Chapter 1497: Chapter 1497: A Single Sword Strike Made Him Spit Blood
"Young Master Mu, be careful!" The crowd whispered as they watched Han Yan.
If Wei Xiaotian truly had the strength like Ye Lanfeng, Han Yan might indeed lack confidence, since even now she doesn’t know exactly how powerful Ye Lanfeng is. But now, her mind is much more at ease. Facing an opponent like Wei Xiaotian, she definitely has the strength to fight. Even if she can’t win, it’s not easy for the opponent to kill her.
Her heart settled, and Han Yan swiftly executed her sword technique.
Beside her, Huayue and the others also recognized that Wei Xiaotian’s strength was indeed much weaker than Ye Lanfeng’s. They finally breathed a slight sigh of relief and quietly unleashed their sword moves. Even though Wei Xiaotian wasn’t as strong as Ye Lanfeng, he was still significantly stronger than Han Yan’s true strength. Without relying on those Five Great Magical Instruments to forcefully elevate her power, she would have no chance of opposing him.
The others, however, weren’t aware of Ye Lanfeng’s true strength, nor did they know the criteria Han Yan and Huayue were using to assess Wei Xiaotian. Seeing the might of his Dragon Breaking Sword Slash, their expressions changed dramatically; their hands holding the swords sweated profusely, and all their attention was focused entirely on Han Yan.
Yue Fanchen and Long Ya tightly gripped their sword hilts, ready to assist at any moment if Han Yan found herself struggling in battle.
Han Yan was unaware that Yue Fanchen, along with Long Ya and others, had journeyed to the Holy Court primarily to ensure her safety, preventing her from encountering any harm. The safety of the Holy Court Continent was important, but in Lu Nianxin’s eyes, Han Yan’s safety was even more crucial.
"Star Fall, Eight Desolates!" Finally, under the watchful eyes of everyone filled with worry, Han Yan swung her sword.
Her figure turned into countless afterimages, a Sword Light akin to a glazed illusion descended from the Nine Heavens, shining brightly, as if tens of thousands of meteors were falling.
"Boom!" Two Sword Lights clashed fiercely, producing a sky-shattering loud noise.
Time seemed frozen, then slowly, gradually resumed its flow.
Then, a scene that shocked and surprised everyone unfolded before their eyes.
Wei Xiaotian’s dragon, formed from Sword Light, suddenly opened its mouth and let out a long, painful howl. The meteoric glazed lights fell upon it, pounding the massive dragon form full of holes, silently shattering it into nothingness.
Wei Xiaotian opened his mouth, spat a mouthful of blood, and flew heavily away, as if struck by a giant stone.
The Sword Light vanished, the world returned to calmness, everything went back to normal, yet the surroundings were deathly silent.
Wei Xiaotian was defeated, that once arrogant and domineering Saint, had actually lost? Everyone instinctively did the same thing, reaching out their hands to rub their eyes.
They had heard of Han Yan’s name long ago and had some understanding of her strength. From the snippets they had gathered from elders, although Han Yan didn’t know why she had a method to restrain the Netherworld King’s Divine Artifact, her actual strength was only at the Great Sword Master Realm.
Compared to ordinary cultivators, she was considered extraordinarily gifted, stronger than most Descendants of Divine Guardian, yet still significantly distant from those in the Sword Saint Realm.
In fact, when Han Yan had acted previously, the strength she displayed was obviously far inferior to Wei Xiaotian’s, but who could have anticipated, the end would be like this.
The Twelve Saints of the Holy Court were not ordinary masters, even among Sword Saints, they were prominent, yet defeated by a Great Sword Master like this; even seeing with their own eyes, they almost couldn’t believe it.
If it weren’t for Wei Xiaotian’s murderous intent being so genuine earlier, they might even suspect this was a well-played drama cooperatively orchestrated by him and Han Yan.
Not just them, even Han Yan herself was stunned, unable to recover for a long time.
With Huayue and others’ assistance, in that instance of action, her strength was elevated to the Sword Saint Realm.
Facing such a formidable opponent this time, both she and Huayue, and others, pushed the powers of the Five Great Magical Instruments to the extreme.
When the two swords clashed, Huayue’s Innate Divine Ability of Thunder Sound Sword Dang reappeared on Han Yan, powerful shock forces riding along the Sword Light, surged into Wei Xiaotian’s body like a tidal wave, just like during the previous challenge with Feng Qingyu.
However, Feng Qingyu at that time was too arrogant, holding back too much power, which led to a careless loss. Today’s Wei Xiaotian, however, was full of killing intent, without any reservation, and that shock force of Thunder Sound Sword Dang couldn’t threaten him at all.
Then, Zirong’s Clone Sword Destruction also emerged on her body, surpassing even the limits of Clone Sword Destruction, not only with three clones possessing attack power but also dozens of illusionary shadows that were indistinguishable from authentic, three Sword Lights transformed into dazzling brilliance, so everyone only saw her countless afterimages with glazed sword light, thinking it was due to her incredible speed, unaware it was actually the Innate Divine Ability of Clone Illusion, more so not realizing that those seemingly illusionary figures and sword light also had attacking capabilities.
Unfortunately, even this limit-surpassing Clone Illusion still couldn’t break Wei Xiaotian’s Dragon Breaking Sword Slash!
Then, Zirong’s Demon Sword Heart Kill and Tang Bufan’s Furious Demon Slash also transitioned onto Han Yan but, like the preceding two, those often successful Innate Divine Abilities had no room against Wei Xiaotian’s Dragon Breaking Sword Slash.
"It seems we’ve underestimated Wei Xiaotian; even if his strength isn’t as high as Ye Lanfeng’s, a Saint is still a Saint, not easily defeated." At that time, even Han Yan felt a hint of frustration.
Yet right then, mysterious powers quietly surged into her meridians. These powers varied in intensity, some as weak as Initial Stage Sword Master, others reaching Great Sword Master Realm, yet their numbers were astonishingly massive, at least several hundred.
The most surprising to Han Yan was that despite the uneven strength of these powers, they were extremely pure, like the cleanest springs in the world, with no impurities and no conflict among them. Upon entering her meridians, these powers instantly merged with her Qi, requiring no refining by the Heart Meridian, elevating her strength several times over.
With one sword, relying on the hundreds of mysterious powers that suddenly entered her meridians, Han Yan defeated Wei Xiaotian, who was the same Saint as Ye Lanfeng.
However, just as she beat Wei Xiaotian, those powers quietly vanished again, seemingly never to have existed, if not for Wei Xiaotian still lying on the ground, spitting blood, Han Yan might think she was dreaming.
Confusion aside, Han Yan had always been one to kick a man when he’s down. She looked down at Wei Xiaotian, who was spitting blood, and sneered: "You’ve been beaten almost to a pulp by so-called ants, how unfortunate."
