Chapter 580: The Might of A Single Strike (1/2)

Chapter 580: The Might of A Single Strike

Armes gripped the long, black saber tightly with both hands, as if he were worried that something would happen to the extremely precious weapon.

Seeing him holding the saber with great caution, Nie Tian’s expression changed slightly, as he started to feel a strong sense of danger.

Before Nie Tian could give the saber a closer look, Pei Qiqi, who had disappeared a few days ago, suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

The moment she appeared, she called out to Nie Tian, as if she were facing formidable foes, “Nie Tian! Watch out for that saber! I can see fine spatial fissures slithering around its blade! It seems that even the space around it can’t withstand its might! You need to go back into your spell formation right now!”

Upon hearing these words, Nie Tian examined the saber with rapt attention, and confirmed Pei Qiqi’s statement.

There were indeed very fine and subtle fissures around the blade of the long, pitch-black saber. They contracted and snapped open from time to time.

At the same time, upon hearing Pei Qiqi’s words, the chosen ones from the Domain of the Falling Stars unleashed their psychic awareness to examine the saber’s wonders.

However, the moment they did, they each let out a muffled groan.

As soon as their psychic awareness made contact with the long saber, severe, twisting pain came from their souls.

It was as if their souls were suddenly seized by some violent force, which was going to rip their souls from their bodies and imprison them in the Nethersoul Saber.

They struggled to suppress their souls’ unusual movements, not daring to give the saber another glance.

Gasping with astonishment, Nie Tian exclaimed, “Get in here now, all of you!”

In a split second, all of the chosen ones and the other Greater Heaven stage young Qi warriors dashed into the Wood Thriving Formation.

Pei Qiqi also rapidly backed to Nie Tian’s side upon hearing his urging words.

With a thought, Nie Tian adjusted one of the tree branches, and the Wood Thriving Formation unleashed a green ward that quickly spread, enveloping everyone inside.

Armes laughed sinisterly, as if he didn’t seem concerned with Nie Tian’s actions at all, and he didn’t do anything to stop them.

It seemed that he was completely confident that, even though Nie Tian and the others were hiding behind the Wood Thriving Formation, they weren’t going to survive a strike from the unmatched saber in his hands.

“It won’t work. This saber of Lord Basto’s isn’t something you can defend against!” With these words, he gripped the hilt with great force as he infused every bit of his soul power and bloodline power into the long, pitch-black saber.

Upon seeing this, the outsiders who stood beside Armes all swiftly backed away from him, fear appearing in their eyes.

In a split second, there was not a single person standing between Nie Tian and Armes.

Armes’ hands, which he used to grip the long saber, were instantly wreathed in wisps of cyan aura, which were the condensation of Armes’ internal power that was now madly infusing into the saber in his hands.

His arms were originally exceptionally thick and muscular, but at this moment, they were shriveling at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye.

Not only that, but even his whole body began to shrivel, as if every bit of his flesh power was being infused into the long saber.

At the same time, wisps of blood flowed slowly from the corners of his eyes, his nose, and his ears.

These were signs of him overdrawing his soul power.

An overwhelming aura that could shatter heaven and earth and annihilate all living beings rapidly built up within the Nethersoul Saber.

In the next moment, sharp shrieks of discarnate souls echoed out in every young Qi warrior’s mind.

Even the Wood Thriving Formation couldn’t isolate the waves of ear-piercing shrieks. Hiding in the spell formation, the chosen ones covered their ears with their hands and groaned in agony.

Even still, wisps of blood could be seen flowing through their fingers.

Just a soul attack by the long saber made the Greater Heaven stage Qi warriors feel as if their souls were going to be torn to pieces.

One by one, they dropped to the ground and sat in the lotus position. They kept their hands over their ears as they went all-out to summon their psychic power to defend their souls.

Even Dong Baijie and Dong Li did the same.

Nie Tian and Pei Qiqi were the only ones who were still standing.

However, from the look on Nie Tian’s face, it appeared that he was also in great pain.

Before the actual battle even began, the nine fragmentary stars in his soul had shone with dazzling light, filling every corner of his soul with soul power and protecting him from the soul attack.

He eventually warded off the discarnate souls’ mad shrieks at the expense of a large amount of his soul power from the nine fragmentary stars in his soul.

Bleeding from his nose, mouth, eyes, and ears, Armes let out a hysterical roar and lunged directly towards Nie Tian, bringing the saber down with two hands, as if he were going to split the whole island in two. “Nie Tian! If you can survive a slash from this saber, I’ll immediately turn around and march out of here!”