Chapter 494 - 490: Going Back on One’s Word
"Th-this... How is this possible?"
Zhao Wushuang’s eyes were filled with shock.
Under the defense of his Great Saber Defense Technique, an attack that looked like it was about to dissipate had suddenly reversed at the last moment.
The fist shadow, which had been on the verge of vanishing, suddenly erupted with terrifying power.
BOOM!
The chaotic fist shadows suddenly converged.
They formed a fist shadow approximately ten meters tall, which looked as if it were forged from steel.
Vaguely, it resembled the ferocious head of a beast.
ROAR!
The fist slammed heavily into the circling blue great saber.
BANG!
A violent roar was accompanied by an incredibly terrifying blast of energy.
Faced with the fist shadow’s impact, which surged like a tidal wave, Zhao Wushuang’s body shook violently, and he was forced to retreat continuously.
STOMP! STOMP! STOMP!
Everywhere he backpedaled,
the ground boomed and cracked under his feet, leaving a series of deep, crater-like footprints.
"How is that possible? Zhao Wushuang’s Great Saber Defense Technique was broken?" someone exclaimed, their face pale with shock.
In the void, the few powerful experts who had just confidently declared Hong Yu’s certain defeat now had drastic changes in their expressions.
This scene was far too different from what they had predicted.
Bai Luoxue’s gaze turned cold. ’That punch... He can actually control his power with such finesse?’
’This Hong Yu is no simple character!’
Venerable Xiahuang narrowed his eyes.
Xiahuang Shang, however, quietly breathed a sigh of relief. ’Hong Yu, oh, Hong Yu, you really didn’t disappoint me!’
If the onlookers were merely amazed and found it incredible,
then...
as the one on the receiving end, Zhao Wushuang was utterly horrified.
He knew very well just how powerful and terrifying his Great Saber Defense Technique was!
Even if an ordinary Unparalleled Genius attacked him, as long as they didn’t use any Secret Techniques or High-level Martial Skills, it would be difficult for them to break through his Great Saber Defense Technique.
He stared at Hong Yu in surprise, forcibly suppressing the churning qi and blood in his body. "Good, very good. What a man, this Hong Yu. To think you possess such power. Tsk, tsk, no wonder my little brother was so utterly defeated by you!"
"Heh, that was only the first move. Are you thinking of backing out already?" Hong Yu said with a slight smile.
Zhao Wushuang stared at him with a grim gaze.
A savage look crossed his face. "Don’t worry. Since I agreed not to retaliate within three moves, I absolutely will not. This time, I’d like to see just how you’ll break my defense!"
Zhao Wushuang’s arms tensed violently.
The muscles on his body bulged like blocks of lead, becoming incomparably hard.
Cyan veins bulged on his skin, looking like cyan Flood Dragons lying dormant within his body.
They contained endless power, and as it flowed, it gathered into a heart-pounding fluctuation.
The force was incomparably strong.
ROAR!
The Big Saber on Zhao Wushuang’s back shot into the air and positioned itself horizontally. In an instant, a blue light enveloped his entire body, achieving Man and Blade Unity.
This was a terrifying Mystical Technique of momentum.
Moreover, it represented the highest pursuit of the Saber Dao.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
The blue light of the saber condensed into an indestructible suit of armor. He roared, "Bring it on!"
"As you wish!"
Hong Yu grinned, and a cyan light enveloped his body.
Rings of green energy coiled around his arm like long snakes. "Great Destruction Fist!"
Nine rings of light stacked one upon another, circling his arm.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The nine halos successively collided and fused together.
Heaven and Earth Have Me!
This fist was tyrannical and unparalleled!
BUZZ! BUZZ!
This punch made him seem like an unrivaled sovereign.
"Get lost!"
Zhao Wushuang shouted coldly.
The light of his great saber was brilliant, and the armor was dazzling.
The two attacks finally collided.
PING!
In that instant, everything in the world seemed to freeze.
Even the swaying leaves froze in place.
BUZZ!
Two completely different energies collided with each other.
It was like two terrifying Desolate Beasts crashing and tearing at each other, fighting for supremacy.
The next moment!
BOOM!
The blue light of the Great Saber Defense Technique was blinding.
Zhao Wushuang’s expression changed again. He discovered that the blue armor condensed by his Great Saber Defense Technique was actually showing fine cracks, spreading out like a spiderweb.
’Even the Second Layer of the Great Saber Defense Technique can’t block it?’
Zhao Wushuang’s pupils contracted violently.
"Hahaha, Zhao Wushuang, take my third move!"
Hong Yu suddenly struck.
A cyan radiance pulsed from the dragon tail behind him. With a KAKA sound from its Dragon Scales, it suddenly rose up. The tip of the dragon tail pulsed with a sharp glow and, with a SWISH, it lashed out horizontally at Zhao Wushuang, viciously striking the blue armor.
BANG!
The dragon tail was incomparably sharp.
It directly pierced through the defense of the blue light armor.
Watching the dragon tail rush toward him, Zhao Wushuang’s gaze fluctuated wildly as a sense of unease spread through him.
He retreated abruptly.
But Hong Yu was one step faster.
He suddenly gave chase, and the cyan glow pulsing from the dragon tail, even sharper than the Godslaying Spear, shot straight for Zhao Wushuang’s heart.
"Dammit!"
Zhao Wushuang’s expression flickered.
He took a deep breath.
Then, with a furious roar, he raised his arm, and the blue light Big Saber suddenly appeared horizontally before him.
CLANG!
A tremor ran through it as immense force was transmitted, knocking Zhao Wushuang backward.
He glared furiously. "Hong Yu, you’re courting death!"
Zhao Wushuang was about to swing his Big Saber.
But Hong Yu just smiled coldly. "The third move isn’t over yet!"
"Hm?"
Zhao Wushuang, who was about to counterattack, was momentarily stunned.
With a SWISH, the tip of Hong Yu’s piercing dragon tail burst open, and four Dragon Scales shot out, faster than shooting stars.
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
The four Dragon Scales slammed into the blue light Big Saber with roaring power.
Each impact carried the ultimate level of power, forcing Zhao Wushuang back several steps. When the fourth Dragon Scale struck the blue light Big Saber,
the terrifying force knocked the weapon from his grasp.
Zhao Wushuang felt the webbing between his thumb and forefinger go numb and swell, then tear open, blood flowing freely.
CLANG!
The blue light Big Saber stabbed deep into the ground, more than half of its blade buried.
"That’s the fourth move!"
Hong Yu spun around, his dragon tail sweeping along with the momentum.
This was a move Hong Yu comprehended after breaking through to the Third Layer of the Cyan Celestial Transformation Dragon Technique, the Cyan Dragon Sacred Body, during his seclusion.
A single sweep of his tail could shatter a Fifth-grade Advanced Primordial Weapon.
Even a Sixth-Grade Primordial Weapon would be bent by the blow.
Faced with an attack as fast as lightning, Zhao Wushuang didn’t have time to recall his Primordial Weapon to block.
A vicious glint flashed in his eyes. "You forced my hand!"
A brilliant blue light erupted from behind Zhao Wushuang.
A giant saber, a full thirty meters tall, appeared out of thin air.
Streaks of blue light exploded like Thunder. An invisible, seemingly infinite power slashed down at Hong Yu.
BOOM!
The Mystical Illusion had already begun to solidify.
This was a sign that he was about to step into the Primordial Spirit Realm. The saber’s edge roared as it slammed directly into Hong Yu.
Hong Yu’s body trembled violently.
BANG!
Caught off guard, he was knocked back by the power of the slash and fell to the ground.
Zhao Wushuang let out a savage laugh. "Die!"
This slash tore through the void, aimed at taking Hong Yu’s life.
It all happened in a flash of lightning.
Even Hong Yu was a bit dazed.
"That damned Zhao Wushuang, he actually went back on his word?" Xiahuang Shang was furious.
Before the fight, Zhao Wushuang had claimed that if he used his hands, it would count as his defeat.
Just now, when he used his Mystical Illusion, he had already used both hands to attack Hong Yu. According to their agreement, he should have been defeated at that moment, and the fight should have stopped.
But...
Zhao Wushuang attacked again, determined to kill Hong Yu.
Just as Xiahuang Shang was about to step in and stop Zhao Wushuang from killing Hong Yu, Bai Luoxue suddenly moved forward and blocked him.
Xiahuang Shang said angrily, "Get out of my way!"
Bai Luoxue grinned. "Fifth Prince, if you do this, you’ll be breaking the rules, won’t you?"
"Screw the rules! Why didn’t you say anything when Zhao Wushuang was breaking them?" Xiahuang Shang couldn’t help but curse.
Bai Luoxue’s brow furrowed, and her expression turned icy.
At this moment, Venerable Xiahuang spoke up, "Fifth Brother, this is a battle between them, after all. We shouldn’t interfere, should we?"
"Big Brother, what do you mean by that? Are you just going to stand by and watch Hong Yu die?" Xiahuang Shang said angrily.
Venerable Xiahuang said indifferently, "Fifth Brother, watch your words."
"I..."
Xiahuang Shang was enraged.
But Bai Luoxue just sneered, "No need. It’s already too late!"
"Hm?"
Everyone quickly looked toward Hong Yu.
The massive saber’s edge was only half a meter from Hong Yu. Slicing him in two would take but the blink of an eye.
"Hahaha, Hong Yu, you should be proud to die by my hand!" Zhao Wushuang’s face was a mask of savagery.
This slash was about to take Hong Yu’s life.
RUMBLE!
The saber’s light had already fallen.
The tens-of-meters-long blue light Big Saber smashed into the earth.
With a series of BOOMS, the ground shattered. A fissure in the earth spread forward in the direction the blade pointed, stretching for several hundred meters and splitting the Liger Garden in two.
HUHU!
A fierce wind swept past.
The entire area fell silent.
Countless experts stared intently in the direction of the Liger Garden.
There...
where the blue Big Saber had struck, there was no longer any trace of Hong Yu.
All that remained was a massive crater.
This was the result of the saber’s aura exploding.
"Where’s Hong Yu? Is he dead?"
"What a pitiful guy. He was supposed to be an Unparalleled True Dragon, a figure of great renown, yet he’s fallen here?"
"Body and Dao extinguished?"
The experts sighed one after another with emotion.
Xiahuang Shang trembled all over. "Damn it, damn it all..."
A hint of triumph flickered in Venerable Xiahuang’s eyes as he said lightly, "Alas, what a pity. An incredible genius has vanished just like that."
Xiahuang Shang glared at him.
He was about to speak but suddenly paused. "Hm?"
Venerable Xiahuang felt the same sensation and looked over in astonishment.
Behind Zhao Wushuang, the void rippled like a calm ancient well into which a pebble had been tossed, sending out circle after circle of waves.
Suddenly, a figure appeared out of thin air.
It was Hong Yu!
At the most dangerous moment, he had timely used Electric Flash to dodge the attack, and now he had finally reappeared.
"Not good! Zhao Wushuang, be careful!" Venerable Xiahuang’s gaze turned cold, and he was about to make a move.
But Xiahuang Shang stepped forward and said coolly, "Big Brother, you said this was a private grudge between them. It wouldn’t be appropriate for us to interfere!"
"Fifth Brother, get out of my way!"
Venerable Xiahuang roared.
Xiahuang Shang snorted coldly. "You were the one who said it."
Venerable Xiahuang’s face alternated between green and white.
He never would have thought that Xiahuang Shang would now use the very same reason to stop him that he himself had just used to prevent Xiahuang Shang from saving Hong Yu.
This made Venerable Xiahuang incomparably furious.
At the same time...
Hong Yu had already condensed a cyan fist of light and, just as Zhao Wushuang turned around, it slammed into his body with a BANG.
PUFF!
Zhao Wushuang cried out miserably as he was sent flying backward...