Chapter 219 - 205: Stepping onto the Sword Heart Ranking

Chapter 219: Chapter 205: Stepping onto the Sword Heart Ranking

Around the Martial Arts Arena, all the disciples of the Liuyun Sword Sect held their breath.

They all knew that victory or defeat rested on this single exchange.

Guan Duhai had already resorted to Sword Waterfall, a Life-or-Death Secret Technique. If even that couldn’t turn the tide, then the outcome was already predictable.

But if Sword Waterfall, combined with the Thunderous Waves Sword Technique, could match Chen Yue—or even gain the upper hand—then there was still a fight to be had!

All eyes were focused on that single streak of blood-red sword light.

Chen Yue’s eyelids lifted slightly. As he watched the surging sword light, time seemed to stretch, freezing in that single instant.

With his Heart Spirit’s perception pushed to its absolute limit, Chen Yue could clearly see the blood-red Sword Aura on the edge of the Azure Sky Sword. It roiled and surged like boiling magma, radiating a fearsome, untamed heat.

He could see the air around the blade being torn and distorted by that violent power, forming ripples visible to the naked eye.

He could see, deep within Guan Duhai’s bloodshot eyes, a killing intent tinged with madness and finality.

Chen Yue stopped in his tracks. In that instant, the Qi Blood and Primordial Power raging through his body like a great river seemed to find an outlet, converging entirely on his right hand gripping the saber.

In the next instant, the colossal white tiger manifested behind him—a being forged from Saber Intent and the Power of Heart and Spirit—suddenly threw its head back and roared to the heavens.

"ROAR!!!"

That was no physical sound, but a Mental Shock that struck directly at the depths of the soul.

An unbelievably violent spiritual wave, like an invisible tsunami, erupted from Chen Yue and spread in all directions, its epicenter aimed squarely at the charging Guan Duhai.

Guan Duhai was at the peak of the Refining Organ Realm. His Sword Intent had even undergone a metamorphosis in the Sword Grinding Pool. When it came to the tempering of his Heart Spirit, he was already standing on the threshold of the Innate Realm.

Furthermore, he had just unleashed the Secret Sword Waterfall, trading a portion of his Origin for immense power. Normally, a Mental Shock from any other Refining Organ Realm Martial Artist wouldn’t affect him in the slightest.

His mental defenses were as solid as bedrock.

Yet, when the phantom of the white tiger roared and the invisible Mental Shock smashed into his Sea of Consciousness like a giant sledgehammer, Guan Duhai’s body still trembled violently, uncontrollably.

Titanic waves surged within his Sea of Consciousness!

His Sword Intent, which should have been invincible while empowered by the Sword Waterfall Secret Technique, actually wavered and fell into disarray in the face of this Mental Shock.

Guan Duhai’s Heart Spirit was strong, but Chen Yue’s had been repeatedly tempered by multiple top-tier Cultivation Techniques—the Pan Yuan Infinite Skill, the Celestial Demon Burning Technique, the Furious Wave Saber Intent, and the Ten Thousand Forms Tiger Roar Golden Bell. It had long since far surpassed that of his peers.

This was especially true for the Ten Thousand Forms Tiger Roar Golden Bell. As a Body Refining Technique that had reached the Innate Level after a Limit Break, its tempering effect on the Heart Spirit was far beyond what any Refining Organ Realm Cultivation Technique could hope to match.

At this moment, Chen Yue was also circulating the Celestial Demon Burning Technique. Though he had burned only a minuscule sliver of his Power of Heart and Spirit, it was enough to elevate his Mental Shock to an entirely new level.

With one side weakened and the other strengthened, a crack was brutally torn open in Guan Duhai’s mental defenses.

It was only a momentary lapse, but for Chen Yue, it was more than enough.

In the instant Guan Duhai’s mind reeled and a hint of stagnation appeared in his Sword Momentum, Chen Yue’s figure vanished.

The next moment, he was standing before Guan Duhai.

They were mere inches apart!

Chen Yue could even see the lingering shock that had yet to fade from Guan Duhai’s eyes.

Then, he swung the Jinghong Saber in his hand down!

This strike contained no flashy techniques, no superfluous maneuvers—it was a single, direct downward slash.

But this single slash contained all the power Chen Yue could currently muster: the immense Qi Blood of the Ten Thousand Forms Tiger Roar Golden Bell, the Yin Yang Overlapping Force from his Mixed Element Infinite, the piercing edge of the Furious Wave Saber Intent, and the fiery empowerment of the Celestial Demon Burning Technique.

As he brought the saber down, the phantom of the colossal white tiger behind him seemed to merge with his very being. Possessing a momentum that could swallow mountains and rivers, it pounced thunderously upon Guan Duhai!

Before Guan Duhai’s eyes, the entire world vanished.

All that remained in his vision was an approaching saber and a white tiger that seemed ready to burst forth from its illusory form and devour him completely!

"Ah!"

Guan Duhai let out a desperate, crazed roar!

At that instant, he completely detonated the Sword Waterfall Secret Technique within his body, holding nothing back!

He burned through all of his Life Origin, all of his potential, all of his very being, converting it all into one final, violent surge of power that he poured into the Azure Sky Sword.

He no longer gave any thought to the future.

If he couldn’t withstand this attack, he was going to die right here!

"CLANG!!!"

A world-shaking boom erupted above the Martial Arts Arena!

A furious shockwave swept out in all directions like a hurricane. The Liuyun Sword Sect disciples closest to the arena felt an irresistible force slam into them, sending them staggering backward.

Even some of the Refining Organ Realm masters had to circulate their Primordial Power just to remain steady.

At the epicenter of the collision, Guan Duhai’s distorted face seemed to freeze solid the very instant the blades met.

As if in the final moments of life when everything slows to a crawl, time itself seemed to become incredibly sluggish.

In his vision, he saw the tip of his Azure Sky Sword begin to warp and buckle the moment it collided with the Jinghong Saber.