At that moment, high in the air, Chen Yu's gaze was calm and cold. Steady as a towering mountain above a still abyss, he pointed a finger with unruffled composure.
With that single gesture, the soul power within his body surged like a raging flood and a savage beast, carrying immense momentum and strength.
At the same time, all color abruptly drained from heaven and earth.
His attack enveloped the forest, plunging it into darkness.
His finger pointed straight at the Nine-Star Demon Leopard.
"Northwest I gaze toward Chang'an, alas, countless mountains stand between. Yet green mountains cannot hold it back; eastward the waters flow at last. Eighth Soul Skill-Break Branches, Shatter Mountains!"
Chen Yu murmured the verse as though recounting an ancient, mysterious tale.
As he chanted, powerful energy erupted from his body, forming an enormous storm.
A solid Seven Kill Sword over a hundred meters long emerged within the storm, blazing with dazzling light.
Around its blade, deep-blue sword radiance shot forth like drifting leaves, graceful yet razor-sharp.
These streaks of sword radiance circled the Seven Kill Sword, spinning ceaselessly and releasing a powerful, pure force of destruction.
Although Chen Yu's eighth soul skill appeared to be a simple, hundred-meter attack at the Title Douluo level, his eighth soul ring was a Holy King tier ring over eighty thousand years old. The key lay in the word "solid."
It was entirely different from a hundred-meter energy attack. A solid attack struck far harder than an energy construct, while its sharpness, hardness, and resilience were worlds apart.
Consider why the Tang Family's Great Sumeru Hammer was so formidable. Wasn't it because a gigantic, solid Clear Sky Hammer combined with multiplied strength produced tremendous destructive power?
Making the Seven Kill Sword solid likewise multiplied its piercing and cutting power to