Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 704: Chapter 448: The Cutting Edge

“”Roar!!!”

The dragon’s roar pierced the sky, shaking the heavens.

As the son of the Demon Dragon and possessing the direct bloodline, Long Yi’s strength hardly needed mentioning. Among the Deity Transformation Elders at Demon Dragon Ridge, he was at the forefront, even the leader. Otherwise, the Demon Dragon Prince would not have risked sending him out on a lone mission.

Although his strength was formidable, Long Yi did not dare to be negligent, for the Heavenly Tribulation loomed overhead and could descend upon him at any moment, so he had to end the battle quickly.

Thus, he directly revealed his True Body, a Jiao Dragon with black scales, charging straight toward the Nine Ceremony High Altar.

Just then, a glint of cold light suddenly appeared from afar, triggering a strong sense of alarm in his heart!

Shock! Shock! Shock!

His heart pounded fiercely as if his soul was about to escape!

Where did the shock come from, and where did the danger lie?

Long Yi did not know, but his body had instinctively reacted to the alarm, instantly curling up defensively, reinforcing his magical scales with added mana, especially the treasured scales on his neck.

“Roar!”

As mana was infused, the treasured scale glittered and faintly emitted the sound of a True Dragon’s roar. The curled-up Jiao was enveloped in a layer of dark, treasured light.

True Dragon Treasure Scale!

This was a unique treasure of the Demon Dragon Ridge, said to be from the shed skin of a True Dragon in the Tribulation Realm. Although its power had greatly diminished due to the death of the True Dragon, it was still comparable to a Low-Grade Immortal Artifact and was especially synergistic with the Dragon Clan, able to protect the body and withstand calamities without needing to be refined.

At this moment of imminent disaster, Long Yi instinctively activated the True Dragon Treasure Scale fully. It fused with his own scale armor into one undistinguishable whole, greatly enhancing his defensive power.

With this, even if faced with an attack from the Return to Void, Long Yi believed he could survive.

But…

“Swoosh!!!”

A sword streaked from the west, piercing clouds and splitting sunlight.

What kind of sword was it? No one saw it clearly, only a flash of sharpness—a razor-edge beyond compare.

Those present at the scene, even Nascent Soul cultivators, felt pain in their eyes upon its sight, as if even their spirits were wounded by the sword’s gleam.

Such a sharp sword!

With such a sword light flashing through the void in an instant, entering the battlefield in the blink of an eye, it drew upon the power of heaven and earth, along with the surge of human hearts, radiating an awe-inspiring Human Sword majesty. Even the vast clouds of tribulation in the sky were outshone by the sword light and lost their color for a moment.

“This swordsmanship…!!!”

Inside Demon Dragon Ridge, an exclamation of shock erupted, clearly the alarmed loss of composure from an Integration Great Power.

In the moment of shock, life and death were also decided in an instant. Before the cry of the Demon Dragon Prince had faded, blood was seen spilling outside the Blessed Land.

“Bang!!!”

A sonorous and massive sound echoed as the True Dragon Treasure Scale shattered on impact, and the blood of the Jiao spattered the heavens.

Long Yi hung suspended in mid-air, the Jiao Dragon’s body stiffening as if petrified, a sword wound piercing from his head down through the tail.

A sword through the body!

What use were the True Dragon Treasure Scale or the body of the Jiao against that sword’s fleeting edge? The Primordial Spirit of the Jiao had not even had the chance to react before being executed alongside the flesh.

“Roar!!!”

One final roar was a residual instinct of the body, and then came the downfall of the Jiao Dragon.

Blood splattered the sky as the body fell to earth!

“Dragon Prince!!!”

“This…!!”

Following the fall of the Jiao, only the chilling edge of the sword remained, suspended in mid-air.

Behind, the cultivators of the Demon Dragon Ridge halted in their tracks, gazing in horror at the lingering sword light.”

Sword light, just sword light, even Nascent Souls could not peruse through that piercing brightness to discern the form of the Sword Artifact within.

“This…”

“What’s going on?”

“It’s him!!!”

Chaos erupted in the live stream room as well. Staring at the bloodied sword light suspended in the air, and recalling the fleeting glimpse of that figure, the audience found themselves at a loss for words…

“Who is this person?”

“This sword, this sword…”

“A Sword Cultivator, one of such caliber!”

“A single strike to slay a Deity Transformation!”

In the live stream room, the cultivators were horrified, at a loss for words.

Back at the scene, the demons were frozen in fear, even more unable to take action.

In face of that piercing sword edge, whether it was a Golden Core or a Nascent Soul, everyone’s body stiffened, not daring to move an inch.

To execute a Deity Transformation with a sword, what kind of deterrence was that?

Given that Long Yi, a Deity Transformation Dragon Prince with a True Dragon Treasure Scale, had been slain by a single sword strike, what about them, these Nascent Souls and Golden Cores…

“Roar!!!”

Just as the cultivators at Demon Dragon Ridge were in a difficult situation, caught between a rock and a hard place, a dragon roar that shook the heavens suddenly resounded from within the Blessed Land.

The figure of the Demon Dragon Prince shifted, transforming into a thousand-foot demon dragon. His body shimmered with dark light, belching black clouds, and with a twist of his body and a flick of his tail, he broke through the Sect’s gates, heading straight for the rolling Heavenly Tribulation thunderclouds.

He was going to Cross the Tribulation!

As expected of an Integration Great Power, with sharp insight and decisive nature, knowing that after Long Yi’s death, there was no longer any chance to destroy the Mana Altar, and that other methods were futile, he boldly sought life in the face of death, striving to survive the Mundane Tribulation.

Nine deaths and one life, even ten deaths and no life, but there was no other way but to force his way through the Tribulation.

As the Demon Dragon Prince entered the Tribulation, Demon Dragon Ridge could no longer hold its ground. Seeing this, the remaining cultivators also decisively confronted it.

Return to Void Supreme Elders and Deity Transformation Elders burst out of the Blessed Land Sect’s gates, facing the Mundane Tribulation thunder.

The disciples were left behind, looking at that sword light, unsure of what to do.

Just at that moment…

“Buzz!”

The sword light moved, emerging imposingly, twisting towards the group of Demon Dragon cultivators.

“No good!”

“Quick, retreat!”

“Run!!!”

Seeing this, the cultivators’ complexions changed in an instant. Without a second thought, they fled in all directions like scared birds and beasts.

Escape, escape, escape!

With the Supreme Elders and ancestors themselves entering the Tribulation, what could these disciples with Golden Core and Nascent Soul Cultivation do to withstand a sword edge that could slay a Deity Transformation?

The Demon Dragon cultivators scattered like birds and beasts while the relentless sword light did not stop, displaying astonishing speed as it slaughtered the Demon Dragon’s followers. Once again, blood dyed the sky.

In just a short while, most of the disciples at Demon Dragon Ridge had been badly wounded or killed, with only a few escaping in panic, surviving the scourge of the sword light.

“Boom!!!”

As the killing below came to an end, the tribulation thunder above reached its zenith. The heavens shook, the thunder was earth-shattering, and one by one, the Demon Dragon cultivators were reduced to ashes, obliterated by the tribulation thunder.

“Roar!!!”

With a final dragon cry, full of agony and unwillingness, but no matter what, unable to defy the heavens’ will, as the tribulation thunder struck down, everything vanished in smoke, leaving only a few remnants of ash and debris.