510: Chapter 155: Dual Sword Body, Destroying Heaven Tribulation!

510: Chapter 155: Dual Sword Body, Destroying Heaven Tribulation!

Zhou Yan stood up, and for the time being, he still bore the appearance of the Thunderflame Sword Body.

However, he could now easily revert to his Emperor Qi Sword Body form and no longer needed such complicated methods to transform.

Zhou Yan pondered in his heart, realizing that some transformations were not yet truly complete, requiring the external world to manifest these changes.

With that thought, Zhou Yan immediately left the Yuan Ci Secret Realm and appeared above the void of Guanghan South Mansion.

This place was still a significant distance away from the arena where the genius combatants were clashing, but Zhou Yan could still vaguely see the tumultuous energy in the battlefield that indicated the ferocity of the fight.

Among it, there was a column of blood Qi soaring to the sky like a signal fire, detectable even despite the endless distance between them.

This was the aura of Emperor Blood.

“Hou Chen actually refined the Emperor Blood, this method is indeed powerful.

His current realm, not only has it reached the peak of Sword Void First Transformation, but his combat power is close to nine, and he even possesses bodily strength not weaker than mine…

However, his realm has ultimately risen too fast.

Although his foundation is relatively stable, it is unimaginable for him to defeat Ji Wu with such strength…

I must hasten.”

As Zhou Yan thought this over, he suddenly noticed that the sunlight in the sky disappeared.

The heavens and earth turned gloomy, dark clouds thick and oppressive bore down, and a terrifying force immediately locked onto him.

Zhou Yan also felt as if his realm, like being inflated, underwent drastic transformation.

Initially at a critical point, it now directly surged past it, running amok, as if his realm were on a flying sword, being forcefully propelled upward.

This kind of progression, when the moment was right, was an outburst of the confluence between the Emperor Qi Sword Body and the Thunderflame Sword Body.

That momentum, quiet within the Yuan Ci Secret Realm, erupted madly as soon as Zhou Yan appeared outside, ultimately unleashing an explosive burst.

“Pu pu pu—”

Three realms, as if freely broken through and surpassing one after the other.

The realm ascended from a lower starting point, using the Emperor Qi Sword Body as a detonator, climbing upward nonstop.

“Pu—”

Another realm descended, and its shackles were immediately shattered.

Zhou Yan felt an almost immortal strength throughout his body, as if he could shatter the heaven and earth with a single punch.

This sensation of power far exceeded the intense and perfect feeling he had when the Ni Chang Fairy and Zhou Lingyao’s soul fragment resided within him.

This was a feeling of true perfection and power.

Zhou Yan felt as if he could almost sense the trajectory of the grand calamity of heaven and earth, sensing the descent of the Heavenly Tribulation.

Contemplating, he immediately sensed a formidable tribulation condensing within the thick black clouds.

Heavenly Tribulation was indeed descending.

Zhou Yan’s heart surged with joy as he sensed his own realm, thinking it had surged to the Sword Void Nine Transformation Realm as he wished.

Yet, after sensing it, Zhou Yan’s heart immediately went cold.

His current realm was merely at the peak of the Sword Void Fifth Transformation, still four great realms away from Sword Void Nine Transformation!

Despite this, the Heavenly Tribulation still descended, the formidable power of the Heavenly Tribulation crushing everything in its way, a ray of light falling down and piercing through the void, shattering all resistance.

Such power was domineering and invincible!

The terrifying Power of Destruction formed an anger of Heavenly Punishment.

“A mere Heavenly Tribulation?

I was unafraid before; would I fear it now?”

Zhou Yan smiled confidently, his blood Qi pulsating through his body.

He stood, bathed in an aura of dark purple and pale gold, commanding like an unrivaled War God.

His gaze was as bright as the stars, his black hair fluttered like a waterfall, and his pitch-black combat armor rustled in the wind.

“Xingyi Dragon Fist!”

As the terrifying lightning of the Destruction Power of Heavenly Tribulation struck, Zhou Yan unleashed the true form of the Xingyi Fist.

The Xingyi Fist was now truly imbued with the majesty of Emperor Qi and the power of the Thunder God’s Divine Punishment.

With one punch, like a divine Dragon roaring wildly, it exhaled a stream of the Light of Destruction and instantly annihilated the Heavenly Tribulation.

At the same time, Ancient Blood boiled within Zhou Yan’s body as if it were true Emperor Blood.

The Emperor’s Power of the Emperor Qi Sword Body suppressed everything between the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, the formidable aura directly shook heaven and earth, manifesting outward with the obliteration of the Heavenly Tribulation.

With the Ancient Blood revealed, the Origin manifested, making all things tremble and all tribes submit.

This was the blood Qi of the true Emperor Qi Sword Body, the law of Ancient Blood, the Killing Spirit Divine Dao, and also the dread-inducing presence of the Thunderflame Emperor Qi Dual Sword Body.

The might of the Dual Sword Body was not as simple as one plus one equals two.

One punch shattered and obliterated the Heavenly Tribulation, provoking an even greater fury from heaven and earth.

Heaven and earth convulsed intensely, the endless dark clouds giving rise to even larger pillars of light.

Within the pillars, visions of deities with Ancient Swords and Ancient Emperors appeared, suddenly pressing down upon Zhou Yan.

Their might was a hundred times more potent than the previous Heavenly Tribulations.

But Zhou Yan was undaunted; this time, he unsheathed a Sword.

The Killing Spirit Divine Soul Sword.

This Sword strike was unleashed, and Zhou Yan simultaneously activated the vanished Eye of Destruction, which emitted a beam of Destructive Light.

“Phut—”

As the Sword of Soul Killing slashed out, the endless terrifying Heavenly Tribulation instantly shattered.

The Eye of Destruction emitted its Destructive Glow, and the dark clouds, the very essence of the Heavenly Tribulation, had already been shattered; now, they were completely annihilated in one fell swoop.

Heavenly Tribulation was forcefully dispersed, wiped out, so much so that it could not unleash a third strike!

Such a ferocious method had already attracted the attention of countless Cultivators.

Those who had once thought Zhou Yan dead, believed him to have perished at the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sword Tomb, were now exceedingly shocked.

The Cultivators who had been boisterously proclaiming Ji Wu’s certain victory also felt a sense of solemnity and expectation.

Ji Wu was still in combat with Hou Chen, the fight nearing a fever pitch, with both sides battling fiercely, each attack more dangerous and brutal than the last.

But Zhou Yan’s Heavenly Tribulation was not yet complete.

At the same time, in order to train Hou Chen, Zhou Yan was in no hurry to take action.

Now, there was no rush; even if Ji Wu were to win and Hou Chen were to lose at this moment, he could still intercede with ease.

At this point, with the Heavenly Tribulation annihilated and the dark clouds gone, it was not yet the end.

For between Heaven and Earth, a series of rosy lights and colors started to emerge, representing the true power of the Heavenly Dao, an anomaly of Heaven and Earth.

This Heaven and Earth Phenomenon continuously manifested around Zhou Yan’s body, as this energy incessantly entered his body, cleansing and tempering his flesh and Soul.

This was the purification of the flesh and Soul by the Power of Heavenly Tribulation after transcending the Tribulation.

This process was like undergoing another Transformation.

Zhou Yan had even prepared a large quantity of top-grade Elixirs, such as the Origin Pill and Holy Soul Pill, planning to take them all at once and strike at the Sword Void Nine Transformation Realm in one go.

But as soon as the power of Heaven manifested, a terrible Power of Devouring surged from within his body, with the Soul devouring half and the flesh the other half.

In the blink of an eye, Zhou Yan didn’t even get the chance to consume the Elixirs; the thunderous power of Heaven’s refinement was parted by the Soul and the flesh, leaving not a drop remaining.

Zhou Yan stood there in shock, looking hard at the Void around him; this place had become completely empty.

“What…What is this?”

He was somewhat confused in his heart, but soon afterward, the feeling of Great Perfection came over him, and Zhou Yan immediately understood that the integration and Perfection of the Dual Sword Body, which brought about the Heavenly Tribulation, was for tempering and further refinement.

And the final step, condensing the power of Heaven, where flesh and Soul simultaneously devoured the power of Heaven, was the last consolidation.

If the previous state could be considered fully merged, there was still the potential for the Dual Sword Body to separate or shatter under extreme danger.

But now, after condensing the power of Heaven, the two were truly and completely integrated, forming a real situation where both bodies existed together, without ever collapsing or separating for any reason.

The previous Perfection was the individual Perfection of the two Constitutions, but now they were truly united as one, a holistic Perfection.

Zhou Yan felt this for a moment in his heart and finally knew that this progress was very significant.

Despite the missed opportunity to rapidly ascend to the Sword Void Nine Transformation Realm by leveraging the Power of the Heavenly Tribulation and a large quantity of Elixirs, this consolidation and further expansion of his realm laid an exceptionally solid foundation!

He now had absolute confidence in his future realm advancement and a further Transformation of his Combat Power.

Moreover, Zhou Yan had absolute confidence that his Combat Power must now have Broken Nine.

In other words, even at the Sword Void Fifth Transformation Realm, and even if Ji Wu reached the pinnacle of the Sword Void Nine Transformations with Combat Power close to Nine, it was absolutely impossible for him to be Zhou Yan’s opponent.

It seemed as though one had Combat Power close to Nine and the other had Combat Power Breaking Nine, but there was an insurmountable chasm between them.

Because ‘Nine’ is the supreme number: Combat Power close to Nine equates to the pinnacle of Strength, while Combat Power Breaking Nine means breaking the mold, transcending the shackles of Fate!

This gap, this seemingly small difference of four realms, was absolutely irreconcilable!

Perhaps Ji Wu, with the trump cards of two Great Saints, further advancement, and the possession of a Holy Artifact, wouldn’t necessarily be sure to lose, but Zhou Yan was confident that he definitely could not outmatch him, definitely did not have the capacity to win.

Whether it was the Killing Spirit Divine Dao or the Ten Thousand Ghost Sword Dao, Supreme Water Sword Dao, Xingyi Dragon Fist Sword Dao, or Thunder God Fire Sword Dao, any Sword Dao that Zhou Yan unleashed to the extreme would leave Ji Wu with no chance at victory—unless the Saints behind him shamelessly intervened.

With an extreme level of self-confidence in his heart, after completing the Transformation in an instant, Zhou Yan’s figure had already vanished.

Using the Ancient Array Runes, he activated the changes in the Netherworld Sky Bridge Technique, not with Netherworld Runes, transforming it into a unique movement technique that allowed him to traverse the Void on the Sword Burial Ancestor Star.

But due to an incomplete mastery and transformation of the vast Runes, after replacing it with Ancient Array Runes, the Netherworld Sky Bridge Technique’s effectiveness was significantly reduced—not as formidable.

However, relative to the Netherworld Life and Death Bridge Technique, and in comparison with other Cultivators, the capability to cross the Void within the Sword Void Realm was already a defiance of the natural order.

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Like a Ghost Shadow, Zhou Yan suddenly appeared among the crowd below the Battle Platform.