Chapter 1784: Life! Execution! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Beams of Sword Qi shot out of the ground like a vast forest, serving as a shield to block all of the Tianfu Divine Lord's attacks.
Once, twice, thrice… the Tianfu Divine Lord was constantly shifting positions, disappearing and reappearing in just a split second, without a noise or ripple of energy. But no matter where the Tianfu Divine Lord moved or how fast his attacks were, Su Zhengchen always seemed to know where he would show up.
”Die! Fated Birth Star!” the Tianfu Divine Lord suddenly bellowed.
Kaboom! With a great clap of thunder, a steely-black star descended out of the darkness, rapidly growing larger as it hurtled toward Su Zhengchen.
Buzz!
As this attack carrying all of the Tianfu Divine Lord's strength descended, Su Zhengchen's eyelids trembled. Those closed eyes finally opened, revealing a dazzling light.
”So, this is all your strength?”
Su Zhengchen's cold and callous voice could be heard all around Chongsheng Gate.
Boom!
Su Zhengchen thrust out his right hand with inconceivable speed, instantly striking that Fated Birth Star that was packed with destructive power.
For a moment, time seemed to stop.
The Tianfu Divine Lord could only watch as that Fated Birth Star, now about the size of a millstone, was suddenly sliced in two, allowing a terrifying Sword Qi to burst through.
As it was cut in two, another wave of Sword Qi sliced the Fated Birth Star in half horizontally, and there was a third wave, a fourth wave… A few moments later, the Fated Birth Star that should have exploded had been sliced into countless tiny pieces.
The process had taken place so quickly that the Fated Birth Star hadn't even had a chance to show the slightest hint of an explosion.
Rumble!
It was only once it was in tiny pieces that the Fated Birth Star finally exploded, but the explosion was much weaker than imagined.
”How could this be? How could a human slice apart my Fated Birth Star?!”
The Tianfu Divine Lord didn't dare to believe his own eyes.
The Fated Birth Star was packed with extremely dense energy that was even tougher than the energy of the Subtle realm. That his foe could slice the star into pieces without triggering the explosion meant that he possessed an absurd level of cultivation in the path of the sword.
This human has already surpassed me and Tianshu!
A thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and the Tianfu Divine Lord gasped. If he weren't experiencing it for himself, he would have never believed that there was someone from a mortal dynasty that could somehow manage to cultivate to this transcendent level all on their own.
”Run!”
The Tianfu Divine Lord almost instantly realized that he was no match for this white-haired elder. Boom! Without the slightest hesitation, he unleashed a torrent of higher-dimension energy. In the blink of an eye, the Tianfu Divine Lord appeared one thousand feet away, rapidly fleeing to the west.
This move came without warning, and even Su Zhengchen couldn't help but raise an eyebrow in surprise. But he quickly regained his composure.
”Since you're here, why are you in such a hurry to go?”
Su Zhengchen's voice was so soft that it could barely be heard, but the Tianfu Divine Lord clearly heard each word as if they had been whispered straight into his ear. His courage instantly failed, and he burned all the Stellar Energy in his body and hastened his flight.
Several thousand feet went by in the blink of an eye, and the Tianfu Divine Lord left the Chongsheng Gate far behind him. But just when the Tianfu Divine Lord thought that he had escaped, he once more heard that old, aloof, and majestic voice speaking into his ear.
”Life! Execution!”
With these two simple words, kaboom! A dark beam of Sword Qi, as sharp as could be, shot out from behind him. It pierced straight through the Tianfu Divine Lord's chest, leaving behind a large hole.
Even after piercing through the Tianfu Divine Lord's body, the dark beam of Sword Qi still had unspent energy that soared off into the darkness.
”Ah!”
On the ground, the Tianfu Divine Lord's Power of Darkness had long ago dispersed. The thousands of Imperial Army soldiers couldn't help but cry out in alarm when they saw this Sword Qi. Even the Lone Silence Ancestor, Li Siye, and martial artists like the Three Elders of the Northern Sea were left astounded.
Top-class sword experts could easily attack a target that was several thousand feet away, but Su Zhengchen's Sword Qi seemed to connect the heavens and earth, going more than ten thousand feet. Moreover, the Sword Qi had also left a distinct trail in the air.