Archean Eon Art

Chapter 179: Peak Saber Soul

Meng Chuan could have easily caught up to Blackwater Palace Lord even while carrying Yang Fang, so why was he attacking again and again?

Almost. Just a little more. At this moment, Meng Chuan had an intense impulse. The core to his Saber Soul was demon-slaying! Upon seeing hope of killing a fourth Firmament Skydemon, Meng Chuan was extremely excited.

Killing a fourth Firmament Skydemon? This pushed Meng Chuan’s fighting spirit to the limits. His will made him strike out with his saber, causing his technique realm to rise.

Saber Soul was an amalgamation of two factors: saber techniques and one’s will. Willpower was the Saber Soul’s core, and it commandeered the saber technique. Condensed into one, they became the Saber Soul.

A strong will could naturally strengthen his saber art.

Slay! Slay! Slay! Even if it’s a fourth Firmament Skydemon, he won’t be spared as well! Meng Chuan once again struck out with his saber. He continued using the Heart Saber Stance. He delivered multiple strikes, each strike slightly improving as his saber art transformed.

His saber art became more direct! More straightforward!

His killing intent intensified!

Slay! Meng Chuan looked at Blackwater Palace Lord—who had a bloody wound cleaved open by Yang Fang’s axes. He took the opportunity to retreat before striking again.

When he delivered the seventeenth strike, Meng Chuan entered a state of enlightenment.

Boom! When the saber beam formed, it was even more condensed than his previous ones. His killing intent turned even colder.

Peak Saber Soul!

Two years after Meng Chuan left Archean Mountain—with a Black Metal Sutra’s intent guidance—he finally achieved a peak Saber Soul while encircling a fourth Firmament Skydemon.

This was considered a very high technique realm among Great Solar Godfiends. After all, any higher and it would be the Saber Dao realm. Meng Chuan had long condensed an Essence Soul. Once he achieved Saber Dao, he would become a Marquis Godfiend.

Lightning runes appeared on Meng Chuan’s back.

As a Lightning Devastator Fiend Body expert, lightning was a core power. He had imprinted Lightning Runes on his body. When lightning passed through the Lightning Runes, its strength would increase exponentially. For example, the first Lightning Rune could increase the power of lightning by three-fold. The second Lightning Rune could increase the power of lightning by ten-fold. The more lightning runes one had, the more powerful the lightning became.

Lightning Runes were split into five levels. Under normal circumstances, the first four levels corresponded with the Great Solar realm, Darkstar realm, Incessant realm, and Creation realm. The fifth level was regarded as theoretical, but Supremacy Thundergod—who created the Lightning Devastator Fiend Body formula—had reached the fifth level.

Second-level Lightning Runes required one to be at the Realm of Dao and have a first-level Essence Soul. Only then could the Lightning Runes be imprinted on one’s body.

When Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul reached the Kinesis stage, he had attempted to imprint second-level Lightning Runes. Back then, he had only attained Greater Mastery of Saber Soul, so he failed.

Whoosh.

As he had made an attempt in the past, Meng Chuan instinctively felt that he should be able to imprint second-level Lightning Runes on his body after attaining a perfected Saber Soul. His Saber Soul and the Power of the Essence Soul controlled the Quintessential Essence carefully. Within each acupoint in his body, he imprinted a complicated second-level Lightning Rune.

The Lightning Runes on his back—visible to the naked eye—became more complex and mysterious. It was if they were split into many layers. In reality, it was the runes inside his body.

It’s done. Meng Chuan was delighted.

Lightning Runes were a type of Godfiend rune. Quite a few Archean Mountain Godfiends studied Godfiend runes. For example, many Godfiend bodies—like the Phoenix Divine Body—could form divine runes as they cultivated. Generations of Godfiends studied this phenomenon and acquired much knowledge. The Lightning Runes were created by Supremacy Thundergod; they weren’t formed naturally.

It took a very long time to describe, but in seconds, a second-level Lightning Rune appeared on his back.

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This Meng Chuan has been blocking me the entire time. Blackwater Palace Lord’s tail had been severed, and he had hideous wounds on his chest and shoulder. However, the wounds had stopped bleeding.

He shook off Yang Fang again and continued fleeing in the same direction!

Senior Brother Yang and Senior Brother Zhang are too old. They have been using forbidden Godfiend spells all this while, and it’s too heavy a burden on their bodies. Meng Chuan could tell that Yang Fang was in better shape since he was still a few decades away from his maximum lifespan. As for Zhang Yunfeng, he was too old. When using the forbidden Godfiend spell, his blood boiled, and his skin turned red. It worried Meng Chuan.

Previously, he wasn’t strong enough. Now that he had reached the peak of Saber Soul, the strength of his moves had been enhanced. After imprinting a second-level Lightning Rune, his movement speed increased once more.

This boosted Meng Chuan’s confidence.

“Senior Brother Zhang, Senior Brother Yang, I have a mystic technique that increases my strength for 30 moves! I can cooperate with Senior Brother Yang to attack this Skydemon,” said Meng Chuan via voice transmission. “We must kill him within 30 moves.”

“Junior Brother Meng, don’t take the risk.” Yang Fang immediately sent a voice transmission anxiously. “We can risk our lives, but you are still young. Your strength is still a little weak. You can’t fight him head-on.”

“Let’s join forces.” Meng Chuan attacked. First, dozens of saber beams struck Blackwater Palace Lord, slowing him down. Senior Brother Yang Fang also rushed over. He tried to stop Meng Chuan with a look. “Junior Brother Meng, retreat.”

“Attack.” Meng Chuan did not retreat.

With Senior Brother Yang Fang’s help, there was indeed hope for him to kill Blackwater Palace Lord. However, it was only a chance. It was also possible that he would fail. Even if they were to kill Blackwater Palace Lord through attrition, it would probably take a very long time. He had no idea how many mortals Blackwater Palace Lord would end up killing before dying.

It was even possible that Zhang Yunfeng’s body wouldn’t be able to last until Blackwater Palace Lord died.

Now that he was powerful enough, he naturally had to take action.

Boom!

Meng Chuan’s aura expanded rapidly as he used a forbidden Godfiend spell. At the same time, he fused his Great Solar Quintessential Essence with the Power of Essence Soul.

Swallow Dragon Roar Stance!

Meng Chuan attacked.

Meng Chuan is fighting me in close combat? When he saw the lightning figure approach him, Blackwater Palace Lord was delighted instead of being alarmed. Only by killing Meng Chuan would he be able to escape this predicament.

However, he was astonished to discover eight figures appearing around him. They were extremely fast and terrifying. Swirling saber beams flew towards Blackwater Palace Lord.

Why is he faster than before? Blackwater Palace Lord panicked.

Thanks to Zhang Yunfeng’s forbidden spell, Blackwater Palace Lord was slower than usual in the domain. As for Meng Chuan? He only fused the Power of the Essence Soul with his Quintessential Essence. This was a relatively low expenditure, allowing him to attack 30 times with such strength. However, each strike’s strength was no less than the maximum he could unleash previously. His attacks were more exquisite now. Second-level Lightning Runes caused the lightning around his body to flash, increasing his speed even more.

Without fusing the Power of Essence Soul or a forbidden spell, he could traverse about two kilometers in a single flash compared to his previous 1.5 kilometers per flash. His movement technique had also become more agile and faster. With this, Blackwater Palace Lord was unable to touch him.

Soon, Meng Chuan’s saber appeared in front of him. The strike caused the void to distort, reducing the 100 feet distance to just a stone’s throw.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Blackwater Palace Lord immediately brandished his Water Splitters to block the attack.

“Die.” Yang Fang’s even more terrifying axe arrived!

Blackwater Palace Lord instinctively blocked Yang Fang’s axe. Meng Chuan’s saber could injure him, but Yang Fang’s axe could kill him!

When he managed to block the axe with great difficulty, a saber beam had already penetrated his abdomen. He had let it hit him there on purpose! This was because if he had been stabbed in the head or heart, it would be even more troublesome.

Pfft. Dragon Roar Stance’s penetrative power was astonishing! The might of Meng Chuan’s strike was weak, but Blackwater Palace Lord only had 30% of his normal strength. Should he block or should he rely on his body to withstand the strike? Especially when it was a penetrative attack?

The saber beam pierced through Blackwater Palace Lord’s abdomen, causing a bloody hole to form. However, Blackwater Palace Lord manipulated his flesh and forcefully closed his wound, though this caused his face to turn paler.

He would rather withstand the saber beam than be struck by Yang Fang’s axe.

“Well done!” Yang Fang was overjoyed when he saw this.

“Surround him and kill him!” Zhang Yunfeng was extremely excited despite struggling to maintain his forbidden spell.

“Attack.” Meng Chuan didn’t stop.

When he joined forces with Yang Fang, Yang Fang attacked head-on while Meng Chuan used his terrifying speed to attack Blackwater Palace Lord. When his attacks moved at a certain speed, it was virtually impossible to block them.

If the domain wasn’t suppressing Blackwater Palace Lord, he would’ve counterattacked. However, Blackwater Palace Lord was indeed completely suppressed.

Pfft. Pfft.

He executed Dragon Roar Stance repeatedly, leaving bloody holes in Blackwater Palace Lord’s body. Blackwater Palace Lord tried his best to direct the attacks to non-vital spots, but his injuries were aggravated by such movements.

This Skydemon is really tenacious. He still isn’t dead? Meng Chuan slashed Blackwater Palace Lord’s chest. He successfully cut off the other party’s arm, sending his severed arm flying.

This darn Meng Chuan! Blackwater Palace Lord was filled with grief and indignation. However, he could not resist Yang Fang with just one arm.

Boom!

Blackwater Palace Lord’s eyes were filled with determination. He suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a black demon core. At the same time, he transformed into seven black streams of water as he frantically flew into the distance.

He wants to self-destruct his demon core. Lightning flashed across Meng Chuan’s body as he instantly grabbed Yang Fang. With a whoosh, he traveled 2000 feet to the side. Only then did the demon core explode! Blackwater Palace Lord didn’t ignite his demon core too early, afraid that he would end up killing himself.

As a Skydemon, his physical body was his primary source of strength. Although the cost of losing a demon core was huge, he could still live.

Blackwater Palace Lord only wanted to live!