367 Su Li’s Gaze Part Two

Chen Changsheng’s dagger arrived in front of Xue He, but the real sharp swordwas Su Li’s gaze. However, if a Star Condensation expert were to be defeated so easily, whywould the Daoist Canon name the Star Domain as one’s own world? The bright morning light suddenly fluctuated for a moment. Xue He’s hand extended to his back and pulled out the first blade. Due to thespeed of his actions, it even left behind an afterimage, as if there was asecond one of him in the morning light. The sharp, white blade edge fell even faster than the sound, chopping at ChenChangsheng’s head from above. At this moment, Chen Changsheng was about to pour all his sword energy intohis strike, and could not change the direction of the dagger at all, much lessblock the strike. What could he do? On the green sorghum-covered ground, there was a hum. A heavy, metal swordappeared out of nowhere, and blocked Xue He’s blade. Even with Xue He’s level of cultivation, he was unable to chop the metal swordin half. The metal sword was the Mountain Sea Sword. Xue He had no expression. The afterimage appeared again, and with unimaginablespeed, he pulled out a second blade from behind him, chopping down again. His actions were just too quick. When the second blade fell, the Mountain SeaSword had only just met the first blade. According to Chen Changsheng’s levelof cultivation and strength, he was unable to follow such great speeds at all,because cultivators of the Ethereal Opening realm could not have such quickstriking speeds. However, the way he struck was just different from otherpeople. When he struck out, he did not need a movement in the wrist, in hisfingers, nor any movements at all. He only needed the slight control ofspiritual sense, and a sword would fly out of his sheath, into the world,blocking the blade in Xue He’s hand. The second sword was the South Stream Temple’s Holy Maiden Sword. Xue He’s pupils restricted slightly, obviously being surprised by the twofamous swords that Chen Changsheng had produced out of nowhere. However, thespeed of his hand did not decrease at all, and another afterimage appeared inthe morning light with a third sword. Almost at the same time the third blade fell, Chen Changsheng summoned thethird sword. Only a true powerful sword, a sword that was preserved relatively well, couldblock the powerful blade of Divine General Xue He. As a result, the third swordwas the Demon Commander’s Banner Sword. Everything happened too quickly, only occurring in a moment. The morning light flashed slightly, and another afterimage appeared. It waslike Xue He had turned into six people, drawing six blades, chopping at ChenChangsheng’s head from above. It seemed as though Chen Changsheng was just infront of him, silent and unmoving, but with six swords appearing out ofnowhere, blocking in front of him. Only now did continuous sounds of collision appear, as if it was a series ofthunder rumbling in spring, blooming in the green fields. Xue He’s blade was too quick. With only his strength, it would have beenimpossible for Chen Changsheng to receive all of it. It was just that Xue Heprobably did not think that the teenager would actually have such weirdmethods—just what were these swords? However, that was not the end. Xue He’ssix afterimages disappeared at the same time, returning to the main body. Thestrike that he had sent at Su Li actually turned and flew over, chopping atChen Changsheng’s neck. This was his first strike, also his last strike. It was the true strike. When the strike fell, the seven blades formed a perfect world again. His BladeDomain was completed once again, and the holes that had once existed completelydisappeared. Between his strikes, Xue He’s gaze was very cold, as if it was asking ChenChangsheng whether he still had more swords. The seven blades created aterrifying blade energy, crushing Chen Changsheng to the point where breathinghad become extremely difficult. His constant thoughts also seemed to slow down,otherwise he probably would have thought,I even have to tell you the fact thatI have ten thousand swords? It was just that at this moment, even if he had allof the ten thousand swords, it was pointless, because Xue He’s Blade Domain wasthere again. His dagger was unable to break through it, unable to be thrustinto the opponent’s body. The difference in cultivation was just too hard tomake up for. Fortunately, Su Li was still behind him. Looking at Xue He, his gaze was likea sword that had been washed in the water of autumn His gaze rested on Xue He’s rib as he declared, “Celestial Storehouse.” The dagger in Chen Changsheng’s hand went to where he said. Xue He’s expression was slightly afraid. He had used subtle and clever methodsto recreate the Blade Domain, but somehow Su Li could still tell with a glance,and find the only weakness it had. However, he was not worried because Su Li was already injured and could onlymake sounds , not attack. As an expert at the Star Condensation Realm, with hisarmor, the Ethereal Opening teenager would not be able to strike through. As aresult, he did not think deeply, and decided to quickly end the battle. He nolonger paid attention to Chen Changsheng’s swords—if this battle where the weakhad defeated the strong was analyzed afterwards, other than Su Li’s gaze andChen Changsheng’s strength and mental state that far exceeded his age, the mostimportant reason was that Xue He made a fatal mistake at the most importantmoment. He did not think that the seemingly ordinary dagger in Chen Changsheng’s handwas actually one of the sharpest daggers in the world. After the baptism ofwind and rain in the Garden of Zhou, the dagger contained the sword intent ofthe Dragoncry Sword. It had its own sword spirit, and inherited Chen Xuanba’sextremely brave death wish from countless years ago. It actually had thestrength to surpass cultivation realms. With a soft squelch, the dagger in Chen Changsheng’s hand pierced through XueHe’s bright armor. It broke through his body that was tough like metal andstone from Purification, and continued to advance like a violent wind, as if itwas going to destroy everything before the edge of the dagger. An angry roar of shock and pain resounded. Xue He had never imagined that his temporary negligence would allow theEthereal Opening teenager to succeed in placing him in such a dangerousposition. All of the true essence in his body surged violently. It was difficult for Chen Changsheng’s dagger to advance. Xue He had used hisentire cultivation, condensing the Star Domain before his chest, forcefullyusing the true essence to stop the dagger. The blade in his hand continued tochop at Chen Changsheng’s neck. Not to mention that it was difficult for ChenChangsheng’s dagger to continue deeper, even if it could, it would only heavilyinjure Xue He at most, while the blade would definitely land on his head. Just like this. Chen Changsheng knew that he had lost. He had never imagined that a Star Condensation expert actually could explodeforth with such terrifying battle prowess, actually able to turn true essenceinto something that was seemingly tangible. For him to cultivate to Ethereal Opening at his age, he was already consideredan exceptional genius. However, before a Star Condensation expert, he stillseemed unable to withstand even a single blow, even with Su Li’s guidance, eventhough he had already displayed exceeding strength him. Losing to Xue He wasactually a very logical matter. But, why did he feel slightly unwilling? Whywas he unwilling to die, or in other words, unwilling to immediately die, andstill be unable to properly wound Xue He? Chen Changsheng did not think likethat. He knew he could injure Xue He, so he continued to attack, ignoring thefact that he could die in the next moment. In battles between cultivators, scenes where the sword energy temporarilychanged in the end rarely occurred, because it was betraying one’s general ideaof cultivation and philosophies of cultivation, unless it was before thestrike, as the changes were already hidden in the sword move beforehand. Such asword move was very rarely seen. In the recent years, the most well-known swordmove like that was called the Burning Heaven Sword. The Burning Heaven Sword was a Mount Li Sword Technique, a secret move createdby Su Li himself. Just by its wondrous nature, it was even above the SecretSword of the Golden Crow. What Chen Changsheng used was the Burning Heaven Sword. He knew this type ofsword move, and had used it in the Grand Examination before, except he used thefist instead of the sword at that time. As for right now, it was truly thefirst time he had used this sword move. Chen Changsheng’s dagger flicked upwards in an incomprehensible fashion, anddrew a line that seemed completely natural on Xue He’s bright armor, crackingthe armor as it went. The wilderness that was like it had been set on fire by lightning spat flamesat the sky. An extremely clear swish resounded. A stream of fresh blood poured out, and Xue He’s left arm was chopped off,sent flying in the sky. Almost at the same time, Xue He’s blade landed on Chen Changsheng’s neck. A huge thunderous explosion reverberated, and the flames in the wildernesswere completely extinguished. Chen Changsheng’s knees landed heavily on the ground before the carriage, andthe ground trembled, causing dust to fly into the air.