King of Creation
Chapter 618 - 611: The Might of the Divine Eyes

Chapter 618: Chapter 611: The Might of the Divine Eyes

"Ye Zhen, before this, I couldn’t understand why Qingyue would take a liking to you, but now, I can’t help but admire Qingyue’s discernment!"

In the very center of the Ritual Altar, after Ye Zhen and Nian Xinghe both entered the arena, Nian Xinghe didn’t rush to make a move; instead, he started talking, and what’s more, using Divine Soul Telecommunication. This situation made the spectators feel somewhat bewildered.

Ye Zhen didn’t speak, merely watching Nian Xinghe with his eyes, waiting for him to continue.

"But, I absolutely will not give up on Qingyue. I will defeat you in front of Qingyue, to prove my strength. Today, I will definitely not hold back!"

"Is that so? I have my doubts," Ye Zhen said with a slight smile!

"Try me and find out!" Nian Xinghe’s gaze suddenly intensified with a burst of Divine Light!

Clang!

A sword with a hue of azure unsheathed abruptly, and in a blink, a hundred-zhang-long Azure Darkness Sword Gang traced mysterious trajectories through the void, slashing down towards Ye Zhen’s head.

For a moment, it seemed like the entire sky was filled with the Azure Darkness Sword Gang, sealing off all directions around Ye Zhen.

"Nice sword technique, but in my eyes... hmph!"

With a cold laugh, Ye Zhen suddenly pointed with his finger.

A piece of Purple Jade finger precisely touched somewhere amidst the vast expanse of Sword Gangs encircling Ye Zhen on all sides, causing the Sword Gangs that had sealed off his surroundings to tremble violently and vanish into the void.

Only a hundred-meter-long Azure Darkness Sword Gang remained, rapidly dissipating under the attack of the Floating Cloud Finger.

A deep look of shock emerged on Nian Xinghe’s face, "To think he could see through the truth and falsehood in my attack and find the Sword Gang’s main body..."

The high-ranking members of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect watching the battle also showed shocked expressions, as no one expected that Ye Zhen’s mastery of sword techniques seemed to be no less than Nian Xinghe’s, and perhaps even better.

"Take another one of my moves and see!"

With an explosive shout, Nian Xinghe’s figure soared into the sky, with countless Sword Gangs bursting forth from all around him. Guided by the long sword in his hands, they formed an umbrella shape as they slashed down towards Ye Zhen, the dense Sword Light looking like a rain of swords at first glance.

"Suppress!"

The Shattered Jade Seal shot up into the sky, and as the purple radiance spread out, it seemed like a wall, taking position in front of the finely packed Sword Light descending from the sky.

Sssh, ssh, ssh!

The sound of the exceptionally tight Sword Gangs bombarding the Shattered Jade Seal rose sharply, visibly weakening the brilliance of the Seal at rapid speed.

In the sky, a trace of pleasure flashed through Nian Xinghe’s eyes. The Sword Gangs bursting forth from him intensified, intending to break through the formidable Shattered Jade Seal confronting him.

"Explode!"

With a very brief command, the Shattered Jade Seal immediately burst into a halo of purple light, instantly dissolving the Sword Gangs within a five to six hundred meters radius into nothingness.

"Now is the moment I’ve been waiting for!"

A flash of sharp light passed through Nian Xinghe’s eyes as the recently burst Sword Gangs around him suddenly converged, forming a shuttle-shaped screen in front of him.

"Sword Shuttle!"

At the moment of the shout, Nian Xinghe’s figure instantly turned into a sword-shaped shadow, its speed increasing several-fold in an instant, creating a series of sonic booms in the air!

Like an illusion, in the blink of an eye, it traversed a thousand meters, appearing right in front of Ye Zhen, pulling the Sword Shuttle to an elongated shape as a terrifying burst of Sword Qi erupted forth.

Boom, boom, boom!

A lightning bolt, thin as an arm, appeared above Nian Xinghe’s head out of nowhere, plummeting down towards his head, the terrifying power it contained scaring Nian Xinghe into a sudden change of color!

"Rise!"

With an outburst of tremendous Divine Soul Power, the Sword Shuttle that Nian Xinghe had aimed at Ye Zhen was forcibly bent, now facing the Sky-Shaking Thunder hurtling down from above!

The sounds of collisions between the Sword Light and Thunder Light erupted incessantly, leaving the other six martial artist candidates wide-eyed, particularly those who had crossed hands with Ye Zhen and Nian Xinghe earlier, who only now realized that neither had used their full strength in those fights, and had significantly held back!

Boom, boom, boom!

The sound of thunder roared again, and as the black thunder light exploded, Nian Xinghe let out a strange cry. The long sword in his hands rapidly swung a few times, and the Sword Light suddenly became illusory.

The Heavenly Thunder of Fright struck down on Nian Xinghe, hitting its mark, but the image of Nian Xinghe that was hit disappeared under the thunder, being just an afterimage; the real Nian Xinghe was already a thousand meters away.

"Impressive!"

Nian Xinghe, having steadied himself in the void, sincerely praised Ye Zhen and was suddenly filled with infinite Battle Intent—throughout the six bouts of the selection contest, he finally found an opponent he could go all out against!

"Ye Zhen, be careful now. The power of my next attack is something even I can’t control!" Nian Xinghe said with utmost seriousness.

"Bring it on!" Ye Zhen said, his mouth curling into a confident smile!

Nian Xinghe stared at Ye Zhen’s eyes, which suddenly erupted with a terrifying divine light. The Sword Gang surged instantly from the high skies, and the Sword Momentum was still strengthening!

Watching the divine light radiating from Nian Xinghe’s eyes, something suddenly stirred in Ye Zhen’s heart. His Soul Refining Divine Eyes had been trained for some time now, was it time to unveil them?

Of course, the most important thing was that while Nian Xinghe was condensing his Sword Momentum, his eyes were fixedly staring at Ye Zhen.

With a thought, his Divine Sense shifted, and Ye Zhen’s originally spirited eyes suddenly turned pitch black.

"Star Cloud Divine Sword!"

In the midst of a sharp shout, a ring of sword light resembling a star cloud suddenly enveloped the sky above, reducing everything in its path to dust.

However, just as the Star Cloud Sword Gang fell, it abruptly paused, as if it had lost its spirit nature. Meanwhile, a torrent of Divine Soul Waves erupted simultaneously from both Ye Zhen and Nian Xinghe.

The moment the Star Cloud Divine Sword was struck, Nian Xinghe habitually glanced at Ye Zhen. Ye Zhen’s eyes, like a black hole, involuntarily drew in his sight, Divine Sense, and Divine Soul. In an instant, everything changed, and it was as if he had entered a hell of black and red.

The black radiance trapped him tightly, while the red radiance, like a purgatory, seemed intent on incinerating him.

Divine Soul Attack!

Nian Xinghe quickly realized this and burst forth with a tenacious will, his Divine Soul Power gushing out like a flood, violently shaking the surrounding black light.

With both parties releasing tremendous Divine Soul Power waves, the other candidates and the higher-ups of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect were all stunned!

A Divine Soul Attack, from Ye Zhen, a martial artist at the Third Stage of the Soul Sea Realm, launched against a martial artist from the Third Stage of the Vein Forging Realm?

No matter how one looked at it, it seemed unbelievable!

Although Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul Power had reached the Fifth Realm, it absolutely could not compare to that of a martial artist of the Threefold Pulse Realm!

A martial artist from the Threefold Pulse Realm’s Divine Soul Power had long reached the peak of the Divine Soul Fifth Realm and was definitely preparing for Establishment.

The gap in Divine Soul Power between these two men, even at the early stages of Soul Refining, was as vast as the difference between brick and mud, steel and iron!

This scene, to the extent that Yua Hanjing couldn’t help but sneer, "Idiot, actually contending in Divine Soul Power with a Vein Forging Realm powerhouse!"

"Vice Hall Master Yua, please refrain from flaunting your intelligence. Can’t you see that Nian Xinghe is already disturbed by Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul Attack?" Fengh Qingyue’s voice rang out.

Even the high-ranking members of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, including the Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong, showed a hint of surprise.

Yua Hanjing, seeing the seemingly uncontrollable sword light in the sky, his face paled.

In fact, even though there was a considerable gap in Divine Soul Power between the two, Ye Zhen had already succeeded!

Divine Soul Attack was never the main focus, merely a supplementary, disrupting means.

In battle, as long as one could cause the slightest distraction or confusion in the opponent, the effect was achieved. For a powerhouse like Ye Zhen, a momentary chance could be lethal!

The moment Nian Xinghe fell into Ye Zhen’s Soul Refining eyes, it meant that Nian Xinghe had been hit.

Even if Nian Xinghe could break free almost immediately, a mere Floating Cloud Finger from Ye Zhen could cast Nian Xinghe into a never-ending disadvantage.

If Nian Xinghe takes a slight bit longer to break free, what awaited him might very well be death!

Nian Xinghe’s vast Divine Soul Power burst forth, and in a flash, he seemed to be on the verge of breaking free from the Soul Refining Divine Soul!

Ye Zhen’s eyebrows furrowed abruptly. The power of the Soul Refining Divine Eyes was good, but the time it trapped the enemy was still too short — so short that before the full potential of the Soul Refining Divine Eyes could be unleashed, Nian Xinghe was about to break free.

Of course, the biggest reason was still the gap between their Divine Soul Powers. If Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul Power had been stronger, Nian Xinghe would certainly have been doomed. Against slightly weaker Vein Forging Realm powerhouses, Ye Zhen could be sure of overwhelming them one by one.

"What a pity, the Soul Refining Divine Eyes still can’t become my Killing Move..."

With a silent sigh, Ye Zhen was preparing to give up. Once the opponent broke through by force, he would be subjected to a certain level of backlash!

But just as Ye Zhen was about to give up, something suddenly stirred in his heart.

As his Divine Sense moved, it fell upon the Essence Pearl of the Phantom Soul Beast King inside the Mirage Dragon Pearl. With a thought, he activated the Phantom Soul Beast King’s powerful Illusory Realm-conjuring power.

The Soul Refining Divine Eyes and the Illusion-conjuring ability of the Phantom Soul Beast King’s attack were both Divine Soul Attacks and had the ability to create illusions. Quite abruptly, these two Divine Soul Attacks were fused together.

To be precise, the Illusory Realm-conjuring power contained within the Phantom Soul Beast King’s Essence Pearl was instantly enhanced and incorporated into the Soul Refining Divine Eyes, multiplying the Illusory Realm’s power to bewilder the Divine Soul by several times in that moment!

Just as Nian Xinghe was about to break free from Ye Zhen’s Soul Refining Divine Soul, he was suddenly struck dumb, his deepest desires magnified indefinitely. A victorious smile unique to winners appeared on his handsome face.

The moment the smile emerged, not only did the Star Soul Sword Gang that had just been launched dissipate immediately, but the terrifying Sword Qi rising around him also vanished into thin air, leaving no trace of battle to be found on him.

Hiss!

The sound of sharp intakes of breath instantly filled the surroundings.

In the sky, Grand Commander Jio Yuanxiu, presiding over the competition, was shocked with widened eyes, and even the expression of Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong became solemn in that instant! (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to vote and support it with your monthly tickets on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)