Chapter 2358: Attempting the Path of Swords (1/2)

Jian Chen was cold. He knew that he had caught his opponent off-guard the first time, so he had managed to knock him away while he was still ignorant of the Anatta Tower’s force.

However, he definitely could not use the same method twice.

It was extremely likely for the Anatta Tower to be taken away.

Jian Chen pulled back the Anatta Tower, clutching it in his hand as he rapidly retreated.

The hand condensed from terrifying energy reached over with a supreme pressure. Wherever it passed by, space froze up and the laws paused. It moved towards Jian Chen with great speed such that he was unable to condense his Laws of the Sword. All the laws he grasped were affected, and he was unable to use them like normal.

The ancestral emperor’s attack could affect space and interfere with the operation of the laws. This was how terrifying a Grand Prime was.

Even though they were nowhere close to Grand Exalts, who had basically become a part of the laws, they had still comprehended the laws to an extremely deep level as Grand Primes. They could use a part of their powers.

As a result, when the ancestral emperor of the Daohuang Empire struck out, Jian Chen felt like he was facing the world, as if what targeted him was the world he currently resided in. Even all of his laws had been restrained.

However, Jian Chen did not become flustered at all. With a thought, he used the power of the Anatta Tower. Immediately, it destroyed Jian Chen’s restraints and enveloped him.

Jian Chen isolated himself from the world with the power of the Anatta Tower, allowing him to become immune to the restraints. With a flash, he retreated to several hundred metres away, arriving in the central square of the bustling city.

Currently, the central square had been reduced to a mess. All the structures had collapsed into ruins. The entire place had basically been flattened by the shockwaves from the battle.

The protective formation of the Daohuang Empire did not protect this city. Instead, it gathered a certain range away from the city, locking the place up to prevent the shockwaves from spreading out and causing even greater damage.

Too many peak experts had gathered here. As a result, even the protective formation for the entire empire was unable to block all of it. If something happened to the formation, they would lose something even more important than what they were trying to protect.

However, two places remained unaffected in the ruined square.

The first place was the teleportation formation across planes. This was one of the most valuable properties of the Daohuang Empire, and it had been rather difficult to construct. As a result, it received the most protection.

The other place was a flight of stairs constructed from sword Qi.

This was the Path of Swords constructed by the greatest expert of the Desolate Plane, the Celestial Sword Saint. It was also unscathed. All the shockwaves seemed to be cut in half by an invisible sword when they approached the Path of Swords, redirected into two streams.

Jian Chen had already arrived beside the Path of Swords.

He glanced at the peak experts gathered in the surroundings before looking at the colossal bird that blotted out the sky. Determination appeared in his eyes, and he set foot on the Path of Swords boldly.

Immediately, Jian Chen became wrapped up by powerful sword Qi. He was already standing on the first step of the Path of Swords.

The face of the ancestral emperor changed. He immediately stopped, staring at Jian Chen from a hundred metres away. He was expressionless.