As the black rain poured down in an instant, Ye Chen, who was just over thirty meters away from the Treasure Light Cluster, suddenly felt the Gang Yuan True Qi throughout his body directly immobilized.
The Gang Yuan True Qi within Ye Chen's entire Spirit Sea just stopped running in an instant, even the Gang Yuan True Qi outside his body completely solidified!
Ye Chen's face changed dramatically in an instant.
What in the world was this black rain, that it could even immobilize his Gang Yuan True Qi!
This was the first time Ye Chen had encountered such a situation since he started cultivating Gang Yuan True Qi.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Just as Ye Chen realized that the Gang Yuan True Qi throughout his body was immobilized, the suddenly changing black rain had already fallen in front of him.
Ye Chen, who had been continuously closing in on the Treasure Light Cluster, was once again struck by the black rain and knocked back towards the ground.
This black rain had distinctly greater power compared to the previous red rain.
Even with the Fourth Transformation of the Nine Transformation Fighting Body cultivated to Minor Accomplishment, Ye Chen couldn't withstand the power of this black rain!
Boom!
This time, Ye Chen was slammed forcefully into the ground, then the relentless black rain continued plummeting down on Ye Chen on the ground, each drop hitting so hard it kept driving him further into the earth, creating a huge pit around his body!
By the looks of it, if Ye Chen couldn't hold on any longer, he would be directly struck out of this Relic Space by the black rain!
"The ultimate treasure, the Black Fire Sword, is indeed not so easy to obtain!"
As the power of the black rain continually hammered him downwards, lightning bolts seemingly flashed through Ye Chen's mind as he thought of various countermeasures.
With his Gang Yuan True Qi immobilized, his True Qi techniques were now rendered useless.
And clearly, the Fourth Transformation of the Nine Transformation Fighting Body was unable to resist the impact of this black rain.
It seemed he had to use other means!
In the moment Ye Chen's Divine Sense stirred, he instantly vanished from the deep pit in the ground, and in the next instant, he appeared at another location within this Relic Space.
This technique was none other than the "Void Instantaneous Change"!
Although the black rain could affect Ye Chen's True Qi, it couldn't affect his Divine Sense.
With "Void Instantaneous Change," Ye Chen could Instantaneous Movement directly to any location enveloped by his Divine Sense.
Facing the immensely powerful black rain, unable to withstand it directly, Ye Chen finally made use of the "Void Instantaneous Change" technique!
The moment Ye Chen appeared at another location, more black raindrops plummeted in front of him, and as they descended, Ye Chen vanished from that spot once again.
The next moment, Ye Chen appeared directly in front of the Treasure Light Cluster.
This was clearly Ye Chen using Instantaneous Movement to dodge the strikes of the black raindrops, aiming to directly seize the "Black Fire Sword Relic" within the Treasure Light Cluster!
Boom!
Just as Ye Chen's hand reached out for the Treasure Light Cluster, sensing Ye Chen's approach for the third time after the "red rain" and the "black rain," the Treasure Light Cluster suddenly underwent a third transformation.
Boom!
In an instant, the entire Treasure Light Cluster burst open, and a three-foot-long ancient sword, flashing with black and red light, suddenly shot out from within the light.
The Black Fire Sword!
Clearly, the little swords formed from the Sword Qi Spirit Liquid simply couldn't stop the Black Fire Sword, not even for an instant.
This situation did not cause Ye Chen to lose heart.
He continued to manipulate the Sword Qi Spirit Liquid, forming little swords to halt the Black Fire Sword's flight, and he also kept using the Void Instantaneous Change ability to chase after the Black Fire Sword.
The scene became tense again.
Just when Ye Chen had dispatched more than a dozen batches of little swords formed from Sword Qi Spirit Liquid to block the Black Fire Sword—all of which had been sliced through—this time, even the sentient Black Fire Sword failed to detect that amidst these little swords formed from Sword Qi Spirit Liquid, a new little sword had suddenly appeared.
But this little sword was different from the others. It directly displayed a fire-red glow even more mystical than that of the Black Fire Sword!
This little sword was none other than Ye Chen's life-bound flying sword— "Crimson Fire Flying Sword"!
Ye Chen had, after using more than a dozen batches of little swords to block the Black Fire Sword, mixed in the "Crimson Fire Flying Sword" and wielded it as well!
This time, the Black Fire Sword still attempted to slice through the Crimson Fire Flying Sword like it had the others, but when the two swords collided, the Crimson Fire Flying Sword was not cut through and truly stopped the Black Fire Sword!
Although the Crimson Fire Flying Sword was only cultivated by Ye Chen into an upper-grade spiritual weapon, its inherent quality was that of a sacred artifact!
And among sacred artifacts, the Crimson Fire Flying Sword was of the highest quality!
After all, this was the reward Heavenly Saint Lian Yue obtained after winning the Heavenly Saint Realm sword fighting tournament many years ago—a supreme treasure from the Sea God Palace in Chaotic Sea!
Even though the "Crimson Fire Flying Sword" could not yet fully unleash the power of a sacred artifact, merely its sacred artifact quality allowed it to easily stop the Black Fire Sword for an instant!
This stoppage was only for a split second, and in the next moment, the Black Fire Sword noticed something was amiss. It tried to change direction, to not clash with the "Crimson Fire Flying Sword" again and to fly away from somewhere else.
But by this time, it was too late!
Just as the "Black Fire Sword" was stopped, a large hand suddenly appeared behind it and firmly grasped the Black Fire Sword.
Remarkably, it was Ye Chen who had invoked the Void Instantaneous Change ability and finally made his move!
The Void Instantaneous Change ability, combined with the numbing effect of the Sword Qi Spirit Liquid and finally the blockade by the Crimson Fire Flying Sword, after several attempts, led to Ye Chen finally grasping the Black Fire Sword in his hand!
Boom!
As soon as Ye Chen grasped the Black Fire Sword, he felt a tremendous force pulling him downward. The Black Fire Sword itself was incredibly heavy, probably weighing more than a million pounds!
At the same time that the sheer weight of the Black Fire Sword tugged at him, the Black Fire Sword in Ye Chen's grasp struggled wildly, clearly trying to break free from his palm!
The sentient Black Fire Sword, with its struggle coupled with its immense weight, almost managed to break free from Ye Chen's grip.
If it weren't for Ye Chen instantly activating the immense strength of the Fourth Transformation of the Nine Transformation Fighting Body, with countless Nine Transformation Golden Body Talisman Patterns covering his body and holding on to the Black Fire Sword with all his might, the Black Fire Sword would have flown off again!
But even though Ye Chen held onto the Black Fire Sword, the growing force of the Black Fire Sword meant that Ye Chen could not solely rely on strength to counter it, or else he would not be able to hold on and would be wrenched away.
Ye Chen could only be pulled along by the Black Fire Sword, making sure it couldn't fling him away.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Suddenly, the three-foot-long Black Fire Sword, pulling Ye Chen, flew all over the relic space, crashing into the ground one moment, then soaring into the sky the next.
Ye Chen, dragged up and down by the Black Fire Sword, was battered and bruised; had it been someone else, they might have long since been flung off by the Black Fire Sword!
But the more the Black Fire Sword struggled, the more determined Ye Chen's will became—that he must subdue this Black Fire Sword!
Ye Chen was not like others; in the face of difficulty, he never gave up easily.
As long as the Black Fire Sword couldn't shake free from his palm, it had no chance of throwing him off!