Chapter 461 - 315: A Grand Debut, Stunning the World

Chapter 461: Chapter 315: A Grand Debut, Stunning the World

The more astute observers naturally suspected this strange phenomenon was related to whatever had trapped the Zhe Family’s experts. However, not a single one of them could explain the principles at work!

Even Gongsun Huang, a Tier Six Sword Venerable, was no exception.

Ling Xiao observed Zhe Wanqian with a cold detachment. He didn’t believe a word Zhe Wanqian said.

It was true that after seven days of relentless assault by illusions and his Heart Demon, Zhe Wanqian was completely spent. But Ling Xiao refused to believe that a powerhouse of the Sword Venerable Realm lacked even the strength to stand.

’The dignity of a Sword Venerable?’ Ling Xiao sneered inwardly. ’In the face of death, dignity is a laughably fragile thing. Some might die for their honor, but not this Sword Venerable from the Zhe Family!’

Ling Xiao ignored him. Instead, he closed his eyes and focused, releasing the True Essence he had absorbed and converted. It seeped from every acupoint in his body, merging into the Four Symbols Grand Array.

As if injected with fresh blood, the Four Symbols Grand Array suddenly began to churn with renewed ferocity.

Such was the power of a renowned array!

If Ling Xiao hadn’t been in a hurry to kill Zhe Wanqian, he could have simply walked away. The grand array would have absorbed the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to sustain itself, eventually trapping and killing Zhe Wanqian on its own.

However... that ultimately lacked impact.

Therefore, Ling Xiao chose to preside over the grand array himself. This also had another huge benefit: continuously managing the Four Symbols Grand Array had greatly deepened his comprehension of this array. To the point that if the next batch of Sword Emperors from the Zhe Family were to arrive, Ling Xiao could, all by himself, force open the Gate of Extermination!

While he couldn’t unleash the Gate of Extermination’s full, immense power, killing Martial Artists at the Sword Emperor level would not be a difficult task.

Zhe Wanqian felt the world begin to spin. Above him, clusters of ink-black clouds condensed, rolling and churning. With a sizzling sound, streaks of electric serpents flickered in and out of view within the cloud cover.

Zhe Wanqian remained seated, utterly dejected. A bitter smile touched his lips as he declared with a final shred of pride, "Fine. Ling Xiao, since you refuse to enlighten me, I will accept my fate! Come on! Kill me! HAHAHA, someone will surely avenge me! They will! The Zhe Family has endured since the Ancient Era, and countless ancestors have entered the Holy Sanctuary. If you kill me today, and if my soul can return to the Holy Sanctuary, I will beseech my ancestors to take revenge for me! Ling Xiao, just you wait! I hope you die before ever reaching the Holy Sanctuary, because if you don’t... HAHA!"

As Zhe Wanqian spoke, an immense aura erupted from his body. Like a gale, it blasted toward the clouds in the sky. But in the next instant, a look of disbelief flashed in his eyes. The clouds were as heavy as mountains! No matter how his aura surged, they didn’t budge an inch.

Zhe Wanqian’s eyes were practically splitting at the seams. ’Am I, Zhe Wanqian, truly going to fall in this place?’ he thought frantically. ’No... How can an ancestor of the Zhe Family die at the hands of a mere scoundrel, die such an ignominious death? I have to get out! I must get out!’

With that thought, Zhe Wanqian let out an earth-shattering roar. The hundred-thousand-times-refined sword in his hand erupted with incomparably powerful Sword Qi, which began to churn the clouds within the Ming Sect.

A cold sneer formed on Zhe Wanqian’s lips. ’Trying to take my life with just this? In your dreams!’

’Haha! After seven days of constant harassment and attacks from my Heart Demon, my mind is already as serene as still water! If I can get out of here, I will definitely break through my current state and enter a whole new realm!’

CRACK!!!

A sudden peal of thunder exploded.

Like the first thunderclap of spring, that cataclysmic sound was followed by countless bolts of lightning inside the array, all striking down toward Zhe Wanqian’s body.

The smile froze on Zhe Wanqian’s face. His eyes bulged as he roared, "Impossible! This can’t be real! This is no mortal phenomenon! Saint Domain Emperor! Do you see this? It must be something that escaped from the Holy Sanctuary..."

Zhe Wanqian raised his sword high, its Sword Qi shooting toward the heavens. At the same time, thousands upon thousands of lightning bolts struck his body all at once...

Wielding the might of heaven and earth, the Four Symbols Grand Array finally obliterated the powerful Sword Venerable, leaving nothing but dust.

Having lost the protection of its physical body, Zhe Wanqian’s soul shot out, picked a direction, and frantically flew upward. At the same time, Ling Xiao, at the heart of the array, could clearly feel the sky-high resentment emanating from Zhe Wanqian.

’Trying to run?’ A mocking expression appeared on Ling Xiao’s face. Within the grand array, innumerable bolts of lightning still swam through the clouds. Seeing Zhe Wanqian’s soul attempting to flee, they howled and came crashing down upon it.

They shattered that wisp of Zhe Wanqian’s phantom soul, annihilating it within the array and scattering it to the winds.

Only at this moment did Ling Xiao begin to gather his True Essence. All the various residual energies within the grand array—including the incredibly pure Origin Energy left behind by the slain Zhe Family Sword Emperors and the Sword Venerable, Zhe Wanqian—surged toward Ling Xiao’s body.

And just like that, ten thousand rays of golden light burst forth from the array. Ling Xiao was lifted into the air by this immense energy, suspended like a deity.

His eyes were shut tight as the True Essence in his body circulated madly, widening all the meridians in his body once again.

Looking inward, Ling Xiao watched the dazzling Golden Core in his Dantian. It was wrapped in countless threads of True Essence, and it began to grow... and grow... and grow even larger!

Suddenly, the Golden Core transformed into a fist-sized infant! The image vanished in a flash, making Ling Xiao wonder if his eyes had been playing tricks on him.