# Chapter 1274: Provoking the Skyless Sword
"Young master, go!" Qi Yun shouted, his figure flickering as he brought Lin Feng and frantically retreated. Not only him, but the people of the Sword Pavilion all shielded Lin Feng as they retreated. They had clearly heard of the terror of the Imperial Artifact Heaven Devouring Chart.
"Do you think you can escape?" A cold snort rolled over as a terrifying demon dragon arm reached out from behind toward Lin Feng. This demon dragon arm was a zhang thick, covered in wild demonic scales. If it struck Lin Feng, his body would probably be pierced through.
"Slash!" Sword Tomb's figure trembled, instantly appearing behind Lin Feng. In the sky above, it seemed a dazzling, boundless sharp sword appeared, slashing down from the void. A terrifying explosive sound rang out, and the demon dragon arm shattered into countless broken scale patterns. At the same time, an extremely terrifying spatial chasm continued slashing forward, as if wanting to split a great path through heaven and earth.
"Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress!" Lin Feng's eyes turned cold. These people from Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress, seeing that he could not use the Skyless Sword, had actually made a move against him as well.
"Qi Yun, why haven't you acted yet?" The Sovereign Lord of Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress shouted fiercely. Then, space rumbled and roared as the Imperial Artifact Heaven Devouring Chart soared into the air, transforming into a sky-covering chart. In the void above, a terrifying sky-covering chart appeared. This chart swayed in the void, and a rustling sound rang out, as if golden water wave patterns were floating, dazzling and boundless. Terrifying golden spatial pattern lines crisscrossed—those were Dao patterns.
"The Heaven Devouring Chart doesn't just devour objects; it devours people too!" Qi Yun's body rose into the air, standing at the edge of the Heaven Devouring Chart, looking down at Lin Feng and the others. A series of dazzling golden beams of light descended from the sky, transforming into endless golden pattern lines, enveloping Lin Feng and all the people of the Sword Pavilion.
"A Sword Pavilion that has been in decline for several thousand years dares to contend with the Qi family? Collect!" Qi Yun roared angrily. The terrifying Imperial Artifact released a heaven-devouring force. Endless golden rays of light bloomed. Beneath the sky-covering Heaven Devouring Chart, everything flew toward the chart, with no escape possible.
"Young master!" Sword Tomb saw Lin Feng's body heading toward the Heaven Devouring Chart above, his expression turning ugly. His body no longer struggled, and he followed Lin Feng into the chart.
"Everyone, come in!" Sword Tomb roared thunderously. Beams of light flickered, and Lin Feng, along with all the Sword Pavilion experts, disappeared from below. Even the ten-million-year-old ancient tree on the ground was uprooted and devoured into the Heaven Devouring Chart. Everything was devoured.
"The Heaven Devouring Chart, a self-contained space!" Lin Feng was devoured into the Heaven Devouring Chart. At this moment, he stood within a space inside the chart, surrounded entirely by terrifying spatial Dao patterns interwoven into billions of strands. To forge an Imperial Artifact was too difficult; one had to be an extremely terrifying expert, with an understanding and control of spatial power that was unimaginably profound.
"Young master!" The people of the Sword Pavilion all entered one by one. Sword Tomb called out to Lin Feng, his expression not looking good. They had actually been devoured into the Heaven Devouring Chart. However, when he saw Lin Feng's calm expression, he couldn't help but nod inwardly. Worthy of being the one who inherited the ancestor's sword—to maintain such a composed demeanor in this situation.
Lin Feng nodded slightly. He discovered that his gaze could still see everything outside. Those endless spatial patterns did not obstruct his vision, and he could even hear sounds from outside.
"Lin Feng, release my Qi family's Qi Jiaojiao, and I will spare your clan members from death!" The Heaven Devouring Chart shrank, landing in Qi Yun's hand. His gaze stared at Lin Feng from outside, as if he could see through the chart. Since the Qi family's Martial Emperor had given the Heaven Devouring Chart to Qi Yun for use, it was clear that Qi Yun had a certain degree of control over it. Otherwise, how could he unleash the power of the Heaven Devouring Chart?
A cold gleam flashed through Lin Feng's eyes as he stared at Qi Yun. "A Martial Emperor clan, and you won't even spare those at the Heavenly Martial and Mysterious Martial realms?"
"Hmph, I'll say it one more time: release Qi Jiaojiao. Otherwise, I will now kill my way into Yangzhou City, and before your very eyes, kill your clan members one by one. Let's see if you still refuse to hand her over!" Qi Yun's eyes contained killing intent. Right now, he only wanted the person. Once Qi Jiaojiao was rescued, he could do whatever he pleased, treating Lin Feng however he wanted.
But Lin Feng was now trapped inside the Heaven Devouring Chart. How could he possibly hand her over? Once he did, the Qi family would become even more unscrupulous. Who knew what the Qi family would do? As for promises, they were just empty words.
"If you dare touch my clan, I will make Qi Jiaojiao wish she were dead!" Lin Feng responded coldly, then closed his eyes, sinking his mind into his body, arriving before the dazzling small sword within.
"Stubborn and unrepentant. Then I'll kill them first, then cut you down!" Qi Yun said icily. Instantly, the terrifying patterns within the Heaven Devouring Chart transformed into a powerful aura that could tear everything apart, as if a spatial storm had appeared. Everything was about to be torn asunder.
"Transform into swords, impervious to all laws, protect the young master!" Sword Tomb coldly spat out a sound. Immediately, endless sword light appeared on his body, and then he transformed into a dazzling sharp sword.
Not only Sword Tomb, but all the Sword Pavilion experts simultaneously released overwhelming sword light, transforming into human swords, wildly spinning around Lin Feng. Within the Heaven Devouring Chart, light radiated ten thousand zhang. Whistling swords spun madly around Lin Feng. There were no longer people, only swords. Anything that stepped into the sword formation would be shredded, impervious to all laws.
The terrifying spatial storm and the sword storm collided within the Heaven Devouring Chart, the whistling sound piercing. Qi Yun, seeing this from outside, snorted coldly: "Let's see how long you can hold out!"
Unfortunately, he did not have absolute control over the Heaven Devouring Chart. Otherwise, with a single thought, he could have the Imperial Artifact shred all these people.
"Since you are so stubborn, Tianxu, you and your third uncle go to Yangzhou City and slaughter his clan!" Qi Yun said coldly, making Lin Feng, whose eyes were closed, feel a bone-chilling coldness. The Qi family, very well!
Within the Imperial Palace were Sword Lingxiao and Sword Lingkong guarding it. Lin Feng was not worried about Qi Tianxu, but he didn't know what level of expert Qi Tianxu's third uncle was—probably a Sovereign Lord level figure. As for this Qi Yun, he clearly wanted to stay here for the treasure. With a treasure like the Heaven Devouring Chart, how could he bear to leave?
At this moment, Lin Feng's mind arrived before the small sword within his body, communicating with the Skyless Sword through his mind.
"Little one, they want to imprison you within this Imperial Artifact."
The small sword trembled slightly, pointing at Lin Feng, seemingly unmoved.
"You are the Skyless Sword, yet they only want to bind you with an ordinary Imperial Artifact, forever imprisoning you within this spatial chart!" Lin Feng continued, trying to provoke the Skyless Sword. Qi Yun thought that Lin Feng controlled the Skyless Sword and therefore couldn't break through the Heaven Devouring Chart, but Lin Feng didn't think so. The Skyless Sword already had a sword spirit, with its own life, completely beyond his control. How could it be inferior to an Imperial Artifact?
The small sword released a faint sharpness, seeming somewhat angry.
"Think back to the past, how magnificent the Skyless Sword Emperor was, unmatched across the Eight Wastelands, with no one daring to provoke him. Now, his whereabouts unknown, he left behind you, the Skyless Sword. How laughable—a mere Martial Emperor of the Qi family lends an Imperial Artifact to a Sovereign Lord to use, and they use it to deal with the sword of the Skyless Sword Emperor. What humiliation! This is an insult to the Skyless Sword Emperor, an insult to you, the Skyless Sword!"
Lin Feng's voice carried a hint of sighing, as if he truly felt a strong sense of humiliation. The old man in the Sword Grave had once said that this sword spirit was very young, so the method of provocation should work.
"Chi, chi..." Sure enough, strands of terrifying sharpness pulsed unceasingly. The Skyless Sword released an aura of lawlessness and boundlessness, extremely intense.
"Weng!" The Skyless Sword hummed, rushing out of Lin Feng's body. Lin Feng's eyes suddenly snapped open, a sharp gleam bursting forth. A faint smile appeared on his face as he muttered to himself: "I didn't say I was using the second chance!"
The Skyless Sword emerged, and the sword formation set up by Sword Tomb and the others seemed to dim. Swords trembled wildly, all wanting to submit.
"Boom!" The terrifying Skyless Sword shattered everything. Instantly, within the Heaven Devouring Chart, endless spatial Dao patterns all blazed up, like an incredibly terrifying Dao net, trying to trap the Skyless Sword.
"Boom, crack!" Ten-thousand-zhang thunderbolts seemed to annihilate the entire space. Within the Heaven Devouring Chart, it transformed into an ocean of lightning. At the same time, a terrifying tearing aura was released from the Skyless Sword, as if it would pierce through heaven and earth, with even the Dao patterns unable to stop it.
The people of the Sword Pavilion all stopped their movements, opening their eyes, looking up at the ancestor's sword, utterly shocked. So strong, lawless and boundless. The young master had summoned the ancestor's sword once again.
"Swish, swish..." The Heaven Devouring Chart expanded wildly, breaking free from Qi Yun's hand, causing his eyes to suddenly tremble, staring fixedly at the chart.
"Is Lin Feng using the Skyless Sword? How is it so powerful?" Qi Yun's mind trembled. How could he know that the Skyless Sword was not being controlled by Lin Feng at all? Lin Feng couldn't control it either.
"Boom!" A terrifying tremor resonated through heaven and earth. The crowd only saw the Heaven Devouring Chart covering the sky in the void, yet it was trembling wildly, as if in battle. Within it, a faint, terrifying aura of lawless and boundless sword energy bloomed!
PS: Slept in this morning, my hands are a bit sore from typing. I'll make up for yesterday's missed chapter today. Sorry about that!
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