System Possession, One Sword Shocks the Gods

54: desperate battleLin Batian’s roar was like a thunderclap, exploding in the silent night sky. The fragile door of Hundred Herbs Hall shattered into dust under his furious strike. Amidst the flying wood splinters, Lin Batian’s figure, brimming with Evil Qi, stepped in first. His left shoulder was wrapped in thick bandages, faintly seeping blood, a gift from Ye Chen’s previous sword strike. His eyes were bloodshot, and his gaze swept like a venomous snake across the empty front hall, finally settling on the door leading to the back.

Behind him, the Blood Blade Black Robe Leader appeared silently like a ghost. His cold gaze scanned the surroundings, and he said in a hoarse voice, ”There are faint fluctuations from a spatial Formation, and... a scent of blood. He must be hiding in the secret chamber inside.”

They actually found their way here so quickly! Ye Chen heard it clearly from the secret chamber, and his heart sank to the bottom. Elder Mo had only just left, and the passage might not be completely closed yet. If they discovered the secret passage leading to the academy, the consequences would be unimaginable!

I absolutely cannot let them break into the secret chamber and discover the tunnel!

”Old geezer, get out here!” Lin Batian roared, striking the door leading to the inner hall with a palm from a distance. The crimson palm print, carrying violent fire-attributed spiritual power, blasted a large hole through the door and the surrounding wall. Broken bricks flew, and smoke filled the air.

As the smoke dissipated slightly, it revealed a narrow passage behind it and stone steps leading downwards.

”Indeed, he’s here!” Lin Batian’s face twisted into a sinister smile. He exchanged a glance with the Black Robe Leader, and the two, one after the other, rushed into the passage without hesitation, heading straight for the underground secret chamber.

Inside the secret chamber, Ye Chen took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his internal injuries and surging Qi and blood. He knew there was no retreat, only battle! Although their strengths were vastly different, perhaps he could stall for a moment by utilizing the narrow terrain of the secret chamber, buying more time for Elder Mo!

He stood in the center of the secret chamber, the qingfeng sword already in his hand. On the sword’s body, the dark golden Nirvana Sword Intent flickered like breathing. Although weak, that destructive aura still made Lin Batian, who had rushed down first, narrow his pupils and subconsciously halt his steps.

”Little beast, let’s see where you’ll escape to this time!” Lin Batian gritted his teeth, new and old grudges surging in his heart. ”Hand over the secret record and the demon summoning token, and I can leave you a complete corpse!”

The Black Robe Leader was even more direct. His figure flickered, ghost-like, as he bypassed Lin Batian. The pitch-black short blade in his hand, which seemed to absorb light, stabbed directly at Ye Chen’s throat, moving so fast that only an afterimage remained!

”Hmph!”

Ye Chen was already prepared. He executed the Flowing Wind Fleeting Shadow movement technique to its limit, dodging the fatal blow by sidestepping at the last possible moment. At the same time, the qingfeng sword drew a strange arc, not to parry, but to stab directly at the exposed flank of the Black-Robed Figure, who had overextended in his charge!

Besiege Wei to rescue Zhao! Attack where they must defend!

The Black-Robed Figure snorted coldly, his short blade spinning back to precisely strike the spine of the qingfeng sword.

”Clang!”

With a crisp sound, sparks flew.

Ye Chen felt a cold, immense force travel up the sword. His tiger’s mouth split open, and blood instantly stained the sword hilt. He was sent staggering backward, crashing into the wall, a sweetness rising in his throat, almost making him spit out blood again. The disparity in Realms was simply too great!

”Death throes!” The Black-Robed Figure, not giving an inch after gaining the upper hand, unleashed his short blade again, transforming it into dozens of dark blade shadows that enveloped Ye Chen like a torrential storm!

At the same time, Lin Batian also struck with a sinister grin. He was wary of Ye Chen’s Nirvana Sword Intent and dared not get too close. He continuously slapped out with his palms, and condensed flame palm prints blocked all possible evasion routes for Ye Chen, perfectly coordinating with the Black-Robed Figure’s attacks!

Front, back, left, and right, all were shrouded in death!

No escape! A hint of desperation flashed in Ye Chen’s eyes! He knew that in a conventional fight, he had no chance of winning; he could only resort to a risky move!

He completely ignored Lin Batian’s flame palm prints behind him and the dark blade shadows to his side, converting all his remaining spiritual power, along with the pain from his recently suppressed injuries, into a fierce and unyielding Sword Intent, charging forward with a tragic resolve!

His target was directly the Black Robe Leader in front of him!

”Nirvana – Return to the Void!”

He roared, no longer pursuing the speed and technique of ”Fleeting Shadow,” nor the defensive counterattack of ”Soul Devourer.” Instead, it was a desperate, mutually destructive killing move from the Nirvana Sword Intent! The dark golden light on the qingfeng sword suddenly retracted, as if forming a miniature black hole, devouring all surrounding light and vitality, carrying the will for all things to end and return to nothingness, stabbing directly at the Black-Robed Figure’s heart!

This sword strike abandoned all defense, seeking only to kill the enemy!

The Black Robe Leader’s expression beneath his mask finally changed! He had never felt such a pure, such a death-approaching will of destruction! This sword strike made his Soul tremble! He had no doubt that if he were struck, even with his Kaiyuan Realm Seventh Level cultivation, he would surely die!

”Madman!” he cursed inwardly, forced to recall most of the blade shadows attacking Ye Chen and focus all his power on defense! The dark short blade danced before him, forming an impenetrable screen of light, and dense Yin-Evil spiritual power condensed into a thick black shield, attempting to block this mutually destructive sword strike!

”Hiss—!”

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a grating sound, as if ice and snow were melting. The dark golden sword tip touched the black shield, and the shield, which had condensed most of the Black-Robed Figure’s power, quickly dimmed and disintegrated, as if it had encountered its nemesis!

The sword tip, unstoppable, pierced through the shield and struck the dancing short blade’s light screen!

”Crack!”

The short blade’s light screen shattered instantly! The Black-Robed Figure grunted, his entire body flying backward as if struck by a heavy blow, crashing hard against the stone wall of the secret chamber. A trickle of blood seeped from beneath his mask. Although he barely blocked the fatal sword strike, the annihilating nature of the Nirvana Sword Intent still injured his internal organs and hindered the circulation of his spiritual power!

However, just as Ye Chen unleashed this desperate sword strike, leaving himself completely exposed—

”Thud! Thud!”

Lin Batian’s two flame palm prints landed squarely on his back!

”Argh—!”

Ye Chen let out a painful groan, his entire body flying forward, blood gushing from his mouth. The clothes on his back were completely shredded, revealing charred flesh, and one could even smell a faint burnt scent. His internal organs felt as if they had been shattered, and his vision went black, almost causing him to faint on the spot.

He fell heavily to the ground, the qingfeng sword flying from his hand and clattering as it landed. The backlash from the Nirvana Sword Intent, coupled with Lin Batian’s solid heavy strike, completely incapacitated him, leaving only a faint consciousness stubbornly clinging on.

”Little beast! Let’s see what else you can stir up!” Lin Batian’s heart settled at the sight, and a cruel smile appeared on his face as he walked step by step towards Ye Chen, who was collapsed on the ground. He would first cripple this brat’s cultivation, then slowly torture him to extract the whereabouts of the secret record and the demon summoning token!

The Black Robe Leader also recovered, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, and stared at Ye Chen with sinister eyes, as if looking at a dead man.

Despair! True despair!

Ye Chen’s vision blurred as he watched Lin Batian slowly approaching, feeling his life force rapidly draining away. A strong sense of unwillingness surged in his heart. Was he... going to die here? His parents’ revenge was not yet taken, the academy’s crisis was unresolved, the Dark Hall’s conspiracy... No! I cannot die!

He struggled, trying to mobilize even a trace of spiritual power within his body, but his Meridians were like dry riverbeds, and the Nirvana Sword Intent had completely fallen silent after unleashing that final strike.

Lin Batian walked up to Ye Chen, looking down at him. He raised his foot, imbued with violent spiritual power, and was about to stomp fiercely on Ye Chen’s Dantian and Qi Sea!

If this stomp landed, Ye Chen would be completely crippled!

At this critical moment—

”Buzz!!!”

A vast, majestic, terrifying will, as if from ancient primordial times, suddenly awakened from the depths of Ye Chen’s Soul without warning!

This will was ancient, desolate, and filled with supreme majesty and the sharpness of a sword! It was even more profound and grand than the Nirvana Sword Intent!

Ye Chen’s previously blurred consciousness became incredibly clear the moment this will appeared. He ”saw” that in the depths of his Soul, the illusory image of the ”Incomplete Ancient Sword” that had always floated silently and motionlessly, was now emitting a dazzling light!

An extremely pure Sword Origin power, far surpassing the quality of his own spiritual power by an unknown margin, surged through his dry Meridians like a bursting flood, nourishing his shattered Physical Body!

The charred wounds on his back, under the nourishment of this power, began to heal at a visible speed! The severe internal injuries within his body were also rapidly recovering!

Even more shocking to him was a sudden enlightenment that surged into his mind. About the sword, about destruction and rebirth, about a trace of the true meaning of that Incomplete Ancient Sword... All of this happened in a flash of lightning!

Lin Batian’s foot, imbued with destructive power, had already descended!

However, just as his sole was about to touch Ye Chen’s Dantian—

Ye Chen, who had been limp as mud, suddenly opened his eyes!

What kind of eyes were those? No longer the usual dark sharpness, but as if they contained an endless starry sky, flowing with ancient runes, indifferent, majestic, viewing all living beings as ants!

”Scram.”

A cold, emotionless word, was uttered from Ye Chen’s mouth.

At the same time, he didn’t even raise his hand or move his sword. It was merely a gaze, a gaze as solid as substance, imbued with supreme Sword Dao will, like an invisible sharp sword, suddenly piercing into Lin Batian’s Soul!

”Ah—!”

Lin Batian let out an extremely shrill scream. His foot, which was about to stomp down, froze in mid-air. He clutched his head as if he had seen the most terrifying thing in the world, and blood actually seeped from all seven orifices simultaneously! He felt as if his Soul was being pierced and torn by thousands of blades!

He staggered back several steps, his gaze towards Ye Chen filled with boundless fear and disbelief!

”You... what kind of monster are you?!”

The Black Robe Leader beside him was also stunned by this sudden turn of events. He felt the completely different, ancient and majestic aura emanating from Ye Chen, an aura that made his Soul tremble, and an unprecedented sense of crisis instantly enveloped his entire body!

Inside the secret chamber, the situation was reversed!