Immeasurable Sword Array Traps Seven Kills

Just as the two were feeling puzzled, the voices of Ye Guchen and Chen Xin reached their ears simultaneously.

"Rest assured, we are simply going to spar in the way of the sword."

Hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Fengzhi exchanged a glance, shook their heads in unison, and continued to discuss the details of their cooperation.

Outside the city, the setting sun was like blood, casting long shadows of the two figures standing opposite each other.

Chen Xin stood with his hands behind his back, the wild grass beneath his feet flattened by the pressure of his invisible sword intent.

He looked at Ye Guchen across from him; his gaze held the scrutiny of a senior, but even more so, the fervor unique to those who walk the path of the sword.

He could sense a sharpness dormant within this young man that even he had to take seriously.

"Tower Master Ye," Chen Xin said slowly, his soul power consciously receding to the sixty-first level. "I do not wish to take advantage of you. Today's battle is for the sake of discussing swordsmanship, not for determining superiority. I shall suppress my soul power to your level, the sixty-first level Soul Emperor tier, so that we may enjoy a satisfying duel. If—"

Before the word "how" could leave his lips, a violent sword intent suddenly exploded between heaven and earth.

In front of Ye Guchen, a sword with a ferocious and domineering design appeared out of thin air.

The spine of the blade was covered in jagged teeth, and a majestic green pattern was engraved along the body of the sword—it was the Shark Tooth Sword!

The moment the sword emerged, a domineering, all-piercing sword intent erupted like a hurricane and a tsunami, causing the air within a hundred-meter radius to distort and emit a sharp, buzzing hum.

Chen Xin's pupils constricted sharply. His Seven Kill Sword martial soul, deep within his body, let out a soul-piercing, excited cry—a tremor born from encountering its own kind!

"Senior Chen Xin," Ye Guchen gripped the Shark Tooth, his black hair dancing wildly. The fighting spirit in his eyes burned like a physical flame, his voice carrying unquestionable resolve.

"A battle at the same level is not enough to be satisfying. Please, Senior, unleash your seventy-level Soul Saint combat power so that we may have a truly hearty fight!"

Feeling the overwhelming sword intent rushing toward him and seeing the near-arrogant confidence in the eyes of the junior before him, Chen Xin did not feel offended. Instead, he threw his head back and laughed, his laughter piercing the clouds and shattering stone:

"Hahahaha! Good! A fine Shark Tooth Sword! A fine Ye Guchen! Since that is the case, let this old man teach you a thing or two!"

His aura no longer hesitated, climbing rapidly until it stabilized at the seventy-level Soul Saint tier.

A layer of white-gold sword energy, condensed to the point of tangibility, emanated from his body, slicing the surrounding space with a hissing sound.

The Seven Kill Sword entered his hand with a metallic "clang," its light flowing and reflecting the heavens and earth.

"Come!"

As the word fell, both figures vanished from their spots almost simultaneously.

Ye Guchen's form moved like a dragon, the Shark Tooth Sword carrying the weight of ten thousand jun as he thrust forward with "Long Rainbow Piercing the Sun." The sword energy condensed into a beam of ghostly light, long and fierce, piercing straight toward the center.

Chen Xin did not dodge or evade. His first soul ring lit up: "Long Sword Sharpens." The white-gold brilliance on the Seven Kill Sword surged, increasing his attack power by thirty percent instantly, precisely intercepting the edge of the Shark Tooth Sword.

"Clang!"

Metal clashed against metal, and the ear-piercing explosion kicked up a visible shockwave.

Ye Guchen shifted his sword stance, the Shark Tooth Sword flicking upward at a strange angle—a clever maneuver of "One Sword Takes Life"—attempting to deflect the Seven Kill Sword.

Chen Xin's wrist sank, the Seven Kill Sword remaining as steady as a rock. Simultaneously, his second soul skill, "Spirit Sword Guard," was released instantly. A sword energy barrier with a diameter of two meters appeared out of thin air, blocking all of Ye Guchen's follow-up "Heaven and Earth Shift" thrusts.

"A solid foundation! Again!" Chen Xin praised, his sword stance changing abruptly.

His third soul skill, "Flat as Flowing Water," was unleashed fiercely. A vast, crescent-shaped wave of sword energy expanded from him in a fan-shaped area, its momentum like a giant wave crashing, forcing everything back!

Ye Guchen felt an irresistible force rushing toward him; this was a group repulsion skill capable of stunning a Soul Master.

Instead of retreating, he advanced. A fierce glint flashed in his eyes as he used the force of the impact to leap high into the air, like an eagle striking the sky!

"Horizontal Sweep!"

In mid-air, the Shark Tooth Sword slashed out four distinct yet lightning-fast sword beams, reality and illusion intertwined, striking at the four vital points of Chen Xin.

This horizontal killing move was unpredictable, its speed so great that even his afterimages became blurred.

"Well done!" Chen Xin's fourth soul ring lit up, and the tip of the Seven Kill Sword shot out a blade of ultimate sharpness.

"Killing Intent Revealed"! This single-target attack had unparalleled penetrating power, ignoring the four indistinguishable sword beams to strike directly at the core intersection of the sword move.

"Ding!"

With an even sharper collision, three of the four sword shadows vanished, leaving only the true form held firmly in check by that sharp blade.

Before Ye Guchen could change his move, Chen Xin's fifth soul skill, "Might Shakes All Directions," followed immediately. Countless sword energies spread out in all directions with no blind spots, sweeping through like a storm, combining repulsion and lethality!

Ye Guchen was sent flying backward by this wide-range impact, but while in the air, his movements remained incredibly elusive—the essence of the "Heaven and Earth Shift" footwork.

Using the force of the impact, he pivoted in mid-air, shedding the momentum while adjusting to an optimal angle for attack.

"Sunset Banner!"

His entire body transformed into a falling meteor of sword light, his speed pushed to the limit. The sword light resembled the afterglow of a blood-stained sunset, containing a lethal killing intent within its brilliance, striking unexpectedly!

The speed and suddenness of this strike caused even Chen Xin to raise an eyebrow.

Without a moment to think, his sixth soul ring shone brightly: "Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin"!

In the void, soul power instantly condensed into ten thousand shimmering phantoms of the Seven Kill Sword. They did not fire in a volley; instead, they converged rapidly in front of Chen Xin, a giant, hyper-condensed Seven Kill Sword meeting the attack head-on!

"Boom!"

The sunset sword light collided violently with the giant Seven Kill Sword, and the terrifying energy turbulence plowed a trench dozens of meters long into the ground below.

Chen Xin swayed slightly, while Ye Guchen landed at a distance, his breathing slightly ragged, yet the flames in his eyes burned brighter than ever.

"Senior, watch out!"

Before Ye Guchen's voice had even faded, an aura of extreme cold and heat intertwined, radiating from him and instantly blanketing the sky and earth.

Ice and Fire Yin Yang Domain, fully deployed! Within a radius of three hundred meters, the world changed color as extreme cold and extreme heat cycled, creating a domain of absolute slaughter.

Inside the array, Sword Douluo immediately felt his soul power circulation turn sluggish; his strength was forcibly suppressed to sixty percent, while Ye Guchen's aura surged wildly, doubling all his attributes!

"Immeasurable Sword Array, rise!"

Following Ye Guchen's low shout, endless crisscrossing sword qi condensed out of thin air within the domain, dense and thick, blotting out the sun!

Every strand of sword qi carried a sharpness capable of tearing through everything. They were not inanimate; if a strike missed, it would vanish into the domain's light curtain, only to shoot out again from another direction, cycling back and forth without end!

Trapped within the array, Sword Douluo felt killing intent from front, back, left, right, above, and below!

"Good lad! Fifth soul skill, Might Shakes All Directions!" He attempted to clear a zone with a wide-range attack, yet as soon as the sword qi was shattered, more surged in like a tide; the density of the assault was unprecedented.

"Sixth soul skill, Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin!"

Countless sword shadows fired in unison, colliding with the infinite sword qi. The explosions merged into a continuous roar, and the very space began to tremble.

But human strength has its limits, while the sword qi of the Immeasurable Sword Array seemed truly inexhaustible.

Chen Xin's consumption increased sharply, and gaps gradually appeared in his defense; several strands of sword qi grazed him, shredding his robes.

He was at a complete disadvantage!

If this continued, defeat was inevitable! Watching the intertwined ice and fire sword curtain press in layer upon layer, constantly compressing his space to maneuver, a look of shock and excitement flashed in Chen Xin's eyes.

"Seventh soul skill—Seven Kill True Body!"

An ancient sword cry resounded through the heavens as Sword Douluo's form merged instantly with the Seven Kill Sword, man and blade becoming one!

A brilliant, colossal sword shadow shot into the sky, his attributes, attack speed, and sword intent concentration reaching their peak!

In his True Body state, he swept his sword horizontally, obliterating all sword qi within dozens of meters, forcibly carving out a foothold amidst the endless sword curtain and barely stabilizing his precarious position.

However, it was merely stabilizing.

The sword qi of the Immeasurable Sword Array was endless; no sooner was it cleared than it gathered again, like a massive millstone constantly grinding away the power of his True Body.

The state of man and blade as one consumed vast amounts of energy, yet it still could not break through the tight encirclement of this celestial sword qi.

From all directions, above and below, there was nothing but a crisscrossing web of death, woven from cold and heat.

"What a magnificent Immeasurable Sword Array! To think it could trap my Seven Kill True Body!"

Sword Douluo truly felt a long-lost sense of suffocating pressure, a pressure that even surpassed the siege of fellow Title Douluo.

At the same time, a grave realization dawned on him. He had to remember that although he was currently limited to the soul power of a level 70 Soul Saint, the quality of his soul power remained that of a level 96 Title Douluo. Combined with decades of combat experience as a Title Douluo and the Seven Kill Sword martial soul, he could slay even a Soul Douluo!

Yet now, facing Ye Guchen, who was only level 61, he was being suppressed!?

He knew that with the power of a level 70 Soul Saint, he could no longer do anything to Ye Guchen within the array. Unless...

A sigh, helpless yet filled with admiration, emanated from within the array.

He could no longer care about the previous agreement to suppress his soul power; he simply wanted to fight to his heart's content!

The next moment, a terrifying surge of soul power, far exceeding the level of a Soul Saint, erupted!

The bottleneck that had been suppressed to level 70 was instantly shattered, and the vast pressure of a Soul Douluo swept outward.

At level 80, his Soul Douluo-level sword intent poured down like a falling galaxy. A white-gold sword aura, condensed to the extreme, slashed out from the Seven Kill True Body—no longer a probe or a technique, but pure force breaking through skill!

"Break!"

With that single word, the sword aura carved into the torrent of sword qi. Struck by this overwhelming power, the boundless sword qi actually faltered for a split second.

In that very instant, Chen Xin merged with his blade, transforming into a streak of light that tore through the heavens. Following that single opening, he charged out of the coverage of the Immeasurable Sword Array.

The domain's light curtain fluctuated violently before slowly dissipating.

Ye Guchen stood with his sword, breathing slightly, watching the Sword Douluo who had emerged from the array and returned to his original form. There was no trace of defeat in his eyes, only a sense of deep, exhilarating satisfaction.

The two stood facing each other in silence, with only the setting sun casting their shadows across the scarred and ravaged earth.

At this moment, no extra words were needed; the two sword cultivators had reached a spiritual resonance.

After a long while, Chen Xin stroked his beard and sighed deeply. The look he cast toward Ye Guchen no longer held the reserve of a senior, but only equal respect and amazement.

"Pavilion Master Ye, you have won."