Chapter 47 - Victory
"Seven Star Locking God - Tianxuan! Tianji! Tianquan!" Three star sword lights containing different sword intents, some heavy as a mountain, some nimble as the wind, and some treacherous and unpredictable, strangled from three tricky angles! The sword net was eerie!
Xie Zhao's eyes sharpened, and he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. The Jinghong Talisman Pen once again shone with golden light, but with a tragic aura! He put his fingers together like a knife and slashed across the palm of his left hand!
Blood spurted out! But the blood was not bright red, but had a faint golden luster!
With my blood and essence, I paint all laws! Blood talismans guide all things!
The talisman pen, stained with pale golden blood, danced wildly in the air! Blood-colored, even more agile and strange runes instantly appeared, shooting out as if they had life!
These blood-colored runes did not block the sword light directly, but were like a thorn in the flesh, precisely entwining and adhering to the three star-like sword lights differentiated by Ling Xiao!
The flow of runes was frantically analyzing, interfering with, and diverting the spiritual power structure and sword intent trajectory contained in the sword light!
Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!
The three sharp star sword lights were disrupted by the blood-colored runes, their trajectories suddenly becoming disordered. They collided with each other, greatly reducing their power. Finally, they brushed past Xie Zhao's body and slammed into the ground of the Summit Platform, creating three deep pits! Debris flew everywhere!
"What?!" Ling Xiao's pupils suddenly constricted! His "Flying Star Sword Technique" was renowned for its precision, swiftness, and unpredictable transformations, yet it was actually being disrupted and deciphered by the other party's strange blood-inspired talisman technique?!
"It's not over yet!" Xie Zhao's face grew even paler from the blood loss, but the madness in his eyes intensified! He endured the excruciating pain in his soul, dipped his Jinghong Fu Pen into the pale golden blood in his palm, and drew an extremely complex, ominous blood-colored rune in the air!
The core of the rune is faintly the outline of a phoenix flapping its wings, ready to fly!
"Blood Phoenix Burning World—Glimmer of Light!"
Phew——! ! !
A phoenix cry that seemed to come from the underworld and was filled with violent aura resounded throughout heaven and earth!
The blood-colored rune instantly ignited! It transformed into a miniature fire phoenix, its wingspan only a few feet, yet condensed to the utmost, its entire body composed of dark red blood flames! Though small, the heat from its core caused the surrounding space to violently distort!
The burning aura emitted made many monks in the stands feel a burning pain in their souls!
"Go!" Xie Zhaofu pointed with his pen!
The miniature blood-flame phoenix let out a shrill cry and turned into a dark red blood line. It moved at an extremely fast speed, ignoring the spatial distance, and appeared in front of Ling Xiao in an instant!
The terrifying power of incineration came down upon him! Its target was the radiant Seven-Star Dragon Abyss in his hand!
"Not good!" Ling Xiao was horrified! He felt a deadly threat from this tiny blood-flame phoenix! This flame could actually burn spiritual energy and defile magical weapons!
He frantically urged his spiritual power to be injected into the Seven Star Dragon Abyss. The seven star stones shone brightly, and he tried to resist with his sword energy!
Sizzle! Sizzle!
The Blood Flame Phoenix slammed fiercely into the Seven Star Dragon Abyss's sword energy! The dark red blood flames and the brilliant starlight crazily eroded and annihilated each other! A sound that made one's teeth ache!
Just a stalemate!
Ling Xiao was horrified to discover that his proud Seven-Star Sword Qi was being rapidly corroded and burned by the strange blood flames! A wail rang out from the sword as if it could not bear the heavy burden!
The blood flame even spread up along the sword energy, burning his body's protective spiritual power!
"Ah!" Ling Xiao cried out in pain, his wrist holding the sword burned! He made a quick decision, withdrawing his sword and retreating in a desperate retreat! He was in a state of extreme disgrace!
However, how could Xie Zhao let go of this opportunity? He had been waiting for this moment!
At the moment of the Blood Flame Phoenix's impact, Xie Zhao endured the excruciating pain of his soul being torn apart and the surging blood and qi. With the last dregs of his pale golden blood, the Jinghong Talisman Pen flashed through the air, sketching two extremely simple rune units—the very same basic structures of the "Silence" and "Slowdown" spells he had first used in the Hunyuan Arena! But now, these two runes were forcibly superimposed and compressed by his blood and the last of his soul!
"Soul-Silencing Swamp!"
Two faint, almost invisible golden lights, coming one after the other but arriving first, bypassed the burning blood flames with incredible precision and instantly penetrated into Ling Xiao's body, whose spiritual power was momentarily sluggish due to withdrawing his sword to defend himself!
Ling Xiao's retreating form suddenly froze! As if an invisible hand had gripped his throat, all his curses and screams abruptly ceased! At the same time, a heavy feeling of stagnation enveloped his body like a quagmire, drastically slowing his retreat!
In this fatal moment of delay and silence——
The miniature blood-flame phoenix, which had consumed most of Ling Xiao's sword energy but was still ferocious, accelerated suddenly like a maggot on the tarsal bone and slammed heavily into Ling Xiao's chest, which had lost most of the protection of his sword energy as he hurriedly returned to defend himself!
Boom——!!!
The dark red blood flames exploded, engulfing Ling Xiao's entire upper body!
“Ah——!!!” A shrill and distorted scream finally broke through the blockade of the silencing talisman and resounded through the sky!
Ling Xiao felt as if a red-hot iron had struck him hard on the chest, his moon-white brocade robe instantly reduced to ash! His protective aura shattered like paper! The terrifying incineration force frantically eroded his protective spiritual energy and flesh!
His chest was charred black, his skin torn and flesh exposed, and even the white bones were visible! The whole person was blown back like a broken sack, and slammed hard into the Panlong stone pillar on the edge of the platform!
The stone pillar shook violently! Ling Xiao slid softly to the ground, his body charred and smoking, his chest a mess, his breath weak to the extreme. The Seven Star Dragon Abyss in his hand, whose light was dim and even had tiny cracks on the sword body, fell to the ground with a clang.
He clutched his chest tightly, his face distorted by the severe pain and burning sensation. The look he gave Xie Zhao was filled with endless resentment and... a hint of fear that was difficult to conceal!
As for Xie Zhao, he could no longer hold on the moment the Blood Flame Phoenix exploded.
"Puff!" A mouthful of blood, laced with pale golden runes, gushed out! His face instantly turned pale, his body swaying, barely able to stand! The light on the Jinghong Fu Pen completely extinguished, and the crack seemed to widen even further.
He forcibly burned his essence, blood, and soul to activate a talisman technique far beyond his own realm, but the price he paid was heavy! The backlash of the three days of burning soul had already begun!
The arena was in ruins, with bloody flames still lingering and black smoke rising into the air.
On one side was the Holy Son of Heavenly Sword, whose body was charred, dying, and in a miserable state.
On one side was the Guixu Fu Xiu, whose face was pale, blood was spitting out of his mouth, and he was staggering.
Deathly silence! A silence even more complete than when Tie Niu won!
Everyone was stunned by this tragic, weird and dramatic scene!
A Fu cultivator actually confronted and severely injured a Nascent Soul stage Sword Saint?!
Using blood as a talisman! Using souls as a guide! What the hell is that blood flame that burns the stars?!
And there was also the Soul-Silencing Swamp that killed people at the end... This talisman cultivator's heart was even dirtier than his mouth!
"The winner... the winner! Guixu Sect! Xie Zhao!" The referee announced with difficulty, his voice filled with great shock and disbelief.
"roar--!!!"
After a brief moment of dead silence, the "T-shaped end" area erupted in hysterical roars! The roar was more intense than any before! Countless monks from small sects were so excited that they burst into tears!
"Thank you, Senior Brother! Awesome (broken voice)——!"
"Blood Talisman Burning the Sky! Defeat the Holy Son!!"
"The mouth cannon is invincible! The talisman can reach the sky!!"
“Guixu! Guixu! Guixu!!”
The Tianjian Sect's viewing platform was as silent as a grave. Several elders' faces were as gloomy as water as they watched Ling Xiao, who had been carried back in a horrific state. Their eyes were filled with rage, yet also with a hint of fear.
Guixu Sect... These two words, like a red-hot iron, burned the face of Tianjian Sect!
Xie Zhao nailed Ling Xiao, the Son of Heavenly Sword, to the pillar of shame! He also completely ignited the flames of Guixu Sect's path to the top!
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