Chapter 675 Celestial Shadow and Sword Orb (2/2)

The sword orb’s luster felt full and complete, as if it were crafted from jade.

“I believe junior brother Zhou Yuan has already seen Baili Che display the Devil Sweeping Sword Orb Art during the Genesis reservoir ceremony. However, his sword orb had barely formed back then, making it difficult for him to bring out much of its power.

“If junior brother Zhou Yuan manages to receive a sword strike from me today, I will happily offer the Devil Sweeping Sword Orb Art to you.” Sword orb in hand, Kong Sheng’s gaze was as sharp as a blade, and he was giving off an alarming aura.

Zhou Yuan’s eyes narrowed slightly. “Please.”

Bzz!

Kong Sheng waved his sleeve, and the sword orb slowly rose into the air. Boundless sword qi began streaming out and condensing around the orb into a three-foot-long glowing azure sword.

As the azure sword took shape, the space around it rippled faintly as sword qi tore open cracks.

Countless gashes had already been sliced open on the surrounding ground.

Kong Sheng concentrated on the glowing azure sword and flicked his finger.

Bzz!

The cry of a sword echoed across the land. A flash of blue swept past in an instant, seemingly piercing through space itself as it headed straight towards Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan’s eyes narrowed slightly as he waved his sleeve. A stream of golden Genesis Qi roared out like a golden serpent, accompanied by a ferocious aura, and it collided with the azure sword.

Bang bang!

The two forces clashed. However, the azure sword vibrated and cut through the stream of Genesis Qi with a soft slicing sound.

Cheers exploded from the Sword Cometh Peak disciples. This was the first time since the start of the Chosen challenge that Zhou Yuan’s attack had been stopped.

Zhou Yuan eyes faintly flickered as he gazed at the azure sword that had cut through his Genesis Qi. However, he did not choose to avoid it, but instead slowly reached out with five fingers.

The Heavenly Yuan Brush in his Qi Dwelling shuddered as snow-white hairs emerged from Zhou Yuan’s hand. They rapidly weaved together, creating a snow-white gauntlet that fully covered his fist.

Swish!

Sword light swiftly approached, tearing apart the nearby ground.

Genesis Breaker!

A shout rang out in Zhou Yuan’s heart.

The snow-white gauntlet instantly turned pitch black.

All the Genesis Qi in his body flooded out at this moment, flaring out around his body. With a piercing look in his eyes, Zhou Yuan reached out and grabbed the azure sword amidst countless shocked and horrified gazes.

Bang!

Berserk sword qi exploded, instantly shredding the surrounding boulders to dust.

Countless gazes stared at the dust-filled air. When the dust finally dissipated, Zhou Yuan’s figure appeared. He seemed to have taken several steps back, while the azure sword was nowhere to be seen.

A Sword Cometh Peak disciple cried out in alarm, “Where’s the sword orb?”

On the mountaintop, Zhou Yuan spat out a breath of air and looked towards Kong Sheng. The pitch-black gauntlet slowly unravelled, revealing the azure sword orb silently lying in Zhou Yuan’s palm.

As the black hairs swiftly disappeared, several cuts were revealed on Zhou Yuan’s hand. However, these cuts soon began to mend due to his body’s strong vitality.

Uproar!

Countless disciples were dumbstruck, especially the Sword Cometh Peak disciples whose faces were overflowing with shock.

Zhou Yuan had actually managed to grab Kong Sheng’s sword orb.

At the front of the many Sword Cometh Peak disciples, Zhao Zhu and chief disciple Baili Che looked at each other, seeing the agony in each other’s eyes. Zhou Yuan’s feat of breaking through the sword light and grabbing the sword orb was already more than enough evidence of how terrifyingly powerful he was.

The very same new chief disciple they had once felt unworthy of his position had now surpassed all of them.

But this time they were fully convinced.

On the mountain top, Zhou Yuan released the sword orb, allowing it to fly back to Kong Sheng before Kong Sheng swallowed it back into his abdomen. His expression was somewhat complicated as he silently looked at Zhou Yuan. In the end, he did not say anything and threw over a jade scroll.

“Junior brother Zhou Yuan, you’ve won.

“Go then. As long as you defeat your final opponent, Chu Qing, you will create a legend. Ever since the Cangxuan Sect was established, there has yet to be a disciple who has succeeded in gathering all seven arts through the Chosen challenge…”

Zhou Yuan received the jade scroll and nodded. He raised his head under the countless watching gazes and looked towards the final peak in the distance.

A figure was seated atop the peak, looking right back at him.

Their gazes clashed as seriousness filled their eyes.

Every disciple in the Cangxuan Sect watched on with bated breaths...

One was the former strongest disciple in the Cangxuan Sect...

The other was the current strongest disciple in the Cangxuan Sect...