Chapter 343: Rescuing Yang Jian
With a single sword across the Nine Provinces, the fierce Sword Qi slashed out from the Lantian Sword, piercing the Thunder Finger, instantly detonating the sky. The terrifying impact swept across the Blue Star world, causing countless people or Demon Beasts to be thrown back, especially in that central area where even the Daoist Venerable couldn't keep their footing, flying out millions of meters.
Countless bolts of lightning transformed into starlight raining down. Chen Lan gazed coldly at the sky: "As the Celestial Court of the Profound Dust Realm, you choose betrayal, becoming the lapdog of the Desolate Celestial Realm. Have you forgotten how cruel the Desolate Celestial Realm once was, killing so many in the Celestial Court?!"
[Hehe, Ye Lan, your attempts to sow discord are useless against me. I'm doing all this for the good of the Celestial Court, for the future of everyone. They will thank me for this.]
[Today, you can't save Yang Jian]
As the words fell, countless golden chains flew out from the dark clouds like dragons, charging towards Yang Jian and Chen Lan. Thousands upon thousands of giant hands reached out, grabbing for Chen Lan.
Chen Lan's eyes narrowed, and he swiftly hacked out Sword Qi in an orderly manner, shattering the chains completely. The giant hands, too, were destroyed with a single sword, but they seemed endless and couldn't be entirely eradicated no matter how he slashed!
"Quick, awaken Yang Jian's latent soul and bring him back!" Chen Lan turned his head towards the Heaven-Howling Dog, shouting angrily.
Only these people of the Celestial Court here could awaken Yang Jian; they were the ones Yang Jian was most familiar with.
Hearing these words, the Heaven-Howling Dog and others reacted, hurriedly rushing towards Yang Jian.
Now, Yang Jian had already fainted due to the exhaustion of Spiritual Qi, utterly worn out.
"Master!" The Heaven-Howling Dog transformed into human form, grabbing Yang Jian's shoulders and shaking him violently, "Master, it's me, Xiao Tian, wake up!"
"Yang Jian, can you hear me? Lao Sun is here. Our duel isn't settled yet, quickly get up and fight me again!"
"True Monarch, wake up."
The people of the Celestial Court surrounded Yang Jian, recounting various past events with him, trying to awaken Yang Jian.
"Yang Jian, wake up immediately!!!"
Chen Lan abruptly turned around and pointed, a magnificent surge of Soul Dao Power shot out, drilling into Yang Jian's brain.
In an instant, Yang Jian's body jolted fiercely, then calmed down, seemingly as if he were dead.
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In Yang Jian's sea of consciousness.
"Let me out! When I get out, I'll tear you apart!"
In the sea of consciousness, the real Yang Jian was locked in a cage, angrily roaring at a man outside the cage.
The man outside looked exactly like him, but he was not Yang Jian.
"Hehe, you? You might not even get out. I must say, Ye Lan is truly troublesome, he can't even be dealt with despite your body and Celestial Eye Divine Techniques."
Speaking of Chen Lan, the false Yang Jian's body slightly trembled, pupils contracted, barely holding back fear at the thought. He almost died, luckily now, the Jade Emperor has intervened; he only needs to wait to be saved.
"You're scared, seeing you afraid is truly rare." Yang Jian was slightly taken aback, then sneered.
He had been locked up for so long and had never seen the imposter show such fear.
He couldn't see what's outside but could guess that this imposter had encountered an exceptional opponent, got defeated, and now hid here, not daring to face reality.
"Do you know who's outside? That's Ye Lan. Becoming Emperor as a youth, unrivaled among the same generation, hailed as the supreme young talent. Not just me, everyone from that era would instinctively fear at Ye Lan's name, he's the nightmare in their hearts. It's no disgrace to lose to him."
The expression on the false Yang Jian's face showed a hint of excitement, along with a trace of admiration.
"I've long heard of this name and yearned to spar with him. Unfortunately, by the time I became famous, he had been exiled to the lower realm, and today was the first chance to spar with him. Indeed, only with the Divine Bone can he perform at full strength. As rumored, he's unrivaled among his peers, the strongest opponent I've ever seen in the Taoist Saints!"
Seeing the fake Yang Jian's expression, Yang Jian's curiosity towards that Ye Lan piqued—what kind of person could make this imposter so excited, even after being defeated, still admires him.
But just then, a mysterious silhouette slowly emerged before them.
"Release Yang Jian." The first words from the silhouette shocked the false Yang Jian.
"Ye Lan, how did you get in here!" The false Yang Jian retreated repeatedly; he wouldn't mistake this voice!
Ye Lan actually entered his sea of consciousness!
The silhouette's face slowly revealed, it was Chen Lan.
Seeing Chen Lan's back, Yang Jian was stunned, and when Chen Lan turned around, his pupils contracted sharply.
Such a young face, already a Taoist Saint at such a young age?
"Hello, Yang Jian." Chen Lan spoke with a casual smile, instantly summoning the Lantian Sword, coldly shouting: "Step aside!"
Hearing this, Yang Jian immediately understood what Chen Lan was doing and hurriedly backed away, as a beam of Sword Qi suddenly approached the cage, blasting it open.
Boom!
With a crash, the cage was shattered into pieces, Yang Jian was saved, stepping out.
Seeing Yang Jian being rescued, the false Yang Jian's eyes widened in fury, roaring: "Ye Lan, you actually released Yang Jian, die!"
The real Yang Jian was out, so he needed to suppress him again, otherwise, he might be scattered, and lose his body back to Yang Jian!
Instantly, the false Yang Jian summoned a Trident, charged at Chen Lan, chopping down with force.
This was his sea of consciousness, his strength would greatly enhance here, Ye Lan daring to enter was courting death!
"I'm here!" Yang Jian coldly shouted, summoning a Trident too, charging forward.
Boom!
Weapons collided, causing both to retreat simultaneously.
In an instant, the two Yang Jians' bodies trembled at the same time, halting their assaults, their figures swaying.
Chen Lan could feel the trembling of Yang Jian's sea of consciousness, as if an earthquake; it was the two souls battling for the body, causing the tremors.
"Finish this quickly." Chen Lan swiftly soared, a sword piercing the false Yang Jian, with the Eye of Destiny, he could discern real from fake, without fear of striking the wrong person.
"You're just a mere soul avatar, thinking you can kill me?" The false Yang Jian sneered, seeing clearly that Ye Lan was a mere soul avatar rescuing Yang Jian.
To kill him, his true form had to come!
In an instant, the three engaged in fierce combat, Chen Lan and Yang Jian's powerful alliance drove them towards victory.
Just as they were about to annihilate the false Yang Jian and awaken Yang Jian, suddenly the sea of consciousness shook, and the Jade Emperor's voice sounded.
[Ye Lan, you wish to awaken Yang Jian, have you asked me?!]
Hearing this, Chen Lan's soul avatar knew something happened in the external world.
"Hurry, kill him!" Chen Lan sternly shouted, thrusting a sword towards the false Yang Jian.
Yang Jian nodded, sweeping a blade towards the false Yang Jian's head.
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