Chapter 372: Chapter 370: The Blood Hasn’t Dried, and I Can Still Fight
A brilliant golden radiance shot into the sky.
The God-Devouring Realm instantly unfurled. With Jiang Chen’s current Divine Thought Power, it could easily envelop a ten-li radius.
Inside the God-Devouring Realm, the experts from the Celestial Alliance all felt their bodies tremble violently. They wanted to flee, but they discovered they had lost control of their own bodies.
The blood within them began to boil.
"What’s happening?"
"How can this be? My... my blood, why is it disappearing...?"
"It’s so painful, no...!"
One by one, the experts within the God-Devouring Realm began to swell, growing larger and larger.
They were like balloons being overinflated with air.
BOOM—
Like sticks of dynamite, the experts exploded one after another, their blood saturating the entire God-Devouring Realm.
Within a ten-li radius.
Over a thousand experts from the Celestial Alliance were reduced to a blood mist, which was then devoured by the God-Devouring Realm. The surrounding flora and fauna—flowers, grass, trees, birds, and beasts—all withered, turning into desiccated husks as all of their energy converged on Jiang Chen.
His black hair whipped about as a dark golden light pulsed around him.
Jiang Chen’s combat strength rose continuously: Union Palace Realm Fourth Stage, Union Palace Realm Fifth Stage...
All the way to the Peak of the Fifth Stage of Union Palace Realm!
’With my God-Devouring Realm as it is now, if I were to devour everything without restraint, I could reach the Seventh Stage of Union Palace Realm in a short time. But the drain on my Divine Thought would be too great. My current combat power at the Fifth Stage of Union Palace Realm should be enough to handle Tu Shanhe!’ Jiang Chen thought, hovering in midair.
As the dark golden light pulsed, the Spirit-Slaying Sword let out a series of deep, humming reverberations.
His killing intent condensed, forming a gale.
It swept across the land!
His azure-gold gaze swept forward, landing on Tu Shanhe, who was stepping through the air, bathed in a surging, blood-red light.
At this moment, Tu Shanhe’s entire body was pulsing with a sanguine radiance.
He looked like a blood-drenched Asura.
His aura had also reached its peak. He wielded a blood-colored longsword, its blade covered in mysterious, flowing golden runes. It was a High-level Celestial Tier Profound Weapon, forged from the Essence Blood of over ten thousand boys and girls. This was a vicious weapon, born for slaughter. To obtain this Profound Weapon, Tu Shanhe had stopped at nothing.
He had slaughtered villages and destroyed towns without a second thought.
Only then did he finally gather the ten thousand boys and girls needed to forge this blood-soaked Divine Sword!
Tu Shanhe brandished the blood-colored longsword, his gaze icy. As he strode through the air, rings of sanguine light pulsed beneath his feet. His cold eyes landed on Jiang Chen, and a flicker of astonishment crossed his face. "Your cultivation has risen again? No, that’s not right. You’ve used a Secret Technique to boost your cultivation temporarily. I never imagined such a miraculous Secret Technique existed in this world. And with that powerful Body Refining Secret Method of yours... you’re truly full of secrets!"
Standing within his God-Devouring Realm, Jiang Chen said nonchalantly, "Who doesn’t have a few secrets? As for you, the esteemed Sect Master of the Saint Martial Sword Sect, forging such a wicked Profound Weapon... Aren’t you afraid of incurring Celestial Punishment for doing so many evil deeds?"
"Celestial Punishment?"
Tu Shanhe paused, then his lips curled into a contemptuous sneer. "Only the weak fear Celestial Punishment," he said dismissively. "Jiang Chen, you killed my disciple and destroyed my sect. Your crimes are unforgivable. Today is the day you die!"
"I’m afraid you don’t have what it takes to kill me!" Jiang Chen scoffed.
WHOOSH—
A cold wind gusted past, sending their long hair flying and making their robes flap noisily.
The moment the wind died down and their robes began to settle...
...as if by some silent accord, Jiang Chen and Tu Shanhe both moved at the exact same time.
Jiang Chen formed a Finger Technique with his right hand, jabbing it forward three times in rapid succession. "Star-Breaking!"
"Picking the Moon!"
"Breaking Sun!"
Three beams of light shot from his fingertips, tearing through the sky.
Tu Shanhe snorted. A ball of blood-red light gathered in his palm as he continued to charge toward Jiang Chen at high speed. He struck out with his palm repeatedly, unleashing waves of immense power that coalesced into blood-red mountain peaks, aiming them directly at the three sharp beams of light.
RUMBLE...
The sun and moon seemed to lose their light. The world was turned upside down, as if heaven and earth themselves were being reversed.
The two clashing energies erupted with a deafening, bell-like roar, and the terrifying fluctuations stirred up a violent storm in the celestial vault.
"Saint Martial Judgement!"
Tu Shanhe gripped his blood-red sword with both hands and brought it slashing down.
Jiang Chen scoffed, raising his Spirit-Slaying Sword above his head to block.
CLANG...
The two swords collided, unleashing a shower of brilliant sparks.
Jiang Chen ducked low, and two beams of pure Divine Thought shot from his eyes. "Celestial Punishment!"
SWISH!
He activated the *Five Thunder Secret Technique*. His oceanic Divine Thought surged, drawing upon the lightning in the heavens to form a serpent of thunder that lunged toward Tu Shanhe.
"A parlor trick!"
Tu Shanhe scoffed in disdain as a blood-red seal suddenly flew out from his body.
The Mid-grade Celestial Tier Profound Weapon, the Mountain and River Seal!
The Mountain and River Seal emerged and transformed into a small mountain. The sound of gurgling water seemed to emanate from within it as it gave off a faint, blood-red mystical glow, blocking the thunder serpent.
Tu Shanhe held the blood-red sword in his right hand and activated a series of Sword Techniques. "Judgement!"
"Breaking Army!"
"Greed Wolf’s Kill!"
Three successive blasts of Sword Qi erupted toward Jiang Chen.
At the same time, Tu Shanhe’s hands flew through a series of profound, obscure, and ancient Seal Techniques. As he completed them, the Mountain and River Seal let out a SWOOSH and burst with a blinding radiance. It expanded continuously, transforming into a hill, and hurtled toward Jiang Chen right behind the three blasts of Sword Qi.
Jiang Chen raised his sword to meet the attack.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
He managed to blast away all three jets of Sword Qi, but the Mountain and River Seal was right behind them. Jiang Chen’s eyes narrowed. Gripping the Spirit-Slaying Sword with both hands, he roared, "Celestial Flame Sun-Devouring Slash!"
BOOM!
A spherical mass of Sword Qi erupted violently from the tip of his blade.
BOOM...
An unparalleled Sword Aura plummeted from the sky, striking the Mountain and River Seal with immense force.
HUM!
The Mountain and River Seal’s light pulsed, but it only trembled slightly.
Tu Shanhe laughed maniacally as he strode forward. He slammed both hands onto the Mountain and River Seal, pushing it forward with frenzied force. The seal carried Jiang Chen with it, crashing into the ground with a deafening BOOM! The earth buckled. A hundred-meter-tall hill was obliterated on impact. They were moving faster and faster.
Everywhere they passed, boulders cracked, hills collapsed, and forests were flattened...
Like a swarm of locusts, they left nothing but devastation in their wake!
PTUI!
Jiang Chen spat out a mouthful of blood. His body was starting to give out from the continuous impacts.
"Jiang Chen, use any trump cards you have left! Hahaha..." Tu Shanhe roared, his face a mask of savagery.
He put his full force into both hands, causing the Mountain and River Seal to double in size once more. It grew even heavier as it bore down relentlessly.
Jiang Chen’s legs sank deep into the earth as spiderweb-like cracks spread out across the ground around him. He propped himself up with his sword in one hand while his other hand pushed up against the Mountain and River Seal, trying to stop its descent.
Seeing this, a cold light glinted in Tu Shanhe’s eyes. He flashed forward, appearing directly in front of Jiang Chen.
He thrust his sword forward.
’This is bad!’
Jiang Chen’s expression changed drastically. An immense power erupted from within him, veins popping on his arms. With a great BOOM of terrifying force, he threw the Mountain and River Seal off him. Simultaneously, he swung his right hand, and the Spirit-Slaying Sword arced upward in a razor-sharp slash.
TING!
The two swords met with a crisp ring.
Tu Shanhe twisted his wrist, and his blood-red sword conjured a lotus-like flurry of Sword Qi that bypassed the Spirit-Slaying Sword. Dozens of streams of Sword Qi struck Jiang Chen.
THWIP! THWIP! THWIP!
Dozens of new wounds instantly appeared on Jiang Chen’s body, blood streaming from them.
Tu Shanhe grew even more excited, his expression savage. "Take another one!"
He rushed forward, his sword aimed directly at Jiang Chen’s heart!
If his heart were pierced, even a Union Palace Realm expert would be on death’s door.
’Is the Fifth Stage of Union Palace Realm still not enough? It seems I have no choice but to risk it all...’ A look of grim resolve flashed in Jiang Chen’s eyes.
Seeing his expression, Tu Shanhe couldn’t help but roar with laughter. "Jiang Chen, still putting up a fight? You think you have any chance of leaving here alive?"
"Hmph!"
Jiang Chen snorted, his eyes blazing with a brilliant light. Every word he spoke was as unyielding as iron. "While my blood still flows and my soul still burns, I will fight this bloody battle to the very end..."
The moment the words left his lips.
Jiang Chen no longer suppressed his God-Devouring Realm. Madly burning his Divine Thought Power, he completely unleashed the domain’s full might...
[Author’s Note: This is the fifth Chapter of the day, with three more to go. I (Little Tian) will finish writing them before I sleep. If you’re tired of waiting, please get some rest! You can read them tomorrow morning, it’ll be the same!]
