Chapter 670: Pummeling the Divine Son

“Get… lost…”

Chen Cheng gripped his hammer with one hand, his reply simple.

His handsome face was as calm as still water, without a single ripple.

‘If we’re going to fight, then I can’t afford to underestimate any opponent!’

‘I have to be fully prepared to kill my enemy. Only then can I think about what comes next!’

This nonchalant attitude left Ning Hao infuriated.

“Hah! You’re telling me to get lost? On what grounds?”

CLANG!

With a clear, resounding ring, the Sun and Moon Mirror Light Sword was suddenly unsheathed, its tip pointed at Chen Cheng!

The blade glinted with a dazzling, brilliant light!

The point of the sword pulsed with an exceptionally sharp, murderous aura!

“As the Divine Son of Sun and Moon Peak of the Kunlun Divine Palace, this is the first time I’ve ever seen someone so arrogant to my face! My sword does not typically cut down nobodies, but I’ll make an exception for you! Because today, I will cut you down without fail. I have no need to know who you are!”

As Ning Hao spoke, he began to walk slowly across the water’s surface, the aura of the longsword in his hand steadily climbing.

He was dressed in robes whiter than snow, the white and crimson gold radiance of his longsword intertwining. He moved with an ethereal grace, like a white-robed Sword Immortal, yet also seemed like a peerless assassin who could kill with every ten steps and leave no trace for a thousand miles!

The entire area for dozens of yards around the Cold Pool suddenly fell into a strange state.

There was no breeze, and the water was calm, yet a hidden killing intent lurked everywhere!

It was as if an incomparably sharp sword light was omnipresent, ready to strike at any moment and kill unseen!

The spectators watching from a distance were all aghast!

As the saying goes, it takes an expert to know one’s skill!

Ning Hao was merely gathering his power, waiting for an opening, yet the terrifying might he exuded was enough to easily intimidate an ordinary Perfect Martial Artist of the Organ Refining Realm.

“Whoa!” A hint of fear appeared in Ke Dali’s eyes as he muttered,

“This Kunlun Divine Son is truly extraordinary. His Killing Realm has already entered the Second Layer, and through the Killing Dao, he’s even glimpsed the threshold of the True Intent of Heaven and Earth! But the Kunlun Divine Palace’s martial heritage is the Sword Dao, not the Killing Dao, so he must possess an even more formidable Realm! With at least two Realms at the Second Layer, plus the power of his Yellow Tier Spiritual Artifact, the Sun and Moon Mirror Light Sword, he truly cannot be underestimated! That pretty boy Xiu Chen is probably in for a world of hurt!”

The edge of the Cold Pool was only forty-odd yards from the center, but Ning Hao took several dozen breaths’ time to cross it.

By the time he was just over ten yards from Chen Cheng, his aura had reached its absolute peak!

His Sword Intent had faintly locked onto Chen Cheng, leaving him with no place to run, nowhere to hide, not in the heavens above or the earth below!

“Die!”

Ning Hao slowly raised his longsword and swung it gently. The blade suddenly began to vibrate intensely, unleashing a Sword Intent woven from streams of white and crimson gold radiance that slashed down at Chen Cheng’s head!

The attack didn’t seem particularly grand; it was like a gentle breeze passing by, stirring only the faintest ripples.

Anyone who didn’t understand the Martial Dao would surely think this was merely a sword dance, not a life-or-death battle.

But everyone present could feel the terrifying power hidden within that seemingly ordinary Sword Intent!

Chen Cheng, bearing the brunt of the attack, felt this power even more intensely!

‘This Ning Hao’s opening strike has a Realm Power of at least eight thousand.’

‘He’s trying to kill me in a single, clean strike!’

In truth, Chen Cheng could have seized the initiative while Ning Hao was approaching. He could have charged forward, swinging his great hammer to prevent him from gathering his Sword Intent.

But that was a trap. If Chen Cheng had struck first, the resulting disturbance in the surrounding aura would have only accelerated the gathering of Ning Hao’s Sword Intent!

The greatest threat from this attack was not the Sword Intent being directly slashed at him, but the one that was secretly gathering power, the one that had faintly locked onto him.

The feeling was like two people hunting a bird with strong bows. One shoots directly at it with a two-hundred-jin strong bow.

Meanwhile, the other aims a three-hundred-jin strong bow along the bird’s likely escape route, ready to deliver the fatal blow the moment it’s startled!

If Chen Cheng chose to retreat, he would face an even more formidable Sword Intent assault, and he wouldn’t even know from where the strike would come!

To survive this attack, his only option was to meet it head-on!

If he couldn’t withstand the clash, he would be cut down in a single blow!

‘The martial heritage of the Kunlun Divine Palace truly can’t be underestimated!

This Kunlun Divine Son is also incredibly powerful. Killing him won’t be easy.’

Chen Cheng’s eyes narrowed. The Military Dao Combat Killing Hammer in his hand suddenly swelled to the size of a millstone, crackling with arcs of thunder as he smashed it forward furiously!

BOOM!

Thunder exploded!

The Sword Intent, woven from white and crimson gold radiance, shattered.

Chen Cheng stood firm, unmoved!

But Ning Hao was sent flying dozens of feet by the powerful recoil!

Instead of being alarmed, he was delighted. A sharp glint flashed in his eyes, his will to fight surging!

“The True Intent of Heaven and Earth! You are truly no ordinary person!”

“Your swordsmanship isn’t bad, kid! And this Sun and Moon Mirror Light Sword of yours is pretty good too!”

Chen Cheng said lightly.

He could clearly sense that the Sword Intent locked onto him had never vanished. In fact, it had grown even sharper.

In other words, Ning Hao had intended to end the fight in one strike and had put his full power into that first attack.

Yet, he had always maintained the upper hand, free to advance or retreat as he pleased.

“Hah!” Ning Hao sneered.

“You disciples from the great Noble Families of the Central State truly are arrogant!”

Subconsciously, he had also pegged Chen Cheng as a disciple from one of the great Noble Families of the Central State.

As he spoke, Ning Hao’s expression became incredibly solemn. He said seriously,

“Based on the fact that you didn’t attack while I was gathering my Sword Intent, and that you easily blocked the first sword of my Celestial Heart Fourteen Swords, Flowing Cloud Traceless.

Your grasp of timing is perfect down to the finest detail, and your raw power is formidable enough to be considered a top-tier expert below the Innate Realm!

You indeed have the capital to be arrogant!

However, if this is the extent of your abilities, you will die by my sword today!

Next, I’ll let you witness the second sword of the Celestial Heart Fourteen Swords!