puts me at a disadvantage . How am I supposed to fight you? You have your staff . I have my golden bell for defense and my bow for offense . I’ve simply been fighting you with my advantages . ”

“You don’t have a good weapon?” The old man paused . He’d actually never considered the possibility before .

He might be unhinged, but he was proud and a man of his word . He didn’t want to be thought of as a bully taking advantage of a young man . “Hmph, what do you want then? Are we to fight without weapons?”

Jiang Chen shrugged . “I’m game if that’s the case . ”

“A physical brawl?” muttered the old man . “That’s so primitive . It’s as crude as the way regular villagers fight . What’s the fun in that?”

“Then we can only use all the techniques available to us and see who wins . ”

“If you don’t have a weapon, kid, I can give you one,” the old man suddenly suggested .

Jiang Chen didn’t know how good the weapon gifted by the old man would be . He shook his head . “It seems that you want us to fight with weapons . Well, I do have one, but I haven’t refined it before . I need some time to get familiar with it . ”





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