Chapter 248 - 146: Wrath of the Flame God, Finale of the Grand Competition

BOOM!!

Shen Kai stomped down on empty air,

sending out ripples like waves on water,

his body like a flash of blood-red lightning.

He tore through space and, with blinding speed, appeared instantly before Gu Yun.

His eyes blazed like the scorching sun, radiating a searing light.

Then, his fingers balled into a fist that gathered countless flames, burning through space like a great sun as it once again barreled down on Gu Yun!

Gu Yun’s reaction was astonishing.

He struck the very instant Shen Kai moved.

VMMMM!!

The Flame Soul Thunder Saber, now somehow in his hand, hummed with excitement.

The crisp, clear ring shook the very heavens for a moment.

SWOOSH!

The next moment, the saber slashed through space, carrying an impossibly sharp Sword Intent that seemed capable of slicing through the void and severing all things.

It then hacked down viciously upon Shen Kai’s sun-like fist!!

KABOOM!

As the two tyrannical attacks collided, their surroundings trembled violently, as if struck by a tsunami. Beneath them, the crumbling stone slabs were annihilated, sinking even deeper.

It was as if the arena floor at the epicenter of their clash had been completely pierced through. Terrifying aftershocks swept out in every direction!

The next moment,

Gu Yun, unable to hold on for more than a moment, was sent flying back. He hurtled through the air, breaking through the spatial barrier, not stopping until he was thousands of feet away.

’What incredible force!’

Gu Yun felt a faint tremor run through his saber and was secretly taken aback.

’He’s truly worthy of being ranked seventh on the Profound Celestial List!’

But Shen Kai, standing on the other side, showed no joy at having sent his enemy flying. Instead, his face was grim. On his fist—a fist that seemed cast from steel and radiated immense, oppressive power—a saber mark had appeared.

The edges of the cut curled back, looking rather vicious. At the same time, drops of pure, vibrant, and incredibly hot blood trickled down onto the arena floor.

Each terrifying drop of blood contained incredibly pure power, instantly corroding and incinerating the stone slabs upon contact!

’I’m... injured? Is this... Sword Intent?’

Shen Kai murmured to himself, his face graver than ever. This opponent’s monstrous talent was likely beyond anything he had imagined.

On the other side, Gu Yun was also facing his opponent as if he were a great enemy, not daring to relax in the slightest.

’He might be the strongest True Martial Realm expert I’ve ever met. It seems I’ll have to go all-out for this fight. I can’t hold anything back.’

A corner of Gu Yun’s robes stirred, though there was no wind, and his expression was graver than ever before.

Because,

his opponent was just that strong!

But so what?

All he could do was fight with everything he had!!

The thought passed in an instant, and Gu Yun made up his mind.

A cold glint, sharp as a saber’s edge, immediately flashed in his eyes!

BOOM!

In the next instant, Gu Yun unleashed a torrent of True Yuan as vast as the abyssal sea, sending it surging in all directions.

SWOOSH!

Gu Yun then strode through the air, the force of his steps shattering the space around him like glass.

His body moved like a bolt of lightning, tearing through space as his saber unleashed several terrifying streams of Sword Qi.

The terrifying streams of Sword Qi soared into the air like several True Dragons, ripping through the void as they descended on Shen Kai to annihilate him!!

"Not a bad strike!"

Shen Kai watched with his sun-like gaze as the several-thousand-zhang-long dragons of Sword Qi pierced through space, descending upon him.

Far from showing any intention to dodge, he praised the attack.

Suddenly,

in the next instant, Shen Kai moved.

WHOOSH!

With a wave of his hand, a brilliant light flashed,

and an imperious long spear, engraved with Profound Mysterious Inscriptions and radiating a scarlet glow, appeared in Shen Kai’s hand.

BOOM!!

A cold glint flashed in Shen Kai’s eyes as a Heaven-Reaching spear intent surged from his body, radiating an unprecedentedly majestic power.

Then,

Shen Kai spun and brandished his long spear, tracing a half-moon arc through the air and gathering countless afterimages of the weapon.

In the next instant, the spear afterimages ignited with fierce flames, transforming into a colossal, thousand-zhang-long scarlet Flame Spear. It seared through the sky, blasting violently toward the pure, brilliant white dragons of Sword Qi that were bearing down from above!!

KABOOM!

The colossal, thousand-zhang flaming spear afterimage tore through space and violently collided with the overwhelming dragons of Sword Qi.

A tremendously powerful explosion erupted instantly. Large swaths of the surrounding space collapsed, and chaotic energy from within the abyssal fissures seemed ready to pour out.

Endless dark astral winds surged out like wild beasts, striking terror into the hearts of all who witnessed it.

At the point of collision, the scarlet spear afterimage, infused with spear intent, and the Heaven-Reaching Blade Qi, infused with Sword Intent, frantically clashed and tore at each other. They emitted a dazzling light that seemed to illuminate every corner of the world!

Then,

Shen Kai’s eyes narrowed. Spinning his long spear, he strode through the air, his body a streak of blood-red light. He crossed a vast distance in an instant, appearing directly above Gu Yun. With a forward thrust of his spear, a flash of flame seared through the sky, blasting down toward Gu Yun!

Gu Yun’s reaction was incredibly swift.

His powerful defense was like an airtight city wall.

A cold glint flashed in his eyes as he swung his saber in an upward slash. The sharp gleam of the blade seemed to cleave space itself as it hacked violently toward the tip of the spear!

CLANG!

The descending spear tip, like a ray of blood-red light piercing the sky, collided with the upward-sweeping saber, and the sound of clashing steel rang out instantly.

A tsunami-like shockwave immediately blasted out from the point of impact, causing the entire sky to tremble!

But this was only the beginning.