Chapter 364: Chapter 362: Slaying a Titan with the Sword
"Disappointed? What right do you have to say I’ve disappointed you? You’ve only just entered the Union Palace Realm. What gives you the right to speak to me this way?"
The Purple Star Beast Emperor was furious!
His face turned a livid purple, his features contorting as his eyes became bloodshot.
He was a mighty powerhouse of the Union Palace Realm Eighth Stage!
Across all the Ten Great Dynasties, he was an expert at the very apex of the martial world. Even other experts of his caliber wouldn’t dare speak to him this way.
Who was Jiang Chen?
A junior!
And yet he dared to speak to him like that?
The Purple Star Beast Emperor felt utterly humiliated. His fury was uncontrollable, pushing him to the verge of a rampage. He trembled, grinding his teeth so hard they threatened to shatter. His venomous gaze locked onto Jiang Chen as he seethed, "When I first set foot in the Union Palace Realm, you were still playing in the mud wearing diapers somewhere! How dare you humiliate me like this?"
"Today, it’s you or me! I will kill you, eat your flesh raw, and drink your blood!"
The Purple Star Beast Emperor bellowed.
Like an enraged lion!
Behind him...
Suddenly, a massive phantom shot into the sky. It was fifty meters tall, like a small mountain.
This was none other than the Purple Star Beast Emperor’s Martial Soul, a Celestial Tier Sixth Grade Martial Soul—the Crimson Manggu Toad!
The Crimson Manggu Toad!
In the Ancient Era, this was a powerful existence capable of contending with Exotic Beasts like the Taotie and Suanni.
It was said that...
When a Crimson Manggu Toad appeared, all life for leagues around would be extinguished wherever it went. Water it touched became undrinkable. Even inhaling the air it had breathed was a death sentence, turning any living thing into a poisoned corpse.
CROAK!
The Crimson Manggu Toad Martial Soul let out a low croak.
Its pair of cold eyes fell upon Jiang Chen.
The Purple Star Beast Emperor flew up and landed on the Crimson Manggu Toad’s head. Purple, star-like light pulsed around him, making him resemble a deity from the starry heavens. His icy gaze, filled with blazing killing intent, swept over Jiang Chen. "Jiang Chen, before, I was merely probing your strength. Now, you will face the true power of a giant. Die!"
"Martial Soul Possession!"
The Purple Star Beast Emperor dropped into a crouch, adopting a toad-like posture, as the Crimson Manggu Toad emanated a purple glow.
As if sinking into mud, the Purple Star Beast Emperor’s body submerged, merging into the Crimson Manggu Toad Martial Soul.
He and his Martial Soul became one!
"Toad’s Triple Strike, First Strike—Sweep the World!"
WHOOSH...
The Crimson Manggu Toad Martial Soul’s mouth snapped open, and a crimson tongue suddenly shot out from its massive maw.
Like a long, blood-red dragon, it swept forward, hugging the ground.
RUMBLE... CRACK...
Wherever the blood-red tongue passed, the hard ground of Martial Saint Peak was shattered open, and a thick layer of earth was peeled up. Like an ox plowing a field, it swept away everything. The land was overturned where it passed, leaving no blade of grass intact, as it rushed toward Jiang Chen with ferocious power.
"Celestial Flame Sun-Devouring Slash!"
"Celestial Flame Sky-breaking Slash!"
"Divine Wind Celestial Fury!"
Jiang Chen unleashed several Sword Techniques in quick succession. A fan-shaped torrent of fiery-red and cyan Sword Qi crashed toward the blood-red tongue.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Streams of Sword Qi exploded against the tongue.
But the tongue was extremely soft. Under the impact of the Sword Qi, it just trembled slightly and dispersed the terrifying force.
The force of the blows instead detonated on the ground behind the tongue.
Huge craters appeared out of nowhere. Amidst the flying dust, the blood-red tongue slammed into the Spirit-Slaying Sword that Jiang Chen held up to block.
BANG...
Jiang Chen was sent flying high into the air.
The force of the blow was so immense that it left Jiang Chen dizzy and disoriented, unable to recover for a moment.
At the same time, the Purple Star Beast Emperor powerfully kicked off the ground with his hind legs. The fifty-meter-tall Crimson Manggu Toad Martial Soul let out a mighty croak and did the same, stomping its legs so hard that the entire Martial Saint Mountain shuddered with a deafening BOOM. Buildings trembled and the ground quaked violently. A gale erupted from where the toad had been, sweeping outward in all directions.
"Get back!"
"Dammit, I can’t escape..."
"Help me..."
The experts screamed as they were tossed about by the fierce wind, some even being thrown directly into the air.
The Crimson Manggu Toad had already caught up to Jiang Chen.
The Purple Star Beast Emperor revealed a savage sneer and roared, "Second Strike—Divine Dragon Tail Swing!"
SWISH!
The sticky, blood-red tongue fiercely recoiled into its mouth, then shot out again like an Azure Dragon swinging its tail in mid-air, heavily lashing Jiang Chen’s body.
THUD—
Jiang Chen let out a muffled grunt. Struck by the tongue, his body fell from the sky like a falling star, plummeting toward the ground.
BOOM!
His whole body slammed into the earth, carving out a human-shaped crater. Jiang Chen’s body was driven deep into the rock of Martial Saint Mountain.
The Purple Star Beast Emperor laughed maniacally, his face filled with cold killing intent. "Jiang Chen, you’re dead! Take my final strike—Mount Tai Pressing Down!"
RUMBLE!
The mountain-like Crimson Manggu Toad plummeted from the sky.
It crashed down heavily toward Jiang Chen.
This time, if Jiang Chen was hit, he would surely be gravely injured, or even killed!
Everyone around gasped in shock.
Xuue Junlin’s expression changed slightly. "It’s time to intervene!"
"If we don’t act now, Jiang Chen is doomed!" Ye Gucheng nodded in agreement.
"Alright..."
Yuwen Zheng nodded. Just as he was about to act, his expression suddenly changed. He raised a hand to stop the others and said, "Wait, look!"
"Hm?"
The others were taken aback and followed his pointing finger with their gazes.
Down in the earthen crater.
Jiang Chen was already standing. He shook his body, dusting off the loose dirt, as a golden light pulsed around him. He was completely unscathed.
Jiang Chen held his Spirit-Slaying Sword, his head held high.
His eyes shone with a two-toned, cyan-and-gold light as he stared at the plummeting Crimson Manggu Toad. He licked the corner of his mouth. "As expected of one of the ten great powerhouses. Once you get serious, you really are quite strong. If I hadn’t absorbed the Thunder Tribulation Spirit Liquid, I truly might not have been your match. But now? What can a giant like you possibly do to me?"
"Thick Earth Sword Technique—Armor of the Earth!"
The Spirit-Slaying Sword radiated an earthy-yellow light.
As he unleashed streams of Sword Qi, the surrounding mountain began to tremble. Rubble and soil from the ground vibrated intensely, then went flying toward Jiang Chen.
The debris condensed and fused around him, forming a dome-shaped, earthy-yellow barrier!
THOOM—
The Crimson Manggu Toad crashed heavily upon it. Earth and stone flew everywhere as the Armor of the Earth began to crack. Fissures spread across its surface, but it held together just before the point of shattering.
SHIING—
A sky-rending beam of Sword Qi shot out from within the Armor of the Earth.
Peerlessly sharp!
’Not good!’
The Purple Star Beast Emperor instinctively sensed the danger and hastily dodged. Still, the beam of sword light tore a gash in the Crimson Manggu Toad’s hind leg, causing his face to twist in pain. His furious gaze swept toward Jiang Chen. "Damn you! You dare injure my Martial Soul? Toad’s Triple Strike, First Strike—Sweeping Thousand Armies!"
The blood-red tongue swept out once more.
Jiang Chen shook his head, his face full of disdain. "Using the same move on me twice... do you really think it’ll work?"
The moment his voice fell, Jiang Chen’s figure flickered. Using the Shadow Body Technique, he split into ten "Jiang Chens" that charged the blood-red tongue from ten different directions.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The tongue’s sweep shattered one image of Jiang Chen after another. But just as it destroyed the seventh, the corners of the mouths of the three remaining "Jiang Chens" lifted into a cold smirk. The figures on the left and right then shot toward the center, merging back into a single Jiang Chen!
At the same time...
Jiang Chen leaped high and stabbed his sword downward.
SHK!
A blinding flash of light, and the Crimson Manggu Toad let out a pained shriek. The Spirit-Slaying Sword had stabbed directly through the center of its tongue, bringing the powerful strike to an abrupt halt.
Purple light pulsed around the Crimson Manggu Toad as it tried to retract its tongue.
But Jiang Chen just smirked coldly. His hands glowed with golden light as he grabbed both the hilt and the tip of the blade, firmly pinning the slippery tongue. Immediately, the muscles on Jiang Chen’s body bulged, and veins stood out on his skin like writhing drakes. He let out a great roar, "Go!"
BOOM!
With a powerful shoulder throw, he violently swung the fifty-meter-tall Crimson Manggu Toad up, over his shoulder, and slammed it heavily onto Martial Saint Mountain.
CRASH...
As the Crimson Manggu Toad hit the ground, the mountain collapsed and the earth split, sending sand and stones flying.
Jiang Chen spun like a whirlwind, holding the Crimson Manggu Toad’s tongue, swinging and smashing it again and again.
BAM BAM BAM...
The Crimson Manggu Toad was like a sandbag, smashed into the ground repeatedly by Jiang Chen.
The Purple Star Beast Emperor, possessing the Martial Soul, felt everything. He coughed up mouthfuls of blood, beaten until he was completely disoriented and in agony.
ROAR!
Jiang Chen suddenly roared, a brilliant golden light erupting from his arms. With a mighty heave, he threw the Crimson Manggu Toad high into the air. He gripped his sword hilt with one hand and also flew up high. Then, pulling the longsword free, he ran at full speed along the blood-red tongue, charging directly toward the Crimson Manggu Toad’s head.
The Purple Star Beast Emperor, still inside the Crimson Manggu Toad, had just regained a sliver of clarity when he saw Jiang Chen right before his eyes. His expression changed drastically. ’This is bad...’
He tried to dodge, but it was too late...
Reflected in his pupils, the faint smile on Jiang Chen’s lips was like the smile of Death itself. "Fish Dragon Nine Swords, Seventh Sword!"
SHIIING—
An unparalleled Sword Aura pierced straight through the Crimson Manggu Toad’s body, penetrated the Purple Star Beast Emperor’s head, and flew a full kilometer into the distance...
Like a long, azure ribbon, it hung suspended across the sky.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!...
The Crimson Manggu Toad violently exploded. The Purple Star Beast Emperor’s head shattered like a watermelon smashed by a hammer, sending blood flying everywhere.
A powerhouse of a generation, dead by the Spirit-Slaying Sword!
A rain of blood fell from the sky, spattering the faces of the stunned experts below. Everyone held their breath at the same time.
They looked at the sword-wielding youth with awe in their eyes, as if they were gazing upon a Divine Spirit!
