Chapter 1309
Azure Dragon Dao Fruit Appears, Black Tortoise Suppresses the World Law Appears
Thinking about this, Ye Yang became even more excited.
He took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart. A flash of lightning appeared beneath his feet, and he slowly approached the Azure Dragon Ancient Tree, preparing to closely comprehend the Azure Dragon Daoist essence emanating from the tree.
However, just as he took his first step...
When he was still a hundred feet away from the Azure Dragon Ancient Tree, an extremely faint yet deadly sense of crisis instantly rose from the bottom of his heart.
It made the hairs on his body stand on end involuntarily, and the blood in his body seemed to freeze at that moment.
This sense of crisis is extremely subtle.
If Ye Yang hadn't experienced countless life-or-death battles, possessed an incredibly sharp mind, and cultivated the defensive secrets of the Xuanwu Dao Sect, he probably wouldn't have been able to detect it at all.
Moreover, this sense of crisis did not come from the Azure Dragon Ancient Tree ahead.
It didn't come from the Thunder Dragon Bone below, but from the seemingly empty void behind them!
"Oh no! An ambush!"
Ye Yang gasped inwardly, his body reacting instinctively before he could even think.
A burst of purple-gold lightning erupted beneath his feet, and his figure shot forward like an arrow.
At the same time, the power of his Dao was circulated to its limit, gathering in front of him to form a solid lightning Xuanwu shield, firmly protecting his body.
"Hey!"
Just as his figure stepped back...
A chilling sword light, imbued with boundless killing intent, slashed out from the void behind him with a sharp whistling sound that tore through the air!
The sword light was entirely black.
It radiated no light, yet exuded a chilling aura of deathly stillness.
Wherever it passed, it forcibly tore a thin black crack in the void.
The sword light was extremely fast; even with Ye Yang's strength, he couldn't react in time. It was so fast that it exceeded the limits of Ye Yang's vision.
If he had taken a step back just now...
This sword light will surely strike his back. Even with the Xuanwu Shield protecting him, he will likely be pierced through and seriously injured.
"boom!"
After the black sword light slashed through the air...
Without the slightest pause, it struck directly at the spot where Ye Yang had just been standing.
It collided with the chaotic air currents in the void, producing a deafening roar.
Ye Yang retreated a hundred feet away, steadied himself, and was still shaken.
He turned his head sharply, his gaze fixed on the empty void behind him, his eyes filled with solemnity.
He could clearly sense that the power contained within that black sword light was extremely strong.
"Who?"
Ye Yang gave a soft shout, gripping the Azure Dragon Sky-Splitting Sword at his waist with his right hand, while his left hand rested on the hilt of the Evil King Blade.
His body was enveloped in purple-gold lightning intertwined with sharp sword and saber intent, ready to respond to any upcoming attack.
However, that was his response.
There was only deathly silence, and a chilling, sinister laugh that faintly echoed from the void.
Just then, Ye Yang suddenly had a thought, and his expression instantly became more and more solemn.
"Senior Qinglian Sword Immortal has disappeared?"
He looked back and indeed did not see the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal.
Ye Yang subconsciously focused his mind, trying to sense the aura of the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal.
But no matter how he tried to focus his mind or perceive things, he was still unaffected.
They were still unable to sense even the slightest trace of the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal's aura!
The Azure Lotus Sword Immortal seemed to have vanished into thin air.
Just moments ago, it was hovering in mid-air not far from him, but in the blink of an eye, it vanished without a trace.
It left not even a trace of its presence, as if it had never existed in this space at all.
Just then, an even more deafening roar erupted.
Suddenly, it came from the other end of this deathly silent space!
"Boom!"
This booming sound was far louder and more awe-inspiring than the roar of the black sword light slicing through the air just now.
It was as if the entire shattered space was trembling violently at that moment.
Countless floating rocks suspended in the sky began to fall.
Amidst the roar.
A vast and boundless sword aura, imbued with endless killing intent, swept in from the other end of space like a tsunami, instantly engulfing the entire desolate space.
"This is bad! We need to deal with this person first."
Ye Yang's heart sank, and a fierce glint flashed in his eyes. He pushed his Dao power to its limit.
The purple-gold lightning around him suddenly surged, shooting into the sky like a volcanic eruption.
"Clang! Clang!"
Two clear and sharp sounds rang out at the same time.
Ye Yang suddenly pulled out his right hand, and the Azure Dragon Sky-Splitting Sword was instantly unsheathed. The azure sword light soared into the sky, containing the Daoist essence of the Azure Dragon and the power of thunder, making it extremely sharp.
With a simultaneous swift movement of his left hand, the Evil King Blade slowly emerged from its sheath. Its black blade light, as dark as ink, intertwined with the azure sword light of the Azure Dragon Sky-Splitting Sword, creating a strange yet powerful aura.
Sword in the left, saber in the right, sword and saber combined!
When the two work together, they can unleash a combat power far exceeding that of one plus one.
"kill!"
Ye Yang's figure blurred, and purple-gold lightning surged beneath his feet. His figure moved like lightning, rushing towards the direction from which the vast sword energy was sweeping. At the same time, he swung out the Azure Dragon Sky-Splitting Sword and the Evil King Blade in his hands. A blue sword light and a black blade light intertwined, forming a huge blade of light. With a sharp whistling sound that tore through the void, it slashed fiercely at the vast black sword energy!
"Sizzle—!"
The blades and the black sword energy collided with a deafening tearing sound.
Countless streams of black and blue energy scattered and flew in all directions, tearing the void apart with countless cracks wherever they passed.
Ye Yang felt a tremendous force coming from the sword, which made his arm go numb.
He involuntarily took several steps back, and a faint trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
He was secretly shocked. The opponent's power was so great that even a mere aftershock of a sword aura had caused him minor injuries.
"rise!"
Ye Yang let out a soft roar, and the Xuanwu phantom behind him appeared, emitting a deafening roar.
"Again!"
Ye Yang gave a soft shout and charged forward again.
He wielded the Azure Dragon Sky-Splitting Sword and the Evil King Blade with increasing speed, unleashing streaks of azure sword light and black blade light like a torrential rain towards the vast black sword energy.
"Ding ding! Dang dang!"
The sword light and the saber light collided continuously with the black sword energy, producing a series of crisp and dense collision sounds.
Sparks flew everywhere, and sword energy crisscrossed.
Ye Yang was like an enraged lion, weaving and fighting amidst the black sword energy.
The lightning and sword light around him intertwined, forming a dazzling ball of light.
No matter how the black sword energy attacked, it could not break through his defenses or harm his body.
The owner of that black sword energy seemed to be enraged by Ye Yang's tenacity, and the power of the black sword energy grew stronger and stronger.
Countless black sword lights slashed out from the void, surging towards Ye Yang like a tidal wave.
"A cultivator at the Tribulation Realm?!"
The aura emanating from this place was extremely cold and eerie.
His aura was completely different from that of any other cultivator at the Tribulation Realm he had ever seen.
In the current cultivation world, cultivators who can break through to the Thunder Tribulation Dao Realm are extremely rare, numbering only a handful.
However, the aura of the Thunder Tribulation Dao Realm before him was cold and eerie, filled with deathly silence and killing intent, making Ye Yang feel extremely unfamiliar.
This is something that none of the known cultivators at the Thunder Tribulation Dao Realm in the cultivation world possess.
"They are probably alien races from beyond the stars."
Ye Yang's heart stirred, and a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes.
The thought had barely formed when a sinister and eerie laugh echoed from the void.
"Heh! Heh! Heh!"
Just then, a chilling, incessant laugh suddenly came from the black sword energy.
"Hahaha... How utterly ridiculous! You, a cultivator who has just broken through to the Thunder Tribulation Dao Realm, dare to try and kill me in this Boundary Sea? You are simply ignorant of your own limitations!"
As the eerie laughter subsided, the vast black sword energy gradually receded.
A figure slowly emerged from the void.
The figure was dressed in a black Taoist robe, from which a faint black mist swirled.
Within the mist, one could vaguely see countless vengeful spirits roaring and struggling.
"who are you?"
Ye Yang stopped and stared intently at the man in black in front of him, his eyes filled with seriousness.
He could clearly sense that the man in black before him was extremely powerful, far exceeding his expectations.
"Hehehehe... You are not worthy to know my name! However, seeing how tenacious you are, and how long you have been able to withstand my sword energy, I may tell you."
"I, the Daoist Wuxin, have been waiting here for quite some time,"
"The Heartless Taoist?"
Ye Yang's heart stirred, and after thinking carefully, he realized that he had never heard of this name in any ancient book or in the rumors of the cultivation world.
It seems that this Heartless Taoist is either a newly risen alien race from beyond the realm.
Or perhaps he's an old monster who has been hiding for many years and has never shown himself in the cultivation world.
"If you are willing to offer your soul and body to become my servant, I might spare your life!"
"dream."
"Hehehe... You won't listen to reason, so you'll have to drink the penalty cup! Since you're unwilling to submit to me, I'll have no choice but to kill you, seize the magic weapon in your hand, and extract your primordial spirit to refine it into nourishment for me!"
Enraged by Ye Yang's words, Wuxin Daoren let out a few strange laughs, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.
The black mist around him surged instantly, and the immense pressure of the Thunder Tribulation Dao Realm erupted once more, pressing down fiercely on Ye Yang.
Although his words were full of sarcasm, he was actually quite surprised by Ye Yang.
He had originally thought he was already a mid-stage Thunder Tribulation Dao Realm cultivator. But his opponent had only just broken through to the early stage of the Thunder Tribulation Dao Realm, yet he was able to fight him to this extent.
"Ding ding! Dang dang!"
The sword light, the saber light, and the black sword light collided again with a loud crash, producing a series of crisp and dense collision sounds.
Sparks flew everywhere, and sword energy crisscrossed.
The entire silent space trembled violently.
The Heartless Taoist's figure swayed, and a black longsword appeared in his hand, covered with strange runes.
"Stop struggling in vain, surrender obediently and I'll give you a quick death!"
The Heartless Taoist chuckled strangely, and swung his black longsword even faster.
More and more ferocious black sword lights slashed wildly towards Ye Yang.
Ye Yang took a deep breath and flicked his fingers.
The Sword of the Ends of the Earth is activated!
Even when he was still in the Nascent Soul Dao Realm, the power of the Heavenly Sword Finger was already immense.
Now that he has broken through to the Thunder Tribulation Dao Realm, he once again used the Heavenly Sword Finger, instantly gathering all the Dao power in his body.
"out!"
Ye Yang shouted and abruptly pulled his left hand back.
The purple-gold lightning and the azure dragon Daoist aura around him instantly converged at the tip of his index finger, forming a dazzling ball of light that shot fiercely toward Wuxin Daoist like lightning!
When Wuxin Daoren saw Ye Yang's sword finger, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
He dared not be careless in the slightest and hurriedly circulated the Dao power within his body to firmly protect himself.
"boom!"
The sword finger collided violently with the black sword light, producing a deafening roar, and countless streams of black and blue energy scattered in all directions.
Wuxin Daoren felt a tremendous force emanating from the black sword light, which made his arm go numb.
He involuntarily took several steps back, and a trickle of black blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
He was secretly shocked. Ye Yang's sword finger was so powerful that it could actually injure him!
After unleashing the Heavenly Sword Finger, Ye Yang's internal Dao power was completely exhausted, and his face turned as pale as paper.
He had just unleashed his full power with this Heavenly Sword Finger, which had almost exhausted all the Dao power within him.
"I never expected you to have such a trump card hidden away; it truly surprises me!"
As Wuxin Daoren spoke, his figure blurred, black mist surged beneath his feet, and he charged towards Ye Yang like lightning. This sword strike was incredibly powerful and terrifying.
The opponent's all-out attack shook heaven and earth.
Ye Yang sensed the power of the sword and knew that it was not a good idea to withstand it head-on, so he stepped back and dodged to the side.
Unexpectedly, when the Heartless Taoist saw Ye Yang retreat, a smug smile appeared on his lips.
The next moment, he turned and headed directly towards the canopy of the Azure Dragon Ancient Tree.
"That is!"
Ye Yang also noticed the unusual changes in the tree canopy.
On the canopy of the Azure Dragon Ancient Tree, there grew a fruit that was entirely green and about the size of a fist.
The fruit is covered with patterns of azure dragon scales, and from a distance, it looks like a dazzling gem containing the essence of heaven and earth.
"That's... the Azure Dragon Dao Fruit?!"
Ye Yang exclaimed inwardly.
He had seen records of the Azure Dragon Dao Fruit in ancient books.
This Azure Dragon Dao Fruit is a supreme treasure of the Azure Dragon Ancient Tree, blooming once every thousand years and bearing fruit once every ten thousand years. It contains the purest Azure Dragon essence and life force.
If one can consume the Azure Dragon Dao Fruit, not only can one instantly restore the Dao power within the body, but one can also comprehend the Dao of Life and enhance one's talent and aptitude.
It is a treasure that countless cultivators dream of!
They saw that the Azure Dragon Dao Fruit was about to be taken away by the Heartless Daoist.
Ye Yang took a deep breath, took out a handful of pills and swallowed them. Then he forcibly mobilized the Dao power in his body, tightly gripped the Azure Dragon Sky-Splitting Sword, and poured all the remaining trace of primordial spirit power in his sea of consciousness into the Azure Dragon Sky-Splitting Sword.
The Azure Dragon Sky-Splitting Sword instantly erupted with a dazzling azure sword light, containing the vast azure dragon Daoist charm and thunderous power, making it incomparably sharp.
"Hey!"
Just as Wuxin Daoren's hand was about to touch the Azure Dragon Dao Fruit, Ye Yang finally caught up with him and swung the Azure Dragon Sky-Splitting Sword in his hand.
A sharp cyan sword light, like lightning, slashed fiercely towards Wuxin Daoren's arm!
Wuxin Daoren was shocked. He had not expected that Ye Yang could unleash such powerful strength in such a weak state.
He tried to dodge, but it was too late. He could only watch helplessly as the cyan sword light slashed toward his arm.
"what!"
A piercing scream suddenly came from the mouth of the Heartless Taoist.
The cyan sword light instantly struck Wuxin Daoren's right arm, severing his entire arm with a single sword strike, which then fell onto the branches of the Azure Dragon Ancient Tree.
"How dare you cut off my arm!"
The Heartless Taoist trembled with pain, a raging fire flashing in his eyes, as he roared madly at Ye Yang.
Ye Yang ignored Wuxin Daoren's roar. He seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and with a swift movement, rushed to the Azure Dragon Dao Fruit.
He suddenly stretched out his right hand and plucked the green-blue Azure Dragon Dao Fruit, holding it tightly in his hand.
The moment Ye Yang obtained the Azure Dragon Dao Fruit, a vast and pure Azure Dragon Dao essence and life essence surged into his body from the fruit.
Like a warm current, it nourished his parched meridians and dantian, repairing the wounds on his body.
At the same time, it was rapidly restoring the Dao power that had been depleted in his body.
Ye Yang felt incredibly comfortable all over. His originally pale face gradually regained some color, and his breathing was rapidly recovering.
"That is my Azure Dragon Dao Fruit!"
When Wuxin Daoren saw Ye Yang take away the Azure Dragon Dao Fruit, the anger in his eyes intensified.
Ignoring the excruciating pain in his arm, he circulated his internal Dao power, causing the black mist around him to surge instantly, and a vast black sword light slashed fiercely towards Ye Yang.
Ye Yang felt a chill run down his spine.
He could clearly feel that the power contained in this black sword light was extremely strong, more fierce than any sword light before.
If he were struck by this sword light, he would be severely injured, and might even perish.
He dared not be careless in the slightest, and hurriedly circulated the trace of Dao power that had just been restored in his body. At the same time, he integrated a portion of the life power and the Dao rhyme of the Azure Dragon Dao Fruit into his own defense.
A light blue Xuanwu shield reappeared around him.
At the same time, he lightly tapped the air with his foot, and his figure suddenly became illusory.
It was his Void Step technique.
This footwork relies on the Daoist principles of the Azure Dragon and the power of the void, allowing it to switch between the real and the illusory.
"Step into the void, move!"
Ye Yang let out a low shout, his figure moving like a blur in the wind, rapidly shifting to the side along the trajectory of the black sword light.
Lightning and void power intertwined beneath his feet, leaving faint blue afterimages.
Even though Ye Yang reacted extremely quickly, he narrowly avoided the head-on impact by using his Void Step technique.
However, the terrifying aftershocks of the black sword light still swept in like a tsunami, carrying a chilling and evil aura that tore through his meridians, and crashed hard into the Xuanwu shield around him.
The pale blue Xuanwu shield instantly glowed with a dazzling halo.
"boom!"
The black aftershock slammed into the Xuanwu Shield, the dull rumble making Ye Yang's eardrums ache.
His body involuntarily slid backward several feet, and the void beneath his feet was shaken and rippled.
A moment later, the black aftershocks gradually dissipated.
Ye Yang steadied himself and spat out a mouthful of blood.
He slowly withdrew his Void Steps technique, looked down at the Xuanwu Shield around him, and a hint of relief and joy flashed in his eyes.
However, after the black sword light slashed through the air, its main force struck the trunk of the Azure Dragon Ancient Tree directly, producing a deafening roar.
Amidst the roar, a huge wound appeared on the trunk of the Azure Dragon Ancient Tree, from which a faint blue sap oozed.
"Such powerful force! No wonder it is an alien race from beyond the heavens. If I hadn't encountered the Xuanwu True Spirit and cultivated the secret techniques of the Xuanwu Holy Sect, I would probably be in danger today."
Ye Yang exhaled, his heart growing even heavier as he looked at the figure in the distance.
Just then, a violent spatial tremor suddenly erupted from the entire silent space!
"Boom!"
Ye Yang and Wuxin Daoren stopped what they were doing at the same time, their eyes scanning their surroundings warily.
At this moment, the spatial barrier of this desolate space is rapidly collapsing, and countless huge black cracks are appearing in the surrounding void.
From within the crack, a vast and terrifying power of nothingness emanated, as if it were about to devour the entire desolate space.
"Oh no! The Boundary Sea is about to close!"
Ye Yang gasped inwardly, a hint of seriousness flashing in his eyes.
The Boundary Sea is about to close, and we will have to leave before it does.
They will be trapped in this desolate space forever.
The Heartless Taoist also realized this, and a trace of anxiety and resentment flashed in his eyes.
He exerted so much effort in his battle with Ye Yang, but not only did he fail to obtain the inheritance of the Thunder Emperor True Dragon or the Azure Dragon Dao Fruit, he also had an arm severed by Ye Yang.
Now that the Boundary Sea is about to close again, if he cannot leave this place as soon as possible, he will be trapped here forever and perish completely.
"Fine, consider it good luck."
A hint of resentment and bitterness flashed in Wuxin Daoren's eyes. Then, his figure swayed, black mist surged beneath his feet, and he rushed into the void.
They wanted to escape this desolate space before the Boundary Sea closed.
"Want to leave? Not so easy!"
Ye Yang took a deep breath and mobilized the life force and Dao essence of the Azure Dragon Dao Fruit, integrating them into his own power.
"Black Tortoise World-Suppressing Technique, unleash!"
Ye Yang shouted loudly, activating the "Xuanwu Suppressing the World Technique" in his sea of consciousness. The Xuanwu phantom around him reappeared, its size becoming even larger. It roared to the sky, emitting a deafening howl.
He swung out the Azure Dragon Sky-Splitting Sword and the Evil King Blade at the same time, carrying the power to tear through the void and destroy everything, and slashed fiercely at the Heartless Daoist!
The Heartless Taoist was rushing into the void, trying to escape this desolate space, when he suddenly felt a huge sense of crisis coming from behind him.
He turned his head sharply and saw Ye Yang using the "Mysterious Martial World-Suppressing Technique".
Upon seeing the Xuanwu phantom behind Ye Yang, his face instantly turned ashen, his eyes filled with disbelief, as if he had witnessed something utterly terrifying.
"This...this is the 'Mysterious Martial World-Suppressing Technique'?! This is the secret technique of the Mysterious Martial Holy Sect? How did it fall into your hands? Who exactly are you?!" (End of Chapter)