Yue Guan's icy gaze locked onto the Shrek group, an intangible killing intent enveloping them like a frozen hell. Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Liu Erlong erupted with their Soul Power to its limits, attempting to resist the terrifying Imposing Aura, but how could they easily break free from the mental lock of a Titled Douluo? The three were like insects trapped in amber, their movements slowing, veins bulging on their foreheads as cold sweat dripped down. Inside the carriage, Tang San felt as if a massive boulder were pressing on his chest, making even breathing difficult. His recently stabilized injuries seemed on the verge of flaring up again, fresh blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others were nearly crushed to their knees.
"Take them." Yue Guan's lips moved slightly, uttering two frigid words. He didn't even need to act personally; his gaze and aura alone had already stripped Shrek Academy of most of its ability to resist. Beside him, the Golden Eagle Douluo Sardias let out a sinister laugh and dove down once more, his golden talons gleaming with a cold light, aimed directly at Tang San! This time, there was no Dragon Duke and Serpent Dame to block his path!
Despair filled the eyes of the Shrek group.
Just as Sardias's eagle claws were about to tear through the shattered roof of the carriage, and a confident smirk even began to curl at the corner of Yue Guan's lips—
"Whoosh—!!!"
An ear-piercing, soul-piercing shriek tore through the air without warning from the distant horizon! The sound, initially far away, exploded over the canyon like thunder in an instant!
Everyone, including Yue Guan and the struggling Shrek members below, instinctively looked up!
A silver-white streak of light, like lightning rending the Night, shot through the sky from beyond the distant mountains on the other side of the canyon at a speed surpassing the limits of human vision! So fast that it left a long, lingering white trail in the air! As it drew near, everyone saw with horror that it was not a beam of Soul Power, but a... sword!
A silver greatsword, about two meters long with a blade half a foot wide, styled in an ancient manner! The blade was not solid but entirely condensed from refined, silver-white Sword Qi, crystalline and translucent, radiating an aura sharp enough to sever anything! Even more heart-stopping were the six small, differently colored sword lights swirling around the greatsword like stars surrounding the moon or feathers of a sword, each emanating a distinct Sword Intent—some fierce, some ethereal, some heavy, some Swift, some icy, some scorching!
The six sword lights were not static; they spun rapidly around the greatsword as its core, slicing through the air with a grating "hiss." Finally, the six Sword Intents merged with the greatsword's own sharpness, condensing and outlining an enormous, ancient character in mid-air, gleaming with silver light and imbued with an unparalleled will to kill—
"Slay!"
The "Kill" character formed from condensed Sword Intent spanned the sky, carrying a resolute will to sever all and cleanse the world. Wherever it passed, the very space seemed to be sliced open with fine black cracks! With unparalleled speed and might, it shot with pinpoint accuracy toward Golden Eagle Douluo Sardias, who was just about to seize Tang San, and... toward Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, who was faintly locking onto the battlefield from behind!
This sword strike came far too swiftly!
"What?!" Golden Eagle Soul Douluo Sardias bore the brunt of it. He felt a terrifying Sword Intent, vast and unstoppable, as if it could cleave his very soul in two, locking onto him. Every feather on his body stood on end, and his soul nearly fled in terror! With a strange cry, he abandoned all thought of capturing Tang San. The golden eagle wings on his back flapped frantically, pushing his speed to the limit as he desperately rolled sideways to evade. Simultaneously, he concentrated all his Soul Power into his claws, crossing them protectively in front of him.
"BOOM——!!!"
Even so, a wisp of Sword Qi, mere leakage from the edge of the "Kill" character, still grazed his eagle wing!
"Rip!" A soft sound echoed. His proud golden energy wings, capable of withstanding attacks from Soul Saints, were torn open like paper! Excruciating pain shot through him. Sardias let out a shrill, miserable scream as golden feathers scattered in all directions. His entire body was sent spinning backward as if struck by a heavy hammer, crashing wretchedly into a distant cliff wall and creating a large crater amidst billowing dust. He had already suffered significant injuries!
The true target of that massive sword condensed with the "Kill" character was clearly not Sardias. After repelling the Golden Eagle, the giant sword's momentum did not diminish. Carrying the power to split heaven and earth, it slashed directly toward Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, whose expression had drastically changed in the rear!
"Sword Heart——!!!"
Yue Guan's originally gentle, now twisted and sharp cry of shock and fury echoed through the canyon! He had finally recognized whose unique Sword Intent this belonged to! Facing this "Kill" character sword strike, renowned across the continent for its supreme offensive power, though shocked and angry, the composure of a Titled Douluo allowed him to instantly calm down. He knew he could not recklessly meet its full Edge head-on in such haste.
"Sixth Soul Skill, Golden Stamens Flowing Rosy Clouds!"
The black Sixth Soul Ring on Yue Guan's body suddenly blazed with dazzling light! He did not release his Spirit Avatar. Instead, he cupped his hands before him in a void embrace. The phantom of the Exquisite Velvet Sky-Piercing Chrysanthemum bloomed in his palms, and countless golden stamens, fine as ox hair yet condensed like substance, surged forth from before him like a fountain! These golden stamens did not block head-on. Instead, they rapidly interwove and spiraled in the air, forming a massive, flowing, dazzlingly beautiful yet incredibly resilient golden curtain of light, reminiscent of sunset clouds! Within this curtain, every stamen contained a strange power to disperse, dissolve, and deflect force—precisely his defensive and control Spirit Ability for countering powerful single-target attacks!
"Shhh—Shhh shhh shhh—!!!"
There was no earth-shattering explosion, but a series of dense, piercing, grating metallic friction and energy annihilation sounds erupted! The "Kill" character giant sword hacked fiercely into the golden curtain of light. Its razor-sharp Sword Qi madly sliced through and annihilated the golden stamens. Meanwhile, the golden curtain acted like the thickest swamp, layer upon layer, continuously grinding down and deflecting the giant sword's power and trajectory!
The stalemate lasted only a brief instant!
"Boom!"
The golden light screen ultimately failed to completely block this long-accumulated, lethally sharp killing sword, shattering with a thunderous crash into a sky full of golden light particles. However, the imposing force of the giant "Kill" character sword was also visibly weakened by more than half, its color dimming, and most of the six slender sword lights surrounding it had already dissipated.
Yue Guan let out a muffled grunt, his figure uncontrollably sliding back over ten meters, leaving two faint white trails in the air beneath his feet before barely managing to steady himself. His face paled slightly, and a surge of turbulent energy churned in his chest. Although he hadn't suffered any serious injuries, hastily using his Sixth Soul Skill to withstand Chen Xin's killing move had clearly put him at a slight disadvantage. What weighed even heavier on his mind was the purity of the opponent's Sword Intent and the sheer power of the attack.
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