Young Noble Be Monster Slaying

Chapter 291: The Might of a Legendary Sword

Boom!

The sound of an intense explosion reverberated from the belly of Sword Sheath Peak.

The Weapons Master had sent the hall master of the Northern Abyss Hall flying with one punch, and the hall master’s chest exploded repeatedly while in midflight. With each explosion, a ball of darkness would quickly condense, restoring the hall master's chest to its original state. However, there would be another explosion soon after, and the darkness would swiftly gather into a ball once again.

The Weapons Master had only thrown one punch, yet the impact from that one punch caused the hall master’s chest to explode a hundred times. He crashed through layers of the mountain rampart before finally falling to the ground with a loud thud.

These two Eminent Ones had, of course, sensed the chaos that had erupted on Heaven-Reaching Peak. Consequently, the Weapons Master was in a hurry to end the battle as quickly as possible. On the other hand, the hall master of the Northern Abyss Hall wanted to keep the Weapons Master on Sword Sheath Peak to let the other members of his diabolical sect complete their tasks.

Many things could happen in the blink of an eye during a fight between Eminent Ones.

The two had just exchanged a round of blows, with the Weapons Master ultimately gaining the upper hand with one punch.

Meanwhile, the black-robed man had just approached Ling Ao. Nevertheless, Jiang Yuebai and Chu Liang attacked him together. One used an immobilization spell, and the other used the Heavenly Sword Seal.

When Chu Liang used the Crimson Executioner with the Heavenly Sword Seal, the amplified power of the seal was insanely terrifying, so much so that even a powerful cultivator at the pinnacle of the sixth realm wouldn't dare underestimate it. In fact, Chu Liang had already killed more than one sixth-realm cultivator with the Crimson Executioner in the past!

The black-robed man spun around and hurriedly released a black light shield from his inventory, but the Crimson Executioner shattered it instantly!

Despite that, the shield had absorbed the brunt of the attack, so the remaining sword qi only knocked the black-robed man back several zhang[ref]Reminder that one zhang is approximately 3.33m.[ref].

Still, that alone was astonishing!

Chu Liang was only at the fourth realm—two levels lower than the black-robed man! This difference in level was like that between the heavens and the earth!

This was Xu Ziyang’s and Jiang Yuebai’s first time seeing Chu Liang use this move, so they were both stunned. Xu Ziyang was simply surprised by Chu Liang’s explosive power, while Jiang Yuebai's thoughts on this discovery were a bit more complex.

Chu Liang didn’t use this flying sword earlier in our duel, even though it’s several times more powerful than what he did use...

Was it because he underestimated me, or did he avoid using it on purpose?

Regardless, Jiang Yuebai had no time to keep thinking about this. The cave was shaking violently.

"Quick, go!" Xu Ziyang shouted, pulling Jiang Yuebai out of her thoughts.

It turned out that the battle between the hall master of the Northern Abyss Hall and the Weapons Master had resumed at an escalated intensity. They fought until half the mountain collapsed, and the belly of the mountain was almost hollowed out.

Darkness exploded from the hall master of the Northern Abyss Hall and compressed into a massive pitch-black orb, becoming so condensed that it seemed solid. It was clear from a glance that if this orb of darkness were to explode, the blast would raze Sword Sheath Peak to the ground.

Meanwhile, the Weapons Master used one of his iron hands to press down on the orb, suppressing the immense power to prevent it from exploding.

One party aimed to destroy, and the other aimed to protect. The second party was obviously at a disadvantage.

Consequently, Xu Ziyang reminded the others that they had to leave quickly. If they stayed behind, they would only hinder the Weapons Master. Xu Ziyang believed that once they had moved far from the orb, the Weapons Master wouldn’t need to worry about their safety, and he would be free to do whatever he needed to prevail.

Right then, Ling Ao managed to break free. He immediately used his most powerful divine technique, the Divine Dragons’ Great Blood-Burning Technique, to make a desperate escape!

However, the black-robed man had revived again!

The four most outstanding young disciples of the Mount Shu Sect fled together while the black-robed man persistently pursued them alone!

"You little bastard! I’m going to kill you!" yelled the black-robed man.

Just as those words left his foul mouth, a beam of purple light shot toward him like a streak of lightning!

Wham!

With a hand shrouded in darkness, the black-robed man smacked the Violet Draconic Sword away!

The Violet and Azure Twin Swords were still functioning in a masterless state and could not exert their full combat power. All they could do was strike the black-robed man a couple of times. Regardless, the black-robed man's smack didn’t deal much damage to the Violet Draconic Sword either.

After that, the black-robed man transformed into a streak of darkness and rushed out of the cave in pursuit.

Chu Liang’s group was fleeing swiftly, but the gap between their cultivation levels and the black-robed man’s was too wide. They were like children to the black-robed man. It didn’t matter even if he let them have a head start; he could catch up to them easily.

As the group exited the cave, a burst of wind blew toward them with a whoosh.

Xu Ziyang shouted resolutely, "I'll hold him off! You guys should go to Heaven-Reaching Peak for reinforcements!"

It would only take them a breath’s worth of time to return to Heaven-Reaching Peak, but the black-robed man was capable of killing a person in the blink of an eye. If someone were to stay behind, it very likely meant they would be sacrificing their life for the others!

Ling Ao turned back first and said, "I'm the least talented. I'll hold him off!"

Jiang Yuebai frowned. "I'm the head disciple. It should be me!"

"Haaa..." Chu Liang sighed and grabbed the Azure Ophidian Sword, which had just caught up to him. "I have the Violet and Azure Twin Swords. It’s best if I do it."

While Chu Liang and the others were discussing that, the streak of darkness had already caught up to them!

If they didn't leave now, they wouldn't be able to!

Jiang Yuebai said urgently, "You haven't mastered the sword seals for the legendary swords. It’s pointless even if you have the Violet and Azure Twin Swords! You're the one who should leave first!"

"I have," Chu Liang replied calmly.

"What?" Jiang Yuebai uttered blankly.

She was taken aback, almost thinking she had misheard.

Those sword seals are on the same level as an immortal art. Moreover, the twin swords selected Chu Liang as their master just earlier. How could he have mastered the sword seals already?

How is that possible?

It was indeed impossible that Chu Liang had already mastered both of the sword seals... He had only mastered one of them.

Ever since he was selected by the twin swords, Chu Liang had been studying the two sword seals. The Violet Draconic Sword Seal and the Azure Ophidian Sword Seal were different, but they led to the same result.

He realized that the most difficult part of each sword seal was that he needed to let the sword spirit take over his meridians. His meridians needed to be fully linked to the sword spirit when he used the sword seal.

With his current low cultivation level, the legendary sword would become the master of his Sea of Qi and his qi-circulation routes. Rather than Chu Liang wielding the sword, it would be more accurate to say the sword would be wielding him.

It was very difficult for a cultivator to completely relinquish control over their meridians. The cultivator had to overcome their body repeatedly rejecting the sword spirit and eventually become one with the sword spirit. Any cultivator would require a long time to achieve this.

However, this wasn’t that difficult a feat for Chu Liang. After all, one of the meridian systems wasn't actually his...

To be more precise, he was thinking of the Sea of Qi and the meridian system that the Golden-Core Puppet had formed in his body. That secondary meridian system, which he usually used to run the Qi-Circulation Technique at all times and circulate foundational qi into his body, was technically considered foreign to the meridian system of his actual body. So, if the Azure Ophidian Sword Spirit wanted to take over that meridian system, Chu Liang’s body wouldn't reject it.

It was essentially something that didn’t concern him.

Chu Liang’s secondary Sea of Qi and meridian system technically belonged to the Golden-Core Puppet.

If the Azure Ophidian Sword wants to enter the doll’s meridian system and take over... It’s not like the doll can even reject it, right?

If it were the meridian system that the Violet Draconic Sword had linked to, it would be a much more difficult feat, and Chu Liang would need to train hard for quite a while. Nonetheless, he didn’t have to do that with the one the Azure Ophidian Sword had linked to.

Just before Chu Liang executed the sword seal, the female sword spirit couldn’t stop herself from exclaiming, "You sure are easy to get along with, kid!"

Chu Liang took it as a compliment. He formed a hand seal with his left hand and raised the Azure Ophidian Sword with his right. Waves of azure swordlight rippled through the air from the sword.

When the black-robed man emerged from the cave, he saw Chu Liang brandishing the Azure Ophidian Sword.

The black-robed man’s first reaction was that it was impossible.

How could he have learned the sword seal for that legendary sword so quickly after being selected as its master?

Absolutely impossible.

Yet, a beam of sword qi darted toward him like an azure dragon.

The black-robed man was truly unlucky.

Chu Liang had already ruthlessly attacked the black-robed man with the Crimson Executioner earlier. To the black-robed man’s dismay, there was still worse to come.

The Azure Ophidian Sword’s immense sword qi was swift and fierce, and it exuded an intense killing intent as if it wouldn’t stop until it had killed all demonic entities! It sliced through the vast blue sky like a rushing river!

After unleashing that sword strike, Chu Liang fell from the sky!

The sword strike had exhausted all of his vitality, qi, and spirit!

The Crimson Executioner required only one percent of Chu Liang’s strength to unleash ten percent of its power. However, even if he put in five percent of his strength, the power that the Crimson Executioner unleashed might still be capped at ten percent.

On the other hand, the Azure Ophidian Sword would consume ten percent of its master’s strength straight away to unleash fifty percent of its power! If its master still had strength left after that, the Azure Ophidian Sword could continue increasing the output of its power!

The difference between legendary artifacts and enchanted tools was that the power of legendary artifacts wasn’t capped!

Despite being a cultivator at the pinnacle of the sixth realm, the black-robed man had unexpectedly suffered two fatal vicious attacks from Chu Liang! He’d barely managed to block the attack. Nevertheless, he couldn’t do the same with the second attack.

He formed a shield of darkness and tried to avoid the attack. Yet, the Azure Ophidian Sword’s explosive sword qi still managed to strike the left half of his body!

The might of a legendary sword was truly terrifying!

The Azure Ophidian Sword had slashed down from the black-robed man’s left shoulder to his chest, and the man’s blood sprayed into the air!

"Aaaaahhhhh!!!" the black-robed man screamed in agony.

Nevertheless, he did not die. Instead, he raised his hand and pointed at the blood that had sprayed out from his wound.

The blood immediately transformed into a black vulture, making guttural hisses as it flew toward Chu Liang. "Hroooh."

"Chu Liang!" Jiang Yuebai called out.

She swiftly flew over to catch the falling Chu Liang!

Seeing the black vulture about to attack, Jiang Yuebai hurriedly grabbed Chu Liang with her left hand. Wielding her sword with her right hand, she formed a barrier of swordlight!

Bam.

The black vulture collided with Jiang Yuebai’s barrier. Its black wings smacked the barrier fiercely, causing Jiang Yuebai and Chu Liang to go crashing toward the ground.

The power of the sixth-realm cultivator was far greater than that of a fourth-realm cultivator!

The two figures wrapped in an embrace fell into the sea of clouds.

Meanwhile, Xu Ziyang and Ling Ao seized the opportunity to fly to Heaven-Reaching Peak.

The severely injured black-robed man hovered in midair, drenched in blood. A burst of darkness tried to extend over the shoulder wound to heal it, but a dense azure qi blocked the darkness from spreading. Since the darkness couldn’t cover the wound, it couldn’t treat it.

The black-robed man gritted his teeth furiously and dove into the abyss below the sea of clouds! If he couldn’t at least kill the two people that had fallen into the clouds, he wouldn't be able to report back to his superior or alleviate his burning hatred.

He had nothing personal against Chu Liang before this, but he now harbored a deep hatred for the young man. It was going to be a fight to the death!

...

The situation on Heaven-Reaching Peak was becoming even more chaotic.

The colossal vicious beast Taowu descended, crushing numerous buildings. A large number of the visitors suddenly turned into disciples of the Dark King Sect. Amid the noise and disorder, dark clouds appeared, giving the scene an ominous atmosphere.

The numerous visiting disciples had no idea of what was really going on. They just assumed it was an internal conflict within the Mount Shu Sect and wanted to leave quickly to avoid being caught in the fight.

Meanwhile, Lu Xun was standing on the edge of Heaven-Reaching Peak public square, watching all of that unfold. He too wanted to quietly slip away.

However, someone suddenly appeared before him, blocking off his escape route.

"E-esteemed Teacher?" Lu Xun uttered fearfully in alarm.

The one standing before Lu Xun was the Alchemy Master.

Expressionless, the Alchemy Master asked in a heavy tone, "Where are you going?"

"I am, of course, going to go kill those diabolical disciples..." Lu Xun answered.

He felt flustered, but he did his utmost to keep a calm expression.

"In that case, what happened with Ling Ao?" the Alchemy Master asked.

Upon realizing that the Alchemy Master was aware of the matter, Lu Xun dropped to his knees and pleaded loudly, "Esteemed Teacher, please spare me! Those diabolical cultivators forced me to do it! It was not my intention!"

The Alchemy Master glanced at Lu Xun with a heavy gaze and said, "I'll deal with you later."

Then he pressed his palm lightly onto the top of Lu Xun's head.

Thud.

Lu Xun's vision went black. He felt like there was a tremendous force pressing against him from all sides. It was scorching hot and solid. There was no sunlight... no air... and no gaps. Everything around him was working to squeeze him into little bits... He couldn't move even his little finger...

That’s when Lu Xu realized what was going on.

This was the immortal art Buried Alive!

It was an extremely vicious divine skill that could instantly bury a person hundreds of thousands of zhang deep underground! When a person suddenly appeared here, they would be trapped in the earth, unable to move at all!

If the skill caster didn't release the target from the effects of the skill, the target would face death very soon after appearing there.

It would be an incredibly terrible death filled with despair!

Lu Xun wanted to scream, but he couldn't even do that. All he could do was yell in his mind.

HEEEEELP!!!