Chapter 488: Heaven-Severing Strike
Ultimate Saber Technique: Heaven-Severing Strike!
This move was one of Zhou Xingkong’s trump cards, originally intended for the final stage of the battle. Now, however, he was forced to use it against Jiang Ye.
“You should be proud that you’ve forced me to use this technique,” Zhou Xingkong said in a low voice. “Let’s end this.”
Whoosh! A terrifying blade of light soared into the sky, completely bisecting heaven and earth. It was an absolutely earth-shattering strike.
“Is that the third ultimate move of the Heavenly Radiance Blade Technique?”
“Its power has definitely reached the quasi-eighth breakthrough level!” Li Zihuang, Wang Feifan, and the others were visibly shaken by the sight.
The Heavenly Radiance Blade Technique was a demigod-tier saber technique.
This technique comprised only five ultimate moves, with the fifth alone capable of threatening even demigods.
While the third ultimate move fell short of the fifth’s power, it was still potent enough to annihilate any seventh breakthrough expert.
“An ultimate move?”
“Good. I’ll use you to test my newly mastered Ultimate Spear Art,” Jiang Ye replied, his expression unchanged.
With a flick of his long spear, his technique abruptly shifted.
In an instant, an incomparably sharp spear intent surged skyward.
“Kill!”
Jiang Ye gripped the Black Divine Spear tightly, channeling vast amounts of stellar energy. The spear tip traced a dazzling arc through the air.
A sweeping strike!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
With each sweep of the spear, a Great Sun rose, radiating unparalleled power.
Luoshen Spear Technique, First Ultimate Move: Ten Suns Ascend!
Ten blazing suns erupted from the long spear, colliding violently with the Heaven-Severing Blade.
BOOM!!! The colossal arena trembled, the void shattered into fragments, and an unprecedentedly terrifying clash erupted.
The devastating shockwaves sent Chen Zilu, Li Zihuang, and others reeling backward, even though they were miles away.
“What…?”
“Jiang Ye actually blocked Zhou Xingkong’s third ultimate move?” Li Zihuang, Wang Feifan, and the others stared in disbelief.
What astonished them even more was the technique Jiang Ye had just unleashed.
“That spear strike?”
“Its power…”
“Is that also a demigod-tier spear technique? Such terrifying might!” The crowd gasped in awe.
Little did they know, Jiang Ye’s strike was merely the first ultimate move of the Luoshen Spear Technique.
After the Luoshen Spear Technique ascended to divine-grade, Jiang Ye had completely refined his three ultimate moves.
For example, the first ultimate move, originally “Four Suns Across the Sky,” had been refined into “Ten Suns Ascend.”
This wasn’t merely a quantitative change; it represented a fundamental transformation.
When executed with Jiang Ye’s current strength, its power was beyond comparison to its previous form.
Boom!
The ten blazing suns erupted completely, blasting a hole through the void and utterly suppressing Zhou Xingkong’s Heaven-Severing Blade.
Pfft! Zhou Xingkong was caught in the shockwave, sent flying backward, and coughing up blood violently.
“What?!”
“What kind of technique is this? How can it suppress my ultimate move?” Zhou Xingkong was stunned; this was completely beyond his expectations.
His Heavenly Radiance Blade Technique was already a demigod-tier saber technique.
And the third ultimate move represented the absolute limit of what could be achieved within that realm.
Yet now, it was being suppressed?
“Zhou Xingkong is being suppressed?”
“How is this possible?! What’s happening?”
“Is Jiang Ye really this strong? Even Transcendent Aptitude can’t hold him back?”
“This is too ferocious!” Countless spectators outside the arena were utterly astonished.
Most people held Transcendent Aptitude in awe, for it represented the pinnacle of Blue Star Civilization.
Whether it was innate talent, social status, or identity, Zhou Xingkong far surpassed ordinary people.
Yet now? This lofty figure was being completely suppressed by Jiang Ye, a reality that defied most people’s expectations.
While the audience was shocked, the demigods in the void were utterly astonished.
“That spear technique?”
“Divine-grade spear technique! It’s definitely divine-grade!”
“Jiang Ye actually mastered a divine-grade spear technique? And he’s even grasped the Spear Art Divine Resonance!” The Li Family Demigod and the Demigod of the Wang Clan exclaimed in disbelief.
Though separated by only a single word, the difference between divine-grade and demigod-tier spear techniques was as vast as the chasm between a demigod and a divinity.
It was an insurmountable gulf!
When cultivated to a certain level, divine-grade spear techniques could pose a significant threat even to divinities.
Demigod-tier spear techniques, on the other hand, were capped at the demigod level.
Jiang Ye’s mastery of a divine-grade spear technique had completely blindsided all the demigods.
“With a divine-grade spear technique and the Spear Art Divine Resonance, he might even stand a chance against someone a major realm above him,” the Li Family Demigod mused.
By now, Jiang Ye’s performance had completely exceeded her expectations.
“Can Zhou Xingkong still win?”
“Could he actually lose to Jiang Ye?” The other demigods grew increasingly curious, their attention riveted on the battle for the first time.
Only Zhou Huaifeng, the Zhou Family Demigod, remained calm, his gaze fixed on the projection screen.
“Lose?” Zhou Huaifeng thought to himself. “Xingkong won’t lose. But judging by the current situation, he’ll likely have to use that move sooner than expected.”
Zhou Huaifeng sighed inwardly.
That move had originally been reserved for Chu Jingye.
But now, he might have to use it against Jiang Ye. The Zhou Family Demigod had to admit that Jiang Ye had completely exceeded his expectations.
It wasn’t just the Zhou Family Demigod who had made up his mind. Zhou Xingkong had also resolved to act.
“I can’t hold back any longer.”
“Time to use that move,” Zhou Xingkong thought, his eyes hardening. “I must go all out! If I lose to Jiang Ye, things will get really troublesome.”
As for winning the championship?
If he was defeated by Jiang Ye, what chance would he have of claiming the title?
“Unleash it.”
“Innate Aptitude: inner world,” Zhou Xingkong murmured, a glint flashing in his eyes. He clapped his hands together, and an invisible wave of energy erupted outward.
The Dao Bone Aptitude possessed multiple innate abilities.
Naturally, the Transcendent Aptitude would have its own as well!
This move, Zhou Xingkong’s other innate ability—the inner world—was his true trump card.
The inner world was a self-contained realm, a universe unto itself.
Zhou Xingkong would become the absolute sovereign of this realm!
Anyone trapped within would be suppressed by his inner world. Regardless of their realm, cultivation technique, or even the level of their profound mysteries, all would be reduced to a level below his own.
Buzz!
Suddenly, an invisible wave of energy surged outward.
In Jiang Ye’s eyes, the world before him plunged into absolute darkness. Chen Zilu, Wang Feifan, and the others vanished as if completely cut off from the real world.
“Jiang Ye,” a colossal voice boomed.
Immediately afterward, a ten-thousand-zhang-tall giant materialized, towering between heaven and earth and radiating an overwhelming aura of power.
It was Zhou Xingkong!
“Ten thousand zhang tall? A dharma manifestation?”
“No, that’s not right,” Jiang Ye frowned. “Even ninth breakthrough experts can only manifest dharma manifestations up to ten thousand meters tall.”
Could a single innate ability truly grant Zhou Xingkong power surpassing the ninth breakthrough realm?
That was clearly impossible.
“It must be the effect of this domain,” Jiang Ye murmured, scanning his surroundings.
Within this dark domain, both his Blood Sea Domain and Martial Saint Domain were being suppressed.
(End of the Chapter)