Chapter 966 - 432: Battle!
The golden sealing chains trembled violently, emitting a strained "crack" sound!
The shadows of the Wooden Sword and Rusted Iron Sword hovering above the ocean also shook intensely under the impact of this fierce Slaughter Intent, their light flickering!
The "Mortal Tenacity" represented by the Wooden Sword, and the "Death’s Annihilation" represented by the Rusted Iron Sword, seemed somewhat out of place in the face of this pure "Slaughter"!
"Fight!"
A will that seemed to emerge from an ancient battlefield, filled with iron and madness, roared in Xu Ran’s Sea of Spirit!
This will did not come from the newly appeared Slaughter Sword, but seemed to originate deeper within Xu Ran’s own Sea of Spirit!
It was the instinctive resistance of the power sealed by the Nine-Layered Giant Tower when provoked!
"Buzz—"
Just as the Slaughter Sword Intent was about to fully erupt, possibly impacting the Sealing Chain!
The shadow of the Nine-Layered Giant Tower suddenly became clear for a moment above the Sea of Spirit!
An indescribable majestic power descended from the top of the tower!
This power was vast, ancient, and authoritative, carrying the aura of suppressing everything!
Boom!
The previously raging Slaughter Sword Intent was instantly subdued before this power, as if meeting its nemesis!
The boiling golden ocean returned to calm.
The trembling golden chains also stabilized.
Ultimately, the aura filled with slaughter and battle intent was forcibly compressed and condensed into the shadow of a third sword, hovering beside the Wooden Sword and Rusted Iron Sword.
This was a sword entirely crimson, as if forged from blood, the blade covered with menacing cracks, radiating endless fierce Evil Qi—this was the Blood Sword!
The third sword took form!
The Sea of Spirit once again returned to the sealed deathly silence.
But Xu Ran knew, the shiver and roar from that instant were by no means illusions!
Deep within his Sea of Spirit, a fierce beast seemed to be sleeping, longing for battle, longing for slaughter!
And this third trial, this Slaughter Sword, just happened to awaken it!
At this moment, in the external world.
Xu Ran abruptly opened his eyes, beads of cold sweat appearing on his forehead.
The danger in the Sea of Spirit just now, although brief, left lingering fears in his heart.
The scene before his eyes changed dramatically once more.
No longer was it a bloody slaughterhouse, but a vast and boundless ancient battlefield!
The sky was dark red, like coagulated blood.
The earth was charred black, covered with marks from swords and axes, countless broken weapons, fragmented armors, and corpses long since turned into bones, scattered everywhere.
An aura of desolation, heroic tragedy, iron blood, and solemn slaughter hit him, so dense it was almost suffocating!
The fierce wind howled, lifting dust and ashes from the ground, making a wailing sound, as if countless fallen souls were crying and roaring.
And in the center of the battlefield, a figure stood like a rock.
This was a Warrior clad in a tattered black War Armor, wielding a similarly broken, yet still emitting an astonishing Evil Qi giant sword!
His face was blurred, only the mountain-like erect silhouette could be seen, along with an unlimited battle intent seemingly able to cleave the heavens and earth!
Beneath his feet, bones piled like mountains!
There were Demon Beasts of strange shapes, enemies clad in Exotic Armor, and even some remains emitting terrifying aura, clearly not belonging to mundane beings!
This place seemed a miniature of the battlefield of all realms!
"Kill!"
A low roar, yet seemingly able to shake the nine heavens, emanated from the Warrior’s mouth!
He moved!
No superfluous actions, just simply swinging the sword!
One slash!
No brilliant radiance, no oscillation of Law, only pure and extreme slaughter!
Boom!
Xu Ran felt his Divine Soul tremble!
He saw, as the Warrior slashed, the void ahead seemed to be directly torn apart!
A pitch-black rift appeared under the dark red sky, like a menacing wound!
From within the rift, came even more terrifying howls and roars!
As if connected to a world filled with destruction and massacre!
Countless shadows of strange shapes, emitting violent aura, swarmed out from the rift, like a tide towards the solitary Warrior!
"Fight!"
The Warrior roared again, the broken giant sword in his hand transformed into black lightning, tearing through heaven and earth!
With every slash, a multitude of monsters were inevitably shattered into pieces!
Black blood, shattered limbs, desperate cries formed an exceedingly terrifying tableau!
He stood like a rock amidst the torrent of destruction, unmoved by the wind and waves!
New wounds constantly adorned his body, the black War Armor long since shattered, exposing underneath bronze skin and horrific scars deep enough to reveal bone!
But he seemed to know neither fatigue nor pain!
In his eyes, there was only battle!
Only slaughter!
To utterly annihilate all enemies blocking his path!
Xu Ran watched with Heart Spirit swaying, blood boiling!
This was true battle! This was the true sword!
A sword swung for survival, for guardianship, for that indomitable battle intent!
Different from Old Zhang’s "Annihilation Stab" in its subtlety and restraint, this sword was filled with masculine, fierce, and irresistible dominance!
"This person, an unnamed War General from Ancient Times. Fought throughout his life, never defeated. In the borders of the battlefield of all realms, battled the Outer Heaven Demon for three thousand years, slayed billions of enemies, ultimately perished from exhaustion, but his battle intent was unextinguished, the notion of slaughter, penetrates ancient and modern."