Chapter 3430: Sword Bone
Xuan Yi was enveloped by the Phoenix Clan Patriarch's Divine Realm World, sinking into a swamp-like state, completely suppressed. He could only fight while retreating, using various divine abilities in an attempt to escape.
"Aren't your appetites a bit too big? Do you want to offend the Thunder Clan and the Quantity Organization as well? Can the Red Centipede Clan and the Phoenix Clan really handle this?"
Xuan Yi's divine robe was wrapped in lightning as he rapidly shuttled through the rule divine patterns mobilized by the Phoenix Clan Patriarch.
He had never considered actually fighting the Phoenix Clan Patriarch. The gap in cultivation was too great; a head-on clash would be no different from seeking death. Only by breaking out of the Divine Realm World could he have a chance to escape.
"This is the Hundred Clans Imperial Tomb! Once Wu Dao activates the ancient divine formations passed down through the Red Centipede Clan, you won't be able to escape."
The Phoenix Clan Patriarch still appeared aged and decrepit, but her divine power was immense. With just a thought, she could unleash various great divine techniques, beating Xuan Yi into a sorry state.
Before long, Xuan Yi was injured again, and his divine robe began to tear.
Xuan Yi had never imagined that one day he would pin his hopes of escape on Zhang Ruochen and Desolate Heaven.
His gaze turned toward the depths of the blood sea.
There, Desolate Heaven and Qiangu Nüdi charged out from two different directions, continuously breaking through the rules within Tiansheng Jun's Divine Realm World.
Zhang Ruochen, holding the Blunt Void Stone in one hand and the Earth Cauldron in the other, once again took the initiative to attack Tiansheng Jun's true body.
Tiansheng Jun glanced at Desolate Heaven and Qiangu Nüdi, a hint of confusion in his eyes. He suddenly couldn't see through their strategy anymore!
Hadn't they just claimed they would use time and space power to suppress him?
Clearly, Tiansheng Jun was more interested in Zhang Ruochen and didn't bother intercepting Desolate Heaven and Qiangu Nüdi. Even if he forcibly split his divine thought to intercept them, he wouldn't be able to stop them.
"You have more courage than them. Worthy of being a descendant of the Immovable Bright King Great Venerable."
Tiansheng Jun's laughter gradually turned sinister. His body remained motionless as a centipede shadow, formed from demonic qi and corpse qi, flew out from within him and crashed toward Zhang Ruochen.
The sky was filled with flying rules.
The centipede shadow carried the aura of Baizu Dadi, its killing intent terrifying.
Zhang Ruochen steadied his form and immediately retreated, as if he had calculated it long ago, reacting extremely quickly. The next moment, he appeared at the edge of the blood sea, dodging the centipede shadow's strike.
"Boom!"
The centipede shadow plunged into the blood sea, causing the entire Imperial Tomb to shake, with rocks and soil continuously falling from above.
Zhang Ruochen had never intended to fight Tiansheng Jun head-on. He only needed to hold him off, creating an opportunity for Desolate Heaven and Qiangu Nüdi to escape.
In that instant, Desolate Heaven and Qiangu Nüdi broke out of Tiansheng Jun's Divine Realm World.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Desolate Heaven transformed into a giant stone man, wielding a war axe, delivering a heaven-splitting strike.
Qiangu Nüdi had long since recalled the Boundless Divine Sword, channeling the sword's inherent spatial power to slash out a single strike.
The two blows landed one after another, as if the entire vast and mysterious Night Soil were shaking.
Inside the Imperial Tomb, rocks and soil fell even more violently.
But they failed to break through Baizu Imperial Tomb!
Where the stone axe and Boundless Divine Sword had struck, a large number of formation inscription patterns surged forth. Where the inscriptions twisted most densely, blinding beams of light flew out, counterattacking Desolate Heaven and Qiangu Nüdi.
Tiansheng Jun snorted, "The successive gods of the Red Centipede Clan have all left divine formations in the Imperial Tomb. The number of formations far exceeds your imagination. Once fully activated, breaking into the Imperial Tomb will be as difficult as ascending to heaven. And escaping from it will be ten times harder. None of you are leaving!"
"Is that so? I doubt it. It seems the divine formations of Baizu Imperial Tomb haven't been fully activated yet!"
Desolate Heaven held the axe in one hand, while the God-Defying Stele appeared in the palm of the other.
Under the infusion of divine qi, the God-Defying Stele flew toward the deep crack left by the stone axe's strike. The formation inscription patterns around the crack immediately began to fade.
Tiansheng Jun's eyes sharpened. Corpse qi surged outward as he pressed his palm forward.
A cluster of crimson spikes appeared before his palm, flying toward Desolate Heaven like rain.
These were battle treasures refined from Baizu Dadi's hundred legs, possessing terrifying penetrating power and thick corpse poison. Once touched, they would cling like maggots on a bone.
"Whoosh!"
Qiangu Nüdi appeared before Desolate Heaven, pointing a finger to the sky, drawing forth an endless stream of time rules to form a time barrier.
The crimson spikes struck the time barrier, immediately slowing down.
"Boom!"
Desolate Heaven swung his axe, unleashing the might of a God Venerable, like a heavenly river crashing into the earth. He split Baizu Imperial Tomb from within, creating a gaping hole thousands of zhang in diameter.
A beam of divine power shot out from the hole, soaring into the sky.
Desolate Heaven and Qiangu Nüdi flew within the beam of divine power, charging out of Baizu Imperial Tomb and heading straight for a palace at the top of the Imperial Tomb.
"You deal with Wu Dao."
Leaving these words behind, Desolate Heaven flew back to the gap in the Imperial Tomb.
Xuan Yi, his body wrapped in lightning, shot out through the gap.
"Bang!"
Desolate Heaven swung his axe. Though Xuan Yi was on guard, he still couldn't withstand it. The axe strike sent him sinking deep into the ground. His already damaged divine robe exploded into fragments.
Even a piece of his skull was chopped off, falling to the side.
Xuan Yi had no intention of fighting Desolate Heaven and took the opportunity to burrow deeper into the earth.
"The underground is the Stone Clan's world."
Desolate Heaven's body completely petrified, turning into rubble as he pursued into the depths.
The earth, influenced by Desolate Heaven's divine qi, quickly solidified into stone, merging together and spreading into the distance.
The Phoenix Clan Patriarch flew out of the Imperial Tomb's gap, glanced at the traces left by Desolate Heaven and Xuan Yi on the ground, then raised her gaze.
"Hiss!"
A pair of crimson wings sprouted from her back as she flew toward the top of the Hundred Clans Imperial Tomb, attacking Qiangu Nüdi.
The Boundless-level battle caused the entire Night Soil to tremble, even shaking the stars in the nearby star domains.
Inside the Hundred Clans Imperial Tomb, Tiansheng Jun remained composed. As long as he kept Zhang Ruochen and the Earth Cauldron here, any price was worth paying. However, he needed to finish this quickly.
"Three against one—you did have a chance. But now that those two are gone, junior, I'll send you on your way!"
Tiansheng Jun summoned the crimson spikes, the light radiating from them condensing into a brilliant cloud that pressed down toward Zhang Ruochen, who stood on the surface of the blood sea.
Zhang Ruochen's aura was sharp and commanding.
Behind him, a floating island materialized!
On the island grew a towering divine tree. Beneath the tree sat a skeleton draped in a silver-white divine robe, one hand forming a sword finger, the other holding a branch.
It was the remains of Jian Zu!
"Forgive me, Senior Jian Zu. I hope you can help this junior slay the enemy."
Zhang Ruochen teleported into the floating island, stepping into the sword dao domain inherent to the skeleton. Instantly, the scene before him transformed dramatically—countless swords flew through the heavens and earth, their clanging forming a beautiful symphony.
Zhang Ruochen walked step by step toward the skeleton, while behind him, the crimson spikes shattered the floating island, closing in on him.
At this moment, time seemed to slow to a crawl.
In the Origin Divine Temple, Zhang Ruochen had inherited Jian Zu's sword soul, effectively gaining Jian Zu's recognition.
The sword soul represented the spirit of the sword dao!
Zhang Ruochen sat down opposite the skeleton, making the same gesture, closing his eyes to calm his mind. Then, he summoned the sword soul he had cultivated.
The sword soul transformed into seven soul swords, flying into the skeleton's brow.
"Whoosh!"
Light flashed in the skeleton's eye sockets, brilliant sword light emerging. Dense ancestral divine patterns lit up around the bone body, and a powerful aura swept across heaven and earth.
The incoming crimson spikes stopped a zhang behind Zhang Ruochen, unable to advance another inch.
"Rumble!"
Baizu Imperial Tomb shook violently, the formation inscription patterns barely able to hold.
The sword spirit surged from the top of Zhang Ruochen's head, flying out to hover above the skeleton's head.
The sword soul resonated with the skeleton, embodying the eternal spirit of the sword dao.
With Zhang Ruochen's sword spirit, he could control the skeleton.
Zhang Ruochen remained seated on the ground, but the skeleton slowly rose to its feet. The silver-white divine robe fluttered in the wind as its right arm's bony hand clenched empty air.
"Clang! Clang! Clang..."
The six divine swords inserted around the skeleton flew up, colliding and merging into one.
The skeleton held the divine sword and swung it lightly.
"Whoosh!"
All the crimson spikes were sent flying.
The sword wave, like an arc of white light, reached Tiansheng Jun in an instant.
All of Tiansheng Jun's defensive measures proved useless. The white sword light struck him, sending his body flying to crash into the shell of Baizu Dadi's remains.
He had taken human form, but now he was forced back into his original shape. His skin turned into a red shell, and his head became the fierce visage of a centipede.
Blood flowed from his chest wound.
This sword was utterly unstoppable!
Tiansheng Jun's eyes turned bloodshot as he stared at the skeleton standing beneath the divine tree. "Sword Bone! The legendary sword bone has finally appeared! Good, very good."
Jian Zu's era was far more ancient than Baizu Dadi's.
Even if he was powerful in life, how much power could remain now?
And Tiansheng Jun was only half a step away from the Great Unbound Infinite. Why should he fear?
Zhang Ruochen's voice emerged from the sword spirit above Jian Zu's skeleton head: "Today, I will use Jian Zu's sword to slay you!"
"Haha!"
Tiansheng Jun laughed heartily, his blood qi boiling like a divine river in flood.
Dense rule divine patterns burst forth from his body, forming a massive vortex of divine power, faintly exuding an aura of the Great Unbound Infinite level.
The ancestral rules around Jian Zu's skeleton transformed into countless silver-white small swords.
Sword tips pointing down, hilts pointing up, countless in number.
The divine sword in his hand slashed straight down, the sword light like a pillar connecting heaven and earth, tearing apart the divine power vortex Tiansheng Jun had condensed. All the rules were severed.
"Pfft!"
Tiansheng Jun's divine body was split in two, reverting to its original form—two halves of a massive crimson centipede—plunging into the blood sea, sending up great waves.
The sword light even cut through the entire Baizu Imperial Tomb, its brilliance surging into the vast cosmos.
The space within the Night Soil was extremely stable, normally impossible to break through into the Void World.
But the sword strike from Jian Zu's skeleton tore open both the Night Soil and the Void World, creating a rift hundreds of li long.
"How can the sword bone be this powerful?"
Tiansheng Jun was utterly terrified by this sword strike, losing all will to fight. His two halves rapidly shrank, rushing into the Void World through the spatial rift.
He had to flee!
Tiansheng Jun realized the reason: the sword bone represented not just Jian Zu's residual power, but also Zhang Ruochen's cultivation layered on top.
Zhang Ruochen and the sword bone pursued into the Void World, only to find...
Someone had stolen their prize!
Tiansheng Jun hadn't escaped. He was pinned beneath the roots of a blood-leafed parasol tree of unknown height, spanning tens of thousands of li.
The blood-leafed parasol tree dyed the Void World crimson. Its branches and leaves swayed, scattering a misty rain of blood. Beneath the tree stood a veiled, stunningly beautiful woman, who seemed to have been waiting there for who knows how long.