Chapter 519: Chapter 164: The Fall of the Number One Genius

Ji Wu’s performance had caused some confusion among everyone, but Zhou Yan vaguely felt that he wanted to leverage the pressure from Zhou Yan himself to break through to the Combat Power Breaking Nine level.

However, Zhou Yan knew that this moment was also extremely crucial because he would never allow Ji Wu to make such a breakthrough with this method.

Moreover, that Ji Wu could be so confident to attempt a pressure breakthrough in such a situation undoubtedly meant he assumed that a Saint could sneak into the Guardian Ancient Array undetected to intervene. Hadn’t he considered that the Ancient Array might have already undergone changes?

At that last moment when Zhou Yan was engraving Runes, the ripples from the Ancient Array’s Runes had already revealed themselves. Or perhaps, did Ji Wu and the Saint behind him, have such unwavering confidence in the defensive Ancient Array they had arranged?

Zhou Yan’s thoughts brought him back to the scene where Ji Wu had used the masses as ants in Sword Dao, and he had some enlightenment. Now seeing Ji Wu acting like this, Zhou Yan immediately understood that Ji Wu must have already known that he, Zhou Yan, was the Emperor Qi Sword Body.

After the Evil King fled, he would definitely use revenge as a motive to expose Zhou Yan’s concealed identity.

The Evil King might not be sure whether that kind of Sword Body belonging to the Emperor Qi Sword Body had truly perished, but he did know that Emperor Qi Sword Body Zhou Yan had changed his appearance to become the Thunderflame Sword Body.

The Evil King had suffered a loss, and Emptiness Saint and Wuxu Saint were both petty. It was very likely they could come together.

Thus, as some sort of condition and bargaining chip, Ji Wu learning the masses as ants Sword Dao made sense.

But since Zhou Yan had long had such deductions, he would not allow Ji Wu to succeed because of it.

At this moment, Zhou Yan once again unleashed the Killing Spirit Divine Dao.

The lethality of the Divine was unmatched.

With the strike of the Killing Spirit Divine Dao, Ji Wu seemed as weak as an ant and was on the verge of annihilation at any moment.

At that time, an anomaly did indeed occur.

A giant green hand appeared between Heaven and Earth, suddenly as if to penetrate the Void and directly enter the Ancient Array, intent on strongly Suppressing Kill Zhou Yan.

From afar, Wan Jian Tian, Xiong Ba, and Jiu Que, who were watching the battle, all became somber. The glint in their eyes was dazzling, shooting out peerless divine light, like six terrifying lightning bolts. They simultaneously stopped the giant green hand.

“Dare to attack the Saint Master? It’s clear they no longer wish to live!”

Wan Jian Tian roared furiously.

The giant hand struggled free from its bindings and pushed through towards the Ancient Array, but the Ancient Array suddenly erupted with Saintly radiance, repelling the hand. The action that was supposed to Suppress Zhou Yan smoothly was now rebounded.

At this moment, the green hand, hundreds of feet in length, hesitated and then, like a mountain, ferociously struck down on the Guardian Ancient Array.

With such an attack against a junior, if the Guardian Ancient Array hadn’t been modified by Zhou Yan, Zhou Yan would have been locked onto by the Saint and would have had no chance of escaping. Unless he used the remaining Fist Intent left by his Master or forcibly manipulated the Eye of Destruction and Killing Spirit Divine Dao, or perhaps the Twelve Magnetic Light Columns Slaughter Ancient Array, he might have had a slim chance to escape.

However, even if he managed to execute this, the price he paid would be great, and how far could he escape?

It was nothing more than a brief respite!

The palm carried a terrifying energy, nearly enough to penetrate the entire planet.

The speed of the giant hand was extremely fast. Although Wan Jian Tian and the others took notice, the hand managed to strike two moves ahead, displaying impeccable calculation. If not for the protection of the Ancient Array, even with protection from people like Wan Jian Tian, Zhou Yan would have been crushed to death.

It was clear that the Ancient Array would not only not block the Saint’s killing intent but would even accelerate the Saint’s offensive moves, locking onto any incoming attacks.

Such a method, using a Saint to plot against Zhou Yan, was utterly despicable!

It seemed that the Saint’s desire to take the Yuan Ci Secret Realm had not died.

“How arrogant!”

Wan Jian Tian roared angrily, and Xiong Ba was even more furious.

A Ghost Sword flew out like a streak of light.

A Blood Sword flew across the Heavenly Vault like a falling star.

A Netherworld Illusion appeared with terrifying speed above the giant green hand.

Three terrifying energies erupted.

The Void collapsed, Heaven and Earth shattered, and chaotic currents were blasted open.

Such a scene was too harsh for Cultivators to even watch, as a single ray of the battle’s energy could blind a Cultivator’s eyes.

…

As though it encountered Eternal suppression, the green hand burst with a ‘puchi’ sound, erupting like a collapsing mountain or a tsunami. The green hand exploded like a star, sending out millions of rippling blood waves, scattering in all directions.

A moment ago, the green hand had been imposing, but the next moment, it was shattered into dust, with a rain of blood spraying thousands of feet high.

“Dare to touch the Saint Master of Thunder Expansion Sacred Land, it seems those scheming Saints are sick of living!” Wan Jian Tian shouted angrily.

“Scared of what? Let’s join forces, slaughter their entire family, and then penetrate the Sword Burial Ancestor Star, bringing Destruction to Heaven and Earth!” roared Xiong Ba.

“Capture them all, refine them into Netherworld beings, never to step into Reincarnation again, never to live in the next life!”

The Netherworld Nine Soul Envoys spoke with a cold and icy voice.

The identity of the owner of that invincible giant green hand was not known, but it could be deduced, since there were only so many Saints after all.

The scene once again returned to calmness, and all this happened in just an instant. Zhou Yan’s process of killing Ji Wu had not yet completed, and the Saint’s battle had started and also ended.

“Pu pu—”

Ji Wu’s composure vanished, because he never expected that Zhou Yan, at his peak, had not been killed by ‘him.’ Instead, ‘his’ attack was even blocked by the Guardian Holy Array.

He panicked.

But he had no chance left.

His already shackled body was paralyzed by the Thunder Power, shaken and bewildered by various negative emotions, trapped in various sword intents and unable to extricate himself, and constantly penetrated by the piercing force that destroyed vitality.

None of these mattered as much as the fact that the Killing Spirit Divine Dao was descending right at that moment, leaving Ji Wu completely defenseless, and he was struck in one fell swoop.

Ji Wu’s body suddenly began to tremble violently.

“I concede! My son concedes!”

In the midst of heaven and earth, a Saint’s voice resounded with unparalleled majesty, and then, a power attempted to shatter the light array that guarded the Saint, trying to free Ji Wu from battle.

However, Xiong Ba and his two companions immediately sneered continuously and intervened to prevent it.

“Looking to start a fight, are we?”

The Emptiness Saint appeared.

And then, the Wuxu Saint also appeared.

“Let’s fight then. Grandpa has been waiting for this moment for a long time!”

Xiong Ba, brimming with battle intent, unleashed an aura that made even heaven and earth tremble.

A battle between Saints meant destruction and crisis for Sword Burial Ancestor Star.

Because once a battle reached a state of fury, peak-level Saints could even destroy planets.

At this point, the battle became a desperate fight to the death.

Given the durability of Sword Burial Ancestor Star, unless the Thunder Origin Sword God could stabilize the strength of the Divine Tao, the Ancestor Star would absolutely not withstand the imminent shattering and dissolution.

“Then let’s fight! If my son suffers any mishap, the entire Sword Burial Ancestor Star will be laid to rest with him!”

The Wuxu Saint’s pretty face grew cold, her eyes as chilling and frosty as solid ice.

…

“Puchi—”

Ji Wu knelt on the ground, his eyeballs suddenly rolling out, a truly miserable sight.

After being attacked by the Killing Spirit Divine Dao, his will was completely tormented by the dreadful “One Thought Reincarnation”.

Eternity in an instant, reincarnation in a second.

Such was the terror of the Killing Spirit Divine Dao.

With Wan Jian Tian’s strength, tortured by the Soul Killing Chains, he nearly never recovered.

Let alone Ji Wu, who was of a minor realm? Having never experienced Heavenly Tribulation, having never achieved the realm of Sword Ancestor, how could he resist the terrible Killing Spirit Divine Dao?

The Soul Killing Chains appeared, resembling the array patterns of the Twelve Magnetic Light Columns, suddenly flashing a cold netherworldly halo that swirled above Ji Wu’s head.

Suddenly witnessing this scene, the Wuxu Saint let out a shriek of utter despair.

She completely broke down, hysterical, her eyes blazing with intense hatred.

“I will make you die!”

She said.

Terrifying power gathered as if doomsday was about to descend, enveloping the four directions of the void.

Heaven and earth were on the brink of destruction under the wrath of the frenzied Saint.

Guarding beside Hou Chen, White Fox Bai Ying’s gaze flickered with solemnity, yet her expression remained calm. She stepped forward, casting the Ten Thousand Years Soul Path to directly suppress the void. Both the Emptiness and Wuxu Saints were immediately restrained by the Ten Thousand Years Soul Path.

However, each use of this Soul Path drained a significant amount of Bai Ying’s life potential, for her realm was only at the Fourth Sword Tribulation Refinement. Despite her Combat Power Breaking Four, being recognized as a Tribulation Realm Profound Forbidden genius from ancient times to present, her life still withered as she forcefully cast the Soul Path.

…

At this moment, Ji Wu knelt on the ground, kowtowing to Zhou Yan, crawling on the ground like a dog, licking the bloodstains on Zhou Yan’s boots.

Ji Wu was entirely suppressed by the Soul Killing Chains, reigning like an emperor in his inner world, while in reality, he was licking Zhou Yan’s shoes, abject like a dog.

All geniuses, even Ji Wu’s parents and enemies, watched him perform this humiliating act.

And it didn’t stop there; after licking Zhou Yan’s boots, Ji Wu seemed to experience the debauchery of a harem in his own world, disrobing in public, fondling his private parts with vulgar, lewd, evil, and obscene expressions…

This was beyond disgrace.

At that time, Zhou Yan released the Soul Killing Chains.

Ji Wu regained clarity.

His face still held the satisfaction of being an emperor in his own world, but as he recalled the reality of it all—his abject kowtowing, licking the enemy’s boots, even playing with his privates in front of everyone—he felt like he had been struck by lightning.

“Puh—”

He spat out a mouthful of blood and fell on the fighting stage.

His will collapsed, unable to bear the harsh impact of reality and illusion; the pride in his eyes finally dimmed completely.

All geniuses sighed in their hearts—the number one genius had fallen.

…

“Ah—”

The Wuxu Saint spat blood repeatedly, gazing at her son Ji Wu lying on the stage, and let out a heart-wrenching roar, her voice filled with piercing despair.

She descended into madness, suppressed by the Soul Path, yet had to watch her son Ji Wu succumb to the Killing Spirit Divine Dao, his will shattered, his natural talents stifled. She felt a heart-wrenching agony, as if her sky had collapsed.

Struggling within the Soul Path, she still stared deadly at Zhou Yan, her hatred so profound it could kill a man a thousand times over.

Such hatred was too deep, beyond any possibility of reconciliation.