Chapter 616: Vying for the Summit

And now, what they faced was a Late-stage Nascent Soul Immortalized Dharma Body—a being whose kind could be counted on one hand in the history of this world!

“Do you know?”

“Weakness is not the real obstacle to survival… blind arrogance is.”

Su Ye spoke lightly, his tone a lament of feigned pity for all of creation.

Immediately after, the Night Patrol Sea Ghostly Appearance, carrying trillions of tons of seawater, came crashing down!

In what was practically an instant, the Quasi-Tao Source Power of the Immortalized Dharma Body enveloped the seven Nascent Souls!

BANG!

A torrent of icy silver light poured out!

Hu Guang’s physical body, like a kitten run over by a dump truck, was crushed by the immense force in an instant. His bones, flesh, and organs were pulverized, and he exploded with a bang!

From his obliterated body, a Nascent Soul emerged, only to be seized in the next moment, transported into the divine kingdom, and served as a tasty dessert for Jiaojiao!

An instant kill!

Hu Guang, a renowned great cultivator at the Late-stage Nascent Soul, hadn’t even lasted a single breath before he was instantly killed!

Hu Guang, who bore the brunt of the attack, died cleanly. The other six Nascent Soul True Monarchs were left battered and broken. Among them, the Master of Tingchao Pavilion and Fu Nanzi perished on the spot!

Xuanming and Chixiao were severely wounded and fled back to Ten Thousand Peaks Mountain.

As for the other two Mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, they died even more decisively. Even though Su Ye had focused his main efforts on the five great cultivators, the two couldn’t even withstand the aftershock!

The Immortalized Dharma Body was invincible, sweeping away all before it!

This horrifying scene brought a moment of silence to the battlefield.

Whether they were the Jade Void Sword Sect disciples or the spectating Nascent Souls, all stared blankly, unable to believe what they had just witnessed.

“No…”

“This can’t be real…”

“Impossible!”

A young-looking Core Formation disciple of the Sword Sect collapsed to his knees, utterly devastated.

His spirit seemed crushed. At the same time, his flesh began to twist and squirm—after Su Ye’s Immortalized Dharma Body advanced to the Late-stage Nascent Soul, its corrupting power had grown even stronger.

Even Core Formation cultivators would be distorted and mutated just by looking directly at the Immortalized Dharma Body!

On Ten Thousand Peaks Mountain, thousands of elite Sword Sect disciples began to mutate after gazing directly at the Immortalized Dharma Body!

Only those at the Golden Core realm and above could resist this corruption and maintain their forms!

Even then, if their minds were unstable, Golden Core cultivators were also susceptible… At this moment, because of Su Ye’s shocking display, the Dao Hearts of the Sword Sect’s Golden Core cultivators were shattered. They had no choice but to sit cross-legged and resist the mutation.

“This…”

Qixia was stunned.

As a Nascent Soul True Monarch, the corruption from the Immortalized Dharma Body didn’t really affect her.

At least, just looking at it had no effect. But even without the Dharma Body’s corruption, Su Ye’s performance alone was enough to make her eyeballs pop out in shock!

‘One against seven, shattering the Beidou Cangjie Sword Array, and slaying five Nascent Souls…’

Qixia trembled as an indescribable fear rose in her heart. Every single one of the five fallen Sword Sect Nascent Souls had been stronger than her!

And yet, before Su Ye, they were like lambs to the slaughter, completely powerless to resist!

“He’s… a monster…”

Qixia gulped, her delicate body trembling.

‘He’s actually at the Late-stage Nascent Soul… How is that possible…?’ Miss Sanhua was even more shocked. She had slaughtered countless people and relied on Forbidden Techniques and Secret Techniques just to advance to the Mid-stage Nascent Soul.

‘But Su Ye, the one she considered her hypothetical rival, had quietly advanced to the Late-stage Nascent Soul?’

‘And he was so powerful—one against seven, devastating the Sword Sect…’

‘Even if I reached the Late-stage Nascent Soul, could I do that?’

Miss Sanhua couldn’t help but put herself in his shoes, and the conclusion she reached left her quite dejected. Even if she were to reach the Late-stage Nascent Soul, it seemed… possible… no, probable… that she wouldn’t be able to do it?

“With Yu already born, why must Liang be born as well?”

The Yaoguang Islands didn’t have this proverb, but the words perfectly described Miss Sanhua’s thoughts.

…

WMMMM.

The sky-blotting Immortalized Dharma Body descended upon Ten Thousand Peaks Mountain!

A terrifying, twisting, mutating power radiated out from the Immortalized Dharma Body!

Under the Immortalized Dharma Body’s corruption, Ten Thousand Peaks Mountain had already become a hellscape. Numerous elite disciples of the Sword Sect were completely twisted into frenzied monsters!

Even the Nascent Souls couldn’t stop shuddering, trembling under Su Ye’s might, barely able to control themselves.

“Tsk…”

“How boring.”

Su Ye clicked his tongue, looking down from on high.

The conventional forces of the Jade Void Sword Sect were, before him, utterly fragile.

With his high opinion of himself, he couldn’t even be bothered to strike again and finish off these Sword Sect cultivators.

‘The only one who poses a threat to me is the legendary Jade Void Sword Master, who is said to be in year-round seclusion, attempting to break through to the Divinity Transformation Realm…’

‘It’s possible that he, like me, has grasped a rudimentary form of the Dao Source…’

‘I hope you… can give me a real fight.’

Su Ye’s gaze shifted slightly.

He stared at Ten Thousand Peaks Mountain.

He could feel that deep within Ten Thousand Peaks Mountain, an aura that gave him a sense of threat was gradually awakening.