Chapter 710: Slay Everything
How could this Puppet Technique be so troublesome?
The Demon Swordsman was immensely troubled by the Cloud Mist Puppet. The puppet could disperse and reform unpredictably. Even if he slashed it apart with his sword, it would quickly restore itself. Moreover, the Cloud Sword it wielded, seemingly condensed from mist, was as solid as steel. While not as powerful as a Holy Artifact, it was comparable to a Dao Artifact, and its might was not to be underestimated.
WHOOSH!
The Cloud Mist Puppet attacked with its sword. The Cloud Sword, dozens of meters long, shot across the sky, carrying a dense Spatial Force as it slashed toward the Demon Swordsman. He moved to parry the blow, but Su Han’s Soul Severing Sword attacked him from behind.
Caught in a pincer attack, the Demon Swordsman was struggling to cope. He had tried various ways to eliminate Su Han first, as the Cloud Mist Puppet was Su Han’s Secret Technique. Once Su Han was dead, the puppet would naturally dissipate. However, Su Han possessed the Character Technique of Motion. His speed was so incredible and his reflexes so sharp that the Demon Swordsman could not defeat him quickly, even at full power. Instead, he only ended up exhausting his own Spiritual Energy.
"Sun, Moon, and Stars Triple Forms: Sun Annihilation!"
Unable to use his full strength, Su Han resorted to the Nineteenth Prince’s techniques to fight the Demon Swordsman. He continuously executed the Sun, Moon, and Stars Triple Forms while simultaneously controlling the Cloud Mist Puppet. Their combined efforts were relentlessly wearing down the Demon Swordsman’s Spiritual Energy with great effect.
I can’t go on like this, or I’ll be worn down to death!
The Demon Swordsman recognized the problem. His Spiritual Energy had dwindled to less than eighty percent. If this rate of consumption continued, his dwindling Spiritual Energy would put him in increasing danger. Although Su Han was only at the Supreme Realm Seventh Level, his Combat Power was comparable to the Supreme Realm Ninth Layer. Even the Demon Swordsman dared not underestimate him.
"I originally saved this move for the Sword Maniac, but since you’re so eager to die, I’ll let you have the first taste," the Demon Swordsman said, staring intently at Su Han as his Despair Sword Intent erupted like a volcano. Having achieved Sword Intent Great Achievement, he possessed all sorts of unimaginable abilities. Fusing it with his Divine Sense to unleash a strike of despair was one such ability, and this was another variation.
"Intermediate Grade Divine Power: Despairing Wail!"
The Demon Swordsman unleashed his Divine Power Technique. An invisible and intangible will of despair spread out, heading straight for Su Han. All sorts of desperate voices immediately flooded his ears.
"Please, kill me. I don’t want to live anymore!"
"My family is all dead. I don’t want to live alone. This world has nothing left for me."
"Let’s perish together! Let the world be destroyed with me!"
These voices of despair—for the world, for humanity, and for oneself—constantly battered Su Han’s sea of consciousness, trying to corrupt his Heart Spirit and make him one of the despairing. Furthermore, a horrific vision unfolded before his eyes: the ruins of a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Corpses were strewn everywhere, rivers of blood flowed, and the air was filled with wails and cries. It was a miserable sight, like a Living Hell.
The voices of despair and the vision of this hell on earth were completely immersive, breeding an unstoppable sense of hopelessness that made one want to leave this world and seek release. At this moment, each despairing wail transformed into an invisible sword, and each vision of the Living Hell became a blade of despair. The terrifying intent wrapped around Su Han, threatening to shatter both his Dao Heart and his soul.
The sensation was intense and impossible to guard against. This was the very essence of the Demon Swordsman’s Divine Power Technique. An ordinary person would be completely unable to withstand it, and even Su Han’s Invincible Tao Xin and Defying Heavenly Demon Will began to waver.
Kill, kill, kill, kill everything!
Su Han’s Slaughter Sword Intent burst forth. He recalled his first encounter with the Soul Severing Sword in the Yuelan Ancient Battlefield. Only by tasting death could one truly grasp the essence of slaughter.
What despair? What wails? I’ll simply slaughter them all.
As the will to slaughter surged, Su Han’s eyes gradually turned from black to a dark red. The violent killing intent directly shattered the vision of the Living Hell and silenced the voices of despair in his ears. Finally, Su Han broke free from the Demon Swordsman’s Divine Power Technique. However, the Demon Swordsman seized this opportunity to dart past the Cloud Mist Puppet, closing the distance and appearing right before Su Han. The primary purpose of his technique was to disrupt his opponent’s mind; the true killing blow was the Void Demon Sword in his hand.
HISS!
The Demon Swordsman hadn’t expected Su Han to break free from his technique so quickly. At this moment, however, he struck without mercy. The Void Demon Sword, carrying a terrifying sharpness, slashed directly toward Su Han’s neck, aiming to behead him with a single blow.
CLANG!
Su Han gripped the Soul Severing Sword. As his Slaughter Sword Intent soared, the sword seemed to come alive, erupting with Yin Energy to block the Demon Swordsman’s fatal blow.
"Deadly Sword Technique: Severing River of Stars!"
Su Han’s eyes remained as dark red as blood, his killing intent a surging tide. His aura swelled as he imbued the Soul Severing Sword with his Slaughter Sword Intent and once again executed the deadly technique from the "Sun, Moon, and Stellar Art." In an instant, large stellar illusions, the Sword Light Bright Moon, and the black Sword Sun appeared around Su Han. They then swiftly merged, flowing into the Soul Severing Sword and transforming into a dazzlingly brilliant sword radiance.
"Slash!"
Holding the Soul Severing Sword, Su Han slashed at the Demon Swordsman. The sword radiance swept across the sky, unstoppable, as if it could sever the sun, moon, and stars. It carried with it an endless Slaughter Sword Intent that was ferocious and world-shaking.
"Chaotic Demon Sword Technique!"
The Demon Swordsman’s pupils shrank as he felt an intense sense of crisis. Daring not to be careless, he circulated his Cultivation Technique, drawing upon his Spiritual Energy while fully unleashing his Despair Sword Intent, once again deploying the Chaotic Demon Sword Technique. This was the swordsmanship he was most proficient in. As he brandished the Void Demon Sword, it was like a horde of demons dancing wildly, carrying a destructive force that could extinguish life as it slashed toward Su Han.
BOOM!
Sword radiance erupted with a thunderous explosion. The very space itself collapsed into nothingness. The terrible Sword Qi transformed into a sweeping storm. Even at a great distance, the onlookers on the ground felt the Sword Qi grazing their faces, an unbearable pain. This single strike represented the all-out clash between Su Han and the Demon Swordsman. Its power was no weaker than a blow from an ordinary saint. It was so shocking that even the Sword Lunatic and Sword Maniac paused their own battle, their gazes fixed on the clash in utter shock.
"Divine Sense Condensed Sword!"
At that moment, a flash of brilliance appeared in Su Han’s eyes. In his sea of consciousness, the one hundred and eight Divine Sense Stellars transformed into a surge of Divine Sense Power, rapidly condensing into an invisible and intangible sword of Divine Sense.
HISS!
Su Han’s Divine Sense was already powerful, and it had been further refined under the waterfall at the Haoran Sect. Now, the sword of Divine Sense whistled out, slashing directly into the Demon Swordsman’s sea of consciousness and heavily wounding him.
SPLAT!
Simultaneously, the Cloud Mist Puppet brandished its Cloud Sword and slashed down, striking the Demon Swordsman with perfect precision. Instantly, the Demon Swordsman was sent flying backward, spraying blood across the sky. Seeing this, everyone was left dumbstruck and incredulous.
The Demon Swordsman... was defeated?