Chapter 772 - 757: Fusing All Powers, Sword and Saber as One

WHOOSH!

The Blood Spear swept across the Spirit Pattern Pillar, but the pillar remained completely unharmed!

Mu Feng’s eyes narrowed. ’An illusion? How can this be!’

Just then, the nine Spirit Pattern Pillars began to activate. From the starry sky above, Wind, Thunder, Earth, and Fire emerged, bombarding Mu Feng relentlessly.

The Long Spear in Mu Feng’s hand swept out like a dragon, shattering all the Celestial Thunder and Earth Fire that rained down from the sky.

Shen Lang wanted to defeat the demonized Mu Feng with his own power. He was controlling the nine Spirit Pattern Pillars with his Divine Thought alone and hadn’t assigned Yuan Bupu and the others to control one each. Therefore, the Grand Array wasn’t operating at its full potential.

While it wasn’t powerful enough to pose a real threat to Mu Feng, the ceaseless barrage of Celestial Thunder and Earth Fire made him increasingly savage and agitated.

Shen Lang still couldn’t surpass Mu Feng in speed, and he couldn’t maintain the Nine-Star Profound Meaning for too long. He could only use the nine Spirit Pattern Pillars to conceal his movements.

By overcoming this one weakness, Shen Lang had turned Mu Feng into a lamb waiting for the slaughter...

Just as Mu Feng swung his Long Spear and shattered a Thunder Ball, Shen Lang emerged like a Ghost from behind a Spirit Pattern Pillar right behind him!

"Nine-Star Profound Meaning, Third Star, Tiansheng Star, open!"

A sound like a Mountain Collapse and an Earth Split erupted from within Shen Lang’s body as an overwhelmingly powerful aura radiated from him!

It caused the surrounding clouds of Qi to churn violently, roiling and tumbling!

Shen Lang was already terrifyingly powerful while enveloped in Vermilion Bird Divine Fire and Thunder Power, but now his aura instantly skyrocketed by more than fifteen times!

Before Mu Feng’s terrified eyes, Shen Lang executed a profound and unpredictable Step Technique. He rushed forward, leaving a trail of afterimages as he unleashed his Yellow Springs Sword and Vermilion Bird Frenzy Saber with identical speed and motion!

"First sword, Qingtian, stirs the winds and clouds; where the blade rises, gods and ghosts are startled!"

An overwhelming, terrifying, and malevolent Evil Qi instantly filled the entire Spirit Pattern Pillar Grand Array!

At this moment, the Yellow Springs Sword was a sword, and the Vermilion Bird Frenzy Saber was also a sword!

Just like when he had instructed Jun Tianyu, he attacked with both blades. The two completely different energies of Netherworld Qi and Vermilion Bird Divine Fire intertwined and fused. Then, they drew in and merged with the Wind, Thunder, Earth, and Fire from the vast starry sky above, all unleashed as the first strike of the Netherworld King’s Three Extremes Sword!

The Yellow Springs Sword was Yin, and the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire was Yang.

As the master of the Tai Chi Diagram, having spent much time in Cultivation and enlightenment within it, how could Shen Lang’s understanding of Yin Yang Fusion be anything but ten times greater than Jun Tianyu’s rushed comprehension of fusing ice and fire?

To outsiders, fusing Netherworld Qi and Vermilion Bird Divine Fire seemed nearly impossible, yet before Shen Lang, they combined without the slightest hindrance!

When this sword strike was unleashed, even Nangong Wan and the others outside the Spirit Pattern Pillars felt their very souls tremble, finding it utterly impossible to breathe!

Within the Grand Array formed by the Spirit Pattern Pillars, countless streams of Sword Qi, radiating Supreme Yin and ultimate evil, surged forth.

They blotted out the sky!

These countless sword lights were a fusion of Netherworld Qi and Vermilion Bird Divine Fire;

they gathered the Thunder Power from within Shen Lang’s body;

they absorbed and condensed the Power of Heaven and Earth mobilized by the Grand Array of the nine Spirit Pattern Pillars;

and they drew upon the full power of Shen Lang’s Chaos Divine Body!

Furthermore, he had activated the third star of his Nine-Star Profound Meaning!

This strike had far surpassed the scope of the Netherworld King’s Three Extremes Sword!

It devoured the Azure Vault and concealed everything!

In an instant, it descended upon Mu Feng!

The sword was as fast as lightning;

the Sword Qi was endless!

It was less a single sword strike and more like ten thousand of them!

A monstrous might enveloped Mu Feng completely!

With no escape from the Grand Array, Mu Feng, his heart frozen with terror, let out a furious roar. The Blood Spear in his hand spun rapidly like a propeller as black Qi surged from his arms, and he thrust them upward!

At this moment, the Demon Power of the Abyss Lord was completely unleashed, forming a black cloud the size of an acre above Mu Feng’s head!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

An earth-shattering sound erupted like a clap of furious thunder.

A thick layer was instantly shaved off the terrifying black cloud Mu Feng had created, and it was violently pressed downward!

BANG!

Mu Feng could finally no longer withstand this unimaginably immense power. One of his legs buckled, and he fell to one knee on the ground!

At that moment, Mu Feng’s skin split open inch by inch, oozing a dark green liquid. His entire body couldn’t help but tremble!

Before he could react...

Shen Lang suddenly charged out from the opposite direction!

Merging sword with body, body with Integration with the Dao, the Dao with heaven, and heaven with fate—the second sword had already arrived!

"Second sword, heaven’s collapse shakes the Earth Split; it shocks gods and ghosts, and puts elves to flight!"

Once again, Sword and Saber struck as one!

The second sword of the Netherworld King’s Three Extremes Sword was not as dazzling as the first.

The Sword Qi in the sky wasn’t as overwhelming as the first strike’s volley of ten thousand swords.

This second strike was just a single sword!

It was like the one and only Netherworld King’s Sword in all of heaven and earth!

As this sword fell, Shen Lang’s figure vanished instantly.

Still struggling to neutralize the power of the first strike, Mu Feng let out a pained groan as the massive barrier held up by his hands was pushed down once more!

The terrifying black cloud was blasted apart by the Sword Qi, leaving only a thin layer behind!

Through this thin layer of black cloud, one could even see clearly...

...that above the cloud, the terrifying Sword Qi had not yet disappeared. Like a Giant Blade stuck in a loaf of bread, it continued to descend, relentlessly striking and dissipating the Demon Power within the black cloud!

Giving Mu Feng no chance to recover, Shen Lang’s figure suddenly appeared from another direction!

Within this Grand Array, Shen Lang, who had previously been at a disadvantage in speed, was now like a Ghost of extreme velocity, able to appear wherever he wished in an instant!

"Third sword, heaven and earth both sink; Yin and Yang reverse, shattering the scales of the sky!"

The third sword of the Netherworld King’s Three Extremes Sword was even purer and simpler than the second. Like the Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect, it descended swiftly and simply upon the barrier Mu Feng held up!

BOOM!

A terrifying sound, as if the world were collapsing, echoed in the air.

Mu Feng’s defense, which had concentrated all his Demon Power, exploded outwards in all directions, forming a mushroom cloud that rose into the sky before dissipating!

With a series of cracks, the long Blood Spear shattered into five pieces and was sent flying!

With nowhere left to hide, Mu Feng’s hands suddenly stretched over a meter longer, as if boneless. They then twisted rapidly like a pretzel three times, transforming into a Giant Shield imprinted with a Demon’s face, which he held up before his head!

The supremely powerful Sword Qi instantly slashed down upon the shield!

CRACK!

A shocking crack split the Giant Shield formed from Mu Feng’s intertwined hands, and his massive body was sent flying backward!

A disgusting, dark green liquid gushed from the Giant Shield. As it dripped onto the ground, it made a SIZZLING sound and released plumes of acrid white smoke!

’Hmph. So a body reformed by Demon Power isn’t as tough as I imagined, is it?’

Shen Lang sneered, and his figure suddenly split into four!

Just like at the beginning, Shen Lang once again used the Four Dragon Illusion, the Secret Skill of the Dragon Emperor, one of the Three Emperors of the War God Hall!

The Dragon Emperor’s Four Dragon Illusion was a peerless Secret Skill. It was different from an afterimage, nor was it a true illusion.

It wasn’t a clone, either.

Yet, when used, it could unleash the power of clones working together in a Combined Attack Technique...

But this Cultivation Technique was too outrageous for ordinary people to practice.

This was because the Dragon Emperor had originally created it specifically for the unfathomably powerful bodies of the Dragon Race.

He had never intended for it to be used by experts of the Human Race.

Therefore, even experts of the Human Race who reached the Emperor Martial Realm found it nearly impossible to practice this profoundly difficult Secret Skill.

Even if they could practice it, achieving Great Success was incredibly difficult!

For these reasons, the physical damage from using the Basic Level of the Four Dragon Illusion surpassed that of the Middle to Late Stage of the Nine-Star Profound Meaning.

Shen Lang had used it once before because the Demon Power within Mu Feng was simply too strong to resist otherwise.

Although using it now still caused immense damage to his body, his Chaos Divine Body had developed to the point where he could just barely manage to use the Four Dragon Illusion!

At this moment, Shen Lang’s figure once again split into four.

Using the Four Dragon Illusion again while the third star of the Nine-Star Profound Meaning, the Tiansheng Star, was active, cracks immediately appeared all over Shen Lang’s body. Trickles of fresh blood began to seep out and flow down...

The blood on his arm had just flowed to his wrist when it was incinerated into nothingness by the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire that formed his Frenzy Saber.

It was under these conditions of near self-mutilation that Shen Lang’s four figures released an unprecedentedly tyrannical aura!

The Yellow Springs Sword and the Vermilion Bird Frenzy Saber struck out together!

This time, the saber was still a saber;

but the sword also became a saber!

"Water Demon Saber, divide the land, split the earth, and shatter the Azure Vault!"

With a soft cry, the Yellow Springs Sword and Vermilion Bird Frenzy Saber in the hands of the four figures rapidly expanded and merged into one, forming a Giant Blade that seemed capable of slaughtering Divine Demons!

The first move of the Celestial Purity Sect’s Demon Blade Technique!

The peerless saber light’s edge appeared, tyrannical over all under heaven!

A Sword Skill even more domineering and powerful than the Netherworld King’s Three Extremes Sword, it combined nearly all of Shen Lang’s power into one!

This was the most powerful saber strike Shen Lang had unleashed since his memories awakened!

"Abyss Fire Vortex, Demon Hand Locking God!"

At this critical moment, Mu Feng, chilled to the bone with terror, roared and quickly formed several Seal Techniques with his hands, thrusting his fists forward with a motion nearly impossible for a human!

Ink-black Hellfire surged wildly, forming a giant, seven-fingered palm that clawed ferociously at the Water Demon Saber in the air!

BOOM!

The moment the Water Demon Saber made contact with the giant palm, an unimaginable roar exploded within the passage.

The nine Spirit Pattern Pillars, which had seemed immovable, actually began to rumble loudly!

A madly tyrannical Powerful Qi surged outward in all directions!

Blood trickled from the corner of Shen Lang’s mouth as he retreated explosively from the shockwave of violent Energy.

As he rapidly fell back, Shen Lang’s Silver Eyes of Truth were already active, and he saw the giant palm instantly cleaved in two by the Water Demon Saber, which then continued its descent!

In a flash, Mu Feng once again used his previous move, twisting his arms like a pretzel to form an even larger black shield!

However, this first strike of the Demon Blade Technique was truly powerful to the extreme.

Moreover, it amplified Shen Lang’s Middle Stage Blade Intent several times over, instantly shattering the black Giant Shield!

A severed arm flew through the air, then exploded into dust mid-flight!

The Water Demon Saber sliced into Mu Feng’s chest and continued downward, tearing his body in two.

But an unimaginable force from within his body pulled the two halves back together, merging them into one...

’So it really isn’t as simple as being tainted by Demon Power. Hmph!’

Shen Lang snorted coldly, his figure flickered, and he vanished.

The next second, Shen Lang appeared once more.

The place where he reappeared...

...was right above Mu Feng’s head!