Chapter 137 - 128: After You Die, I Will Keep Your Seal Sword, Do Not Worry

Chapter 137: Chapter 128: After You Die, I Will Keep Your Seal Sword, Do Not Worry

In the distance, Bai Zancang also sighed inwardly. He had anticipated several outcomes for Zhang Shouren’s defeat—at worst, he would fall from his throne among the top ten in the world. He never expected things to escalate to this point, suddenly involving an issue concerning the Jade Emperor Tower. If he were in that position, it would also be a fight to the death.

Meanwhile, the Zhao Country Royal Family, the Six Gates, and the people of the Imperial City Department also understood what the Sect Leader Celestial Master was about to do.

The Celestial Master Seal and the Celestial Master Sword had always been items kept close at hand. Zhang Shouren let the other two Celestial Masters leave, but he himself held these two mountain-guarding treasures, assuming an archaic stance. It was obvious that he intended to perish together with Chen Sha today.

Sitting tall on his steed, Jingtting Mountain, the Grand Governor of the Imperial Army, was shocked but also knew an opportunity was imminent. As Zhang Shouren assumed his stance, there was a faint resonance between the sword and the seal, as if the divine essence of the Jade Emperor Mountain’s past ancestors had attached itself to him.

BOOM!

Grand Celestial Master Zhang shook the earth, taking the initiative to appear in front of Chen Sha. As he slashed down with his sword, he held the Celestial Master Seal high, resembling the scene of the ancestral Celestial Master vanquishing Demon Fiends in folk paintings.

As the earth trembled and Zhang Shouren bore down on Chen Sha with a clear resolve to die, Jingtting Mountain seized this moment and immediately roared from his tall horse:

"Quick! Take advantage of the opportunity the National Preceptor has bought for us! Charge into the Jade Capital Temple, rescue the Emperor, and capture the four Dao Yi Disciples inside!"

He knew that since Zhang Shouren had a death wish, he definitely planned not to leave alive. No matter what, he could hold Chen Sha back. And as long as he could take this opportunity to enter the Jade Capital Temple and capture those four Dao Yi Disciples, it might distract Chen Sha, thereby giving the National Preceptor Zhang Shouren a better chance of perishing together with this Demon Fiend-like man.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Charge in!"

Under Jingtting Mountain’s loud roar, all the Court’s troops in front of the Jade Capital Temple, the Six Gates experts, and the Imperial City Department cavalry mobilized instantly, charging toward the Jade Capital Temple.

At this moment, facing Zhang Shouren, who was bearing down on him with a Treasure Sword and Treasure Seal in hand, Chen Sha couldn’t help but feel slightly surprised when the incoming sword strike actually cleaved through his two hundred years of Protective Qi Power. It seemed that this Celestial Master Sword, which served as the ultimate inherited treasure of the Jade Emperor Mountain, was clearly a unique Divine Celestial Sword.

After Zhang Shouren cleaved through Chen Sha’s Body-Protecting Sword Qi with a single strike, he smashed the seal in his other hand toward the top of Chen Sha’s head. During this process, his throat was glowing. This was the phenomenon of the Jade Emperor Tower burning its own "Twelve-Story Tower" section.

"The Celestial Master Seal and the Celestial Master Sword... it seems you no longer want either of them," Chen Sha said.

Watching the Celestial Master Seal smashing down toward his head, Chen Sha simply raised his hand to catch it. An indestructible force and heavy weight pressed down from above, causing the earth beneath his feet to instantly collapse by a foot, spreading into a ten-zhang circular crater. Yet, his figure didn’t even sway.

Seeing his seal smash down only to be steadily caught by Chen Sha, Zhang Shouren’s eyes grew even more resolute. Even after burning the Qi Power of the Jade Emperor Tower, he still couldn’t gain the upper hand.

"This old Daoist will definitely drag you to your death today!" he shouted. He simultaneously slashed down with the sword in his right hand, swiping toward Chen Sha’s throat.

CLANG!

The blade was steadily caught by Chen Sha’s other hand, which was covered in a brilliant Qi Power, leaving the two men deadlocked in place. Their Qi Power intertwined with one another.

This scene was a typical contest of Inner Power. However, the profoundness of Chen Sha’s Inner Power and Qi Power was truly unmatched in the present age. Nevertheless, he had already seen through Zhang Shouren’s intentions.

While deadlocked with Chen Sha using his Inner Strength, his abdominal Dantian began to glow. It was just like the ’Mixed Element Pill Burst’ move he had used against Chen Sha earlier, except this time, the power wasn’t meant to be unleashed outward, but rather compressed within his own body...

The Inner Power and complementary Martial Arts of the Jade Emperor Mountain were all related to Alchemy. It could be said that by comprehending the mixed element and concentration mysteries of Alchemy, one could unleash multiplied power. But because of this, under different circumstances, the people of the Jade Emperor Mountain could turn themselves into a Human-shaped Pill inside a Pill Furnace. And during Alchemy, the dangerous event of a furnace explosion frequently occurred...

Zhang Shouren was now using his sixty years of Jade Emperor Tower Power to condense an unprecedented "Dragon and Tiger Golden Pill" in his Dantian, treating himself as a Pill Furnace to detonate it... He would let his life and Qi Power explode in this single instant, like a terrifying Golden Core erupting from a shattered furnace!

Meanwhile,

CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP!

The Imperial Army troops had already bypassed the Inner Power contest between the two deadlocked Great Innate experts. Or rather, they didn’t bypass them; they were forced to retreat several zhang away. That area had become the center of a terrifying Qi Power storm, making it impossible for anyone to approach as the two powerful streams of Qi Power formed a swirling vortex.

However, Zhang Shouren watched Chen Sha’s expression, which seemingly hadn’t changed from beginning to end. Chen Sha merely caught a glimpse of the Court’s troops charging toward the Jade Capital Temple from both sides out of the corner of his eye, as if calculating something.

Finally, when about half of the thousand-man vanguard had rushed past him, placing Chen Sha at the very center of these thousands of people, he looked at Zhang Shouren in front of him and said calmly:

"After your death, I will keep your Seal Sword. If your Jade Emperor Mountain produces a decent figure in the future, I will pass these two items on to them. You need not worry."

After speaking, just as Zhang Shouren faintly realized something—

Even though Chen Sha was forced into a deadlock of Inner Power and Qi Power with Zhang Shouren, his arsenal of methods was far more than just this. There were some Martial Arts that could be executed just the same without needing Inner Power or Qi Power... For example, Dugu Qiubai’s Sword Intent!

Zhang Shouren immediately sensed a terrifying Sword Intent in Chen Sha’s gaze. As soon as this Sword Intent appeared, it caused the longswords worn by all the Court troops charging toward the Jade Capital Temple to hum and vibrate, instantly flying over toward Chen Sha at breakneck speeds.

SHNK! SHNK! SHNK!

A full hundred swords whistled through the air, swept into the Qi Power of the two men. Manipulated by Chen Sha, who had inherited Dugu Qiubai’s Sword Path Realm, they pierced into Zhang Shouren’s body one after another.

"Golden Core... burst... burst... burst..."

In an instant, Zhang Shouren’s body was pierced by numerous Flying Swords. He muttered his final hope, but as one of the Flying Swords blasted right through his back, the Qi Power compressed toward his Dantian instantly dissipated...

His vitality was gone. Even though a terrifying cluster of Golden Core Qi Power was brewing in his abdominal Dantian, it couldn’t wait to detonate. Zhang Shouren lowered his head, and his two long Longevity Eyebrows drooped down.

Chen Sha took the Celestial Master Sword with one hand and the Celestial Master Seal with the other. He slowly raised his head and let out a long howl!

"Divine Ghost Seven Kills Sound!"