Chapter 454: Life and Death

Lin Yun used the floating platforms as footing to soar into the sky. The further he went, the more dangerous it was. When another crimson bolt of lightning tore through the clouds and flew down, Lin Yun threw out a punch at it.

When Lin Yun destroyed the first bolt of lightning, the next one flew down. Lin Yun was barely able to withstand the bolts of lightning, and was struck down by it. When he landed on a platform, the platform cracked under the immense pressure. When the lightning dissipated, Lin Yun’s face was pale with blood dripping from the corner of his lips.

Stomping his foot on the ground that shattered the platform, Lin Yun shot into the sky like an arrow. He was circulating his sword intent to the strongest to face the incoming bolts of lightning.

Just when he was about to charge into the crimson clouds, a phenomenon suddenly happened. The crimson clouds began to tumble which slowly formed into a skull that tried to devour Lin Yun.

Within the crimson skull’s path, all the platforms were devoured and vanished. Lin Yun knew that his physique wasn’t as strong as those platforms, and he would be dead if he was devoured. But Lin Yun wasn’t someone who would give up easily.

His body suddenly paused, and a wind started blowing around him. As the wind started to grow bigger and bigger, it grew to the point that the entire heaven and earth was trembling.

Where does the wind come from? When the crimson skull approached, Lin Yun’s eyes were wide open, and he slapped out his palm.

Great Wind Scripture!

A huge palm sinked into the crimson clouds that blew it apart. Along with the skull shattering, Lin Yun charged into the crimson clouds. Vaguely, there was a thin membrane stopping him from going any further, which Lin Yun fell into deep thoughts.

Raising his head, Lin Yun began to release his sword intent and reached the membrane in the blink of an eye. Raising his fist, he threw a punch out with the four seals combined. The collision created cracks on the membrane, but the membrane still stood strong.

At the same time, a powerful rebound force threw him away.

“Is it starting?” commented Lord Thirteen as he looked at the bamboo exploding.

“In the name of my sword, bloom!” Lin Yun started forming seals and a colossal Iris Flower appeared behind him. In that split second, Lin Yun’s aura surged. Just when he was blown away, he charged back with ten times the speed and crashed against the membrane.

“Break!” His fist was like a sword that fell onto the membrane.

“I did it!” Lin Yun’s face flashed with joy when cracks began to spread out. Without any hesitation, he charged through the crack.

In that split second, a sword ray was being gathered together in the Sword Burial Woods that charged into the sky. This instantly caught everyone’s attention in the capital. After all, the sword ray was bright in the darkness.

“What did I just see?”

“Stars lighting up… Wait, is that a sword ray?”

“What’s going on?”

“Is the Great Qin Empire changing?” Many people even suspected if their eyes were messing with them.

Some sect’s elders looked at the Sword Burial Woods direction with their faces changed. They murmured, “That direction… Is that the Sword Firmament Pavilion?”

The phenomenon today gave many people a sleepless night, especially when the best eight were just born. This could help make people think if the phenomenon was a sign.

“How majestic!” Lin Yun stood on the ancient platform looking at the sixth level. There was only one platform in the sixth level, the one he was standing on. There were no thunderclouds in the sky, but a starry sky. It feels as if the stars were within his reach.

When Lin Yun focused his attention, he realized that the sky was a starry diagram formed with sword intent spiritual runes, and the sword intent contained in every star was shocking.

“How terrifying…” Lin Yun began to look around. The platform he was standing on was the only one here, and he summoned his Flower Burial Sword without any thought.

An ancient and eerie voice suddenly rang out, “You won’t be allowed out of this place if you can’t comprehend the xiantian sword intent…”

When the ancient voice disappeared, sword rays suddenly descended. The sword intent contained in the ray was shocking, which seemed to possess destructive prowess. Each ray was like a star that descended down from the sky.

When the stars began to converge together, the platform beneath Lin Yun was trembling in fear. In the blink of an eye, the starlight devoured Lin Yun. In the split second he was devoured, Lin Yun could sense countless thoughts appearing in his mind.

Lin Yun didn’t dare to do anything else and immediately focused his thoughts. A long while later, Lin Yun was shrouded with origin energy as he began to dance on the platform with his sword. When his origin energy roared, the sword rays would leave deep marks on the platform.

“I’ll have to create my own sword to grasp the xiantian sword intent. The Heavenly Cloud Shatter might seem to be a move that I created, but in reality, it was born from Aquaselenic Sword. It might be strong, but there were too many imprints that didn’t belong to me. So it’s not completely a sword that belongs to me…” It was just like Bai Lixuan’s Thundercloud Crusher or Heartcliff’s Astral Devour.

But creating a sword that totally belonged to him wasn’t easy.

“If I succeed, then I’ll be ahead of many people without a question, and I will also grasp the xiantian sword intent. At that time, I will be confident about fighting Qin Yu.” Lin Yun’s face was grave because he knew that he would be dead if he was trapped here.

But right at this moment, he was feeling extremely emotional. This was a swordsman’s thirst for the xiantian sword intent. Shortly after, Lin Yun began to swing his sword on the ancient stage, performing everything that he had learned to seek his own path.

Meanwhile, he was also waiting for the next starlight to descend. After all, the starlight gave him lots of inspiration.

A long time later, Lin Yun had undergone eight starlights, and he could sense that he was getting endlessly close to the xiantian sword intent with every starlight. But there seems to be a membrane standing in his way. The fast progress was highly related to the fact that he had a high comprehension when it came to swords.

“The Flowing Wind Sword, Thunderclap Sword, Overlord Sword, and Aquaselenic Sword… Those are the four sword techniques that I’ve learned so far. Aside from the Overlord Sword, I’ve already reached the highest possible mastery in the three other sword techniques. What I have to do is to make use of my comprehension to break through this membrane.” Lin Yun rejoiced when he realized that he was getting close to the xiantian sword intent.

Right at this moment, Lord Thirteen’s voice echoed out, “Brat, you’ve already basked in eight starlights. If you’re still unable to grasp the xiantian sword intent at the ninth, the next starlight will start to hurt. I told you that you shouldn’t come to the sixth level without a Violet Palace Realm cultivation. This is your last chance because no one will be able to save you after this.”

Lord Thirteen’s words were like a bucket of water that rained down on Lin Yun’s head, which made his face change. The ninth starlight, which means that this was his last chance.

Lin Yun raised his head and looked at the starlight gathering from the starry sky.