God of Pets-Chapter 416: Impenetrable Defense
The primordial energy on Yang Huai’s body surged like blood and sunlight, transforming into a crimson phantom that enveloped him.
Yang Huai stared at Chen Guan and said, "You must be very curious why that person can use multiple Hidden Powers, and why I can also use multiple Hidden Powers, right?"
"Indeed, I’m very curious. Could you enlighten me?" Chen Guan replied sincerely.
"It doesn’t hurt to tell you, just so you know, relying on others won’t help you, it will only harm you." Yang Huai sneered, "It’s because that female general went easy on you that you could step into the Life Gate. This choice was good, but unfortunately, you’re just at the Second Awakening and probably can’t even sense the power of those spirits, let alone gain their approval."
"What do you mean?" Chen Guan frowned and asked.
At this moment, Yang Huai was even more certain that Chen Guan might not have even seen the existence of those spirits. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂
"In that dark passage, countless wandering spirits exist, but they’re not real spirits. They’re just a trace of Secret Knowledge left in the world under the influence of Secret Power. They cling to our bodies, granting us Hidden Powers. As Third Awakening Cultivators, after using Hidden Powers, a trace of Secret Knowledge with its Secret Power fills the void of the Hidden Power, allowing us to use their Secret Power..."
"Although each Secret Knowledge carries just enough power for one use before disappearing, the sheer number is enough for us to keep using various Hidden Powers, and your Secret Skill, can you still use it?"
"You can try it." Chen Guan understood this, which was more or less what he had guessed, so he was not surprised.
According to Yang Huai, he had to deplete his own Secret Power first, and then randomly use a piece of Secret Knowledge’s Hidden Power, which he himself couldn’t control.
In other words, to use the power of Secret Knowledge, one first needed to have the Hidden Ability.
And he was just a Second Awakening, without awakening any Hidden Power, so from the beginning Yang Huai determined that he couldn’t use the power of Secret Knowledge; even if he acquired it, it would be useless.
Chen Guan indeed saw those ghostly Secret Knowledge forms, but they were all destroyed by the round stool. He didn’t obtain any, so he couldn’t verify if he could use Hidden Powers as a Second Awakening.
The result was that his current situation matched exactly with Yang Huai’s conjecture.
"Each of those spirits has the power of a Third Awakening, yet they were easily killed by the round stool. Is this stool really an ordinary bench for feeding fish by the Netherworld Emperor?" Chen Guan thought the stool’s origin might not be that simple.
However, there was no time to explore the origins of the stool now, as Yang Huai once again used Hidden Power to attack.
This time, Yang Huai struck out with a palm, turning the palm power into a sky-obscuring blood-colored giant hand, pressing towards Chen Guan.
Bang!
The blood-colored giant hand slammed onto the ground, deep into a colossal palm print on the hard stone floor.
Yet Chen Guan stood in that palm print, shrouded in a blood mist, remaining unscathed.
This Secret Technique still couldn’t break through the blood energy layer formed by the Blood Burst Divine Skill.
Yang Huai’s eyes narrowed, and once again, he used Hidden Power, launching a frenzied attack on Chen Guan.
"I wonder how many more times you can use it..." Yang Huai didn’t believe that such a Secret Skill could be used multiple times by Chen Guan.
Such a Secret Skill must consume a significant amount of primordial energy; even if Chen Guan had a rapid energy recovery ability, he couldn’t possibly replenish his energy instantly.
So Yang Huai believed that as long as he continued his relentless attacks, Chen Guan’s energy wouldn’t replenish.
With such a powerful Secret Skill, Chen Guan must need to use a large portion of his energy. Without letting him fully recover, he surely couldn’t continue using it.
His plan seemed sound, but Hidden Powers struck Chen Guan one after another, forcing him to retreat continuously, yet the blood energy layer around him was never completely broken.
Yang Huai could hardly believe his eyes; despite continuous Secret Technique bombardments, the blood energy on Chen Guan’s body remained undispersed, enduring it all.
"What the hell is this!" Yang Huai kept attacking, forcing Chen Guan to retreat repeatedly, but he only felt a tingling scalp.
"Impossible... It’s impossible for something like this... Just a Body Protection Secret Skill... No matter how strong, it can’t be this strong..." Yang Huai was clearly on the offensive, yet his gaze was as if he’d seen a ghost, filled with terror.
Xiu Jie Ming’s gaze had long shifted to this side. Earlier, he was worried that Chen Guan might be killed by Yang Huai, but after watching for a while, a look of astonishment appeared in his eyes.
"Where did he get this Secret Skill that can withstand this? If it were me, could I forcefully break through?" Xiu Jie Ming pondered.
"Commander... this child is enigmatic and unpredictable... he cannot be left alive... or he will become a great disaster in the future... Let us join forces to kill him... to prevent future troubles..." Yang Huai shouted during the battle, trying to get Xiu Jie Ming to help him kill Chen Guan.
He had already developed a mindset that he couldn’t kill Chen Guan. Although he still had Hidden Power to use, he no longer dared to hope that he could kill Chen Guan by himself.
Now he could only rely on Xiu Jie Ming to join forces and kill Chen Guan.
"When did I ever say I wanted to kill him?" Xiu Jie Ming looked at Yang Huai in the arena, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, revealing a smile.
"Commander... now is not the time for mercy... I know you don’t want to dirty your hands... But you also saw... he’s not someone ordinary people can compare to... If not killed, he will be a grave threat..." Yang Huai was almost out of breath.
Even though he was using power from Secret Knowledge, during the battle, he still needed to constantly move, which consumed energy.
"Yang Huai, it seems you want to kill him more than I do." Xiu Jie Ming said calmly.
Yang Huai’s heart suddenly skipped a beat: "Commander, I’m thinking for your sake. How can such an enemy be spared?"
Xiu Jie Ming stared at Yang Huai expressionlessly and said, "I never told you that Chen Guan is my enemy, nor did I say I wanted to kill him, right?"
"It’s the Inspectorate that wants to kill him... the Chief Judge wants to kill him..." Yang Huai realized he misspoke as soon as he said it.
"These, I never told you either. How do you know the Inspectorate wants to kill him?" Xiu Jie Ming asked with a smirk, looking at him contemptuously.
Yang Huai knew he was exposed, and with a sigh, he said, "Commander, it’s true that I’m placed by the Inspectorate at your side, but all these years, haven’t I been loyal to you genuinely? This time, it’s the Chief Judge who wants to kill Chen Guan. We have no other way; to preserve the Xiu Family’s status in the Celestial Court Army, to control the Celestial Army, we can only kill Chen Guan."
"Commander, the Chief Judge holds you in high regard and wants the Xiu Family to hold power. That’s why he wants to kill Chen Guan; you can’t defy him at a time like this..."
Upon hearing this, Xiu Jie Ming laughed, and after laughing, his expression cooled down as he looked at Yang Huai and said, "Does he really want our Xiu Family to hold power? I’m afraid not."
Without waiting for Yang Huai to say anything more, Xiu Jie Ming approached Yang Huai on the battlefield, saying, "I don’t know if he plans to let our Xiu Family hold power, but traitors must die."
With that said, Xiu Jie Ming struck Yang Huai with a palm.
He struck at the perfect moment, just as Yang Huai had used up his Hidden Power and before new strength arose. With just one palm, he caused Yang Huai to spew blood, sending him flying over ten meters before crashing heavily onto the ground.
On the other side, Hu Quan was shocked.
No one expected that Xiu Jie Ming, a member of the Xiu Family with a grudge against Chen Guan over a woman, would not kill Chen Guan but instead choose to oppose the Inspectorate.
