Chapter 357 - 166: Three Intents Suppressing the Prodigy (Part 2)

He looked at Liang Cheng, a smile on his face.

"Junior Brother Liang, still want to fight?"

"If you concede now, you’ll still have a chance to challenge the other tiers and advance to the next round."

His words were filled with false concern for Liang Cheng.

Liang Cheng wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and slowly stood up.

He looked at Gu Tianya, his gaze as calm as still water.

"Of course..."

"...I’ll continue."

Gu Tianya was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

Then, he smiled.

It was a chilling smile.

"Good! Junior Brother Liang certainly has spirit!"

"Then take another of my sword strikes!"

He took a deep breath, and the aura around him surged wildly!

The giant black longsword phantom above his head suddenly shrank, condensing into the Soul-Devouring Sword in his hand!

This was his strongest strike!

’Since Liang Cheng is so ungrateful, and after he trampled all over the Seventh Peak’s dignity and even crippled my clansman Gu Changge...’

’...then I’ll cripple Liang Cheng with a single strike!’

A flash of sword light appeared!

The moment the sword struck, the world went completely dark. The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a hundred-mile radius was almost entirely devoured by this single strike!

Even light itself was devoured by the sword!

Before everyone’s eyes, Tier Six was plunged into absolute darkness!

And within that darkness, only the sword radiated a deadly, cold light!

It stabbed straight for Liang Cheng’s throat!

Looking at the incoming sword, Liang Cheng suddenly smiled.

"You think all I have is Blade Intent and Fist Intent?"

As his voice fell—

BZZZZ—!!!

The cry of a sword erupted from within Liang Cheng’s body!

The sword cry was clear and resonant, soaring straight to the heavens!

And then—

BOOM!!!

Another Martial Dao True Intent shot into the sky!

Above Liang Cheng’s head, an ice-blue sword light suddenly condensed!

The light was sharp, pure, and incomparably piercing!

Sword Intent!

Liang Cheng’s third type of Martial Dao True Intent.

At the same time, within his Sea of Divine Soul, the Ling Frost Short Sword was eager to act. Although Liang Cheng forcefully suppressed it, he was still drawing upon its power.

His Sword Intent rose to a whole new level!

The ice-blue sword light tore through the darkness!

It collided head-on with Gu Tianya’s black Sword Aura!

BOOM—!!!

An earth-shattering roar!

The entire Heaven-Ascending Stairs trembled violently!

The space between them shattered, and a hundred-zhang-long rift of Spiritual Qi spread out wildly!

Below the platform, some Outer Disciples, despite being far away, were knocked unconscious by the shockwave!

Gu Tianya’s smile froze on his face.

"Sword Intent?!"

"You actually managed to condense Sword Intent as well?!"

His eyes were filled with disbelief!

Blade Intent!

Fist Intent!

Sword Intent!

’Three types of Martial Dao True Intent, all in one person?!’

’How is this possible?!’

But the truth was right before his eyes!

That ice-blue sword light was clashing with his black Sword Aura, not losing an inch of ground!

Liang Cheng looked at him, his gaze as calm as still water.

"Senior Brother Gu, now it’s my turn."

As his voice fell, he took a step forward!

His left hand clenched into a fist, its Fist Intent as heavy as a mountain!

His right hand slashed with the Zhenxian Saber, its Blade Intent striving to be first!

Boosted by the Ling Frost Short Sword in his brow, his Sword Intent became razor-sharp!

Three types of True Intent erupted at once!

RUMBLE—!!!

It was as if the very color of the world changed!

Above Liang Cheng’s head, a Blade Aura, a fist’s shadow, and a sword light—three phantoms—manifested simultaneously!

The three phantoms resonated with each other. Though they did not merge, they were perfectly ordered, forming a tri-colored pillar of light that shot into the sky!

Wherever the pillar of light passed, clouds shattered and the void trembled!

The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi for hundreds of miles around converged madly on Liang Cheng!

At this moment, he was the center of the world!

Gu Tianya’s face suddenly turned deathly pale!

He wanted to retreat!

But it was too late!

The three types of Martial Dao True Intent pressed down on him like three great mountains, pinning him in place!

He could only grit his teeth, unleash his Sword Intent with all his might, and frantically channel his Cultivation Pill Qi to meet the tri-colored pillar of light!

BOOM—!!!

Another earth-shattering roar was heard!

The light was so blinding that everyone instinctively closed their eyes!

When they opened their eyes again, Gu Tianya was kneeling on one knee, his Soul-Devouring Sword having flown from his grasp to embed itself in a mountain cliff a hundred zhang away.

A piercing wound ran across his chest, from his left shoulder to his right abdomen, blood gushing from it like a spring.

He looked up at Liang Cheng, his eyes filled with utter disbelief.

"You..."

Before he could finish, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

His entire body pitched forward, crashing heavily to the ground.

At the very same moment that Liang Cheng unleashed his three True Intents to defeat Gu Tianya, an equally earth-shattering roar erupted from the direction of Tier Three!

Everyone whipped their heads around to look!

There, two Sword Intents were clashing wildly!

One was incomparably sharp, capable of breaking through anything!

The other was as steady as a mountain, yet concealed a deadly intent!

It was Shen Du and Li Jianfeng!

Both were already bathed in blood, but their Sword Intents were only growing more ferocious!

Above Shen Du’s head, the phantom of the Sword Mountain had solidified to its limit, every sword within it trembling and humming!

Above Li Jianfeng’s head, the formless giant sword had become tangible. Wherever its edge pointed, the void cracked open!

They attacked at the same time!

BOOM—!!!

The two Sword Intents collided head-on!

In that instant, the world lost its color!

Above Tier Three, the clouds were torn to shreds!

A hundred-zhang-long spatial rift suddenly appeared!

Everything in the rift’s path was devoured!

Both were sent flying backward at the same time!

Shen Du crashed heavily onto the edge of Tier Three, his right shoulder pierced through by a sword, its tip protruding from his back!

Li Jianfeng landed on the opposite side, a gash on his chest so deep the bone was visible, blood staining his white robes red!

The entire arena fell deathly silent!

A moment later, Li Jianfeng struggled to his feet.

He raised a hand to press against the gash on his chest, grinning with a mouth full of blood.

"Shen Du, you’ve lost."

Shen Du looked down at the wound on his right shoulder, fell silent for a moment, and then suddenly smiled.

"Yeah, I lost."

He looked up at Li Jianfeng.

"Your sword is faster than mine."

Li Jianfeng shook his head.

"It’s not that you’re slow. It’s that in the last thirty years, I’ve gotten faster."