Chapter 1579 - 151: Sword Slays Ling Chen (Part 2)

Chapter 1579: Chapter 151: Sword Slays Ling Chen (Part 2)

"I have one ultimate Thunder Technique Divine Skill."

Qilin Miaofa True Monarch suddenly spoke: "This Divine Skill... should be able to bore through Ling Chenzi’s Great Array, it’s just..."

Halfway through, he paused.

"Just what?"

Xie Xuanyi said.

"Nothing."

Qilin Miaofa True Monarch shook his head, calmly said: "After I break the array, what’s left will be handed over to you."

As his words fell.

The True Monarch stepped forward.

Rumble rumble rumble.

The Thunder Pool respectfully welcomed its master, countless bolts of thunder gathered toward him, his wide sleeves whipped by the gale, heavenly winds poured back, the sea of thunder surged.

In Qilin Miaofa True Monarch’s eyes, a new layer of resolve appeared.

He first extended one palm, placing it low, just before his chest.

Palm facing up.

Like thick earth, like the great land.

Then.

The True Monarch extended a second palm.

This second palm stood straight up, like thunder, like a Long Saber, fingertips gathered, aimed at the Great Array where Ling Chenzi’s Nether Sea had withdrawn and turtled up.

"..."

In the roar of interwoven Thunder Techniques, heaven and earth suddenly welcomed an extreme dead and silent stillness.

Qilin Miaofa True Monarch brought his two palms together.

The Long Saber fell.

In that instant.

All thunder turned into long serpents, billions upon billions of snow‑white Thunder Serpents surged toward the Great Array... rather than saying they surged toward it, it was more like they were "drawn" into it. Qilin Miaofa True Monarch shrank the Thunder Pool to the utmost limit; as the master of this Thunder Realm, he could personally anchor the Thunder Pool’s landing point.

This Thunder Pool and Ling Chenzi’s Great Array overlapped each other.

And the consequence of the Thunder Pool’s contraction was the collapse of the void.

"Crack!"

In this world of ultimate annihilation, a clear crisp detonation rang out.

Xie Xuanyi, in perfect tacit understanding, recalled his Flying Sword; at the distant center of the Great Array, it was as if struck by a heavy hammer, surging chaos currents burst from the void. Over half of the Sword Qi within Xie Xuanyi’s Dao Domain was erased and shattered in this single hammer blow, enough to show the terrifying power of this strike.

Qilin Miaofa True Monarch’s Divine Skill was truly formidable.

Shrink the Thunder Pool.

Destroy the Thunder Pool.

Using the shattering of the Thunder Technique as the price, he forcibly created a "Sea Eye" in the void—this was why those Thunder Serpents were streaking toward Ling Chenzi’s Great Array at such speed... Under the binding of the Heaven and Earth Dao and its laws, they had to return to the void at once, return to that Thunder Pool homeland their master had forcibly destroyed!

In a single instant.

The entire Nether Lake was rendered silver‑white.

Those Tao Talismans rolling like the sea were instantly swallowed by the Thunder Pool void.

Crash——

The Thunder Serpents devoured everything.

Xie Xuanyi’s expression was grave. He knew this was a perfect opening, so he summoned his Holy Body Dharma Aspect, pushing forward against the lightning and chaotic void currents. Yet after one step, his stride paused slightly; he had come to stand before Qilin Miaofa True Monarch, whose whole body was flooded with silver light as he maintained the Divine Skill.

That half‑spoken "just" from before in fact had a very clear meaning.

Divine Skills laden with such destructive power.

Almost always demand a terrible price.

At this moment, Qilin Miaofa True Monarch’s eyes were tightly shut, his Primordial Lake shattered; as mighty as he was, he had still suffered immense shock and backlash, two streams of fresh blood covering his cheeks... He kept his face expressionless, maintaining the "One Hammer Decides the Sound" Divine Skill posture, bathed in gales and the thunder sea, unmoving and towering.

"..."

Seeing this scene, Xie Xuanyi couldn’t help but move his thoughts.

He wanted to draw out another strand of Life Dao Intent from between his brows.

"Go!"

Yet the True Monarch forcibly cut him off.

Hoarsening his voice, he coldly spat out a single word.

This Divine Skill of the Thunder Pool’s destruction would not last long; right now there was no room for the least bit of negligence.

"Swish."

Xie Xuanyi ultimately did not stop; without even pausing for a single breath, he stepped out a second time, treading atop Thunder Serpents to reach the space directly above Ling Chenzi’s Great Array.

It had to be said.

Ling Chenzi’s Formation attainments were astonishing.

Even with Qilin Miaofa True Monarch paying such a tremendous price, this Great Array still had not been completely demolished.

Several million talismans were swallowed by the Thunder Pool.

But within the Nether Lake, those endlessly spawned filthy beings became Ling Chenzi’s temporary "talisman".

This Daoist Great True Man who had once been immortal in bearing and dao-boned now stood bathed in blood, like an Evil Ghost from Purgatory. Wrapped in a broad Daoist robe dyed a glaring crimson, with a sweep of his wide sleeve, dozens, even hundreds of heads leapt from the Nether Lake like carp vaulting the dragon gate; with another sweep of his sleeve, his Divine Thought spilled like ink, engraving talisman after talisman.

These human heads shattered in an instant, and in the next instant surged forth again, forcibly "Skilful hands" wrought by Ling Chenzi into a Great Array.

This was the highest tier of Array Master in this place.

To have cultivated to Ling Chenzi’s current step.

The talismans used for engraving array were no longer bound to Dao Paper.

All things under heaven could become talisman.

So long as they possessed Primordial Energy, possessed Taoist Intent... they could become "consumables" for a Great Array.

"Swoosh!"

Xie Xuanyi, riding his sword, watched this scene, and without another word, directly drew his sword.

Chen Ke, wrapped in golden radiance, like wind and thunder, instantly bored toward the Great Array!

These heads that had just leapt from the Nether Sea and only just formed into talismans were pierced through by a single Golden Line!

"Xie Xuanyi!"

The Shadow Nether Sea stepped sideways of his own accord, let out an angry roar, actually taking the calamity for Ling Chenzi of his own will.

It was very obvious.

This Void Formation, in his heart, held supreme importance... it absolutely could not be broken.

Rumble, rumble, rumble.

The void was shaken to shattering.

The Shadow Nether Sea threw all his strength into smashing a punch toward the Flying Sword.

In this instant, he no longer cared about appearances; what "Nether Lake", what dharma, none of it mattered... the Nether Lake surged forth with countless black ink, clinging to that punch, and he still harbored a sliver of fluke in his heart. After all, this Divine Skill of his carried "filth intent"; if Xie Xuanyi felt revulsion and made his Flying Sword veer off course, that would be the best possible outcome.

Only—

Heaven often does not comply with human wishes.

The Flying Sword arrived in an instant, and that heavy black ink extracted from nearly half the Nether Lake was gently tapped apart by a wisp of snow-white vapor!

"The Undying Spring?!"

The Shadow’s pupils shrank; with a startled cry, his expression grew unspeakably ugly.

This was what he detested most, what he least wished to see.

He had fought Xie Xuanyi so many bouts earlier, and had never seen the Undying Spring; the great stone hanging in his heart had already fallen, and he had only assumed that the Undying Spring was too precious, that Xie Xuanyi, having cultivated to his current Realm, had already used up seven or eight parts of it.

He had never imagined that Xie Xuanyi still carried the Undying Spring on his person.

And had concealed it until now.

In a split second the Flying Sword pierced through the black ink, and also pierced through the arm of the Shadow Nether Sea.

Swoosh!

This sword directly penetrated Ling Chenzi’s head.

It entered through his forehead.

And exited from the back of his skull.

It all happened far too quickly, so fast the human eye could not even see it clearly; from afar, one could only see a slender Golden Line, with a straight and unyielding posture, sweep down from above.

"..."

The Shadow, face pale, turned his head.

The Daoist Great True Man Ling Chenzi, who was sitting cross-legged amid countless human heads, wrapped in a Corpse Mountain and sea of blood, now had a body stiff as if he were a stone statue.

At the center of his forehead.

A hole the size of a baby’s fist suddenly appeared.

The hole was large, yet no blood flowed out.

This sword had been too fast.

So fast that even Ling Chenzi’s true body had not reacted.

"Heh..."

A hoarse, obscure sound issued from Ling Chenzi’s throat.

Perhaps because the blood was surging back, these sounds were swallowed down, becoming blurry and indistinct.

The Great True Master slowly lifted his head, wanting to see clearly the sight of that sword.

Only, at the moment he raised his head, this skull of his inexplicably became heavy... so heavy it would not heed his command.

With a thud.

Ling Chenzi toppled backward beyond his control, the back of his head striking hard upon the Nether Lake.

However, he did, as he wished, see Xie Xuanyi’s figure.

Golden light swept back, the Flying Sword humming.

Xie Xuanyi hovered expressionlessly above the Great Array, Heaven and Earth dyed into black and white by Thunder Serpents and Sword Qi. This young Da Sui Sword Palace Master, draped in a black robe, looked extremely like that Zhao Chunyang he had most dreaded and feared all those years ago.

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(PS: I’m really sorry again for making everyone wait so long. There’ll be another Chapter tonight, 4,000 characters, but it’ll be after midnight. The follow-reading stats for this book are actually not bad; it’s just that I’ve been updating far too slowly and too little, so the subscription numbers are pretty average. Rest assured, I’ve never been one to axe a book mid-way, and besides, the hardest low point has already passed. Once this big arc ends, "Sword Cinders" will be entering its final stage. I’ll do my best to update more from here on~)