Chapter 181: Final Collision

Chapter 181: Chapter 181: Final Collision

High above, even the King of Shang, who had been silently watching the events below without ever speaking, now had a look of utter astonishment in his eyes.

’To think my Great Shang Dynasty has produced two such monstrous geniuses!’

’What a pity, though. It seems only one of them can survive today.’

’If that’s the case, I’d rather hope Yi Xiaoyao is the one who ultimately wins...’

As soon as the King of Shang spoke, the expressions of the surrounding experts turned peculiar. They all knew that Shangguan Tianjian was the son-in-law personally chosen by the King of Shang, yet now the King was hoping for Shangguan Tianjian’s opponent to win.

But on second thought, it made sense. A son-in-law could always be replaced with a better one. Before today, no one in the Great Shang Dynasty truly had prospects that could surpass Shangguan Tianjian’s. But now, someone had appeared.

Clearly, between the two peerless geniuses below, the King of Shang favored Yi Xiaoyao.

Meanwhile, Shangguan Jingyun’s expression darkened, and he snorted coldly. "Hmph! My son, Shangguan Tianjian, has mastered the Cloud Transformation Sect’s ultimate technique, the mid-Earth Tier Swordsmanship, the Golden Gang Great Sun Sword Technique! Yi Xiaoyao is doomed to lose at my son’s hands!"

"So what if it’s a mid-Earth Tier Swordsmanship? Have you not noticed that the Spiritual Skill Yi Xiaoyao is using is of the high-Earth Tier?" the Black Robe Hall Master said, glancing at Shangguan Jingyun with a cold smile.

Shangguan Jingyun snorted, "So what? The gap in Cultivation between Yi Xiaoyao and my son is far too great. On that point alone, it’s useless no matter how high the tier of his Spiritual Skill is."

The difference in Cultivation!

This was the main reason why, after fighting for so long, a winner had yet to be decided.

Yi Xiaoyao narrowed his eyes, having also come to this realization.

’This Shangguan Tianjian is indeed powerful. Not only was he able to react and block my Instant Kill Sword, but even the Heaven-Shattering Demon Flame Palm failed to defeat him.’

Yi Xiaoyao then sighed to himself. ’Ultimately, it’s because the gap in our Cultivation is too large. If I were at his level, he would have died from that last palm strike.’

On the other side of the giant crater, Shangguan Tianjian’s expression was equally grave, his pupils slightly contracted.

"I never thought that within the Great Shang Dynasty, someone at the Golden Core Realm could push me this far. And you’re only at the Golden Core Fifth Layer; your Spiritual Cultivation is much weaker than mine."

"If you were given more time to grow, I would surely be no match for you. Even the Cloud Transformation Sect would be threatened by you!"

At this thought, a flicker of fear arose in Shangguan Tianjian’s heart. He said coldly, "Unfortunately for you, you won’t get that chance. Because next, you will die by my sword!"

"Who lives and who dies isn’t for you to decide," Yi Xiaoyao sneered coldly. "Besides, so what if your Cultivation is higher than mine? In the face of absolute power, everything else is just empty talk!"

"Is that so? Let’s see you say that after you take this next attack!"

Shangguan Tianjian’s lips curved into a confident smirk as he once again slowly raised the golden sword in his hand, gathering a glow like the scorching sun, just as before.

"I once used this very attack to annihilate three Nascent Soul Realm experts!"

"No one from the Golden Core Realm has ever been worthy of forcing me to use this attack. You should be proud to die by its blade!"

As Shangguan Tianjian’s voice rang out, the glow of the scorching sun gathered on his blade swelled from a rising dawn to the brilliance of a midday sun.

"Golden Gang Great Sun Slash!"

As he slashed down, it was as if the scorching sun in the sky had transformed into a falling meteor. The entire world became blindingly brilliant, and a terrifying, world-shaking power erupted.

High above, the early-stage Nascent Soul Realm experts all shuddered. Even they sensed a dangerously irresistible power from this single slash.

The heaven-shaking power pressed down with a deafening roar. As its target, Yi Xiaoyao felt that this attack was dozens of times stronger than any of the previous ones.

And yet, he felt no fear. Instead, an even stronger fighting spirit blazed in his eyes.

Fueled by this fighting spirit, a layer of blood-red Killing Intent instantly dyed his Sword Momentum a deeper crimson than ever before.

The Bloodthirsty Sword shot up, a single stroke stirring the winds and clouds as immense Sword Momentum and Killing Intent converged upon it.

"Nine Swords of Slaughter, Sixth Technique!"

Slash!

A crimson sword light slashed out in a fury, and countless blood-red lines suddenly appeared out of thin air.

Each blood-red line was a burst of pinpoint power, characteristic of the Fifth Technique of the Nine Swords of Slaughter. Now, he had unleashed over a thousand of them at once.

This was the first time Yi Xiaoyao had ever used this move. While it was also a high-Earth Tier skill like the Heaven-Shattering Demon Flame Palm, the crucial difference was that the palm attack was not Swordsmanship. It did not receive the power amplification from his Sword Momentum or the Bloodthirsty Sword.

But the Sixth Technique of the Nine Swords of Slaughter, amplified by his Sword Momentum and the Bloodthirsty Sword, was dozens of times more powerful than the high-Earth Tier Heaven-Shattering Demon Flame Palm! It was far beyond what the Instant Kill Sword could ever compare to!

In an instant, these two terrifying attacks, each capable of annihilating an early-stage Nascent Soul Realm expert, slammed violently into one another in mid-air.

The resulting impact far surpassed anything that had come before.

In the space where the two attacks met, their clashing energy formed a tangible shockwave that swept out in all directions at a visible speed. The surrounding mountains trembled and threatened to collapse as the wave instantly reached the canyon’s edge.

"Not good!"

The crowds watching from both sides of the canyon turned pale and cried out in terror as they saw the terrifying shockwave sweep toward them.

"Quick! Stop that shockwave!"

On the ground, a hundred Cyan Armor soldiers immediately rushed to the canyon’s edge, channeling their Spiritual Power to its fullest to block the imminent shockwave.

Each of these Cyan Armor soldiers was an elite from the Cyan Armor Army and an expert at the Golden Core Realm. Working together at full strength, they could even block an attack from a Nascent Soul Realm expert.

But in the next moment, the shockwave surging up from the canyon sent all the Cyan Armor soldiers flying backward, spitting blood.

Others in the crowd who were too close to the canyon’s edge were also mercilessly flung back hundreds of yards, while the rest were thrown to the ground by the violent tremors.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!

Countless boulders tumbled from the canyon cliffs as the terrified crowds scrambled to their feet and retreated frantically.

The canyon was filled with flying sand and falling rocks, a gray, dusty haze that made it impossible to see what was happening below.

But after a long while, no further sound or movement came from within.

"Is it over?"

"Has a winner been decided?"

"So who won and who lost?"

The people on the ground were still reeling from the shockwave, but they were more concerned with the outcome: of the two who had caused that terrifying blast, who was left standing?

At the base of one of the canyon cliffs, the fallen boulders had formed a mountain of rock.

Suddenly, the boulders stirred, and from a crevice, a bloody, dust-covered hand emerged.

Just then, a foot came down, stepping squarely on the bloody hand.

An upright figure stood atop the mountain of rock and chuckled. "It seems this feeling of looking down on others... is actually quite nice."

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