Translator: CinderTL
Both sides knew this battle would be a no-holds-barred, all-out clash.
Even after seeing the array formation Li Chunjun's side had set up, and knowing the dangers that lay ahead, Divine Spirit Envoys Winterfrost and Han Bing didn't hesitate.
They also saw the hundred Nascent Soul True Lords gathered on Li Chunjun's side, their numbers matching the Divine Spirits. Yet, in this situation, they still held nothing back.
The Divine Kingdom Phantom pressed forward.
"Kill the Human Sword Prodigy!"
With Divine Spirit Envoy Winterfrost's command, all the Divine Spirits unleashed a concentrated barrage of attacks, coordinated by the Divine Kingdom Phantom, targeting Li Chunjun.
They virtually...
ignored the other Nascent Soul True Lords.
But the Human Race Nascent Soul cultivators wouldn't stand idly by.
"Attack!"
With orders from Zhao Yu Pan, Wu Gang, True Monarch Dong Xuan, and others, over seventy Nascent Soul True Lords unleashed their Mystical Powers.
One after another, array formations activated.
Some amplified their allies' strength, others unleashed offensive attacks, and still others provided autonomous defense.
Flying Swords, Mystic Treasures, and Mystical Powers formed a dense rain of light, meeting the torrent of Mystical Arts unleashed by the hundred Divine Spirits' concentrated assault.
Despite being outnumbered, the Human cultivators' every Mystical Power, Mystic Treasure, and Flying Sword could unleash its full power because the Divine Spirits' concentrated attack was aimed solely at Li Chunjun.
As for Li Chunjun, who was the focal point of the assault...
Under the watchful gaze of countless onlookers, he seemed to vanish into thin air.
Though the two Divine Spirit Envoys could still sense his presence, a wave of chaos erupted among the Divine Spirits behind them.
This chaos caused over ninety percent of the concentrated attacks to miss their intended target. With over seventy Nascent Soul True Lords from the Human Race intercepting, the torrent of Mystical Arts formed by the combined assault was nearly shattered head-on.
The attacks launched by the remaining Apex Divine Spirits and the two Divine Spirit Envoys still locked onto Li Chunjun's form. However, as his Sword Intent erupted—a culmination of Destruction Sword Intent at the Great Completion stage, amplified by a Divine Sense far surpassing that of a Late-Stage Nascent Soul cultivator—it directly disrupted the Divine Sense controlling the Mystical Arts and Mystical Powers of these Divine Spirit Envoys and Apex Divine Spirits.
Buzz!
In the clash between Mystic Art Essence and Sword Intent, the combined assault of the four Apex Divine Spirits and the two Divine Spirit Envoys faltered slightly.
Though not completely shattered, the agility of their Mystical Powers and Mystic Treasures was severely impaired.
Li Chunjun's form subtly shifted, allowing him to slip free from the combined attack of the six Divine Spirits.
"Contain him!"
Divine Spirit Envoy Winterfrost's Divine Sense trembled. Above him, a frigid current that seemed capable of freezing souls began to coalesce in the Void.
Han Bing responded without hesitation to Divine Spirit Envoy Winterfrost's call for cooperation. He spread his hands, and within a radius of several dozen miles centered on Li Chunjun, countless irregular polygonal ice prisms began to condense and rapidly grow.
In an instant, this vast area seemed to transform into a world of ice prisms.
Countless polygonal ice prisms sprouted ice spikes several or even dozens of meters long, filling the Void.
As time passed, these ice prisms grew faster and longer, threatening to completely freeze the entire area.
However, such a level of ice sealing was clearly no match for Li Chunjun, who was traversing the Void on Sword Flight.
He clapped his hand, and hundreds of streams of Profound Phoenix Sword Qi erupted with a torrential force, slamming into the ice prisms that blocked his path. The sword qi shattered the ice prisms into dust, while Li Chunjun himself merged with his Scarlet Sky Sword, driving it directly toward Divine Spirit Envoy Winterfrost.
But besides the two Divine Spirit Envoys, four Apex Divine Spirits were also participating in the encirclement of Li Chunjun.
They had received the same order from Divine Spirit Envoy Winterfrost and unleashed their own Mystical Powers to intercept the Scarlet Sky Sword's blade.
Their combined efforts briefly stalled Li Chunjun's advance, allowing Divine Spirit Envoy Winterfrost to complete the preparation of his Mystical Powers.
In an instant, a bone-chilling wind erupted from Divine Spirit Envoy Winterfrost, targeting not only the physical body but also Qi, Sword Qi, and even the mind.
Even though Li Chunjun possessed the Flaming Phoenix Power, his Profound Phoenix Sword Qi burned with intense heat, and his Divine Sense far surpassed that of the Divine Spirit Envoys, he still felt a bone-chilling coldness wash over him.
His Divine Sense remained relatively unaffected, but his body and the flow of his Sword Qi seemed to stiffen, as if this coldness threatened to drain all his inner strength.
It wasn't just him. Even the other Nascent Soul True Lords of the Human Race, merely grazed by the icy wind, found their Qi difficult to circulate and their Divine Sense stagnating.
"Great Mystic Power—Breath of Annihilation!"
True Monarch Dong Xuan exclaimed in alarm!
Zhao Yu Pan's Divine Sense surged, and she roared, "Xuan Zhu, what are you doing!?"
The Human Race's Nascent Soul True Lords had initially been evenly matched with the Divine Race's Divine Spirits. However, Xuan Zhu had lured away thirty-five of them to form an Array Formation, leaving the Human Race outnumbered.
Moreover, while the other Apex Divine Spirits had spare energy to assist the two Divine Spirit Envoys, the Late-Stage Nascent Soul True Lords of the Human Race were held back by the Greater Divine Spirits of the opposing side.
As a result, Li Chunjun now found himself at a disadvantage.
"It's coming, what's the rush!" Xuan Zhu snorted coldly.
Gazing at the ice shards filling the sky and the terrifying icy torrent sweeping across the battlefield, he waved his hand.
Behind them, the dark moon radiating an eerie, cold glow began to shimmer with visible intensity.
"Dark Sun Refines the Heavens! Activate!"
As thirty-five Nascent Soul True Lords poured their Qi into it, the shimmering moon suddenly swelled in size.
Simultaneously, its eerie, cold light gradually intensified into a scorching heat.
But this heat wasn't like the blazing, radiant sun hanging high in the sky. Instead, it carried the somber, ashen quality of a day consumed by flames.
This ashen quality transformed the theoretically brilliant sun into something akin to a total solar eclipse—still emitting light, but a dim, shadowy light.
Though its form and color differed, the moment the Dark Sun appeared, its penetrating heat instantly vaporized the vast world of ice crystals that stretched for dozens of miles in every direction.
After consuming the ice crystal world, the Dark Sun's power rapidly converged, swiftly flowing toward Li Chunjun.
In an instant, his stiff body, which had felt frozen, was infused with a surge of warmth, reigniting his inner fire.
Moreover, as this power integrated into Li Chunjun's body, he could distinctly feel his Profound Phoenix Sword Qi becoming even more vibrant and active.
While this would make controlling the Sword Qi more difficult, it would also elevate its power to a whole new level.
"This is..."
Li Chunjun looked at Xuan Zhu with surprise.
At that moment, Xuan Zhu's gaze met his.
As if understanding Li Chunjun's unspoken question, a smug smile curled at the corner of his lips. "Dark Sun Refines the Heavens was originally derived from the Flaming Phoenix lineage's Great Mystic Power—Flaming Phoenix Swallowing the Sun! It devours a star, transforming it into Flaming Phoenix Power, which is then completely unleashed in the form of a Dark Sun!"
His Divine Sense echoed through the Void.
Then, pointing at the Divine Kingdom Phantom battling against the array formations, he declared, "Now, Flaming Phoenix Sword Prodigy, use your sword to shatter this Divine Kingdom!"
Li Chunjun smiled in response.
"Very well."
He turned, sensing the amplified Profound Phoenix Sword Qi enhanced by the Dark Sun Refines the Heavens array formation. He suddenly activated the Flaming Phoenix Chaos Scripture, his entire being transforming into a massive vortex...
No!
Not a vortex!
The perfect combination of the Dark Sun Refines the Heavens and the Flaming Phoenix Chaos Scripture caused the Array Formation's energy itself to reinforce Li Chunjun.
Now, as he channeled the Flaming Phoenix Chaos Scripture with all his might, he seemed to transform into a true chaos vortex, frantically devouring all the "Dark Sun" energy that bathed him. This caused the Profound Phoenix Sword Qi within him to boil violently, surging to a level even his superior Divine Sense, surpassing that of a Great True Lord, struggled to control.
Yet...
He had already touched the nascent form of Mind Power.
His state remained terrifyingly stable.
He quickly found a solution to this "uncontrollable" situation.
If he couldn't control it...
Then release it!
Unleash the full power of the Destruction Sword Intent within the Flaming Phoenix Chaos Scripture.
With this thought, Li Chunjun's longsword pierced the air, and he tapped it lightly in mid-air.
Sword Intent erupted from the blade's tip, as if a miniature sun had suddenly ignited.
The light and heat released instantly by this miniature sun swiftly dispersed Divine Spirit Envoy Winterfrost's "Breath of Annihilation."
Upon closer inspection, what appeared to be light radiating from the miniature sun was not light at all.
It was clearly Sword Qi!
Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, even millions of tiny strands of Sword Qi!
These Sword Qi strands shimmered, shattering the power of the Breath of Annihilation with overwhelming force and continuing their relentless assault toward the Divine Kingdom Phantom.
For a moment, it seemed as though hundreds of thousands of Core Formation Sword Cultivators had each wielded a longsword, transforming into sword light and fearlessly charging toward the Divine Kingdom Phantom in a desperate, last-ditch assault.
"This is bad!"
Divine Spirit Envoy Winterfrost had realized the situation was spiraling out of control the moment the Breath of Annihilation was shattered.
Watching the vast and overwhelming torrent of Sword Qi surge forward, his Divine Sense trembled as he unleashed all his Mystical Powers.
"Stop those Sword Qi strands!"
Not only he, but Divine Spirit Envoy Han Bing also poured forth all his strength. Countless polygonal ice prisms, like snowflakes, rapidly formed and bloomed, attempting to block the Sword Qi's advance.
The four Apex Divine Spirits, unwilling to be outdone, each displayed their own unique Mystical Powers.
But...
They couldn't stop it!
They couldn't stop it at all!
The sword qi torrent, numbering hundreds of thousands, even millions, surged forward with unstoppable force, obliterating all Mystical Powers and Mystic Treasures that stood in its path.
Even after the Apex Divine Spirits unleashed their Fifth-Tier Talismans—their ultimate trump cards—it was all in vain.
After shattering thousands, even tens of thousands, or even tens of thousands of Sword Qi, even more Sword Qi erupted forth, unleashed by Li Chunjun's command.
Endless, relentless, and unbroken.
In this situation, all counterattacks were doomed to fail.
As the sword qi torrent surged forward, Divine Spirit Envoy Han Bing and Divine Spirit Envoy Winterfrost were forced to retreat at lightning speed.
As for the four Apex Divine Spirits...
Just as they attempted to escape, Li Chunjun suddenly unleashed his Grand Ruins Sword Intent.
Their minds reeling, their figures were instantly swallowed by the sword qi torrent, leaving not even their corpses behind.
Next, the vast and overwhelming sword qi torrent crashed against the Divine Kingdom Phantom with unstoppable force.
This powerful phantom, seemingly forged from a Spirit Treasure, trembled under the onslaught, teetering on the brink of destruction.
"No!"
At that moment, countless Divine Spirits roared in furious defiance.
"Blasphemy!"
Some Divine Spirits roared, burning all their Qi as they charged headfirst into the sword qi torrent, hoping to shatter it.
But in the end...
It was like a pebble tossed into a river. Aside from a splash, it did nothing to slow the torrent.
In fact, their sacrifice wasn't even necessary.
After destroying the Divine Kingdom Phantom, Li Chunjun had already steered the still-terrifying sword qi torrent directly toward the remaining Divine Spirits.
Wherever the torrent passed, everything was reduced to ash.
This scene brought a flicker of pain to the eyes of Divine Spirit Envoy Han Bing and Divine Spirit Envoy Winterfrost, watching from afar.
"We've lost," Divine Spirit Envoy Winterfrost said, his expression grim. "This Human Sword Prodigy... is even more terrifying than we imagined!"
"Then he must die all the more!" Divine Spirit Envoy Han Bing declared, an all-encompassing freezing power beginning to emanate from him. "Let me transform into an Ice Barrier to end this!"
Divine Spirit Envoy Winterfrost placed a hand on his shoulder. "All things must come to an end!"
(End of the Chapter)
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