Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 342 - 207: Sky-opening Axe

Chapter 342: Chapter 207: Sky-opening Axe

Purple Flame Void unfolded, and a magnificent energy flowed into Zhou Yan’s heart and mind.

It was as if the original energy had found its backbone, becoming deeper and more terrifying.

Gong Yu and Wu Yuan’s attack arrived in an instant, energy towering like three successive giant waves, stacked and surging, giving the heaven and earth a heavy suffocating sensation.

From afar, no Cultivator could keep their composure.

Such a grand attack, such an undying Fist Intent and Axe Intent, any enemy would fear and not dare to touch its sharpness, unless they possessed an even more grand energy to destroy it all at once!

"Hell Killing Dao!"

Gong Yu roared, his axe carrying the terrifying murderous intent of Creation of Heaven and Earth.

"Heavenly Divine Fist!"

Wu Yuan burst out with a shriek like a ferocious ghost, and their attacks combined together, distorting the endless heaven and earth, and sparks appeared in space.

The overwhelming energy directly enveloped Zhou Yan, crushing him fiercely.

Waves churned, and dark currents swept through, making the heaven and earth seem like they were enduring the calamity of the apocalypse.

Zhou Yan unfolded the Purple Flame Void, standing in the void, with terrifying Sword Intent surrounding him. The spatial energy of the Purple Flame Void extended outwards, as if it were a Domain energy covering everything around his body.

As that unspeakably terrifying power charged at him, Zhou Yan also activated the Purple Flame Void. Participating in the battle with the Purple Flame Void was one of the few instances he had done so.

And every use of the Purple Flame Void represented an enemy forcing out all of his strength.

This time was no exception.

These Outer Domain geniuses treated this place merely as a proving ground, and most who came in were the paramount geniuses of their entire Outer Star Domain, with powerful and ancient inheritances.

Up till now, Zhou Yan no longer felt that he truly deserved the title of being absolutely invincible below the Void Realm, because the Southern Wilderness was filled with countless great tenements, each with one hundred and eight Great Domains.

Currently, Zhou Yan could at most claim to be top-notch in the Water Domain and Snow Domain of the Cang Yan Prefecture, but those ancient, yet-to-be-revealed geniuses had not truly shown their extraordinary combat power.

Hence, it was no surprise that these Cultivators were powerful.

In a one-on-one battle, Zhou Yan would undoubtedly have some trouble, but he was also absolutely confident in slaying these Cultivators. However, in a many against one situation, Zhou Yan already felt somewhat on the back foot.

Now, he had nothing to hold back and went all out.

The Purple Flame Void unfolded, and the power of the Purple Flame increased by more than a thousandfold, displaying its immense devouring power.

The terrifying energy storm that crushed everything was entirely swallowed by the Purple Flame Void!

Zhou Yan’s hand slapped the Void, and a black hole the size of a giant mountain appeared out of nowhere, emitting a cold light. Purple Flames spewed out from it, unleashing the power of devouring!

"Boom!"

As the Purple Flames erupted, the strong energy aura repelled Gong Yu and Wu Yuan. Simultaneously, the devouring black light in the black hole swelled, raging in all directions, and charged towards that terrifying killing intent.

"Boom!"

"Ssshhh—"

Endless energies violently oscillated—a willful and murderous energy that couldn’t be simply swallowed by the Purple Flame Void—thus creating a backlash. However, this backlash, under the raging crush of the Purple Flame Void, shattered and became part of the energy absorbed by the Purple Flame Void!

Not only that, after being swept by the Purple Flame Void, this energy was mysteriously purified between heaven and earth and transferred into the burning Purple Flames. The flames slowly consumed them and then, strands of powerful Origin Energy emerged.

This was the ’refinement’ of energy.

The formidable power of the Purple Flame Void also gradually transformed as Zhou Yan’s Soul grew stronger.

With so much Origin Energy, Zhou Yan’s consumed Blood Qi suddenly shook, and once again, the Undying Rebirth Technique was implemented, and his combat power immediately recovered to its peak.

Zhou Yan emitted an unparalleled divine might as if he possessed an immortal divinity. Heavenly Dao chants of light spread far and wide, turning this battle into a force that broke level five and even level six, causing the Heavenly Dao to display a seven-colored dazzling light occasionally, like a rainbow after the rain, spectacular to behold.

"What a freak!"

From afar, some genius Cultivators were excited but couldn’t help exclaiming in shock.

"At this rate, their trio’s attack will be ground away by that terrifying black light. Instead, it’s Zhou Yan, with the Undying Rebirth Technique constantly presenting, always at his peak. How can they fight against this?"

"No, that Heavenly Vein Clan’s True Spirit level genius, with Divine Springs emerging above his head, is a Divine Water Life, undying and indestructible. This man likely has a great background behind him, and he won’t be so easily slain!"

"That Heavenly Vein person cannot die. Once he dies, that would truly be piercing the heavens!"

"What a joke, is there anything in this world Zhou Yan dares not do? Brother Wang Ze, you’re still underestimating Zhou Yan Spirit!"

"It’s not that I underestimate him, but I know that this battle can’t go on any longer. Otherwise, the Sword Burial Ancestor Star simply cannot endure it."

"Not at all, I don’t see it that way," Zhou Yan declared. "The Sword Burial Ancestor Star is indeed ancient, and to the hundred races beyond our domain, it may seem worthless, but think about it—many truly powerful beings are slumbering on that Ancestor Star, never showing themselves. Heh heh, should those people really dare to come..."

"Furthermore," he continued, not considering himself particularly knowledgeable, "I also agree with Master Zhang’s statements. It is said that the Spiritual Lotus Secret Realm, the Qianling Secret Realm, the Realm of Myriad Blood, the Thunder Flame Secret Realm, the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sword Tomb, and other ancient Inheritance Lands are all sealing places where ancient Great Powers lie in slumber. Do you remember the descent of the nine Tao Lights a few years ago, which nearly destroyed the Sword Burial Ancestor Star? At that moment, a Divine Spirit seemed to awaken, causing terror in all beings between Heaven and Earth, but that voice merely shook once and everything was restored to tranquility.

"Based on my deduction, it must have been the intervention of an ancient Great Power; otherwise, those nine Tao Lights would have completely annihilated the Southern Wilderness!"

"Master Chang Chen truly has piercing insight..."

A group of Cultivators observing from afar discussed fervently—the battle left them anything but calm.

This was unimaginable combat power, especially considering Zhou Yan had previously destroyed his own Sword Soul. It had not been long since, and not only had he fully condensed his Sword Soul again, but he also possessed even more terrifying combat strength!

Many Cultivators were shocked beyond measure, of course, with many of them also harboring their own different opinions.

Meanwhile, amid their conversations, Zhou Yan, relying on the Purple Flame Void, engaged Gong Yu, Wu Yuan, and Emperor Kong in over three hundred fierce battles. He was still bathed in blood, but Gong Yu and the others were already in a pitiful state.

"Boom!"

The Thunderflame burned and the heavens and the earth collapsed, the void itself having a large area transformed into a true vacuum.

A purple flame exploded like a polar light, shooting out fiercely and causing Gong Yu to be extremely terrified. Gong Yu blocked the attack with his Giant Axe, violently twisting his body to avoid the Purple Flame.

Yet that Purple Flame still burned a dark notch into his ancient Giant Axe.

Gong Yu spewed a mouthful of blood mist, and his hand trembling as he gripped the Giant Axe, the immense pain burning his flesh and Soul like a fierce fire. Sweat dripped from his furrowed face like rain.

He had never imagined that such a mighty native could exist on such an insignificant planet.

What was even more unexpected was that this native was only at the level of Sword Soul First Layer Heaven.

Realizing this, he felt an incomparable heavy pressure crushing down on his heart.

All his pride and dominance were crushed to dust in this battle, and his self-esteem was trampled into the ground—for several times, if not for some extremely disgraceful dodging, he would have been killed by his opponent.

"I didn’t want to let anyone know about this thing, but now, I can’t hide it anymore," Gong Yu muttered to himself, his eyes flashing with endless killing intent, and his gaze exceptionally cold and fierce.

Suddenly, he put away the burned Giant Axe into a ring, and then, he took out a massive dark axe that emanated an endless Blood Qi.

As soon as the axe appeared, it was as if a Divine Spirit had suddenly made itself known.

"This... This is the Sky-opening Axe! It is actually the Sky-opening Axe!"

From a distance, as soon as the axe was revealed, Emperor Kong’s face turned instantly pale, fear evident deep in his eyes.

He had not been afraid even when he was nearly killed by Zhou Yan, but now that the axe had appeared, he was afraid.

Not just him—Wu Yuan too was extremely pale at this point, trembling—not from Zhou Yan’s assault but from the fear induced by the appearance of the axe.

"The Sky-opening Axe... The Sky-opening Axe belonged to the ’Sky Demon’ clan’s True Ancestor, and it’s actually in his possession!"

"It seems that Gong Yu is a descendant of an ultimate Great Power, with the pure Bloodline of the Sky Demon!"

"The Sky-opening Axe is actually the real Sky-opening Axe!"

...

The spectating Cultivators, those who knew the value and origin of the axe, from both the native and Outer Domain, were utterly shocked and astonished.

At this moment, the dark axe suddenly emitted an extremely dire aura of slaughter, causing an involuntary fear and trembling in the flesh and Souls of those present.

The color of the dark axe slowly changed in the eyes of all Cultivators—that wasn’t dark at all, but the limit of condensed Essence Blood having turned from fresh red to dark!

Many people’s complexions changed, and some weaker Cultivators even turned deathly pale, plopping down on their knees uncontrollably, desperately kowtowing.

This terrifying aura of slaughter seemed like an ancient Fierce Beast, a Divine Spirit breaking free from its seal, arriving in this world, and commencing a tremendous slaughter.

Holding the Giant Axe in his hand, Gong Yu’s body began to enlarge bit by bit. In a mere moment, he became as towering as a great mountain, standing tall between heaven and earth.

He wielded the axe, and his powerful Energy even forced Wu Yuan and Emperor Kong to retreat.

"You two, step back. If I win, we’ll join forces and destroy the entire Zhou Family and then annihilate the Cold Ice Sword Sect! If I lose, you two may fight to the death to escape! I know a little about your escape trump cards; no one will be able to stop you."

Gong Yu said menacingly.

After his body enlarged, even his voice sounded like thunder from the Nine Heavens.

Emperor Kong and Wu Yuan did not hesitate for a moment and immediately withdrew from the battle, watching from a distance, even preparing to secretly take action at any moment to seize an opportunity to strike Zhou Yan a deadly blow.

Zhou Yan summoned the Broken Worry Sword, engaged the Purple Flame Void, and activated all the defensive and offensive capabilities of the Soul Armor.

At the same time, the Three Sword Souls, the Nine Sword Spirits, combined to form an incomplete Ancient Array of Twelve Stars, deriving an endless Killing Dao.