Black Dragon Sword

Black Dragon Sword

"I have faith in Mother."

The speaker was Sea Princess's eldest daughter. She had the same delicate, beautiful upper body of a human woman, a golden crown atop her head, and a fish tail covered in golden scales—all proof of her Merfolk Royal Family lineage.

At the same time, she was a ferocious beast with two hundred thousand years of cultivation, the second-strongest member of the Merfolk Race.

Feeling the tremors running through the Deep Sea Domain, she could not help but sigh.

"Ever since the Ocean War between the Sea God Faction and the Anti-Sea God Faction ended, the sea has not seen such turmoil in a very long time."

"I just wonder what Di Tian, the king of land soul beasts and the Beast God revered by all races, seeks by coming to the sea again."

Before the Merfolk Race could speak, a Demon Soul Great White Shark swam out from the merfolk palace and came to the merfolk princess's side, transforming into the form of a beautiful human woman.

She was Xiao Bai, the former leader of the Sea God Faction and the mount of Poseidon, the first Sea God.

"I'm afraid it won't be anything good."

For some reason, Xiao Bai had an uneasy feeling that made her heart pound.

The merfolk princess cast her a barely perceptible glance. Without revealing any personal inclination, she merely gave an official response.

"Di Tian is, after all, the Beast God. We must show him the respect he deserves and host him in our clan's most splendid palace."

"His battle with Mother will likely take a long time to determine a victor. Let us first make the prepar—"

The merfolk princess's voice abruptly cut off. She stood frozen in place, gazing toward the battlefield between Di Tian and Sea Princess as her beautiful eyes suddenly contracted.

Within her shrinking pupils was reflected a pitch-black sword shadow, boundless above and below, as though it could cleave the entire ocean in two.

It was the ultimate technique of Di Tian's Self-Created Soul Skill, the Black Dragon Sword. As his cultivation grew ever deeper, its power became increasingly terrifying.

By now, he had already broken free of the Deep Sea Spiritual Storm created by Sea Princess. Those strange Spiritual Power weapons, including Merfolk Tears, had failed to inflict any real harm upon him.

A colossal black dragon sword was in his hand. The hilt alone was two chi long, while the blade stretched six chi, a black dragon coiling over its surface and Dark Purple radiance gleaming along its edge.

It was the full-force strike of the Black Dragon Sword that had shattered the Deep Sea Spiritual Storm imprisoning him.

But this strike did not stop there. Its momentum undiminished, it cleaved toward Sea Princess.

Compared to the onlookers, Sea Princess could more clearly sense the Black Dragon Sword's true power. It was not merely a sword formed from condensed Ultimate Darkness, but also flawless control over the power of space.

Wherever the black Sword Light swept through, even the waters of the Deep Sea Domain seemed to be split in half. Space itself restrained the waters in between, preventing them from returning to normal for a long time.

Locked onto by the Black Dragon Sword's spatial power, even with her strength, she could not evade it and could only withstand it head-on.

For once, her face, as gentle as seawater, revealed an ugly expression of fear.

The ugliness came from the fact that, in her great battle with Di Tian tens of thousands of years ago, she had been defeated by the Black Dragon Sword. And now, it seemed the outcome would remain the same.

The reason for her fear emerged from between her tightly clenched pearly teeth.

"A deity!" Her shock rippled out as Spiritual Power.

"No, it isn't!"

But she quickly came to her senses. What Di Tian had used was indeed Soul Power like her own, not divine power that transcended the level of Soul Power.

Although the sheer quantity of Di Tian's Soul Power was immensely vast, nearly equal to the sum of her own Soul Power and the strength of the entire Deep Sea Domain that she had mobilized, it was still Soul Power in essence!

There was no time for further thought. The Black Dragon Sword arrived in an instant, forcing Sea Princess to clasp her hands tightly before her chest and form an intricate hand seal.

Her lips parted slightly as she recited an ancient incantation, difficult for ordinary people to understand yet incomparably beautiful, like a melodious song.

Starting from her hands, her body gradually turned ethereal and became the color of the Deep Sea Domain. Once the transformation was complete, Sea Princess had almost merged as one with the Deep Sea Domain.

"Hiss—Roar—"

The beautiful incantation and song became a hoarse, grating roar, making the Sea of Spirit of every sea soul beast within the Deep Sea Domain tremble. Pain appeared on all their faces, including several ferocious beasts.

At that moment, the waters of the Deep Sea Domain seemed to come alive, transforming in Sea Princess's image into a gigantic, pure water elemental.

Yet the pitch-black Sword Light, which seemed capable of devouring all things, still cleaved the entire Deep Sea Domain—or rather, the pure water elemental Sea Princess had transformed into—in two.

The Deep Sea Domain could not close back together for a long time. Sea Princess also fell from her pure water elemental state, her face so pale that not a trace of blood remained. The Soul Power throughout her body was in disarray, impossible to mobilize freely.

After such a blow, Sea Princess did not attack again.

One strike of the Black Dragon Sword had destroyed the net of Spiritual Power she had cast across the entire Deep Sea Domain.

Now, once Di Tian unleashed the darkness he had cultivated to the extreme and blanketed the entire Deep Sea Domain, she would be little different from a blind woman before him.

More importantly, even her strongest Spiritual Power attack had proven useless against Di Tian. If they continued fighting, the result would be no different. Her defeat would be certain.

Not to mention that Di Tian still looked calm and composed, clearly having not used his full strength.

Di Tian strolled toward her and remarked, "Not bad."

"Just as before, you were able to borrow the sea's power and withstand one strike from me."

"Unfortunately, you only have seven hundred thousand years of cultivation. If you could survive two more heavenly tribulations, I would need to use my utmost power to defeat you in the ocean."

Hearing Di Tian's seemingly complimentary words, Sea Princess smiled bitterly in helplessness. "I'll take that as praise from you, Di Tian."

"Your cultivation should be more than nine hundred thousand years, shouldn't it?"

Di Tian did not hide anything in response to her immediate question.

He nodded. "I broke through the million-year tribulation not long ago."

His indifferent tone exploded in Sea Princess's heart like a bolt from the blue.

Though she had been mentally prepared, she was still shaken.

A Million Year Soul Beast! An existence nearly spoken of only in legend had actually been achieved! And it was standing alive before her now.

Of course. If Di Tian had not possessed a million years of cultivation, how could the Black Dragon Sword just now have made her feel power on the level of a deity?

The stunned expression on her face slowly faded, and she raised another question. "I have one more question for the Beast God. How did you resist my Spiritual Power attacks within the Deep Sea Spiritual Storm just now?"

"I don't believe my Spiritual Power attacks had no effect on you at all."

Spiritual Power was Sea Princess's primary means of attack and defense, as well as the strength of which she was most proud as a soul beast.

Even if it truly had not affected Di Tian in the slightest, she still wanted a definite answer from his own mouth, so she could give up completely.

However, Di Tian did not answer her question directly.

"You will know soon enough."

Left with no choice, Sea Princess could only continue by asking Di Tian why he had come to the sea.