However.
Faced with this earth-shattering strike.
Tang Xiao, floating in midair, remained utterly calm.
He watched the giant sword and Bone Dragon hurtling toward him.
"An insect trying to shake a tree."
Tang Xiao said the words lightly.
He didn't even raise his right hand all the way. He merely extended one finger.
A flash of shimmering blue light flickered at his fingertip.
Boom!
An immensely terrifying force poured from his fingertip in an instant.
The force was simply too vast.
The moment it appeared, the surrounding space shattered inch by inch, like a mirror.
The hundred-meter giant sword, which had seemed so mighty, crumbled apart the instant it touched the blue force, as if it were made of paper. Fragments scattered through the air.
As for the enormous Bone Dragon, it didn't even have time to cry out. Its ghastly white armor burst apart across its body, and it reverted to Gu Rong's form, sent flying backward in a sorry state.
Pfft!
Gu Rong spat out a huge mouthful of blood while still in midair, then slammed into the ground, leaving a massive crater.
Chen Xin was no better off.
The overwhelming force surged back along the blade, shattering his protective Soul Power.
He took a heavy blow. His face went deathly pale, and he flew back hundreds of meters, crashing through several thick stone walls before finally coming to a stop.
As the support, Ning Fengzhi also suffered a powerful backlash the instant the two Douluo were grievously wounded.
The light atop the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda dimmed at once, and fine cracks even appeared across it.
Ning Fengzhi suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. He staggered backward more than ten steps before collapsing helplessly to the ground.
He didn't even bother to wipe the blood from his mouth. Staring at Tang Xiao in the sky, his eyes were filled with shock.
"How... how is this possible?"
Ning Fengzhi's voice trembled.
A Level 98 Peak Douluo and a Level 95 defensive Douluo.
With his full support, their combined attack should have been enough to fight even a Level 99 Peerless Douluo.
But now.
Their opponent had used only one finger.
One simple finger had shattered all their pride and strength!
"Who is he?"
Gu Rong lay in the crater, struggling to get up, but his meridians were in complete disarray. He couldn't summon even a trace of Soul Power.
He looked at the blue figure in the sky, and only boundless fear remained in his heart.
A being like this.
Had already surpassed the bounds of humanity.
This was power worthy of a god!
In midair.
Tang Xiao's expression was cold.
He didn't even spare the three injured men a glance.
To him, defeating these people was no more than casually swatting a few ants. They weren't worth a second thought.
He stepped forward, walking through the air toward the rear mountain of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
His goal was clear.
He would rescue his mother, Ah Yin.
As for whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect lived or died, he didn't care.
"Stop..."
Just then.
Tang Xiao stopped and turned his head slightly.
In the ruins not far away.
Chen Xin had planted his Seven Kill Sword against the ground and was using it to support himself as he shakily rose to his feet.
His clothes were stained red with blood, and his face was as pale as paper, but his eyes remained fixed on Tang Xiao.
"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect... will never allow anyone to trample upon it with impunity."
Chen Xin gritted his teeth as he spoke.
He knew he was no match for the young man before him.
But as a swordsman, his dignity wouldn't let him retreat.
Originally.
The rewards bestowed upon him by Heavenly Dao were too immense in energy, so he had planned to enter seclusion afterward and spend months, perhaps even years, absorbing them slowly.
Absorbing them by force in a short time would place a tremendous burden on his body.
But now, he had no choice.
"Since that's the case, then let it all come!"
Chen Xin roared inwardly.
He stopped suppressing the raging power of Heavenly Dao within him.
Boom!
In an instant.
A brilliant golden light erupted from Chen Xin's body.
The light blazed fiercely, enveloping him completely.
Bathed in its radiance.
Chen Xin felt his damaged meridians instantly heal. They even became more resilient than before.
His aura began to climb at an incredible speed.
Level 98...
Peak Level 98...
Boom!
With a muffled rumble.
The bottleneck within Chen Xin shattered, and his cultivation reached the peak of Level 98!
At the same time.
The Seven Kill Sword in his hand underwent a complete transformation.
The Heavenly Dao Seven Kill Sword!
Not only that.
A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, glowing with an eerie red light, slowly rose from beneath his feet and circled around him.
Level 98 Soul Power.
The evolved Heavenly Dao Seven Kill Sword.
And a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
At that moment, Chen Xin had reached the peak of his power—a state he had never experienced in his entire life.
Chen Xin felt the surging power within him, so overwhelming it seemed ready to spill out.
For an instant, even his formerly aged face appeared ten years younger.
He raised the Heavenly Dao Seven Kill Sword and pointed it diagonally at Tang Xiao.
"Sir, I'll give you one last chance."
Chen Xin's voice rang out, magnified by his Soul Power, reverberating through the air like the tolling of a great bell.
"Leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect now, and I can pretend none of this ever happened."
"Otherwise, this sword of mine will leave you drenched in blood!"
His Level 98 strength gave Chen Xin tremendous confidence.
He believed that with his evolved Martial Soul and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, he now had what it took to fight any powerful opponent.
However.
Faced with Chen Xin, whose strength had soared and whose aura was overwhelming.
Tang Xiao still showed no change in expression.
His cold eyes even held a faint trace of mockery.
"Level 98?"
"Is that all you're relying on?"
Tang Xiao murmured to himself.
"You're asking for death!"
Chen Xin flew into a rage.
He had cultivated bitterly his entire life. When had anyone ever dared to look down on him like this?
Especially now, when he had received the rewards of Heavenly Dao and reached the peak of his strength!
"If you insist on courting death, then I'll grant your wish!"
Chen Xin shouted furiously.
In that instant, the Level 98 Soul Power within him surged without restraint.
He poured all his strength, all his sword intent, and even the power of the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring he had just obtained into the Heavenly Dao Seven Kill Sword in his hand.
"Heavenly Dao Sword, strike!"
Chen Xin gripped the sword with both hands and raised it high.
At that moment.
He seemed to have become one with the divine sword in his hands.
This move gathered all the swordsmanship he had comprehended throughout his life. It was his ultimate strike, unleashed with everything he had!
Blinding golden light dyed the entire sky gold.
The moment that sword thrust forward.
Space split open beneath its tip as easily as thin paper.
The strike was so fast it surpassed the limits of the naked eye, its point aimed at Tang Xiao's throat.
In the crater not far away.
Gu Rong stared at the strike, his eyes full of hope.
"Chen Xin, you have to win!"
Gu Rong prayed silently in his heart.
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