Chapter 753: Heaven-Slaying's First Display of Might

The Ancient Azure Dragon Sword traced a graceful, rosy arc through the void.

The beam of sword light swept out, tearing through the void as it shot straight toward Beitang Jian.

Beitang Moi’s face darkened. “Petty tricks! Withered and Flourishing Extinction Palm!”

Shrouded beneath his cloak, Beitang Moi raised both hands.

One hand was like withered wood, the other like the skin of an infant.

Auras of both life and death erupted from him simultaneously.

This was the Grand Art of Withering and Flourishing that Beitang Moi cultivated. He had refined the two great Mystical Techniques of life and death to their absolute peak. Life and death fused, causing the lush mountains and forests in one direction to instantly wither while another direction burgeoned with the vibrancy of spring. These two bizarre energies converged in the void to form a black-and-white palm.

It pressed down toward the Sword Aura.

BOOM!

A terrifying surge of energy roared and then detonated.

Amid a blinding flash of light.

A graceful figure suddenly appeared. It was Yiluo, who preferred the tranquility of the Celestial Demon Ancient Castle. Her appearance was sudden and completely unexpected.

She appeared before Beitang Moi in an instant.

“Azure Sea Heaven-Overturning Finger!”

Yiluo’s face was calm and detached, like an ice goddess, as she pointed forward with a slender, elegant finger.

HUM!

The attack was too sudden.

Yiluo’s appearance was entirely unexpected.

Beitang Moi’s expression changed drastically. He roared, “Brother Ximen, aid me!”

“Don’t worry!”

Ximen Qingsong’s expression turned grim. Behind him, a colossal pine tree materialized, its verdant canopy like a great cloud.

It appeared before Yiluo in an instant.

The terrifying finger strike landed on the pine tree. With a tremendous BOOM, the entire tree shook violently.

Radiant light filled the sky.

“Yiluo, I’ll leave Ximen Qingsong to you!” Jiang Chen’s voice came from behind.

Yiluo nodded.

Without a word, she charged toward Ximen Qingsong.

Her cultivation was at Emperor Realm Perfection, and she was a Six Extremes Genius. While she was no match for Ximen Qingsong, it would still be no easy task for him to defeat her.

RUMBLE!

With Ximen Qingsong tied up by Yiluo.

Jiang Chen now faced Beitang Moi one-on-one. A cruel smile was plastered on Beitang Moi’s face, and his hoarse voice was particularly grating. “Boy, you’ve only just advanced to Emperor Realm Perfection. Do you truly believe you can defeat me?”

“We’ll know once we try!”

Jiang Chen snorted.

He swept out with the Ancient Azure Dragon Sword in his hand like a bolt of lightning, its edge sharp beyond compare, transforming into desolate streams of Sword Intent.

“Ten Directions Sword!”

Sword Qi came from all directions, as if the world itself had transformed into a realm of swords!

“Such powerful Sword Dao Power. A pity you’re still not my opponent!” Beitang Moi sneered, supremely confident.

Two Profound Weapons appeared in his hands.

One weapon was shaped like an elegant calligrapher’s hook, radiating a vibrant, verdant life force. The other resembled a gnarled old tree root, its surface covered in wrinkles and emitting a deathly aura.

Saint Tier Advanced Profound Weapons: the Life-and-Death Silver Hooks!

SWISH! SWISH!

The Life-and-Death Silver Hooks shot out, creating a domain of death and a domain of life. As the two domains overlapped, the very world seemed to lose its color. It was as if a forbidden land of life and death had appeared in the Celestial Vault, its destructive power coalescing into a life-and-death wheel that relentlessly ground its way toward Jiang Chen.

Under the grinding pressure of the life-and-death wheel, the terrifying streams of Sword Qi were utterly shattered.

“Hahaha! Jiang Chen, the Clan Leader cultivates the Grand Art of Withering and Flourishing! You’re no match for him at all!” Beitang Jian laughed smugly.

His eyes were filled with malice.

He was already thinking about how to torture and punish Jiang Chen after Beitang Moi subdued him. “Clan Leader, when you’re done, just cripple his cultivation, but please don’t kill him. I want to torture him thoroughly and show him the terrifying consequences of offending me, Beitang Jian! I’ll make it so he can neither live nor die!”

“No problem!”

Beitang Moi said coldly.

Jiang Chen snorted. “Kill me? You don’t have what it takes!”

He activated one Sword Technique after another.

As Jiang Chen fought fiercely against Beitang Moi, the anger in his heart slowly subsided, replaced by an incomparable calm.

To maintain such terrifying composure in the midst of battle was truly astounding.

‘My current strength is enough to fight an expert at the Domain Third Refinement, but killing him won’t be easy. It looks like I’ll have to take him by surprise…’ A glint flashed in Jiang Chen’s eyes.

He had made his decision!

“Ten Directions Sword!”

“Nine Palace Sword!”

“Seven-Star Sword!”

Three Sword Techniques rushed out one after another, forming a vast ocean of Sword Qi that surged across the sky.

The three Sword Techniques were like a surging river of stars, dazzlingly brilliant.

Beitang Moi sneered, “These tricks are useless against me!”

“Life and Death Grinding Disc!”

Beitang Moi crossed the Life-and-Death Silver Hooks before him. As the two Profound Weapons collided, they erupted with a brilliant light of life and death, forming a grinding disc. It spun frantically, powerful enough to obliterate anything, as it pressed down on the three Sword Techniques.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The continuous booms echoed endlessly.

Heaven and earth trembled.

It was like the end of the world.

‘Now is the time!’ A cold glint flashed in Jiang Chen’s eyes.

He suddenly executed the Golden-winged Roc Body Technique. Five pairs of wings simultaneously burst with a terrifying, radiant light, increasing his speed to its absolute limit in an instant.

“God Slaying Sword!”

HUM!

His Divine Thought surged, and the God-slaying Sword hummed in response.

A beam of black light shot out from his pupils. SWISH! It rushed toward Beitang Moi. Startled, Beitang Moi cried, “What the hell is this thing? Get away from me!”

He crossed his hands—one of flourishing, one of withering—forming a great Life-and-Death True Essence Shield.

He attempted to block the beam of black light.

However…

He had ultimately underestimated the God Slaying Sword. The black light ignored his shield and, with a SWISH, penetrated Beitang Moi’s defenses and flew into the space between his brows.

HUMMM…

Beitang Moi shuddered, a brief, vacant look clouding his eyes.

“Die!”

Jiang Chen roared and charged forward again. Gripping the hilt with both hands, he raised the Ancient Azure Dragon Sword high and slashed down. “Heaven! Slaying!”

RRRIP!

Heaven-Soaring Sword Dao, First Technique—Heaven-Slaying!

BOOM!

The Sword Aura was dim, almost unnoticeable.

But its speed and power had erupted to their absolute peak. A trace of clarity had just returned to Beitang Moi’s eyes when the sword had already plunged into his body.

“Gah…”

Beitang Moi let out a wretched scream as terrifying spatial storms began to emanate from the center of his body.

The spatial storms seemed to be composed of thousands of strands of Sword Qi, continuously devouring his flesh and grinding away his body.

BOOM…

Beitang Moi’s entire body exploded, splitting in two as a pillar of blood-red light shot into the sky.

SWISH!

Jiang Chen flashed by. With a flick of his wrist, he stored Beitang Moi’s corpse in the Celestial Demon Ancient Castle. ‘This is excellent material for refining Emperor Yuan Pills. I can’t let it go to waste.’ His gaze then shifted to the stunned Beitang Jian as he let out a thunderous roar…

“Beitang Jian, prepare to die!”