With Boom Bubble added to the attack, the Night Dawn Sword finally pierced Gesomon's skin. It was not enough to tear Gesomon open and let Zheng Fan escape, but it would do.
A voice rang out between heaven and earth, somewhere between an angry roar and a murmur. "South Heaven One Sword." Although Zheng Fan spoke in Chinese, everyone could understand him and knew what South Heaven One Sword meant. A moment later, everyone had cleared out of the area facing the sun.
A glint of gold flashed along the Night Dawn Sword's edge, and then the world went dark. The distant sun had sensed Zheng Fan's provocation and concentrated its power into a single stream, intent on blasting everything between heaven and earth to dust.
South Heaven One Sword was a move within the Sunlight Sword Technique. The Sunlight Sword Technique represented the ultimate in yang power, and South Heaven One Sword was the ultimate within that ultimate-a sword technique for staking one's life. Yet it had been created by an ordinary Spirit Realm expert.
It was said that, during a certain battle, an expert of the human race who was at a disadvantage could no longer endure the humiliation. His enemy dodged the desperate punch he threw, but that punch shattered a Vermilion Bird nest and severely injured three newborn Vermilion Birds. A mighty expert of the Vermilion Bird clan then intervened and wiped out that entire stretch of the starry sky. In the end, the incident plunged three races into a war that lasted over ten thousand years.
That punch provided the inspiration for the South Heaven Sword Technique. Its targets of provocation became the countless stars in the sky. Though the South Heaven lineage embodied the utmost in yang power and strength, it also reached the