The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 402 - 401: A Sword Swallowing the Sky

Chapter 402: Chapter 401: A Sword Swallowing the Sky

Meng Xiao’s eyes widened in shock, disregarding the severe pain in his mind as he struggled to brandish his blade in response.

Clang!

The sword and the blade clashed immediately.

However, Meng Xiao’s blade was clearly no match for Lin Bai’s sword, and after a single confrontation, it was cut off by Lin Bai’s sword.

"What!"

Meng Xiao was greatly shocked. His warrior blade was a fifth-grade spiritual weapon bestowed by His Majesty as a reward for his military achievements, full of power and had once helped him slay many formidable enemies.

Yet now, it had been destroyed by one stroke of Lin Bai’s sword.

Terrified, Meng Xiao swiftly retreated with Consort Yun.

"General Meng Xiao, I shall assist you."

At this moment, a group of the Guard Army rushed over from above.

Among the entire Imperial Palace Guard Army, there were more than a dozen generals, and around half had gathered here.

Upon seeing the approaching generals leading their men, Meng Xiao’s face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly shouted, "Generals, use Shockwave Arrows to subdue him quickly!"

"This man is skilled in swordplay and possesses a sixth grade spirit weapon, making him almost invincible in close combat. Use Shockwave Arrows!"

Meng Xiao eagerly shouted at the incoming Guards.

The other generals, hearing his command, immediately instructed all soldiers, "Use the Shockwave Arrows."

"Shockwave Arrows, launch!"

"Shockwave Arrows, launch!"

The generals who had brought soldiers, over ten thousand of them, quickly pulled out their bows and launched the arrows toward Lin Bai at the lightning speed upon hearing the order.

Lin Bai’s face paled in shock as he deftly avoided the incoming Shockwave Arrows.

"Break through!"

Lin Bai eyed Meng Xiao as he was dodging the Shockwave Arrows, his eyes filled with a boundless killing intent as he charged toward him.

A streak of lightning gradually approached Meng Xiao’s vision; he knew that Lin Bai was closing in.

"All soldiers, form a formation!" Meng Xiao urgently commanded.

"Yes!"

The group of soldiers following Meng Xiao moved forward, and their bodies melded together to form a mighty silver light shield.

"Break it!"

Lin Bai’s sword slashed down angrily, sending a piercing light that extended from earth to sky and rattling the surroundings. As his sword struck the massive light shield, a loud, booming sound reverberated.

Boom—

Instead of breaking the light shield, Lin Bai’s sword caused its power to rebound, hurling him a hundred meters back.

He once again plunged into the battlefield littered with Shockwave Arrows.

Overjoyed, Meng Xiao observed Lin Bai being repelled back and instantly bellowed, "Detonate the Shockwave Arrows!"

"Explode!"

"Explode!"

"Explode!"

A low growl sounded, and the Shockwave Arrows strewn on the ground were instantly ignited by the true Qi.

Boom—, boom—,

A series of blasts echoed, and the powerful shockwaves struck Lin Bai’s mind.

Lin Bai felt like his head was being torn apart, the pain was unbearable, and his face turned the color of a pig’s liver.

"Ah!!!"

Lin Bai let out a pain-infused roar.

Meng Xiao, overjoyed, commanded, "Good, while he is weak, attack together and capture him!"

"Kill!

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

A group of the Moon God Legion soldiers charged in.

Like famished tigers preying, they sought to capture Lin Bai.

Looking up, Lin Bai’s eyes widened in shock as he desperately grabbed the Qingge Sword from the ground. With one powerful swing, he slaughtered all the soldiers who were rushing toward him.

"Still dare to resist desperately, you overestimate yourself."

Meng Xiao said with a cold laugh.

"Attack!"

Meng Xiao continuously barked commands.

Squish! Squish!

They heard the sound of blades piercing into flesh.

Lin Bai’s body bore terrifying wounds from several slashes.

"Get lost!"

Lin Bai roared in fury.

Tens of thousands of people had surrounded Lin Bai, he struggled to defend himself under the power of the Shockwave Arrow.

Roars of fighting and killing echoed unceasingly around him.

Tens of thousands of soldiers charged towards Lin Bai like a swarm of locusts crossing a landscape.

"Prepare to die!"

"Hmmph, bold scoundrel, daring to infiltrate our Dayue Kingdom Imperial Palace and kidnap Consort Yun, you are simply courting death."

"Audacious rogue, you have the audacity to be so lustful!"

"Indeed, chop him up into pieces."

"You should never, ever have cast your lewd eyes on the most beautiful woman in our Dayue Kingdom."

These soldiers charging forth now had cruel smiles on their faces as they wildly brandished their blades at Lin Bai.

The shadow of death and the sense of imminent mortal danger hovered over Lin Bai’s heart.

As he saw the brutal wave of soldiers charging at him, a sense of determination filled Lin Bai’s eyes and he remembered Ling Tianzi’s words: "If you’re totally besieged, show Under Heaven the power of Devouring Sword Spirit."

Lin Bai’s eyes became increasingly firm and cold.

"Maybe, it’s time to show the world your power."

"Devouring Sword Spirit! Let the world tremble under your sword!"

Under the intense shadow of death, Lin Bai decisively unleashed his Devouring Sword Spirit.

Whoooo-

A beam of black light shot up from the top of Lin Bai’s head, standing over him, a terrifying force of attraction could be felt.

Above the Devouring Sword Spirit, a shroud of Black Mist hovered. It rose from the top of Lin Bai’s head into the night sky. Like a tremendous black hole in the heavens, it emitted a terrifying suction, engulfing everything in its surroundings!

"What is this thing?"

"It’s pitch black."

"It looks like a sword?"

"Forget what it is, let’s kill him first."

The soldiers were slightly surprised and then without the slightest fear they sprinted forward.

However, just as they lunged at him, their blood started to flow backwards, rupturing the blood vessels and emerging from their bodies to then solidify into a stream of blood that was absorbed by Lin Bai’s Devouring Sword Spirit.

"What’s happening?"

"My blood... My blood is flowing out from my wounds."

"Mad, my blood vessels burst."

Each and every soldier who had charged forward was sucked dry of their blood in an instant, and lay on the ground.

These soldiers mostly belonged to the ninth level of the Earth Martial Realm, or were warriors below the fifth level of the Heaven Martial Realm.

For the warriors whose state was lower than Lin Bai’s, the Devouring Sword Spirit could directly reverse the flow of their blood, rupture their blood vessels, and have it fly out.

"Aaaahhh!"

"I’m going to die..."

"Help! Are you a blood-sucking monster?"

All the soldiers charging at Lin Bai fearfully looked at him and yelled.

The range of the Devouring Sword Spirit expanded continuously, gradually from hundreds of meters, expanding to thousands of meters, tens of thousands of meters...

A terrifying suction force uprooted all the buildings within tens of thousands of meters. The buildings were crushed under the force and the single thread of spiritual power contained within them was extracted and absorbed by the Devouring Sword Spirit.

"Aaaahhh!"

The Guard Army screamed in unison.

In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of men who had attacked Lin Bai had fallen at his feet.

These corpses were drained of all blood in their bodies, resembling dry corpses, and at the time of death, they had expressions of horror, their eyes wide open with unbelievable looks in them, as if they had seen a ghost.

The power of Qi and blood of tens of thousands of people were absorbed by the Devouring Sword Spirit, and poured into Lin Bai’s body.

The Qi and blood were as potent as a dragon and boundless.

Crack, crack-

There was a crisp sound from inside Lin Bai’s body and his cultivation broke through to the seventh level of Heaven Martial Realm.

Meng Xiao and several other generals were terrified to the point that their legs were shaking with fear.

"This-this..."

"What exactly is in that black light? It killed tens of thousands of warriors instantly."

"This is unbelievable, simply unbelievable."

The several generals cried out in surprise.

At that moment, after Lin Bai had absorbed the Qi and blood of tens of thousands of people, all his body’s wounds were healed and his body’s True Qi was full again.