Chapter 36 - 34: Drawing the Sword, the Sword Shocks Xingyue

Chapter 36: Chapter 34: Drawing the Sword, the Sword Shocks Xingyue

A gentle breeze swept across the platform. Atop the elevated stage surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people, two figures stood quietly, confronting each other from a distance.

One rested his eyes, an ancient sword standing upright before him. With his hands resting lightly on the hilt, he was as unmovable as a mountain.

The other held Qingfeng, remaining completely silent, though endless killing intent was hidden in the depths of his extremely calm eyes.

At a certain moment, Qi Tianyang finally opened his eyes, looking at the figure in white with utter disdain.

"Jiang, you really aren’t afraid of death."

Facing his opponent’s words, Jiang Hao offered no response, nor did he need to. He had reached this point all thanks to the person before him; there was simply no need for any words.

Seeing the other ignore him, Qi Tianyang wasn’t angry. He shook his head slightly and said indifferently, "So be it. Dying under my sword is your honor."

After speaking, he turned his head slightly. His gaze wasn’t on the figure in white at all, but rather on those terrifying figures hidden in the Tea Pavilions.

It was obvious that Qi Tianyang only cared about the geniuses from various factions who were equally focused on him; he didn’t put a piece of trash in his eyes at all. Qi Tianyang himself understood that although he was facing an ant he could crush with one hand, this battle would allow him to manifest his greatness before the masses. Everyone was waiting for him to make his move.

Sensing the burning gazes from the countless Tea Pavilions, the corners of Qi Tianyang’s mouth curled up slightly.

He thought, "Today, this strike will be the sword that makes my name known. There should be a place for I (Qi) among the geniuses of the Eastern Domain."

Impressively, Qi Tianyang treated this battle as his rise to fame. He only needed to execute one peerless sword strike to become world-renowned and stand as an equal to those figures in the Tea Pavilions. With these thoughts in mind, he stopped paying attention to the surrounding Tea Pavilions and slowly shifted his gaze back to the figure in white.

"To kill you, I wouldn’t originally need to use my peak strength. However, it’s a pity that you’ve become a stepping stone for I (Qi) to intimidate those geniuses. If not for that, you wouldn’t even be worthy of me drawing my sword."

Qi Tianyang sighed slowly as he spoke, letting out a playful smile. "It’s over, Jiang Hao. This farce should come to an end."

RUMBLE!!!

As Qi Tianyang spoke, the terrifying aura around him escalated infinitely before suddenly erupting. In an instant, the winds and clouds over the Battle Platform changed color. Terrifying Spiritual Power swept out in all directions, causing even the void to tremble.

"Is he finally going to make a move?"

"What a terrifying Spiritual Power fluctuation! The Qilin Child truly has the cultivation of the Unity Realm."

"The absolute peak of the Unity Realm First Layer."

The moment Qi Tianyang unleashed his heaven-shaking cultivation, countless Cultivators immediately grew excited. They had waited so long just to catch a glimpse of the Qilin’s glory.

As Qi Tianyang slowly raised his hands, the ancient sword before him also gradually left its sheath. In a flash, an astonishing sword might swept through heaven and earth.

"A Sword Cultivator?"

Feeling that fearsome sword might, the geniuses from various factions in the Tea Pavilions all had their pupils shrink drastically, their eyes full of surprise.

Sword Cultivators belonged to one of the ten great domineering cultivation systems, known to be the most earth-shattering and terrifying of them all.

But without giving the crowd any time to react, he spoke again. "Although this strike is not the strongest sword of I (Qi), it is enough to defeat all enemies in the world. To die under this sword is an honor for several generations of your ancestors."

As Qi Tianyang finished his words, his hands abruptly jolted.

CLANG!

The ancient sword suddenly shot out of its sheath, soaring into the sky. He then stomped fiercely on the ground, leaping upward to grab the hilt as Spiritual Power surged all over his body.

"Heaven-Defying—Seven Demon Sword!" Qi Tianyang shouted lightly.

BOOM!!!

In an instant, the entire void trembled madly as terrifying Sword Qi coalesced out of thin air. The Sword Qi crisscrossed heaven and earth, tearing the void apart and causing the invisible air to vibrate.

The gathering momentum of this sword instantly caused countless Xingyue City Cultivators to pale in horror.

"The Qi Family’s ultimate defining legacy, a Tier Eight martial art, the Heaven-Defying Seven Demon Sword!"

"What? The Heaven-Defying Seven Demon Sword?"

"This boy actually learned this Sword Technique? And looking at its power, he should have cultivated it to the Minor Achievement Realm."

"What did you say? He cultivated the Qi Family’s number one Sword Technique, the Heaven-Defying Seven Demon Sword?"

"The Heaven-Defying Seven Demon Sword is said to be extremely difficult to practice. Anyone who isn’t a Sword Dao Celestial Pride would find it hard to achieve anything with it. To think the Qi Family’s Qilin Child actually cultivated it to such a terrifying state?"

"I heard that this Qi Family Sword Technique was gifted by a Sword Saint several hundred years ago. There are seven swords in total, each stronger than the last, with the power increasing almost geometrically. Qi Tianyang actually learned it?"

"As expected of our Xingyue City’s top genius. Celestial Yang is the well-deserved Qilin Child of Xingyue City."

Countless Xingyue City Cultivators were all wearing expressions of shock. In particular, the endless older generation figures were all breathing heavily, as if they had just witnessed Xingyue City truly giving birth to a peerless monster. Even those terrifying young figures located in the Tea Pavilions revealed a trace of astonishment at this moment.

"What a terrifying Sword Technique! Is he a Sword Dao Celestial Pride?"

"A Tier Eight Sword Technique... This person is indeed a formidable rival."

While everyone was greatly shaken, Qi Tianyang roared.

"You can rest in peace now!"

BOOM!!!

Above the massive arena, Qi Tianyang descended upon the mortal realm like a Divine Mansion, his entire being carrying endless sword might as he charged at the figure.

BOOM!

Enveloped by his terrifying Sword Qi, the void boiled, and it felt as if the earth itself was slightly trembling.

However, that figure in white remained motionless, as if he couldn’t see that world-shocking sword strike. But as if sensing the arrival of a powerful enemy, the Qingfeng Sword in the young man’s hand was vibrating frantically, seemingly reminding its master to draw his sword.

Along with the Qingfeng Sword’s vibrations, Jiang Hao finally raised his head slowly. Looking at the person and sword rapidly approaching from a distance, he gently closed his eyes.

At this moment, endless sword moves surfaced in his mind one by one. The Tier Seven martial art, the Qinghe Sword Technique, flashed quickly, rehearsed to the absolute limit.

However, when this scene fell into the eyes of the crowd, it painted a completely different picture.

"Heh, is he just giving up without a fight? I thought he would struggle desperately to the death."

"It can’t be helped. The gap is too large; they simply aren’t from the same world. A pointless struggle would only make him a bigger joke."

"It’s over. Everything is over."

Everyone looked at the white-clothed youth who seemed to be closing his eyes and waiting for death, shaking their heads one after another. Some even had faces full of mockery. Only a portion of the female Cultivators couldn’t help but close their eyes, truly unable to bear witnessing such a tragic scene.

In the eyes of the crowd, that figure in white was already a dead man. This sword strike would likely cleave him until not even a corpse remained.

"He probably won’t even have any scraps left, right?" Wang Jiang watched that world-shocking sword strike, a cold sneer forming at the corners of his mouth.

At the same time, in the Qi Family’s spectator stands.

"Why use a butcher’s knife on a piece of trash? It’s just killing an ant. Junior Brother Qi is thinking too highly of that garbage." Among the countless young men and women of the Celestial Sword Sect, someone spoke indifferently.

Zhao Wuji, however, said calmly, "He treats this battle as his rise to fame. He merely wants to intimidate those formidable rivals in the Tea Pavilions."

After Zhao Wuji finished speaking, he couldn’t help but look toward the various Tea Pavilions, a hint of pride rising in his aged eyes. Clearly, being able to recruit the Qilin Child was something this Celestial Sword Sect Elder treated as a precious treasure.

The crowd of Qi Family members watched this scene, shaking their heads and sneering as well. A Qi Family Elder said, "It’s coming to an end after all. So what if he’s a Tier Two Pill Master? I was overthinking things that day, hahaha."

After he finished speaking, the Qi Family Elders subconsciously looked toward the Tang Family’s spectator stands, which were now completely empty. Impressively, the Tang Family also knew that this battle had no chance of victory. They had chosen to abandon Jiang Hao and no longer act as the white-clothed youth’s protector.

Little did they know that not long after, the Tang Family would regret this decision to their very core.

Of course, among the endless Cultivators, not everyone believed that the figure was a dead man. At the very least, there was a group of people panting heavily, as if waiting for something to happen. This group was none other than the members of Xingyue City’s Li Family.

In the Li Family’s camp, Li Qingyi and the others all subconsciously took a step forward at this moment, their eyes wide open. The Li Family Patriarch was no exception, his breathing extremely rapid.

In the entirety of Xingyue City, aside from the people by Jiang Hao’s side, perhaps only the Li Family knew exactly what had happened to that piece of trash. However, as that fearsome Sword Qi descended, almost everyone gave a self-deprecating smile. In their eyes, it was somewhat regrettable that this life-or-death battle was ending so hastily.

Yet, just as the crowd was lamenting, and just as that person and his sword closed in completely—in the nick of time—Jiang Hao abruptly opened his eyes, his figure similarly shooting into the sky.

The Qingfeng Sword in his hand vibrated to the extreme. At this moment, Jiang Hao no longer held back, completely unleashing his full Unity Realm cultivation.

"CLANG!"

The moment that figure in white drew his sword in the void.

BOOM!

As the Qingfeng Sword slowly left its sheath, an even more astonishing sword might suddenly erupted, clear light illuminating half of the void. Jiang Hao didn’t hesitate. He immediately launched a sweeping strike, his terrifying Sword Qi rushing to meet Qi Tianyang.

The next moment.

BOOM!!!

A massive explosion echoed across the skies of the entire Xingyue City. The two streams of Sword Qi collided and instantly blasted apart. The terrifying residual might swallowed heaven and earth, sweeping across the firmament.

Many Cultivators who had originally turned around and prepared to leave were attracted by this deafening boom and the terrifying shockwaves coming from behind them. They all turned their heads to look back. And the moment everyone clearly saw the scene above the Battle Platform, all of them had their eyes wide open, as if struck by lightning.

Not only that, even the geniuses inside the various Tea Pavilions all abruptly stood up in an instant, their eyes filled with extreme astonishment.

In the Qi Family’s spectator stands, the people of the Celestial Sword Sect, Qi Yun Mountain, and the others all shuddered violently, their movements instantly freezing.