Chapter 393: Slaying the Golden Core

The Outer Sea.

Liang Cheng had no intention of holding back. Facing Bai Yeli required his full strength, so from the very beginning, he unleashed his most powerful Blade Intent.

The moment the Zhenxian Saber left its sheath, a flash of saber light erupted. It was archaic and heavy, glowing with a faint golden light.

Wherever the golden light passed, even space itself trembled!

The Peak Perfection Realm.

Unity of Man and Blade!

BOOM!!!

The saber light and sword light collided in an instant!

Violent energy exploded outward. A shockwave visible to the naked eye spread in all directions from the point of impact!

Wherever it passed, the seawater instantly evaporated, and space vibrated as if it were about to crack. It was like a storm passing through, a natural disaster descending.

Under such power, the Locking Sky Array that Bai Yeli had personally set up shook violently, and cracks began to appear on the light barrier!

Seeing this, Bai Yeli’s pupils shrank abruptly.

‘This Blade Intent—’

‘The Peak Perfection Realm?!’

Before he could even react, Liang Cheng’s second slash was already upon him!

Liang Cheng took a single step, activating his Perfect Cloud Soaring Step. His body moved like flowing clouds, appearing before Bai Yeli in an instant.

Then, he slashed down without hesitation!

Caught off guard, Bai Yeli scrambled to raise his sword and block.

CLANG!!!

An immense force struck him, sending Bai Yeli flying back hundreds of feet.

He looked down at his sword. A nick the size of a grain of rice had appeared on the blade.

He lifted his head and stared at Liang Cheng, his eyes filled with disbelief.

“How is this possible!?”

Before the words had even faded, Liang Cheng charged again!

His saber light was like a waterfall!

Slash after slash!

Every strike carried the Blade Intent of Peak Perfection!

Every strike was filled with unrivaled power!

Bai Yeli was forced back again and again. Having lost the initiative due to his carelessness, he found himself completely unable to fight back.

Horror surged through his heart.

‘Golden Core Early Stage Cultivation, yet he’s comprehended a third-realm Martial Dao True Intent?!’

‘If this brat reaches the Nascent Soul realm, he’s almost certain to grasp Divine Abilities!’

‘If I don’t kill him today, he’ll become a disaster for me in the future!’

‘I’ll be the one to die then!’

BOOM!!!

Liang Cheng slashed again!

Bai Yeli was sent flying backward, crashing onto the island below.

RUMBLE!!!

The impact shattered the entire island!

Rubble flew everywhere, and dust filled the sky!

Liang Cheng hovered in the air, looking down from above.

He gazed at the ruins below and slowly raised his saber.

His Blade Intent flared to its maximum!

Behind him, a phantom image of a saber appeared!

It was the manifestation of his Blade Intent!

Although it wasn’t empowered by the Golden Core Late Stage Cultivation that Bai Yeli possessed, its edge was far sharper.

Bai Yeli climbed out of the rubble, his hair disheveled, looking utterly wretched.

He looked up at Liang Cheng, his eyes filled with venomous hatred.

“Good… Very good…”

He spoke through gritted teeth, spitting out each word.

“I, Bai Yeli, a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator, famous for five hundred years—”

“Today, I’ve been pushed to this state by a junior like you!”

He threw his head back and roared at the sky!

BOOM!!!

The aura around him surged once more!

The phantom greatsword behind him began to burn!

Pitch-black flames engulfed the entire greatsword!

He was burning his own Pill Core, igniting his Martial Dao Dharma Aspect!

This was a desperate, life-risking technique only available to those at the Golden Core Late Stage!

Burning the Dharma Aspect granted an immense surge in power, but at the cost of a long recuperation period.

By taking this measure, Bai Yeli was clearly willing to do anything to kill Liang Cheng!

‘To have such cultivation at his age… If I don’t kill him today, the consequences will be endless!’

“Die for me!!!”

He slashed down with his sword!

The burning greatsword Dharma Aspect descended from the sky, carrying world-destroying power!

Space collapsed wherever the sword light passed.

Even the Locking Sky Array couldn’t withstand it—

BOOM!!!

The array shattered!

Violent energy swept out in all directions!

The sea for a hundred li around trembled!

Liang Cheng looked up at the descending sword light, his expression grave.

He took a deep breath.

Blade Intent, fully unleashed!

Fist Intent, fully unleashed!

He sent both intents forward at once, striking at the burning sword light!

BOOM!!!

Saber and sword collided!

Fist and sword collided!

Heaven and earth shook!

A colossal pillar of light erupted from the point of impact, shooting toward the sky!

It pierced through the clouds!

The pillar of light was visible from over a hundred li away!

Below, a thousand-zhang-deep abyss was blasted into the surface of the sea!

Seawater rushed back in, creating monstrous waves!

Countless Fierce Beasts in the sea were killed by the aftershocks, their bodies floating for a hundred li in every direction!

Before the dust had settled, Liang Cheng was on one knee in the void, using his saber to support himself as he gasped for breath.

He was bathed in blood.

A sword wound so deep the bone was visible stretched from his left shoulder to the right side of his abdomen. Blood flowed from the gash, dripping into the churning sea below.

He lifted his head and looked at Bai Yeli.

Bai Yeli was not in good shape either.

Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth and his face was deathly pale, but the vicious gleam in his eyes was even more intense.

Although burning his Dharma Aspect had consumed a massive amount of energy, his combat power was still at its peak!

“For a Golden Core Early Stage cultivator to withstand a strike from me, you’re truly a prodigy.”

He walked through the air, approaching step by step.

“But how many more can you take?”

Before his words faded, he raised his hand and slashed again!

Sword light fell like a waterfall, endless and incessant!

Liang Cheng gritted his teeth and swung his saber to block.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

Each strike sent a numbing shock through the web of his hand, and the wounds on his body tore open, gushing fresh blood.

Bai Yeli’s Sword Momentum grew fiercer, like a tempestuous storm, pressing down on Liang Cheng until he could barely breathe.

Liang Cheng was steadily forced back, accumulating new injuries.

A slash of sword light grazed his left arm, splitting the skin and flesh.

Sword Qi pierced through his right leg, leaving it drenched in blood.

He was in constant peril, narrowly avoiding having his heart pierced by the sword several times.

If not for his Perfect Protective Technique and powerful physical body, an ordinary Golden Core cultivator would have long since perished.

“Hahaha!”

Bai Yeli laughed maniacally. “Where’s your arrogance from before? Go on, try and use that saber of yours again!”

He grew bolder the more he fought, his sword light like a tide, with each wave higher than the last.

Liang Cheng gritted his teeth and held on, but his mind was racing.

‘If this keeps up, I’m dead for sure.’

‘But I had made the right gamble. Wasn’t this exactly the situation I had intentionally created?’

As he fought and retreated, he deliberately revealed an opening, letting his right shoulder slump slightly as if he were too exhausted to continue.