Chapter 2569: Chapter 123: This Sword Was Born in the Wildman Forest (Part 3)
He hesitated not at all, nor could he afford to hold back.
Suddenly, it was as if all his breath vanished along with his flesh and blood, his divine might nonexistent. He stood there, yet not really there. The Five Elements did not bind him, nor did Yin and Yang.
This was Divine Skills, Rootless!
Because it is rootless and bottomless, it is inscrutable and unfathomable. It can sever the Cause and Effect, cut off the breath, erase traces, and hide the path. In the development during battles, it can erase the possibility of being hit.
But in the next moment, the majesty of the Divine Way exuded, and the powerful aura of a top-tier God Arrives soared skyward, as Zhang Linchuan appeared once more, fresh and alive in the world.
Jiang Wang harnessed the already blooming Buzhou Wind divine ability, using the style wielded by a complete Sword Immortal to fully deliver this form of Dao Sword, utterly unleashing the way of frost that kills all things.
He reached the peak of his sword momentum in this life.
The annihilating frost wind shattered that "nothingness"!
It severed Zhang Linchuan from the rootless state, annihilating his possibility of escape, forcefully pressing him to face death.
Around Zhang Linchuan, space rippled like water.
He did not want to take this sword head-on; at this moment, he intended to use the QianKun Chain and slip into the crevices of the world again.
But even those ripples were shattered!
Jiang Wang’s sword was too extreme, too merciless. Nothing existed but the killing intent. Nothing was allowed to exist except for the killing intent.
Then kill!
Zhang Linchuan had nowhere to dodge; his gaze was as cold as a blade.
With neither Rootless nor QianKun Chain to escape, he instead countered Jiang Wang with a sky-covering killing intent. He lightly flicked his finger, extracting one of his own ribs, transforming it into a bone pen, directly pointing it at Jiang Wang’s brow!
Transforming bone into a pen!
In Wei’s Late Mulberry Town, Tan Wenqi, to facilitate Ruan Qin’s divination, once extracted the bone of a derelict Prefectural Governor under Master Dongfang’s secret guidance, making a pen for Jiang Wang to write letters.
Though it was a punishment, there was also malice.
After Zhang Linchuan harvested the evil seed, he witnessed this scene with Jiang Wang.
And at this moment, this scene became Zhang Linchuan’s weapon, his starting stroke, allowing him to trigger the divine ability of [Past Life].
"Facing Cangwu" records, "The one who lives anew, a false surrogation of reincarnation, guides the residual soul, the living may travel afar, but the dead may never revive."
In its manifestation, this divine ability can manipulate an opponent’s soul, causing the three souls to shift, the Seven Spirits to perish. He also developed it to a higher level, allowing him to plant an evil seed directly within an enemy’s soul, to harvest when it sprouts.
Back in the Wild Man Forest of Deer Frost County.
Whether detailing Lin Youxie’s death or deliberately mentioning Fenglin City, or even dragging his damaged body to mock Jiang Wang with a "can’t afford to play" remark.
All were to provoke Jiang Wang’s hatred, dissolve his mental defense, and bury an evil seed deep within his soul.
For convenience in future duels, allowing for harvest at any time.
And that time is now!
Using the scene of transforming bone into a pen as the lead, with the scenes in Wild Man Forest as the source, malicious thoughts and resentments converged at this moment, killing by killing, declaring the conclusion—
This is the Judge’s Pen, severing your being from your soul!
This is undoubtedly a maneuver approaching the Limit of Divinity. If not for Zhang Linchuan’s Insight of Truth, he could not have executed it easily.
At this moment, Longing, carrying the killing intent of Heavenly Will, had already arrived, with the frigid wind around its edge harboring the cold determination to eliminate all things. Yet Zhang Linchuan faced it coldly, transforming bone into pen, pointing directly at Jiang Wang’s brow.
The line between life and death, contested in an instant!
One cannot deny, this is undoubtedly the stance of the strong.
But within Jiang Wang’s cold eyes, he saw only the undying color of red-gold.
The evil seed was never planted; Jiang Wang’s will remains unshakable!
Past Life divine ability was driven to the limit, but Jiang Wang’s soul remained unmovable.
The Bai Gu Judge’s Pen barely touched Jiang Wang’s brow, imprinting a blood dot, and stagnated there.
Then it crumbled into bone dust, cascading down.
Zhang Linchuan’s true form had already retreated fifty zhang away.
Clatter!
In the void, a faceless white statue split into several pieces, fell into reality, crashed to the ground, and completely lost its spirituality.
This was his Wusheng Divine Master statue, embodying the essence of his achievements on the Divine Way, his proudest accomplishment.
Yet it shattered here.
Indicating he indeed encountered life and death just now!
Even Ge Fei, also a top-tier God Arrives, couldn’t accomplish this feat.
The strike Jiang Wang amassed over ten thousand miles, managed to achieve it.
Zhang Linchuan stayed silent for a moment; this bit of surprise tugged at his expression, making his face, partially shaved of scalp, appear even more sinister.
"How did you know I was here?" he asked Jiang Wang.
Jiang Wang held his sword horizontally in front of him, lightly wiping the sword edge with his two fingers on his right hand, erasing the few blood beads.
His red-golden eyes remained aligned with the sword edge, always fixed on Zhang Linchuan.
And with this posture, he said, "How could someone like you be easily seen through? It wasn’t that I predicted your choice, but that you’ve committed too many evils, narrowing your own path.
You must understand that your current options are rather limited.
After the incident in Dan Country, I thought you would come to Yue Country.
I had someone contact the hidden figure, Master High True Man of Yue Country. His response was that you couldn’t possibly gain anything in Yue Country. He’s a major player in the Fallen Immortal Alliance, and I trust his power.
Then I only needed to ask myself—if you were thwarted in Yue Country without dying, what would be your next move?
When faced with unexpected troubles, you wouldn’t head to Book Mountain, nor Chuguo. Because you know you’re a rat from the gutters, unable to face the light. Some strong characters, though lacking the spare time to hunt you down, wouldn’t mind erasing you in passing.
