Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 292 - 167: Battle with Ji Tianxu (1)

Chapter 292: Chapter 167: Battle with Ji Tianxu (1)

"Ji Tianxu has arrived, why worry at all?"

Zhou Yan regained consciousness, no longer confused, thus he calmly asked.

"Although he is also a cultivator of the Sword Soul Realm at the Three Souls and Seven Spirits level, he is that kind of genuine top genius. Even with the Qiankun Sword in hand, I am no match for him.

He is on the same level as Jia Yongheng, Li Wuxian, and Spiritualist Qian Xi, among the peak, belonging to those invincible geniuses within the same realm."

Hou Ling’er explained seriously.

"I see. I understand, you need not worry."

Zhou Yan said, specifically glancing at Zhou Yuntian. At this time, Zhou Yuntian’s face was sickly pale, the confident person showing a hint of fear for the first time.

Zhou Taiting, Yang Qingtan, and others were silently guarding him in the middle, as if afraid something unexpected might happen.

The void had irregular distortions, and from the twisting ripples, a group of people emerged.

This group was composed of five men and women with feathered wings. The one being protected by these five was a young, handsome, and bewitching young man.

His appearance carried an androgynous charm, extremely handsome, with phoenix eyes that had a feminine mist, but his gaze was sinister and terrifying.

He was like a divine sword with concealed sharpness, seemingly still, but once moved, everything between heaven and earth would be as ants.

This is the genuine disregard for the masses, the Sword Dao Sword Intent!

Seeing this person, despite not knowing who he was, Zhou Yan was immediately certain that he was Ji Tianxu.

And this person, upon appearing, didn’t look anywhere else but directly at Zhou Yan.

Apart from taking an extra glance at Qian Xi, no one else was in his view.

Even now, with the presence of Cai Xuan, Hou Yan, Elder Qian Qian, and other strong cultivators at the Void Realm, they were not in his consideration.

His strength gave him the right to such arrogance.

He valued Zhou Yan because within Zhou Yan’s aging body, there was a terrifying presence that seemed capable of reducing him to ashes.

"You carry the aura of the Mingxin Mirror, right at the center of your forehead, you took the Mingxin Mirror, killed Ji Shuitian?!"

Ji Tianxu asked from a position of superiority, his cold voice questioning Zhou Yan.

He still had his hands behind his back, but there was a slight retraction of his arrogance, though his words still carried an otherworldly authority.

"Yes. So what?"

Zhou Yan would not explain, nor did he need to.

The other party had already made up his mind; explanations were useless, and he did not fear a fight, even though he knew someone had ’lured’ this person here, making Zhou Yan stand out deliberately, he didn’t care.

"Hand over the Mingxin Mirror, and I will spare your life!"

Ji Tianxu commanded coldly, as if by saying such a thing, he was already giving Zhou Yan a lot of face.

"Kneel down, kowtow, cripple your cultivation, and I will let you live."

Zhou Yan stared at Ji Tianxu, completely ignoring his arrogant words.

Furthermore, Zhou Yan’s own words were spoken more calmly, yet were even more arrogant!

At this moment, countless cultivators stared dumbfounded at the confrontation between the two, even those who had previously wished for Zhou Yan’s immediate death were now excited.

If these two were to fight, it would certainly be a battle for the ages.

Zhou Yan had invincible combat power below the Void Realm, while Ji Tianxu was already at the Great Perfection of the Three Souls and Seven Spirits, a True Spirit Level genius with combat power breaking five, the peak among geniuses!

In comparison, Zhou Yan was far behind in realm, but no one dared question his combat power, as his realm had already been overlooked by all the cultivators present.

Everyone considered Zhou Yan an invincible powerhouse at the Great Perfection of the Three Souls and Seven Spirits.

Which of these two was stronger?

Many cultivators were looking forward to finding out, but even more didn’t have high hopes for Zhou Yan because the Blood Qi in his body had been devoured by the Ancient Evil Spirit, losing over ninety percent, already at a severe disadvantage from the start.

"Zhou Yan, if you had reached the peak of Sword Soul Three Heavens and were in your prime, I might have been wary of you, but now? You really aren’t qualified to say that! But rest assured, I will dig out the Mingxin Mirror from your forehead bit by bit, and then, I will let you know the pain of making an enemy of me, Ji Tianxu!"

Ji Tianxu spoke, his grey Combat Armor stirring without wind, fluttering about.

His pitch-black hair flew about, like a Demon God descending from the Void.

It was the formidable presence of Sovereign Power, overwhelming those geniuses who had not grasped such power upon his arrival.

"Zhou Lingzhe, your Essence Blood."

Cai Xuan stepped forward, suddenly striking out a pillar of blood—this was precisely the Essence Blood that had been devoured by the Ancient Evil Spirit that had originated from Zhou Yan.

This Essence Blood hadn’t been digested by the Ancient Evil Spirit, instead, Cai Xuan had managed to preserve it!

Zhou Yan didn’t look at this Essence Blood, his gaze just became a bit more solemn. Then he was covered by the Undying Rebirth Technique, and the Essence Blood, as if having life, suddenly converged and entered his body.

This body was a Split Body, not as usable as the original.

However, this body was mostly composed of powerful Fist Intent essence that even the original couldn’t absorb, extremely fierce.

Zhou Yan’s Blood Qi consolidated, a terrifying murderous aura directly manifested, his dried skin instantly became radiant.

Strong and solid muscles emerged one by one, his body exuded a terrifying ancient Fierce Beast Blood Qi, his snow-white hair wildly fluttering about.

He stepped upon the Void, his robes billowing, fixing his gaze on Ji Tianxu.

"Just a Sword Spirit Three Heavens, not yet at Great Perfection, let the subordinates slaughter him."

A white-clothed feathered wing woman beside Ji Tianxu spoke.

Ji Tianxu had a thought, surprisingly opted not to act personally, nodded slightly, and said, "He is strong, don’t be careless."

The white-clothed feathered wing woman nodded, her eyes lacking seriousness, but earnestly said, "Yes, Young Master. Rest assured, Wen Ning will surely satisfy the Young Master."

She said this and directly locked onto Zhou Yan with a killing intent.

But she discovered that Zhou Yan was just calmly watching her.

She was astonished in her heart, so she looked into Zhou Yan’s eyes.

In that instant, the speed of the Feathered Wings Cultivator Wen Ning fluttering her wings suddenly slowed down, because she saw a world in Zhou Yan’s eyes.

In that world, there was a pair of blood-colored eyes, so large that they covered the sky and sun.

These eyes, when she looked at them, looked back at her in the same way.

At that moment, feelings like loneliness, despair, sorrow, desolation, pain, anger, fear, and evil, and other negative emotions, all surged up in her heart.

She felt an unbearable pain, felt that living had no meaning at all, and thought that dying would be countless times more blissful than living such a painfully suffocating life.

So, the next moment, she turned around, and her body suddenly exploded without warning.

She self-destructed, instantly destroying herself, an abrupt self-destruction that left everyone unable to resist.

With a "boom" of a muffled sound, the destructive force of this self-explosion instantly killed all four of the Feathered Wings Cultivators who were too late to react beside her.

Not just that, over a dozen Cultivators not far from Qian Xi were all annihilated in an instant.

Even Ji Tianxu was shaken all over at this moment, and there were cracks appearing on his gray combat armor, with blood seeping out from his body.

His long hair was disheveled by the impact, partly covering his face, making it difficult to discern any change in emotion, but his cold and venomous gaze was like that of a ferocious wolf, filled with chilling killing intent.

"Good, such a ruthless method! I hadn’t expected that the pair of Blood Eyes were indeed related to you! I don’t believe he can descend here and suppress me!"

Ji Tianxu’s body shook with tremors, that moment, he fully felt the aura of the pair of blood-colored eyes, which sent him into a fury.

But Zhou Yan at this moment, was still as tranquil as an ancient well; his face was very calm.

His eyes, too, had not undergone any fundamental change.

Because at the moment he intended to make a move, the Purple Flame within the Purple Flame Void stirred, and then a streak of Blood Light flew out from the flames.

Zhou Yan felt a slight swelling in the eyes of his Split Body, but uncontrollably thought of the scene of the blood-colored eyes he had seen.

That was just a momentary distraction.

In battle, being distracted is a grave taboo.

But after Zhou Yan recovered, the Feathered Wings Cultivator had already self-destructed.

The energy from her self-explosion was a huge shock to him, but when this energy approached him, it was directly devoured by energy extending from the Purple Flame Void before it could get close, not causing the slightest harm to Zhou Yan.

This scene gave the impression that Zhou Yan didn’t make a move, but simply an invisible Sword Intent made the Feathered Wings Cultivator self-explode, so many Cultivators took a deep breath of cold air, staring at Zhou Yan with some suspicion and uncertainty.

Among these people, those who were still relatively calm were only Qian Xi, Hou Ling’er, Elder Xianxian, Hou Yan, Zhou Ying, and her companions.

"This is..."

Hou Ling’er’s eyes flashed with a clear understanding, and then she couldn’t help but cast her gaze on Zhou Yan, trying hard to discern something, but unfortunately, by this time Zhou Yan had already returned to normal, and she could see nothing.

At this moment, Zhou Yan faced Ji Tianxu directly.

Ji Tianxu, speaking cruel words, did not rush to make a move but suddenly said, "Jia Yongheng, Li Wuxian, Li Yunjin, Zhou Wangchen, and others have already been killed by me; you’re next!"

His words caused a shock in all the Cultivators present.

And in that instant, Ji Tianxu made his move.

His words, not necessarily true, were merely intended to distract Zhou Yan, then make the first move, to gain an advantage by striking first.

Regrettably, Zhou Yan, who no longer cared about the life and death of everyone and who had already been distracted once, would definitely not be distracted again.

Thus, as soon as Ji Tianxu made a move, Zhou Yan also made his move simultaneously.

"Shhshh—"

A Divine Light struck, startling a portion of Heaven and Earth.

This Divine Light possessed immense Heavenly Dao might, which was the power of a Sovereign, able to kill enemies invisibly across thousands of miles, terrifying beyond measure.

Such a Divine Light, as if tearing apart the heavens and earth here, was inexplicably powerful.

This was the ability of Ji Tianxu, and as soon as he made a move, it turned the faces of the Cultivators from other realms, like Huang FuZhan, pale as paper.

At the same moment, Zhou Yan’s hand suddenly moved.

He drew his sword.

The pitch-black sword, though seemingly extremely desiccated, carried a strike with Blood Qi and Lonely Sword Intent, producing twelve silhouettes of fierce beasts, like twelve Sword Spirits fused into one, warping a piece of sky and earth.

This was also an extraordinary divine might, equally fierce and stern, no different from the energy of the Heavenly Dao Sovereign.

The wild blazing light, like the Milky Way falling from the Nine Heavens, covered the sky and obscured the sun; when the two made their first moves, they were all Earth-shattering attacks.

"Boom!"

The two lights collided, making a deafening noise of destruction.

Between heaven and earth, Sword Light and energy light, all shattered into pieces, the blinding glow, the twisted Void, the chaotic energy, the wild killing intent made the world as chaotic as Destruction itself.

Instantly, the leaking energy, like a flood or a beast, directly tore apart the bodies of the Cultivators who were nearby, turning blood into rivers, washing away many decaying bones from the pitch-black ground.

The battle had just begun, the violent and chaotic energy explosion had already made many Cultivators scream in agony, with casualties everywhere!

Strong!

Terrifyingly strong!

No one could have imagined that, at the same level of Three Souls and Seven Spirits Realm, there would be Cultivators who could be so powerful!