Translator: CinderTL
Continent 6.
Spanning 198,000 miles.
At this moment, due to the Divine Race's meticulous preparations for a large-scale operation on Continent 6, the number of Divine Spirits gathered there was estimated to have reached four digits!
While the Human Race's Nascent Soul True Lords might not quite match that number, they were likely not far behind.
Moreover, with the Emergency Rescue Order issued, Nascent Soul True Lords from neighboring continents were rushing to the scene at full speed. If this trend continued, the number of True Lords on Continent 6 would soon exceed a thousand.
Of course, this would take time.
Whether the Human Race could hold their ground against the Divine Race on Continent 6 until then remained uncertain.
With the Divine Race holding a clear advantage, Li Chunjun, Zhao Yu Pan, and True Lord Liu Feng were immediately ambushed the moment they entered Continent 6.
"Watch out!"
Li Chunjun unleashed his Divine Sense.
Moments later, the Scarlet Sky Sword, infused with the Grand Ruins Sword Intent, soared into the heavens, instantly shattering the dozen or so Mystic Art Essences that had surged toward him.
Without the support of Mystic Art Essence and Divine Sense, the Arcane Arts would become rigid and inflexible.
They would move in straight lines, devoid of any variation.
Seizing this opportunity, the Sword Qi of the Grand Ruins Sword Intent crisscrossed, shattering several nearby Mystical Arts into a shower of radiant light.
Flames, hurricanes, and thunderbolts were all dispersed before they could even penetrate within ten miles of him.
This scene caused Xuan Zhu, who was following closely behind, to narrow his eyes.
His gaze pierced through the hazy layers of the Spatial Overlap, landing on the edge of Continent 6.
There, he saw nearly a hundred Divine Spirits divided into two groups, forming a Battle Formation.
The first group of over forty Divine Spirits was constantly gathering Mystical Arts, ready to unleash a volley of attacks the moment Human Race reinforcements crossed the Space Overlap Zone.
The second group of over fifty Divine Spirits was engaged in fierce combat with Human Race True Lords a hundred miles behind them, who were attempting to break through the Spatial Overlap Zone.
But...
The fact that the Divine Race could muster over forty Divine Spirits to focus their firepower on the newly arrived Human Race True Lords indicated that the Human Race was clearly outmatched.
Fortunately, the first to enter was Li Chunjun, a powerhouse who had once held the top spot. With a single sword strike, he shattered over a dozen Mystical Arts and Mystical Powers.
If it had been anyone else...
In a single exchange, a tragedy—the death of a Nascent Soul True Lord—would surely have occurred.
"Break through!"
As Xuan Zhu reeled in shock, Li Chunjun's Divine Sense reverberated through the void.
He merged with his sword, instantly surging from the newly breached fire zone onto Continent 6.
Behind him, Zhao Yu Pan, a Perfected Great Lord of Late Nascent Soul Stage, unleashed a torrent of thunderous lightning. Deafening roars accompanied bolts of light that illuminated the heavens, shooting straight into the sky.
The sheer scale of the display...
Not only the Divine Race Divine Spirits but even Xuan Zhu himself was stunned.
"There's another expert!?"
His gaze snapped to Zhao Yu Pan.
But upon closer inspection, he realized...
The Great True Lord seemed to be putting on a show. While the display was grand, with thunderous lightning shaking the heavens and earth, the scattered nature of the lightning's power probably wouldn't even pierce the protective magic treasure of a Divine Spirit.
Though he couldn't understand why the Great True Lord was wasting his Qi so recklessly, Xuan Zhu quickly rallied the dozen or so followers behind him and charged toward the Divine Spirits specifically tasked with intercepting them.
But just as he turned his attention back to the battlefield, he suddenly sensed something amiss.
A Divine Spirit had fallen!
While Zhao Yu Pan's ten-thousand-zhang thunderbolt illuminated the heavens, drawing everyone's gaze, Li Chunjun had already merged with his sword and plunged into the Divine Spirit ranks.
Before he even arrived, his Flying Sword had struck first.
And most crucially...
While everyone's attention was fixed on Zhao Yu Pan, Li Chunjun's Lifebound Flying Sword had already pierced through the skulls of three Divine Spirits with unstoppable force. By the time Xuan Zhu's gaze followed its trajectory, it had already claimed a fourth!
The entire process...
The Divine Spirits seemed to have barely reacted before being slain by the sword's ruthless sharpness.
"Divine Concealment Art!?"
Xuan Zhu immediately realized what was happening.
Divine Concealment Art!
Li Chunjun possessed an exceptionally refined Divine Concealment Art!
Silent, invisible, and utterly undetectable!
It could even evade the Divine Sense of Cultivators!
When these advantages were combined with a Sword Cultivator already unmatched in combat prowess, the efficiency of their slaughter was so swift that even Xuan Zhu, the Heaven's Chosen, watched with his pupils shrinking in shock!
"No wonder Zhao Yu Pan expended so much Qi to create such a massive commotion... It was all to attract the attention of these Divine Spirits..."
Xuan Zhu's thoughts raced.
On the Two Worlds Mountain Battlefield, both sides had deployed hundreds of Core Formation cultivators and nearly ten thousand Nascent Soul cultivators. Yet on Continent 6, the Human Race was clearly at a disadvantage...
In the next moment, he unleashed his Divine Sense: "Heavenly Dark Moon Eclipse Art!"
Receiving his Divine Sense transmission, over a dozen other Nascent Soul True Lords immediately followed suit, casting their own Mystical Arts and Mystical Powers.
In an instant, above the thunderous storm, a Dark Moon resembling a black hole emerged, carrying a terrifying pressure capable of crushing heaven and earth!
This Great Mystic Power, formed by a Perfected Great Lord of Late Nascent Soul Stage and over a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators arrayed in formation, ultimately created a commotion far greater than Zhao Yu Pan's unrestrained release of Six Harmonies Divine Lightning.
It was as if a Dark Moon had suddenly appeared within a thunderous storm of dark clouds, plummeting towards the ground at an incredible speed.
The sheer scale, the sky-darkening grandeur...
It was as if a doomsday had descended, surpassing even the natural disasters!
Moreover, the Dark Moon itself possessed a profound ability to suppress the enemy's Divine Sense and perception.
Limited perception meant the unknown, and the unknown bred mystery. Mystery, in itself, was a source of fear.
To overcome this primal fear, Cultivators who defied fate often devoted more time and effort to unraveling the truth behind the mysteries and unlocking the answers to the unknown.
In an instant, over eighty percent of the forty-plus Divine Spirits present were captivated by the Heavenly Dark Moon Eclipse Art. Powerful Mystical Powers and Arcane Arts coalesced into tangible forms, crashing toward the Dark Moon that loomed above the raging storm.
The remaining twenty percent...
Were mostly stunned into action by the terrifying might of the Six Harmonies Divine Lightning, unleashing a flurry of defensive and offensive techniques.
With this two-pronged assault, the dozens of Divine Spirits tasked with sniping, including the two Apex Divine Spirits leading them, remained completely oblivious to the Scarlet Sky Sword's location.
Or rather, without focusing their Divine Sense, they couldn't possibly penetrate the veil of Void Particles and Great Void Destruction Sword Intent that shrouded the Scarlet Sky Sword.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Flying Swords whistled through the air!
Sword Qi crisscrossed the battlefield!
In this chaotic maelstrom, the Scarlet Sky Sword moved like a blade through butter, piercing through the skulls of Divine Spirits one after another.
Even though some Divine Spirits triggered their instinctual mental alarms upon facing death, they couldn't withstand the Scarlet Sky Sword's unstoppable advance.
Their Protective Magic Treasures and life-saving Arcane Arts were like paper before the Scarlet Sky Sword, which had evolved into a top-grade Spirit Treasure with Sword Qi so sharp it was almost a Mystical Power. The sword pierced through them like a hot knife through butter.
In an instant, more than ten Divine Spirits fell beneath the Scarlet Sky Sword.
The sword's light swept through the forty-plus Divine Spirits, cutting a path of death.
Then, the Flying Sword executed a 180-degree turn, slaying two Divine Spirits at the turning point before continuing its deadly trajectory along a relatively straight line.
It traveled for dozens of miles!
Along this path, eight more Divine Spirits were pierced by the Sword Qi.
In a matter of moments, nearly half of the forty-plus Divine Spirits tasked with intercepting the sword had been slain!
Xuan Zhu watched this scene in a daze.
Even a Prodigy like Chu Ci would have avoided a direct confrontation with such a large group of Divine Spirits. Yet under Li Chunjun's sword, they stood like targets, frozen in place as they were swiftly slaughtered one by one.
Even forty pigs would have cried out in alarm after losing half their number!
But these Divine Spirits acted as though they hadn't noticed the deaths of their comrades, remaining focused on their struggle against his Heavenly Dark Moon Eclipse Art and the Six Harmonies Divine Lightning of another Late-Stage Nascent Soul cultivator.
It seemed that in their eyes, no other opponent existed besides themselves.
The Flying Sword, meanwhile, moved like a ghost, as if it didn't even exist.
This silent, invisible slaughter sent a chill down Xuan Zhu's spine. "What kind of Mystical Powers are these!?"
He couldn't imagine what fate awaited him if he were to face this Flying Sword himself.
Because...
He had already discovered that even as an outsider, and despite not being specifically targeted, he sometimes lost track of the Flying Sword as it wreaked havoc among them.
To let a god of death run amok among them without being able to track it...
Just thinking about it was enough to send shivers down his spine.
After the Scarlet Sky Sword had slain more than half of the Divine Spirits in a single strike, the remaining Divine Spirits finally broke through the Heavenly Dark Moon Eclipse Art.
Whether it was the loss of this Great Mystic Power's ability to invert yin and yang, or the sheer number of their comrades who had fallen, the two leading Apex Divine Spirits finally realized something.
"Watch out for the Flying Sword!"
"Damn it, when did..."
The two Divine Spirits were both shocked and enraged.
One of them suddenly erupted with radiant divine light, like a gentle sun, covering an area spanning dozens of miles with its purifying radiance.
This light bathed the other Divine Spirits, reversing their weakened states and revitalizing them. At the same time, it exposed the Scarlet Sky Sword, which had been silently slaying them from the shadows.
Seeing that their side had suffered more than half their casualties within mere breaths, the other Apex Divine Spirit roared in fury, unleashing a ball of condensed, dark-red divine light: "Defying divine authority! You shall be executed!"
"Buzz!"
The instant the crimson light shot through the air, the Scarlet Sky Sword erupted with Sword Intent.
The Grand Ruins Sword Intent, carrying the aura of universal destruction and cosmic annihilation, instantly crushed the Mystic Art Essence within the crimson light into nothingness.
Next, Sword Qi crisscrossed the flying sword, shattering the dark-red divine light, which had lost its True Intent and all its agility. The remaining force of the attack continued to hurtle toward the Apex Divine Spirit.
His Mystical Powers shattered, the enraged Apex Divine Spirit's pupils contracted as he instantly activated his Protective Magic Treasure.
Sword Qi Barrage!
In an instant, his Protective Magic Treasure was bombarded by over a dozen Sword Qi attacks, a relentless storm of strikes.
But as an Apex Divine Spirit, the quality of his Protective Magic Treasure was beyond doubt.
Despite the relentless assault of Sword Qi, which sent its surface shimmering with scattered light, the treasure remained as solid as a rock, shielding him within.
Until...
The Flying Sword itself!
Boom!
The Sword Qi barrage lasted less than a second before the Scarlet Sky Sword itself slammed into the Apex Divine Spirit's Protective Magic Treasure.
Instantly, the treasure's surface shimmered like glass struck by a bullet, shattering and scattering in all directions.
Before the Divine Spirit's disbelieving eyes, the Scarlet Sky Sword pierced through his Protective Magic Treasure and roared through his skull.
Whoosh!
With a twist of its blade, the Scarlet Sky Sword, its momentum undiminished, shot toward the next Divine Spirit.
This shocking scene left every Divine Spirit and Nascent Soul cultivator who witnessed it firsthand with wide, stunned eyes!
Forced Kill!
Having failed to assassinate him, he had directly killed an Apex Divine Spirit comparable to a Late-Stage Nascent Soul cultivator!
And the entire process...
had taken only one strike!
(End of the Chapter)
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