Chapter 1398 - 1397: The Mighty Gatekeeper

Chapter 1398: Chapter 1397: The Mighty Gatekeeper

Ling Chen was startled. Although he had a premonition that the opponent was hiding somewhere nearby, he did not expect the opponent to actually be hiding behind a single leaf. If he hadn’t cautiously destroyed all the leaves, he would have undoubtedly fallen for the trap, suffering the fate of being ambushed by this Gatekeeper!

However, after forcing the opponent’s figure out, Ling Chen felt much more at ease. Otherwise, just sensing the killing intent without knowing where the enemy was would have been too dangerous.

The moment the figure was exposed, Ling Chen also clearly saw the appearance of his opponent. The Gatekeeper of the twelfth level was entirely wrapped in black clothing, with some parts of the body covered by light armor, a peek from the top of the head, and the face was masked with black leather, revealing only a pair of eyes as sharp as blades, emitting a compelling light.

Vaguely, there was a sound of a dragon’s roar resounding. At the instant when the dark shadow drew its sword, Ling Chen only saw a Blue Dragon slashing towards him. The Blue Dragon transformed into Sword Light, cascading down heavily.

Clang!

The power of this sword was incredibly formidable. Ling Chen immediately drew his sword to block, and this time, he drew two swords, using both to intercept the Azure Dragon Sword Light, finally managing to block it.

Ling Chen’s body retreated several hundred steps before finally dispersing the remaining force of this Azure Dragon Sword Light.

"This person is strong!"

Feeling the tingling sensation in his arm, Ling Chen couldn’t help but be shocked. The person in front of him seemed to harbor an extraordinary non-human strength within, not only achieving such speed but also unleashing such unexpectedly violent Sword Energy.

No wonder Beichuan Ye could only make it to the first level.

"But this makes it interesting."

In an extremely tense atmosphere, the corners of Ling Chen’s mouth lifted into a smile. Although the swordsmen on the tenth and eleventh levels were also very powerful, they paled in comparison to this person. In the previous two levels, Ling Chen hadn’t felt any pressure, but now, this Gatekeeper of the twelfth level made him feel threatened.

The smile on his face quickly vanished, and Ling Chen suddenly elevated his True Qi within to its maximum capacity. If he didn’t go all out now, he might very well overturn his boat here.

Ling Chen had no intention of stopping here. From this moment on, he would give his all to break through the subsequent levels!

"Who exactly is the Gatekeeper of the twelfth level?"

Outside, Gongben Yeliang, looking at the thousand zhang giant sword with an unmoving name, couldn’t help but turn to Liusheng Bushou, asking.

Liusheng Bushou glanced at him and sneered, "Didn’t you reach the twelfth level? How would you not know who the Gatekeeper is?"

"I couldn’t see clearly who it was before getting killed."

Gongben Yeliang did not cover it up; the strength of the twelfth-level Gatekeeper was too overwhelming, and being instantly killed by him wasn’t something to be ashamed of.

"What’s typical."

Liusheng Bushou didn’t ridicule Gongben Yeliang, after all, he himself had fallen at the eleventh level, having no qualifications to laugh at the other.

"Is the twelfth-level Gatekeeper merely a human? There is Dragon Blood within him."

"Dragon Blood?"

Gongben Yeliang was startled for a moment, then a grave look suddenly emerged in his eyes. In the history of Yingzhou, only one individual possessed Dragon Blood Power.

"Dragon People?"

Gongben Yeliang couldn’t help but exclaim. This person possessed Blue Dragon strength and once roamed unhindered across all of Yingzhou, defeating countless swordsmen and was almost an invincible presence at that time.

Knowing the identity of the twelfth-level Gatekeeper, Gongben Yeliang felt much more at peace. If it were someone else who had instantly killed him, he might have felt a bit humiliated, but knowing who it was, he had no such feelings.

So it was this person guarding the twelfth level, no wonder even Beichuan Ye couldn’t pass through.

"No one can surpass the twelfth level; it is the limit of the young generation."

Source Yoshihiro shook his head decisively.

Hong Ye merely stared at the two large characters "Ling Chen" on the thousand zhang giant sword; whether Ling Chen could pass the twelfth level, she did not know, since it wasn’t just any swordsman guarding the twelfth level, but a fearsome figure who once dominated an era.

Inside Sword Prison.

Clang clang clang clang!

The sound of metal colliding continued to resound, with sparks flying everywhere, making it impossible to see any silhouette, as if everywhere in the forest, above and below, were scenes of Ling Chen and the dark shadow clashing.

At this moment, Ling Chen was already using his full strength, and every sword swing from the dark shadow seemed to echo with a dragon’s roar, resonating with the heavens.

After enduring hundreds of sword exchanges, Ling Chen finally gradually discerned the opponent’s sword technique patterns. After all, what he faced was not the person themselves, but just a transformed intention. The great variety of techniques the actual person could exhibit wouldn’t be the same, but the intention transform only repeatedly follows the same routine, differing slightly but not substantially. If the real person were here, Ling Chen probably couldn’t even block a single sword.

Roar!

Suddenly, the dragon’s roar intensified around the Gatekeeper, and in an instant, dazzling azure light quickly illuminated his body, swelling into an exceedingly majestic hundred-zhang Blue Dragon. Clearly, under these circumstances, the Gatekeeper had also decided to use a finishing move!

The hundred-zhang Blue Dragon swept towards Ling Chen, the head’s core became the Sword Light, and the Gatekeeper himself seemed to achieve Unity of Human and Sword, Unity of Human and Dragon, mercilessly suppressing towards Ling Chen!

Golden hues surged in Ling Chen’s eyes; the power of this move was undoubtedly far greater than before. However, the essence of the technique remained the same, only differing in strength. Ling Chen aimed at the dragon’s throat, infusing True Qi into the Thunder Sound Sword.

"Thunder Cut!"

With a shout, the Thunder Sound Sword in Ling Chen’s hand made a horizontal cut, the Sword Light shooting towards the Blue Dragon’s throat with astonishing speed.

But just as it sliced open a crack, a powerful Sword Light swept over. Though blocked by the Red Sky Sword in Ling Chen’s left hand, the immense Sword Energy still sent him flying.

While being knocked back, the Thunder Sound Sword in Ling Chen’s hand flew out, transformed into thunder light, shot straight into the previously carved throat crack, piercing, striking the Gatekeeper’s head.

The Blue Dragon convulsed, and thereafter, its several hundred-zhang body shattered apart, and the Gatekeeper within the Blue Dragon also disintegrated along, dissipating into black mist.

"Phew!"

Exhaling heavily, Ling Chen, after a brief rest, headed directly for the next level.