The Sword God of the Universe
Chapter 277 - 277 277 Murderous Intent

Chapter 277: Chapter 277 Murderous Intent Chapter 277: Chapter 277 Murderous Intent Within the formation, Jing Yan’s face suddenly changed.

A terrifying force, as if tangible, crazily crushed everything in its path.

That reckless power, within the space, formed terrifyingly intricate and fine patterns.

Jing Yan also spurred the Primordial Energy within the Fog Vortex inside his body in an instant.

Upon entering the Heaven Array, Jing Yan had come prepared; he knew the difficulty of the Heaven Array and its danger.

Jing Yan also understood that with his current strength, he definitely could not claim that he would surely pass through the Heaven Array.

His combat power could be said to be top-notch even among the Innate Peak Martial Artists.

Even so, Jing Yan did not dare say he would definitely pass through the Heaven Array.

He was mentally prepared for this.

Yet, when he entered the Heaven Array and felt the terrifying force within this space, he couldn’t control the drastic change in his complexion.

This was still just upon entering the Heaven Array; if he continued deeper, the pressure he would face would obviously be fiercer.

“Heaven Array!

Heaven Array!

Truly extraordinary!” Jing Yan couldn’t help but exclaim in his heart.

“Huff!” He exhaled deeply.

As Jing Yan spurred the Primordial Energy within and countered the pressing Mysterious Energy in the passageway, he felt much more relaxed.

The Primordial Energy and the Mysterious Energy inside the passageway continuously crushed against each other, emitting a ‘sizzling’ sound.

Under this forceful crushing and tearing, the spatial patterns became even clearer.

The black patterns, like a spider web, spread around Jing Yan’s body.

In order to save Primordial Energy, Jing Yan intentionally controlled the burst of Primordial Energy, only keeping the Mysterious Energy at a safe distance.

If Jing Yan wildly spurred the Primordial Energy within the Fog Vortex, he could push the Mysterious Energy even further away, but that would consume his Primordial Energy much faster.

That was one reason!

Another reason Jing Yan did not want to completely push away the Mysterious Energy was because he wanted to absorb it to strengthen himself.

Inside the Human Formation and Earth Array, Jing Yan had already absorbed a lot of the Mysterious Energy present within the formations, which continuously strengthened the Primordial Energy inside his Fog Vortex.

Inside this Heaven Array, the Mysterious Energy was even more vast and majestic, making it naturally easier to absorb and more effective.

Under Jing Yan’s deliberate control, he manipulated the Primordial Energy to slightly expose a small gap, allowing a small amount of Mysterious Energy to enter.

Afterwards, he operated Sky Vaulting First Divine Skill to absorb this Mysterious Energy and convert it for his own use.

While doing all this, Jing Yan also slowly walked forward.

He aimed to obtain the Golden Order and naturally could not remain in place.

The time limit for the Heaven Array was three hours, during which Jing Yan had to do everything he could to pass through the Heaven Array.

“Whoosh!”

A chill suddenly appeared.

Immediately, cold light burst forth, and icy killing intent enveloped Jing Yan.

Jing Yan’s whole body slightly shook as the Skyfire Sword was drawn in an instant, Primordial Energy exploded forth, and he swept out a Red Sword Light in front of him.

The Red Sword Light, containing powerful might, dragged a vast afterimage within the space.

Within that afterimage, a grey shadow appeared in Jing Yan’s sight.

Jing Yan’s heart chilled!

He knew that the bone-chilling killing intent from before was brought by this black shadow.

Jing Yan focused his gaze, wanting to see more clearly, but the black shadow seemed intangible, with Jing Yan only able to perceive a vague outline.

The shadow seemed to be holding a black scimitar.

The terrifying cold light just then should have come from this black scimitar.

“Crack!” The black shadow swung the scimitar in its hand, and a black ripple appeared, tearing Jing Yan’s Red Sword Light apart.

“How powerful!” Jing Yan’s heart shook slightly, and at the same time, he released his five senses to their limits.

“Zing!” The black shadow paused slightly in front of him, then quickly closed in on Jing Yan, the scimitar in its hand bursting out with terrifying might, intending to tear Jing Yan’s body apart.

“Moon Cutting Sword Technique!” Jing Yan dared not be careless and thrust forth the Moon Cutting Sword Technique in response.

The thick Red Sword Light stirred up the Mysterious Energy within the space.

The black scimitar in the shadow’s hand collided harshly with the Red Sword Light.

“Puff!” A muted sound rang out.

The black shadow, within the powerful force vortex, retreated rapidly, withdrawing from about three or four meters away from Jing Yan to ten meters away.

But Jing Yan felt no relief.

Currently, his most powerful attack was the Holy Light Sword Technique, but even the might of the Moon Cutting Sword Technique, in Jing Yan’s hands, was still extremely formidable.

The fact that the Moon Cutting Sword Technique could only force the black shadow to retreat, without causing substantial damage, worried him.

“What in the world is this thing?” Jing Yan’s eyes stared intently at the black shadow.

At that moment, the black shadow moved again with ferocity, lunging towards Jing Yan.

“New Moon Cutting Sword Technique!” Jing Yan employed another Martial Arts technique.

Up to this point, Jing Yan had only delved a hundred meters into the passage.

There was still a long way to go, and encountering such an obstacle here meant Jing Yan certainly could not lightly use his strongest attack methods— who knew what else might be waiting for him ahead?

Regardless of what the black shadow actually was, one thing Jing Yan was sure of was that it was incredibly dangerous.

Once allowed to approach, Jing Yan would face a mortal threat, as the speed of the black shadow was exceedingly fast.

“Puff!” The black shadow retreated once more.

In the blink of an eye, the black shadow lunged back again.

“Eh?” Jing Yan’s gaze slightly condensed, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

With his five senses fully unleashed and his perception extremely sharp, he noticed that although the black shadow seemed undamaged, its breath seemed to have weakened somewhat.

His eyes flashed, and to validate his guess, Jing Yan continuously executed attacks with the Skyfire Sword, filling the entire passageway with Red Sword Light.

The Sword Light filled the space, energy burst forth!

Meanwhile, the black shadow kept retreating, its aura growing weaker and weaker.

“So that’s how it is!”

“Although I cannot directly kill it, this thing contains energy that must have a certain limit and is not infinite.

By continuously attacking, I can drain its energy and gradually weaken it,” Jing Yan silently nodded to himself.

After more than ten breaths, the black shadow finally dissipated.

The passageway returned to calm.

Jing Yan released a sigh of relief and looked at the ground ahead; there was no body left behind, “The black shadow is indeed not a tangible life form but rather an Energy Body, containing a certain amount of energy.

My current strength is not sufficient to directly annihilate this mass of energy, but I can slowly dismantle it with continuous attacks.”