Chapter 851: Chapter 850 Breaking the Night Sky Outside_1
"Indeed, it withstood sixty percent of my power,"
A smile flickered in the eyes of the man in blue.
His realm had long since become unfathomable, exceeding the imagination of the mundane world. Along his path of cultivation, he had become an unrivaled adversary among his peers. It’s not hard to imagine that, in such circumstances, lowering his power to even the Eighth Tier level, a casual gesture would be enough to kill the most formidable top tier Eighth Tier Earth Immortal.
Yet this swordsman statue had staunchly withstood sixty percent of his power. If it were a real person, that would be enough to dominate peers and be undefeated.
Unfortunately, he had to pass this test and could not hold back!
With his left hand’s fingers lifted and shaped like claws, the man in blue swiftly performed three claw strikes. Claw techniques were renowned for their viciousness, yet when he executed them, they carried a sense of elegance and righteousness.
Hiss!
The void was torn open by three clear claw marks, which reflected the entire dueling platform, not missing even the scattered energy in the corners.
Crack crack crack.
As the claw marks shattered, the entire dueling platform began to collapse, converging towards the center where the swordsman statue stood.
"Even Wind Mastery cannot stop it!"
This terrifying and mysterious technique seemed dreamlike, yet it wielded earth-shattering lethality, far exceeding Shi Xiaole’s capabilities by twenty percent!
Could there really be such a top-tier Eighth Tier Earth Immortal in this world?
An intense sense of crisis made Shi Xiaole’s hair stand on end, and every pore in his body seemed to enlarge, unable to block nor withstand the attack. Even ordinary Ninth Tier Earth Immortals would struggle to hold their ground against it!
If he utilized the silver umbrella and activated the medium-grade Spirit Armor on his body, Shi Xiaole was confident in emerging unscathed, but for some reason, he did not want to do so. Among his peers, no one had pushed him to this extent.
"Wind Mastery is only eighty percent complete, but I have no choice but to try,"
A flash of insight struck Shi Xiaole’s mind. His gaze turned icy as his sword intent suddenly condensed into a formidable force, causing the surrounding energy to stagnate. However, his body remained exceedingly relaxed as if he were a fish swimming through the waves, and he lightly thrust outwards with his sword.
In that instant, clusters of sword shadows spread out in all directions from him, with some slashing horizontally, others chopping vertically, some cutting diagonally, and others thrusting straight forward. Even with identical movements, the angles and forces were entirely different. Within the boundless sea of swords, it was as if multiple swordsmen were simultaneously in action.
Whoosh!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The sea of swords swallowed the claw marks, dividing them into thousands of pieces, but the claw marks also tore through the sea of swords, eliminating swath after swath. In that critical moment, a large segment of the claw mark, like a living creature, suddenly broke free from the sea of swords and surged towards Shi Xiaole with an unstoppable momentum.
Technique within technique!
Three claw marks already invincible among Eighth Tier Earth Immortals. Who would have thought that hidden within them was an even more terrifying technique? The man in blue’s peerless strength was not simply invincible; he had left the world’s invincible Eighth Tier Earth Immortals far behind.
No one was a match for him!
A dot of sword light cold as ice and slow as a crawling creature pierced a deep hole in the void. From within the sea of swords, Shi Xiaole launched a second-layered technique, using speed to conceal slowness, and slowness to control speed.
Clang...
The claw mark was evenly pierced into half, but as the energy dissipated, Shi Xiaole was also forced back, staggering.
"Hm?"
The second claw from the man in blue abruptly halted, and for the first time, a genuine look of surprise appeared in his deep, starry eyes.
The Dream Shattering Claw was blocked?!
This was an essential technique he developed at the Divine Barrier Realm level, used only a few times since its inception because barely a handful of individuals were worthy of prompting him to employ it. And those few were all world-shaking, preeminent figures.
But all of them had been defeated.
This was the first time someone among his peers managed to block it!
"If she knew about this, she would surely laugh at me."
A deep longing flickered through his eyes, turning into resolve. The man in blue executed two more claw strikes, layer upon layer of claw marks densely interwoven, pressing down forcefully.
Shi Xiaole revealed a wry, helpless smile.
Wind Mastery was, after all, incomplete, and he could barely withstand one move, let alone two consecutive ones. The statue’s execution of techniques entirely surpassed his own level.
"So I’m not truly invincible among my peers."
Inside, it felt as if something had shattered.
As six claw marks were about to reach Shi Xiaole, the man in blue’s mind thundered as if he sensed something and, at the last moment, withdrew the force of his claws.
His gaze pierced through the swordsman statue, as if seeing much more beyond it.
"Even the finest Array System puppet from the lands beyond wouldn’t be this powerful. Perhaps, I’ve been fooled by something,"
The man in blue formed seals with his hands, and an indescribable, magnificent force spread out, so powerful and pure that ripples in space began to materialize, easily grasped and set right by him.
As the spatial ripples shifted, the black of the Outer Heaven night sky began to fade, returning to its original state.
"Delusional fool, do you actually think you can disrupt the Outer Heaven Night Array System?!"
A majestic rebuke filled with authority and undeniable shock echoed forth.
The person in blue robes behaved as if he had heard nothing, continually producing more and more space ripples as one array system after another was dispelled and destroyed.
Inside the mysterious cave, numerous warriors undergoing their trials, teetering between life and death, watched with wide eyes as the power of the array system weakened, barely escaping calamity.
"You lowly abandoned wretch, stop at once."
The rebuke grew more intense as a halberd crackling with the power of lightning violently smashed towards the person in blue robes, shattering the void as if it were glass into countless pieces, creating a deep fissure in the night sky of the outside world.
This strike had undoubtedly reached the level of the Void Origin Realm, and it was not just any ordinary level of that realm. Even the mustached man inside the hexagonal pavilion was scared into sitting up, staring blankly at the rampaging thunder and lightning in the distance.
With one hand manipulating the space ripples and the other raised, the person in blue robes brazenly caught the halberd head-on.
Boom!
The world trembled violently as a dazzling brilliance, enough to blind countless ordinary people, erupted.
"You dream of destroying the Night Array of the Outer Heavens, utterly delusional."
The owner of the voice continuously swung the halberd, each assault surpassing the last. Eventually, the sky filled with lightning resembled a sea of thunder, engulfing the person in blue robes with the power to annihilate heaven and earth.
In the distance, a figure surrounded by a sea of blood stood upright, his face etched with solemn gravity.
He was certain that these series of attacks carried the power to contend with the peak warriors of the Void Origin Realm. Which unlucky soul had provoked the people from the outer territories?
Could it be that Four Directions City Lord?
With that thought, the figure’s mouth split into a smile once again.
The sea of thunder boiled and churned before it was ruthlessly torn apart. The person in blue robes was covered in blood, and his strength waning. His right hand, which had caught the halberd, was an indistinct mess of blood and flesh, exposing the clearly visible sinews and bone fragments.
His attempt to destroy the Night Array of the Outer Heavens had already drained much of his power. How could he withstand the wrathful blow of the Outer Heaven Martial Emperor?
"Do you know that although you have never set foot in the outer territories, your tales of prowess circulate everywhere here? They talk about how incredibly talented you are, a peerless character throughout the ages. Hahaha, I see you’re no big deal after all."
The Outer Heaven Martial Emperor laughed uncontrollably, his voice laced with an icy pride and a murderous intent.
He was a peerless prodigy in his own right and had long been annoyed by people’s praise of the person in blue robes. Unfortunately, due to significant resistance, he couldn’t take action. But now, since the person in blue robes had violated a major taboo, he could kill him without anyone being able to say a word, even those elders who supported him.
"You are nothing but scum that disregards clan rules and honors. Bringing you in only adds chaos. I will do our elders a favor and dispose of you!"
Exerting his full strength, the Outer Heaven Martial Emperor swung the halberd fiercely. A thousand-zhang-long thunder dragon descended from the sky, its mouth wide open, eyes full of menacing ferocity, and the electric arcs on its horns almost turned a deep purple, threatening to burst forth with a destructive force that made even Void Origin Realm Martial Emperors feel oppressed and despairing. It plunged viciously towards the person in blue robes.
Because he had damaged the Night Array of the Outer Heavens, the strength of the person in blue robes was rapidly diminishing. Seeing this, he transformed his right claw into a fist, and the light around his fist expanded a hundredfold, rising like a sun to meet the thunder dragon head-on.
Clang!
The thunder dragon opened its jaws to swallow the light from the fist, but its body shattered upon being pierced by the fist’s brilliance, letting out a fierce howl as it bowed its head, and its horns, sharp as swords, mercilessly stabbed through the light.
A spray of fresh blood scattered wildly, accompanied by the sound of bone shattering.
"Hahaha, let’s see how many times you can block me. Annihilation Tribulation Seven Transformations, die!"
The tip of the halberd sparkled with a flash of lightning. In the next moment, seven bolts of lightning, twisting and turning like the seven stars of the Big Dipper at the end of the sky, surged with an infinite power that could silence the world. Piercing through swathes of the night sky, they aimed straight for the person in blue robes.
This strike was on the verge of surpassing the Void Origin Realm, reaching the highest level where all is void. Any Martial Emperor of the Void Origin Realm facing this move would only meet death.
The person in blue robes was no longer at his peak, but he did not retreat. Instead, his body suddenly erupted with a bright light. As the seven streaks of lightning approached, their speed decreased dramatically, and their power diminished continuously.
"This isn’t your own strength, you can’t release it on your own! No, hahaha, so you are overexerting your own potential and power, thinking you can avoid death?"
Once potential is overexerted, it can’t be recovered. The Outer Heaven Martial Emperor was so excited his blood was boiling. Even if he couldn’t kill the person in blue robes this time, he intended to drain him to the point of being disabled, or at the very least, stop him from advancing further in the Void Origin Realm. Of course, he didn’t think that under these circumstances, his opponent would survive.
Pushing his power to the limit, more and more bolts of lightning appeared at the halberd’s tip, heavily pounding the dazzling light. With each collision, the cracks in the radiant light deepened, causing such a commotion that it shook the entire mysterious cave.
Outside the cave, the Earth Immortals of the Mirage Mountain Range sensed the dissipated energy and turned deathly pale, keeping their distance.
The bright light was about to shatter, and the person in blue robes was in grave danger.
Yet he smiled.
"So, that’s it. My task for coming here was to find the fault in the Night Array of the Outer Heavens, and then to destroy this harmful place. My encounter with the Swordsman Sculpture made me realize all of this ahead of time."
With a forceful clasp of his left hand, the last ripple of space disappeared, and instantly, the night array receded like the tide.
Those imprisoned, grievously wounded, or on the brink of death inside the Eight Tier night sky, were now all relieved, automatically disengaging from the array system, including Madam Xi, An Rumei, and other women.
Similarly, the figure enveloped by the sea of blood was also dispersed.
Bang!
The person in blue robes burst open, and with his last look, he glanced at the Swordsman Sculpture.
"What, a spiritual seed? This is just an insignificant spiritual seed, incomplete even in memory, impossible!"
A cry bordering on madness rose but vanished along with the destruction of the Night Array of the Outer Heavens.
