Chapter 340: Chapter 337: To Slay
More than a year had passed since his life-or-death battle with Zhou Lingyun. In that moment between life and death, his Divine Seed had transformed, becoming an ultimate attack that annihilated his foe.
Although Shen Changchuan had not discovered a new path to further transform his Divine Seed over the past year, he had spent that time diligently practicing numerous forms of Magic.
Through this process of accumulating resources and strengthening his foundation, he had gradually mastered the Divine Transformation of the strike that had finished off Zhou Lingyun.
The Sanqing Forest Sword Array.
At its core, it was formed by converging three condensed beams of Cyan Wood Sword Light, which intersected to create the Sword Array, unleashing power that surpassed Tier Two Magic.
But after its transformation under the immense pressure of that life-or-death crisis,
Shen Changchuan could now fuse the three swords into one.
From one, came the Myriad Phenomena Forest,
containing the Divine Power of the Sword Array Divine Techniques,
unleashing a might that surpassed even the Divine Seed itself!
This strike,
was the culmination of every technique Shen Changchuan had mastered.
It was his absolute peak, a blow that surpassed his own Cultivation Realm!
A cyan light flared in the dimness, as if sundering the heavens and earth, instantly illuminating the entire world!
In Deng Xin’s eyes,
that single beam of sword light seemed to unfurl with a myriad of transformations,
reflecting the Myriad Phenomena of the Universe,
and containing a world-destroying divine might!
The entire world before him
seemed to split in two from that single sword strike!
Terror seized his Heart Spirit.
He didn’t hesitate to use a Secret Technique, tearing his own Divine Soul to snap himself awake.
He tried to quickly break free from the control of those scarlet pupils,
but it was all too late!
That beam of light, which seemed to pierce heaven and earth, had already crossed the void and sunk into his body.
In an instant,
he felt it.
All Vitality drained from his body,
his Divine Soul utterly annihilated by that one sword strike.
Deng Xin’s eyes widened,
a look of disbelief spreading across his face
as death dragged his consciousness into an endless Dark Abyss.
"No... this is impossible..."
"I still had so many techniques I hadn’t used..."
"If only, if only..."
With a heart full of bitter regret,
his consciousness finally sank completely into darkness.
Across the battlefield,
the cyan light of the Divine Technique gradually faded.
Deng Xin’s body,
utterly devoid of Vitality,
plummeted limply toward the ground.
Nearby,
another figure hovering in midair also staggered, nearly plummeting from the sky.
His face was pale, his aura chaotic and weak.
’I had no choice.’
’The enemy was too strong!’
Shen Changchuan hadn’t dared to be the slightest bit careless.
To avoid wasting the golden opportunity Wu Tianhao had risked his life to create, Shen Changchuan had gone all in, unleashing ninety percent of his Magical Power at once.
The fusion of ninety percent of his Magical Power had produced a peak strike that not even Shen Changchuan himself could have withstood, which ultimately led to this outcome.
But,
it had all been worth it!
Shen Changchuan took a few deep breaths,
and managed to steady himself.
His gaze fell upon Deng Xin’s corpse on the ground below.
He couldn’t help but reflect inwardly.
’A Soul Emergence Realm Middle Stage Cultivator is truly terrifying!’
’If I hadn’t poured everything I had into that Divine Technique... Judging from his last-ditch struggle, if I’d held back even ten or twenty percent of my power, I might not have been able to finish him off completely!’
’The slightest misstep would have been a disaster.’
’If he had survived,’
’Wu Tianhao and I would have been in grave danger.’
After all,
in their entire exchange,
the only offensive technique he had used was a single Perfection Tier Two Skill that summoned ferocious black thunder.
Shen Changchuan refused to believe
that the man didn’t have other, even more powerful techniques up his sleeve!
If he’d had a moment to recover,
Shen Changchuan didn’t think he and Wu Tianhao would have stood a chance.
Even if they’d only managed to severely injure him instead of killing him outright,
his dying counterattack
would have been more than they could handle.
"Did we succeed?"
Just then,
a weak voice called out.
Shen Changchuan looked up,
and saw Wu Tianhao flying unsteadily toward him, his face etched with exhaustion.
When Wu Tianhao’s gaze fell on the bandaged body of Deng Xin on the ground,
a hint of joy finally broke through his pale expression.
"Thankfully, I didn’t let you down."
"Senior Brother Wu, how are you?"
"I’m okay. Not dead yet."
"But after that move, I don’t have any strength left to fight."
Wu Tianhao pointed a listless finger at himself, a wry smile on his pale face as he spoke.
To control a Soul Emergence Fourth Layer opponent for even a moment with his Soul Emergence Realm Third Layer Cultivation—
the price Wu Tianhao had paid was immense.
After that one move,
he had nothing left.
"You’re the really impressive one, kid!"
"That move just now, that must have been the legendary Divine Transformation, right?"
"Not only did you successfully condense a Divine Seed when you ascended to the Soul Emergence Realm, but you’re already forging your own path at the mere Soul Emergence First Layer."
"That kind of talent is truly something to be envied!"
Wu Tianhao gave Shen Changchuan a complicated look and sighed.
He couldn’t help but feel this way.
Shen Changchuan’s performance had simply been too dazzling!
Among Master Wandering Dragon’s Direct Disciples,
all had condensed a Spirit Body upon ascending to the Soul Emergence Realm.
But of all those Direct Disciples,
the only one to condense both a Spirit Body and a Divine Seed
was Shen Changchuan!
「A few years ago.」
He was just a minor cultivator in the Qi Introduction Realm. A young genius in the Border Desolate Land, perhaps,
but in the vast Immortal Cultivation Realm,
he was nothing special.
’Back then, I was at a peak he could only gaze up at.’
But now,
after just a few short years,
the young man had already come this far.
In some ways,
he had already surpassed him!
’At the very least,’
’unleashing a strike of that magnitude—crossing multiple layers to kill a Soul Emergence Fourth Layer Demon Cultivator while only at the Soul Emergence First Layer—’
’is something I could never hope to achieve!’
Back then, he had only paid Shen Changchuan any mind
because he was from the Tian Nan Shen Clan, and the illegitimate son of the Shen Family Patriarch, Shen Fuxing.
Who could have ever imagined
that he would one day reach such heights?!
His heart was filled with a complex mixture of feelings.
"It was just luck."
"Besides, if you hadn’t used that Secret Technique to bind him for that instant, Senior Brother Wu,"
"then even my Divine Technique, as strong as it is, would have been useless."
"Powerful offensive techniques aren’t rare."
"Perhaps some High Tier Treasure Artifacts could accomplish the same."
"On the contrary, a technique like yours, Senior Brother—one that can bind an opponent a whole layer above you—is an absolute rarity!"
Shen Changchuan did not take the credit, shaking his head slightly as he spoke.
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