Chapter 1236: Sword Cries in the Sky
Qi Tiansheng had wanted to make a move against Lin Feng back at the inn, but due to certain motives, the timing hadn't been right. Now, however, the moment had arrived. He wanted to see what gave this disciple of the Heavenly Terrace, who dared to annihilate his sister Qi Jiaojiao's divine will and humiliate her by asking "Who do you think you are?", the audacity to act arrogantly before him.
Space rippled. Qi Tiansheng's figure abruptly vanished from where he stood. A tearing force erupted right in front of Lin Feng, causing his entire body to tense up sharply, as if he were about to be drawn and quartered, completely ripped apart.
"Kill!" Lin Feng spat out the single word. The Celestial Fate Sword surged forward, rolling with thunderous lightning, charging straight at Bai Qiuluo. Almost simultaneously, Lin Feng raised his palm. Demonic qi billowed into the sky as he swept his hand backward. A terrifying, sky-covering demonic palm imprint blasted out, exuding a wild and overbearing Skyless aura—it was the Skyless Great Demon Seal, infused with profound meaning power.
"Crack!" The tearing spatial force collided with Lin Feng's massive palm imprint. An incredibly violent power tore at the space where their palms met.
"Get back!" Lin Feng stomped his foot heavily, as if a terrifying momentum of the great force moved with him. The very heavens and earth seemed to emit a deep thud. Rumbling sounds echoed as fierce gales raged. The boundless, overwhelming force sent Qi Tiansheng's body flying back, causing his eyes to shift instantly. Such wild and domineering power! That single step seemed to resonate with heaven and earth, borrowing the world's momentum and making his blood surge.
"Lin Feng managed to defeat the Heavenly Dragon Demon Body, Long Teng—he's no ordinary opponent. And Qi Tiansheng, being one of the Ten Great Prodigies, suffered a slight disadvantage on the first move. This battle is bound to be extremely exciting." The crowd's eyes gleamed with anticipation. At this moment, Lin Feng's Celestial Fate Sword was still continuously attacking Bai Qiuluo. His mind was split in two; it was as if two different people were fighting with one sword, helping Qiu Yuexin defuse the crisis.
"Hum!" Lin Feng channeled strands of his divine will to control the Celestial Fate Sword, making it hover above Qiu Yuexin's head, moving with her to intimidate Bai Qiuluo, forcing him to divide his attention while fighting Qiu Yuexin. This way, Qiu Yuexin remained undefeated. If an opportunity arose, the Celestial Fate Sword could even deliver a killing blow.
"Thud, thud..." Qi Tiansheng's expression turned cold as he continuously stepped forward. Terrifying flame power ignited on his body. Lin Feng already knew from the City of Fate that Qi Tiansheng excelled in flame profound meaning.
On one of Qi Tiansheng's fingers, a spark of fire seemed to ignite. All the terrifying flame power on his body appeared to converge into that single spark. Instantly, that spark seemed to radiate a dreadful annihilating might. Around the spark, a vacuum seemed to form.
"Qi Tiansheng is going to use a profound meaning divine ability!" The crowd's attention sharpened. Qi Tiansheng took another step, his figure vanishing instantly. When he reappeared, the destructive spark of fire pointed straight at Lin Feng's brow. Lin Feng immediately sensed a terrifying crisis.
His mind moved with his intent. Wind power enveloped Lin Feng's body as he executed the mysterious Carefree Step Art, slightly evading the finger. Sizzling sounds rang out. Where the finger passed, a straight black line of destruction appeared in space, hanging in the void, lingering for a long time. This showed just how powerful the destructive force contained within it was. If someone were struck by that finger, they would likely be pierced through in an instant.
"Sss!" Qi Tiansheng swung his hand and struck out another finger. The annihilating demonic flame shot straight at Lin Feng, fast as lightning.
"Void Annihilation Finger!" Old Master Wen murmured softly. This was the Qi family's Void Annihilation Finger—a single finger annihilated space, containing both space profound meaning and flame profound meaning. It was extremely formidable.
"Wind Thunder Slash!" Lin Feng used his hand as a sword, slashing out a Wind Thunder Slash that collided with the Void Annihilation Finger in midair, both annihilating together.
"Wind and thunder profound meaning, a fusion profound meaning divine ability!" Those venerable lords, all old monsters who had lived for who knows how many years, recognized at a glance that Lin Feng's methods were similar to Qi Tiansheng's—he possessed fusion profound meaning divine ability techniques. However, they weren't perfect; compared to the Void Annihilation Finger, their power was clearly weaker.
They didn't know that the Qi family's Void Annihilation Finger was created by a powerful expert and had been honed through countless refinements. Lin Feng's fusion profound meaning divine abilities, on the other hand, were all self-created. After nearly a year of tempering his heart, relying on his mastery of multiple profound meanings, he was forging his own path amidst the mortal world, creating one fusion profound meaning sword technique after another.
"Hum!" Space trembled. Qi Tiansheng appeared above Lin Feng. Instantly, a wild and domineering attack crashed down on Lin Feng, giving him the intense illusion that his body was about to be split open.
"The Qi family controls void profound meaning. The profound meaning divine ability Void Step, created using space profound meaning, is terrifyingly unpredictable and impossible to guard against!"
The Purple-Eyed Venerable spoke. The heritage possessed by a Martial Emperor family was incredibly formidable. They had many powerful profound meaning divine ability techniques, all honed through countless refinements. Others might also control space profound meaning, but they could never achieve what Qi Tiansheng could with his Void Step—this was the Qi family's divine ability, the Void Step Art.
"Rift-Shattering Overlord Fist!" The moment Qi Tiansheng launched his terrifying attack, someone recognized his technique. The Qi family's Rift-Shattering Overlord Fist was also a space profound meaning divine ability. One punch could blast a person into pieces, which was why Lin Feng had the terrifying illusion that his body was about to split apart.
But the next moment, Lin Feng's body gracefully evaded, like wind and shadow, incomparably carefree. A thunderous boom rang out as the battle platform, made of special metal, was torn apart by the punch. A large section of it shattered. No matter how hard the battle platform was, it couldn't withstand attacks from Venerable Martial Realm experts, so it often needed repairs.
"Carefree Step Art!" Yu Xiao's eyes shot out a cold gleam. Lin Feng had cultivated the Carefree Step Art of the Carefree Divine Sect—unpredictable and infinitely carefree in its steps.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Terrifying explosions rang out one after another. The crowd watched as both Qi Tiansheng's Void Step and Lin Feng's Carefree Step Art, fused with wind profound meaning, were equally mysterious and unfathomable, both incredibly formidable.
"Are you just going to keep dodging?" Qi Tiansheng snorted coldly. He threw out another Rift-Shattering Overlord Fist, as if space itself were about to be blasted open, trembling incessantly. Qi Tiansheng's space profound meaning had already reached the third level. Paired with the profound meaning divine ability Rift-Shattering Overlord Fist, his attacks were extremely terrifying. Even a Third Layer Venerable Martial Realm expert, if struck, would be torn apart.
Lin Feng remained silent, continuing to evade using wind profound meaning combined with the Carefree Step Art. But his gaze was as sharp as a ferocious beast's, fixed intently on every movement Qi Tiansheng made and every step of his Void Step, as if trying to see through them. At the same time, strands of his divine will spread out, sensing the fluctuations of spatial power.
Qi Tiansheng possessed the Void Step, making him seem undefeatable in battle.
"If you think dodging with footwork alone is useful, then this battle can end here." Qi Tiansheng spat out a cold, icy sound. His body trembled, and his figure vanished once more, leaving a trail of afterimages in the void.
"Hum, hum, hum..." The crowd only saw Qi Tiansheng's steps continuously crossing through the air. The Void Step left afterimages, making it seem as if the entire void held only Qi Tiansheng. Moments later, brilliant spatial fluctuations radiated from the battle platform. The crowd saw a six-pointed star space appear on the platform, like countless invisible threads, binding Lin Feng within it.
"Sacred Mark divine ability technique!" Old Master Wen exclaimed softly. "This is the Qi family's Six-Pointed Star Void Kill Sacred Mark Formation. Now that Qi Tiansheng has reached the Venerable Martial Realm, he can unleash such terrifying power. It's similar to Wen Tian Ge's Slaughter Domain in effect. Lin Feng is in danger."
Qi Tiansheng's aura fluctuated, showing how much mental energy he had expended to set up this Sacred Mark killing divine ability. At this moment, his figure stood proudly in the void, his gaze coldly fixed on Lin Feng, a cold light flickering. He looked down on Lin Feng with contempt. "Lin Feng, don't think that defeating a mere Long Teng gives you the capital to be arrogant. You're not qualified to replace the Ten Great Prodigies!"
"Kill!" A cold, icy gleam flashed in Qi Tiansheng's eyes. Instantly, the terrifying Sacred Mark space killing divine ability twisted around Lin Feng, trying to tear his body apart.
The crowd's eyes suddenly tightened. Qi Tiansheng actually wanted to kill Lin Feng! The Qi family from the Eastern Wasteland was truly domineering. Even the Young Master of the Sword Pavilion and a personal disciple of a Martial Emperor—he still wanted to kill him. The Qi family, a Martial Emperor family, feared no one.
Moreover, since the two were fighting openly and fairly, even if he killed Lin Feng, he didn't believe the Heavenly Terrace would tear apart all pretense and attack him. Death resulting from conflicts among the younger generation was all too common in the Eight Wastelands Realm. If someone died, it was only because they weren't strong enough. A Martial Emperor would never interfere, unless that Martial Emperor didn't care about their own reputation. At most, only those close to the slain person might make a move.
Qi Tiansheng's gaze was icy cold, as if he could already see Lin Feng being torn apart by spatial power.
"Sss..." At that moment, a sword light shot straight into the sky, trying to break through the heavens. The crowd looked at Lin Feng, their hearts suddenly trembling. At this moment, Lin Feng was entirely made of swords—lawless and heaven-defying. Sword qi shattered the nine heavens, unstoppable by heaven or earth, let alone a mere Sacred Mark space killing divine ability.
"Desolate Explosion!" Lin Feng spat out a cold sound. Endless sword qi shot into the void, as if space itself were about to explode. Boundless, destructive sword qi cut through everything. The terrifying Sacred Mark space killing divine ability that was twisting toward him was continuously annihilated by the Desolate Explosion. At this moment, Lin Feng was bathed in millions of sword lights, slashing through heaven and earth.
"Destroy!" Qi Tiansheng's eyes narrowed, and a cold light burst forth. Terrifying space profound meaning power continuously seeped into the Sacred Mark killing divine ability. Endless spatial profound meaning twisted toward Lin Feng. He refused to believe he couldn't kill him.
"Desolate Explosion, explode!" Lin Feng roared up at the sky. Sword intent soared into the nine heavens, charging upward.
"Thunder Slash!" He roared again. Endless wind and thunder cleared the path as Lin Feng shot into the sky.
"Instant Desolation!"
"Annihilating Void Kill!"
One sword strike after another. Endless, terrifying sword qi tore open a gap. The crowd watched as the battle platform below was madly shredded and destroyed. Then, a figure shot up into the sky, bathed in swords, standing proudly between heaven and earth, his gaze coldly fixed on Qi Tiansheng.
"Wind, lightning, flame, space, and a destructive profound meaning like desolate force—Lin Feng controls at least five types of profound meaning!" Old Master Wen looked at the young man whose sword qi pierced the nine heavens, his eyes showing surprise for the first time. Five types of profound meaning, five extremes—and this was only what Lin Feng had displayed so far!
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