Destiny is ashes

Chapter 989 The Dark Begins (13)

Disciple of the Celestial Venerable, Blood Sea Divine Sword, Assassin of the Demonic Cult, Enemy of the Heavenly Demon.

These are all titles bestowed upon Yue Qingge by her destiny name, "Sharp Edge Hanging Over the Sun and Moon." Each one is stronger and more terrifying than the last.

He once single-handedly massacred the South China Sea Mountain Gate of the Blood Sea Demon Sect, fighting against ten opponents alone, and even when ambushed, he killed ten True Demon Sect Divine Treasure Masters.

Any one of these achievements and identities would be enough to make a martial artist famous throughout the world, and Yue Qingge possesses all of them, so she is indeed qualified to make those seemingly arrogant and sharp comments just now.

"call……"

Hui Tianyu took a deep breath, his forehead veins throbbing, thinking to himself, 'I won't stoop to the level of the Sword Court's giant baby.'

But Yu Feng, standing to the side, felt that he had been overestimated—what did he do to deserve this? How could three people ganging up on him give An Jing more opportunities to make a move? Shouldn't he just be the one dragging An Jing down and get killed with a single sword strike?

Putting aside the fact that Yu Feng underestimated himself, Gu Yujing frowned.

Sword cultivators challenge the strong and become stronger... but so do dragons.

The dragon embodies an untamed bloodline and spirit, hence any creature that leaps over the Dragon Gate can become a dragon.

While he admired Yue Qingge's achievements, he wouldn't stand idly by when someone made a sharp critique of him. So he shook his head and said, "I said I couldn't last more than a hundred moves because I was being modest, and also because An Jing is unfathomable and clearly has some methods I don't know about."

"The sword energy he displayed earlier, though exquisite, did not frighten me."

Gu Yujing's voice was deep, his eyes narrowed, and the light in his dragon eyes was cold, giving a strange feeling that he was not looking at 'the present': "To be honest, I could do the same thing as those three insignificant Great Wilderness Dragons that just now showed."

"Yue Qingge, there are always people more capable than you, and there's always something beyond your understanding. Don't be so arrogant. If you were in her shoes, could you do it? And how many tricks do you think you have up your sleeve when facing An Jing?"

Faced with Gu Yujing's almost provocative questioning, Yue Qingge's expression remained unchanged, still calm and serious: "Hmm... Anjing is hard to say."

"Indeed, he was definitely not serious, so I estimated it based on the standard that this was just a casual sword strike from An Jing. If I didn't use my trump card, I could probably fight for more than a hundred moves, and I can't estimate any more than that."

"As for those Great Wilderness Dragons..."

He seemed to be seriously considering the question, and after a moment he slowly spoke: "I might... need to finish my sword strike. Or maybe not."

Yue Qingge paused for a moment, then spoke frankly: "To be honest, since that life-or-death battle with the Great Heavenly Demon Terror, I'm not really sure what level I'm at now."

"Anyway, most of the divine treasures are just a matter of one sword strike in my eyes."

Honesty and frankness are the most impactful. Gu Yujing was slightly taken aback, but didn't know how to respond.

The Great Heavenly Demon's terror is neither an avatar nor a projection, but its true form... Doesn't that mean it's at least at the Manifestation Saint realm?
Yue Qingge doesn't lie. When he says it's a fight to the death, he means it. Although he didn't say he won, the fact that he could fight against Xian Sheng and survive is terrifying enough!
Before the words were even finished, an indescribable and terrifying aura suddenly spread out from Yue Qingge!
The sharp sword energy spread out, and Yu Feng, who was the weakest among them, was the first to be hit. His face turned pale instantly.

In that instant, he felt as if he had been slashed from the inside out by a sword!
Whether it was his physical body or his soul, or even all his possible thoughts and intentions in the next instant, they were all pierced and confirmed by the sword light!
Like fish on a chopping block, there's no way to fight against it.

Even Hui Tianyu, whose cultivation was a notch higher, had a drastic change in expression. What he felt was even more terrifying than Yu Feng's—the void around him seemed to be frozen by an invisible force. Not only was he unable to use the Void Escape Technique, but all possibilities in the next few seconds were also completely known to him!
"Are you trying to start a war, Yue Qingge!" Hui Tianyu shouted, already preparing to draw his divine weapon.

"The three of you working together might be able to be my opponents. But right now, my opponents are not you."

Yue Qingge's gaze was clear as a sword, his eyes piercing through the void as he looked at the empty area to the side: "Come out, stop staring."

"Who?!"

Upon hearing this, the three of them were all startled and turned their heads sharply to look at the end of Yue Qingge's line of sight.

With their cultivation levels, they were completely unaware that there were other people hiding nearby!
Hui Tianyu and Yu Feng immediately sensed something amiss in the void. In the gap between the voids, a faint, almost imperceptible blood-red light flowed through the emptiness.

"Oh no, that was my mistake!"

Yu Feng's heart skipped a beat.

With his Heavenly Dao ability, he had actually sensed something unusual before, but the world of Zhaolin Realm was full of vitality and life force, far exceeding that of the outside world. At the time, he thought that the blood light was a phenomenon caused by the rich life force and did not investigate it further. He never expected that it was actually a person.
As Yue Qingge finished speaking, a figure materialized within the crimson light. It was a red-haired youth with closed eyes, handsome features, and a noble air. The instant he appeared, every living being in the arena, regardless of their cultivation level, felt as if the blood within their bodies had lost control, surging and leaping wildly, as if about to burst forth!

No, it's not blood!
It is pure life force!
"puff!"

Some of the sword cultivators around, whose cultivation was slightly weaker or whose cultivation was entirely focused on the sword, were unable to withstand the fluctuations of this life energy. They spat out a mouthful of blood, and their energy became disordered!
Even the distant dragon's blood essence materialized into a phantom, emitting a dragon's roar that sounded almost like worship.

"Everyone else, step back!"

Raising her hand, Yue Qingge calmly gave her instructions.

The words of a swordsman are also sharp blades; with a single shout, they actually isolated the fluctuations of life energy between heaven and earth.

Then, he laughed and stepped forward excitedly: "I never expected that the Heavenly Mother Palace would send out a 'Blood Sky Avatar'. It seems that you are no ordinary person. Even a wisp of your phantom is so powerful."

"who are you?"

"It doesn't matter who I am."

The noble young man kept his eyes closed as he slowly descended from mid-air. With each step he took, the restless fluctuations of life energy were suppressed: "As you said, I come from the Heavenly Mother Palace. You can call me [Cang Anqi]."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Yue Qingge drew her sword!

Instead of drawing his sword, he raised his right hand, joined his fingers like a sword, and pointed forward.

In an instant, spiritual intent condensed into the void, shaking space and time. Thunder immediately arose in the void, transforming into sword light. This thunderous sword light was extremely pure, yet it contained the transformations of all laws. Within the sword energy, there was a faint light of destruction, and black cracks flickered at the edge of the sword light.

This sword strike ignored the distance, locked onto the target, and struck directly at the core of Cang Anqi's blood energy. If it hit, it would be a fatal blow!

But Cang Anqi remained calm and simply raised his hand, spread his fingers, and gently clenched them towards the earth below.

Instantly, all the dragon blood covering the mountains and plains, the scattered flesh and bone fragments, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth shattered by the death of the forbidden beast king were absorbed and gathered in his palm with this one grasp!

Rivers of blood surged forth, transforming into a rapidly spinning crimson vortex in his palm.

Deep within the vortex, some terrifying creature is about to be born!

This is already the ultimate state of 'Dharma with Primordial Spirit'. He is not simply manipulating blood and qi, but using great magical power and supernatural abilities to create an unprecedented and terrifying creature on the spot for use in battle!

However, Yue Qingge's sword light was even faster!

Before the creature in the crimson vortex could fully take shape, merely extending a claw covered in eerie scales, the sword light that pierced through the heavens and earth had already struck.

Sword light and claws, destruction and creation, collided violently in mid-air!

There was no sound. In the silence, the atmosphere and sound were annihilated... The crimson vortex and the Void Thunder Sword disappeared together, and then formed a gray ball of light—but then, after a violent contraction, the ball of light suddenly expanded outward and exploded!
Boom!

The earth-shattering, immense energy reverberated in all directions, and the violent impact spread in all directions, causing the mountains to tremble, the earth to crack, and an endless sandstorm to sweep by like a tsunami, still lingering nearby. The sword cultivators and martial artists who wanted to watch the battle of the strong suddenly felt like they were a piece of peach shortbread or a twisted dough stick, their bodies almost shattered by the terrifying aftershocks!

"Ugh!" Nearby, a martial artist from the Sword Court spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, but even so, he still endured the pain and swallowed a pill, his eyes shining as he looked in the direction where Yue Qingge and Cang Anqi were fighting: "Being able to see Junior Uncle fight, it would be worth dying for!"

"Worth your head! You can see it differently from a distance using magic!"

Hui Tianyu, Gu Yujing, and Yu Feng flew around with solemn expressions, capturing all the seriously injured sword cultivators who insisted on leaving, and quickly retreated hundreds of miles away before stopping with lingering fear.

"What do you know? You have to experience it firsthand to truly master such powerful sword intent!"

Even so, many sword cultivators still refused to accept the offer and, despite their severe injuries, crawled over to watch the battle of the strong.

Hui Tianyu took a deep breath, thinking for the second time, "I won't stoop to the level of a giant sword cultivator." He then knocked all the sword cultivators unconscious. Immediately afterward, his gaze turned serious as he looked towards the direction where the two were fighting in the distance.

(End of this chapter)