Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable-Chapter 256: A Sword’s Gleam Chills 19 Continents
"Alright!"
Long Yuchen immediately nodded in agreement, focusing even more on defense to prevent Ye Tianling from smashing through their Three Xiao Dragon Formation.
Ye Tianling traded several more blows with them. He finally saw the problem when he realized his raw battle power alone couldn’t breach their defensive killing formation, a trap that focused entirely on defense.
Ye Tianling had originally assumed that by activating his peerless Divine Body talent, manifesting the Xuanyuan Dragon-Controlling Immortal Sword Technique, and channeling Samadhi True Fire into his bloodline, he could defeat the three of them with raw battle power alone.
But reality proved that the titles of Saint Son and Saintess were well-deserved; they were far more difficult to deal with than he could have ever imagined.
Therefore, to slay a Saint Child, he had to do what he did against Long Yunyue and Long Yunyao: draw upon his ultimate slaughtering techniques, burn his Dragon Blood and Guardian Foundation energy, and unleash a Super Killing Move!
"Since you’re courting death—then die!"
An exceptionally ferocious look appeared on Ye Tianling’s face.
"Heh, is that right? Already at the end of your rope? Relax, we have plenty more tricks up our sleeves! Take your time, there’s no rush!"
Long Yuchen’s expression turned mocking as he taunted him.
From what he’d seen of their battle so far, Ye Tianling’s destructive capabilities and Battle Power were indeed astonishing. But he had yet to face a truly lethal assault from Ye Tianling. He had never felt the impact of the Emperor’s Qi Sword Body against his Spirit Sword, nor had he experienced the heart-stopping terror of Ye Tianling’s explosive killing intent.
He thus concluded that Ye Tianling was nothing special.
’And that so-called First Saint Son, Long Yunfan, really doesn’t live up to his reputation!’
He failed to consider that Ye Tianling was fighting three-on-one. He also failed to realize that Long Yunfan had drawn upon his most powerful reserves and was completely Burning his Essence Blood, frantically pinning Ye Tianling down and absorbing the majority of his Battle Power!
With such a misconception, Long Yuchen was even under the illusion that Long Yunfan was worthless!
"Is that so? You should be thanking Long Yunfan, you know that?"
Ye Tianling said lightly.
Immediately, the Essence Blood reflected in his eyes seemed to transform, taking on the aura of Samadhi True Fire.
His Samadhi True Fire Celestial Dragon Sword Spirit immediately transformed, radiating killing intent.
At the same time, Ye Tianling burned ten percent of the pure Dragon Blood from the Space-Time Soul-locking Tower and performed a Blood Sacrifice on the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword, directly activating that fatal killing intent.
Celestial Evil Heaven-Breaking!
Silent Extinction Killing Dao!
The strike came just as a sliver of contempt bloomed in Long Yuchen’s heart.
In an instant, Ye Tianling’s Battle Power skyrocketed to a terrifying level!
The sense of mortal danger that erupted in that instant was so potent that even Long Fengyang, Long Xuanji, Long Wentian, and Long Qingwan—who were locked in a fierce battle with Wan Jimie and Que De—shuddered. On pure instinct, they all scrambled back frantically.
Caught so completely off guard, the four were left scrambling to defend themselves as Wan Jimie and Que De naturally seized the opening to land a vicious, crippling blow.
Meanwhile, Ye Tianling had already unleashed his attack.
It was still a sword of absolute Sword Dao Divinity, a sword of Breaking Nine Heavens, a sword to shake the world.
A single sword-gleam chilled nineteen continents.
With one sword strike, clouds roiled across the heavens, and the light of the Dao was blinding.
The rhythm of the Dao manifested; Dao Marks themselves were torn asunder.
The sword strike carved out a great chasm—a deep, dark abyss that tore through the Void as it shot forward.
"AH—No!"
The rebellious fire in Long Yuchen’s heart had yet to be extinguished, his condescending arrogance not yet withdrawn, when the sudden specter of death descended, instantly suffocating him.
Under the terrifying pressure of death, he let out a frantic, roaring scream.
BOOM BOOM BOOM—
He instantly activated a full eight Guardian Foundations and even triggered all of his Guardian Prohibition Talismans.
Gleams of blood, rays of Dao, blinding flames, crackling lightning, the light of Celestial Tribulation—all of it converged to form a terrifying, multicolored shield.
But all of this, under the black-hole-like Sword of Slaughter, was as fragile as a paper lantern.
PFFT—
With one sword strike, the black hole-like attack pierced through all his defenses.
Under its immense power, everything shattered as if it were dry wood. All of it was fragile, utterly incapable of resistance!
SPLAT—
Struck by the massive, black-hole-like sword energy, Long Yuchen’s entire head disintegrated into a swirl of crimson and black particles, which then instantly exploded into a mist of blood.
In a flash, the blood mist turned black, then exploded again with a BOOM, turning to fine ash.
After such a grueling battle, Ye Tianling had once again played his trump card, unleashing his Godslaying Sword.
’What trump cards?’
’What guardians?’
’What Saint Child?’
’What "unkillable and indestructible"?’
They all had to die!
There’s nothing in this world that can’t be killed. There’s only a lack of sufficient strength!
At this moment, Ye Tianling stood quietly, his hand trembling slightly. The drain on the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword was growing, but its power was becoming more terrifying.
Previously, the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword didn’t leak any Energy. When he struck, his energy achieved a state of No Leakage.
Although his Sword Dao was astonishing enough to echo through the ages, and his Flying Immortal strike was both mystical and heaven-defying, it didn’t tear the Void.
But now, a single strike, containing immense Energy, carved out a terrifying black hole as if it were tearing Space itself.
Though the strike’s divine might was overwhelming, enough to stir the heart of even the Saint Master, it also came with far too much wasted Energy. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
Ye Tianling frowned as his hand gradually steadied.
He watched as Long Yuchen died, turning to ash, all of his Energy Devoured by the black hole. His own expression grew even colder.
’The drain is increasing. I need to move faster. Slaying Long Yuchen this time, the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword Devoured all his Energy, yet it still consumed nearly ten percent of my reserves. All in all, I recovered almost no Energy... At this rate, I don’t have many attacks left.
’The path ahead will be difficult.’
Ye Tianling let out a long breath, but his gaze only grew more resolute.
’Even if it’s hard, I must smash my way through the Dragon Race! In this life, I will not be second to anyone! With this inheritance, if I retreat even once, I’ll never be able to forge a truly Strong Heart again!’
Ye Tianling reflected for a moment. His Dao Heart seemed to be cleansed by his supreme Battle Intent, and it transformed once more.
His Strong Heart became purer, its power growing even more heaven-defying.
This scene even filled the Little Dragon Girl with admiration.
"If you cannot rise, then no one else in this world can. After you forcibly exhaust all your Energy and a large amount of your reserves this time, that will be your most difficult moment. I hope you can make it through safely."
the Little Dragon Girl said in his mind.
Her voice was gentle, echoing in Ye Tianling’s heart. Though crisp and childlike, it was also exceptionally stirring.
"I know," Ye Tianling replied gently in his mind. "Using power that isn’t yet mine will lead to hardship and backlash. I will definitely have to pay a heavy price. But Tianyu, Tianmo, Yueling, and Yuchan... they’re so lovely, so good... They’re still waiting for me.
And Ruoxue is waiting for me, too.
I promised her I would take her home."
He was incomparably cold and brutal, the most wicked of Great Demons.
But in his heart, at this moment, was the world’s greatest gentleness, the brightest light, and the purest Vast Energy.
"She’s already home. Wherever you are is her home."
the Little Dragon Girl said softly, her voice tinged with a peculiar emotion.
Ye Tianling’s heart trembled. "You’re right. Wherever I am, she is already home. Little Dragon Girl... thank you. I love them, and I love you, too."
Ye Tianling’s telepathic voice grew even gentler. This was the most resolute conviction in his heart.
"Tianling, I love you too, my Inheritor. Keep fighting. I hope I get to see you truly rise to power."
the Little Dragon Girl encouraged him.
In an unknown projection within the void, the little girl in the red Princess dress already had tears welling in her eyes.
And this was a sight that not even Ye Tianling was aware of.
