Chapter 406 - 400: Cutting the Gordian Knot, All Captured
In an instant!
The sky above changed in a flash!
Dark clouds rolled in as a wild wind howled. Flashes of lightning flickered erratically, a thousand silver serpents dancing wildly in the sky!
From the heart of the clouds, amidst the raging thunder and lightning, a majestic, pitch-black Floating Battleship—like a dark emperor—descended, heralded by wind and thunder!
A voice drifted down from the battleship. It was lazy and gentle, yet focused and resonant, its every word distinct as it overpowered the cacophony of thunder and howling wind!
"A traitor to the sect dares to speak such nonsense, claiming to set things right?"
"How utterly ridiculous!"
"And as for you... you little brat from the Chu Family. If Chu Wunian himself came, that might be a different story!"
...
Hearing this voice,
In the auction hall,
The numerous cultivators looked up at the sky, their faces filled with shock.
Up in the heavens, the wind and thunder raged. A terrifying, boundless aura pressed down on the world in all directions!
"I’ve seen that Floating Battleship with my own eyes. It’s the Ghostly Flood Dragon!"
"It’s Mr. Su! He’s back!"
"This pressure... could it be that Mr. Su is already a Golden Core Master?!"
The cultivators in the hall burst into a flurry of discussion.
Su Ye!
The name was far too renowned!
To the cultivators of the Cyan Profound and Spirit Realm Sea Regions, Su Ye’s name was legendary!
He rose from obscurity, quelled the chaos in the immortal city, subjugated the Cyan Profound Sect, led an expedition across the sea, defeated the Sun-Eating Demon Emperor, and suppressed the Spirit Control Sect... Two great Golden Core sects had bowed to this man!
A great cultivator!
A legend of the seas!
...
At that moment.
Chu Jiangheng’s gaze hardened, his expression grim.
Su Ye’s sudden appearance had disrupted his plans.
And Su Ye’s arrogant words, treating him like a junior and insulting Chu Wunian, filled his heart with indignation!
For the cultivators of the Chu Family, their Golden Core Ancestor, Chu Wunian, held a supreme and inviolable status. How could he tolerate Su Ye’s insolence?
Fury rose in Chu Jiangheng’s heart as he thought,
’His reputation is just hot air, blown up by cultivators from some backwater place!’
’How dare he be so brazen as to humiliate my clan’s ancestor... In that case, I’ll defeat you head-on today and use it as a warning to this whole sea region!’
The thoughts flashed through Chu Jiangheng’s mind, a cold light glinting in his eyes. "I have long heard of your great name, fellow cultivator. It is my honor to meet you today. It seems like the perfect opportunity to witness your Divine Techniques for myself!"
Before his voice had even faded,
He raised his right arm, and a brilliant, lightning-like golden light flickered and coiled around it!
The golden light gathered in his palm, forming an orb of light that, in a mere moment, transformed into a heavy battle-axe shimmering with a radiant golden luster!
One could see that this heavy battle-axe was not merely condensed from Magical Power; it had a physical anchor, like a transparent crystal filled with a dazzling, brilliant golden light!
It was a magical treasure, and one that could synchronize with a cultivator’s technique to produce an effect where the whole was greater than the sum of its parts!
SWISH!
With a flash of golden light, Chu Jiangheng’s figure vanished instantly!
The dazzling, radiant golden axe, heavy with immense power, swung toward the Ghostly Flood Dragon with the force to split a mountain!
As expected of a direct descendant of the Chu Family, this attack was as swift as a bolt of lightning and as mighty as a clap of thunder, revealing his formidable foundation!
"Golden Radiance Evil-Slaying Axe!"
"That’s Jian Heng’s signature move!"
Chu Jiangyuan’s expression shifted, his face lighting up with excitement.
Back in the Day Flame Sea Region, he had once seen Chu Jiangheng use this very move on the battlefield to instantly kill a Late-stage Crystal demonic cultivator!
However.
"First, you should address me as ’Senior.’"
"Second, if you want to witness my Divine Techniques, it would be a different story if Chu Wunian were here."
"You... are not worthy."
Su Ye’s calm and composed voice drifted down from the clouds, like that of a lofty god looking down upon the mortal world!
Aboard the Ghostly Flood Dragon, Su ye, dressed in an intricate black robe with his dark hair cascading down, raised his hand. Boundless Magical Power surged, and a massive, deep-blue hand suddenly materialized!
Its aura was terrifying!
It pressed down toward Chu Jiangheng!
WHOOSH!
The deep-blue hand pressed down, like a god or demon from ancient myth whose single palm could crush an entire continent!
Everyone’s eyes were fixed, their breath held. They didn’t dare to look away for even a second. And right before their horrified gazes, the deep-blue hand and the radiant golden axe collided!
Unexpectedly,
There was no great roar.
There was no explosion.
POP.
It was like a bubble being popped.
The radiant gold representing Chu Jiangheng was instantly extinguished, vanishing without a trace!
This scene left everyone completely dumbfounded!
That was a Crystal Perfection cultivator, and he was defeated in a single move?!
THUD!
A figure was sent flying, crashing to the ground!
Chu Jiangheng coughed up blood repeatedly, his face pale!
The horror in his heart was simply indescribable. Su Ye’s strength was this terrifying! He had assumed that the famous cultivator from the Outer Sea was all talk, his reputation exaggerated!
But he never would have thought!
This Mr. Su was even more terrifying than the rumors claimed!
He had been defeated in the span of a single breath!
Utterly powerless to resist!
This terrifying display caused a dreadful thought to surface in Chu Jiangheng’s mind: ’Could it be... he wasn’t bluffing? Does he truly possess Divine Techniques capable of fighting a Golden Core Ancestor?’
’Impossible!’
’He’s just a Crystal-stage cultivator! How could that be?!’
And at that moment,
BOOM!
The deep-blue hand shifted from a palm to a single finger and pressed down on his body like a ten-thousand-ton hydraulic press!
CRACK.
His muscles and bones were shattered, and blood sprayed into the air!
"Brother!"
Chu Jiangyuan’s eyes looked ready to split from their sockets. Unable to maintain his composure any longer, he shrieked.
Deeply loyal to his brother, he ignored the vast difference in their cultivation levels and summoned his own magical treasure, preparing to attack.
However.
"Hm?"
The black-robed figure, slowly descending from mid-air, shot him a cold, indifferent glance.
A terrifying force of Divine Sense, like a sharp arrow, followed that gaze and slammed into Chu Jiangyuan’s sea of consciousness. He felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his body instantly freezing solid!
If Su Ye hadn’t held back, his spiritual soul would have been crushed and annihilated in that instant!
"Ah Yuan!"
Chu Jiangheng’s eyes turned bloodshot, a vicious glint appearing within them!