Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Chapter 184 The Seven Kill Sword Technique, the Fourth "Kill"

Looking at the strange serpent before him, Yang Ping'an realized it was the legendary Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent, the strongest enemy on the entire Hell Road.

Upon seeing Yang Ping'an arrive, the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent, which had been relatively relaxed, immediately tensed up, especially as a chilling murderous aura emanated from him.

Yang Ping'an just sneered. It was just a snake; it could never possibly block his way.

Besides its enormous head, the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent had nine fleshy growths behind its head, which should be the so-called other nine heads.

Yang Ping'an didn't care about anything else. His hands instantly transformed into dragon forms, and he rushed forward, grabbing at the head of the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent.

Seeing that the person before him dared to attack him, the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent hissed and charged forward with its massive head, seemingly possessing boundless power.

Yang Ping'an grabbed with all his might, and it felt as if he had grabbed onto solid iron. Sparks flew and a tearing sound came from the snake's head.

A tremendous force also came from the snake's head, and even with Yang Ping'an's current powerful body, he was directly thrown dozens of meters away.

Despite the fierce exchange of attacks, only a few shallow scratches appeared on the snake's head, clearly indicating that the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent's defenses had not been breached.

Yang Ping'an sneered: "This is quite interesting. I didn't expect a mere snake to be so powerful. It must have been around for 50,000 years."

After saying that, Yang Ping'an's eyes were filled with boundless ferocity. He used all his strength to pounce on the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent. Especially before he even got close, he used the momentum of his forward charge to place his soul power and killing intent on his claws, and a golden "kill" character appeared on them. He then quickly attacked the head of the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent.

The ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent seemed to only sense the killing intent and charged straight at him. The word "kill" landed on his head, but it only left shallow marks and did not suffer any serious injury. On the contrary, the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent's body seemed to be forced back quite a bit.

"Come on, I'll see just how strong you really are!"

At this moment, Yang Ping'an was filled with killing intent, which was somewhat surprising.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Ping'an flew forward again, his hands once more forming the character "kill". The ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent seemed to sense the danger, and this time it lashed out with its huge tail. The air seemed to explode with a sharp sound, and the power of this attack was enough to shatter stone tablets.

Both sides retreated again after the collision, clearly neither gained the upper hand.

Yang Ping'an roared and used all his strength to step forward again, while unleashing another "kill" utterance, which was clearly more powerful than the previous two.

The Seven Kill Sword Technique has a very strong characteristic. Basically, it is like waves on the sea. Each "kill" seems to accumulate killing intent, and the power increases as it progresses. The demands on the body also increase. This is why only the direct descendants of Sword Douluo can use the Seven Kill Sword Technique. After all, no other sword spirit has such strength.

When Sword Douluo's father faced Qian Daoliu, he used nine "Kill" characters in succession. However, he was ultimately killed by the backlash from Qian Daoliu's soul power. This was because the combined power of the nine "Kill" characters reached an extremely terrifying level.

As the third "kill" was uttered, the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent once again exerted all its strength to use its snake heads to defend itself, or rather, to use its snake heads.

This time, neither side fared so well. Yang Ping'an had essentially pushed his strength to its limit, and the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent had also pushed its strength to the limit. In fact, both sides ended up suffering heavy losses.

Yang Ping'an spat out a mouthful of blood, which looked somewhat like a backlash of soul power. The Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent was not so lucky this time; its head was split open, and blood flowed freely.

Even though he blocked Yang Ping'an's three "kill" words, it was clear that with nine heads, he couldn't cause any real damage. Instead, the other heads seemed to be transferring energy to the snake's head, and the original wounds healed quickly.

Yang Ping'an hardened his heart and said, "I want to see just how strong you are, and whether you are truly unkillable."

Yang Ping'an leaped up again, this time pushing his soul power to its limit. His hands even turned blood red as he chopped forward with all his might.

This time, he unleashed another killing move, but Yang Ping'an's hands could no longer withstand such powerful force, and his original dragon transformation began to dissipate. His hands turned blood red, as if they had suffered great damage.

Given Yang Ping'an's current strength, he can normally only unleash three "kill" characters. The fourth "kill" character is basically his limit, and even the force of the recoil is a bit too much for his body to handle. This is ultimately a limitation of his martial soul, and also because the Seven Kill Sword Technique is too powerful.

With the appearance of the fourth character for "kill," this character is much larger than the previous three, and is filled with an even more chilling and murderous aura.

The ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent seemed to sense the danger. Instead, it coiled its entire body, as if fighting an eagle with a snake, and flew over quickly, seemingly trying to withstand the attack with all its strength.

However, the fourth "kill" character almost combined all of Yang Ping'an's power. No matter how strong the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent was, under the influence of this "kill" character, its entire body was directly cut into pieces.

Immediately afterwards, a fiery red bead flew out from the fragments of the ten Fiery Sun Serpent corpses. Without saying a word and ignoring the heat emanating from the bead, Yang Ping'an put it away.

After everything was completed, Yang Ping'an stood there panting heavily. Since he began practicing the Seven Kill Sword Technique, this was only the second time he had used the fourth "Kill" character. He had to remember that the first time he used it, he was facing a desperate situation, especially when he was attacked by two Soul Douluos. The fourth "Kill" character was enough to break through the defense of a Soul Douluo.

However, Yang Ping'an also felt very bad that time. He felt as if he had been seriously injured, and his ten fingers were in excruciating pain, as if he had been subjected to a great shock.

Fortunately, Yang Ping'an still had the Blue Silver Emperor's right leg soul bone. Blue light instantly filled his entire body, and the excruciating pain quickly subsided.

After recovering a bit, Yang Ping'an quickly walked forward along the Hell Road. The danger from the alien beasts had been basically eliminated. The most difficult part was yet to come, and this was the real challenge.

As Yang Ping'an continued to run forward, he got closer and closer to the Blood River. The temperature in the air rose higher and higher, and a wave of heat emanated from his entire body, making him feel as if he was about to lose control.

Yang Ping'an was very clear that this was the real third trial, and the most difficult part of the Hell Road. If he couldn't control his killing intent, he would probably lose his way and all his efforts would be in vain.

(End of this chapter)