Chapter 338: Slaying Chu!
The sword light was like thunder, tearing open the black mist with a boom. This powerful sword strike carried the force of ten thousand tons, causing the air to explode with a series of sharp sounds. The moment the keen sword edge collided with the dark blue iron saber, a piercing metal-cutting sound erupted, like a collapsing mountain, stinging the eardrums.
Inside the Human Race sacrificial altar, where Evil Qi was like a sea, Ji You’s entire body was churning with scorching Qi, like a raging beast, forcefully pushing Chu Xian back three steps.
As he gasped for breath, Chu Xian’s hand holding the saber trembled continuously, and the saber itself hummed incessantly, as if it would fly out of his grasp at any moment.
It wasn’t until he gritted his teeth and pressed the saber down sharply that he crushed the surging Qi. The wounds between his fingers, which had already healed, were torn open again, continuously oozing blood.
And a hint of shock quickly flashed through his eyes at this moment.
Subsequently, saber and sword clashed again.
One purple, one white, two figures continuously collided within the thick black mist.
Ji You, his whole body ablaze with heat, had arms bulging like steel. His entire skeleton and muscles were erupting with surging power. As his Dao sword struck down, it cut out a dazzling ripple in the Void Realm.
At this moment, on the wall, Zuoqiuyang and the others couldn't help but narrow their eyes.
The situation unfolded as everyone had expected: Evil Qi greatly restricted Ji You.
From the moment he struck first with his sword and failed to kill Chu Xian, the flow of Spiritual Qi in Ji You’s body became weaker and weaker, almost completely suppressed.
In fact, upon seeing this scene, many of those guarding the periphery had already begun to lose hope. Only Zuoqiuyang and Chai Hu remained closely observing the battle within, until the black light trembled again, drawing a large number of gazes.
As the Spiritual Qi’s enhancement to his Sword Dao continuously weakened, Ji You’s sword strikes did not diminish. Instead, they repeatedly tore open Chu Xian’s old wounds, whose Qi had surged.
“His control over Spiritual Qi is so restrained, yet his combat power hasn’t weakened much?”
Zuoqiuyang spoke after a long silence: “That is pure Physical Body strength, augmented by Lingjian Mountain’s Sword Intent.”
Chai Ze’s eye twitched: “So, the power condensed by Spiritual Qi hasn’t been as strong an amplification to Ji You’s combat power as we imagined?”
“We were prejudiced. He hasn’t cultivated any techniques.”
Chai Hu narrowed his eyes, understanding the hidden meaning in his Senior Brother’s words.
Ji You’s combat power didn’t come from external sources, but from within his body.
Therefore, external forces found it difficult to restrict him too much.
This was something no one had ever anticipated, because for the Qingyun World, which obtained techniques by borrowing from the Heavenly Dao, the power of one’s own body compared to the power of the Heavenly Dao was always negligibly small.
Sword light cascaded like a waterfall, like the moonlight pouring down from the Nine Heavens, crashing against the majestic Saber Qi!
Ji You continuously clashed with him. The Spiritual Qi around him became scarcer and scarcer, but the cracking sounds of his bones grew increasingly intense.
After entering Tianshu Academy, he learned about the existence of techniques and had been pondering a question.
That is, where does the power of techniques come from?
And the only two answers were speed and strength.
Whether it was Zuoqiuyang’s Tianshu technique or Chai Hu’s force field secret art, when they landed, they ultimately manifested as power and speed.
So he knew that the key was power and speed, and their source and manifestation were not important.
The strong sword strikes surged like a pouring bright moon, fiercely colliding with the magnificent Saber Qi, also mixed with countless black lights exploding, and the powerful seal technique striking down.
The speed of both figures became faster and faster. The air was brutally torn apart, emitting a sharp wail.
And wherever they passed, the white jade slabs cracked inch by inch, shattered stones shot out like a torrential rain, and were then enveloped by terrifying shockwaves, deeply embedding themselves into the thick walls around them.
The originally flat Dao field was instantly covered with hideous deep pits, as if a giant beast had rampaged through it.
“Buzz!!!!”
The great seal condensed by Chu Xian exploded with a roar amidst the dazzling sword light. Ji You, having gathered all his strength, wielded his Dao sword, imbued with the four Sword Intents of Elder Zhengyang, which arrived with scorching flames generated by friction with the air.
Even if Spiritual Qi didn’t significantly boost his combat power, his combat power still weakened.
And in this extremely unfavorable situation for him, the only attempt he could make was to control the rhythm of the offense, leaving no room for the opponent to retaliate.
Because once the opponent managed to distance themselves, he would have no chance in this unfair duel.
With a boom, like a monk striking a bell, the power erupting from his entire body was like a bursting river, pouring out in an instant.
Chu Xian parried with his saber, feeling a penetrating surge of Qi violently pouring into him, causing his entire skeleton to tremble violently.
At this moment, Ji You withdrew a sword from the wind. The majestic Sword Qi, already accumulated, once again borrowed the sword stance from the previous strike and slashed down diagonally.
This was one of the few times he gathered a profound amount of Spiritual Qi again.
The Sword Qi met and merged with the powerful Sword Intent, instantly erupting with a universe-shaking roar, and then fiercely descended towards the falling Chu Xian.
He had no time.
Or rather, his arrogant little ghost had no time.
This kind of thing was clear without asking; those Linxian Realm demons had already gone to retrieve the Sacred Artifact. Yan Shu, who was always so stubborn, would definitely not escape alone.
The battle outside must be a fight to the death; even a single breath of difference would lead to a vastly different outcome.
Under the frenzied sword strikes, the Upper Five Realms Perfection experts on the wall instantly widened their eyes.
They hadn't expected Ji You, despite being at such a disadvantage, to seize a perfect opportunity through continuous, dense attacks.
There’s a chance!
Boom!!!!
With a sharp roar, Ji You’s Dao sword directly shattered, and he was sent flying.
And amidst the huge waves created by the Sword Qi, a pair of crimson eyes suddenly opened. Chu Xian’s body swelled several times its size, and his entire skeleton emitted a series of cracking sounds.
In an instant, the elegant Holy Son Chu was gone, replaced by a tall, hideous Evil Seed.
Upon seeing this, the hope that had ignited in everyone's eyes instantly extinguished.
“I’ve always disliked this body; it makes me feel as if I’m no longer myself.”
“You should understand, Ji You, people like us have our own pride. Just like when I first took your Dao sword, I insisted on using my bare hands to resist, all because of this pride.”
“The power of the Immortal Fate is indeed great, but it’s ultimately an external force. I always feel that even with my own talent, I wouldn’t lose to anyone.”
Chu Xian at this moment was like a thousand-year-old decaying zombie, his withered flesh carrying the aura of death, his mouth opening and closing as he spoke in a chilling tone.
This was indeed his true thought.
Because defeating an opponent by relying on external forces, even if it was a win, would make him feel like a loss, which was very boring to him.
And the only thing he had to do now was to guard the Heavenly Dao sacrifice, waiting for his father and grandfather to kill off the Linxian Realm experts of this era one by one, so he had plenty of time.
One must know that after holding a high position for many years, it was not easy to find a suitable opponent.
But he found that without external help, the more he fought, the more irritated he became.
This was not because Chu Xian couldn’t defeat him, but because the entire battle rhythm was forcibly controlled by Ji You, and every one of Ji You’s sword strikes felt like an insult to him, so he decided to end this battle.
“What are you proud of?”
“?”
Ji You looked at him with icy eyes: “Leave the Human Race sacrificial altar and fight outside?”
The completely demonized Chu Xian narrowed his eyes, and a hint of killing intent instantly appeared in his gaze. Then, he raised a large palm seal and furiously attacked.
Ji You’s words suddenly made him realize that this battle had been unfair from the start, because the opponent was fighting him while suppressed by Evil Qi.
“Boom!!!!”
With an explosive sound, the heavy great seal descended fiercely, crushing everything in its path.
At this moment, Chu Xian was no longer merely at the Wujiang Realm; his immense and surging killing intent had already crossed the threshold of the Divine Travel Realm.
Ji You was sent flying, blood splattering through the air, directly collapsing a tower within the Human Race sacrificial altar.
Amidst the rumbling sounds of shattering, entire chunks of debris crashed down, and the stirred-up dust, mixed with Evil Qi, roared and engulfed half of the sacrificial altar.
Ji You’s physical toughness provided him with extremely strong defense. Chu Xian’s great seal was powerful enough to destroy anything of the same Realm, but it did not make Ji You perish then and there.
Yet, even so, his chest was covered in blooming bloodstains.
The white robes of Tianshu Academy were white-based, and the bloodstains initially cut into them looked like mere embellishments.
But under this world-destroying blow, red became the base color, and the few remaining white patches became the embellishments.
On Huangyun Mountain, peaks collapsed, and a majestic figure of Evil Qi rose with a roar, its Evil Qi monstrous as it gazed at the ruins below.
And above the Xuan Yuan Immortal Mansion, the white jade cliff was already stained with blood.
Also at the Xuanhai Shore, Lingjian Mountain, as the iron slammed down, dust continuously broke apart.
Having already known that Linxian Realm experts were seizing Sacred Artifacts, countless Sects of the Immortal-Slaying Sect were desperately fleeing outwards, but some were also burned to black ash amidst the continuously falling heavenly fire.
The people in Rizhao City had already seen large numbers of fleeing figures and received reports from their respective Sects, their faces pale.
Countless Upper Five Realms Perfection experts on the Human Race Dao field narrowed their eyes, sighing softly.
The entire situation had been a dead end from beginning to end; only when Ji You tore open the Heavenly Dao sacrifice did a path to survival appear.
But as Chu Xian mutated into an Evil Seed, and his combat power increased to the Divine Travel Realm, they felt that this path to survival had closed again.
Within the trembling sacrificial altar, Chu Xian rose into the air in shock, having already decided to hold nothing back.
Endless Evil Qi began to surge madly into his body, then black light gathered into a killing sword that roared downwards.
Hum!!!!
A flicker of determination flashed in Ji You’s eyes. He suddenly flicked his sleeve, summoning sixteen spirit swords.
The sword bodies, carrying faint Spiritual Qi, hummed as they were fixed in the Void Realm, beginning to vibrate madly.
Upon seeing this, the Upper Five Realms Perfection experts on the wall all frowned.
Sword control? No, it’s useless.
Even when Ji You had ample Spiritual Qi before, it was still very difficult to kill Chu Xian with this technique, let alone now that his Spiritual Qi was so sparse.
But in the next instant, as these sixteen swords suddenly trembled violently, a powerful white light shot straight to the clouds, and upon descending, it exploded with countless killing intents.
The black light sword that chopped down was instantly annihilated in this intense white light, and Holy Son Chu was sent flying back three steps with a boom. The Lasting Peace Race’ bodies were already incredibly powerful, and Zhu Shun, who was previously hammered to death by Ji You, naturally couldn’t be compared to the formidable Holy Son Chu. Furthermore, with the Huantian Technique protecting his entire body, Holy Son Chu was not injured by this, but a hint of shock still flashed in his crimson eyes.
He didn’t understand why Ji You, who was about to be killed by him, could suddenly release such an intense killing intent.
The expressions of those important figures on the wall were also frozen on their faces, but before they could react, they saw Holy Son Chu gather another Heavenly Light Killing Sword and attack.
With a loud crash!
Ji You swung his sleeve again, releasing sixteen Spiritual Swords that pierced into the Void Realm.
With a booming tremor that shook heaven and earth, the black mist wandering within the altar was stirred into a massive vortex, and then a ripple of light spread out with the swords, and the intense killing intent once again sent Holy Son Chu flying back ten zhang.
Immediately after, the black sword gathered again, this time even carrying twisting, blood-red lightning, as Holy Son Chu’s roaring figure descended from the sky.
And Ji You released sixteen more swords, like a tsunami of blazing white Heavenly Light, fiercely clashing.
This time, with Holy Son Chu’s full power infusion, the killing intent was nearly broken for an instant.
Hum!
Hum!
Hum!
The battle between the two sides intensified continuously within a few short breaths, with both their aura and pressure far exceeding their initial encounter.
At this moment, even those Upper Five Realms Perfection on the city wall felt a sense of dread, involuntarily retreating half a step, their faces changing dramatically.
They had also cultivated step by step, and they knew what kind of Realm a person of a certain age should have in the Qingyun World over the past hundred years, and what kind of combat power a person of a certain Realm should possess.
But they had never seen anyone whose combat power continuously escalated in the same battle, capable of surpassing an entire major Realm.
There was also another question that puzzled them.
Ji You’s sudden sixteen swords were terrifying, but why did he always switch to another sixteen swords every time he attacked, and then another sixteen next time?
One must know that in a confrontation between experts, even a momentary time difference can cost one’s life. The same sixteen swords were not broken at all, yet he insisted on switching swords, which only added infinite risks.
As expected, when the number of Spiritual Swords in the field increased to the one hundred and twelfth, due to the interval of re-sacrificing the swords, his fierce killing intent had not yet fully unfolded, and the faster Holy Son Chu had already arrived, holding the black sword entwined with blood lightning.
Amidst the booming collision, the black sword cut straight towards Ji You’s face.
But fortunately, the killing intent arrived in time, once again fiercely sending Holy Son Chu flying out.
But in just an instant, Holy Son Chu shattered a tower, and amidst the howling dust waves, he switched from his right hand to his left, and the black-light killing sword roared open in his hand.
Seeing this scene, everyone on the city wall was greatly shocked, realizing that Holy Son Chu had already prepared this sword when he attacked last time. He wanted to exploit this time difference, although he also wasn’t sure why Ji You had to switch sixteen swords every time, but he wanted to exploit this time difference.
Before he could even retrieve his sword, he wanted to kill him here.
But just as the killing secret technique he held was about to descend, a terrifying pressure suddenly surged forth, pressing down upon him.
At the same time, countless people on the wall were bent at the waist by the pressure, and even those Upper Five Realms Perfection fell with a thud, as if a great mountain had been pressed upon their shoulders.
The world is divided into three major Realms, and Upper Five Realms Perfection is already the pinnacle.
And the pressure came from the Heavenly Dao, which should naturally be from top to bottom.
In other words, no one except those in the Linxian Realm could suppress these Upper Five Realms Perfection with their aura.
The Dean of Tianshu Academy, the Pavilion Master of Mountain and Sea Pavilion, the Palace Master of Asked the Dao Sect, countless important figures who controlled the winds and rains, all opened their eyes in horror.
At this moment, Ji You rose into the air with a fiery aura, and the one hundred and twelve Spiritual Swords behind him seemed to be plated with a layer of brilliant golden color, then began to hum continuously.
During the battle at Dan Mountain, he obtained a Heavenly Pattern Grand Canon from a Formation Master Sect’s Elder from the Asked the Dao Sect in the Boundless Realm.
Since then, he had been trying various Formations on his journey of observing ruins, such as the Qi Gathering Formation, Lightning Induction Formation, Shapeshifting Formation, Ten Directions Slaughter, Withered Bone Plate, and so on.
He discovered that these Formations all shared a common principle, where the coordination of positions could evolve into different Formations.
And these Formations had many similarities with the chaotic Laws he had seen on Xuwu Mountain back then.
Perhaps because of this, Ji You’s success rate was very high.
So, he had been pondering ever since whether he could apply it to sword control. His first success was when he was besieged by the Evil Seed.
However, there was one grand Formation he had always been very cautious about, and that was the final Immortal Shocking Grand Formation.
This Formation was extremely complex, requiring an immense number of Formation eyes, and even a slight mistake could easily lead to a backlash from the Formation.
The first time he attempted to use it was during the siege, using a simplified corner of the grand Formation.
And now, this one was expanded several times over.
Actually, casting the Formation outside would have been better, as his Physical Body could most likely withstand it.
But there was no Spiritual Qi supply in the Evil Qi now, and if he wanted to use this Formation, he would need to use the remaining Spiritual Qi in his body as energy.
Even a slight mistake could lead to a backlash from the grand Formation, and he might explode and die.
Even if he wasn’t backlashed, providing energy for a Formation capable of killing a Linxian Realm expert was by no means an easy task to withstand.
However, living together is a blessing, and dying together is also a blessing.
The pain comes when one lives and one dies, and you are the one who lives.
Amidst the sky-shaking roar, the entire Human Race altar seemed to have turned into a boiling oil pot.
Among the countless Spiritual Swords, fifty-six moved into the Qian, Kun, Li, and Kan positions behind him within the folds of the Void Realm, while the remaining fourteen were diagonally opposite, making Ji You appear as if he had also transformed into a brilliant golden body.
Immortal Shocking Sword Formation.
With a soft whisper, a magnificent killing intent instantly boiled, and the intense light seemed to directly pierce through the sky, pressing down with a destructive aura.
The scorching killing intent fiercely struck the figure holding the black light, exploding with bursting immortal light.
With a thunderous boom, the Xun position city wall of the Human Race altar collapsed first, crushed into dust amidst the earth-shattering killing intent.
And Holy Son Chu’s arms exploded, his forehead was pierced through, and his entire body was slammed heavily onto the ground, with fine cracks appearing all over him.
A few breaths later, his evilized Physical Body receded, and his distorted eyes gradually solidified.
They had planned for years, killed countless people, and devoured countless kin, finally gaining an opportunity to reach the pinnacle. Then, they performed a Heavenly Dao sacrifice and deduced it a hundred times, yet they had never seen such an outcome in their deductions.
The rampant killing intent was still rampaging through the Human Race Dao field, and the scorching smoke seemed to melt everything.
At this moment, Ji You, struggling, landed in front of him. The scorching aura around him dissipated, and his face was as pale as paper, but he still swung his hand and fiercely cut off his head.
Seeing this scene, the Upper Five Realms Perfection on the wall were shocked for a long time and could not recover.
Because no one could have imagined that when he was at a complete disadvantage, he would kill his opponent with such a world-destroying posture.
With a sudden crash, Chai Hu snapped back to reality, only to see Zuoqiuyang holding a ball of immortal light, directly shattering the tower and whistling towards the opposite side of the wall.
The other Upper Five Realms Perfection around immediately reacted, their eyes narrowing as they attacked.
And in the direction they attacked, the faces of the demon people guarding the altar had already changed dramatically, and after recovering, they immediately began to turn and flee.
At this moment, a powerful force field pressed down in horror, and the last few Divine Thought Realm cultivators who were fleeing exploded into a sky full of blood mist.
Their reaction was still too slow, because they had never expected such a thing to happen, so much so that the hundred-sword Immortal Shocking Killing Formation had suppressed their Divine Thought, preventing them from fully recovering.
The remaining people couldn’t help but look at each other, their eyes filled with confusion.
Until they suddenly realized that the battle within the altar had subsided.
These people had low cultivation and could not travel beyond the heavens with their Divine Thought, so they naturally didn’t know what had happened, but they understood that the end of the battle meant someone had died.
Huo Xingzhong and Shang Xiyao gently waved their sleeves, a hint of coldness in their eyes.
This was already a foregone conclusion.
Even if the Heavenly Dao sacrifice was forcibly torn open, the Evil Qi would still suppress cultivators after all.
Under such a disadvantage, what was the difference between this and moths flying into a flame?
However, they were still surprised that Ji You could hold on for so long, causing some of these high-ranking Saints to lose their Dao Heart’s balance.
“What do we do now?”
“The Sect is destroyed, the demon people have taken over, where can we go from here?”
Amidst the discussions, everyone suddenly noticed that the black light piercing the sky seemed to be gradually fading, and the Void Realm, which had been squeezed until cracks appeared, also began to slowly recover.
At the same time, the Evil Qi within the Human Race altar also began to continuously fade.
Everyone looked intently and saw that the entire wall on the opposite side had collapsed, as if it had been shattered by a single sword strike.
The surging Evil Qi was continuously pouring out through this collapsed city wall, causing the concentration within the altar to become lower and lower. But the problem was that the walls of the Human Race altar were also protected by Formations. Looking back along the shattered wall, they saw an incredibly wide chasm, as if it had been cut by a single sword.
And when they finally looked, they found Ji You standing with his right hand resting on his sword, his left hand tightly clenched, while in front of him lay Holy Son Chu’s broken body and his head, which had rolled to the side.
It wasn’t Holy Son Chu, it was Ji You who won.
Despite the Heavenly Dao sacrifice’s obstruction and the strong suppression of the dense Evil Qi, Ji You still forcefully killed Holy Son Chu.
At this moment, they suddenly understood why those Upper Five Realms Perfection Elders had chased after them without a word, and why those demon people had immediately fled.
In a daze, everyone suddenly heard a roar from above their heads.
With a thunderous crash, the black light in the sky above the Void Realm disintegrated in mid-air.
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