Chapter 615: Overcoming Skill with Strength, Slaying the Man in Purple Together

Having broken free from the Heaven and Earth Sealing Spirit Array, Tai Sui was like a tiger returning to its mountain or a dragon to the sea. It pounced in mid-air, and the sky instantly turned a sallow yellow, as if a vast swathe of the heavens was caving in with a deafening roar.

Neither the Flower King nor Shui Daimai had ever imagined that this terrifyingly powerful Tai Sui would suddenly shatter the array and launch an attack from the air. Horrified, they tried to retreat and escape its attack range, but it was only then that they discovered their legs were ensnared by a frightening power!

Earth Vein Power!

As it attacked from the air, Tai Sui had also activated its Earth Vein Power. Once unleashed, the ground acted like a magnet, pinning the Flower King, Shui Daimai, and the purple-bearded middle-aged man in place!

The purple-bearded middle-aged man’s expression changed drastically. A cyan light erupted from his body, allowing him to break free from the pull of the Earth Vein Power. Then, a faint short sword appeared in his hand. “Old fiend, go to hell!” he roared.

SWOOSH—

The short sword shot out a pale cyan Sword Gang, slashing straight toward Tai Sui!

Tai Sui roared with laughter. It completely ignored the incoming Sword Gang, pressing straight down toward the purple-bearded middle-aged man!

SLASH!

The Sword Gang unleashed by the purple-bearded middle-aged man struck Tai Sui dead-on. In that instant, the terrifying beam of energy cut into Tai Sui’s body, leaving a massive gash.

The gash was long and deep; if a Barbaric Beast had suffered such a blow, it would have been a fatal wound without a doubt. But Tai Sui took the hit as if it were nothing. Its massive form instead accelerated, pressing straight down on the purple-bearded middle-aged man!

KRA-KA-KA-KA—

A series of strange noises erupted from within the bodies of the Flower King and Shui Daimai. It was the sound of their bones cracking under the immense, unbearable pressure!

“ROAR!”

The purple-bearded middle-aged man let out a great roar as his short sword fired three more Sword Gangs. The dazzling beams tore through the air. They appeared to be simple attacks, but they contained endless profundities and were unbelievably powerful.

Tai Sui paid them no mind, allowing the three Sword Gangs to strike its body. In an instant, its massive form was right above the purple-bearded middle-aged man, and the shadow of death enveloped him!

Subduing skill with brute force, achieving victory through strength!

Relying on its formidable body and immense power, Tai Sui simply ignored the purple-bearded man’s reactions. It locked onto him and smashed straight down. In the face of absolute power, no matter how exquisite the man’s Saber Technique or how sharp his Sword Gang was, there was no escaping Tai Sui’s attack!

Zhaang Ye had been standing to the side, watching the two great experts battle. Seeing Tai Sui subdue skill with brute force and instantly suppress the purple-bearded man, he couldn’t help but applaud inwardly. ‘So domineering, so powerful! In the face of such absolute strength, almost all techniques are useless. It looks like the battle is decided!’

Just then, the Fire Spirit spoke up. “Not necessarily! That purple-bearded middle-aged man is an avatar of the Sword Monarch. I have a feeling he still has a trump card up his sleeve. If we keep watching, we’ll find out what it is.”

The purple-bearded man’s trump card was revealed a moment later. His face turned ashen as he roared, enunciating each word, “Innate Wood Essence Qi… devour!”

As he spoke, a layer of misty cyan aura surged from his body. Like a ravenous dragon, it appeared and immediately began to frantically devour Tai Sui’s aura!

Innate Wood Essence Qi!

The aura Tai Sui emitted was that of earth. The purple-bearded man’s Innate Wood Essence Qi, however, belonged to wood, which was the perfect counter to Tai Sui!

Among the Five Elements, wood overcomes earth. The moment the Innate Wood Essence Qi appeared, it began frantically devouring Tai Sui’s aura. Tai Sui’s attack weakened rapidly, then weakened again!

Zhaang Ye stood a hundred feet away from the purple-beared man and felt a sliver of his own vitality being devoured by the Innate Wood Essence Qi. He was secretly alarmed. ‘What terrifying Innate Wood Essence Qi! It not only devours the aura of earth, but it can even devour a person’s Life Power!’

The Fire Spirit chuckled. “That’s not surprising. The purple-bearded man is actually a transformed Purple-Blue Spirit Wood, so the Innate Wood Essence Qi he cultivated is exceptionally potent. However, as potent as his Innate Wood Essence Qi is, it can’t compare to Tai Sui’s Ten Thousand Years of Cultivation. He is doomed to lose this battle.”

The Fire Spirit had barely finished speaking when Tai Sui let out a sharp cry and said with a savage grin, “Junior, my Earth Vein Power can draw endlessly from the earth. Let’s see how much you can really devour! I’ll make you burst from fullness today!”

With Tai Sui’s great roar, its aura suddenly tripled. A tremendous power surged forth, crushing down on the purple-bearded man. His Innate Wood Essence Qi was completely unable to absorb such a massive force. In the blink of an eye, his body swelled to twice its normal size!

“AHAHAHAHA! Sword-Cut Water, ten thousand years ago, you laid down the Heaven and Earth Sealing Spirit Array to bind me, draining my power to keep the Sword Monarch Hall running. Now, I have finally broken free! Today, I will obliterate this avatar you left behind and finally vent my fury!”

Hearing Tai Sui’s words, Zhaang Ye had a flash of insight. ‘So that’s why the Sword Monarch set up the Heaven and Earth Sealing Spirit Array—to drain Tai Sui’s power and keep the Sword Monarch Hall in operation. This Tai Sui fellow… having its power drained for ten thousand years. What a miserable existence!’

With that thought, Zhaang Ye discreetly retreated a great distance to avoid being injured by the force of the purple-bearded man’s impending explosion.

The Flower King and Shui Daimai also saw the danger and wanted to retreat, but they were pinned to the ground by Tai Sui’s power. Their bones were already fractured, and they couldn’t even lift a finger.

The purple-bearded man’s body swelled, and swelled again, looking as if it would explode at any moment. A complex look—a mixture of anger, humiliation, and regret—flashed in his eyes. He yelled, enunciating each word, “The situation is dire! My true self, aid me!”

BOOM!

An unbelievably terrifying aura suddenly shot out from the depths of the Sword Monarch Hall and flew into the purple-bearded man’s body.

Sensing this aura, the Fire Spirit cried out, “A shred of the Sword Monarch’s remnant soul! It’s a soul fragment left behind by the Sword Monarch himself! This soul fragment contains his memories and combat techniques. Once it merges with the purple-bearded man, it’ll be as if the Sword Monarch himself is fighting! This is terrible!”

Before the Fire Spirit’s voice had even faded, the purple-bearded man’s aura transformed, beginning to skyrocket. His presence had already been terrifying, but after fusing with the Sword Monarch’s soul fragment, it instantly surged three-fold, five-fold, then ten-fold!

The purple-bearded man’s frame seemed to instantly become immense, like a terrifying mountain that weighed heavily on Zhaang Ye’s mind!

‘This is bad! Judging by this terrifying aura, I’m afraid Tai Sui is no longer a match for him! I have to act now. If Tai Sui is suppressed again, I’m a dead man!’

As thoughts flashed through his mind, Zhaang Ye roared internally, ‘Tai Sui, go all out! Don’t hold anything back! Fire Spirit, Gold Spirit, Wood Spirit, Water Spirit—we attack together!’

Tai Sui had been suppressing the purple-bearded man, so it felt the change in him most keenly. Without needing Zhaang Ye’s command, it let out a great roar, and its Earth Vein Power activated with chilling ferocity. The aura of earth in the void detonated!

The power Tai Sui unleashed was already as heavy as a mountain. Upon detonation, its destructive force instantly increased tenfold, then a hundredfold. The crashing force was like a sharp sword, instantly shattering the purple-bearded man’s Innate Wood Essence Qi and slashing down at his head!

The purple-bearded man looked the same, but his eyes and his aura were completely different. Simply standing on the ground, he was like a blade—a blade that had existed since antiquity, a blade that could sunder anything! He was also like a Phoenix, one soaring high in the sky, supremely proud!

The purple-bearded man tilted his head back slightly, a trace of disdain in his eyes. His palm traced through the void, moving millions of times in a single instant. As his hand moved, Tai Sui’s explosive power was broken down, layer by layer, and then dissolved, layer by layer. This force, mighty enough for Moving Mountains and Leveling Seas, was simply neutralized by the purple-bearded man!

Overcoming strength with skill!

A moment ago, Tai Sui had used its immense power to gain the upper hand. But now, with a soul fragment of the Sword Monarch fused into his body, the purple-bearded man was effectively the Sword Monarch himself. When the Sword Monarch made a move, it was truly extraordinary. He had easily neutralized Tai Sui’s immense power!

“Slash!”

Just as the purple-bearded man neutralized Tai Sui’s power, a blade tip suddenly appeared in Zhaang Ye’s hand—it was the Mysterious Blade Tip. This Mysterious Blade Tip was a fragment of the Sword Monarch’s own weapon; normally, Zhaang Ye would never dare to bring it out. But the situation was critical, and he couldn’t afford such reservations. He brandished the Blade Tip and shot toward the purple-bearded man, man and blade as one!

Cloud-Breaking Slash!

After entering the Sword Monarch Hall, Zhaang Ye’s Saber Technique had improved by leaps and bounds, reaching a truly proficient level. Then, his Cultivation had risen to the True Dao Fifth Layer Heaven, greatly increasing his Attack Power. Finally, his soul had grown several times stronger and his Spiritual Sense several times more formidable, boosting his Attack Power yet again.

The power of this slash far exceeded anything Zhaang Ye could normally muster. Even a great master of the True Dao Seventh Layer would be slain by it!

The purple-bearded man was still neutralizing Tai Sui’s power layer by layer. When he saw Zhaang Ye’s attack, a flicker of surprise crossed his eyes. He gave his sleeve a slight flick, preparing to swat Zhaang Ye away.

At that exact moment, an incomparably pure power suddenly descended!

The Fire Spirit!

As Zhaang Ye executed his Cloud-Breaking Slash, the Fire Spirit struck as well. It didn’t attack directly, but instead relied on its pure Spiritual Sense to unleash a Soul Attack!

The Fire Spirit had lived for tens of thousands of years and had spent every day studying the soul in its quest to escape the volcano. As a result, its understanding of the soul was deeper than anyone’s. The Soul Attack it unleashed was something that even the Sword Monarch reborn would have to treat with caution!

Under the Soul Attack, the purple-bearded man’s movements faltered for an instant. In that brief moment of hesitation, Zhaang Ye’s blade struck home!