Chapter 622 – A Voice Comes from the Depths of the Darkness (I) (1/2)

Chapter 622 – A Voice Comes from the Depths of the Darkness (I)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Chen Changsheng, his body covered in starlight, walked towards the shattered sea of blood.

It penetrated through his clothes like several hundred flickering stars.

Zhou Tong lay collapsed in the ruins of the courtyard, incessantly vomiting blood, already unable to stand up.

From the moment the battle began, Cheng Jun had hidden himself in the shadows. But now, the entire courtyard was destroyed, so there were naturally no shadows either, thus his body was revealed.

As the sole eyewitness to this battle, the leader of the Great Zhou Dynasty's redcoated cavalry stood in a daze for a very long time.

Chen Changsheng had actually won? A heavily wounded youth actually took on peak Star Condensation expert Lord Zhou Tong directly in head-to-head battle and actually won!

The fighting ability that Chen Changsheng had displayed in this battle had completely exceeded his imagination, no, the entire world's imagination.

At this moment, Chen Changsheng had already walked to the ruins. His face was pale and his body swayed as if wanting to fall.

In this life-or-death battle, he had obtained the final victory, but he had also paid a nigh unimaginable price, with almost no true essence left in his body. Even more terrifying was the price paid for forcefully breaking into Star Condensation. With the meridians in his body ruptured once more, his blood containing limitless vitality and danger was currently seeping and flowing in his internal organs.

A harsh light suddenly flashed through Cheng Jun's eyes.

Chen Changsheng had displayed an unimaginable strength in this battle, and even now, he still could not comprehend what that final breathtaking and fierce blade glow was. However, it was very obvious that Chen Changsheng was on the verge of collapse and probably could no longer fight, so he wished to seize the moment.

He raised his right hand in the night wind, hanging it over his waist, preparing at any moment to take out a magical artifact and launch a sneak attack.

Just then, Chen Changsheng turned his head and glanced at him.

His gaze descended, his spiritual sense descended, his thoughts moved.

In the night sky above the ruined courtyard came the shrill howls of countless swords. Soon after, innumerable sword glows descended from the sky.

Those several thousand sword glows that had previously exited the sheath to destroy Zhou Tong's Star Domain of blood now obeyed Chen Changsheng's intention and returned to the world.

An awe-inspiring sword intent enveloped the ruins, and the whistling of the swords ceased. What followed was a light piercing sound, like a cloth being broken through.

Cheng Jun lowered his head and saw only a bloody hole in his stomach.

Soon after, more sword glows pierced through his body.

More and more bloody holes appeared on his body.

Several thousand sword glows, several thousand holes. They were so densely packed that this body ended up as a dense profusion of holes, all them spurting blood.

Because there were too many holes, his blood was instantly emptied out and the dusky light from behind the courtyard shone through the holes in his body. His body looked just like a particularly unique lampshade.

Cheng Jun raised his head and gave a perplexed glance towards Chen Changsheng, then his body immediately collapsed, turning into a pile of blood and flesh on the floor. Only his head was kept in relatively good condition.

Several thousand sword glows passed through his body and swept around the courtyard before finally returning to Chen Changsheng's sheath.

The two crabapple trees, with the gentle caress of the breeze, became piles of sawdust and minced leaves. The several dozen houses of which the courtyard was the center were completely slashed into ruins.

Cheng Jun's shock and confusion were because even if Chen Changsheng had forcefully broken into Star Condensation, logically speaking, he still should not have been able to defeat a grand expert on Zhou Tong's level.

But in reality, no one had ever seen Chen Changsheng's true strength, no one knew how powerful he was if he displayed his full might.

Xu Yourong probably knew, but she had never personally witnessed it.

Zhou Tong only knew that he possessed many ancient swords of renown, that he had learned the sword from Su Li, but he did not know that he had practiced Wang Po's blade intent, even less the fact that he had learned Zhou Dufu's Halving Blade Style. Zhou Tong knew that he was carrying the Orthodoxy's Divine Staff, yet he had no idea of Su Li's letter in his bosom or the five Heavenly Tome Monoliths on his wrist.

Tonight's battle was the first time Chen Changsheng had displayed his full might.

No, even at the end, he still had not used all his methods, because there was no need.

Chen Changsheng had used what Zhou Tong knew and did not know to perfectly design tonight's battle, obtaining the final victory.

On the journey back south from the snowy plains, Su Li had taught him many things—how to march troops and fight wars, how to lay plans and design strategies—and all of it had been used tonight.

This was the true Intellectual Sword. From the beginning to end, all the particulars had been under his control.

Of course, he was ultimately able to win over Zhou Tong primarily because of that final blade.

That blade had used Zhou Dufu's blade style, but it had borrowed Wang Po's blade intent.

Wang Po's blade intent rested on the word 'straight'.

The 'straight' of 'come straight to the point'.

(TN: 单刀直入 means 'to enter with only a single blade', which in turn means to go straight to the issue without beating around the bush.)