Chapter 1832 - 1860: Burning Life
Cangxuan Saint Sect once again raised his hand. This time he was determined to obliterate Ye Feng. In an instant, within ten thousand miles in Fang Yuan, endless True Essence surged madly toward Cangxuan Saint Sect and condensed around him. Heaven and earth changed color, and the space surrounding Cangxuan Saint Sect simply could not withstand his terrifying pressure, shattering again and again, then endlessly repairing itself.
"Come again!" Ye Feng roared furiously, instantly channeling his True Essence into the Heaven Slaying Sword. The Heaven Slaying Sword seemed to sense Ye Feng’s resolve to fight; its whole body burst with blood-colored radiance, the blade trembling nonstop as a clear sword cry rang out.
That sword cry made everyone’s ears sting, and pain surfaced in each person’s eyes.
Only to see, in the Void, Cangxuan Saint Sect directly condensed a terrifying Sword Qi that spanned the sky, stretching nearly five thousand miles.
The Sword Qi howled as it locked onto Ye Feng, and on that Sword Qi, streams of blazing flames burned fiercely.
The surrounding temperature soared rapidly. Heaven and earth were burned a blazing red. At this moment, the world within several thousand miles of Fang Yuan was like a gigantic heavenly furnace. That aura made people feel despair, feel boundless terror.
The overwhelming Sword Pressure was like countless invisible mountains weighing down on Ye Feng’s body. His flesh was directly torn open under that terrifying Sword Pressure, skin splitting and flesh cracking, yet Ye Feng still did not show the slightest fear and still did not fall.
"Huff, huff, huff!" The Heaven Slaying Sword crazily devoured Ye Feng’s True Essence. In just an instant, seventy percent of Ye Feng’s True Essence was drained. The True Essence he had just recovered with a Holy-level Healing Elixir was once again sucked dry. Even Cangxuan Saint Sect felt the terrifying power erupting from the Heaven Slaying Sword—that power drove people to despair, made them uncomfortable, and even he felt threatened by it.
If that strike landed, even if he didn’t die he would be severely wounded. Just like a late-stage Sanctum Ascension expert: if he stood still, defending, and was ambushed and struck head-on by an early-stage Sanctum Ascension expert, he too might die.
However, Ye Feng’s sword strike would be extremely hard to land on Cangxuan Saint Sect. Cangxuan Saint Sect roared, "Ye Feng, go to hell for me!"
As soon as the words fell, Cangxuan Saint Sect’s terrifying Sword Qi instantly cleaved down from the Void. That horrifying strike pushed people to utter despair. At this moment, Ye Feng directly ignited his own lifespan and activated the Heavenly Mirror.
"Freeze for me!" With a furious shout, in a flash, a thousand years of Ye Feng’s lifespan were sucked away by the Heavenly Mirror.
The Heavenly Mirror erupted with gray Space-time Power, and wherever that Space-time Power passed, everything fell into stillness.
However, Cangxuan Saint Sect had long since been on guard against Ye Feng’s Heavenly Mirror and was trying to break free from the Heavenly Mirror’s restraints.
But right then, Ye Feng continued burning his lifespan, igniting another thousand years.
In no time, Ye Feng had already burned three thousand years of lifespan. He shot forward and arrived in front of Cangxuan Saint Sect.
Ye Feng successfully avoided Cangxuan Saint Sect’s Sword Qi, and now he was less than ten meters away from Cangxuan Saint Sect.
At this distance, as long as Ye Feng swung his sword once, he could easily slice Cangxuan Saint Sect cleanly in half.
However, the closer Ye Feng got to Cangxuan Saint Sect, the stronger the sense of danger grew, and the greater the resistance he felt. Cangxuan Saint Sect was resisting the Heavenly Mirror’s power to freeze Space-Time, while Ye Feng burned his life madly.
Four thousand years... five thousand years... six thousand years... In the end, Ye Feng burned nearly ten thousand years of lifespan. He had less than ten years left to live, and he had already become white-haired and haggard, like a dying candle in the wind.
As if he could die at any moment. Yet Cangxuan Saint Sect was finally completely frozen by the Heavenly Mirror.
"Die!" Ye Feng swung his sword down. That brilliant strike of the Heaven Slaying Sword shattered the Void, like a crescent moon tearing through Space-Time. Aside from Ye Feng, no one knew what had happened in that frozen world.
"Swish~~" With a sound, time returned to normal, and Ye Feng appeared behind Cangxuan Saint Sect.
"Crack~~" A crisp sound rang out as Cangxuan Saint Sect’s Sword Qi shattered instantly. Everyone was stunned, staring at Ye Feng in confusion. None of them had seen when Ye Feng had moved to Cangxuan Saint Sect’s back—not even Cangxuan Saint Sect himself.
"Puff!" In an instant, blood sprayed wildly from Cangxuan Saint Sect’s body. Cangxuan Saint Sect frowned.
"Impossible!" Cangxuan Saint Sect roared, looking down at his own body—his torso had actually been cleaved in half at the waist by the Heaven Slaying Sword.
How could he believe this? Cangxuan Saint Sect felt his life force draining rapidly. He plummeted from the Void, slamming heavily into the ground, while Ye Feng spewed another mouthful of blood and fell as well.
"Boom!" The two of them fell to the ground almost simultaneously. Everyone stared blankly at this scene.
They felt as if they were dreaming. Ye Feng lay on the ground, already motionless.
That last strike of Ye Feng’s had almost burned away all of his life and exhausted every bit of strength he had. At this moment Ye Feng could not move in the slightest. Everyone felt as if they were still dreaming as they looked at Ye Feng like he was some kind of monster.
One had to know, Ye Feng was merely a Martial Artist at the early stage of Proof of Dao. Yet now, Ye Feng had actually cleaved Cangxuan Saint Sect in half. Even though Cangxuan Saint Sect was just an Avatar, this was still enough to shake everyone to the core.
Because this Avatar possessed a strength comparable to an ordinary late-stage Sanctum Ascension expert, incomparably terrifying.
Yet Ye Feng still managed to cut him in two. Everyone looked at Ye Feng, feeling as if everything before their eyes was still a dream. Zhan Qing stared blankly at Ye Feng, murmuring to himself, "Th-this... Lord Ye Feng won?"
However, at this moment, Cangxuan Saint Sect’s expression suddenly twisted into something incomparably ferocious as he let out a hoarse roar.
"Ye Feng! Just you! Just a piece of trash at the early stage of Proof of Dao, and you think you can kill me? Keep dreaming!"
Cangxuan Saint Sect roared furiously as terrifying True Essence erupted from his entire body. That True Essence simultaneously connected his two severed halves, and then Cangxuan Saint Sect actually struggled and slowly stood up from the ground.
"Impossible!" The crowd screamed in shock at this scene, utterly unable to accept it!