novelaction Chapter 330 - 285: Fierce Battle
Chapter 330 - 285: Fierce Battle
Xu Qing’s sword strike was overwhelmingly powerful. A fusion of three swords, the Level 50 Iron Sword was engraved with three hundred sixty-five Law Marks, the Level 50 Wandering Dragon Sword with five hundred eighty, and the mightiest of them, the Level 50 Copper Coin Sword, with seven hundred twenty Law Marks.
Finally, combined with the twenty-two Laws Xu Qing himself had mastered.
Therefore, the Mighty Power of this one strike was simply too immense. It was a force that not even an expert at the Body Law Realm, or one who had refined a Law Body, could possibly withstand. Even an existence who had stepped into the Soul Law Realm would find it difficult to defend against such a terrifying attack.
"NO!!!"
The general from the Great Zhou Martial Country had a face full of terror. Faced with such a strike, he unleashed all his power. The Power of Laws surged as he executed powerful Divine Techniques, forming layer after layer of a golden light barrier. Yet, they were effortlessly shattered and annihilated, breaking into a sky full of glittering light.
The brilliant Sword Light descended.
PUFF!
Blood splattered.
The general of the Great Zhou Martial Country was instantly slain by Xu Qing. He was killed in a single strike, utterly powerless to resist; they were not on the same level at all.
"Great Devouring Technique!"
WENG!
Xu Qing raised his right hand. A massive black hole formed in his palm, emitting a terrifying Devouring Power that directly swallowed the general from the Great Zhou Martial Country.
He then refined the general’s Origin and Laws.
"Haaah..."
Xu Qing took a deep breath. His strength had increased once again. Because the Great Devouring Technique was a Great Divine Technique, it naturally far surpassed a Top-grade Minor Divine Skill like the Heaven-Devouring Earth-Devouring Minor Divine Techniques.
Therefore, Xu Qing was able to completely devour and refine the general from the Great Zhou Martial Country.
As a result, Xu Qing mastered another Law.
However, this general had only comprehended and mastered about sixty percent of a single Law and had not refined a Law Body. So, after Xu Qing killed and devoured him, he had only mastered sixty percent of that Law.
"Not bad, not bad at all."
Xu Qing nodded in satisfaction.
Indeed. The power and dominance of the Devouring Demon Technique, aided by the power of the Great Divine Technique: Great Devouring Technique, was enough to devour and refine everything from an enemy, converting it into his own.
Furthermore, Xu Qing had now fully mastered the Devouring Law and had successfully completed his Cultivation of the entire Devouring Demon Technique, even mastering the Great Divine Technique: Great Devouring Technique.
Because of this, the side effects of devouring and refining the Origin and Laws of other living beings were greatly reduced. After devouring this general from the Great Zhou Martial Country, Xu Qing felt almost no backlash.
"Kill!"
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!!!
The ringing of swords echoed in all directions.
Xu Qing’s gaze swept across the battlefield, eventually landing on the generals of the Great Zhou Martial Country. These generals had all basically reached the Fourth Realm, and most had only mastered a single Law. Only a very small number had fully comprehended and mastered a Law to the point of refining a Law Body.
"Who’s there?"
"This is bad!"
"Look out!!"
"..."
Instantly, the pupils of the Fourth Realm generals from the Great Zhou Martial Country constricted. They sensed a fatal crisis and quickly retreated, trying to evade Xu Qing’s attack.
However, Xu Qing’s speed was extreme, and the speed of his attacks was even more unbelievable.
PUFF! PUFF! PUFF!!!
Sword Qi crisscrossed the battlefield, wreaking havoc everywhere.
Blood splattered.
One after another, the Fourth Realm generals screamed in agony as they were gravely wounded, or even killed outright by Xu Qing, their bodies refined by his Great Devouring Technique.
"AHHH!!!"
All kinds of miserable cries rang out.
"Haaah..."
Xu Qing took a deep breath.
’I never imagined my strength had unknowingly reached such a level. Even on a battlefield like this, I can still kill Fourth Realm experts as easily as cutting vegetables.’
Xu Qing mused to himself.
WENG! WENG!
Xu Qing raised his right hand, activating the Great Devouring Technique. Amid countless flashes of light, he devoured one corpse after another.
Xu Qing’s strength rose considerably.
"Dragon Slaying Slash!"
SWISH!
ROAR!!!
Suddenly, Xu Qing heard a dragon’s roar as a terrifying Mighty Power erupted. He looked up to see that Hong Dingtian had locked onto him and unleashed a slash.
A jet-black saber light burst forth.
It was extremely terrifying.
It transformed into a jet-black True Dragon, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, its roars shaking the heavens as it descended from the sky and lunged at Xu Qing, erupting with terrifying Mighty Power.
"Kill!"
CLANG!
A glint flashed in Xu Qing’s eyes. He pointed with his right hand, and the Power of Laws surged. The three swords merged into one as he unleashed a powerful Sword Dao Divine Technique.
The Sword Qi stretched for ten thousand miles.
ROAR!
BANG! BANG! BANG!!!
A series of explosions rang out.
The strike from Xu Qing’s sword was immensely powerful, forming an invincible Sword Momentum. The saber and sword collided with extreme Mighty Power.
BANG!
With another loud bang, the saber light and Sword Qi disintegrated at the same time.
"Hiss..."
"So... so strong..."
"This..."
Nearby, Wang Miao, Guo Anshi, and the others looked on in shock. They had clearly not expected such a terrifyingly powerful expert to suddenly appear, one who could actually face Hong Dingtian head-on.
"Who are you, sir?"
WENG!
Hong Dingtian’s pupils contracted slightly. The recent exchange had already told him that the man before him was extremely powerful, perhaps not even weaker than himself.
"Hero Huo Yuanjia."
Xu Qing stated directly.
"Huo Yuanjia?"
Hong Dingtian frowned. He had never heard of such a terrifyingly strong expert within the Great Zhou Martial Country, had never heard this name before.
"Haaah..."
Hong Dingtian took a deep breath. "With such strength, why would you aid the wicked by helping the rebels of Kyushu? Are you aware that this is a capital crime punishable by the execution of your entire clan?"
"Hahaha..."
Xu Qing laughed heartily. "I am a hero who champions justice and rights the wrongs of the world. I’ve long heard that Emperor Yuanwu of the Great Zhou Martial Country is fatuous and incompetent. Now that I’ve seen it for myself, it’s indeed true."
"Therefore,"
"I must cry out against this injustice for the common people of the world."
"You..."
Hong Dingtian frowned and shouted in a low voice, "His Majesty has his own profound reasons for his actions. Huo Yuanjia, you know nothing, and you certainly shouldn’t be assisting traitors."
"Hahaha..."
Xu Qing laughed boldly again. "What is a traitor? And what is an Emperor? What does any of that have to do with me? Have you never heard the saying? I do as I please."
"I’m doing this because I want to. What can you do about it?"
"Besides,"
"You, Hong Dingtian, are blindly loyal to Emperor Yuanwu and the Great Zhou Royal Family. Isn’t that your own choice as well? What’s the use of spouting these grand principles in front of me? Can it change the facts?"
"Hahaha..."
Suddenly, Hong Dingtian was stunned for a moment, then he threw his head back and laughed. His aura flared, Evil Qi shooting to the sky, and layer upon layer of the Power of Laws swirled around him, his presence incomparably powerful.
"Well said!"
Hong Dingtian took a deep breath, his gaze fixed on Xu Qing. "The previous Emperor showed me great kindness. Everything I do is, indeed, my own choice."
"Moreover,"
"I believe that as long as I am here, no one under heaven can touch His Majesty. Besides, why can’t His Majesty pursue the Undying Immortal Dao?"
"And another thing,"
"So what if all the common people in the world die? They are merely mortals, like ants. Give it a few hundred years, and a new batch will multiply."
"The people? The Court? The Emperor Dragon Qi?"
"All of it is utterly laughable."
"As long as one’s strength is great enough, one can decide everything."
"Then let’s see whose strength is greater—mine, or yours, Hong Dingtian,"
Xu Qing said calmly.
"Come and fight!"
"Come and fight!"
BOOM! BOOM!
As soon as the words fell, Xu Qing took a step forward. In an instant, he was in front of Hong Dingtian. He raised his right hand, and above his palm, a terrifying great sun manifested, just like the sun in the sky, containing an incredibly scorching heat that warped the very space around it.
"Great Sun Buddha!"
BOOM!
Xu Qing unleashed a terrifying Great Divine Technique, manifesting the Great Sun Buddha, which descended from the sky to suppress Hong Dingtian, intending to incinerate him beneath the great sun.
"Great Sun Buddha?"
Hong Dingtian sneered. "That nonsense from the Buddhist Sect? Utterly ridiculous. In my eyes, both the Buddhist Sect and the Taoist Sect are nothing. Nothing compares to the saber in my hand."
SWISH!
Saber light filled the air.
"Overlord Saber!"
CRACK!
Hong Dingtian raised the black long-saber in his hand. The power of various Laws coiled around the blade, Military Evil Qi suffused the air, and a small black dragon wrapped itself around the saber.
"Slash!"
SWISH!
Hong Dingtian swung his saber down. The power was vast and incomparably strong, a crushing force that seemed capable of splitting space itself.
Terrifying.
Truly terrifying.
BANG!
CRACK! CRACK!
The Great Sun Buddha that Xu Qing had manifested was shattered by Hong Dingtian’s strike. The saber light flashed, annihilating everything. Hong Dingtian had refined all of his Divine Techniques and methods into the saber in his hand.
You could say,
This was the purest form of the ’Saber Dao’.
In this world,
There are pure Sword Cultivators.
Naturally, there are also true Blademasters.
Sword Cultivators and Blademasters.
What they cultivate is the sword and the saber in their hands.
They refine all their insights, all their power, and all their Laws into the sword or saber in their hands. With a single slash of their saber or sword, they can break all the world’s techniques and cut down all the world’s Divine Techniques.
This was why Hong Dingtian was the National Guardian General of the Great Zhou Martial Country.
On the surface, Hong Dingtian’s Cultivation was only at the Soul Law Realm, and he had yet to fully refine a Law Primordial Spirit. But he was a true Blademaster. Aided by a great army, he could merge with its Military Evil Qi and could even rival those at the Perfect Law Realm.
Therefore, Hong Dingtian was publicly acknowledged as the number one combatant in the Great Zhou Martial Country.
He was strong.
Extremely strong.
This was an undeniable fact.
"Huo Yuanjia, I see through your Sword Dao. You are not a pure Sword Cultivator. Although the sword in your hand grants you immense power, you cannot truly unleash your sword’s full Mighty Power."
Hong Dingtian said gravely, "Therefore, you will die by my saber today."