Chapter 1168: Chapter 731: Blood River Celestial Killing (Part 4)
Ao Dongcheng kept the Blood Evil Thunder Dragon Array as a last resort. With Ao Ping’s death, he gave up any illusions of luck and directly activated the Blood Evil Thunder Dragon Array.
With the powerful dragon soul essence blood that Ao Ping cultivated for seventy thousand years as the catalyst, the power of the Blood Evil Thunder Dragon Array greatly increased.
Through the Celestial Dragon Pearl, Ao Dongcheng could easily control the entire Blood Evil Thunder Dragon Array.
Before Gao Xuan made a move, Ao Dongcheng had already activated the array to heavily protect himself.
Gao Xuan’s sword strike came so fast that Ao Dongcheng found it difficult to withstand. But he didn’t need to do anything; just activating the array was enough.
The Blood Evil Thunder Dragon Array spread invisible threads of law throughout the void, crisscrossing in front of Ao Dongcheng to form invisible silk nets.
In Gao Xuan’s eyes, these threads of law condensed into blood-colored strands. The dense interwoven law nets looked like large red satin pieces.
"Sssh sssh sssh..."
Hongyi Sword sliced through layer after layer of law protection, and in the void came the fierce surge of primordial qi as laws were torn apart.
Hongyi Sword broke through eighty-one layers of law nets in succession, and its blade was already at Ao Dongcheng’s face.
Yet it was like a powerful crossbow that couldn’t penetrate even a thin silk.
As strong as the Hongyi Sword was, the power it wielded in one strike had its limits. It was already divine swordsmanship for Gao Xuan to break through eighty-one layers of law protection.
Looking at the rapidly slowing blade of the Hongyi Sword, Ao Dongcheng reached out and grasped the bright and clear blade.
Ao Dongcheng knew that directly wrestling with Gao Xuan, whose body was strong, was unwise.
However, he utilized the vast and boundless power of the Blood Evil Thunder Dragon Array.
Gao Xuan’s individual power, no matter how strong, could not compete with such formidable power.
Ao Dongcheng’s hand had transformed into a crimson-gold dragon claw, covered with crimson-gold dragon scales, and long sharp nails that were as sharp as blades.
Around this one hand of his, countless threads of law intertwined.
The Blood Evil Thunder Dragon from the Nine Heavens also simultaneously grasped with a claw in front.
With Ao Dongcheng grasping the Hongyi Sword, Gao Xuan felt a tightening force on his hand, nearly causing Ao Dongcheng to snatch the Hongyi Sword away by force.
Since crafting the Hongyi Sword, Gao Xuan had never encountered such a situation. The Hongyi Sword, being his lifebound sword artifact, had the closest connection with his divine soul among all divine artifacts.
Ao Dongcheng’s dragon claw forcefully seizing the Hongyi Sword almost tore Gao Xuan’s divine soul apart on the spot.
Utilizing the Blood Evil Thunder Dragon’s power, Ao Dongcheng’s bodily strength increased tenfold. Ao Dongcheng also cultivated the Celestial Dragon Nine Transformations, in terms of physical prowess, second only to Gao Xuan and Jin Xiang.
Because he was proficient in body refining methods, Ao Dongcheng dared to use the Blood Evil Thunder Dragon’s powers in this way.
Although this realm restricted the changes in primordial qi power, it did not restrict bodily strength. Only in this way could the terrifying power of the Blood Evil Thunder Dragon be unleashed.
The Hongyi Sword’s blade, clear like the autumn water, was forcibly twisted under Ao Dongcheng’s dragon claw, with the water-like light wavering uncertainly on the blade, almost getting twisted off.
At least that’s what Ao Dongcheng thought. In his view, no divine artifact in this realm could withstand such violent and fierce power.
What Ao Dongcheng never expected was that within the Hongyi Sword lay the boundless Profound Nether Curse Sea.
Even with Gao Xuan’s abilities, he had only refined one hundred billionth of the Profound Nether Curse Sea.
Such vast and boundless power couldn’t be destroyed by gathering the strength of all cultivators in the Cyan Celestial Realm.
Ao Dongcheng’s destructive force penetrated from the outside and caused a massive wave as it fell onto the Profound Nether Curse Sea.
However, that was all it did.
For the Profound Nether Curse Sea, Ao Dongcheng’s pure force was like throwing a giant stone. At most, it stirred up larger waves, but it was utterly irrelevant to the entire sea.
Ao Dongcheng immediately sensed the anomaly. His pure and powerful force could not harm the Hongyi Sword!
The great Dao is the simplest.
At this stage, any divine techniques and spells eventually faced limitations. Only the purest power had the greatest might.
The Dragon King didn’t expect to fail in his maneuver, and missing this move allowed Gao Xuan to seize the opportunity. The Hongyi Sword, like water light, twisted away from Ao Dongcheng’s grasp, and the blade once more thrust towards the Dragon King’s chest.
Although Ao Dongcheng had anticipated the possibility of failure, actually missing the move made him feel awkward.
He had exerted too much strength just then, leaving him unable to evade or parry.
With no choice, Ao Dongcheng had to activate the Blood Evil Thunder Dragon, transforming himself into a mass of blood-colored thunder light instantaneously.
This was the Blood River Celestial Killing Divine Thunder of the Blood Evil Thunder Dragon’s lifebound Thunder Skill.
The Blood River Celestial Killing Divine Thunder, said to be refined by merging the Blood River Celestial Killing Qi, was the most intense, supremely yang fierce, and mysteriously unparalleled, specialized in slaughtering all living beings of the heavens.
Pressed desperately by Gao Xuan, Ao Dongcheng knew that, regardless of his flesh, he couldn’t withstand this sword strike, so he could only transform his body into the Blood River Celestial Killing Divine Thunder.
Although still in human form, Ao Dongcheng’s entire being, inside and out, had transformed into blood-colored thunder light.
No matter how sharp Gao Xuan’s sword artifact was, it couldn’t harm the body of thunder light. The Blood River Celestial Killing Divine Thunder could also dispel all sorts of magic.
The Dragon King had resolved to wait until this attack passed, then flee immediately. Engaging in close combat with Gao Xuan would not do him any good.
If it went wrong, he might even be counter-killed by Gao Xuan, which would be disastrous!
The Hongyi Sword pierced through a mass of blood-colored thunder light, and even Gao Xuan had to admire the Dragon King’s quick and ingenious adaptation.
Even if others thought of converting their form between tangible and intangible in response to the Hongyi Sword, they wouldn’t shift as fast as the Hongyi Sword.
Ao Dongcheng transformed into thunder light in an instant, with absolutely no intermediate process.
Simply speaking of such a conversion method, it was incredibly exquisite!
However, he couldn’t allow Ao Dongcheng to evade so easily.
Having painstakingly seized the opportunity to get close, how could he let Ao Dongcheng escape so easily?
With a thought, Lianyi and Ice Soul, who were standing by the Dharma Platform watching the battle, transformed into pure sword intent and merged into the Hongyi Sword.
