Chapter 1096: Behead the Sovereign, kill with one strike!

02 Aug, 2024

Chapter 1096: Behead the Sovereign, kill with one strike!

In the Divine Spirit Prison on the fifth star ring.

Magical powers and spells were rumbling.

In the distance, the tree formed by Xiao Ying was entangled with the Glazed Treasure Tree, trying to suppress the other.

Xiao Ying also came out and was fighting with the figure that walked out of the Treasure Tree.

The sound continued, and the thunder continued.

Nearby, the power of the Three Three Forbidden Hexing Formation erupted, and Xu Qing's shield turned into a beam of light and flew into the sky to seal the Ghost Gate.

This shield came from the Dark Flame Emperor, and it contained the power of the black lotus. As it spread out Dark Flame, it also expanded several times and collided with the Ghost Gate.

Both sides shook.

Below, the saber light formed by the Great Emperor's scissors carried the Emperor's aura. It shone with a dazzling light and cut off the karma of the Burning Incense.

Finally … Xu Qing, with the Emperor's Sword in his hand, attacked.

His figure seemed to be able to split the sky and the earth, and his aura turned into monstrous killing intent as he suddenly attacked the middle-aged Sovereign.

At this moment, the words that the Sword Emperor had taught him echoed in Xu Qing's mind.

"The so-called Ksitigarbha is a sword technique I created to kill a fiend who was good at Earth Dao. This sword technique mainly activates Earth Qi and replaces Earth Will with Sword Intent, turning Earth Qi into Sword Qi.

"After gathering Earth Qi, it condenses into Earth Sword!"

Even with Xu Qing's shocking comprehension ability, he had only comprehended the first sword technique of the Sword Emperor. He hadn't mastered the other sword techniques.

At this moment, in this strange fifth star ring, facing such a reliable Sovereign, Xu Qing didn't hesitate at all.

As the Emperor's Sword shone and the power of Ksitigarbha spread, the surroundings shook.

All the surrounding swamps were shaking, and so were the bubble small worlds above the swamps.

Wisps of smoke rose from the ground and the small worlds.

This smoke wasn't nutrients from the small worlds, but Earth Qi that was activated by the Sword Qi in the Ksitigarbha move.

More and more smoke rose.

In an instant, the swamps churned, and the bubble small worlds also shook violently.

Countless wisps of smoke spread out and went straight to Xu Qing.

All of this took a long time to describe, but in fact, it all happened in a flash. Almost at the moment when Xu Qing rushed out with the Emperor's Sword, countless wisps of smoke gathered from all directions.

Outside Xu Qing's body, it shockingly formed a heaven-shocking greatsword!

It enveloped Xu Qing!

It was as if Xu Qing himself had become that sword!

The sword might swept across, causing the sky to churn and the earth to rumble. The entire Divine Spirit Prison started to ripple like an ocean.

Then, as the middle-aged Sovereign's heart trembled and his body retreated at top speed, the greatsword formed from earth-energy shot forward with heaven-shaking, earth-shattering momentum and unparalleled speed!

He headed straight for the middle-aged Sovereign!

It was as easy as crushing dry weeds!

"This sword, this old man wants it!"

The Sovereign's pupils constricted, but he didn't say anything. Instead, greed welled up in his heart, and without any hesitation, a vortex appeared in his left eye.

Dao marks materialized, and the power of the Authority finally erupted!

The first thing that changed was the red mist river that flowed around his body.

This fog river was formed by his heavenly dao power. At this moment, as the dao marks circulated, it suddenly spread out from his body.

In the next moment …

Xu Qing could clearly feel the changes in the world.

There seemed to be a resistance in the air in front of him. This resistance was incomparably huge in an instant, causing his speed to involuntarily slow down. However, the Sword of Ksitigarbha still exuded the power to break through.

Even so, the resistance still increased.

In fact, when it reached a certain density, it became a defensive barrier for his opponent!

Not only did it slow down Xu Qing's speed, but it also resisted his sword energy.

If that were all, it wouldn't be a big deal. However, although the aura in this area acted as a resistance to Xu Qing, it actually reduced the resistance to the middle-aged Sovereign.

It reduced the air resistance and the flow of the aura.

As a result, Xu Qing's speed grew slower and slower, while the middle-aged Sovereign's speed reached a shocking level.

He was so fast that he instantly dodged Xu Qing's Sword of Ksitigarbha and appeared next to Xu Qing. His eyes shone with intense greed as he reached out with his right hand and grabbed at Xu Qing's imperial sword.

It was incomparably precise, and the timing was extremely tricky.

He didn't give Xu Qing the slightest chance to counterattack.

He grabbed it!

However, before he could even begin to grow excited, the imperial sword in his hand suddenly became illusory. Even Xu Qing, who had been slowed down, became illusory.

This caused the middle-aged Sovereign's face to sink.

"Cognition changed?"

Even as the Sovereign Lord reacted, Xu Qing's Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva form took advantage of the opportunity to unleash its full power.

Just now, he had used the ability that the Crown Prince had given him to change his perception. At the crucial moment, he had used the middle-aged Sovereign's greed for the Emperor's Sword to shift his perception, which was very difficult to shake.

Thus, he had obtained this opportunity for himself.

However, the time of cognitive deviation was too short, and this person's authority was special. Therefore, Xu Qing's thoughts turned in that instant. He was not confident that he could kill him with Ksitigarbha.

Even if he used his trump card, with Grandpa Ninth's sword qi, Xu Qing still felt that something unexpected might happen.

He wasn't sure if the other party still had any trump cards or special methods.

He needed to ensure that he could create a condition that would force the other party to use all of their methods.

The reason why he did this was because he wanted to kill with a single strike!

It wasn't to injure the other party severely.

He couldn't let the other party escape.

In view of this, Xu Qing instantly made a decision.

Therefore, the Imperial Sword's target was not the Imperial Sovereign, but rather, Xu Qing wanted to use this brief window of opportunity to send the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sword crashing down onto the ground!

More accurately, he was going to attack those little bubble worlds on the ground!

Since the other party wanted to play it safe, he had to first cause him to panic.

Only when one's heart was in chaos would one reveal a fatal flaw.

And for a guardian, the way to cause their heart to be in chaos was naturally to cause a large-scale collapse of the area they were guarding.

Thus, although Xu Qing's sword strike appeared to be directed at the Sovereign, its true target was most of the Small Bubble Worlds here.

At this moment, as the sword qi descended, the earth collapsed, and a large number of Small Bubble Worlds in the Omnidirectional Swamp seemed to have been sliced apart.

With a loud boom, they all shattered into pieces!

The skies of these Small Worlds all collapsed, and those who were unable to awaken in time all fell into a deep slumber, their bodies and souls destroyed.

And without the skies, the living beings in these Small Worlds seemed to have awakened from a dream. While they were all in a daze, this also caused great chaos in the Divine Prison.

As a result, the extraction of spiritual energy was greatly reduced.

At this moment, the vortex in the sky that was absorbing spiritual energy was also unable to absorb any more.

"How dare you!!"

This scene finally caused the middle-aged Sovereign's heart to rumble. His expression changed drastically, and he instinctively glanced at the vortex in fear.

He wanted to stop Xu Qing, but it was too late.

Originally, under his control, such a situation would not have occurred. Everything was just an opportunity created by the change in his perception just now.

Now that the Divine Spirit Mine was collapsing, and the vortex's absorption of spiritual energy was greatly reduced, his heart couldn't help but palpitate violently.

This was the Spirit Mine he was guarding, but now, such a drastic change had occurred. The killing intent in his eyes instantly intensified, and as he roared, the Dao marks in his eyes began to circulate again.

His Dao marks were special, and they were terrifyingly powerful. However, due to his cultivation base, he had to pay a price every time he used them. If he used them on a large scale or on a deeper level … the price would be astonishing.

Thus, unless it was absolutely necessary, he was unwilling to use too much.

But now, he had no choice.

He suddenly raised his right hand and pressed it down toward the ground.

Instantly, the power of the Authority descended, becoming a resistance, a dense defense, and a suppression.

It enveloped all the collapsing Divine Spirit Mines, slowing down the rate at which they were collapsing, and continued to envelop them to reduce the losses and restore them. After this, his body became even thinner, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

At this moment, he couldn't care less about continuing to play safe, because he couldn't rely on his Authority to suppress the Divine Spirit Mines for too long.

He had to quickly end this battle and repair the Small Worlds. Otherwise, if the vortex above him absorbed less spiritual energy for a long time, he wouldn't be able to withstand the consequences.

As such, he gritted his teeth and pointed a finger at Xu Qing without hesitation.

His Authority's Power once again.

Xu Qing's body trembled. He felt suffocated.

The spiritual energy around him, the air … all the gaseous states were being pulled away at this moment, forming a compression force. Even his body was the same.

Red and swollen lumps instantly protruded from his body. It was a ghastly sight.

There was also an explosive aura that was exploding.

However, Xu Qing's heart did not panic.

"The time I want is almost here."

Xu Qing glanced at the middle-aged Sovereign, then suddenly raised his right hand and unleashed the Void Dao.

During those days in the small world, Xu Qing had been recalling the whirlpool he had seen in the Primeval Sea. Others might not have had much of an understanding of the use of space within it.

However, to him, who possessed the power of space to begin with, the scene in the vortex was like a master imparting Daoist techniques to him.

He was telling him how to use space.

Therefore, in the next instant, as the Extreme Void Dao spread out from Xu Qing's body, the area he was in immediately began to distort. It was as if it was being pulled apart and became infinitely large.

Then came the cutting and blocking!

The power of the Power of Qi was sliced apart, thereby creating a boundary of a hundred feet around Xu Qing.

It formed a lattice!

This lattice was an independent existence that was controlled by Xu Qing's Void Dao.

More and more lattices appeared, and in the blink of an eye, there were over a hundred of them densely packed together, and they enveloped Xu Qing in an irregular pattern.

Even though all of the Power's Qi was being extracted … every additional layer of the hundred-odd spaces was equivalent to an additional world.

Finally, there was a reversal.

Xu Qing raised his head and stared at the middle-aged Sovereign. In the next instant, the sound of a mirror shattering reverberated in all directions.

"Your Power of Qi has the power to explode, but no matter how much it explodes, it can't compare to the collapse of space."

Xu Qing spoke calmly.

In the blink of an eye, the hundred-odd lattices all shattered. Amidst a series of explosions, a spatial storm swept up countless fragments of space and erupted around Xu Qing.

A portion of it swept out in all directions, causing the Sovereign to lose his ability to save the spirit mine. This caused his anxiety and anger to intensify, causing his heart to be in turmoil.

A portion of it went straight for the Sovereign himself.

This scene caused the Dao marks in the middle-aged Sovereign's eyes to shine brightly.

"It's the Dao of Space!"

His heart trembled, and he raised his right hand and pointed at the sky.

A sense of warmth and coldness appeared in the world!

That was the warmth and coldness formed by the air, and when they intersected with each other, they turned into a howling gust of wind.

The wind roared, and even a thunderstorm appeared. When they combined together, it was like the might of the Heavens that slammed into the spatial tempest.

A deafening explosion erupted.

As soon as they collided, the world fell into chaos. Space shattered and the power of the Heavenly Might intertwined with one another, creating chaos and causing everything to blur.

In this blur, the wind was whistling.

Blood seeped out of the corners of the Sovereign Lord's mouth. Now that he had unleashed this power, he had finally paid the price. However, the killing intent in his eyes didn't lessen in the slightest.

In the gale, Xu Qing wasn't having a good time either. His flesh was peeling off, and his body was instantly mangled.

However, his eyes were still as sharp as ever.

At this crucial moment, the Extreme Time Dao in his body suddenly erupted.

The power of time swirled around him, transforming into a boundless sundial that locked onto the Sovereign Lord, reversing time, causing the blood oozing out of his mouth to freeze in place!

Then, killing intent erupted from Xu Qing's eyes. In order to ensure a one-hit kill, he raised his right hand, and the power of Fishing the Moon in the Well also surged.

The sky became the surface of a well, and ripples appeared in the world.

The middle-aged Sovereign stood on the surface of the water, and all of his techniques and body were reflected in the water.

The sundial froze the body.

The Moon in the Well froze the soul.

When combined with the chaos Xu Qing had caused in his opponent's mind …

The opportunity that Xu Qing had been waiting for had finally arrived!

In the next instant, a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering sword qi that could shake even the Sovereign Lord erupted from his body.

This was Grandpa Ninth's sword qi, a sword qi that could slay Sovereigns.

As soon as the sword appeared, the sky lost its color and the earth rumbled. The swords in the many minor worlds in the Prison of Gods all trembled and resonated with each other.

They all erupted, rushing out from the shattered Heavens and gathering outside, filling the void and occupying the entire region. Finally, they fused with Grandpa Ninth's sword qi, causing it to shine brightly and radiate even more powerful sword might.

It continued to build up power.

As for the killing power contained within the sword qi, it was also building up power.

After a few breaths of time, the shocking killing intent suddenly erupted. At this moment, heaven and earth shone, and only the sword reigned supreme.

The heavens descended, the sword descended, and the killing intent descended upon the middle-aged Sovereign.

His domineering aura completely replaced the middle-aged Sovereign's vision and senses.

There was no way to dodge, no way to avoid, and no way to block!

When the sword qi descended, the Sovereign's body and soul would collapse, and his body and soul would be destroyed!

A one-hit kill!