Chapter 492 - 488: Crushing Zhao Wuji
"Zhao Wuji, come out and die!"
An explosive roar followed a piercing beam of fist light.
The fist light wavered, casting mottled shadows as it struck like a sudden thunderclap.
If this punch were to land, the Liger Garden’s gate and front courtyard would be utterly obliterated.
This would be a heavy slap across the face of the Sword God Kingdom!
Just as the fist was about to land, a furious roar suddenly erupted from within the silent Liger Garden: "Bastard! You dare provoke the majesty of my Sword God Kingdom? You’re courting death!"
"BOOM!"
A powerful saber light coalesced in the void.
The saber light was like a brilliant radiance.
It was blue, completely transparent, ten meters long, and sharp enough to slice through a True Dragon.
"BANG!"
The Palm Light and the saber light smashed into each other.
An immense force surged out in all directions. The sweeping energy created a fierce tempest that roiled in the sky above the Liger Garden.
"Hm?"
Hong Yu frowned slightly.
A furious figure suddenly shot out from the Liger Garden.
This person was clad in silver armor.
On his back was a massive Long Saber. The hilt was a full thirty centimeters, and the entire saber was one and a half meters long.
Carried on his back, the blade extended past his knees.
This was a blood-stained Long Saber.
It radiated terrifying waves of energy, its edge lethally sharp. The Evil Qi it emanated soared to the heavens, enough to chill one’s heart with fear.
This was definitely a peerless, deadly weapon that had reaped countless lives!
"You’re Hong Yu?" Zhao Wuji said indifferently.
His aura was practically bursting with aggression.
He hovered in midair, giving off the sharp, intimidating impression of a peerless Divine Blade. His aggressive, oppressive aura bore down on Hong Yu.
The Divine Demon Wings on Hong Yu’s back vibrated slightly.
With a ripple of energy, he completely shattered the oppressive aura.
This move made everyone’s eyes widen in surprise.
"What a move! He can manipulate space with his Feather Wing Body Technique to mitigate the pressure from that aura."
"I’m afraid Hong Yu’s combat power is even greater than the rumors say!"
"But Zhao Wuji is ranked eleventh among the Unparalleled True Dragons. Hong Yu shouldn’t be a match for him!"
"Not only that, I’ve heard that the Infinite Divine Saber Skill Zhao Wuji cultivates is a Martial Skill that surpasses the Celestial Level! And with that custom-forged Infinite Divine Blade of his, he’s even killed a Primordial Spirit Realm expert!"
"Even if he’s not an Unparalleled Genius, he’s still terrifying!"
By now, no fewer than a thousand experts had gathered, many of them outstanding figures of the True Dragon Level, all immensely powerful.
Their judgment was just as sharp.
They could see Zhao Wuji’s power at a glance.
Compared to Zhao Wuji’s ostentatious posture, Hong Yu was far more reserved and low-key.
He took a deep breath, his eyes glinting with a sharp light. "You’re Zhao Wuji? Where are my friends? Let them go!"
"Heh heh, you want to see your friends, is that it? Fine!"
Zhao Wuji clapped his hands sharply.
The crisp sound of the clap echoed across the sky above the Liger Garden.
Inside the Liger Garden.
From a large Lotus Pond within, three wooden pillars slowly rose from the bottom, accompanied by several powerful auras.
A figure was tied to each of the three pillars.
Luoo Xiaoguai, Xu Wudi, and Landy were bound securely to them.
All their cultivation fluctuations were completely suppressed. They had clearly been branded with a Seal, unable to circulate their Primordial Gang’s Power, and they were soaking wet.
Their bodies were covered in lash marks.
They were covered in wounds, and blood had soaked through their clothes.
Only moments before, they had all been submerged in the icy water of the Lotus Pond, suffering torment.
"PTUI... COUGH COUGH COUGH..."
Landy coughed violently.
He continuously spat out bloody water, his nostrils filled with mud he had inhaled from the bottom of the Lotus Pond.
He struggled to open his eyes.
He had already been soaking in the pond for an entire night.
As the dignified Crown Prince of the Ice Kingdom, when had he ever suffered such an ordeal? He squinted his eyes, saw Hong Yu, and immediately spoke: "Hong... Hong Yu... You’re finally here."
Luoo Xiaoguai’s face was pale and his aura was weak. "Hong Yu is here?"
Xu Wudi bit her lip, saying nothing.
But her eyes were filled with self-blame and guilt. Hong Yu had entrusted Little Chenxi to her care, but Little Chenxi had been taken. How could Xu Wudi not feel terrible?
Hong Yu watched, his eyes nearly splitting from rage.
A blazing inferno of rage rose in his eyes.
His eyes flashed with a blade-like light as he stared intently at Zhao Wuji. "You did this?"
"Jie jie, your friends are pretty tough, especially that tomboy in the red leather armor. I whipped her all night long, and she didn’t even make a peep. Tsk tsk, what a stubborn temper!" Zhao Wuji said frigidly.
His voice was like ice.
Tyrannical and grim.
Hearing this, Hong Yu suddenly bellowed, "Bastard, you’re courting death!"
Zhao Wuji was completely unbridled. "It’s not certain who will be the one to die!"
"BOOM!"
The two of them attacked at the same time without any warning.
Hong Yu clenched one hand into a fist, and as his fingers closed, a thunderous sound from his punch shook the void.
The air boomed.
"SWISH!"
An incomparably ferocious punch suddenly and bizarrely appeared right in front of Zhao Wuji.
His current speed was astonishingly fast.
With a single move, he could cross hundreds of meters. This punch, augmented by his momentum, was powerful enough to make one’s heart pound in terror.
Zhao Wuji’s expression changed slightly. ’He really has some skill. But this isn’t nearly enough!’
The moment the words left his mouth, Zhao Wuji’s figure moved and retreated.
The Long Saber on his back shot towards the heavens with a BUZZ.
It circled once above his head, its sharp edge whistling as it soared, before slashing down with a BOOM.
Six Paths of blade light struck out.
With a single draw of his saber, he had conjured six terrifying beams of blade light. His drawing technique was truly formidable.
"BOOM!"
The blade light chopped down on the Fist Gang.
Hong Yu was forcefully driven back by the blade light, his arm going numb and swelling with excruciating pain.
"Infinite Divine Saber Skill!"
Zhao Wuji snorted coldly.
He gripped the Long Saber and slashed through the air, instantly unleashing nine beams of blue blade light.
These nine beams of light struck from nine different directions.
They were definitely heart-chillingly sharp blades.
"This Infinite Divine Blade of mine was personally forged by the strongest Spiritual Craftsman in the Sword God Kingdom! It’s an exclusive Primordial Weapon made specifically to match my Infinite Divine Saber Skill. Killing you will be as easy as slaughtering a pig or a dog!"
Zhao Wuji sneered endlessly.
The brilliant light of the Infinite Divine Blade shot straight for Hong Yu’s face.
"This is bad! The Infinite Divine Blade’s trajectory seems clear, but it’s actually infinite and endless, hiding many profound variations. Hong Yu is doomed to lose!"
"With Zhao Wuji’s mastery of the Infinite Divine Saber Skill, the hidden attacks have probably already sealed off all of Hong Yu’s escape routes. There’s no way he can survive by a fluke."
"What a pity. With his strength, he had a chance to break into the top fifty of the Unparalleled True Dragons, but he’s going to fall here!"
These words all fell upon Zhao Wuji’s ears.
A sharp glint flickered in his eyes as he thought to himself, ’Big Brother said this guy would be hard to deal with? Tsk tsk, he was really making a mountain out of a molehill!’
However, the next moment, the smug look on his face completely froze, replaced by sheer astonishment.
Hong Yu stood unmoving in the void, the corners of his lips curling up as a terrifying layer of light suddenly condensed around his body.
"BOOM!"
His Mid-stage Primordial Embryo Realm cultivation erupted completely.
A layer of cyan light enveloped him, and a long tail covered in cyan Dragon Scales slowly extended from behind him, its appearance causing a sonic boom that shook the void.
"Divine Dragon Tail Swing!"
Hong Yu’s body twisted.
The cyan dragon tail behind him suddenly spun, rotating like the body of a True Dragon.
WHOOSH WHOOSH!
The cyan dragon tail lashed out. Wherever it passed, a streak of cyan light cut through the sky, forcefully shattering the nine sharp beams of blade light.
Immediately after, Hong Yu’s figure leaped into the air.
The instant he leaped, three beams of blade light hidden in space abruptly appeared where he had been standing. With a few crisp BOOMS, they slammed into his back, kicking up a cloud of smoke.
Hong Yu’s figure paused for a moment. As the blood and qi roiled inside him, a cold glint appeared in his eyes. "So this is the so-called Infinite Divine Saber Skill? Its power is just average!"
"You..."
Zhao Wuji’s eyes flew wide.
He laughed in extreme anger. "Good, good, good! You dare to look down on my Infinite Divine Saber Skill? Today, I will use this blade to sever your head and consecrate it with your blood!"
At this thought, Zhao Wuji’s figure shot forward.
A single Arrow Step covered a hundred meters.
His figure tore through the air as eighteen slashes flew out, like eighteen blue rainbows piercing the sky.
A blue light flickered in Hong Yu’s left eye.
He could clearly see that hidden among the eighteen beams of blade light were actually nine more obscure blade auras, whistling towards him.
That made for a total of twenty-seven blade auras.
They arranged themselves into a blinding curtain of blade auras, sealing off all of Hong Yu’s escape routes.
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
The dazzling lights slammed into Hong Yu’s body one after another.
"THUD THUD THUD!"
Hong Yu’s figure was continuously pushed back by the impact of the blade auras.
The blood and qi within him churned.
The force of the blows thundered.
The rampaging energy dissipated in an instant. Hong Yu’s body was covered in a cyan-green light, and he was completely unharmed.
"Th-This is impossible! Even Big Brother couldn’t face the Infinite Divine Saber Skill and come out completely unscathed!" Zhao Wuji’s face was a mask of astonishment.
He had cultivated his Infinite Divine Saber Skill to the absolute limit.
He had achieved an extremely high level of mastery.
With the power of such a High-level Martial Skill Saber Technique, it was enough for him to run rampant among the Unparalleled True Dragons.
Even the experts in the top ten of the Unparalleled True Dragons had to face it with caution.
But in the face of such an attack, Hong Yu was actually completely unscathed?
’What kind of Body Refining Technique did he cultivate? How is his physical body so powerful?’ Zhao Wuji was inexplicably shocked.
Hong Yu dusted himself off and looked at Zhao Wuji with an indifferent expression. "You’ve been the one attacking this whole time. Now, it’s my turn!"
"Hm?"
Zhao Wuji was stunned for a moment, then laughed in fury. "You’re too arrogant!"
"You’ll find out soon enough whether I’m arrogant or not!"
The moment his voice fell, Hong Yu’s six Divine Demon Wings vibrated in the air. He shot forward a hundred meters, closing in on Zhao Wuji in an instant.
He was enveloped in cyan light.
His dragon tail swept out, crossing the sky like a Dragon and Phoenix Long Whip. With a CRACK, it wrapped around the Long Saber in Zhao Wuji’s hand and, with a WHOOSH, yanked it back fiercely.
"Ah!"
Zhao Wuji cried out in alarm.
The Long Saber in his hand couldn’t withstand the force of Hong Yu’s dragon tail and was forcefully flung away.
Immediately after, Hong Yu’s dragon tail swept out. As the Long Saber was sent flying, the tail’s follow-through slammed forcefully into Zhao Wuji, smashing him to the ground.
"Great Destruction Fist!"
He lunged forward, smashing down with a punch.
A brilliant light shot straight for his chest.
Zhao Wuji rolled over to dodge, but how could Hong Yu let him get away?
He smashed down with both fists again.
"BANG! BANG!"
Three consecutive punches rained down.
The terrifying fist light slammed into Zhao Wuji just as he was struggling to his feet. His body shuddered, and he collapsed to the ground once more. Another punch landed with a BOOM, smashing into his back.
"PUH!"
Zhao Wuji spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
This punch had forcefully broken six of his ribs, and the ground beneath him caved in, forming a half-meter-deep pit.
A beatdown!
A complete and utter beatdown!
Facing Hong Yu’s continuous, savage beating, Zhao Wuji didn’t even have a shred of strength to fight back.
This scene left everyone completely dumbfounded.
"I told you, you would pay the price today!"
Hong Yu chuckled, "Tsk tsk," and gathered his power for another punch, smashing it down again.
But right at that moment, a terrifying beam of blade light suddenly shot in from the distant sky. "Stop!"
[Two more Chapters to come, around 9 o’clock!]