Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 363 - 015: Ruthless Flower Crushing

Chapter 363: Chapter 015: Ruthless Flower Crushing

In the eyes of the Light-winged Woman Wan Xia, there was a hint of despair.

She had never imagined that suddenly, she would be struck by the opponent’s Soul Shock.

Even less could she have anticipated that the opponent would be so unimaginably ruthless, completely undefending against her attack and plunging himself into the most dangerous life and death situation, only to launch an attack at the very moment when death seemed certain for him.

This was a display of savage determination that was inconceivable, to stake everything on mutual destruction at the very first move.

No Cultivator could have imagined it.

By the time the Light-winged Woman Wan Xia thought of this, it was already her last thought.

At the moment her body lost its power, a Sword Intent appeared between Heaven and Earth—a Sword Intent of Thunder Will Divine Punishment.

Purple Thunder Light pierced the Heavens and Earth, dyeing the world in a haze of purple, the powerful sound of the Sword Intent breaking the sky, tearing blasts and shrill cracks through the air.

Zhou Yan remained standing in the Void, almost still with his hands clasped behind his back, no one had seen his true movement.

It seemed as though the previous spectacle had been an illusion.

But now, that Sword Intent suddenly lashed out, striking the Light-winged Woman Wan Xia.

That sword had transcended; within it lay an Immortal charm of Thunder Dao, manifesting a Breaking Dao’s light halo and colorful glows throughout Heaven and Earth.

This was the sign of breaking through to the Void Sixth, one move, already breaking the sixth threshold, and hence, Tao Light chants manifested throughout Heaven and Earth.

With one strike, the fairy-like Wan Xia, with her light wings, shattered instantly, her body rending apart and scattering in all directions.

Blood sprayed wildly, showering down from the sky like a violent pear-blossom storm.

"Ah—"

The soul of the Outer Domain Light-winged Woman burst forth, shrieked miserably, transforming into a beam of Holy Light, soaring upward, trying to escape this unavoidable deadly calamity.

However, Zhou Yan would not give her the slightest chance!

Zhou Yan’s gaze took on the mark of Thunderflame, his face revealing an extremely cold, terrifyingly ferocious look; his long hair unfurled and flew about in the wind as if he was a Demon God.

His gaze swept across the seas, and suddenly, his hand, tinged with Blood Qi, reached for the long sword slung diagonally at his waist and thrust out abruptly.

"Pu—"

That thrust was so swift it surpassed the reaction time; in the instant that the Light-winged Woman’s soul tried to ascend, the sword pierced through her.

Her soul emitted a bursting, shattering sound, directly obliterated into dust by that sword.

This genius woman from the Outer Domain, fairy-like and seen as a deity, thus made a name for herself in the mortal world, her soul scattered, turned to dust and smoke.

Lan Ruo, Lee Lianqing, Xian Yue, and even Guan Qiushui and others, were all dumbfounded.

And some Cultivators who appeared from afar due to the commotion were also left stupefied.

Everything happened too quickly, with a hint of the surreal and unbelievable, so fast that it surpassed the reaction time of the vast majority of Cultivators.

From the beginning of the fight to its end, it all seemed but a moment, ending in the blink of an eye, as if it had never started.

Only the pungent stench of Blood Qi in the air, and some fragments of the Light-winged Woman’s broken wings and flesh, proved that all of this was real, and brutal.

Zhou Yan’s move to slay this woman seemed as effortless as uprooting grass, his strength unimaginably formidable.

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"When did the Southern Wilderness gain such a character?"

"This Light-winged Woman, named ’Wan Xia’, is a combination of the Three-Eyed Clan and the Heavenly Vein Clan, possessing the mutual strengths of both and once slain a genius of the Void Sixth, seen as the pride of the youth of both clans!"

"To think she would fall like this, to an unknown Cultivator."

"In this world, apart from the Emperor Qi Sword Body, only a few Cultivators like the Eternal Spirit, Cai Xuan Spirit, and Xiao Tianlun Spirit could achieve this."

"Besides them, there are also the Young Masters of the Qiankun Lineage, the Young Masters of the limitless lineage, and many ancient geniuses that are reclusive, some awakening from ancient slumber, and some, indeed living through again, waking in this era."

"I’ve heard this is a Thunderflame Sword Body, comparable to the Emperor Qi Sword Body. He once slew Outer Domain Clan Members alongside the Zhou Family’s Three Spirit Users, obviously connected to the Zhou Family."

"This person, sharing the same name ’Zhou Yan’ as the Emperor Qi Sword Body, emerged from the Thunder Flame Breaking Path Mountain as an ancient Inheritor, a revival of ancient genius in this era."

"What, ’Zhou Yan’? Isn’t that the same name as the ’Emperor Qi Sword Body’?"

"What does a shared name matter? It shows that this name resonates with the Heavenly Dao, aligns with the rules of Heavenly Destiny. Look at the Evil King’s former name ’Ji Xie’, weren’t there many talented individuals with such a name? Moreover, names like ’Asking Dao’, ’Enlightenment’, ’Wu Dao’, ’Wentian’, ’Wuwei’, and so on, countless have taken such names.

And all these individuals are indeed exceptional, which denotes that a name is also a reflection of ’strength.’ Possessing such a name entails great fortune. If one can bear it, they may become mighty. If not, it is a poison that will kill anyone using such a name in a short time."

"An insightful view, Taoist friend."

"This point is not solely my viewpoint, but rather something the Ancestor in our family has some understanding of, and hence derived from that knowledge."

"So it is. It seems that the Ancestor of your family is indeed a Great Power who remains out of the world. I’m envious."

"Just average, you flatter me too much. Our family’s Ancestor is merely in the Nine Changes Sword Void Realm."

"What, Nine Changes Sword Void..."

Many Cultivators, after being immensely shocked, went on to engage in private discussions, and even initiated a series of debates.

And among these conversations, Zhou Yan grasped the discussions about himself quite directly, and therefore, he agreed very much with the ’naming’ convention in his heart.

Because in his previous life, he clearly had no name.

A name should match one’s fate; the best names fit precisely. If not, either the name cannot be taken, or it renders the individual ordinary.

Just as the names of Li Wuxian, Jia Yongheng, Xiao Tianlun, Chen Tianjian, Zhuge Chunqiu, and Zhuge Wuwei, are each rather shocking in their connotations?

And in this life, his name ’Zhou Yan,’ was also enough to match his Life Chart, while the character ’Yan’ alone could dictate the entirety of the myriad changes and laws of all things in Heaven and Earth.

This one character was something that those with a weak Life Chart could absolutely not bear.

Zhou Yan pondered slightly in his heart and then retracted his aura, stepping from the Void and descending step by step.

At that moment, a Holy Light slashed across the sky, coming fiercely from the depths of the dark heavens and suddenly arriving above Zhou Yan’s head.

This was a move from an important figure striking through the distance, hoping to suppress Zhou Yan in one fell swoop, preventing his formidable abilities from fully maturing.

The sky dark as an abyss; the boundless Holy Light lit up the entire dark night sky, like a dazzling pillar of light suddenly piercing through the Void.

Where the light pillar passed, there were no disturbances in the Space, such energy did not break the sky or warp the space, but at the appearance of this light, Heaven and Earth became terrifyingly still.

This clearly was control over energy to a shockingly precise extent, able to unleash such frightening power without even causing the Void to fracture or warp. Zhou Yan knew he could not match such control, not by a hundredfold.

When this light suddenly descended, Zhou Yan did not resist but instead countered with a punch.

With this punch, a purple Thunder Light Fist Intent burst forth, like the destruction of the Starry Sky, with a pattern of stars continuously shattering and exploding, manifesting a terrifying Tao.

This punch crossed paths with the energy of the Holy Light, the force of the Holy Light collided with Zhou Yan’s body, but in an instant, it was devoured and absorbed by the Thunder Seal between his eyebrows, while Zhou Yan’s fist mercilessly smashed into a certain part of the Void!

"What?!"

The person within the depths of the Void was greatly startled; his body moved swiftly to avoid the attack, and from his mouth, he spewed a golden Divine Fire.

The golden Divine Fire, like a Fire Phoenix, suddenly appeared in the Void, extending terrifying claws and aiming not at Zhou Yan but towards Guan Qiushui and the others.

It was a clear act of mad retaliation and provocation.

Zhou Yan’s expression changed; his punch had twisted the Void where the mysterious figure was, but he had not truly hit the person.

But the golden Divine Fire rapidly enveloped Guan Qiushui and the five others.

"How dare you!"

Zhou Yan roared angrily. The Lonely Sword Intent and Life and Death Sword Intent, both transformed and then also refined and transformed by Yanyan to include the Thunder Will, suddenly burst forth.

With a shout, such invincible Sword Intents suddenly exploded, and when this compound Sword Intent emerged, it was as if a grand energy, a vast voice merged together, suppressing everything between Heaven and Earth.

It was like the initial thunder at the creation of the world, or the Origin of all things at the beginning, this Origin, commanded awe everywhere, within it a mysterious shadow Totem faintly appeared.

Within the shadow Totem stood Zhou Yan’s own figure, with profound and cold eyes, divine and invincible, like a God standing within the Totem, overlooking the world.

Such a terrifying combination of Sword Intents was inherently unbeatable. Coupled with the formidable might of the Thunder Flame Sword Dao, when this attack was launched, there was a sudden deathly silence between Heaven and Earth.

Following that, in an instant, Zhou Yan’s body transformed into a beam of light, delivering a devastating Suppressing Kill.

This attack, carrying the undying suppression strength, was like the inheritance of Zhou Gucheng, that light beam directly impacted on the mysterious shadow figure.

Her figure also appeared, but she looked exactly like the Holy Daughter!

However, Zhou Yan still showed no mercy as he struck down, in that instant nullifying the opponent’s Cultivation, a Sword directly piercing through her heart, nailing her in the Void.

"Shhh—"

This Sword not only pierced through the woman’s body but also through the Void behind her.

"Pfft—"

Blood splattered as the incredibly beautiful woman’s body suddenly shattered, revealing the characteristics of the Yin Water Clan, and then disintegrated into dust.

Her Combat Armor shattered directly, this time her Soul could not escape to soar to the skies, because with that Sword strike, she had already been forcefully shocked to death and then had her Essence Qi and Spirit devoured by the Thunder Flame Seal.