"What?!"
Countless people were horrified. Dongmingyu's dagger, which had clearly severed Qian Jie's neck, was repelled by a mysterious force.
Previously, Dongmingyu, wielding his dagger, cut through divine emperor artifacts as easily as cutting tofu; even inherited divine emperor artifacts dared not confront him head-on.
Everyone knew that Dongmingyu's dagger was incomparably sharp, yet even such a dagger could not sever Qian Jie's neck.
However, Yue Zifeng's sword energy, after severing Qian Jie's bronze battle blade, still maintained absolute sharpness, severing Qian Jie's arm along with half of his body.
This sword strike was earth-shattering, shocking the entire battlefield. Both friend and foe were stunned by this peerless sword.
This sword could cleave heaven and earth, destroy the universe, and overturn reincarnation; it seemed that nothing in the nine heavens and ten earths could stop it.
With a clang
, Yue Zifeng sheathed his longsword, leaned slightly, and stepped back with his right foot, assuming a drawing stance. Instantly, an invisible force converged from heaven and earth into his hand.
"The Way of the Sword: A double-edged sword, one side facing the enemy, the other facing oneself. The swordsman should hold reverence in his heart.
The Law of the Sword: Residing in the heart, acting through thought, and emerging from the hand.
The Art of the Sword: Refined in technique, mastered in strength, and integrated into the body.
The Way governs the Law, the Law controls the Art, the Art is condensed in the heart, the Law is hidden in the spirit..."
As Yue Zifeng chanted, the heavens and earth changed color, and countless roars resounded. The terrifying pressure even showed signs of overwhelming the power of heaven and earth.
"The Sword God's Incantation... He's chanting the Sword God's Incantation! Kill him quickly, don't let him complete his power accumulation!" Qian Ding's voice echoed throughout heaven and earth.
Qian Ding's voice carried a hint of shock; clearly, it knew that the sword incantation Yue Zifeng was chanting had an astonishing origin.
"Power of Qian—Repair!"
Receiving the instruction from the Qian Cauldron, Qian Jie roared, runes flashing around his body. The severed half of his body rapidly closed up, instantly restoring him to its original state.
"Buzz!"
Qian Jie's hands quickly formed hand seals, followed by a deafening roar in the sky. Countless runes converged, forming a giant sword.
The formation of the giant sword shook the heavens and earth, its fierce divine might radiating across the entire battlefield. Before this divine might, all living beings were but ants.
"Power of Qian—Heavenly Punishment!"
Qian Jie shouted, endless lightning flashing on the giant sword. The murderous aura of heaven and earth was instantly absorbed by the giant sword.
"Boom!"
The giant sword roared down, carrying earth-shattering power, directly piercing Yue Zifeng. This sword strike was unparalleled in power and unstoppable.
Yue Zifeng, however, completely ignored the peerless giant sword above his head, maintaining his stance as if drawing his sword, still chanting the sword incantation. With a sudden, resounding
"hum,"
the Dragonblood Legion, which had remained motionless, appeared before Yue Zifeng. Over seven thousand Dragonblood warriors simultaneously formed hand seals, their intertwined phenomena behind them unleashing the power of over seven thousand dragons, ultimately converging on Guo Ran
, the strongest among them. Guo Ran wielded two strangely shaped battle blades, unfinished and unsharpened, their surfaces etched with intricate patterns.
But as the blades crossed, their aura surged, transforming the rough blades into two sharp, razor-sharp blades.
Within the phenomena behind Guo Ran, the languid dragon suddenly opened its eyes, like two suns bursting forth.
"Hum!"
All the phenomena of the Dragonblood Legion were absorbed by the dragon. Then, Guo Ran's armor glowed, boundless power flowing from the armor into his twin blades.
"Dragonblood Cross Slash!"
Guo Ran roared, and the cross-shaped blade shot forth, this strike, imbued with the power of the entire Dragonblood Legion, striking the giant blade. With a deafening boom, the Heavenly Punishment Greatsword, imbued with supreme divine power, was utterly shattered by the Dragon Blood Cross Slash. The terrifying cross slash cleaved a massive cross in the sky.
" This... is defying the heavens!" People were horrified; the combined attack of the Dragon Blood Legion was terrifying beyond belief. "Whoosh..." However, after this attack, the Dragon Blood Warriors fell from the sky like dumplings being dropped into a pot. Having endured a long and bloody battle, their Dragon Blood power was greatly depleted; this attack completely drained their remaining strength. Only Gu Yang, Li Qi, Song Mingyuan, Xia Chen, and Guo Ran could barely hold on. As the Dragon Blood Warriors fell, the female warriors of the Hidden Dragon Legion rushed out to catch them and bring them back to their ranks. Guo Ran's twin blades were riddled with cracks; these divine weapons, specially crafted for the Dragon Blood Cross Slash, still had many flaws and were temporarily unusable. Guo Ran himself was also pale. Although he was controlled by the Dragon Soul and protected by his armor, the power of the Dragonblood Warriors was too terrifying. The enormous impact had greatly depleted his strength. "...The sword is bound by technique, technique is bound by law, law is bound by the Dao. Therefore, the Dao governs law, law controls technique, and technique wields the sword; this is the constant way. The constant way is not the eternal way. If one can not be bound by the form of technique and law, but face the true Dao directly, then one becomes a sword god." As the Dragonblood Legion launched their combined attack, Yue Zifeng's chanting never stopped. His chanting grew higher and higher, louder and louder, especially the last sentence, which echoed throughout the heavens and earth: "Face the true Dao directly, and you will become a sword god." "Face the true Dao directly, and you will become a sword god." "Face the true Dao directly, and you will become a sword god." "..." The echoes came wave after wave, resounding throughout the myriad realms, even covering the aftershocks of the merging of heaven and earth. "Hoo," Yue Zifeng slowly raised his head, his eyes fixed on Qian Jie in the distance. At that moment, Qian Jie's hair stood on end; the unprecedented threat of death made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. "As a sword god, one should understand one's true self. The sword in one's hand can cleave the heavens. My move is called..." " ...Cleave the Heavens," Yue Zifeng's voice was like a true god's whisper, uttering a name that made the heavens change color. "Master, save me!" Qian Jie cried out in terror. "Clang!" The long sword was drawn, like a dragon's roar. A sword light tore through the heavens and earth, carrying a sword intent that could annihilate heaven and earth and overturn the universe, slashing towards Qian Jie. At this moment, Qian Jie was locked onto by Yue Zifeng's fatal blow and could not move. "Buzz!" Just then, a bronze cauldron appeared above Qian Jie's head. It was the Qian Cauldron that had made its move. After all, Qian Jie was its weapon slave, and it would not let Qian Jie die easily.
However, it was currently merging with the Kun Cauldron, and could only allocate a portion of its power to aid Qian Jie.
But the Qiankun Cauldron was one of the Ten Great Chaos Artifacts, a supreme existence; even a portion of its power was enough to easily annihilate dozens of inherited God Emperor-level artifacts.
Moreover, the power it used during its merging with the Kun Cauldron possessed not only its own rigidity but also the Kun Cauldron's resilience—a combined force capable of withstanding all power below the God Emperor level.
"Swoosh!"
However, a horrifying scene unfolded. The sword light slashed down, and the bronze cauldron, along with Qian Jie below, was cleaved in two with a single strike.
"What…"
Watching the slowly separating bronze cauldron and Qian Jie, people were horrified; at that moment, the entire world fell silent.