The vortex spun at high speed, then a bolt of lightning suddenly crashed down, striking first at Xuanyuan Qingtian below. The thunder that followed made hearts jolt violently.
Majestic Heavenly Might descended!
A second bolt of lightning fell!
The third bolt followed close behind!
Almost at the same moment, Xuanyuan Qingtian lightly tapped her toes against the ground and soared a hundred meters into the sky. Her eyes remained shut as she let the wild wind lash at her.
When the lightning was still a hundred zhang above her head, Xuanyuan Qingtian seemed to sense something. She made a motion as though gripping a sword in both hands, then slowly swung it forward.
Boom!
An aura of extreme unease abruptly emerged.
Immediately afterward, Xuanyuan Qingtian, suspended a hundred meters in the air, vanished into thin air.
In the blink of an eye, a Golden Streak tore through the void and charged forward without pause toward the first bolt of lightning containing Majestic Heavenly Might.
Very soon, the two met on a narrow path.
The first bolt of lightning was sliced apart as though it were made of paper.
The second bolt lasted only three breaths before it too was sliced apart.
The third bolt held on for a full quarter of an hour, but was ultimately still sliced apart.
That invincible streak was also shattered and vanished into the void.
At that moment, Xuanyuan Qingtian, who had vanished into thin air, reappeared where she had been. However, her face was somewhat pale, and a trace of blood had appeared at the corner of her lips.
Yet the vortex in the void had not disappeared. It suddenly began spinning at high speed once more, devouring even more lightning as its aura grew still more terrifying.
She glanced at the vortex in the void. "Heh, you really think highly of me, don't you? You actually sent down a Nine-Layered Lightning Tribulation. It's just a pity that I've recovered too little of my strength. Otherwise, one sword strike would have reduced you to ashes."
Xuanyuan Qingtian sighed, a trace of desolation appearing in her eyes. "My spiritual energy is nearly exhausted now, and I've already used my most powerful move. It's impossible for me to contend against the next three, even stronger lightning tribulations."
"Could it be that I, the mighty Xuanyuan Qingtian, am going to die here today?"
"But I refuse to accept this! I have yet to personally slay my enemy. I have yet to ask that bitch with my own lips why she betrayed me. I cannot die yet..."
Murmuring, she turned to glance at Heaven-Defying Peak. "Sect Master Lin, it seems I'll never be able to repay your kindness."
Xuanyuan Qingtian knew all too well how terrifying lightning tribulations were. Their power was boundless, and there was nowhere to run. Once slain by a lightning tribulation, one's soul would scatter and dissipate, leaving not even a chance for reincarnation.
Just then, the vortex stopped spinning.
Xuanyuan Qingtian seemed to sense something. She looked up, and a flash of resolve burst from her eyes. "Are the strongest three lightning tribulations finally coming?"
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Three peals of thunder rang out at once, making heaven and earth tremble. Terrifying Majestic Heavenly Might came crashing down.
Almost simultaneously, three streaks of Golden Lightning appeared, instantly illuminating heaven and earth.
They were like three colossal dragons with towering momentum. Roaring, they plunged from the void toward Xuanyuan Qingtian, as though they intended to tear her to pieces.
Already injured, Xuanyuan Qingtian could not stop herself from coughing up a mouthful of blood beneath the terrifying Majestic Heavenly Might. Her aura instantly withered, and her body, which had stood proudly in the void, could no longer hold on as it fell.
Closer!
Even closer!
The three lightning dragons were just about to strike Xuanyuan Qingtian...
Just then, the world illuminated by lightning abruptly went dark.
At the same time, a bone-chilling sharpness swept over everything.
In that instant, heaven and earth froze.
The lightning dragons were directly frozen in place!
"Hum—"
Just then, a clear sword cry resounded through heaven and earth.
"Who the fuck dares bully an elder of my Divine Sword Sect?!"
A familiar voice followed close behind the sword cry.
Before the words had even faded, a golden blazing sun rose in the ink-black sky. Golden radiance blanketed heaven and earth, covering the lightning's brilliance in an instant.
All things between heaven and earth froze at that moment.
Then, a golden full moon rose into the sky. Countless golden stars adorned the vast void, while mountains, rivers, vegetation, rivers, oceans, and billions of living beings appeared one by one.
At that moment, Xuanyuan Qingtian, frozen in midair, suddenly widened her phoenix eyes. She stared at the phenomenon in the sky in utter disbelief and murmured, "This... how is this possible?"
On the side peak, Ye Jingyun and Ye Xuan were left dumbfounded, having no idea what had happened.
Just then, an Ancient Golden Greatsword a hundred zhang long appeared suspended in the air. The greatsword burst forth with ten thousand rays of condensed, undispersed light, instantly transforming into an energy greatsword that slowly slashed toward the three lightning tribulations.
At the same time, an aura of benevolence and holiness filled heaven and earth.
At this moment, Xuanyuan Qingtian, Ye Jingyun, and Ye Xuan all found it difficult to breathe, their hearts pounding like war drums.
Very soon, an unbelievable scene unfolded.
The energy greatsword pierced through the three lightning tribulations with the force of rotting wood collapsing before a blade. No—more accurately, it simply crushed them. The three lightning tribulations were directly crushed out of existence.
Ye Jingyun and Ye Xuan, on the side peak, abruptly widened their eyes, towering waves surging in their hearts.
"This... what sword is this? What sword technique is this? Mere sword light annihilated three lightning tribulations into nothingness?!"
"Esteemed Sect Master truly isn't human!"
"You have to understand, those were incomparably powerful lightning tribulations! Almost no one could withstand them head-on. At least ninety-nine percent of martial artists would exhaust every possible means to prepare countless defensive magic treasures before undergoing tribulation, hoping to survive. Yet even so, many still could not escape the fate of their souls scattering and dissipating."
They had recognized Lin Feng's voice.
They had already been shocked enough when Xuanyuan Qingtian destroyed six lightning tribulations.
Who could have expected that Esteemed Sect Master would not even show his face, yet a single beam of sword light would wipe out the strongest lightning tribulations that even Xuanyuan Qingtian could not resist, leaving not even dregs behind?
This completely exceeded their understanding. They unanimously concluded that Esteemed Sect Master was not human—he was a god!
As for Xuanyuan Qingtian, although she too was greatly shocked, she felt even more astonishment and confusion.
Just then, a majestic shout rang out: "First Form of the Chaos Nine Forms—Heaven-Man Unity Slash!"
As the words left his mouth, the Golden Giant Sword's golden light suddenly surged. Every ancient pattern upon it immediately came alive.
The sun, moon, and stars on one side of the blade suddenly lit up, while the mountains and vegetation on the other side instantly radiated vigorous life.
The next second!
The entire Golden Giant Sword vanished into thin air.
It seemed to merge with the entire world, leaving behind only the tail of an incomparably dazzling Golden Streak as it shot toward the enormous thundercloud vortex in the void.
Wherever the Golden Streak passed, everything turned into nothingness.
Ye Jingyun and Ye Xuan were immediately scared out of their wits. The terrifying sharpness radiating from that strike instantly stiffened their bodies, leaving them able only to stare in shock as that peerless, invincible sword strike slashed toward the lightning vortex.
It passed through!
It flew through!
It pierced through!
It slashed through!
Though they did not blink even once as they stared at the Golden Giant Sword, they still could not see its trajectory.
Although there was no earth-shattering roar where the Golden Streak passed, nor any vast and surging spectacle that spanned heaven and earth, there was only that golden splendor, quietly and slowly crushing toward the lightning vortex.
Yet that lightning vortex, containing incomparably tyrannical thunder, was instantly pierced through by the greatsword, as fragile as paper.
The next second.
An even more terrifying scene appeared...
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