Chapter 796: Silent Eternal Night!
Whoosh!
A pitch-black Sword Qi swept out.
The aura of that Sword Qi did not seem particularly shocking, but the moment it appeared, endless darkness spread across the arena. In the blink of an eye, the entire battlefield was submerged in absolute blackness.
The weaker spectators cursed in frustration. They could no longer see what was happening inside the arena, nor could they clearly sense the fluctuations within.
Only the stronger experts remained calm, their eyes fixed on the darkness.
Within the black arena, hundreds of black strands of Sword Qi silently approached Li Yun from all directions. Each strand was perfectly hidden within the darkness. There was no sound, no killing intent, and no obvious fluctuation.
It was a truly sinister and deadly sword move.
But the moment those strands of Sword Qi entered Li Yun’s range, the Slaughter Sword Intent surrounding him erupted once again.
The crimson aura tore through the darkness like a god of slaughter descending into the night.
Li Yun slowly raised his sword.
This time, the surrounding darkness trembled under the pressure of his Sword Intent alone. The black energy that formed Silent Eternal Night was suppressed so completely that it became unstable before his sword even fell.
Then Li Yun swung his sword.
A vast crimson sword light burst out.
It was like a bloody moon rising in endless darkness.
It was like the only law that existed in a world of slaughter.
Every black strand of Sword Qi in its path shattered instantly. The darkness covering the arena was split apart as if the night itself had been cut open. In only a single breath, Silent Eternal Night was broken completely.
From outside the arena, everyone saw the darkness suddenly split open from the center, followed by a dazzling crimson light surging into the sky.
The entire audience fell silent.
That scene was simply too shocking.
Absolute Sword Path’s so-called strongest move had been broken just as easily as the first two.
No.
It had not merely been broken.
It had been crushed.
The crimson sword light did not stop after tearing apart Silent Eternal Night. It continued forward with frightening momentum, carrying the full suppressive power of Li Yun’s Slaughter Sword Intent.
Absolute Sword Path’s face lost all color.
He wanted to block.
He wanted to retreat.
He wanted to resist.
But under the pressure of that terrifying Slaughter Sword Intent, his own sword will had already begun to collapse. In front of Li Yun’s sword, he felt as if he were no longer facing a fellow genius, but an unstoppable tide of slaughter.
His confidence shattered.
His momentum shattered.
Even the sword in his hand seemed to have lost its spirit.
"Impossible."
He let out a furious and unwilling roar as he desperately raised his longsword to block.
Bang!
The crimson sword light descended mercilessly.
Absolute Sword Path’s defense collapsed instantly. His entire body was blasted backward like a leaf caught in a storm. Blood sprayed from his mouth, and his pitch-black longsword flew out of his hand, spinning through the air before crashing heavily onto the arena floor.
His body followed shortly afterward.
He landed outside the arena boundary, pale-faced and trembling, with blood staining the front of his robes.
The battle was over.
Li Yun stood quietly on the arena with his sword in hand, while the last wisps of crimson slaughter aura slowly circled around him before sinking back into his body.
Silence filled the surroundings.
No one spoke for several breaths.
The outcome of this fight had gone far beyond anyone’s expectations.
They had expected an intense battle between two peak sword geniuses.
They had expected the two of them to fight fiercely for the title of the strongest Sword Dao genius below the Spirit Manifestation Realm.
Instead, what they had seen was complete suppression.
From beginning to end, Absolute Sword Path never stood a chance.
His attacks were all destroyed.
His strongest move was crushed.
And he himself was defeated by Li Yun’s follow-up strike after his final attack was broken.
Only then did everyone truly understand.
When it came to the sword, Absolute Sword Path could not compete with Li Yun at all.
When it came to the title of the strongest Sword Dao genius below the Spirit Manifestation Realm, the answer had already been decided.
Li Yun was the only one worthy of that title.
An old swordsman in the audience exhaled slowly and said in a low voice, "From today onward, below the Spirit Manifestation Realm, there is no second person who can compete with Li Yun in the Dao of the Sword."
On the arena, Li Yun calmly lowered his sword.
He did not look at the shocked crowd, nor did he continue looking at the defeated Absolute Sword Path for long.
In his eyes, the moment he revealed Slaughter Sword Intent, the result of this battle had already been decided.
"It is Li Yun. To think that the strongest swordsman of this Heaven’s Chosen Assembly would actually be him."
"A cultivator who is only at the 2nd level of Heavenly Core Realm has become the strongest swordsman of this Heaven’s Chosen Assembly. If this news spreads, I am afraid the entire Northern Territory will be shaken."
"I wonder how far Li Yun can go. Can he enter the top ten, or can he reach an even higher level?"
At this moment, the gaze everyone directed toward Li Yun changed once again.
By defeating Absolute Sword Path, Li Yun had completely proven that he possessed the strength to enter the top ten. Next, the only suspense was how far he could go among the top ten.
The top ten of the Heaven’s Chosen Assembly and the rankings outside the top ten were two completely different levels.
Similarly, the top ten, the top five, and the top three were vastly different stages.
No one thought Li Yun could enter the top three, and few believed he could break into the top five. At the very least, however, he now had the ability to strive for a higher ranking, such as eighth or seventh place.
Aside from a few people like Huang Tianlin, even geniuses at the level of Mei Yaorao and Old Ghost Wei had solemn expressions.
By now, no matter how unwilling they were, they had to admit that Li Yun indeed had the qualifications to stand alongside them.
He even had the possibility of threatening them.
With the struggle for the strongest swordsman concluded, the next few battles seemed somewhat dull. Either the gap between the fighters was too large, leaving no suspense, or both sides lacked enough strength to make the match exciting.