Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

The fallen leaves and petals covered the ground, as the mighty strike of the Nine-leaf Sword Emperor was crushed head-on, leaving behind only the Forbidden Zone Sword Emperor spitting blood.

"What?!!!!"

"Why?"

"This! This..."

At this moment, countless Forbidden Area Ancient Emperors and Ancient Emperors stood up abruptly, their expressions shaken.

Why?

This completely exceeded these people’s calculations!

There wasn’t any reason.

Clearly, both were Forbidden Zone Sword Emperors, their talents and wisdom were comparable or even the Nine-leaf Sword Emperor was stronger, and both were Eight-character Immortal Scripture Ancient Emperors, with no interference from any living being.

It was clearly so!

The battle was supposed to be fierce, bloody, fought to the peak, how could there be such a one-sided situation?

What kind of cause and effect existed that they overlooked?

𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Many Forbidden Area Ancient Emperors sensed a hint of danger.

...

Under the starry sky, the green-clothed youth walked step by step towards the blood-spitting, eerily handsome Sword Emperor, full of murderous intent, as if freezing the Three Thousand Heavenly Dao.

Dong!

Dong dong dong!

Each step of this Forbidden Zone Sword Emperor sounded like stomping on the great drum of the starry sky, emitting a terrifying death knell.

"Your sword!"

"Your dao..."

The Nine-leaf Sword Emperor coldly murmured, understanding the source of the power disparity after a strike.

The sword of the Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor was stronger than his!

The dao of the Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor, the Immortal Scripture of the Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor was stronger than his!

Although still within the realm of the Eight-character Immortal Scripture, he had delved very deeply into the Eight-character Immortal Scripture. Although it didn’t form a crushing advantage over the Eight-character Immortal Scripture, the difference was undeniable. The "Destruction Sun Immortal Scripture" was more efficient in utilizing the Power of Heaven and Earth and the Great Dao than the "Grass Character Immortal Sword Scripture"!

There were also some unobservable disparities.

This led to the reason why the Nine-leaf Sword Emperor was repelled with a single strike by the Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor, spitting blood. Although there was no suppression in rank, there was a difference in power magnitude.

"Like an ant, Fellow Daoist."

"You should die."

Jiang Ding lightly chuckled.

Clang!

The brilliant Sword-light bloomed accordingly.

At the moment the sword was thrust, the vast Star River instantly solidified, with the Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth of the Five Elements, space, time, and cause and effect freezing differently.

At the center of this solidified Star River was the Nine-leaf Sword Emperor!

He was like an insect trapped in amber, his movements increasingly hindered, the operation of the Divine Soul Path becoming more sluggish, even the operation of the Divine Sense was becoming intermittent, as if entering the End of Dharma Age where Immortal Paths vanished, the power of the Divine Soul Path was rapidly disappearing.

However, this was just an anomaly before that End of Dharma Sword Light was even unleashed!

When that End of Dharma Sword Light truly bloomed, an infinite and terrifying killing intent erupted, a Sword-light slicing through the endless, even slashing between the essence of the souls of living beings, erasing them completely from the soul level of cause and effect. This was a sword to slay the Forbidden Zone Sword Emperor!

A terrifying premonition of death hovered in the heart of the Nine-leaf Sword Emperor.

Even the Eight-character Immortal Scripture couldn’t transcend this moment, still caught in the predicament.

"Extinguish! Soul!"

The Nine-leaf Sword Emperor roared lowly among the amber-like Star River.

His body was nearly shattering, the Grass Sword almost bent, yet his will to fight was unyielding, even advancing further through blood and death, infusing his Mana and Divine Sense into the blade, merging with the Divine Soul Path to cleave out an infinitely deep blue Sword-light, nearly transforming the entire Divine Soul Path into a sharp sword.

Clang!

At the instant this concentrated strike was delivered, the surrounding Star River, solid as amber, finally eased.

The Nine-leaf Sword Emperor could tear through space, slashing towards that invisible Suppressing Void Killing Sword, where the swords of two Forbidden Zone Sword Emperors crossed again in the starry sky.

Boom!

Boom boom...

As if the universe opened up!

The Great Dao was in chaos, the rules shattered, the Star River turned upside down, numerous worlds and ancient realms shifted in the wild spatial turbulence, deviating from their original orbits, sparking all sorts of disasters, both natural and man-made, affected by the clash between the Forbidden Zone Sword Emperors.

Boom!

This clash led to the retreat of the handsome and eerie young Swordsman!

The Divine Soul Path was no match for the End of Dharma Path!

This wasn’t about the gap between the Great Daos, but the difference between the beings who wield them. Even among the Eight-character Immortal Scripture Forbidden Zone Sword Emperors, there was a disparity in strength.

"Kill!"

Despite spitting blood, the Nine-leaf Sword Emperor fought on without retreat, roaring as he once more charged towards the green-clothed youth.

The two Forbidden Zone Sword Emperors engaged in a brutal melee within the Star River, their Sword-light traversing across a hundred billion light years, both having reached the skill limit of endless starry sky Swordsmanship. The clashing Sword-light invoked the Great Dao of heaven and earth, fiercely fighting, the Sword Dao Will and Sword Dao Art revealed with each Sword-light intertwined, enough to Enlighten the Dao for onlookers.

Numerous Sword Emperors and Forbidden Area Ancient Emperors focused intently, their hearts turbulent, watching this pinnacle battle within the endless starry sky.

"The Nine-leaf Sword Emperor no longer wishes to engage head-on."

"He aims to suppress the Sword Master with Swordsmanship..."

The Time Order Ancient Emperor’s eyes sparkled as he praised.

The Nine-leaf Sword Emperor was noticeably unmatched in power, thus choosing to constantly retreat, constantly unloading force, occasionally exploiting weaknesses in Swordsmanship to strike fiercely, breaking through again, reclaiming some of the disadvantages in Swordsmanship.

In doing so, the battle between the two Forbidden Zone Sword Emperors reached a stalemate.

No longer displaying a one-sided trend.

In the blink of an eye, they had fiercely fought for thousands of moves!

By this time, the Nine-leaf Sword Emperor was covered in bruises, full of blood, with many areas showing deep wounds, exposing a flesh body akin to grass stalks.

"Nine-leaf Friend,"

"Quite clever, to hold me off for such a long time..."

Jiang Ding, filled with murderous intent, yet spoke with a smile.

Boom!

A single sword, like the descending sun!

The glory of the End of Dharma Path shone brilliantly, the sun from the End of Dharma Era suppressed all directions, the operation of Sword-light seamlessly integrated, reflected Swordsmanship exceeding a notch above pre-battle, advancing further at the peak.

"You, truly deserve death!"

The Nine-leaf Sword Emperor roared lowly.

His Swordsmanship also made progress.

A same-rank opponent offers an utmost opportunity for a Sword Cultivator, especially when it’s a fellow Sword Cultivator, such opportunities are rare outside of the Golden Era.

Both Forbidden Zone Sword Emperors improved halfway through their struggle, becoming stronger.

But!

The Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor’s progress was more!

This wasn’t due to talents and wisdom, in which the Nine-leaf Sword Emperor exceeded his opponent, the most crucial cause of the gap was the difference between the Great Dao and Immortal Scriptures.

Dao is the foundation, technique is the branches!

Immortal Scripture is the foundation for Sword Cultivators, a Sword Cultivator with a higher Immortal Scripture is more likely to Enlighten the Dao. If the Nine-leaf Sword Emperor possessed the same height of Immortal Scripture as the Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor, he would definitely have understood more than the current Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor, talent and wisdom are critically important, contributing to such a vast difference.

Yet the current fact is, the Nine-leaf Sword Emperor’s Immortal Scripture height is too low!

This is the source of his current tragic predicament!

Now, the Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor not only surpassed him in power but also in Swordsmanship, now there’s no longer any visible hope of victory.

Even though he continuously retreated, constantly delaying, unwilling to engage in frontal combat, now he is similarly close to the limit.

Seeing no hope of any victory.