Dashing Student-Chapter 1078: The Cultivator in Blue

Chen Nan traverses the gigantic jungle, where colorful mushrooms grow like giant umbrellas under the trees, and the fallen leaves on the ground are as large as quilts.

The only sound in the empty jungle is Chen Nan’s footsteps.

"Intruders in the great array shall die!"

Just as Chen Nan is about to cross the entire Inverted Forest, a voice suddenly comes from ahead.

Looking up, he spots a cultivator dressed in a blue robe, holding a longsword, with a determined face and a few strands of hair fluttering in the wind.

He looks just like a living person.

But this array has been here for countless millennia, how could there still be a living guard?

True enough, when Chen Nan focuses his gaze, he realizes the man casts no shadow on the ground.

The blue-robed cultivator, like a preset program, attacks mercilessly after warning Chen Nan.

As the longsword in his hand swings, a huge wave emerges behind him, surging towards Chen Nan.

The massive wave is fierce, devouring everything in its path.

Standing before the giant wave, Chen Nan takes a deep breath, knowing this might be the final checkpoint.

After passing through, he can reach the core of the array.

"Hoo!"

Breathing out a long exhale, he suddenly raises the Wind Roar Sword, the fierce wind consolidating into sharp wind blades, slicing through the wave with a single strike, splitting it apart.

But behind the wave, the blue-robed cultivator is already advancing with his sword, countless sword shadows accompanying, and with a point forward, all the Sword Qi rushes towards Chen Nan like a torrent.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Wind Roar Sword stands in front, as waves of Sword Qi clash against its blade, sparks flying, the tremendous force causing Chen Nan to stagger backward.

The sharp Sword Qi even leaves several wounds on his arm, easily cutting through his robust physique.

With just this initial probing exchange, Chen Nan realizes the blue-robed cultivator’s strength far surpasses his own, so he doesn’t dare to be careless and suddenly unleashes the "Heavenly Fox Form."

Soon after, intense golden flames surge forward, accompanied by the Heaven-Burning Transformation.

Facing the overwhelming Sword Qi, he abandons defense, rushing into the midst of the Sword Qi with his sword, and shatters the Sword Qi like shattering steel, producing splintering sounds.

In a matter of moments, all the Sword Qi is shattered, dispersing in pieces.

The blue-robed cultivator remains expressionless, stepping forward suddenly, and the ground beneath shatters instantly as his longsword stabs forward.

There are no flashy sword moves, only Sword Qi refined to the limit, producing a piercing screech, slicing everything into fragments along its path.

It feels as if he’s enveloped in an aura of slicing everything apart!

Chen Nan feels a crushing weight in his heart, and his mana transforms into a gale, forming a wall of wind before him.

Meanwhile, the earth seems to come alive, constantly churning, and in the blink of an eye, another solid earth wall forms behind the wind wall.

Yet even these two strong defenses are effortlessly torn apart by the Sword Qi, rushing straight towards Chen Nan’s face.

Feeling the sharp aura, Chen Nan decisively abandons his longsword, knowing his advantage lies in his formidable physique, not in competing with the blue-robed cultivator in swordplay.

The furious Heavy Mountain Pill Furnace is summoned by Chen Nan, who grabs the furnace’s leg as if wielding a giant hammer, and smashes it towards the blue-robed cultivator.

"Get out of my way!"

As for the sword aiming at him, he disregards it entirely, summoning a Corpse Puppet to shield himself.

With a hiss, the Sword Qi pierces through the Corpse Puppet’s solid body, even leaving a deep wound on Chen Nan.

But at that moment, the furnace in Chen Nan’s hand also smashes heavily onto the blue-robed cultivator.

With a boom, the blue-robed cultivator is sent flying by the immense force, his body slightly deformed, crashing heavily into a distant tree.

When he stands up again, his blue robe is tattered, dust covering his face, and his previous ethereal demeanor is gone, looking rather disheveled.

Yet his face remains expressionless, simply charging forward again with his sword, pale cyan mana infusing the blade, forming a layered Sword Curtain in front of him instantly.

Without fear, Chen Nan charges forward as well, the surface of the Pill Furnace in his hand coated with a layer of burning black flame, the Mo Ying Flame.

The next moment, the furnace crashes heavy onto the Sword Curtain, producing a deafening roar.

The black flames explode like fireworks, scattering in all directions.

Crack!

The Sword Curtain shatters under the blow, but Chen Nan is also sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the ground.

When he stands up, he sees the blue-robed cultivator ascending into the air, with two suns in the sky behind, his longsword crossing and slashing down. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Instantly, a meteor shower of Sword Qi descends, covering Chen Nan like a torrential storm, filled with murderous intent.

But just as the Sword Qi is about to penetrate Chen Nan, he mysteriously vanishes from the spot.

When he reappears, he’s behind the blue-robed cultivator, emerging from a Mo Ying Flame, and smashes the furnace onto his head.

With a thud, it sounds like a bell tolling in a temple, the blue-robed cultivator’s head tilting.

Ultimately, not a truly living cultivator, though possessing formidable strength, it lacks adaptability.

The blue-robed cultivator is pounded into the ground, momentarily unsure how to respond.

Chen Nan, filled with joy, strides forward to the blue-robed cultivator, hammering with the furnace, each strike carrying tens of thousands of pounds of force, causing the earth to tremble.

Finally, after an unknown number of blows, the body of the blue-robed cultivator suddenly explodes, dissipating into pure nature’s spiritual energy.

Chen Nan sits on the ground, panting heavily, believing the blue-robed cultivator was someone’s created clone, not a real entity.

Moreover, after enduring countless years, the clone, while still maintainable, lacks high intelligence, only slightly better than a walking corpse.

Otherwise, Chen Nan wouldn’t have been able to slay him.

After a while of recovery, he stands up, marching forward with excitement through a clearing, finally seeing the Array Core that the Divine Calculator spoke of.

Taking out the map, intending to confirm it, he unexpectedly sees the map suddenly fly up, coming alive, and swiftly flying backward.

Chen Nan is stunned, only realizing moments later that it’s another trick by the Divine Calculator!

"Alright, old trickster, you tricked me into scouting the road, truly outrageous!"

Always thinking the Divine Calculator was already unscrupulous enough, he never thought his limits could be challenged time and again.

If descending together, they could have been separated by the previous white mist, which would have been understandable.

But the just flown away map makes it clear to Chen Nan that the Divine Calculator planned this early on, just to trick him into coming down!