Chapter 548 - : Wiping Out The Heavenly Cloud Country (4) (1/2)

Chapter 548: Chapter 548: Wiping Out The Heavenly Cloud Country (4)

Translator: GE_Team

The cultivators who were there to watch the fight held their breaths. Many of them who had low cultivation bases could not even endure the sword qi that was ravaging the cloud mountain.

Lu Yu ascended to the mountaintop. Although he was blind, his heart was as bright as snow.

He might not be able to see Ning Fan’s appearance but he could sense his unusually young age and the abnormally terrifying void sword light around him…

Faced with Ning Fan at this moment, even if Lu Yu displayed the Sword Light Body Transformation Technique, he still did not have the confidence to defeat Ning Fan.

He suddenly raised his hand and clawed at the sea of clouds above. The sea of clouds which stretched into several hundred thousand li* (500m per li) started to tremble and rumble as countless rifts formed.

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Rays of golden light shone down from the cracks on the sea of clouds, condensing into a golden cloud sword in Lu Yu’s hands.

That golden cloud sword was a magic sword. It did not have a sharp cutting edge but it had a mysterious effect of controlling the great momentum of heaven and earth.

Lu Yu suddenly lifted his hand and the golden sword swung with its tip pointing at Ning Fan. Immediately, the sea of clouds began to churn and roil!

“The clouds in heaven and earth are all my swords! The force of gentle clouds can suppress all directions!”

The great momentum of the countless cloud lights in the sky suddenly merged together, producing an overwhelming aura force which headed directly toward Ning Fan’s head.

A large expanse of void space was crushed by the pressure of the falling force. An abnormally heavy pressure weighed down Ning Fan, making it difficult for him to breathe.

His eyes flashed with surprise. Lu Yu’s sword technique was clearly a sword made of great momentum which was extremely similar to his Nine Steps, Sky Treader.

Although the clouds are soft, the softer the thing that was used to condense a sword, the stronger its sword intent and might.

Lu Yu continued on swinging his sword light and the power of the clouds around the sky intensified.

At first, the cloud force was only comparable to the aura force of a Void Pierce Stage expert.

However, as its power continued to increase, Ning Fan suddenly felt that what he was facing currently was not flowing clouds but an old monster at the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm!

Under such a massive pressure from the cloud force, Ning Fan felt like his body was as heavy as a huge mountain. His bones began to emit cracking sounds, making him nearly lose his balance and fall off from the clouds.

Lu Yu, on the other hand, was still wielding his sword light while the cloud force was still rising!

Perhaps Lu Yu could raise the cloud force to a level comparable to the aura force of an expert at the Second Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm in no time. Even a Void Pierce Stage expert would also be grievously injured with that level of power and fall down from the sky.

“A weak sword garners greater strength while a soft sword gathers toughness… Lu Yu’s sword which was infused with cloud force certainly is exceptional. However, even an expert at the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm can’t subdue me with just their aura force. Lu Yu is no exception!”

“When there is no momentum, no sword can be formed… The great momentum sword isn’t unbreakable!”

Ning Fan’s eyes shone with a more fearsome battle intent. His body seemed to have become an ancient sword that was floating high in the sky!

Under the heavy pressure of the cloud force, Ning Fan’s body shone in brilliant sword light and he then suddenly took the first step forward!

This single step seemed to be stepping on the Heavenly Dao, producing ripples in heaven and earth which looked like waves!

Even though he was clearly stepping on the sky, it felt like he was stepping on the hearts of countless cultivators around him, instilling shock in them!

At this moment, Ning Fan looked like he had transcended heaven and earth and his presence exuded an aura force that cannot be ignored!

After he made that step, the cloud force in the surroundings was suddenly scattered, turning into a strong wind which dispersed everywhere up above the sea of clouds!

Lu Yu was flabbergasted. To his horror, Ning Fan was breaking his sword of cloud force little by little!

One has to know that the key of the sword of cloud force was about becoming one with the force of the cloud. After Lu Yu painstakingly cultivated this technique for one thousand years, he could usually defeat experts at the Void Pierce Stage with just a single strike of this technique!

Even common Absolute Void Stage experts would also find it difficult to break the force of Lu Yu’s sword technique.

Ning Fan, however, managed to destroy the power of his soft cloud sword with just a single step!

Usually, the softer the sword, the stronger the power and intent of the sword!

Because the soft cloud sword was inherently soft and weak, the force it produced was frightening.

Ning Fan might not hold a sword in his hands but he wielded a sword in his heart. The force he produced from not having a sword was much stronger than the force of the soft cloud sword!

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The sword might from his sword technique, Nine Steps, Sky Treader, was a type of sword technique that produced sword force out of nothing!

“Of all the sword cultivators I’ve met in my life, there are only three individuals whom I admire. The first one is White-Robed Sword God. The second one is the third elder of the Zhou Clan. The third one is the sword cultivator who is also a rogue immortal whom I encountered by chance… This kid is the fourth!”

While Lu Yu was still in shock, Ning Fan had already made the second step, dispersing the sea of clouds within one thousand li* (500m per li)!

Then, the third step broke the clouds within ten thousand li* (500m per li)!

The fourth step destroyed the clouds within one hundred thousand li* (500m per li)!

On the fifth step, the sword force that Lu Yu had condensed with great effort was completely eradicated by Ning Fan!

Ning Fan did not stop as he continued to make the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth steps.

The moment he took the ninth step, the sword force of his body rose to its peak.

With Ning Fan’s current understanding of the great momentum and of truth and falsehood, the power of his technique, Nine Steps, Sky Treader, had become even more terrifying.

At this moment, Ning Fan’s hands did not carry a sword. However, that was mainly the reason why his sword force could reach the highest peak that Void Refinement Realm cultivators could reach!

All of a sudden, something suddenly came to his mind, putting him in a trance… He felt that he could now control all low-grade flying swords that were below the Divine Transformation Realm… be it his enemies’ flying swords or his own!

“All swords in heaven and earth, obey my command!” Sword light glistened in Ning Fan’s eyes as he suddenly gave a command.

A massive sword force swept across several hundred thousand li* (500m per li) of the cloud mountain! In just an instant, all the cultivators who possessed flying swords around the area felt their swords tremble.

As Ning Fan willed it, the flying swords of one hundred thousand low-level cultivators flew out from their scabbards or sword cases or broke free from the storage pouches which were keeping them.

The flying swords of all cultivators there were overwhelmed by Ning Fan’s sword force!

One hundred thousand flying swords soared into the sky, emanating dazzling sword light. That scene shook the entire Great Heaven Realm!

“Controlling one hundred thousand swords at once! White-Robed Marquis actually became one with his sword force which enabled him to subdue and command one hundred thousand swords!”

“Even for Void Fragmentation Realm sword experts, not all of them might be able to command such a great number of swords. Although White-Robed Marquis is far from being a Void Fragmentation Realm expert, he still managed to pull off such an incredible feat! This is literally unthinkable!”

A tingling sensation ran across Lu Yu’s scalp.

He might be blind and could not see the magnificent scene of Ning Fan commanding innumerable swords in the sky, but he could feel the immense sword force from them.

His soft cloud sword force could not hold a candle to Ning Fan’s sword force which he produced without using any swords!

Even his sword light incarnation would find it difficult to withstand Ning Fan’s upcoming attack!

“Minor Void Sword!”

Ning Fan raised a finger and all one hundred thousand low-grade flying swords shattered, transforming into illusory black sword shadows.

He stole the Minor Void Sword Technique from Marquis You Gui on that day where he battled against him. However, he could not perfectly master the technique in the end.

However, when he commanded numerous swords at this moment, he felt like he had touched the one and only secret of this technique.

What is the Minor Void Sword? Commanding the void to be my swords and cut down one million cultivators!

“Fall!”

When he pointed his finger at Lu Yu, the one hundred thousand void sword shadows rained down upon him like a torrential downpour. The avalanche of swords made Lu Yu’s expression change greatly.

His sword light incarnation might be able to block common attacks but the void sword light could even cut the void. Besides, with so many of them, even his incarnation would not be able to withstand all of them!

However, he could not back off from this attack. He must not show fear because he was a sword cultivator!

If he let his fear take over him, he would never be able to have the same obsession in the Dao of Swords for the rest of his life!

“I was born in the Rain World. At the age of ten, I entered a school of swords and began my cultivation journey in the Dao of Swords. At the age of one hundred, I destroyed my own eyes in order to cultivate a sword with a quiet heart. From then on, my heart was connected to swords… Now, nine thousand years have passed. Throughout my nine thousand years of cultivation, I’ve always been alone. I’ve lost too much and the only thing that I still have is the sword in my hands…”

“As long as the sword is here, I’ll be here! If the sword loses, I’ll die with it!”

Lu Yu’s expression looked like he had gone crazy. He broke the cloud sword in his hand and performed a hand seal. The purple sandalwood sword box on his back gave out a whistling noise, shooting out a Peak Mortal Void Grade flying sword that was scarlet gold!

The Void Refinement Realm was comparable to the Mortal Void Grade while the Void Fragmentation Realm was equivalent to the Immortal Void Grade…. This scarlet gold flying sword might be at the Mortal Void Grade, but it contained a trace of Immortal Void Grade power!