First Immortal of the Sword - Chapter 2289 - Absolute Suppression
Chapter 2289 – Absolute Suppression
The Limit Realm?
When Yan Shuiming mentioned Xiao Jian’s cultivation base, everyone in Qingwu Divine Court was stunned. They’d only just now realized that Xiao Jian had broken through while out of the sect. He’d advanced by a whole major realm!
He was no longer a Lesser God. Now, he was a true Mid-Rank God!
This change astonished many of the sect’s higher-ups.
When Xiao Jian first joined Qingwu Divine Court, Third Elder Ku Zhen tested his cultivation in front of a crowd. At the time, Xiao Jian was in the mid-stage Creation Realm.
Yet now, less than half a year later, Xiao Jian had broken into the Limit Realm. Who wouldn’t have been astonished?
But even after realizing this, the crowd didn’t have much confidence in Xiao Jian. Yan Shuiming was just too terrifying. He could even cross major realms to defeat a One-Tribulation Master God like the grand elder!
Given the circumstances, no one thought Xiao Jian would be a match for him.
“You’re a Greater God, but you can challenge One-Tribulation Master Gods. Why shouldn’t I be able to challenge you, too?” Su Yi asked calmly.
“You’ve got guts!” praised Yan Shuiming. “I just hope you’ve got the strength to back it up and make me see you in a new light. I’d hate it if you were just some ant trying to shake a tree.”
Su Yi laughed, but he couldn’t be bothered to waste time on chatter. He just said directly, “Let’s fight.”
He’d stepped forth simply because he wanted to reclaim the Osmanthus Tree of the Toad Palace. While he was at it, he’d happily take those Purplegold Phoenix Jades, too.
Of course, he wouldn’t mind helping Wei Zhong vent while he was at it, but if not for the tree, he wouldn’t have bothered to get involved. The way Su Yi saw it, even if Yan Shuiming were far stronger and far more heaven-defying, he wasn’t worthy of being his opponent!
“If you please.” Yan Shuiming gestured to Su Yi.
All eyes were instantly upon their battle. The atmosphere grew stifled and tense.
“I’ll attack just once,” Su Yi said calmly. “You’d best give it your all. If you don’t, you’re sure to lose.”
The crowd was stunned. They almost dared not believe their ears.
Yan Shuiming’s eyebrows rose. One attack? Where on earth did he get the confidence to say something like that?
As the crowd watched in bewilderment, Su Yi took a step forward.
Boom!
His white robes billowed around him, and the dense power of his blood and qi rose into the firmament. Heaven and earth changed color, and the clouds collapsed and dispersed. The surrounding skies collapsed with a bang, splitting into currents of torn spatial power.
An illusory Torch Dragon appeared reflected above Su Yi’s head. It was shrouded in darkness, with eyes like twin bottomless abysses. Its massive body wrapped around and squeezed the sky.
An indescribably ferocious, destructive power emanated from the Torch Dragon’s body. It seemed capable of grinding away the Grand Dao and shattering everything around it.
Countless onlookers looked stricken. It was an astonishing scene. What a terrifying aura! Is this Vice Palace Master Xiao’s true power?
Meanwhile, Yan Shuiming’s smile vanished. His expression was suddenly solemn.
But his eyes lit up and blazed like torches.
This dense, terrifying bloodline power was simply unbelievable.
When he looked at Su Yi, he felt as if he were gazing upon a “kindred spirit.” Yan Shuiming didn’t even need to think to know that he’d run into another monster, a heaven-defying figure capable of crossing greater realms to defeat opponents of superior cultivation!
You’re strong, but… defeating me in a single blow is nothing but the ravings of a madman! As Yan Shuiming’s thoughts raced, his robes silently billowed around him, and his bamboo-green power of the Laws surged forth and revolved around him.
Kcch! Kcch!
The dancing green power was as sharp as the edge of a sword. It effortlessly cleaved the surrounding skies into pieces.
Meanwhile, monstrous killing power erupted from Yan Shuiming. The sight made countless onlookers’ hearts quiver.
Yan Shuiming had seemed so terrifying when he circulated his cultivation base earlier. He’d effortlessly defeated numerous opponents in a row.
Only the grand elder, a One-Tribulation Master God, had lasted more than a few moments.
But Su Yi didn’t even seem phased. He just approached Yan Shuiming, drawing closer one step at a time.
With every step he took, the power of his blood and qi erupted like a volcano, rising higher and higher. The illusory Torch Dragon above his head condensed, becoming increasingly vivid. It seemed it might come to life at any moment.
That terrifying bloodline power bore down on the entire stretch of heaven and earth, making it sway violently.
It also suppressed Yan Shuiming’s imposing aura. The dancing bamboo-green power of Laws swayed and stagnated as if about to collapse.
Uproar ensued. Even though the fighting had yet to begin, it was obvious to all of them that the unparalleled Yan Shuiming was losing this initial clash of auras!
Too terrifying!!
Even Qingwu Divine Court’s old-timers were impressed. They all seemed to see Xiao Jian in a new light.
The power of his Torch Dragon bloodline was overflowing. It had reached simply unbelievable heights!
“What a terrifying Torch Dragon bloodline. The Torch Dragons really do have one of the mightiest bloodlines in history!” Yan Shuiming frowned, his expression suddenly solemn.
As his thoughts raced, his long hair danced around him, and a sound like the rumbling of the ocean emanated from within his body, as if he were about to erupt with a raging tidal wave.
He’d drawn upon the full extent of his cultivation base.
Kaboom!
That dancing, bamboo-green power was a manifestation of his Fortune Realm Laws.
Now, a boundlessly vast, icy ocean appeared above him. Layers of ice churned, freezing the air. It was as if the whole stretch of heaven and earth had been plunged into an ice cave.
The terrifying chill seemed to freeze the vitality of all living beings. Throughout the surrounding area, the Grand Dao seemed to freeze. It was as if the entire area had become a lifeless, frigid tundra!
Even the distant mountains and rivers were encased in endless ice. It stretched further than the eye could see, extending thirty thousand miles.
The clouds hanging overhead turned to ice, and the sky filled with frost. The mountains and rivers stood still.
Even Qingwu Divine Court’s defensive formation felt the impact, and it activated with a boom.
Everyone was astonished, and everyone gasped. All of them suddenly recalled something.
Yan Shuiming had a natural Nine-Yin Profound Body!
There was no doubt about it. Yan Shuiming had drawn upon this innate talent in order to defend against Xiao Jian’s imposing bloodline power!
Even though the two of them had yet to fight, their auras clashed. This was already a fierce confrontation.
An illusory Torch Dragon coiled in the heavens, emanating crushing, ferocious power.
An icy field encased thirty thousand miles, freezing the mountains and rivers and transforming all of creation into a world of ice.
When these two terrifying powers clashed, the entire stretch of heaven and earth showed signs of an imminent collapse.
But as Su Yi drew closer, the illusory Torch Dragon grew even more terrifying. Its massive frame cleaved through the layers of ice, suppressing Yan Shuiming’s imposing aura one step at a time.
The entire audience gaped. They found it hard to believe.
At first, no one but the grand elder had had any faith in Xiao Jian’s odds at victory. On the contrary, they thought he was sure to lose without the slightest suspense.
But as this clash of the Grand Dao unfolded, they finally realized that they’d misjudged the situation. They’d been way, way off base!
At the very least, Yan Shuiming hadn’t been suppressed like this while fighting Grand Elder Wei Zhong.
Meanwhile, Yan Shuiming’s pupils constricted. He’d been calm this entire time, but now, his expression finally shifted. His opponent’s terrifying strength was far, far greater than he’d anticipated!
Kaboom!
In the face of this terrifying suppression, Yan Shuiming felt terrifying pressure bearing down on him. It was as if he weren’t up against a person, but rather, a true Torch Dragon.
He felt as if a creature straight out of a legend had appeared before him!
Whoosh~~
The bamboo-green blades revolving around Yan Shuiming quivered and churned. They, too, were under terrifying suppression!
Now, Su Yi was just ninety feet away.
He still hadn’t attacked, but his imposing presence was so great that Yan Shuiming sensed an impending lethal threat.
He dared not hesitate. He bellowed, then swung his bamboo spear and unleashed his supreme Grand Dao Divine Ability——
A Thousand Watery Graves!
Boom!
A boundless flood of ice water swept forth, bringing the power of spatial Laws with it.
The entire area abruptly collapsed, and space was thrown into disarray. Heaven and earth were overturned, Yin and Yang were inverted, and all of creation shifted positions.
Even though they’d seen this ability before, everyone in Qingwu Divine Court was astonished once more.
And horrified, too.
It was obvious to all of them that this supreme divine abililty was considerably stronger than when Yan Shuiming used it to defeat the grand elder.
It seemed that this time, Yan Shuiming was giving it his all. Su Yi would have to bear the brunt of this attack head-on!
But… his expression was as calm as ever, and his footsteps never slowed. In the face of Yan Shuiming’s attack, he just raised his right hand, as if hefting and flinging a primordial divine mountain into the distance.
Boom!
The illusory Torch Dragon uncoiled, then charged explosively.
An unbelievable scene played out before the crowd’s eyes.
A curtain of endless darkness descended, devouring everything it passed, from the overturned heaven and earth to the collapsing time and space. The darkness consumed it all.
That boundless flood of icy seawater collapsed beneath that endless darkness, scattering into an endless rain of light.
Meanwhile, the illusory Torch Dragon lunged at Yan Shuiming.
It was so enormous that its body seemed to fill heaven and earth. Yan Shuiming was like an ant by comparison.
Boom!!
A heaven-shaking impact rang out.
That terrifying, unsettling scene exploded, and a flood of destructive power swept outward.
Everyone felt a piercing pain in their eyes.
Only the Undying Realm old-timers saw it clearly. Yan Shuiming hadn’t been able to block this strike. He was sent flying, and his body was almost torn open.
At a critical juncture, Xiao Jian had shown mercy! He’d waved his sleeve, dissipating the illusory Torch Dragon just as it was about to crush his opponent.
It was immediately obvious that Yan Shuiming would have been brutally injured otherwise, and that’s assuming he’d even lived!
A cloud of dust rose into the air. Heaven and earth were in disarray.
As the battlefield gradually came back into focus, the crowd saw Yan Shuiming kneeling on the ground, using his bamboo spear to steady himself.
His long hair was disheveled, and his robes were in tatters. He looked incomparably wretched.
Most striking of all, there was now a bloody gash on his chest, so deep that the onlookers caught glimpses of bone.
He’d almost been disemboweled!
The onlookers’ eyes widened as they watched on in a daze.
Yan Shuiming had lost after just one attack!
Even after unleashing his supreme Grand Dao Divine Ability, and even after giving it his all…
He’d still lost!
