Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 144 - 041: Killing with a Sword in the Void!

Chapter 144: Chapter 041: Killing with a Sword in the Void!

Between Heaven and Earth, there was an ancient aura that had existed since the appearance of ancient Demon Beasts.

But now, it manifested itself actively around Zhou Yan’s body as if it had come to life, gradually enveloping him.

Zhou Yan stood silently, letting his cascading black hair flutter in the air, his eyes deep and sharp, fixated on the one-legged old man. His Sword Intent had already solidified immensely.

The one-legged old man had a gloomy face and sneered repeatedly. Despite the slight fear in his dark eyes, the ruthlessness was more evident.

"The Nine Lives Gate is about to open, and you think you can kill me here? What audacity!"

The old man’s cackling voice sounded somewhat hoarse, his throat bulging and contracting like a frog about to expel air, but this action was indeed daunting.

This was a sign of an ominous Sword Spirit about to appear.

"To the extreme of life is death, and from the peak of death comes life. The Nine Lives Gate is also a place of death; killing you is no difficulty at all!"

Zhou Yan proudly uttered, his gaze disdainful, revealing the will of a genius.

At this moment, he truly possessed the demeanor of a peerless genius, for the success of the Sword Spirit was key!

His transformation was complete, except for a minor flaw under one rule—a flaw he had deliberately left.

"Then let me experience the great power of Zhou Lingzhe!"

The old man stepped forward, causing the ground to tremble, but that wasn’t the most significant aspect. As he stepped, his body seemingly expanded rapidly, inflating to a hundred, a thousand times his original size in an instant!

A dark red glow emanated from his body; with each expansion of the glow, his body grew larger.

In a blink, he stood towering like a mountain, mighty and frightening.

His enormous frame, touching the sky and stepping on the earth, seemed to hold up the firmament, terribly imposing.

What this technique was, no one knew, but as he grew so vast, his flesh seemed to harden, becoming immensely robust as if refined by Heaven and Earth.

Under these circumstances, he lifted his hand and a shadow that blotted out the sun morphed into a giant sword plunging towards Zhou Yan.

The vast scale of the attack made it nearly impossible to escape!

It was like trying to flatten an ant on the ground with a foot; no matter how fast the ant ran, it would be crushed instantly.

The present scene of battle gave everyone this feeling.

It was a terrifying feeling because even any Cultivator, faced with such a sudden display of overwhelming brute force, would be at a loss for what to do and thus unable to defend.

But Zhou Yan remained calm as before, his gaze steady as he watched the pitch-black, abyss-like giant sword descending, his body standing unflinchingly.

Just as the sword was about to completely crush him, Zhou Yan suddenly pointed out a finger.

"Buzz~"

The terrifying force pushed Zhou Yan’s legs nearly half a meter into the ground of the ancient battlefield, breaking through so much of the hard surface, underscoring that the seemingly fearsome sword was far more terrifying than imagined.

But Zhou Yan countered the sword with just his finger!

Even more so, his finger didn’t even bend!

"No! Impossible! Even if the Emperor Qi Sword Body is strong, the flesh should not possess such immense strength; you must be wearing top-tier Soul Armor!"

The giant-like old man’s face twisted ferociously, almost screaming, his voice low and rumbling like thunder, just hearing it caused discomfort and dizziness—an indication that the old man’s methods were not so simple.

Yet, even so, his mighty invincible sword strike was caught by a single finger from Zhou Yan!

This scene was not only unbelievable for him, but everyone present was dumbstruck.

They were completely frozen, bodies trembling, unable to utter a word, as if they had witnessed the most incredible spectacle.

"Impossible? Nothing is impossible!"

A look of disdain crept across Zhou Yan’s face.

In a world where the strong prey on the weak, had it not been for his own strength, he would have been killed by his opponent already.

Given this, it was natural for Zhou Yan to seek revenge and slay any potential enemies at this moment.

At this point, Zhou Yan was merely testing the strength of his own body, which had been refined by ancient essence blood, and he had not expected the results to be so remarkable!

He felt the blood within him burn, and believed he could tear apart heaven and earth — although this was merely a delusion, Zhou Yan believed that his constitution had become terrifyingly strong!

Because the Purple Flame itself was extremely powerful, and the process had merged the ancient Sword Intent Crystal Stone into his body, along with refining countless ancient Demon Beast essence blood... When all of these were almost entirely refined by the Purple Flame into one entity, the strength of his physical body had likely reached an unimaginable level!

This was also why Zhou Yan confidently used his finger to catch the giant sword that felt like it weighed as much as a mountain.

At this moment, seeing the old man become overly horrified by his action and thus thrown off balance, Zhou Yan did not hold back any longer.

In an instant, the bloodline within him surged, and the ancient Sword Intent within his blood unexpectedly emerged — the Soul Extinguishing Sword Intent struck once again.

The world suddenly seemed to stand still, a complete silence enveloping it.

A chilling, desolate, malevolent, fierce, oppressive aura of terror suddenly appeared, spreading all around, and in that instant, it felt as if heaven and earth themselves had plunged into sorrow.

Zhou Yan’s Soul Extinguishing Sword Intent, as if transformed by a transformation in realm, underwent a fundamental change; as soon as the Sword Intent emerged, countless cultivator souls seemed to be frozen, starting to become muddled.

When masters compete, even a second feels incredibly long!

Especially such muddledness, which was likely much more than a mere second’s shock.

In that moment, the old man’s body suddenly froze, and then, Zhou Yan’s sword struck.

"Whoosh—"

Across the world, a blood-colored sword shadow appeared, like an Emperor who commanded heaven and earth, carrying an immortal inheritance and will, suddenly descended!

At that time, Zhou Yan made his move directly, utilizing the true Xingyi Swordsmanship, the Hawk technique.

It was the sword of an Emperor, and also the sword of solitude.

This sword stroke, as if it pierced through the space-time of heaven and earth, progressively grew from small to the point where it was nearly the same size as the old man’s body.

Then, it broke through the sky.

"Pfft—"

The dark Green Lotus Broken Worry Sword, like a proud sovereign, completely pierced through the old man’s brow, penetrating directly through his head.

Blood jetted out hundreds of meters, and the old man’s body, as if struck by lightning, regained consciousness for a moment before being flung away.

Finally, his body was fixed in the Void, killed by Zhou Yan’s sword, nailed into the void.

The blood formed a brilliant river, vibrant and eye-catching like the red burst the old man emitted earlier.

In that instant, the geniuses who had recovered, watched the scene wide-eyed, filled with shock and awe.

And those cultivators who still hadn’t recovered remained affected by the Soul Destruction Sword Intent, still muddled, with blank minds, unaware of what was happening.