Chapter 502
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Yang Ding's words only served to anger Chen Yuan further . It seemed as though an entire night sky was contained within his eyes . With an outstretched palm, the meteorite storm in the sky howled wildly .
"Let this incident come to an end?" Chen Yuan's voice was icy cold . "Then why did you not consider the consequences before making a move?"
"You've really gone mad . " Yang Ding let out a shout, and he leaped into the sky, his body emanating an endless fiery glow . His body was like a giant sun, incinerating everything that came into contact with his light . He rushed towards the attacking meteorites, intending to reduce the resulting damage and casualties as much as possible .
The sages of the Blazing Sun School stood facing all directions, covering all sides of the school . They released their own energies in a bid to deflect College Chief Chen's destructive attack .
Chen Yuan took a step forward . Starlight dazzled endlessly around him, and he brought Ye Futian with him as he walked towards the sage who had attacked him .
Around Chen Yuan, the sages cast protective spells all around . The pressure was so immense it was shocking . The expression of the sage Chen Yuan was approaching changed . He thought that Chen Yuan had gone stark mad .
The earth shattered with a rumble as Chen Yuan walked, and the sky itself seemed to be brought down by the pressure . He shot out like a streak of starlight, and at the same time, a Divine Sun Furnace appeared behind Yang Ding, its flames headed straight for Chen Yuan .
Chen Yuan was undeterred, and he continued advancing forward . The flames of the Divine Sun Furnace rained upon his body and clung to it, making the starlight even more dazzling .
Flaming golden runes appeared from within the Divine Sun Furnace and shot towards Chen Yuan, as though to destroy him . But Chen Yuan did not stop . With a loud crash, the two collided into each other, and Yang Ding was sent flying .
Chen Yuan specialized in the Divine Starry Path and possessed immense power . On the other hand, Yang Ding specialized in the flames of the sun . In close combat, it was natural that Yang Ding would lose out .
But the flames had begun to seep into Chen Yuan's body . His expression unchanging, Chen Yuan swung his palm at the sages below him from the sky . It was as though a large heavenly hand that could cover the skies bore down upon them . The sages were pressed down by the gravity of the stars . The ground caved in below them and swallowed them into the earth with a frightening rumble . Chen Yuan had the ability to directly control the power of the earth .
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With a loud bang, the large hand began to slam down . The sage that had attacked Ye Futian's expression changed from shock to despair . Though he was a sage like the college chief of the Starry School, there was a disparity in their individual planes . He was far from a match for Chen Yuan . The sage was unable to handle the immense pressure that Chen Yuan was sending out, and his movements were restricted .
"Chen Yuan!" Yang Ding shouted, but he was too late . The large hand slammed down with a loud crash and killed the sage immediately upon impact . A handprint hundreds of meters wide appeared on the ground, leaving a deep crater where it had landed . It was a magnificent sight . A figure lay within the handprint . He had been crushed flat .
Yang Ding stopped to look at the dead body . His expression was ugly . People of the Sage plane were incredibly precious to the school . As such, Yang Ding was going to defend the errant sage even if he had disobeyed orders and attacked Ye Futian . Furthermore, that had been no ordinary sage . He was an outstanding sage of the Blazing Sun School . He could have grown even more powerful in the future and was in the running to be a protégé of Yang Ding's as a very young sage .
The Blazing Sun School would not have let someone like him die . But Chen Yuan had ignored all consequences and crushed him to death in a fit of savage rage .
Chen Yuan looked at Ye Futian . His injuries were incredibly severe and could invalidate him for life .
"Let's go," Chen Yuan ordered . He moved towards the sky, and his followers from the Starry School followed him as well, soaring into the sky in preparation to leave .
Yang Ding glared at him in rage . How badly he wanted to battle right here right now . But this was his Blazing Sun School, and any battle he started now would only be a disaster upon his disciples . Even the short skirmish just now had been incredibly costly .
Looking at the leaving figures, someone walked to Yang Ding and asked, "Chen Yuan has gone too far with his bullying . College chief, do we attack?"
Yang Ding looked at the person, then glanced at the body of the fallen sage . They may have lost a sage, but they were indeed in the wrong here . Ye Futian had been gravely injured, and Chen Yuan was in a wild rage . Yang Ding was aware of the consequences of attacking the Starry School now . The resulting destruction would be indiscriminate, and two of the schools in Divine Sky City would probably become history .
The disciples of the Blazing Sun School rose into the sky, quivering slightly . Below them, their once vast and magnificent school grounds had been reduced into a pile of rubble . The wreckage was painful to see . They had never thought that a battle of this level would break out within the Top Three Schools of Divine Sky City . This was definitely a disaster .
Ye Futian was only a junior of the Arcana plane, but he was the reason behind the death of a sage and the destruction of the Blazing Sun School . An incident like this would have been completely unimaginable in the past .
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When Chen Yuan and his party arrived back in the Starry School, many powerful individuals gathered at the Son's Palace . Ye Futian's injuries were stabilized with the help of the best doctor available .
At this moment, Yu Sheng, Ye Wuchen and Loulan Xue were outside the room . They were beside themselves with rage . The Blazing Sun School was one of the Top Three Schools and considered divine grounds for training in the eastern region of the Barren State . For them to have attacked a junior of the Arcana plane was unthinkable .
"College Chief, how is he?" the group rushed to ask Chen Yuan upon seeing him exit the room .
Chen Yuan's expression was grim, and he did not speak . Madame Long, who was next to him, spoke up instead, "The attack was incredibly vicious, and Ye Futian's powers were destroyed . It'll be hard for him to recover . "
With a crack, something broke . Yu Sheng's eyes turned red, as though blood would begin dripping from it . "I don't believe it," he said . He then rushed into the room before Chen Yuan or anyone else could stop him .
"This may not have been part of Yang Ding's original plan . I don't think he'll be this audacious," Gu Hanshan speculated .
"Perhaps," Chen Yuan replied, "but it doesn't matter whether or not this was his original intention . He's the college chief of the Blazing Sun School, and Ye Futian was captured under his command . He should take responsibility for this incident . "
"Yeah . " Gu Hanshan nodded in agreement .
"There seems to have been someone orchestrating things from behind the scenes ever since Jin Yunxiao was exposed, trying to create conflict . " A thoughtful gleam appeared in Madame Long's eyes as she spoke .
"I know someone is trying to sow discord in secret . But it is true that Jin Yunxiao tried to assassinate Ye Futian . I've asked Futian, and he agreed that Jin Yunxiao has to die, so I considered the consequences . But I never thought that Yang Ding would be such an *sshole . " Chen Yuan's voice was shaking with rage . Without an order from Yang Ding, no one would have dared to make a move like this .
Just then, an immense pressure came from the faraway skies . It seemed that the Starry School were to face yet another mighty foe . Chen Yuan looked up to see a group of people heading towards the school .
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"Looks like another bunch of *ssholes are here," Gu Hanshan commented . In no time, the group of people arrived at the Starry School . They were from the Bright Moon School, and leading the group was the school's college chief Gong Kui .
"Chen Yuan, I've heard that the Son of the Starry School has had his powers destroyed by the Blazing Sun School . How is he now?" Gong Kui asked .
"Don't beat about the bush . " Chen Yuan shot him a cold glare . There was no way Gong Kui had come all the way just to show concern for Ye Futian .
Gong Kui laughed . "I've heard that the divine teachings that Ye Futian obtained were three streaks of divine light . Since his powers have been destroyed, the divine light should naturally be returned to the Top Three Schools . Yang Ding had already gotten one streak of divine light . You can have one streak for yourself . Now, shouldn't the divine light that rightfully belongs to the Bright Moon School be returned to me?"
"Get out," Chen Yuan spat at him .
Everyone was staring at Gong Kui coldly . Trust him to take advantage of someone else's misfortune to come here and ask for the divine light .
Gong Kui laughed, paying no heed to the glares he was receiving . The Blazing Sun School had taken back their share of the three streaks of divine light . How could the Bright Moon School miss out on this opportunity? He wanted to get a taste of the saint's divine teachings as well .
"The Top Three Schools share the same origins," Gong Kui replied . "That was originally an heirloom of our ancestors . Now that the heir to the Divine Path has had his powers destroyed, he has lost his right to the inheritance . I say that the divine light should be returned to its rightful owners . I want to bring it back to the Bright Moon School . "
"Attack us if you will," Chen Yuan responded coldly .
"I'm not going to risk mass destruction unlike you . It's not as if you don't understand the current situation . The Starry School is at odds with the Jin Clan and at war with the Blazing Sun School too . Are you going to turn the Bright Moon School into your enemies as well? Have you truly thought this through?" Gong Kui's tone was equally frosty .
"I told you to get out, did you not hear me?" Chen Yuan shot the other man a cold glare .
However, a dazzling streak of light exited the room where Ye Futian was and floated towards Gong Kui . Gong Kui was taken aback at first . Then he attached his will to the light and claimed it for himself . Chen Yuan and everyone else in the room was shocked as well, and they turned to look into the room .
"Chen Yuan, you've been outdone by your own disciple . At least he knows what's best for the Starry School in this situation . I'll take my leave now . " Gong Kui knew what he had just received upon sensing it, and he left smiling .
In the room, Ye Wuchen and everyone else was enraged .
"Why did you give it to him?" Yu Sheng was grabbing onto Ye Futian's hand .
A forlorn smile came over Ye Futian's pale face . "I have my own plans," he replied softly . "Please leave, all of you . Tell the college chief and the rest to leave too . I would like to be undisturbed . "
Yu Sheng looked at Ye Futian . He was concerned for the other man .
"Let the college chief and the rest come up with a plan," Ye Wuchen advised .
"I want to try something out myself," Ye Futian replied . Give me some time, and help me guard the door . "
Yu Sheng nodded, and the group left the room .
After they had left, Ye Futian's fists clenched . Desolation crept into his heart . A group of mighty sages had come for him . He had tried to talk his way out of danger, but they had still attacked him . Now, the Bright Moon school had come to demand their share of the divine light too . Since things had come to this, he had obliged as well .
A green light danced around Ye Futian's body . Then, branches of green leaves began to appear, slowly snaking their way upwards . Soon, an ancient tree with emerald green leaves appeared above Ye Futian's head . This was his Life Spirit .
His eyes closed, and the branches of the ancient tree continued to grow . Eventually, the entire room was covered by the gigantic tree, which entwined itself around his body in a way that allowed him to sit on it . An emerald green glow surrounded him and covered him completely, bit by bit .