Chapter 244 - 144: Clash of Divine Abilities, Charging into the Finals

Chen Qi stood frozen in mid-air, staring down at the corner of the arena that had been utterly obliterated by the endless, terrifying lightning. His pupils shrank to the size of pinpricks, his eyes filled with utter disbelief. His mind was a raging sea, filled with absolute shock!!

’He’s strong. Far too strong!’

’What a goddamn monster!’

Then, hearing Gu Yun’s words, a flash of anger sparked within him.

But the anger on his face quickly faded,

replaced by an unprecedented solemnity.

His expression grim, he spoke in a deep voice:

"Fine!"

After just one exchange,

he understood there was a gap between them.

But so what?

Even if he was going to lose,

he had to use his strongest attack to probe the depths of his opponent’s power.

’Otherwise, I’ll never be able to accept this!’

In the space of a few breaths, Chen Qi closed his eyes and gently stroked his Longsword. The Spiritual Weapon Longsword, as if sentient, seemed to feel its master’s surging defiance and began to hum and vibrate!

The surrounding Sword Intent was poised and ready, hovering around his body. Like a dormant dragon, its presence was subtle, but its reveal would shake the heavens.

And just as expected, in the next instant,

an invisible, razor-sharp Sword Intent shot toward the heavens, piercing the clouds. The sky itself seemed to change color in that moment!!

As the majestic, sharp Sword Intent unleashed its gathered Momentum, it seemed to provoke the very heavens, causing the entire sky to transform!!

Immediately after,

the sky was filled with howling gales that shrieked like ghosts. Roiling dark clouds blotted out the sky like a million black-armored cavalry thundering across, threatening to crush everything below and instilling a sense of boundless pressure!!

"Divine Skill: Vast Sea Celestial Suppressing Sword!"

BANG!

Suddenly, within the deep, dark void, the phantom of a vast river appeared. It seemed to travel from beyond the cosmos, descending upon the mortal world with incomparably terrifying power!

At this moment, space trembled like a mirror’s reflection, vibrating violently!

In this moment, it was as if Chen Qi dominated the entire world, his power immense!

Even the figures on the high platform were slightly taken aback, looks of admiration on their faces.

"Wushuang, that kid actually managed to master that Sword Dao Divine Skill from your Spirit Sword Dao Peak. It seems he is a prodigy of exceptional talent!" an old man exclaimed. He wore a white Daoist Robe, his hair was pinned with a crown, and his long beard was as white as his hair. With an ethereal, immortal-like bearing, his entire body was wreathed in a hazy glow.

"I didn’t expect him to master this Divine Skill either."

Bai Wushuang shook his head lightly, his profound gaze piercing through space to focus on the ninth arena.

"Hahaha,

now the pressure’s on that guy.

I wonder,

how will he handle this?"

Jiang Tingbai, who stood nearby, laughed heartily. He was dressed in a pale cyan robe, his face dignified, and he was surrounded by a hazy glow, radiating a majestic and profound Heaven and Earth Dao Rhythm.

...

Above the shattered arena,

Chen Qi, his entire being suffused with Heaven-Reaching Sword Intent, thrust his sword forward.

Instantly, the heavens seemed to shatter and the earth to crack. The entire vast celestial river was fully mobilized, its boundless, majestic power transforming in that instant into a tsunami capable of Devouring Heaven and Earth. It covered every inch of the world, bearing down on Gu Yun with immense Divine Power!

The sword light that blanketed the world tore through layers of the void. It was as if space itself had been completely cleaved apart. At this moment, the entire sky was filled with nothing but the shimmering light of the Vast Sword River!!

"Whew!

Now this is more like it!"

"Much stronger than before!"

Gu Yun’s profound eyes stared up at the Vast Sword River that pierced the heavens and sundered the earth, tearing everything apart.

Even he, facing this attack head-on,

showed a trace of genuine seriousness on his face.

’It seems I really can’t underestimate others.’

’Everyone who has made it this far has some kind of trump card up their sleeve.’

He could feel the pressure from that sword strike above—the immense oppressive feeling of a boundless tsunami blotting out the sun, rolling in to crush everything in its path!

This single sword strike...

Just the aura it emanated made the surrounding spectators feel as if they were facing divine might, with the weight of mountains nine layers deep on their shoulders, pressed so hard they couldn’t even breathe.

Under such monstrous pressure, facing that Vast Sword River that seemed to descend from beyond the cosmos—endless and permeating the world—it was impossible for anyone to even conceive of resisting.

But Gu Yun was clearly an exception.

’It’s just a mere Divine Skill.’

"Let me see,

just what kind of power this Sword Dao Divine Skill,

truly holds!!"

As his voice fell,

terrifying Thunder Arcs surged within his eyes.

His eyes seemed to contain an entire sea of lightning—deep and terrifying!!

Then, an astonishing aura erupted from him. The void around him trembled violently, as if in a raging storm.

"Divine Skill: Taiyi Thunder Technique!"

An extremely sharp glint of lightning flashed in Gu Yun’s eyes, like a bolt of thunder tearing through the dim world, shining with unprecedented brilliance.

He then formed a hand seal with one hand.

BOOM!!

Following a Heaven-Reaching boom,

a bolt of unbelievably terrifying Taiyi Thunder suddenly descended from the void.

The dazzling Wood Thunder Radiance was like the first ray of dawn at the creation of the world,

piercing through the endless darkness and suppressing all other colors in the world!!

RUMBLE!

Immediately after, bolts of incomparably pure Taiyi Thunder descended upon the world. It was as if an ocean of Thunder had descended upon the mortal realm, its power like the majestic might of the heavens, threatening to completely pulverize the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands!!

The next moment,

the two extremely powerful Divine Abilities violently collided in mid-air.

The entire world seemed to go dark for an instant.

The two auras, filled with destructive energy, eroded each other before suddenly erupting in a world-shaking explosion.

The surrounding void instantly shattered and collapsed like a glass mirror, revealing abyssal cracks of a blackness so deep you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face. Terrifying chaotic energy gushed out like wild beasts, and endless, dark, and dreadful astral winds billowed forth, a horrifying sight to behold.