Chapter 226: Suppressing Heaven And Earth
One stream after another of Five Elements Sword Qi gathered at the horizon, then began to operate in a profound manner. In the blink of an eye, it formed a massive Sword Formation, within which sharpness filled the air, Five Elements Qi permeated, containing a heart-palpitating power.
Great Yan Martial Saint looked in astonishment at Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint and the other two who had been drawn into the formation.
He had seen Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint act to intercept Ning Qi and had wanted to rush over to provide support at the first moment, but he hadn’t expected this scene to occur.
Gui Changqing laughed:
“Brother Li, believe in the Hall Master. Let’s go clean up the aftermath over there.”
He had absolute confidence in Ning Qi. This was a peerless prodigy who could pass the True Martial Immortal Sect’s assessment. In the True Martial Immortal Sect at its former peak, he would almost be the Dao Child of the era. For such a figure, being invincible at the same level was no joke; even battling across levels was effortless.
Great Yan Martial Saint took a deep breath and slowly nodded. He sensed something unusual from Gui Changqing’s address of Ning Qi.
The two supreme experts immediately charged toward another battlefield.
Savage Emperor and the other rebels all had their pupils contract sharply, despair appearing in their eyes. If Great Yan Martial Saint and Old Black Tortoise joined this side, they would have no power to resist at all.
At this moment.
Their only hope was that Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint and the other two could quickly suppress Ning Qi and come to provide support.
Streams of hopeful gazes looked toward the Sword Formation.
Black Blood Demon Lord finally stabilized his body with great difficulty, stuffing his mouth nonstop with spiritual pills and precious herbs, barely maintaining his condition at around sixty to seventy percent. He sensed the peerless sharpness of the Sword Formation around him, his heart crawling with fear. Only upon seeing South Sea Divine Nun and Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint did he slightly relax.
“Heaven-Slaying, Divine Nun, this child is arrogant. Let’s join forces to suppress him!” Feeling the waves of pain from his arm, his face twisted somewhat.
South Sea Divine Nun slowly nodded, but her expression remained grave.
Her strength was very strong, only below Great Yan Martial Saint and Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint, but at this moment she also felt an extremely strong sense of crisis. Those streams of Sword Qi hung in the air, their sharpness pricking her whole body numb, as if her soul was trembling.
She looked toward Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint.
“This Sword Formation is extraordinary. If we join forces in one place, it will bring harm without benefit. The only way to break the situation is for one person to choose one side and blast it apart!”
Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint stood tall like a giant, towering to heaven and earth. He had been observing the flaws of the Five Elements Sword Formation all along, but could only come up with this non-solution solution.
Upon hearing this.
Black Blood Demon Lord’s expression changed drastically. He was not at his peak and had originally hoped South Sea Divine Nun and Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint could protect him somewhat, but from Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint’s meaning now, they were each to seek their own path to survival. How could this let him feel at ease.
But before he could speak.
Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint and South Sea Divine Nun had already gone one south and one north, blasting toward both sides of the Sword Formation.
Dominant saber light swept over everything, carrying a world-shaking aura as it sought to shatter the difficulty of the Sword Formation. At the same time, South Sea Divine Nun once again summoned a Thousand-Hand Bodhisattva, which held various weapons in its hands, smashing down with terrifying power.
Their idea was very simple.
Blast the Sword Formation apart before it fully formed. They had a premonition that if the Sword Formation fully formed, they would probably die miserably.
Black Blood Demon Lord gritted his teeth and ultimately lacked the courage to choose a side alone. He summoned the Black Blood Demon Banner and chose to follow behind Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint.
Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint gave him a cold glance, then continued swinging his saber.
“Rumble!”
Streams of rumbling explosions erupted nonstop, making everyone shudder in fear.
They saw that Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint and the other two were extremely fearful of Heavenly Sword Martial Saint’s Sword Formation.
The key point of the battle lay here.
But what shocked everyone was.
Five-colored radiance flowed over the Sword Formation. No matter how hard Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint and the other two tried, they could not shake it in the slightest.
“This… how is this possible?” Black Blood Demon Lord’s liver and gallbladder nearly burst. He had already seen Five-Colored Sword Qi condensing behind the Sword Formation. Previously, it was this sword that had severed his arm, nearly killing him under the sword.
But now.
How was there only one stream of Five-Colored Sword Qi?
Ning Qi stood in the air, his gaze indifferent as he formed Sword Arts.
This Five Elements Sword Formation, derived from the True Martial Sword, was his strongest move at present. Fusing it with the Five Elements Sword Qi he had just comprehended made its power even more terrifying.
Everything happened in the flash of electric light and flint.
In a short instant, Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint and the other two had already attacked over a hundred times, but all were blocked by the Five Elements Sword Formation.
And at this moment.
The Sword Formation had fully formed.
Almost instantly, a great sense of terror enveloped the three.
Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint’s expression changed drastically. In a breath, he shrank from a giant to normal human size, while the giant saber erupted in layers of saber light to envelop him. South Sea Divine Nun’s pupils also contracted sharply, the Thousand-Hand Bodhisattva that was furiously smashing suddenly withdrew its hands, then layer upon layer of arms crossed in front of its chest, protecting South Sea Divine Nun at the core.
Black Blood Demon Lord’s reaction was a beat slow.
He had originally been cooperating with Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint to continuously bombard the Sword Formation. The tattered Black Blood Demon Banner sprinkled dense blood rain, and he hadn’t expected Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint to retreat so quickly. He cursed inwardly, hurriedly switching back to using the demon banner to protect his body, but it was already too late.
A suffocating sensation surged into his heart.
Streams of Five-Colored Sword Qi crashed down.
The power of a single stream of Sword Qi might not surpass before, but it couldn’t withstand the sheer quantity. With the Five Elements cycling, endlessly regenerating, streams of Sword Qi fell like rain without cost.
All Saints were dumbfounded.
If this was not a Supernatural Power, what was?
Black Blood Demon Lord let out a shrill scream:
“Heaven-Slaying, save me!”
In just a few breaths, those streams of Sword Qi had completely shattered the tattered demon banner, then submerged Black Blood Demon Lord. He had already suffered heavy injuries before, and now facing such terrifying Sword Qi, he naturally could not withstand it.
Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint’s eyes flickered. The motion he had intended to make to act paused, and he just coldly watched Black Blood Demon Lord being annihilated by the Sword Qi.
A supreme expert of the Martial World fell just like that.
Not even his corpse remained.
Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint was still striving to resist with all his might, using every means at his disposal. The giant saber emitted an inexplicable radiance, Heaven-Slaying Saber Intent extremely dominant, barely blocking the bombardment of the Five-Colored Sword Qi.
And on the other side.
South Sea Divine Nun’s situation was somewhat bad.
No matter how strong she was, she was still within the scope of Half-step Divine Ability Realm. Now facing Ning Qi’s such ferocious offensive, resisting was extremely difficult, only somewhat better than Black Blood Demon Lord.
Visible cracks appeared on the White Jade Bottle.
One after another arm of the Thousand-Hand Bodhisattva was severed. South Sea Divine Nun’s face paled, blood overflowing from her mouth, unexpectedly gaining a trace of allure. She sighed softly:
“Heavenly Sword Fellow Daoist, little sister was momentarily bewitched and confused, that’s why I was tempted. If I had known the Martial World had a peerless heavenly talent like Fellow Daoist, little sister would never have chosen to side with the enemy. Little sister knows she was wrong. Can you give little sister a chance to redeem herself?”
Her voice truly sounded pitiable.
But Ning Qi was unmoved.
Now she knew she was wrong—what had she been doing earlier.
He didn’t believe her claim that she wouldn’t have sided with the enemy if she knew of his existence. In fact, according to the original ten-thousand-year plot of the Martial World’s All Saints, success wasn’t impossible, but hadn’t they still sided with the enemy?
Ning Qi would not leave a time bomb by his side.
Ning Qi pointed with one hand, more Sword Qi surging down.
South Sea Divine Nun gnashed her teeth in fury:
“Heavenly Sword Martial Saint, do you really intend to kill us all? With three fewer in the Martial World, what will you use to resist Mountain Sea Realm!”
But Ning Qi’s gaze remained indifferent.
The Sword Qi only became more ferocious.
South Sea Divine Nun’s expression changed, screaming in shock:
“Heaven-Slaying Fellow Daoist, save me!”
Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint did act, but not to save her.
At the critical moment, a dominant Saber Qi crossed the void. Amid South Sea Divine Nun’s astonished gaze, one saber beheaded her. This saber was extremely precise, just right as the Sword Qi was about to break through the Thousand-Hand Bodhisattva’s defense.
Everyone’s hearts trembled. Another supreme expert had fallen—simply terrifying.
But at the same time, they were astonished. Why had Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint cut off his own arm?
Ning Qi’s gaze sharpened.
Even more surging Sword Qi suppressed down toward Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint, but it was already too late. Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint had grasped the timing perfectly. One stream of Saber Qi rolled back South Sea Divine Nun’s corpse. He glanced at the place where Black Blood Demon Lord had fallen, where blood mist still drifted.
The next moment.
South Sea Divine Nun’s corpse also burst into blood mist.
Using the flesh and blood energy of the two as a medium, astonishing fluctuations suddenly erupted from Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint. He chanted unknown ancient Dao sounds from his mouth, strange sensations lingering in everyone’s hearts. Old Black Tortoise’s expression changed drastically:
“Hall Master, he’s summoning experts from Mountain Sea Realm! Probably Nascent Soul Realm!”
Such an expert, if descending at this moment, even limited by world suppression and unable to exert peak strength, with their means and knowledge, could still erupt with terrifying combat power at the same cultivation.
Vaguely.
A voice from beyond the sky seemed to respond:
“Who is summoning me!”
An indistinct image gradually clarified above the sky, some connection being established. The image became clearer and clearer, vaguely showing a black-robed back figure, face unseen, but just the back alone gave everyone a sense of the sky collapsing. Even facing World Will before hadn’t given such a feeling.
Panic filled everyone’s hearts.
Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint respectfully shouted:
“I beseech the True Monarch to grant me power!”
The realm wall was not so easy to cross. The flesh of two Half-step Divine Ability Realm experts was insufficient to support building a stable World Channel. Being able to cooperate with a secret technique to draw partial power was already impressive.
Ning Qi’s gaze sharpened.
He then snorted coldly.
He saw that for that Nascent Soul True Monarch’s power to cross realms, it would take at least three breaths.
“Three breaths of time—enough!”
With a single thought.
All the power of the Five Elements Sword Formation erupted without reservation!
Now without Black Blood Demon Lord and South Sea Divine Nun, Ning Qi could focus entirely on dealing with Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint.
The Sword Art in his hand changed again.
In an instant.
Streams of Five-Colored Sword Qi began to converge. Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint also felt a thick sense of crisis, his pupils contracting sharply as he chose to strike proactively. As long as he endured three breaths, once the power arrived, he would have the confidence to turn defeat into victory, or at least retreat safely.
He transformed again into a hundred-zhang giant, holding the giant saber to heaven-slay.
But merely one breath passed.
The Sword Formation’s power converged into one, a thousand-zhang Five-Colored Sword Qi appearing, extremely terrifying.
Everyone’s eyes went dazed, not even Great Yan Martial Saint and Old Black Tortoise were exceptions. They felt suffocation and threat from that Five-Colored Sword Qi. Now, that thousand-zhang Sword Qi suppressed down toward Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint without mercy.
Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint roared madly in frenzy, slashing upward against it, seeking to cleave the heavens with one force.
The congregation stared intently.
Not daring to miss a single detail.
Time seemed to fall silent, leaving only the image of the thousand-zhang Sword Qi slowly contacting the saber-wielding giant flowing.
Finally.
The two met.
“Boom!”
The terrifying shock pulled everyone back from the silence.
The congregation saw.
That thousand-zhang Sword Qi crushed like a hot knife through butter, suppressing with an unstoppable force. The giant saber shattered inch by inch, the giant’s flesh and blood melted away inch by inch. Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint’s face was full of unwillingness. He roared, he bellowed, but it was to no avail.
One breath later.
The dust settled.
In the void, only streams of blood mist drifted.
Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint, fallen.
All Saints were somewhat dazed.
Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint, this strongest being of the Martial World, had actually died?
Incredulity flickered in Great Yan Martial Saint’s eyes, then he sighed lightly. Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint’s end was due to his own choices—no one else to blame.
Old Black Tortoise laughed loudly, looking at Ning Qi with eyes full of astonishment.
The remaining rebel experts had faces ashen as death. With Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint dead, their fates were sealed.
One after another Martial Saint looked at Ning Qi with reverence.
From this day forth.
Ning Qi was the strongest in the Martial World!
Slaughtering three supreme experts alone—this was prestige forged by battle achievements, no one dared doubt it.
The congregation’s emotions surged. Everything that happened today far exceeded their imaginations, full of ups and downs. Even as Martial Saints, they felt mentally exhausted.
Ning Qi exhaled lightly.
But today’s events clearly had not fully concluded.
Above the sky.
A powerful force crossed from some unknown void, but without Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint as a vessel, it appeared very ethereal, unable to exert power.
Ning Qi slashed with one stream of Sword Qi, instantly crushing that force to pieces.
Above the sky, the image that had been gradually clarifying blurred again.
Vaguely.
The congregation saw that black-robed figure suddenly turn around, face unclear, only a pair of aloof, cold, majestic pupils making hearts tremble. He looked at All Saints as if they were ants, staring fixedly at Ning Qi as a voice transmitted:
“This True Monarch remembers you.”
Thick malice nearly crossed realms, freezing souls.
All Saints paled. This was a being even more terrifying than World Will. Before him, they truly were like ants. Even without any power projection, their hearts instinctively feared.
But Ning Qi’s expression didn’t change. He merely calmly watched those pupils, then slashed down with one sword.
The image above the sky instantly dissipated completely.
Just before dissipating, the congregation clearly saw that black-robed figure become even more enraged.
Everything calmed.
The congregation’s gazes toward Ning Qi gradually climbed with traces of reverence. That courage to swing the sword just now awed them. They knew Ning Qi was perhaps the strongest prodigy since the Martial World’s birth.
Or rather, the hope of the Martial World!
“We pay our respects to Heavenly Sword Martial Saint for turning the tide!”
One after another Martial Saint bowed their heads, faces full of reverence.
Without Ning Qi, the Martial World would have been in peril today.
Ning Qi fully deserved their bow.
