Chapter 339: Chapter 337: Crush
"God-Devouring Realm!"
Three cold words echoed from deep within the earth.
The voice wasn’t loud, but it resounded across the Celestial Pride War Hall, reaching the ears of everyone present.
Under countless horrified gazes...
From the bottomless, black, sword-scarred chasm, a jet-black pillar of light suddenly shot into the sky.
This pillar of light connected heaven and earth!
When the pillar of light appeared, it felt like the apocalypse for all living things within a several-kilometer radius of its core.
The flowers, grass, and trees all began to wither.
The water in the flowing river receded, exposing the dry riverbed.
The fierce winds blowing across the Celestial Vault fell silent, as if frozen in place.
All the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi converged toward it.
Lan Haichen bore the brunt of the effect.
He felt his Lanling Sword trembling slightly in his hand, as if out of instinctual fear. His blood felt like boiling water, ROILING violently within him. His qi and blood surged uncontrollably, threatening to burst from his body.
’What is going on?’
Lan Haichen’s expression changed drastically. He forcefully circulated his Profound Technique, forming a powerful energy barrier around himself to finally calm the blood in his veins.
But the True Essence Energy on the surface of his body felt as if it were being stripped away.
His face darkened. He could only leap into the air and flee many miles away before he was free from the influence of the God-Devouring Realm.
CRACKLE...
RUMBLE...
Streaks of dark-gold lightning appeared on the pillar of light. Snakes of electricity covered the entire pillar, slithering across its surface before appearing in its center.
At this moment, the pillar of light became the focus of everyone’s attention!
"Look, there’s someone in there!"
"It’s Jiang Chen!"
Someone suddenly cried out in alarm.
In the center of the pillar, a figure slowly rose. His arms were spread wide, as if a mysterious force was gradually lifting him into the sky.
Before long...
Jiang Chen had already risen a thousand meters into the air within the pillar of light.
Countless streams of energy converged on his body. All living things within a radius of tens of kilometers decayed. Even the rocks on the ground instantly turned to dust, while flowers and trees withered and rotted. All of their energy gathered into him.
His Divine Thought Power was pushed to its absolute limit.
His Eyes of the Heavens unleashed two beams of cyan-gold light, which shot forward like sky-shattering rainbows.
The rainbows formed from his gaze alone stretched for hundreds of meters!
They carried a supreme Divine Aura, making it impossible for anyone to look directly at them!
Under the enhancement of the God-Devouring Realm, Jiang Chen’s power continuously soared: Heavenly Destiny Realm Eighth Stage, Heavenly Destiny Realm Ninth Stage...
"ROAR!"
Jiang Chen let out a thunderous roar to the sky. The entire pillar of light suddenly paused, and the electric arcs surrounding him came to an abrupt halt.
Then, with a SWOOSH, the pillar of light shrank and converged entirely into Jiang Chen’s body.
With a final HUM, the pillar of light vanished.
The dark-gold light radiating from Jiang Chen’s body also dissipated in an instant!
But his qi, blood, and power had become terrifyingly strong.
Lan Haichen’s gaze sharpened, and he snorted coldly. "It doesn’t matter what Secret Technique you use, you’re still no match for me. Jiang Chen, you will not escape death today!"
"Vast Heaven-Overturning Seal!"
Lan Haichen struck with the seal.
SWISH—
The Cyan Heaven and White Sun Seal instantly shot toward Jiang Chen.
Facing the seal, Jiang Chen stood in midair, the corner of his mouth curling up in disdain. "Break!"
He casually raised a hand and slapped at the air!
A dark-gold palm suddenly materialized and slapped down on the massive seal.
CRACK...
Under the impact of the dark-gold palm, the Cyan Heaven and White Sun Seal fractured like it was made of paper, then shattered completely.
It dissipated into the Celestial Vault!
’How is this possible?’
Lan Haichen’s expression contorted in disbelief as he stared at the scene before him. Previously, Jiang Chen had to use considerable effort to destroy the Heaven-Overturning Seal, but now he had shattered it with ease. "This is impossible! How could your strength increase so much all of a sudden?"
"Nothing is impossible!"
Jiang Chen strode through the air. A single step carried him hundreds of meters, and in just a few flashes, he appeared before Lan Haichen.
He stopped abruptly, just half a meter away from him.
A face thick with mockery suddenly filled Lan Haichen’s vision.
Lan Haichen jumped back in fright.
He instinctively shot backward before looking back at Jiang Chen’s mocking face, his gaze flickering and uncertain.
The memory of Jiang Chen appearing before he could even react brought a drop of cold sweat to his brow. He stared intently at Jiang Chen. "I don’t care what Secret Technique you used to boost your power! A technique like that must come with a huge price. I’ll be the one to have the last laugh!"
"Laugh? I’m afraid you’ll never laugh again!"
Jiang Chen smiled faintly. He reached out and, with a flick of his wrist, domineeringly uprooted a thousand-zhang mountain peak and hurled it at Lan Haichen. His calm voice rang out at the same time. "Lan Haichen, back then, you were overwhelmingly powerful. You once said that even in fifty or five hundred years, I could never catch up to you. Today, I’ll show you that I don’t need fifty years. It took me just over a year to surpass you!"
"Impossible! You can’t have surpassed me! I am invincible! I am the number one Young Venerable!"
Lan Haichen roared like an enraged lion.
He swung his Lanling Sword, slicing the flying mountain peak in two. Rubble rained down from above.
His eyes swept around, but he couldn’t find any sign of Jiang Chen. ’Where did he go?’
"Right here!"
A calm voice sounded in his ear.
Lan Haichen shuddered, his face a mask of horror. He twisted his wrist and swept his sword behind him.
SWISH—
White Vast Sword Qi, infused with the power of three Sword Intents—the drift of wind, the flow of water, and the sharpness of metal—slashed toward Jiang Chen.
CLANG!
The blade stopped short, unable to advance another inch.
’What’s happening?’
Startled, Lan Haichen whipped his head around, his eyes wide with horror.
Jiang Chen’s palm pulsed with a dazzling, dark-gold light. He had caught the swift slash of the Lanling Sword with his bare hand.
Lan Haichen instinctively tried to pull his sword back, but he couldn’t budge it. The Lanling Sword seemed to have fused with Jiang Chen’s hand.
"Lan Haichen, I told you. Today, your defeat is certain!"
Jiang Chen gave a cold smile and pointed with his free right hand. "Star Pointing Finger—Star-Breaking!"
