Chapter 338: Chapter 336: The Voice from Underground...
Lan Haichen and Jiang Chen were both masters of the Sword Dao.
Lan Haichen had comprehended three Sword Intents: Golden Sword Intent, Water Sword Intent, and Wind Sword Intent.
Jiang Chen, on the other hand, wielded the power of the Four Great Sword Intents of Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind.
However...
The former had already broken through to the Union Palace Realm, raising his three Sword Intents to Tier Four.
Tier Four was already known as a Martial Arts Secret!
A Sword Dao Secret!
Its power was far greater than that of a Tier Three Sword Intent.
However, Jiang Chen had comprehended four Sword Intents and was even beginning to fuse them. Therefore, the gap between them in terms of Sword Intent wasn’t too immense.
BOOM!
A blue Sword Aura shot across the sky, transforming into a colossal beast of blue ice.
This was due to the enhancement of his Water Sword Intent, which had condensed his Sword Qi to an incredible degree, forming a Sword Qi Giant Beast.
Its power was a level above that of ordinary Sword Techniques.
"Break!"
Blood-red Sword Qi transformed into a torrential downpour of swords. Streaks of Sword Qi shot out in a dense barrage, carrying an unstoppable, destructive might.
The two attacks collided.
Monstrous waves of Sword Qi erupted in all directions.
Where they fell into the King Sea, they blasted towering columns of water into the sky.
Where they fell upon the mountain forests, peaks were razed to the ground and jungles were annihilated in an instant.
It was like a hurricane passing through!
CLANG CLANG CLANG—
BOOM BOOM BOOM!
The repeated clashes of their blades and Sword Techniques erupted in a dazzling radiance.
It was as brilliant as the Blazing Sun, as blinding as a torch!
"Vast Heaven-Overturning Seal!"
"Vast Righteousness Sword!"
Lan Haichen formed a Seal Technique with one hand, and the Cyan Heaven and White Sun Seal blotted out the sky as it bore down to crush Jiang Chen.
The great seal was as massive as a mountain.
It carried an unparalleled Destructive Power. The seal was so incredibly heavy that some masters at the Union Palace Realm First Stage would have been instantly crushed into paste by it.
Facing this colossal seal, Jiang Chen threw several punches in rapid succession.
The force of his fists shook the air, and a continuous rumbling filled their ears.
Explosions rang out high in the sky.
He forcefully knocked the Cyan Heaven and White Sun Seal flying.
At the same time, Lan Haichen’s Vast Righteousness Sword had already transformed into a long rainbow. Brimming with Vast Righteous Qi, it was like a merciless, righteous warrior upholding worldly justice, wielding an Evil-slaying Divine Sword as it slashed toward Jiang Chen.
The sword strike was aimed at Jiang Chen’s head.
If it truly hit its mark, he would surely be decapitated!
"Mystic Wind Nine Swords!"
Jiang Chen shouted coldly.
His entire body blurred into a series of afterimages that streaked across the sky, each one frozen in a different pose.
Before each afterimage dissipated, it unleashed a brilliant sword projection!
Mystic Wind First Sword!
Mystic Wind Second Sword...
All nine swords weaved through the void. Like a school of fish forming the shape of a blade, they charged toward the Sword Aura of the Vast Righteousness Sword.
KRA-KA-KA...
As the streaks of Sword Aura flew forward, they constantly merged. The instant all nine wisps of Sword Qi had completely fused...
a five-hundred-zhang-long cyan sword light crashed against the white Sword Aura, which pulsed with eternal righteousness and unparalleled might.
The tips of the two Sword Auras pressed against each other.
Light scattered in all directions. It was a perfectly matched contest, diamond cut diamond!
A cold look appeared on Lan Haichen’s face. The corner of his mouth curled into a sneer as he spoke calmly, "Vast Righteousness, coexisting with heaven and earth—Annihilate!"
BOOM!
The white Sword Aura, several hundred zhang long, suddenly expanded, doubling in size to become a thousand-zhang-long, unrivaled Sword Aura.
He held the Lanling Sword, and with a forward thrust of his arm...
SHHIIING—
the white Sword Aura became incomparably sharp, its tip growing ever more condensed. The two evenly matched Sword Auras instantly turned into a one-sided domination.
With a deafening boom,
the white Sword Aura advanced with unstoppable force, cleaving the cyan Sword Aura in two!
From tip to hilt, the entire cyan Sword Aura was shattered.
"Not good!"
Jiang Chen’s expression changed drastically, his heart sinking. With a flick of his arm, the Spirit-Slaying Sword in his hand fanned out in a circular arc, like a peacock spreading its tail.
One sword arc after another flew forward.
They looked like silver rings, attempting to ensnare the white Sword Aura!
However...
Lan Haichen had already ascended to the Union Palace Realm, and his combat prowess was on a completely different level than before. He snorted coldly and charged forward with unstoppable momentum. Amid a continuous roar, his terrifying power crushed and shattered the sword arcs one by one before heavily striking Jiang Chen.
BOOM—
Jiang Chen’s whole body shuddered. The battle armor on his chest exploded, its fragments scattering in all directions.
A hideous, bloody gash appeared on his chest, running from his left shoulder down to his right ribs.
Blood sprayed from his chest.
Jiang Chen’s body plummeted toward the ground like a falling star.
CRASH!
He smashed into a mountain range.
For a moment, the mountain range fell silent.
Then, shocking cracks began to appear on the surface of the sprawling mountain range, spreading continuously outward. A rumbling like war drums echoed from deep within the mountains.
The mountains shattered, peaks crumbled, and massive boulders were blasted into the sky.
They rained back down on the ground like a meteor shower.
RUMBLE...
The destruction stretched for over a thousand meters, obliterating six or seven peaks before finally stopping.
Lan Haichen gave chase. He was incredibly fast, flying from the edge of the Vast Sea to the start of this mountain range in an instant.
He stood tall in the sky, holding his Lanling Sword.
The fierce wind whipped around him, his long hair dancing wildly.
The Lanling Sword in Lan Haichen’s hand bloomed with a mesmerizing blue light, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes. "It’s all over! Jiang Chen, go to Hell!"
"Vast Righteousness—Evil-Slaying!"
White, mystical runes filled with Vast Righteous Qi suddenly flew from his body and converged on the Lanling Sword.
The mystical runes covered the entire Lanling Sword.
VMMMM...
A white Sword Aura, so terrifying it made one’s scalp tingle and a chill run up their spine, erupted forth.
Lan Haichen looked particularly minuscule before this Sword Aura. Yet this ant-like figure held the thousand-zhang Sword Aura high with both hands. A savage expression suddenly appeared on his face as he slashed down at the mountain range before him with an incomparably brilliant strike.
BOOM!
When this sword strike descended, it was as if a primordial god was wielding a Divine Sword, intending to sunder the very heavens.
The thousand-zhang Sword Aura expanded once more!
Two thousand zhang!
Three thousand zhang...
The unrivaled, three-thousand-plus-zhang Sword Aura fell upon the mountain range. As a blinding white light pulsed, the mountains crumbled and the earth sank wherever the Sword Aura passed.
The entire mountain range, which stretched for dozens of kilometers, was utterly destroyed by this single strike!
Razed to the ground!
RUMBLE...
The earth trembled violently. Billowing clouds of dust and thick, black smoke surged toward the Celestial Vault.
It obscured everyone’s vision!
When everything faded, Lan Haichen stood high in the sky of the Floating Battlefield, holding his Lanling Sword. On the ground below, the mountain range that had stretched for dozens of kilometers was gone. In its place was a massive chasm, so deep its bottom could not be seen, its sides as sheer as if they had been carved by a blade!
Jiang Chen was nowhere to be found!
"Hiss!"
Outside the Prodigy Battlefield, the powerful experts witnessing this scene were all dumbfounded.
"W-what a terrifying sword strike..."
"Is Jiang Chen dead?"
"Of course he is! Even a titan of the Union Palace Realm would have died under such a powerful Sword Skill. How could Jiang Chen possibly still be alive?"
The experts swallowed hard as they commented amongst themselves.
Lan Haichen stood high in the sky, panting slightly. That last strike had been his Peak attack, and it had consumed a massive amount of his energy.
However, as he looked at the enormous scar left by his sword, the corners of his mouth turned up in a smug smile. He said coldly, "Jiang Chen, you’re finally dead!"
But just then...
a clear, cold voice suddenly drifted up from deep within the chasm...
"God! Devouring! Domain!"
