Chapter 370 – A World-Shaking Sword Strike, As If the Milky Way Falls from the Nine Heavens!
by spirapiraChapter 370 – A World-Shaking Sword Strike, As If the Milky Way Falls from the Nine Heavens!
Su Xing held nothing back with this Five Elements Immortal Burst.
Nearly a third of all the immortal power within his body was poured into this single strike.
The empowerment of the Five Elements Dao, the amplification of Su Xing’s Spirit Domain…
Under all these combined enhancements, the power of this Five Elements Immortal Burst reached its absolute peak!
It was enough to kill an enemy at the Mystic Immortal realm!
The third-rank Divine Sovereign before him was no exception…
After taking a lightning technique from Su Xing, the third-rank Divine Sovereign had already been weakened by thirty percent. Then, battered repeatedly by Su Xing’s Five Elements Dao, it was on its last breath in mere moments…
Su Xing looked at the wildly trembling protective formations of the immortal vessel, then turned his gaze to the third-rank Divine Sovereign that had lost all fighting capability, and sighed:
“What a pity. My Five Elements Dao hasn’t yet stepped into the fourth realm… Otherwise, this single strike would have annihilated it outright!”
“The Five Elements Dao has countless ways to combine and complement… This time, I infused yang fire, yang water, yang wood, yang earth, and yang metal immortal power… The restraint it exerts on alien evil beings surpasses all imagination!”
All in all, Su Xing was fairly satisfied with his results.
His figure flickered, and Su Xing appeared before the alien god.
With the Blackice sword in hand, he slashed out one killing-intent strike after another, expending considerable effort before finally exterminating it.
After killing the third-rank Divine Sovereign, something stirred in Su Xing’s heart as he suddenly noticed something.
Su Xing slowly extended his hand and grasped a wisp of radiance that drifted from the Divine Sovereign’s body.
“This is… divinity! And the grade of this divinity is quite high!”
Su Xing carefully probed the divinity in his hand, and his eyes lit up.
“It’s actually divinity of the Great Dao of Killing! Hiss~ This single wisp of divinity alone is probably enough for my Dao of Killing to step into the third realm!”
Su Xing’s heart surged with joy. He then extracted the blood essence from the third-rank Divine Sovereign’s body.
A full thousand jin (500 kg) of blood essence!
The abundant, vigorous life force within it was enough to startle even Su Xing.
“Tsk tsk, the blood essence of a third-rank Divine Sovereign… It’s probably not just an excellent material for Body Tempering. The origin energy contained within is likely astounding as well!”
Su Xing silently lamented the unknowns, storing the blood essence for now. He still wasn’t clear on the full value of a thousand jin (500 kg) of blood essence.
After killing the third-rank Divine Sovereign, Su Xing didn’t stop. Blackice sword in hand, he carved his way through the alien legion.
The remaining alien gods were at most at the True God realm—mere one-move opponents for Su Xing.
“Elder… Elder Ye?!”
The White Cloud Sect Master on the distant immortal vessel stared wide-eyed at this scene and murmured:
“Just how powerful is this Elder Ye? Could he actually be a Mystic Immortal who’s been cultivating at our White Cloud Sect all this time?”
And at this moment, the Sect Master was far from the only one astonished.
Every cultivator aboard the immortal vessel was stunned by the sight of Su Xing in action.
“Who would have thought—this elder from the White Cloud Sect was hiding his strength so deeply! With power like this, he’d rank among the very top even within the Mystic Immortal realm!”
“Isn’t that the truth? Being able to slay a third-rank alien Divine Sovereign—that’s an existence comparable to a Mystic Immortal! You know, battles between Mystic Immortals can drag on for years without a decisive outcome… Yet that fight just now, from start to finish, took no more than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea!”
“Tsk tsk, who knows where this monster came from! This senior doesn’t seem that old, does he?”
“Could it be that our Heavenly Secrets Domain is about to gain another Golden Immortal?”
The cultivators on the immortal vessel discussed animatedly.
Gaining another Golden Immortal would be no small matter for the entire Heavenly Secrets Domain.
After all, Golden Immortals represented the pinnacle of combat power across the Three Thousand Worlds…
And in these times of alien invasion, every additional force on humanity’s side brought greater hope!
Atop the immortal vessel, Su Xing’s blade rose and fell without pause. He cut his way from bow to stern, and in mere moments, no fewer than a hundred alien gods had perished at his hands.
In the past, Su Xing would have needed to spend time hunting down high-realm alien gods, but here they were packed so densely that it saved him considerable effort.
After killing over a hundred alien gods, the blood essence Su Xing harvested amounted to no less than a hundred thousand jin (50,000 kg).
He also collected over a dozen fragments of divinity.
In the distance, the White Emperor, still engaged in his own battle, caught sight of Su Xing’s display of overwhelming might aboard the immortal vessel. A look of surprise crossed his face.
“Good kid—turns out his comprehension of other Great Daos beyond the Sword Dao runs just as deep!”
“Tsk tsk, potential like this… even this young lord has only seen a handful of such talents. He reminds me of my glorious self back in the day!”
White Emperor forced Blood Two back with a single sword strike, leaving several fresh wounds on his body.
Throughout the entire fight, the White Emperor had been thoroughly dominating Blood Two. Both were Grand Luo Golden Immortals, yet the gap between them was painfully obvious!
The White Emperor was even leisurely observing other battlefields while fighting—his strength spoke for itself.
“Tsk tsk, as expected of the Grand Luo Sword Immortal who has roamed freely across the Three Thousand Worlds!”
“The Sword Dao, taken to its ultimate end… Even among Grand Luo Golden Immortals, there’s probably no one the White Emperor can’t kill, right?”
Su Xing thought to himself.
A Sword Immortal’s destructive power, their killing might, was truly top-tier.
Though their defense and physical body were slightly weaker, if the White Emperor truly wished to trade life for life with no regard for his own safety, below the level of a Saint, he could take anyone with him in a mutual kill…
Although Su Xing’s current strength was already formidable, compared to an expert of that caliber, there was still a considerable gap.
…
At this moment on the battlefield, while the human side held the advantage in top-tier combat power, the alien race had also prepared thoroughly. Of the earlier legion of ten thousand alien gods, though eighty to ninety percent had been slain, over a thousand still continuously broke through the defensive lines and charged toward the immortal vessel.
Among these alien gods were beings comparable to True Immortals and Mystic Immortals.
The human cultivators aboard the vessel were, on the whole, clearly outmatched.
It was almost solely through Su Xing’s efforts that these alien gods were being picked off one by one.
Though Su Xing’s immortal power was abundant and his physical body formidable, even he couldn’t wipe out over a thousand alien gods in a short span of time.
Su Xing brought his sword down, severing the head of an alien True God. Narrowing his eyes, he looked toward the distance, where dozens more alien True Gods were closing in.
“Damn it, these alien gods really are endless!”
Su Xing gritted his teeth, wrapping himself tightly in Protective Hardened Qi, then smashed another alien True God into a pulp with his terrifying physical body.
“Phew… These alien True Gods are perfect for me to test the technique I just comprehended!”
Su Xing took a deep breath, drew the Blackice sword back into his body, then pressed his palms together. Behind him, shadowy afterimages flickered.
It was a towering Wu Clan giant, ten thousand zhang (33.3 km) tall!
It stood between heaven and earth, both hands hoisting a star aloft…
“Myriad Phenomena… Star Attraction!”
Su Xing murmured softly, channeling the Great Shaman Body Forging Art and drawing upon the endless stars at the edge of the sky.
The next instant…
BOOM!
From the previously dark void came a radiance like blazing fire…
No—it was as though a sun had appeared!
An incomparably massive star hurtled from the endless void, its surface glowing red-hot like a sun!
The extreme heat seemed capable of incinerating everything in the void.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
At last, the star descended, crashing into those dozens of alien True Gods!
It took no more than a few breaths. Not even a moment’s struggle.
The star came from the edge of the sky and swept back toward the edge of the sky… pausing only for the briefest instant in between.
Yet the result it wrought… was the complete annihilation of every last one of those dozens of alien True Gods!
Sensing the extinguished auras of those alien True Gods, Su Xing blinked and murmured:
“What a pity—all the blood essence from those alien True Gods was completely obliterated…”
The blood essence of dozens of True Gods was no small amount!
Especially for Su Xing, who needed to cultivate the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Fifth Layer.
That blood essence would have been excellent supplementary material.
“Still, at least I’ve repelled another wave of attacks!”
Su Xing had not a moment’s rest. After killing the dozens of alien True Gods, he drew the Blackice sword once more and continued cutting down every alien god that drew near.
In the distance, the White Emperor, still locked in combat, caught sight of that streaking star and a peculiar expression crossed his face. He muttered:
“Good kid, that move’s got something to it…”
“But why does that technique look somewhat familiar?”
The White Emperor stroked his chin, then unleashed dozens of sword qi blasts that sent Blood Two retreating in continuous defeat.
…
In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.
After ten days of high-intensity combat, even Su Xing felt somewhat numb.
The number of alien gods who had died at Su Xing’s hands was close to a thousand!
The blood essence from those alien gods alone amounted to a staggering figure!
Thanks to Su Xing’s presence, those aliens never had a chance to get close to the immortal vessel.
But on the top-tier battlefield, the fight between Grand Luo and Supreme Unity Golden Immortals… was still ongoing!
Su Xing split his attention between picking off scattered alien gods aboard the immortal vessel and watching the battle between the White Emperor and Blood Two.
At the Grand Luo Golden Immortal level, techniques and supernatural arts had reached the realm of returning to simplicity.
Every single move brimmed with boundless, magnificent power.
A battle of this magnitude was only possible in the void. Had it taken place in a Medium Chiliocosm, the entire world would have long since been torn apart.
The White Emperor forced Blood Two back with a single sword strike, then casually yawned and said:
“The warm-up should be about done!”
“So for the next strike… this young lord would like to see if you can take it!”
As he spoke these words, the lazy expression on the White Emperor’s face vanished in an instant. His tone carried a note of solemnity, and then he called out clearly:
“Kid! How much you can comprehend from this sword depends entirely on your own fortune!”
With that, boundless sword intent and momentum surged from the White Emperor’s body.
A thousand li (500 km) away, Su Xing could feel the Blackice sword within his own body humming softly.
“So this… is the great gift he meant!”
Su Xing’s eyes went wide. Without the slightest hesitation, he swallowed his last supreme-grade Dao-Hearing Pill.
His divine sense locked firmly onto that white-robed figure a thousand li (500 km) away.
The White Emperor flicked his finger, and the entire space seemed to freeze…
In the distance, Blood Two’s movements seemed to slow.
The wooden sword in the White Emperor’s hand had vanished at some unknown moment.
In its place was a longsword of pure, jade-like white.
This sword had emerged from within the White Emperor’s body, nurtured day and night by the sword intent within him.
With a single glance, Su Xing could tell that this blade surpassed every magical artifact he had ever seen!
This was an innate treasure!
The White Emperor let out a sharp cry, and the previously dark void was instantly flooded with a blinding white light, bright as day.
This white light stretched endlessly, as though piercing through the entirety of the void.
The instant Su Xing saw this white light, his heart trembled uncontrollably…
This wasn’t white light at all.
This was the White Emperor’s sword intent!
That sword intent had transformed into a streak of white sword radiance, descending upon the void like a silver river from the heavens.
“This sword… as if the Milky Way falls from the Nine Heavens!”
Su Xing murmured. He had no doubt whatsoever that this towering, pure sword intent could destroy an entire Greater World!
And as the White Emperor brought his sword down, that silver-river-like expanse of white sword intent—impossibly vast—surged straight toward Blood Two.
On the other side, Blood Two, a fellow Grand Luo Golden Immortal, saw this technique and his pupils contracted violently.
A look of genuine terror appeared on his face…
This single sword strike was enough to make a Grand Luo Golden Immortal feel fear!
Without a moment’s hesitation, Blood Two began condensing a technique. A blood-red sea materialized in the void.
Within this blood sea, countless bones and remains floated. It was as though the entire ocean was composed of blood!
A horrifying aura of resentment and a staggering killing intent drifted from the blood sea, shrouding half the void.
In the void, the white silver river and the blood sea collided with explosive force, the impact seemingly capable of annihilating everything.
Su Xing’s eyes were wide open. He pushed his divine sense to its absolute limit, straining to capture every detail of this most critical exchange.
Yet the outcome was completely unlike what Su Xing had imagined!
Blood Two had barely manifested the blood-colored Long River before his courage failed entirely. He frantically tore open the void, attempting to flee into the distance.
In the void, the white silver river surged with unstoppable momentum, transforming into a colossal sword that seemed capable of cleaving heaven and earth apart.
The silver river pressed forward in one relentless thrust, churning the blood sea into absolute chaos.
The blood-colored radiance slowly dissipated into the void, yet that sword intent still raged on without end, chasing after Blood Two through the void.
Faintly, from some unknowable distance across the void, Blood Two’s agonized screams could be heard.
After unleashing his sword, the White Emperor composed the surging momentum within his body, then transmitted his voice:
“Zhanlong, retreat now!”
Tens of thousands of li away, Xiao Zhanlong, still locked in combat, seemed to sense something. He immediately pushed his speed to its absolute limit, vanishing tens of thousands of li in an instant.
Immediately after, the silver river of sword intent rushed toward the first-rank alien Divine Sovereign…
Under the impact of that silver river of sword intent, the alien Divine Sovereign—an existence comparable to a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal—saw its life force plummet with terrifying speed…
Moments later, the alien Divine Sovereign was dead!
With a single sword strike, the White Emperor had slain this terrifying alien Divine Sovereign!
After that one sword, the White Emperor calmed the raging sword intent within his body. A moment later, he had returned to his usual devil-may-care demeanor.
“This battle—quite the haul!”
“Just as my wife predicted…”
The White Emperor smacked his lips, satisfaction gleaming in his eyes.
This battle had grievously wounded Blood Two, slain a first-rank alien Divine Sovereign, and completely annihilated a ten-thousand-strong alien god legion!
And the losses on the human side amounted to merely a few dozen immortals…
This was a resounding victory!
The White Emperor transformed into a streak of light and landed back atop the immortal vessel. The first thing he saw was Su Xing, seated cross-legged on the deck.
“Good kid—he’s actually entered an epiphany?” The White Emperor’s eyes went wide. Seeing the sword intent that lingered endlessly around Su Xing’s body, he knew that the boy had likely comprehended quite a lot from that single sword.
“Tsk tsk, I wonder how much of that sword this kid will be able to digest?”
The White Emperor studied Su Xing for a moment but made no move to wake him. Instead, he turned to direct the other cultivators in cleaning up the battlefield…