Chapter 337: 《The Fall of Qin Must Be Chu》 |
On the platform, after Qin Xuanxiao’s severed arm fell to the ground, its fingers still twitched a few times.
The Death Duel Pact, having progressed to this point, finally began to grow increasingly bloody!
The crowd of Moon Country citizens below the platform could not help but widen their eyes in shock.
Imperial Nobility, the number one prodigy of Moon Country, had just had his arm severed by the Nation-Suppressing Sword!
Although Chu Huaixu was also heavily injured, he still stood with imposing dignity, holding the nation’s supreme treasure, as though executing heavenly punishment on behalf of the heavens!
Behind him, the Phantom of the Violet Moon remained incomparably solid.
But in contrast, behind “Qin Xuanxiao,” it had first been largely absorbed by the Accursed Pill, and now after continuous clashes, the Phantom of the Violet Moon formed from gathered fate had already dimmed somewhat!
If outsiders unaware of the truth were to watch this battle, they might even think that the one holding the Nation-Suppressing Sword was the true royal of Moon Country!
This was the sword of the Ancestor Emperor!
The ancestor’s sword rejected its descendants, yet acknowledged an outsider?
What these people did not know was that the one battling Chu Huaixu at this very moment was the Ancestor Emperor himself!
If they knew this, they would likely feel their scalps go numb and their hearts tremble in terror!
Only the right arm remained of “Qin Xuanxiao,” his eyes blood-red.
“Being forced to this extent by you—what an honor! What an honor!! Aaaah!!!”
Hearing this hysterical roar, Chu Huaixu only felt that his force was still not enough.
Clearly, the Ancestor Emperor had not yet been completely consumed by rage. Otherwise, he would not still refer to himself as “I,” but would have recklessly called himself “We.”
In the eyes of others, His Highness the Heir had undergone a drastic change in temperament in both battles, appearing incomparably majestic and oppressive.
Who could have imagined that someone so powerful would end up in such a miserable state?
Could it be that he would truly be slain by this Dao Gate true disciple?
Yet at this moment, Chu Huaixu’s eyes were filled with solemnity, and his heart had not fully settled.
The person before him was the Ancestor Emperor possessing a body.
Although limited by Qin Xuanxiao’s personal cultivation, and the fact that this body had not yet been completely taken over—making many divine abilities unusable—there was absolutely no way he had no trump cards.
A figure who had once stood at the peak of the Xuanhuang Realm, looking down upon an entire world for decades!
He had existed as a ghost for hundreds of years—his temperament and personality greatly altered—but his methods were absolutely not to be underestimated.
From the storage ring in his hand, a drop of essence blood floated out and was instantly swallowed.
Chu Huaixu guessed that this was very likely the Ancestor Emperor’s own blood!
And indeed, he guessed correctly.
“This drop of essence blood—I originally intended to consume it after possession, to stabilize myself.”
“Never did I expect it would be used today!”
After the blood entered his body, a familiar power surged through his limbs and bones!
A satisfied expression appeared on his face.
“This is the power I had in life!”
“The power of 【Mountain-Suppressing Codex】!”
When the Ancestor Emperor was in the Ninth Realm, the Heaven-rank cultivation method he practiced was called 【Mountain-Suppressing Codex】.
It was said that the Xuanhuang Realm had been created by a heavenly god named Xuanhuang, who split apart chaos and opened heaven and earth.
This legend resembled the tale of Pangu creating the world.
One of Xuanhuang’s eyes became the sun, the other the moon.
His flesh became the land, and his three hundred sixty main bones transformed into the three hundred sixty famous mountains of the Xuanhuang Realm.
Thus, these mountains, corresponding to the number of the heavens, were called—Heaven-and-Earth Bones!
It was said that within them still lingered remnants of Xuanhuang’s divine soul, forming the mountain spirits.
The so-called 【Mountain-Suppressing Codex】 drew power from these Heaven-and-Earth Bones.
This place was called the Academy precisely because the Ancestor Emperor had once attained enlightenment here.
The Academy had three back mountains. One of them was now called Emperor Ancestor Peak by the Moon Country royal family.
But hundreds of years ago, it had another name—Fengxia Mountain—one of the three hundred sixty famous mountains.
Back then, the Ancestor Emperor had stolen the power of this mountain and achieved his Great Dao!
In an instant, the earth trembled and the mountains shook.
He formed a connection with Emperor Ancestor Peak behind the Academy.
Though the Phantom of the Violet Moon behind him had dimmed somewhat, beneath it, a towering mountain faintly emerged!
The entire arena erupted into shock.
“That’s… Emperor Ancestor Peak!”
“That’s Emperor Ancestor Peak!”
“The sudden tremor just now must have come from the back mountain!”
“Ancestor Emperor reincarnation—could the Heir of Prince Rui truly be the Ancestor Emperor reincarnated!?”
Below the platform, shock filled the crowd.
On the high platform, however, no one showed any surprise.
Only, just as Jiang Zhi and the others had breathed a sigh of relief, thinking Chu Huaixu might win, their expressions grew heavy again.
Chu Yinyin clenched her small fists tightly.
The Old Girl stared intently at the platform, her face full of worry.
“Hmph! Always relying on external means!”
Even more astonishing—at the site of Qin Xuanxiao’s severed arm, flesh began to wriggle visibly, and the arm started regenerating!
Chu Huaixu’s gaze sharpened, and he moved.
One sword, two swords, three swords!
The Ancestor Emperor was clearly still digesting the power surging within him. The mountain phantom behind him occasionally twisted and flickered.
After all, this power system differed from the one within Qin Xuanxiao’s body—even if his cultivation path was essentially a replication of the Ancestor Emperor’s.
Or rather, it could never truly be the same!
Because 【Mountain-Suppressing Codex】 was a Ninth Realm technique, while Qin Xuanxiao was only in the Third Realm.
His replication had not reached this stage—and never would.
On the platform, flesh and blood flew.
Before Qin Xuanxiao’s arm could fully regenerate, it was shattered again by the Nation-Suppressing Sword in Chu Huaixu’s hand!
The Ancestor Emperor’s expression grew increasingly ferocious.
This pain, torment, humiliation… was utterly unacceptable to him.
Once, it was he who held this sword and slaughtered all enemies!
“Seeking death!”
“You are seeking death!!”
His voice grew hoarse and sinister.
The mountain phantom behind him finally solidified completely.
That familiar power returned, and an expression of extreme exhilaration appeared on his face.
“Chu Huaixu, this body can only unleash one strike!”
“But this strike will annihilate your soul!”
“To die beneath this strike—you have lived a worthy life!”
The spear force descended like a mountain.
Its momentum was like Mount Tai collapsing downward.
Qin Xuanxiao’s body instantly turned pale, as if all Vital Blood Energy had been drained.
His body trembled instinctively; even the Ancestor Emperor felt dizzy.
Too weak. This vessel was too weak.
Compared to it, Chu Huaixu’s body was perfect.
But thinking of the failed possession and the loss of four strands of Emperor-level Divine Sense, endless resentment flashed in his eyes.
If he could not have it—then let it be destroyed!
The spear force did not descend quickly.
But it covered everything like a mountain.
Chu Huaixu had nowhere to escape.
Yet his face showed no fear.
Despite being only in the Third Realm, under possession, this strike already rivaled the might of a Major Cultivator!
“Just a mountain—trying to crush me!?” Chu Huaixu slashed forward, while in his heart he had already summoned—
I possess an object that inscribes all things in heaven and earth!
——【Dao Birth One】!
A defensive barrier spread around him.
The mountain-like spear force pressed down upon the platform, yet was blocked!
Even more astonishing—the barrier expanded outward, lifting the mountain-like spear force upward!
A mountain pressing down?
Then move the mountain!
No one knew what power Chu Huaixu had used.
Its rank was unimaginably high.
Situ Cheng and others had witnessed the Eastern Continent Grand Competition finals.
That day, Chu Huaixu had used a similar barrier.
But today, it was far more solid and heavy.
“How is this possible!?” the Ancestor Emperor roared.
But this body could no longer continue fighting.
On the high platform, the Moon Emperor inwardly cried out in alarm.
He would not sit idly by.
The vessel could not be destroyed. The Ancestor Emperor could not suffer any more accidents.
Face? Reputation? Ridicule?
None of that mattered anymore.
Just as Chu Huaixu had predicted—once something went wrong, the Moon Country great cultivators would intervene.
Because the Vessel and the Emperor-level Divine Sense were everything.
The Moon Emperor immediately transmitted orders.
The Guardian of the Nation, the Blade Bearer, and the Mountain Master—all Ninth Realm experts—acted instantly.
Meanwhile, Cheng Yuyan, the Number One Rogue Cultivator, stepped back, remaining neutral—yet his eyes were filled with excitement.
Interesting! Truly interesting!
A mere Third Realm youth had stirred such a storm!
The strongest figures of the age were clashing because of him!
At that moment, the middle-aged scholar stepped forward.
One step—and he entered the Ninth Realm.
To reverse the situation—
—I simply need to be invincible.
In the next instant, countless streaks of light shot into the sky.
Spiritual swords—one after another.
Except for the Nation-Suppressing Sword, every spiritual sword in the Imperial Capital left its sheath!
Tens of thousands of swords gathered above the arena.
“【Myriad Swords Converge】!”
“This is Myriad Swords Converge!!!”
Countless cultivators trembled.
A sea of swords filled the sky like dark clouds pressing down.
The scholar formed a sword seal—pressing them downward.
The world’s strongest sword technique manifested.
——Myriad Swords Converge!
Under its pressure, even Ninth Realm experts were suppressed.
The Moon Emperor’s face turned pale with terror.
“Activate the Imperial Capital Grand Formation!”
But—
The Formation Core was in Chu Huaixu’s hands.
The Sword Spirit (Heart Sword taking control) had already entered the Nation-Suppressing Sword.
No one else could activate it.
On the platform, the barrier fully dispersed the spear force.
Chu Huaixu raised his head, looking at the overwhelming sea of swords.
“Is this… Myriad Swords Converge?”
His Dao heart grew firmer than ever before.
He laughed loudly.
Raising the Nation-Suppressing Sword, he pointed it at the Ancestor Emperor.
“I once promised.”
“If I kill you, it will be before all under heaven!”
“Today—you will be the first!”
He leapt high and struck down.
“Die!!!”
The Emperor Moon Spear was knocked flying.
Qin Xuanxiao’s body crashed down.
Within the Sea of Consciousness, the four strands of Emperor-level Divine Sense abandoned the body—
and fled.
But this was no longer the Imperial Pool.
They had no Power of Fate.
No formation.
They were merely divine sense.
——Sword cuts the flesh, Heart cuts the soul!
“Trying to escape!?” Chu Huaixu shouted.
Within the sea of swords—
He swung.
No sword qi.
No dazzling effects.
Just a simple strike.
Yet the four strands of Emperor-level Divine Sense—
were annihilated completely.
The main soul—destroyed in a single strike!
On the high platform, the Moon Emperor and the Female State Preceptor heard a heart-rending scream in their minds.
Then—
silence.
The controlling divine sense… had been severed.
The Moon Emperor’s gaze shifted—from terror, to hesitation… to madness.
He could sever divine sense.
He could sever the control over the Moon Emperors!
On the platform—
Chu Huaixu looked down at the fallen Qin Xuanxiao.
The so-called World Protagonist had regained control of his body—
but it was already ruined.
“Don’t…”
“Don’t!!”
He begged.
But it was useless.
——Death Duel Pact. No End Until One Dies.
“I said it before.”
“The World Protagonist—I can save him.”
“And I can kill him!”
Chu Huaixu leapt high.
Before all eyes—
Before countless witnesses—
He drove the Nation-Suppressing Sword straight into Qin Xuanxiao’s heart!
The Heir of Prince Rui—
was nailed to the platform!
