Shattered Calming the Tempest

The [Thousand Stars] domain seemed to separate the two into two worlds. Honkai Energy flowed gently and obediently within the body, and the Honkai Energy inside and outside circulated and accumulated to form a solid structure.

The brain's sense of time slows down as the [Thousand Stars] bloom.

Five seconds.

Unlike the initial near-death experience before even a second had passed, with the natural Stigmata compensating for his deficiency, he was confident that he would not suffer the backlash from [Thousand Stars] for five seconds.

In other words, the battle should ideally end within these five seconds.

The boy's body vanished in the eyes of the demon.

It was as fast as traversing time; he covered a hundred meters in a third of a breath and arrived behind the demon.

Jizo Mitama only managed to hear a sound.

Like the noise of turbulent electricity, or the clanging of swords clashing.

Su Qing'an swung his sword, but his speed was so fast that this strike didn't have time to accumulate the exaggerated Honkai Energy as before.

But at such extreme speeds, speed itself becomes power.

The Honkai Energy burned out fragments like spots of light, elongating the end of the sword light. From a distance, this sword strike looked like a shooting star trailing a magnificent brilliance as it hurtled down.

The sword silently sliced through the armor on the demon's back. The armor of the Jizo Mitama was a highly condensed form of Honkai Energy, so when other types of Honkai Energy came into contact with it, the resulting stimulation was even more intense.

A large amount of purplish-black flames surged out, like the blood inside a demon's body. Just as human skin bleeds when it is cut, this is a natural bodily reaction, regardless of whether the other party can react in time.

Su Qing'an was already very fast, but not fast enough to completely penetrate the opponent's defenses before the flames appeared.

Should one ignore the flames that are about to engulf their body and continue wielding the sword?

Or should we simply turn around and leave, looking for another opportunity?

Su Qing'an made a downward chopping motion with his left hand, offering another answer.

Void Sword Qi • Sword Defense Style

Even before that mission in Kambara Village, his skill in this area was already sufficient to perform sword-like movements without using a sword.

However, due to the fact that Honkai Energy attached to the body would cause violent rhythms that could harm him, Su Qing'an has always relied on the sword as a medium to use his techniques.

However, today, the extremely high adaptability to Honkai Energy has become the key to freely using the techniques of the Void Sword Qi.

The Sword Defense Style pushed away all the surging purple flames, creating a scene reminiscent of parting the surging waves on the shore.

Compared to the usual defensive Sword Defense Style, Su Qing'an made a slight modification this time, adding a pushing force to the sword shape on top of its simple defensive capabilities.

Sword swing! Brilliant flames, accompanied by the slicing of the sword's edge, were scattered and compressed into the air by the Sword Defense Style Stance.

The sound was so loud it made your teeth ache and your eardrums explode.

Like a knife blade grinding against a glass surface, or a sharp instrument tearing through steel.

But such a sound only lasted for a fleeting moment before disappearing completely.

"Boom!"

This is the roar of the unstable Honkai Energy overflowing from the shattered sword and exploding suddenly.

[Calming the Tempest], with its strength equal to that of the outside world, is a weapon that only considers sharpness and sturdiness. However, even so, it is far inferior to weapons forged from materials like Soul Steel.

Even if a Soul Steel weapon could easily Jizo Mitama's defenses, it would be absurd. It was only thanks to Su Qing'an's extreme speed and Honkai Energy that the originally unqualified [Calming the Tempest] managed to break through the outer shell.

However, the wear and tear on the blade itself caused by exceeding its limits was inevitable. The force of the continued downward strike and the damage from colliding with solid materials rendered it completely unusable.

Now is the time for [Calming the Tempest] to meet its end on the battlefield.

Su Qing'an had considered this possibility; the massive infusion of Honkai Energy already exceeded the original intention and vision of the weapon created by Changguang Changchuan.

Based on weapon classification, this material is barely adequate even for Emperor-class.

[Calming the Tempest] stepped into a battlefield it should not have entered, and its fate could only be destruction.

But...

Neither Chen Junxuan, who initially gifted him this weapon, nor Changguang Changchuan, who was responsible for reforging [Calming the Tempest], could have imagined that this young man would one day use it to fight against the evil thoughts of the Herrscher.

In the instant the sword shattered, a second finally passed, Jizo Mitama let out an angry roar, wanting to turn around and swing its sword.

But it was too late.

Su Qing'an moved even faster.

For him, the meaning of [Calming the Tempest] was always extraordinary; even in the virtual world, its destruction had to be accompanied by a grand funeral.

The Herrscher's evil intentions are undoubtedly sufficient.

The boy made a move, and if it were Fu Hua, one could vaguely discern that it was the opening move of the Void Sword Qi - Opening Sword Style.

The Opening Sword Style consists of six forms.

Rock Break, Chaotic Thunder, lightning, landslide, Instant Dust, and Shocking Wind.

Su Qing'an has rarely used these techniques because his poor adaptability to Honkai Energy means that using Honkai Energy without activating his Stigmata requires a lot of mental energy.

However, the fact that it is rarely used does not mean that the skill level is low.

In the virtual battlefield, he once tried to deconstruct and reassemble the Six Styles to create new understandings and moves.

Even though it's not as stable or easy to understand and use as the original moves, it surpasses them in terms of explosiveness and speed of release.

Now is the time to verify the results.

Opening Sword Style: Tai Xuan!

This area is the most concentrated area of free Honkai Energy, and the "blood" of Jizo Mitama is the best raw material.

The sword's shape is shaped from the center of the palm, forming a hazy silhouette, and then Honkai Energy is transferred into the hilt between the palms.

Threads of Honkai Energy then emerged and wrapped around each of the shattered fragments of the sword.

Using silk threads as a medium and sword fragments as a carrier.

The Honkai Energy linked the remnants of [Calming the Tempest] with a flowing, serpentine motion, a dangerous purple glow shimmering within.

This is the result of Su Qing'an forcibly pulling and applying the Honkai Energy of the Jizo Mitama itself.

Then Su Qing'an released the sword hilt and swung out the sword-shaped shadow in his palm. The violent Honkai Energy reaction began to collapse on its own, and the extremely high heat melted all the remains of the sword. The storm that was born swept out and exploded together with the flames of the Jizo Mitama.

Boom boom boom!

At the same time as the explosion occurred, Su Qing'an used the Sword Defense Style with his left hand again. The [circle] around his body isolated most of the force, but the boy's body was still like a tattered rag doll, being forcibly struck at an angle by the turbulent energy and sent flying backward.

This was the third second since [Thousand Stars] was activated. Su Qing'an, who was in mid-air undergoing a freefall motion, dissipated [Thousand Stars], and the radiance surrounding her disappeared.

In the instant that he was getting closer and closer to the ground, the Sword Defense Style once again slowed down the momentum and force of his descent.

Su Qing'an landed steadily, his hand gripping the empty air; only the scabbard remained at his waist...

But the battle is not over yet.