Chapter 1252: Chapter 1250: The Young Sword God (Part 2)
With a thunderous crash!
Swords and blades crossed, and then, like shattering glass, a burst of sword and blade aura sprayed out, filling every inch of the void within a hundred thousand li as if a giant light sphere had exploded.
Apart from the leading figures, everyone else backed off three steps.
Even so, a small number of people still got injured by the aftermath because they couldn’t dodge in time, their bodies riddled with several bloody holes, desperately trying to expel the sword and blade qi with their powers, yet the blood kept flowing.
Clang clang clang clang clang...
Before the aftershocks could subside, a continuous, brittle sound, akin to rain beating on bananas, filled the ears, and the gradually dimming light sphere was violently torn apart by the battling shadows.
Some were images of Shi Xiaole slicing open Xuanyuan Lang’s throat, some were of Xuanyuan Lang severing Shi Xiaole’s arm, and others showed the two perishing together...
The shadows over the vast sea area had not yet dispersed before a new swathe of sea area was filled; looking out, the entire heaven and earth were their battlefield.
"Die for me!"
Xuanyuan Lang fought on with increasing terror, his face almost devoid of color.
All his moves were blocked by Shi Xiaole. In a head-on assault, the opponent was no less formidable than himself, but in terms of combat technique and adaptability, he was decidedly outclassed.
Xuanyuan Lang could clearly feel his range of activity gradually diminishing, as if in a confrontation between two armies, being slowly consumed by Shi Xiaole.
No, I am one of the six legends, thousands of years of cultivation, could it really be inferior to someone’s mere decades?
Such a big joke!
Crazed and frenzied, Xuanyuan Lang suddenly changed his blade style. Allowing Shi Xiaole’s long sword to stab at him, he dodged the lethal spots while lunging out with a fatal move, "One Blade Slaying Gods and Demons."
This was a tactic that injured both parties.
Qi is the sword, and the sword is qi, no matter how sudden the trickery, it can’t be faster than thought, and thought was Shi Xiaole’s "qi" field.
Crackle crackle crackle...
The overly condensed qi field turned into indestructible sword threads, flashing and intertwining like electric snakes, continuously slashing onto Xuanyuan Di, causing his body to shift ever so slightly.
Boom!
Sword light struck like a thunderbolt, unstoppable.
Of all Shi Xiaole’s killing moves, the potential of "Heart Thunder One Sword" was undoubtedly the most astonishing, as it was the first to combine the Spiritual Path with the Wind Sword Way and also integrated the essence of Sword Controlling Skill, indeed encompassing the essence of all three.
As Shi Xiaole’s spirit refinement and mastery of the Wind Sword Way continued to rise, the power of "Heart Thunder One Sword" at this moment had increased several times over since its time in the land of Fate, truly like a divine thunder from the nine heavens, invincible and irresistible.
Thud!
Xuanyuan Lang’s blade struck upon it, sparking colorful sparkles. The Cleansing Evil Sword reflected towards Shi Xiaole, but Xuanyuan Lang’s arms also felt numb, and he uncontrollably retreated.
"Five hundred eighty-five strands of Heart Sword qi, so immensely powerful."
Shi Xiaole admitted that he had underestimated his own progress, or rather, the power of Heart Sword qi.
The strength of Heart Sword qi from five hundred strands was a hurdle; every additional ten strands marked a new level. After reaching five hundred fifty strands, the difficulty increased exponentially, and correspondingly, the boost in strength became much more significant.
With five hundred eighty-five strands of Heart Sword qi, it could be said that in terms of the Heart Martial Realm, the whole of East Victory could not find anyone comparable to Shi Xiaole, at least not publicly.
Even when considered among the ranks of the Sky Origin Realm, there were few who could match Shi Xiaole.
With confidence soaring, Shi Xiaole’s attacks grew even more ferocious. In just a short moment, he completely suppressed Xuanyuan Lang; out of ten exchanges, he could launch six moves, and the remaining four exchanges highlighted the sorry state of Xuanyuan Lang’s counterattacks.
"God Slaying Blade!"
In utter silence, a blade formed from spiritual power sliced towards Shi Xiaole.
"Extreme Divine Tribulation!"
Shi Xiaole neither dodged nor retreated.
His spirit refinement was not as good as Xuanyuan Lang’s, but he had a much stronger spirit quality. In the clash, he hardly suffered, and still firmly controlled the battle.
A crushing victory among equals.
In a situation of absolute equal strength, this principle of Shi Xiaole, widely spread throughout East Victory and now known the world over, reemerged before the people.
It was as if it was an unbreakable iron rule, a truth of the Martial World, causing everyone to stop breathing, their chests tight with anxiety.
"Ah... Impossible!"
With his body repeatedly sliced open by the long sword, Xuanyuan Lang was like a bloodthirsty beast, having completely lost his sanity. He couldn’t believe Shi Xiaole was so powerful, and he couldn’t believe that he could be defeated in a head-on confrontation.
Xuanyuan Lang switched from offense to defense, and the heroes of East Victory discovered his blade moves gradually shrinking, and with each contraction, a burst of blood mist exploded from his body.
In the end, Xuanyuan Lang was riddled with hundreds of bloody holes corresponding to his acupoints, as streams of blood flowed out recklessly, immediately shredded by the force of his qi.
"Hahaha, I’m going to succeed. It’s you who let me strike this blow; die for me, Reverse Slaying the Starry Vault!"
As if the universe was on the brink of explosion, the world turned dark and grim.
The next moment!
Like a match ignited, a blade light surged up against the stream. Under Xuanyuan Lang’s blade, darkness was torn apart, and everything seemed so fragile, unable to withstand a single blow.
This was a secret move that Xuanyuan Lang had painstakingly studied for thousands of years, always a step away from perfection. Now, coerced by Shi Xiaole, Xuanyuan Lang risked it all and successfully swung this blade.
Whoosh!
With his spirit stepping out of his body, Shi Xiaole also unleashed the "Emotional Heaven and Earth Sword." Weakened by layers of blade light, Shi Xiaole’s spirit dimmed, yet like lightning, it closed in on Xuanyuan Lang and raised a sword.
"Pu..."
Xuanyuan Lang’s body split in two, and he opened his mouth to scream, obviously not expecting the power of this sword to have increased by so much.
But at that moment—
"Black and White Impermanence!"
A spiral of black and white intertwined light rushed towards Shi Xiaole’s body from another side. Due to the departure of his spirit, his body was suspended in midair, as if it were merely a decoration.
At the end of the spiral light, Black White Master from Water and Fire Dao Manor revealed a hint of a sinister smile.
Despicable?
In the Martial World, it is the victor who becomes the king; victory is everything.
A once-in-a-lifetime genius who is dead can only live on in memories. But he, Black White Master, will be recorded in history for the slaying of such a genius and continue to live on forever.
Shi Xiaole, your parents died at my hands back then. Today, I will send you down to reunite with them. You’re welcome!
All this happened so quickly, yet the four pseudo Sky Origin Realm experts from beyond the heavens had anticipated it and immediately rushed forward.
However, it was in vain. Several figures from the opposing side blocked their way, led by the Great Battles Emperor and Chi Evil Great Witch, leaving no room for the bald old men to rescue the situation.
At the critical moment, just as his body was about to be destroyed—
Shi Xiaole’s spirit, though somewhat dimmed, still remained composed, his expression even carrying a hint of mockery. Perhaps in just a fraction of a blink of an eye, the originally world-shattering sword momentum suddenly withdrew.
"Emotional Heaven and Earth Sword Twenty-Three," driven by the path of death, epitomizes heartlessness and mercilessness, embodying Death Without Life in an uncontrollable deadly move.
Yet when it progressed further, it evolved into "Heart Thunder One Sword," turning the tide by being driven by the path of life, moving from heartlessness to heartfelt, where what is heartfelt still appears heartless. This is the qualitative transformation of swordsmanship, another level of summit.
Time and space seemed to stand still, everything around was slowing down, only Shi Xiaole maintained his speed, his spirit returned, and he thrust out with his sword.
Zzzap—
The spiral light of black and white, like torn fabric, was effortlessly ripped apart, gushing past Shi Xiaole on both sides, blasting up waves thousands of meters high in the sea behind him.
"No..."
Black White Master’s smug expression solidified, replaced by boundless horror.
Exerting all his power as if squeezing through an ice cave, at the very last moment before the long sword pierced his throat, it deviated, exiting through his left shoulder and drawing a burst of bright blood.
Only at this point did the frozen time and space in the eyes of everyone return to normal.
It wasn’t actually time and space coming to a halt; it was just that the sword’s aura was so strong, its speed so fast, that it caused a perception error in the crowd.
In this moment, the might of the "Saintly Spirit Sword Technique" once again shocked the world.
"Two swords to defeat Xuanyuan Di and Black White Master?"
"This, this..."
People were completely unable to express the shock in their hearts with words.
To rival the giant figures was already an earth-shattering achievement, let alone to defeat them, and even less so one after the other.
Especially for the heroes of the South Sea, Shi Xiaole’s two swords were like cutting through something deeply held in their hearts, which, along with the swords’ dispersal, vanished into thin air.
Giants falling to other giants, although a major event, was still acceptable. But from this day on, everyone could not but accept an even more terrifying fact: a young giant had officially risen!
Yes, not young, but youthful.
To the giants who lived tens of thousands of years, being less than a hundred was indeed youthful - their lives had only just begun.
"Ancestor!"
The Xuanyuan Clan, as well as the experts of Water and Fire Dao Manor, looked at all this with a sense of numbness and tingling in their scalps.
Xuanyuan Di had a drifting expression.
After Shi Xiaole made his appearance, he saw an even higher peak and developed boundless fighting spirit. Now, that peak was growing further and further away from him. Even Xuanyuan Di began to feel a sense of helplessness.
The experts of East Victory had even more complex feelings: some were surprised, some proud, yet some helpless and desperate. All eyes converged on the figure dressed in green.
Shi Xiaole, do you have no limits?
Boom, boom, boom...
Driven by rage, Xuanyuan Di and Black White Master completely lost their sanity, attacking Shi Xiaole recklessly, swearing to take their revenge.
However, even when outnumbered, Shi Xiaole was not completely overwhelmed. He coped quite comfortably with the situation, showing no sign of defeat, leaving everyone’s hearts pounding, at a loss for words.
"Hundred Scrolls Blade!"
Great Battles Emperor looked grim, joining the other two in their attack on the bald old man. Abandoning his usual weapon, he suddenly struck with the Shark Tooth Whip, its might seemingly boundless.
Thump!
Leaving no chance to block or dodge, the bald old man’s legs exploded, turned to ash, as he staggered backwards.
"Today, we will kill all the scum from beyond the heavens, all the traitors from East Victory, attack now!"
Great Battles Emperor roared with a killing intent so intense. His gaze flitted towards Shi Xiaole for a moment before he continued to whip towards the bald old man. Once they dealt with this old fellow, Shi Xiaole would be the next target!
But at the same time, a streak of blue light suddenly flew from Shi Xiaole’s waist to the bald old man who grasped it firmly. It was an unadorned and unremarkable knife.
Barely dodging what would have been a deadly hit to his head, the bald old man didn’t hesitate to draw the knife out.
The knife flashed astonishingly through the world!
