Chapter 620 – Killing Zhou (The Middle of the First Season Again) (1/2)
Chapter 620 – Killing Zhou (The Middle of the First Season Again)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Everyone said that Chen Changsheng was a genius of cultivation. After all the things that had occurred in the past two years, this conclusion had already received the widespread acknowledgment of the entire continent. But in reality, many people had no idea in just which aspect he was strongest: quantity of true essence or comprehension ability? Of course, being well-versed in the Daoist Canon was an extraordinary feat, but between accumulated knowledge and fighting power, specific techniques were required to act as a bridge.
Only after the three great feats that were sending Su Li ten thousand li back south, the several dozen matches in front of the Orthodox Academy, and the battle of the Bridge of Helplessness, did the people gradually begin to affirm that the most formidable aspect of Chen Changsheng was his sword.
This made many people, especially the priests of the Orthodoxy, feel rather surprised, even vaguely uneasy.
Of course, the Orthodoxy also had sword styles, like the True Sword of the Orthodoxy, the Heavenly Dao Academy's Sword of Hithering Light, or even the temple sword of the south, but the Orthodoxy's resources were even more numerous in other aspects. Despite being the successor to the Pope, what Chen Changsheng was most skilled in was not the divine arts of the Orthodoxy, not the Daoist techniques of the Daoist Canon and its scriptures, but the swordplay he had inherited from Mount Li…
Zhou Tong had an even clearer understanding of Chen Changsheng and knew that his strength not only lay in his impressive talent in the sword, but also in the sword itself.
He vaguely understood that Chen Changsheng had some sort of fortuitous encounter within the Sword Pool of the Garden of Zhou and he had dispatched people in an attempt to find out where those remaining famous swords had been hidden. Yet a year had passed and even the spies of the Department for Purging Officials that covered the world had ultimately only managed to find one in the Orthodox Academy's latrine. The rest of those renowned swords had all vanished without a trace, a fact that made him very vigilant.
He was even more vigilant about that sword displayed in the open, the sword currently being held in Chen Changsheng's hand.
The Stainless Sword, the newest divine weapon on the Tier of Legendary Weapons.
This dagger had nothing mystical about it besides its sharpness.
But just as the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets had commented, any item that was developed to the extreme was extremely terrifying.
This dagger was far too sharp, able to easily pierce through the divine artifact of the Tianhai clan, the Six Protections Divine Armor.
Although Zhou Tong was a grand expert at the peak of Star Condensation, his body as hard as steel, he did not dare test his body against this sword.
And he did not want Chen Changsheng to display the full extent of his cultivation in the sword.
So even in this room, he was prepared for Chen Changsheng when the latter raised his head.
He spread out his Star Domain of blood and waited for Chen Changsheng to use his sword to break it. He then used an extremely risky and mentally exhausting method to forcefully break free of his own world and grasp the sea of blood in his hand.
Chen Changsheng's sword was in the sea of blood and was thus in Zhou Tong's hands, under the inflexible control of his might.
No matter how sharp this sword was, it was incapable of touching his body or soul. No matter how profound or masterly Chen Changsheng's path of the sword was, there was no more space to display it.
At this moment, Chen Changsheng's Intellectual Sword had fallen into nothing but space, and then it had fallen completely into Zhou Tong's calculations.
Sensing the boundless energy transmitted through the edge of the sword, sensing that blood-soaked and terrifying might, Chen Changsheng raised his eyes up to the great crimson official's robe drifting in the air, his face abnormally pale.
From the time he had unsheathed the Intellectual Sword in the Plum Garden Inn to now, he had already consumed too much mental power and focus.
This was the first time since he had learned this sword in the wilderness that his Intellectual Sword had been completely ineffective.
His sword was now in the hands of his powerful foe, his path of the sword bogged down in the sea of blood, unable to express itself.
His face turned pale, perhaps because he had exhausted too much of his mental power or because he had lost his self-confidence.
The Stainless Sword was now stained by blood, no longer as bright and incapable of continuing his sword techniques. However, he still had one sword technique that did not require movement, that he could still use.
His spiritual sense descended upon the snowy plain outside his Ethereal Palace. The flakes of snow formed of condensed star radiance flew crazily into the air and then were all completely ignited, releasing in an extremely brief span of time a limitless quantity of light and heat.
A powerful Qi and a seemingly real flame exploded from the edge of the sword, attempting to break through the gruesome and evil sphere of blood within Zhou Tong's palm.
Boom! A gale howled through the room as countless rays of light burst through Zhou Tong's fingers, illuminating his finger bones through the skin!
The sphere of blood wrapped around the dagger shuddered in unease, its surface fiercely seething. Drops of blood shot out from the sphere, and when they fell against the ground, the gray stones hissed as they eroded!
Zhou Tong's expression became solemn. He knew that one of Chen Changsheng's sword techniques could massively increase his true essence output, but he had not imagined that this attack could be so explosive!
Another harsh whistle issued forth from his thin and stern lips. The night winds howled into the room, causing his red official's gown to madly flap in the wind as an extremely cruel and powerful Qi appeared!
As the great crimson official's gown madly danced, Zhou Tong's body grew several times larger, bursting through the back half of the room and transforming into a magical image ten-odd zhang tall!
Chen Changsheng's sword exploded with light and heat, sword intent and killing intent!
Countless bright rays of light and shapeless sword intent shot out together from Zhou Tong's fingers, cutting the walls of the room into innumerable chunks of stone.
Yet the sword was still unable to truly break out of Zhou Tong's palm, unable to break out of the pearl of blood formed from the sea of blood that was Zhou Tong's Star Domain!