Supreme Dragon Soul.

Chapter 638 Back to square one!

"dangerous!"

Having experienced countless life-or-death battles, coupled with his powerful soul perception, Luo Cheng instinctively sensed danger the moment he arrived above the corpse. He activated his protective energy, and a vortex of energy immediately condensed beneath his feet.

boom!
The explosion of the vortex of vital energy caused Luo Cheng's speed to increase dramatically, and he shot out like a bolt of lightning.

Almost at the same time!

Chi!

The corpses on the ground split open, and an incredibly dazzling jet-black sword aura shot into the sky, cleaving a large hole in the thick evil clouds above!
Luo Cheng was shaken off balance by the aftershocks of the sword energy. Although he was not injured, he was furious at being ambushed and almost suffered a serious injury. His sharp gaze locked onto the direction from which the sword energy rose.

"Who is it! Hiding like a coward, show yourself!"

Without a word, Luo Cheng swung his sword and struck.

boom!
The earth cracked open, and a figure shot out from it.

He was a young man in his early twenties dressed in black, carrying a sword. His face was ashen white, devoid of any color, giving him a sinister aura. His presence was faint, yet his killing intent was hidden.

Luo Cheng caught a glimpse of the Xuan Yuan Sect inner disciple token on the other party's waist, and his eyes flashed.

"You are Qi Yu, the second-ranked person on the Xuanhe Ranking! I remember you are not a member of the Crown Prince's Hall. Could it be that you have come for that Earth Treasury Primordial Pill?"

There are hundreds or even thousands of swordsmen in the entire inner sect of Xuan Yuan Sect, but there is only one swordsman who has comprehended 80% of the sword intent and still possesses such strength.

Qi Yu, the second-ranked of the top ten seed disciples and the number one swordsman in the inner sect!

Of course, the title of the number one swordsman in the inner sect is a thing of the past, having long been replaced by Luo Cheng!

Qi Yu stood in mid-air, coldly staring at Luo Cheng, his tone sinister, "How did you manage to sense my sword strike? Did you already know I was coming?"

Qi Yu noticed Luo Cheng's whereabouts from afar and deliberately hid under the corpse to conceal his aura and unleash a deadly sword strike!
He had thought that this sword strike would be enough to take Luo Cheng's life, or at least seriously injure him.

The result was completely unexpected. Luo Xiang seemed to have a premonition and dodged his fatal sword strike without a scratch!
"None of that matters."

Luo Cheng shook his head, looked at Qi Yu, and said in a cold voice, "You are not a member of the Crown Prince's Hall, and we originally had no enmity. But since you chose to attack me, I cannot let you off easily. If you cut off your own arm, I can give you a chance and spare your life."

"Heh, spare my life! What a big mouth you have!"

Qi Yu let out a sinister laugh, staring at Luo Cheng, his eyes gleaming like a venomous snake in the shadows.
"To tell you the truth, even without the Earth Treasury Primordial Pill, I would still kill you today. You've grasped ninety percent of the rudimentary form of sword intent, and everyone's saying you're the number one swordsman in the inner sect. I'll let everyone know who the number one swordsman in the inner sect really is!"

Qi Yu volunteered to take on the mission of killing Luo Cheng. The Earthly Treasury Primordial Pill was only one part of the reward. As the self-proclaimed number one swordsman of the inner sect, he could not tolerate a junior who had awakened a useless martial soul riding on his head! And he even became the closed-door disciple of the Supreme Elder!

In his view, Luo Cheng was not worthy of any of this!
"Today I'm going to expose your true colors!"

With a cold shout, Qi Yu made his move, his longsword emanating wisps of black sword energy as he swung it.

Chi!

Countless black sword energies shot out, like countless black rays of light, instantly engulfing Luo Cheng!

Boom!

With a deafening roar, the air currents at Luo Cheng's location raged wildly, flashing with bright white lightning and accompanied by a series of explosions.

"Qi Yu, the second inner disciple of the Xuan Yuan Sect, actually attacked Luo Cheng!"

"I heard that the Eighth Prince Jin Min offered a reward of one Earth Treasury Primordial Pill for Luo Cheng's head. I was a little skeptical at first, but now it seems that this is absolutely true!"

"The Earth Treasury Primordial Pill! What a generous offering!" "Qi Yu is ranked second on the Profound River Ranking, and has awakened 80% of the nascent sword intent. His swordsmanship is insidious and ruthless. Luo Cheng is probably doomed this time!"

"A generous reward will surely bring forth brave men! That's a Ksitigarbha Primordial Pill; it's enough to buy ten of Luo Cheng's lives!"

The commotion attracted a lot of attention, and when people saw Qi Yu trying to kill Luo Cheng, discussions immediately broke out.

At this time.

Bang!
A deafening roar echoed through the chaotic area, and everything vanished. Luo Cheng's figure emerged from it, enveloped within a massive three-legged, two-eared cauldron, completely still.

what!
Qi Yu's pupils dilated.

Luo Cheng looked at Qi Yu indifferently: "Since you have given up your only chance to live, then I have no choice but to send you on your way."

"Heh! You're already so arrogant after just blocking one of my swords? You're celebrating too soon! I'll show you the true power of my Ghost Shadow Nine Absolute Swords!"

Qi Yu let out a sinister laugh, and then directly released his eight-star martial soul, his body twisting into dark shadows.

The shadowy figure bore a resemblance to Qi Yu. As it rolled, it blocked out the light, darkening everything and even emitting sounds like ghostly wails, disturbing people's minds.

hum!
Qi Yu's steps faltered, and his figure suddenly disappeared from the spot. When he reappeared, he had split into five and appeared around Luo Cheng.

"Ghostly Five Flashes! Ghostly Instant Kill!"

The five Qi Yu, their faces shrouded in black shadows, all revealed ferocious smiles as they simultaneously drew their swords and charged towards Luo Cheng to kill him.

Buzz buzz buzz buzz...

Strands of black sword energy seemed endless, turning the area within a hundred meters of Luo Cheng's location into complete darkness. With the enhancement of eighty percent of his sword intent, each sword energy was sharp and piercing, seemingly ready to tear the entire space apart!

It looked like Luo Cheng was about to be swallowed up by the black sword energy.

The next moment.

A glint flashed in Luo Cheng's eyes, and a boundless killing intent, accompanied by unparalleled sharpness, suddenly erupted. Between heaven and earth, a blood-red sword shadow, seemingly real yet illusory, appeared. The sword's power was so strong that the entire space trembled, and heaven and earth resonated with it!

"Divine Wind Annihilation!"

With a swing of the Thunder Concealment Sword, countless sword energies resonated, causing the air currents between heaven and earth to fluctuate wildly, transforming into a massive tornado pillar that rapidly expanded and pierced outwards from Luo Cheng's center.

The endless black sword energy immediately sank into the tornado pillar upon contact, disappearing without a trace, like a mud ox sinking into the sea!

boom!boom!boom!boom!
Four humanoid shadows were successively shredded by the sword energy tornado, the last one being Qi Yu's true form!
His eyes widened, and without hesitation, he decisively used his movement technique again, transforming into streaks of shadow as he retreated rapidly.

However, he was ultimately a fraction too slow.

puff!

With a swift slash of the tornado-like sword energy, accompanied by a cruel tearing sound, Qi Yu's hand, foot, and half of his body were completely shredded, followed by an extremely shrill scream.

boom!
With only half of his body remaining, he crashed to the ground. Qi Yu's pale face was now ashen, devoid of any color.

"Ninety percent of the late stage of the nascent form of sword intent... cough! How could something merely in the nascent stage of sword intent contain such powerful killing intent... cough! Even true sword intent couldn't..."

Qi Yu stared at Luo Cheng, uttering a series of heartfelt questions. With each word he spoke, he coughed up a mouthful of blood until his eyes went completely dark and he lost all vitality!

(End of this chapter)