Chapter 449: A Hundred and Eight Thousand Swords, Endless Cosmic Ocean (1/2)

“What’s going on? Why did he transform into a sword?” Qing Han grit her teeth. She couldn’t move her mouth anymore, so she was transmitting her thoughts to Lu Yun.

“The bodies we’re assuming now are created by our Life Glyphs, while his is conjured by energy from the Sword of Chaos.”

That was why Sword Divine was invisible to those outside the arena and those he didn’t wish to see him. Qing Han was only able to see him after she’d used the three seals to draw upon the power of the Sovereign Arena.

The divine had now connected to the Sword of Chaos itself and transformed the strand of energy into a physical replica of the sword to suppress Lu Yun and Qing Han.

“The troublemakers have been captured. Let the Sovereign Meet continue!” a tremendous voice echoed across the arena. Immortals in Destiny City couldn’t hear it, but the cultivators here were suddenly gripped by an ineffable viciousness.

“Kill!” Almost involuntarily, they tore into one another.

No one outside the arena could tell that anything was wrong. It was only natural that the weak would fight harder upon seeing a ray of hope after the strong were eliminated.

In fact, smiles flashed across the faces of immortals in Destiny City. Although the greatest geniuses of their factions had been eliminated, those left in the arena were some of their best geniuses as well. Given the chance to mature, they’d become formidable cultivators. Weaker than those who had been eliminated, but not by a great margin.

“What do we do now?” Qing Han transmitted. “Once they determine their ranking, we’ll become part of the thirty-six sovereigns as well. Perhaps then we’ll be under his control!”

Previously, Sword Divine had influenced the will of the immortal dao to trick Qing Han into becoming his thrall with the Sword of Dao, but she’d seen through his attempt.

“I… Hm?” Lu Yun suddenly felt rejuvenated as a great power streamed from his real body into the Life Glyph replica. It was foreign, but also somewhat familiar. It granted him some mobility, but he refrained from making a move just yet.

“Prepare yourself,” he transmitted quietly. “Detonate yourself and leave the arena as soon as I break out of the sword’s hold!”

Qing Han perked up, but didn’t send a response.

Bam!!

Imposing sword energy burst out of Lu Yun and slammed into the sword above his head, knocking it awry. The sword rumbled and trembled violently for a moment, then its restraint on them cracked.

“Kill!!” Lu Yun snarled. A hundred sword atlases shot out of his body and a hundred and eight thousand immortal swords shot toward the Sword of Chaos in unison.

A powerful explosion ripped through the air, the great impact sweeping over the entire arena and disintegrating cultivators who’d been fighting among themselves. The great sword that had towered into the heavens was knocked away.

“Go!” Lu Yun growled with blood streaking down his lips.

Without hesitation, Qing Han detonated her nascent spirit and left the arena. Lu Yun knew what he was doing. She would only be a burden if she stayed.

Sword Divine had transformed back into human form, his dark gaze fixed on Lu Yun. Behind him floated the shadow of a giant sword. He would kill Lu Yun, he decided. Otherwise he’d never be able to clear the hate looming over his heart.

Gone, everyone was gone!

All the other cultivators had been eliminated and Qing Han had destroyed herself, leaving only Lu Yun in the arena. However, there was a strange power on Lu Yun that concealed him from even the will of the immortal dao.