The Taicang Mountain Range were utterly silent.
At the summit, the Absolute Sword Immortal stood with his hands behind his back, letting the mountain wind blow through his robes and white hair. His eyes were slightly closed, as if he were dozing.
The birds fell silent; all the noise seemed to be swallowed up by that overwhelming Sword Intent.
He didn't need to say a word; simply standing there, he was like a peerless divine sword capable of Falling Star, radiating a suffocating sense of oppression.
Suddenly, dark clouds rolled in from the horizon, making the atmosphere even more tense. No one dared to speak loudly, and they could only discuss things in hushed tones.
"So powerful, is this the aura of Sword Immortal?"
"This battle must be the most remarkable one in nearly a thousand years, right?"
Listening to the whispers around him, Li Taiqing's eyes were filled with longing, imagining that one day he would also have such prestige.
In the future, he too will stand at the pinnacle alongside his master.
" Devil-Slaying Sword Immortal, why don't you show yourself?"
Is this your way of treating guests?
The Absolute Sword Immortal suddenly spoke, his tone cold.
The voice wasn't loud, but it clearly reached the ears of every cultivator, carrying a hint of an elder commenting on a junior, and subtly implying a superior's scrutiny.
Rumble!
In an instant, thunder roared.
"They've arrived."
"It was Northern Star Sword Venerable said softly."
This attracted the attention of those around, who began searching for the figure, and many people became excited.
The Absolute Sword Immortal standing atop the mountain also opened his eyes, but frowned slightly, unable to locate Han Xuanji's exact position.
This instantly ignited a surge of anger within him, causing his aura to surge dramatically and his fury to burn fiercely.
Its mighty sound resounded throughout the heavens:
"Hiding away, aren't you coming out?"
Han Xuanji smiled upon seeing this.
It seems we really can't find him.
So the Heaven-Shrouding Technique is indeed powerful; even a Sword Immortal at the Immortal Ascension Realm couldn't sense his aura.
However, he didn't intend to launch a sneak attack.
In the void.
A figure in a green robe appeared silently a hundred feet away from the Absolute Sword Immortal.
It was Han Xuanji!
He stood tall and straight, dressed in white robes that seemed to float in the snow, his aura restrained, a stark contrast to the deliberately flamboyant, overwhelming Sword Intent of the Sword Absolute Sword Immortal.
"Oh? You've finally decided to come out?"
The Absolute Sword Immortal's eyes seemed to emit two tangible beams of light, like peerless divine swords piercing straight at Han Xuanji.
His gaze was sharp, with a scrutinizing quality.
Han Xuanji calmly looked at the Absolute Sword Immortal opposite him, his eyes indifferent, and spoke softly:
"No need for further words, unleash your strongest Sword Dao."
[ The Absolute Sword Immortal: Real name Lin Jiuge, Immortal Ascension Realm Second Level, born with a Saintly Sword Dao Sacred Physique, exceptional talent. He entered the Immortal Ascension Realm eight hundred years ago, comprehended the Immortal-Ending Sword Instruction, and three hundred years ago slew a powerful Immortal Ascension expert from the Demonic Path. He then entered the Immortal Ascension Second Layer Realm. Hearing of an opportunity for immortality appearing in Eastern Cang Province, he planned to forcibly seize it.]
Upon hearing this, the Absolute Sword Immortal's lips curled into a smile, and on the surface, he did not appear to be angered.
"Arrogant."
"Let this old man see just how much you, this newly crowned Sword Immortal immortal, really amount to."
In his words, he placed himself in a superior position, as if he had come not to challenge, but to offer guidance.
As he uttered the last word, his aura exploded, and a powerful Sword Intent erupted from his body.
Boom!
It was no longer the natural pressure of before, but the true pressure of Sword Intent, as if a slumbering ancient beast had suddenly awakened.
The void twisted violently, and a gigantic sword, thousands of feet tall and seemingly solid, appeared out of thin air.
The sword light shone brightly, illuminating the heavens.
At first glance, it looks like a divine sword that split the heavens and the earth, lying horizontally in the sky.
What a powerful move!
Before this giant sword, even a thousand-foot-tall mountain peak appears extremely small.
"Take this sword strike— the Heaven-Ending Slash!"
The Absolute Sword Immortal pointed his fingers like a sword towards Han Xuanji.
The illusory image of the colossal sword that Heaven-Splitting let out a deafening roar, carrying a terrifying will to annihilate all life and sever all things, tearing through the sky and slashing down towards Han Xuanji.
Its speed and power were so great that all the spectators felt their souls freeze, as if they were about to be crushed by the destructive aftershocks of the Sword Intent.
"Master!"
Li Taiqing and the others were on tenterhooks.
Northern Star Sword Venerable's face turned deathly pale. The power of this sword Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivator like himself with fear.
The earth trembled, and the mountains shook.
Faced with this terrifying sword strike that seemed capable of cleaving through galaxies, Han Xuanji.
Buzz--!
Countless clear and melodious sword cries rang out without warning.
The sword's cry wasn't harsh, but it possessed an indescribable penetrating power, instantly tearing apart the Absolute Sword Immortal's Sword Intent Domain, like the dawn piercing the darkness.
Everyone's heart raced, and a sense of awe inexplicably arose within them.
Immediately afterwards, Han Xuanji's Sword Intent enveloped the heavens and earth, and this world seemed to transform into a world of Sword Intent.
All Principle are the Sword Dao Principle; all existence is subject to its life-or-death power!
Han Xuanji gently raised his right hand, his index and middle fingers together, and casually... swung it at the illusory image of the thousand-foot-long sword that had been slashed down!
A deep, muffled roar!
The imposing, thousand- Heaven-Splitting phantom sword, seemingly capable of destroying everything, disintegrated inch by inch in an instant at a speed visible to the naked eye!
It wasn't shattered, but rather erased by a more mysterious force...
Not even a ripple was stirred!
The entire process happened in the blink of an eye.
Many people didn't even understand what had happened.
One moment the colossal sword was slashing down with earth-shattering force, the next moment, that terrifying phantom of the sword had vanished into thin air, as if it had never existed.
Only Han Xuanji stood quietly in the void, a smile on her lips.
This is the power of Sword Intent Forms a World.
"What?"
At the summit, the arrogant smile on the face of the Absolute Sword Immortal froze instantly, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
absurd!
An indescribable chill suddenly surged through him, rising from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
He didn't hold back with that sword strike.
How could the other party have resolved it so easily?
They didn't even touch the hem of the other person's clothes.
That's impossible!
Even the Absolute Sword Immortal, who had dominated the Immortal Realm for over a thousand years, never expected to encounter such a situation.
"It seems your Sword Dao is not yet fully mastered."
Han Xuanji's indifferent voice rang out, like a deity from the heavens issuing a judgment.
"You can go die now."
Nine Tribulations Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation!
This is a divine Divine Ability that Han Xuanji created himself, and its power is immeasurably greater than when he was at the Tribulation Transcendence level.
He stepped into the realm of Sword Intent Forms a World in his Sword Dao, and his cultivation level reached the Immortal Ascension Realm. He also acquired a superior-grade immortal sword.
At this very moment.
Sword shadows floated in the air, each flying sword radiating light.
Countless flying swords tore through the air, each one, even the lowest grade, was a top-quality flying sword at the Tribulation Transcendence level.
The Sword Qi was as vast as the ocean, countless in number, like a divine Heavenly Punishment, leaving countless people speechless.
"Is the spiritual power of the Devil-Slaying Sword Immortal inexhaustible?"
"Both are Sword Immortal, Devil-Slaying Sword Immortal is stronger..."
Even as a sword cultivator undergoing Tribulation Transcendence, Northern Star Sword Venerable stared wide-eyed at the sky, like an ant looking up at the heavens.
He could sense that each of these Sword Qi could easily annihilate a Bandit Cultivator.
The sword shadows multiplied into countless shapes, appearing to the crowd like the vast sky.
Yang Peng, who had been extremely confident, suddenly became nervous amidst the crowd.
Although he had great confidence in his master, this aura was too terrifying; even he dared not imagine how he could possibly fight against it.
At this moment, Nangong Wenjian clenched his fists tightly, realizing just how weak his Sword Dao Sword Dao was.
"How is that possible?"
Absolute Sword Immortal felt immense pressure, but he did not choose to wait for death. Instead, he burned his lifespan and desperately raised his aura.