Golden Crocodile Retreats, All Pretense Shattered

The golden net tightened.

Within a hundred-zhang expanse of air, even the sword qi was being suppressed until it could barely circulate.

Golden Crocodile Douluo strode through the air, closing in step by step. Each time the golden light intensified, the net tightened another degree.

He intended to pin Sword Douluo Chen Xin to death atop this peak.

Yet Chen Xin remained utterly calm beneath such pressure.

At the center of his chest, where his torso bone was located, a point of dark red light suddenly flared.

The dark red glow spread from his chest cavity.

Wherever it passed, the crushing pressure upon him shattered inch by inch.

The power released by the Fermium-Core Divine Bone forged by Qin Yun completely neutralized the oppressive might Golden Crocodile Douluo had created.

"Sixth Soul Skill, Myriad Swords Return to the Source!" Chen Xin shouted.

The hundred-zhang Seven Kill True Body suddenly trembled. The sword body split apart—one became ten, ten became a hundred, and a hundred became ten thousand.

In an instant, ten thousand swords rang out across the night sky.

Countless sword phantoms shot in every direction.

The golden net descending over them was pierced with thousands of holes in an instant, ripped to shreds.

Before the motes of light had even finished falling, Chen Xin counterattacked with the force of ten thousand swords.

The crocodile tail swept toward him. Chen Xin became one with his sword, streaking out from the rain of swords and striking the tip of the tail with a single thrust.

Clang.

A crisp ring echoed out.

The several-dozen-zhang crocodile tail was knocked three feet off course by that strike. It scraped across the peak, and half the mountainside collapsed with a thunderous roar.

Seeing this, Golden Crocodile Douluo charged forward. His golden claws came in a