With Chen Tianming’s thunderous roar, tens of thousands of sword qi strands instantly poured down like a dense rain of needles, enveloping Qi Tian and Xiao Yichen completely.
It blotted out the sky.
Each strand of sword qi stretched dozens of zhang in length, resembling bolts of lightning, carrying immense power and unparalleled sharpness.
“Yin-Yang Palm!”
Qi Tian bellowed, his voice shaking the heavens. His aura surged like a rainbow, eyes blazing with fierce battle intent. His hands, brimming with vast yin-yang energy, struck outward.
The force was overwhelming.
A protective shield formed from condensed yin-yang energy also appeared around Qi Tian, shielding him completely. With so many sword qi strands unleashed by Chen Tianming, he took this precaution to leave nothing to chance.
As for Xiao Yichen, he moved the moment the sword qi approached.
“Spatial Shift.”
He activated his spatial shift divine technique once more, reaching extreme speed, almost like teleportation, weaving through the sea of sword qi and dodging every attack with precision.
Wang Cong remained far away, fists clenched tightly, waiting silently for his moment.
At the cave entrance.
Elder Longbrow, seeing Chen Tianming unleash his ultimate move, grew so excited that his eyes turned bloodshot. He transmitted his voice to Ye Qiu.
“This is bloody brilliant.”
“Shame Qi Tian and Xiao Yichen aren’t ordinary. Otherwise, Chen Tianming’s sword qi would have turned them into pincushions long ago.”
“By the way, little bastard, have you noticed? Chen Tianming’s Myriad Swords Unleashed bears some resemblance to your Life-Slaying Technique.”
Ye Qiu gave a slight nod and said, “There is some similarity, but Myriad Swords Unleashed is far more powerful than the Life-Slaying Technique.”
“Of course, that is only because Chen Tianming’s cultivation is higher than mine.”
“If we were in the same realm, I would truly like to compete with him in the way of the sword.”
Elder Longbrow asked, “Little bastard, do you think Chen Tianming can kill Qi Tian and Xiao Yichen?”
“Difficult,” Ye Qiu replied. “Qi Tian and Xiao Yichen are no pushovers. One is the chief disciple of the Wuji Heavenly Venerable, the other the son of the Butian Sect Leader. Both are peerless geniuses.”
“For Chen Tianming to kill them would be no small feat.”
“I can guarantee that even if he succeeds, he will pay a terrible price.”
“It is entirely possible all three will perish together.”
Elder Longbrow laughed. “Perishing together would be perfect. Then we would only need to deal with Wang Cong.”
“You could use your imperial-grade strange flame and burn Wang Cong to ashes.”
“Then the Dragon Emperor’s inheritance would fall into your hands.”
Ye Qiu glanced at Wang Cong and said, “Perhaps I won’t even need to act. Wang Cong may die on his own.”
Elder Longbrow was stunned. “What do you mean?”
“No more chatter. Let us watch the fight,” Ye Qiu said. “Those fellows are all peerless geniuses with the strength to crush saints, and they come from extraordinary backgrounds. They possess many trump cards. Observing this battle will surely yield us some insights.”
“Indeed.” Elder Longbrow deeply agreed.
On the battlefield.
Qi Tian swung his hands, palm force surging to the heavens. Sword qi strands shattered into dust before they could even reach him.
He stood elegant and divine, his robes fluttering in the wind, like an exiled immortal, his bearing transcendent.
On the other side.
Xiao Yichen effortlessly evaded countless sword qi strands with his spatial shift divine technique.
Boom!
After shattering several strands, Qi Tian glanced at Xiao Yichen and inwardly cursed, “This cunning bastard keeps using spatial shift to dodge the sword qi. He is clearly trying to conserve strength.” “Conserving strength for what? For me?”
“Humph. I won’t let you have your way.”
With that thought, a plan formed. As countless sword qi strands flew towards Xiao Yichen, Qi Tian suddenly called out.
“Brother Xiao, watch your back!”
Hearing the warning, Xiao Yichen spun around hurriedly, yet saw no sword qi behind him. At that exact moment, endless strands swept in from both sides, arriving in an instant.
Whoosh!
A strand on the left grazed past Xiao Yichen’s ear. Though he dodged it, the released sharpness still sliced a gash across his ear, blood spraying out.
Boom! The strand struck a distant mountain peak, levelling it flat.
On the right, endless sword qi followed.
Still unwilling to meet them head-on, Xiao Yichen used spatial shift again. Yet this time, just as he evaded, a strand pierced straight through his rear shoulder.
Pfft!
Blood gushed skyward. Xiao Yichen staggered, nearly plummeting from the air.
He reacted swiftly, retreating far away. Divine light flowed over his shoulder wound, healing it in the blink of an eye.
Then he cast a cold glance at Qi Tian.
“Qi Tian, you actually played me. Just you wait. I won’t let this go.”
Xiao Yichen cursed inwardly. If Qi Tian had not distracted him, with the speed of his spatial shift, he would never have been touched by the sword qi.
Soon, only a handful of the tens of thousands of sword qi strands remained.
The ground was riddled with ravines carved by the sword qi, a scene of utter devastation.
While calmly shattering sword qi with his palms, Qi Tian spoke, “Chen Tianming, is this all you have? And you dare call yourself heaven-ordained? I think your brain must be waterlogged.”
“That was merely an appetiser. Now I will serve the main course.” Chen Tianming declared. Standing in mid-air, the long sword spinning above his head suddenly transformed into a colossal heaven-piercing greatsword that stabbed into the firmament.
The sword stretched thousands of zhang in length, like a mountain peak towering into the clouds, or a divine pillar holding up the heavens.
It was awe-inspiring!
With the giant sword suspended above his head, divine light radiating from his battle armour, hair dancing wildly, Chen Tianming resembled a true god-king, ruling over the world, commanding the submission of all heavens.
Clang!
The sword cry resounded like a dragon’s roar, echoing across thousands of li of mountains and rivers.
“To put it without exaggeration, in my eyes, you two so-called peerless geniuses are nothing but trash.”
“Qi Tian, Xiao Yichen, today I will let you witness just how vast the gap between you and me truly is.”
At this moment, Chen Tianming’s battle intent soared, surging and boundless, terrifying killing aura filling heaven and earth.
His right hand suddenly reached upwards.
Instantly, it grew enormous, like a golden cloud, grasping the hilt of the heaven-piercing greatsword with overwhelming power and divine majesty.
“One Million Swords, unleash!”
Chen Tianming’s voice thundered across heaven and earth, piercing metal and stone, nearly rupturing the eardrums of Ye Qiu and Elder Longbrow hiding at Kudzu cave entrance.
In the next instant, killing intent swept through the nine heavens.
The heaven-piercing greatsword erupted like a volcano, releasing beams of heaven-shaking divine light.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
In a flash, sword qi filled the entire sky.
Each strand stretched a hundred zhang long, cold and menacing, hanging inverted in the air, tips pointing downward, their killing aura world-shaking.
A forest of divine swords!
