Chapter 173 - Victory!

"Third Sword Movement, Floating Flower Sword Rain!" Cale's movements became very slow, but the high-level experts were able to feel something intricate in his actions. It was as if each of Cale's moves contained a different sword dao. Sometimes it was sharp, sometimes it was mild, but all of which were hard to fathom.

Following his shout, countless white petals rained down from the sky. Each petal looked fragile as they slowly descended. Although the petals were moving very slowly, the beast king felt that he could no longer move. 'Shit! What kind of shitty power is this?! It feels like something is binding my body! If this goes on, I will surely be killed by this human! F_u_c_k! Do I really have to burn my blood essence here?!' The beast king cursed inside his head. 

Left with no choice, the beast king burned his blood essence to forcefully extricate himself from Cale's third sword movement, but when did so, the white petals in midair turned chaotic. 

"No one can defeat this beast king! Not Aventus nor you! Break for me!" The beast king shouted furiously as he burned more than ten percent of his blood essence. 

The effect of burning one's blood essence was very terrible. It could harm one's foundations which will then significantly impact a cultivator's future cultivation speed. 

The beast king did not want to do this, but he was left with no other choice. In order to escape his predicament, he had burned his blood essence to temporarily enhance his strength.

"Roaaaarrr!" The beast king uttered a loud and baleful cry as his flood dragon body bulged even more. His legs became thicker with veins protruding around them.

Cale remained unperturbed despite his increasing aura. He was confident in his third sword movement. Heck! It consumes so much of his elemental essence, so the power released from that attack would surely be cataclysmic.

The white petals then dropped on the beast king's huge body making him stop moving.  

"These petals... It can't be... You're an Earth Enlightenment Realm expert?! No, you're not. But how?" The beast king's face contorted in agony as if he was carrying the world on his back. "Roooaaaarrr!" He then emitted a devastating roar before he spat mouthfuls of blood.

The beast king's body trembled and his eyes looked increasingly pale. He wanted to speak a few more words, but he could hardly move his jaw.

He then burned his remaining blood essence in an attempt to die together with Cale. "Human! You'll die together with me!" The beast king snarled with a ferocious glint as he tried to claw the weakened Cale.

Cale felt incredibly weak after performing the third sword movement. Seeing the beast king's surprise attack, he hurriedly took out his Void Wolf Immortal Shield to block his attack.

"Claaangg!"

The draconic claws struck Cale's shield making it produce a dull clanging sound. His body was thrown away like a broken kite before dropping on the ground creating a huge crater. "Baaangg!"

"Rooaaarrr!" With a roar of pain, the beast king's body exploded into pieces. 

"Boooom!"

Mutilated body parts were flung away because of the huge explosion. 

The soldiers stood rooted on the ground after seeing the scene. The high and mighty beast king that terrorized their Celestial Sword Empire for countless years died just like that? 

"The beast king died? Impossible, how could the lord beast king die just like that?"

"He died... We have to leave this place quickly! Retreat!"

"All savage beasts, retreat back to the Death Forest!" The remaining beast general shouted in fear as they bolted in retreat. They did not even bother to take revenge for the fallen beast king. In fact, they were forced by the beast king to join him in battle.

As for the human experts, they killed the retreating savage beasts with renewed valor. Each of their strikes contained more power after seeing how Cale killed the beast king.

"Long live the mighty Celestial Sword Empire!"

"Long live the mighty Celestial Sword Empire!"

"Long live the mighty Celestial Sword Empire!"

Everyone broke into loud cheers after seeing the savage beasts' were retreating.

"Cellan, check Cale's condition!" Old Zhang shouted urgently while glancing at the huge crater where Cale was thrown into.

After hearing the old man's words, everyone became silent. Their victory was because of one man alone. He defeated the beast king in a fair battle making the savage beasts retreat fear.

Cellan flew towards the crater and saw Cale gasping for breath. "Are you alright, buddy?"

Shaking his bloodied head, Cale said with a sigh. "I have consumed a lot of my elemental essence and I can hardly move my body." Cale gritted his teeth as he tried to get up.

"My lord, don't force yourself." Aurora arrived with a worried expression on her beautiful face. Her sudden arrival caused Cellan to be taken aback. 'What a peerlessly beautiful woman!'

Aurora supported the weakened Cale with two hands helping him to get up. Cale then took out a bottle of Heavenly Restoration Wine and gulped a few mouthfuls in one go.

"Gulp! Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!"

Cale felt his body feeling much better after drinking a few mouthfuls of the wine.

He then held Aurora waist to tightly to prevent himself from falling down.

His actions caused the lady to blush in embarrassment, but she did not make a sound of protest. 'He is just injured. Nothing more.' She thought to herself, but she felt strangely excited at his soft touch.

Cale then looked up and saw many people looking at him with faces full of worry. He was, after all, the reason for their victory. They only lost a few soldiers against more than a million savage beasts. Everyone was sure that this feat will be written down in many history books and would then be passed down through generations. Cale's name would be engraved in the young cultivators' hearts and make him their role models.

"Young brother Cale, it's good that you're fine." Old Zhang smiled benignly while looking at Cale in admiration.

Cale forced out a smile and shook his head wryly. "If it wasn't for my shield, that beast king would have killed me right there and then." 

Old Zhang nodded his head seriously before glancing at everyone present. "Everyone, disperse! Clear the battlefield! As for the dead beast carcass, take them to the empire!"

Everyone cheered loudly, even the stern Grand General Ling Tian joined the crowd's cheering.

"Victory! Mighty Celestial Sword Empire!"

"Mighty Celestial Sword Empire!"

"Mighty Celestial Sword Empire!"