Seven Kill Thunder Rises, One Sword Shatters the Sky!

At dusk, Chen Yu and Chen Xiaojun, grandfather and grandson, arrived in Babel City and met Cheng Yun and Ma Fan, who had left a marker.

"How are things?" Chen Yu asked.

"Based on the information we've gathered over the past two days, there's a small Pegasus herd northwest of Wild Horse Plain. Its leader has a cultivation level of ten thousand years, and there are several thousand-year-old Pegasi. We haven't had a chance to scout it out yet."

"Mm. Tomorrow, I'll take Xiao'er there myself."

The following day, at dawn

Wild Horse Plain lay seventy or eighty li deep in Babel Mountain. It was a meadow steppe, with an average elevation above 1,500 meters and a grassland area of roughly more than 100 square kilometers.

The two flew over Babel Mountain, which stood more than 2,800 meters high, and reached its southern slope. Before them stretched the morning grassland, an endless green carpet as far as the eye could see.

Facing a sliver of light in the east, Chen Xiaojun walked forward across the soft grass, paying no heed to the dew soaking his shoes and trousers.

The fresh air of the grassland was simply too good to get enough of. His mouth was full of nature's breath, and even the cool mountain breeze could not compare to this heart-piercing delight.

Wild Horse Plain had tens of thousands of wild horses. Gathered here were grassland horses, mountain horses, and forest horses, all except desert horses. There were more than a dozen kinds of horse-type Soul Beasts alone.

Besides Pegasi, there were Horn-Scaled Horses, Heavenly Dragon Horses, Unicorns, Red-Blood Horses, Lie Yan Horses, Windrunner Horses, Horse-Eaters, and so on. It was a vast gathering place for horse-type Soul Beasts.

Although horse-type Soul Beasts were not as large a clan as wolf-type Soul Beasts and the like, they were no weaklings.

They continued flying in search of Pegasi. Far below in the distance, the land was a vast green ocean, dotted with countless black specks leaping at high speed.

Tens of thousands of horses were galloping, leaping, making a din, and neighing. Like a raging storm and towering waves, they rushed toward you, impossible to resist. Their momentum was breathtaking, yet full of grace.

"We found them." Chen Yu's voice rang out through the wind.

The whole herd was made up of gleaming white steeds, magnificent and orderly.

In the gale, they reveled in displaying their heroic forms! Excited! Exhilarated! Charging! Fighting! Colliding! Flying!

That herd was more uninhibited and passionate than any other living thing!

The mighty steeds raced across the boundless plain, their four hooves stirring the wind, displaying immense power. Their powerful iron hooves rang out with a "clip-clop" beat.

This Pegasus Tribe consisted of a Horse King over thirty thousand years old, a dozen or so thousand-year-old White-Feather Spirit Horses, and dozens of Hundred-Year White-Feather Horses. The herd was not numerous, but it ranked among the First Tier of horse herds on Wild Horse Plain.

The two swiftly descended from high in the sky, stopping three or four hundred meters in front of the Pegasi. They stood on their swords in midair, their imposing aura directly blocking the herd's path.

The Horse King, a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast with intelligence, looked at the Soul Masters ahead, who radiated an extremely dangerous aura and an unmistakable hostility toward the horses.

Slowing down while running at high speed was tantamount to courting death. It let out rapid, piercing cries: "Neigh, neigh... whinny, whinny..."

The herd spread its pure white wings in unison. Qi Vortices formed around their limbs, while their Soul Power and wind gathered rapidly into one enormous vortex shield!

The herd's combined attack-Divine Gale Thorn Thrust!

This was the symbol of their strength, the reason they looked down upon the rest of Wild Horse Plain.

The Horse King stamped all four legs heavily and flapped its several-zhang-wide wings. The spiraling wind shield, formed from the herd's power, roared toward Chen Yu and the others with tremendous force.

Unrestrained, brazen, destructive, annihilating-the grass danced and flew.

Soul Rings slowly revolved around Chen Yu: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black. Nine Soul Rings-Titled Douluo!

Chen Yu carried the flavor of Dao Follows Nature, and his Soul Power drifted with his Sword Finger.

"Seven Kill Thunder Rises, One Sword Shatters the Sky! Sword Radiance-Azure Sea Heavenly Sword, break!"

That was right: the verse chanted during Sword Shadow Form was the name of Chen Xin's Eighth Soul Skill in later generations.

Perhaps Chen Xin's Eighth Soul Skill resembled "Azure Sea Heavenly Sword" so closely that he simply used these two lines as its name;

perhaps Chen Xin's cultivation was profound, and his Eighth Soul Skill incorporated "Azure Sea Heavenly Sword";

it was also possible Chen Xin was merely chanting, and the Soul Skill's real name was "Move Mountains and Fill Seas" (chuckling).

A massive blue Sword Radiance, a hundred meters long, appeared alongside a Sword Howl that resounded through the heavens.

"Azure Sea Heavenly Sword" made its first appearance before Chen Xiaojun's eyes. The flying sword streaked through the sky, vast and imposing, its fierce force rushing at him in an instant. Its power was obvious at a glance, worlds apart from Ling Yunxiao's "Azure Sea Sky Fan."

"Azure Sea Heavenly Sword," one of the Four Simple Moves of the Sword-Controlling Secret Technique, was the fastest.

It was the highest application of the Seven Kill Sword's Sword Radiance, used mostly for fencing and thrusting. It was the move most often comprehended by Chen Clan Members.

Two mighty forces clashed head-on, producing a fierce energy shock wave, flames, and heat, as well as tremendous pressure.

On one side was the combined power of dozens of middle- and upper-ranked Soul Beasts. On the other was the pinnacle of the human Soul Master world-a Titled Douluo.

The result was that, before long, the sword's edge tore through the void, and peerless sharpness surged outward.

The Cyclone Heavenly Shield was pierced by "Azure Sea Heavenly Sword" and shattered piece by piece. Though the herd was protected by Astral Wind, the horses were all tossed into the air and thrown down one by one, suffering injuries of varying severity.

Chen Yu lightly shook out his robe and slowly flew toward the herd with Chen Xiaojun.

"Thirty-Six Peaks, Long Swords Stand; Star Dou Qi, Yu Zhengrong! Sword Formation-Sword Light Seals the Heavens, by my command!"

This was one of the Three Complex Moves of the Sword-Controlling Art. It was a sealing Sword Formation that could attack, defend, trap enemies, and suppress them.

Thirty-six beams of Seven Kill Sword Light descended from the sky. They became the formation's vertices, arranged in a diamond around the herd.

In the next moment, an overwhelming sense of oppression swept down. The tremendous sealing power varied from horse to horse, rendering the struggling Pegasi unable to move without injuring them.

"Sixth Soul Skill-Swords Ravage Heaven and Earth."

Countless blue Sword Lights wielding swords appeared around the Pegasi.

These Sword Lights, twinkling like stars, gave off a bone-chilling cold and dazzled the eyes. They radiated astonishing Sword Qi, forming an explosive Sword Momentum as their Sword Qi soared into the skies.

As a Titled Douluo's area-control Sixth Soul Skill, it had surging power to bind. Combined seamlessly with the sealing power of "Sword Light Seals the Heavens," the two complemented each other and formed an even greater power of suppression.

Chen Xiaojun instinctively compared them in his mind: Grandpa's Sixth Soul Skill is similar to Chen Xin's Sixth Soul Skill, Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Origin, in later generations. It's just that when Chen Xin uses Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Origin, tens of thousands of Sword Lights rain down from the sky like a torrential Sword Rain, while Grandpa forms his around the enemy. In terms of force, Chen Xin's might be stronger, but Grandpa's Soul Skill catches opponents off guard more effectively and has more uses.

Although Chen Yu had not unleashed the second half of the attack, he had still left the Pegasi lying on the ground unable to stand again. The Pegasi still standing trembled as their legs slowly gave way.

That included the Horse King. Their Soul Power and Qi-Blood were bound, completely unable to circulate.

Chen Yu said calmly, "I'll borrow your child for a while."

He beckoned. Without any fluctuation of Soul Power, a gleaming white Pegasus rose into the air and was drawn toward him from afar. He took it and Chen Xiaojun soaring into the sky.