Chapter 7243 Life Sacrifice to the Sword

“That’s... the Bloodfiend Devil Lord?!”

“I hear that he was the most favored of the Dark Sons!” ℯℯ𝑙.

“He had a special talent related to blood energy. Apparently, as long as he kept killing people, he could refine their Blood Qi and strengthen himself. He was basically a killing machine that never tired. Among the many Dark Sons of his era, he was technically the weakest, but he dealt the most damage to the nine heavens. His hands are stained with the blood of countless people. Who would’ve thought Long Chen managed to subdue him?”

Among the disciples here, the overwhelming majority had no idea whatsoever about the Bloodfiend Devil Lord. But the elders that had lived from the primal chaos era were well aware. At that time, the Bloodfiend Devil Lord’s name had been a nightmare. Fortunately, the Pill Sovereign’s disciple had managed to kill him before he could develop to his full potential, and the unforgiving flow of time had healed the wounds left behind by his halberd. Who would have thought that this monster that had long terrorized the nine heavens had actually been turned into Long Chen’s puppet?

The Dark Throne was trembling violently. More and more dark energy was flowing into Cang Lu; in response, more and more Bloodfiend Qi burst out of Cang Lu’s body and infused the Dark Throne.

Cang Lu used to be a Dark Son and naturally had access to the same kind of energy as all others, but due to being refined into a puppet, he had lost that and changed his cultivation entirely. That had resulted in a severe drop in power. Earlier, after absorbing the power of the black lotus, he had managed to break through the shackles imposed by Long Chen’s seal; now, if he could claim this Dark Throne and refine it with his Bloodfiend Qi, he would unquestionably improve his potential tremendously, and he would reach heights he would have never been able to reach before.

Thus, the moment Long Chen had come to this place and saw the Dark Son with his Purgatory Eyes, his target had shifted to precisely this Dark Throne!

“Damn, you dare to try to take what belongs to me?! You are courting death!” roared the Dark Son. A pitch-black sword appeared in his hand. He stepped forward, and sharp Sword Qi split the sky as he became one with his sword, striking at Long Chen ferociously.

Suddenly, this sword that seemed to be rending heaven apart stopped cold. A fingertip wrapped in starlight was blocking its path.

“What?!”

Everyone who saw this was stunned. With one finger, Long Chen had stopped the Dark Son’s divine weapon with one finger! This black sword was a Heavenly Sovereign Dao Weapon!

“As I said, without this Grand Dao power that doesn’t belong to you, your overall power only makes you above average by the standards of the first academy. It seems that you really aren’t listening!” said Long Chen coldly.

His fingertip began to shine brighter, and a surge in astral energy sent the Dark Son flying backward once more.

“Now, you don’t have the power of your throne or your Grand Dao power. So what are you waving this broken sword around for?”

The Dark Son was filled with shock and rage, and he immediately coughed up blood. It appeared that Long Chen’s words had truly pushed him over the edge.

Long Chen clasped his hands behind his back and shook his head. “Aiyaah, you’re getting your clothes dirty! See, I told you not to wear that color! Now you believe me?”

“AHHH!”

The Dark Son let out a crazed roar. Indeed, Long Chen’s insults had driven him past the brink of sanity. He clutched his sword with both hands. The sword started vibrating, and unmatched Sovereign might suddenly radiated from it.

“He’s gone mad! He’s sacrificing his life to his sword!”

Terrified cries rang out. The Dark Son had actually been forced to the point of using a sacrificial divine technique! He was offering up his essence, qi, and spirit to this sword with his Dao-foundation as the conduit, and he was gambling everything on this one blow. If he managed to kill Long Chen, then the power he had sacrificed could return to him. But if he failed, he would lose everything he had sacrificed. Even if he survived, he would be a cripple, and a cripple could not be a Dark Son. He would lose his high standing along with his throne.

However, despite his crazed appearance, people could tell that his concerns were actually reasonable. It wasn’t just the fact that Long Chen had insulted him; he had to win this battle. If he lost, the Dark Master would not tolerate such a thing and then his fate would be even worse than death. A Dark Son might look like a revered lord, someone who could enjoy the Dark Master’s karmic luck and abilities. But the truth was that they were nothing but pawns of the Dark Master.

Naturally, only useful pawns were kept; useless ones were discarded at a whim. For someone as prideful as a Dark Son, being discarded like this was infinitely worse than dying in battle. Thus, he would rather gamble everything and die than flee and live a life worse than death afterward.

The Dark Son sacrificed his very life to activate more of the Heavenly Sovereign Dao Weapon’s runes. The black sword emitted ripples that shattered the surrounding space. The world was filled with black lightning, and this black lightning painted a hellscape across the sky.

Everyone hastily distanced themselves even more. Only Miao Yin and the others remained where they were. Terrifying Grand Dao power mixed with dark laws were tearing at their bodies, but they knew that this kind of pressure would raise their resistance towards the outsider Grand Dao, and this was bound to become a priceless asset in the future. This kind of domain stripped off all ability to fight from its target, but they would be able to resist it.

“Long Chen, have a taste of this sword!” yelled the Dark Son.

Dark energy locked onto Long Chen. The Dark Son merged with his sword, and a giant sword that seemed to reach the heavens rose and slashed down on Long Chen.

BOOM!

In front of this world-shaking blow, Long Chen didn’t move to dodge or defend. He simply let it strike him and was consequently obliterated.

“Wait, it’s an afterimage!”

People hastily looked around. They saw Long Chen standing safe and sound somewhere in the distance.

“How can that be?! Wasn’t he locked down?! How does he escape these locks?!”

Before unleashing this attack, the Dark Son had completely clamped down on the space around Long Chen. It was obvious to all onlookers that he had actually been fully locked down. Yet somehow, he had actually escaped the pressure of a Heavenly Sovereign Dao Weapon.

“DIE!”

The Dark Son roared and unleashed another slash. Just as this sword was about to touch Long Chen, Long Chen once more vanished, and the sword once more only struck an afterimage.

When Long Chen reappeared this time, people noticed a blood-colored petal appear before him. They instantly realized that Long Chen had long since prepared something that allowed him to teleport away. But this didn’t explain how he was able to escape the lock of a Heavenly Sovereign Dao Weapon, and Long Chen also didn’t seem inclined to explain himself.

The Dark Son unleashed another couple of slashes, all of which missed. But shockingly, these attacks didn’t weaken; instead, they only grew stronger. With every slash, the sword’s power was growing. By the tenth slash, the sword was unleashing a storm that shook the heavens; even light was distorted, making it seem as if the world cycled between day and night in just moments.

Everyone who cared about Long Chen felt a chill. “Ah, Long Chen’s fallen for it! The Dark Son can layer his attacks on top of each other! I don’t think Long Chen can block it anymore!”

“Long Chen, no matter how slippery you are, you will still die by my hands!” The Dark Son laughed crazily as if he could already see Long Chen’s mangled corpse.

“Is that so?”

Long Chen suddenly came to a stop, just as the Dark Son’s sword slashed through the sky once more. But at that moment, another figure appeared in front of Long Chen. A blood-colored halberd swung through the air.