Chapter 2696 Duan Ling Tian Attacks

The thunderclouds that loomed over Duan Ling Tian suddenly parted.

Boom!

A loud noise rang in the air. A force that seemed capable of shaking heaven and earth swept out.

Whoosh!

In the next moment, a crisp and clear sound of sword cries rang in everyone’s ears. A dazzling bright light dispersed the thunderclouds. It seemed like the bright light was formed by countless sword rays. A figure could be seen in the midst of the light, as though being protected by the light of sword rays.

“Not bad… It’s a pity that it’s useless against me.” Duan Ling Tian stood in the midst of the sword rays, completely unharmed. Even his purple robes were intact.

Chu Yan had unleashed all his strength, and yet, he did not even manage to harm a single hair on Duan Ling Tian’s head. He paled immediately. When he looked at Duan Ling Tian again, an expression of fear appeared on his face. It was as though he had seen a ghost. ‘H-how is this possible?! Even peak Golden Celestials wouldn’t have been able to easily deflect my attack! D-don’t tell me he has a breakthrough and has become a Great Overarching Golden Celestial?!’ He felt himself shuddered as these thoughts appeared in his mind.

‘Remarkable!’ Chu Yu exclaimed in her heart. She was Chu Yan’s biological sister. The look on each and every member of the Soaring Wind County was grim, but she was the only one who seemed impressed with Duan Ling Tian’s strength. She was staring intently at him, her eyes as bright as stars in the night sky. ‘It’s impossible for someone below Great Overarching Golden Celestials to deflect brother’s attacks so easily… It seems like he has successfully become a Great Overarching Golden Celestial!’

‘H-his strength has improved again!’ Pang Bing, an inner-estate elder in Nine Specters County, thought to himself when he saw Duan Ling Tian standing there shrouded by sword rays like a god of sword. He was genuinely shocked.

‘Duan Ling Tian has become a Great Overarching Golden Celestial?’ Another inner-estate elder, Zheng Qiu, was all smiles. He was sincerely happy for Duan Ling Tian’s achievement.

Tian Ji Yu was delighted and laughed openly. He was similarly shocked by Duan Ling Tian’s remarkably fast improvement. In just less than a year, Duan Ling Tian had improved tremendously. “Extraordinary!” Naturally, he was also happy because Duan Ling Tian winning the Martial Competition of the 16 Counties meant that the Nine Specters County would be rewarded with three mediocre Celestial Pills, the Great Overarching Pills from King Qin’s Mansion. It did not matter to him how strong Duan Ling Tian was. After all, with Duan Ling Tian’s innate talent, even King Qin’s Mansion would be just like a small pond to Duan Ling Tian in the future, let alone the Nine Specters County. He knew from today onward, Duan Ling Tian would be able to use King Qin’s Mansion as a stepping stone to enter the Cloudy Rock Celestial Kingdom and go to better places!

‘A Great Overarching Golden Celestial who’s not even 100 years old… It seemed like there was only one person like that in the history of the Cloudy Rock Celestial Kingdom. It was hundreds of thousands of years ago, I think? Eventually that genius had left the kingdom and joined a formidable sect that was much more powerful than a high-rank Celestial Kingdom,’ Tian Ji Yu thought to himself.

“How powerful!”

“Duan Ling Tian is remarkable… Seems like he had a breakthrough in his cultivation base and has become a Great Overarching Golden Celestial, right? The Martial Competition of the Sixteen Counties is just a walk in a park to him!”

“You’re right… Moreover, he still fulfills the requirement to participate in the Martial Competition of the 16 Counties.”

“Unbelievable! I can’t believe such a monster would appear in King Qin’s Mansion.”

“It’s the first time that such a monster appears in King Qin’s Mansion… Even in the Cloudy Rock Celestial Kingdom, there was only one that appeared hundreds of thousands of years ago.”

Similar remarks could be heard among the spectators.

Meanwhile, the Third Prince said with a sigh, “Duan Ling Tian, indeed, already has strength comparable to a Great Overarching Golden Celestial indeed.”

“Indeed.” King Qin nodded in agreement.

‘Great Overarching Golden Celestial?’ Qin Yu remained silent. A year ago, Duan Ling Tian had already possessed the strength to kill a Great Overarching Golden Celestial. He had personally witnessed Duan Ling Tian capture the Nine Specters County’s strongest Revered Elder, Zhou Tong, a Great Overarching Golden Celestial. He even delivered Zhou Tong to the Blood Specter City’s City Governor to be killed. ‘If I’m not mistaken, at that time, when his sword rays weren’t seven colors, he still couldn’t defeat Zhou Tong. Only when his sword rays emitted seven colors was he able to completely subdued Zhou Tong!’ Naturally, he was unaware that Duan Ling Tian possessed a Devata Artifact, the Seven Orifices Exquisite Sword. He only knew Duan Ling Tian was capable of transforming his sword rays into the Seven-Colored Sword Rays that increased his strength tremendously. However, Duan Ling Tian did not use that technique today. He continued musing inwardly, ‘He didn’t even use the Seven-Colored Sword Rays today, and yet, his strength is comparable to a Great Overarching Golden Celestial… He’s definitely even more powerful if he uses that technique!’ He inhaled sharply when he thought of this.

A year ago, Duan Ling Tian would not have strength comparable to a Great Overarching Golden Celestial without the Seven-Colored Sword Rays. Currently, even without using that method, his strength was almost equal to a Great Overarching Golden Celestial.

‘In only a year, Duan Ling Tian made such a tremendous progress,’ Qin Yu thought to himself.

…

Hovering above the arena, Duan Ling Tian became the center of attention again. He was shrouded by hundreds of thousands of sword rays. The sword rays seemed to make the air around him ripple. He, who had remained silent from the beginning, finally calmly said, “Now it’s my turn to attack!” His tone was apathetic, but it was loud for everyone present on the scene to hear.

Everyone was stunned.

“Duan Ling Tian… is going to attack?!”

The spectators’ eyes were brimming with enthusiasm. They could tell Duan Ling Tian’s strength was comparable to a Great Overarching Golden Celestial when he easily deflected Chu Yan’s attack. Moreover, it was likely that he had become a Great Overarching Golden Celestial. They had yet to witness his attack so they were, naturally, excited to see him attack. None of them dared to move their eyes away from him as though they were afraid they would miss even the smallest details.

“I…” Upon hearing Duan Ling Tian’s words, Chu Yan was stunned. He had wanted to surrender. He was well aware that Duan Ling Tian’s strength was far superior to his. He would only be asking for trouble if he allowed Duan Ling Tian to attack. Just as he was about to speak up to surrender, the imposing energy from Duan Ling Tian seemed to cause a disruption in his blood flow, causing him to be unable to speak.

Whoosh!

Duan Ling Tian had raised his hands, and a sword battle Formation appeared. The light from the Formation grew brighter and brighter with each passing minute.

Boom!

Then, the sword battle formation transformed into a gargantuan sword that was 100-meter long. It seemed to appear out of thin air and was about to land on Chu Yan. Duan Ling Tian had only dropped the gigantic sword on Chu Yan, he did not intend to kill Chu Yan so he did not use his blade. After all, the Martial Competition of the 16 Counties prohibited killing. Even if it were allowed, he still would not kill Chu Yan. After all, they had no enmity between them. Moreover, although Chu Yan did not hold back when he attacked earlier, there was no killing intent in his attack.

Boom!

The earth-shattering explosions continued to ring in the air. When the gargantuan sword fell, it split the currents in the air just like how Moses had parted the Red Sea.

The gargantuan sword was surrounded by a thick and dense sword energy that seemed to be able to cut anything it came in contact with. Moreover, for its size, it was extremely fast as well. It was so fast that Chu Yan could not avoid it at all.

Chu Yan tried everything in his arsenal to avoid the gargantuan sword from hitting him but to no avail. Alas, he was sent flying out of the arena. He flew back a few feet before he retched and spat out a mouthful of blood.

“Th-thank you for showing mercy!” Chu Yan could barely steady himself, and his face was extremely pale. It was almost similar to his battle with Yang Jin earlier. The difference was he was now in Yang Jin’s position and in a sorry state.