All the Descenders retreated rapidly, seizing the chance to shoot toward the high skies, trying to leave this realm and return beyond the domain.
But how could Lu Chen possibly let them leave so easily?
His body flashed, transforming into a streak of sword light as he swiftly pursued them.
Whoosh!
Golden Sword Qi poured down upon the crowd like a torrential downpour.
Myriad Swords Return to Origin!
"Attack together!"
"If we don't bring out our trump cards now, we'll all die here!"
"Quick, fight him to the death!"
All the Descenders roared, each one fighting as though their lives depended on it.
Under Lu Chen's terrifying sword light, every one of them truly sensed the stench of death.
Boom!
All kinds of radiance erupted from their bodies once more. Beyond countless killing techniques, there were all manner of weapons, their lights flashing in a riot of dazzling colors.
A crimson banner swept fiercely, unleashing countless mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
A golden rope streaked across the sky like a soaring azure dragon, coiling toward Lu Chen.
There was also a cyan fan. With one powerful wave, endless gale winds howled forth...
And a crimson treasure gourd spat out boundless flames.
These were all forbidden artifacts they had painstakingly refined beyond the domain!
They had long surpassed the scope of ordinary weapons.
They could unleash heaven-defying power in a short time and alter the course of a battlefield.
Bang!
The countless Sword Qi Lu Chen had unleashed were immediately shattered one after another by those terrifying weapons.
But Lu Chen's gaze turned cold, and the sword technique in his hand abruptly changed once more.
This time, it was hazy and elusive, unpredictable and filled with astonishing killing intent, as he fiercely slashed toward the high skies.
He was using his Sword Heart to evolve the third move of the Sword Draw Slay Heavens Art.
See Mountain, Still Mountain.
In theory, this move could cleave through everything!
With his current Spirit God Fifth Layer cultivation, coupled with Tenfold Combat Power, he was finally able to bring this supreme art to its utmost limit.
Whoosh!
With one sword slash, heaven and earth seemed to freeze.
Even all space and time appeared to have been severed.
Eerie, demonic golden light swiftly swept through the countless forbidden artifacts like lightning.
Crack!
A thunderous roar shook heaven and earth. One weapon after another began to split apart, fragile as watermelons. With a boom, they split down the middle and shot in every direction, turning into sheets upon sheets of fragments.
Great swathes of fragments rained down from the sky with a clattering sound, like a violent downpour.
"What?"
The people in midair were completely panicked now.
What kind of old monster was this?
He had actually shattered everyone's forbidden artifacts with a single sword strike!
How the hell was that possible?
They had intended to rely on their advantage in numbers to blast Lu Chen to death!
With such a vast disparity, how could that possibly be accomplished?
The enormous black shadow whose body Lu Chen had severed earlier had already fused back together. Terrified beyond measure, it was the first to react, fleeing beyond the domain without regard for anything else.
The remaining people immediately fought even more desperately.
"Run!"
"Which senior are you? Why are you pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger here?!"
"I'm from Ziyang Academy on Tianheng Star..."
"I come from Cold Mountain Sacred Land..."
"Senior, please stop at once. We can talk this over!"
"My master is True Lord Xuanyang..."
As these people fled, they called out their backgrounds, their voices shaking heaven and earth.
They tried to use their own factions to intimidate Lu Chen and make him stop attacking them.
But unfortunately, none of it was of any use.
After Lu Chen's sword strike exploded all the weapons everyone had hurled out, he immediately followed with another slash. Peerless golden Sword Qi surged densely toward the high skies like lightning once again.
In an instant, it seemed to envelop everyone within it.
As they fled, every one of them trembled violently, as though they had become living targets!
"No!"
"Heavenly Gang Yuan Qi, protect my body! Quickly, protect my body!"
"Primordial Divine Pearl!"
Bang bang bang bang...
Miserable screams filled the skies. Figures exploded one after another, dying wretched deaths. Even those who did not die on the spot were blasted apart by the slashes, their souls damaged.
The survivors were all terrified beyond compare. They no longer dared flee beyond the domain, instead turning around with their wounded, broken bodies and escaping toward other directions of the Divine Mountain.
In the distance.
The first wave of survivors, who were still entangled with Chu Yunxiao and the others, all noticed the dazzling radiance in the skies and saw the sheets upon sheets of Sword Qi.
"It's over. Our sects and friends really have met disaster!"
"How could this happen? They were all intercepted!"
"Not a single one made it back safely. It's all over!"
"A demon king—he's a super demon king!"
"Who can come save us?!"
These survivors from the first wave wailed in anguish.
It was not that they did not want to take off from where they stood and flee beyond the domain. Rather, only the area near the divine hall on the Divine Mountain had a passageway; there were no passageways in any other direction.
If they wanted to leave, they could only take that passageway.
But now that Lu Chen had blocked the passageway, everyone could only remain below, unable to depart.
They were trapped to death on the Divine Mountain.
Did they want to flee the Divine Mountain and run elsewhere in the Sword Realm?
That would be even more suicidal!
Once they left the Divine Mountain, it meant they would be suppressed by the world and could retain only strength close to the demigod level.
At that point, Lu Chen would only find it even easier to wipe them out.
...Merit Points + ...+ + ...
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Great torrents of chaotic energy swept through the air, vast and mighty.
Lu Chen's expression was indifferent as he hovered in midair, his robes and hair fluttering. His gaze swept around, and after confirming that no one had left from here, he lowered his head and scanned the surroundings, looking toward the other directions.
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Those lucky enough to survive were actually just like the first group. They scrambled and crawled in terror, fleeing at top speed toward other directions of the Divine Mountain.
"Trying to run?"
A smile appeared on Lu Chen's face.
As long as they were still on the Divine Mountain, they were destined to be his!
No one could escape!
But he soon discovered that these people's Merit Points varied.
They ranged from sixty thousand to ten thousand, with differing amounts.
His gaze swept over the panel before him once more as faint light flickered.
Merit Points: 7.51 million.
"It's done. I can break through again!"
Just two rounds of gains had brought him such an enormous amount of Merit Points.
It was truly unimaginable.
"However, what I did this time will undoubtedly offend those powerful magnates and Lineages beyond the domain to the bitter end..."
The reason he had not allowed anyone to leave was to seal off the news and keep those beyond the domain from noticing.
But paper could not wrap fire!
If those beyond the domain entered for a long time without anyone coming out, it would eventually arouse suspicion.
Once it drew the attention of those super experts, he would face towering trouble.
But it was not as though he had made no preparations.
First, he could grow stronger with every kill and climb all the way to the peak.
Second, he could place his hopes on Hell's Second Layer.
Those imprisoned in Hell's Second Layer were all Spirit Gods; he simply did not know what realms they were in.
Moreover, they had been imprisoned for so long. Who knew whether their strength had deteriorated?
He felt that it would be best to find time to visit Hell's Second Layer again.
He could give away some more Yin Virtue Coins and have the gatekeeper arrange stronger characters for him, in case some ancient monster from beyond the domain descended.
"And that figure deep within the Dragon Vein... who is that? I wonder if the gatekeeper knows? It's actually hiding in the Dragon Vein, sleeping..."
Lu Chen muttered to himself.
But there was no need to think about it. It was certainly a super powerhouse.
Perhaps it was even some earthshaking figure from history.
Lu Chen looked at the divine hall, then at the others who had been scared out of their wits by his slaughter and had already fled. With a wave of his hand, the hundreds of powerhouses who had just died miserably appeared once more.
"Guard the passageway. Allow entry, forbid exit!"
Lu Chen's tone was calm.
"Yes, my lord!"
Everyone answered respectfully.
Lu Chen looked at the panel again and silently recited in his heart.
"Merit Points, add them to cultivation!"
Ding! You consumed 2.5 million Merit Points. You once again advanced by leaps and bounds within the Spirit God Fifth Layer realm, your cultivation soaring all the way. Without paying much of a price, you reached the Spirit God Sixth Heaven! Ding! You consumed 3.5 million Merit Points. You continued to advance by leaps and bounds within the Spirit God Sixth Layer realm. After briefly encountering a slight bottleneck, those bottlenecks soon seemed like nothing. Through your diligent cultivation, you finally reached the Spirit God Seventh Heaven! Your next upgrade requires 4.5 million Merit Points!
Boom!
A powerful, terrifying aura surged through his body. Divine power roiled and crisscrossed, bringing his control over power and himself to another entirely new level.
"1.51 million Merit Points remaining..."
Lu Chen muttered.
He sensed his own strength, and with a flash of his body, swiftly vanished from the place.
Not long afterward, he left the Divine Mountain. The instant he departed, he once again felt the oppression from the Netherworld, as though countless chains and runes were rushing into his body.
Even with his current strength, he found it difficult to resist.
If he forcibly resisted, his soul would only collapse and he would die on the spot.
Alarmed, he immediately concealed his cultivation and suppressed it with all his might.
"This Sword World Seal is as strong as ever."
Lu Chen raised his head and looked toward the other directions.
He wondered whether Divine Mountains in the other realms had now been unsealed.
But he was now like a clever wife unable to cook without rice. He could only attend to the Divine Mountain before him.
He truly had no time to concern himself with opportunities in other directions.
Lu Chen spread his movement technique and vanished once again.
At this very moment.
The entire region beyond the domain was filled with suspicion.
The other souls responsible for guarding the skies above the Sword Realm were all frowning as they stared intently below.
Unfortunately, the Divine Mountain's dazzling radiance obstructed their sight, making it impossible to see what was happening below.
Even the communication tokens in their hands seemed to have failed.
All kinds of messages were sent out, yet not a single response came back.
"What's going on? My lord has been down there for so long. Why hasn't he returned yet?"
"So has mine. Could they have started fighting?"
"They had already discussed the boundaries of their territories. They shouldn't have suddenly begun fighting, right?"
"Who can say for sure? Let's hope everything goes smoothly."
"What do you think happened to that Lu Chen now?"
"What other fate could he have met? Our lord must have killed him long ago!"
"That's true. A lowborn bastard who happened upon a lucky opportunity, yet he didn't know when to rein himself in and even dared provoke us. He was asking for death!"
"Better not let him die too quickly, or it won't be any fun!"
Many people chuckled.
They chatted and laughed as they waited here.
It was as if they had already decided Lu Chen's fate.
In the distant region, figures were still flying over.
Rumble!
Suddenly, waves of fierce, malevolent aura surged from afar, vast and turbulent, like a tide of black water crashing toward them. The dense baleful aura struck this place first...
Everyone's expressions changed slightly as they turned to look.
"That is..."
"It's that band of fiends—they actually came!"
"This is bad. It's them!"
"The Starry Sky Knights... those devils!"
Everyone instinctively backed away.
A thunderous rumbling drew closer and closer.
A pack of huge, savage beasts appeared.
Without exception, each beast bore a massive figure seated atop it. They wore armor, their faces cold, and held all manner of weapons. There were eighteen of them in total.
Every one of them carried a heavy baleful aura, countless souls coiling around their bodies.
Some even had numerous heads hanging from their waists.
Those heads were still alive, having only been cut off recently. Each one was filled with terror, their lips twitching as they tried to speak, yet no words came out.
"Heh heh, the Divine Mountain has been unsealed!"
One knight riding a one-horned savage bull had a black great axe strapped to his back. A chilling smile hung on his face as he said, "I still remember when we withdrew back then—we slaughtered freely here and killed many young descendants. In the blink of an eye, countless years have passed!"
"Heh heh, those young descendants had rather hard bones back then. What a pity—they refused to come with us, so they could only die!"
Another knight laughed.
"A fallen world being able to revive once more is indeed beyond expectations."
The third knight said calmly, "Come, let's go down and take a look. Back then, we withdrew in a hurry and were blasted away by a force. After so many years, that force should have completely dissipated by now!"
The other knights all burst into laughter.
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