Chapter 363: Overpowering the Seventh Realm, Can't Afford to Play?

In space, two streams of light kept diving deeper.

Below, Lan Xing receded ever farther.

Only after flying past 100,000 kilometers did Lu Chen stop.

At this distance, Earth remained clearly visible, like a huge blue gem suspended in the pitch‑black universe.

Let's make this the battlefield.

Lu Chen said lightly.

Sure.

Lu Xun stowed his flying vessel, showing he had no objection.

Lu Chen flicked his hands, sending out a strand of true qi.

The void was instantly pierced, and a number appeared.

900!

As soon as the number appeared, it jumped to 899, then 898.

That was a countdown.

900 seconds equals exactly 15 minutes, i. e., a quarter hour.

Go ahead and strike first, so no one can say I'm bullying you.

After the countdown appeared, Lu Chen leisurely drew a Tang‑style battle sword.

Watch the sword!

The other party had already let him strike first.

Lu Xun wouldn't stand on ceremony.

His figure suddenly surged, his long sword turning into a flashing swallow that shot straight at Lu Chen.

Before the blade arrived, the fierce sword qi had already torn the air.

In an instant, hundreds of cold lights wove into a heavenly net, completely enveloping Lu Chen's surroundings!

Heh.

Lu Chen's expression unchanged, he casually swung his blade, aiming to cleave Lu Xun's sword qi in one stroke.

Let Lu Xun see what absolute power is.

In the face of absolute power,

all techniques are mere flashy tricks.

The blade light poured down like a heavenly river, carrying the mighty momentum of a sunset over a vast river, transforming into a dazzling, sweeping bolt that tore through the sky and fell!

That strike was indeed formidable.

Even if an invincible Six‑Realm expert came, Lu Chen's strike alone would be enough to cut down everything.

Huh?

Lu Chen's pupils suddenly contracted.

Those seemingly ordinary sword qi of Lu Xun, at the moment of contact, actually crushed his blade light to pieces!

The shattered blade light scattered like glass shards.

The instinct of a Seven‑Realm powerhouse made him react instantly.

At the critical moment, his battle sword turned into a blur, delivering seven consecutive heavy blows with a clang‑clang‑clang, barely holding back this wave of attack.

But before he could catch his breath—

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Again, hundreds of sword qi tore through the air.

Before the sword qi arrived, the fierce sword intent already made his skin sting!

How is that possible!

Lu Chen was greatly startled.

Lu Xun's sword intent gave him the feeling that it had already reached a destructive level!

Although it was slightly weaker than his, what shocked him even more was,

Lu Xun's true qi was actually more condensed than his.

Wasn't Lu Xun only at the Fifth Realm?

How could a Fifth Realm martial cultivator possess true qi comparable to a Seventh Realm's?

No, this isn't merely comparable—it surpasses his!

And it exceeds his by far more than a little.

Block it for me!

As a Seventh Realm expert, even if shocked to the extreme, Lu Chen could still react in time.

He slashed out blade after blade, blocking Lu Xun's sword qi.

At the same time, he boldly activated a secret technique.

In an instant, his body burst forth with fierce golden light, like a newly risen scorching sun, as a searing heat surged violently from within him, even warping the surrounding void slightly from the heat.

If one looked closely, they would see—the formless cosmic sunlight, now gathering like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, wildly converging on him!

His blade edge took on a red‑gold hue, and wherever its light passed, even the void was scorched, leaving trails of crimson afterimages.

Break——!

A fierce shout rang out, and the blade light exploded upward!

Each slash was like a great sun falling to the world, the fierce blade light tearing through darkness, a scorching heat wave sweeping in all directions.

That was no longer mere swordsmanship, but a destructive torrent wrapped in the sun's true fire, incinerating everything that dared to block it!

——Lu Family secret transmission·Nine Yang Burn Heaven Art!

This is the ultimate yang sword technique obtained from ancient road nodes, overbearing and peerless, capable of swallowing and refining the sun's essence, turning magnificent heavenly might into a blade.

Even if one is in the void, sunlight is formless and substance-less, yet it can still be drawn by it, becoming the source of power that burns heaven and destroys earth!

「Clever. 」

Opposite him, Lu Xun gave Lu Chen a like.

Lu Chen's true intent should be at the late stage of the Destruction level, only slightly stronger than Lu Xun by a small realm, the advantage not particularly great.

Lu Xun's true qi, however, far surpasses Lu Chen's.

In terms of body and martial divine abilities, Lu Xun is likewise stronger than Lu Chen.

Even in martial techniques, Lu Xun is not inferior to Lu Chen.

His Myriad Calamity Formless Sword has already reached the tenth rank.

Under these circumstances, Lu Chen does not hold the advantage.

Who let him limit his own greatest reliance?

But Lu Chen, being a Seventh Realm cultivator, uses heavenly and earthly power far beyond Lu Xun.

Well,

As soon as Lu Chen's secret technique is unleashed, his combat power rises steadily and will grow stronger over time.

He uses heavenly and earthly power to make up for his deficiency in true qi compared to Lu Xun.

「Is it just you who can borrow power? 」

Lu Xun let out a light snort, and his long sword suddenly blazed with fierce flames.

He used the Phoenix True Flame to augment his attack.

「Absorb it for me! 」

Moreover, Lu Xun activated the chaotic cells within his body.

He intends to absorb the heavenly and earthly power gathered by Lu Chen and break his opponent's method.

As for the flying sword, Lu Xun did not use it.

His current flying sword poses a considerable threat to the Six Realms, but not much of a threat to the Seventh Realm.

After all, Lu Xun's immortal Dao cultivation is still at the Fourth Realm.

The realm gap is a bit too large.

「Come on! 」

Lu Xun unleashed his full firepower; the chaotic sword in his hand emitted sword qi that covered the heavens and earth.

The importance of his chaotic divine meridian thus came into play.

If we compare the qi sea to a water reservoir, the martial meridian is equivalent to a faucet.

The higher the faucet's pressure, the larger its diameter, and the more water naturally flows out at once.

Lu Xun's chaotic divine meridian can withstand faster, higher-pressure true qi flow, allowing him to unleash more sword qi simultaneously.

「How can there be so many! 」

Lu Chen grew more alarmed the longer he fought.

He had even used the Nine Yang Burn Heaven Art, yet he still hadn't gained the upper hand.

No,

He had completely fallen into the disadvantaged position.

Lu Xun became the attacking side; that heaven-covering sword qi pressed him so hard he could barely breathe.

「This... How can Lu Xun be this strong! 」

In the distance, the spectator Lu Fan was stunned.

He is also at the Fifth Realm.

His Fifth Realm cultivation is still just playing house with fellow cultivators of the same realm.

Lu Xun, however, can suppress and fight a Seventh Realm cultivator.

Although that Seventh Realm cultivator has not used the heavenly and earthly dharma form, even so it is still astonishing.

After all, the Seventh Realm is still the Seventh Realm.

Without using the heavenly and earthly dharma form, it is still difficult to match beneath the Seventh Realm.

Moreover, Lu Xun himself is still at the Fifth Realm.

「Break it for me! 」

After being pressed and beaten by Lu Xun for several minutes, Lu Chen's body shone with brilliant light as he unleashed a secret technique again, seeking to greatly boost his combat power and turn the tide of battle.

「You can't break it! 」

How could Lu Xun give him a chance?

In battle, Lu Xun's favorite rhythm is to press the opponent and attack, causing the opponent to be overwhelmed and unable to employ many techniques.

He boldly employed chaotic power, raising his attack's might to another level.

His true qi operated at full throttle, pouring out wildly like there's no tomorrow, transforming into streams of sword qi slashing toward Lu Chen.

The Myriad Calamity Formless Sword was wielded by Lu Xun to a miraculous degree.

The sword qi appeared to head in one direction, but upon nearing Lu Chen it spawned many variations, leaving him overwhelmed to respond.

「Ninefold Tribulation Blade! 」

「You can't shift the tribulation! 」

「Damn it! 」

Lu Chen wanted to unleash a powerful martial technique, but Lu Xun's strikes prevented him from even initiating it.

Lu Xun's attacks were like an endless rushing river; some powerful martial techniques need time to gather true qi—where would he get the time?

After fighting for a short while, upon checking the time, Lu Chen grew anxious.

The countdown had already fallen within 300 seconds.

Only less than five minutes remained.

After fighting for a full ten minutes, Lu Chen not only failed to defeat Lu Xun, but his disadvantage grew worse.

Because Lu Xun was somehow absorbing the heaven and earth power he had gathered, Lu Chen's gained bonuses kept dwindling.

"Brother Chen is about to capsize in the gutter—sigh, he's too overconfident; since it's to teach Lu Xun a lesson, why impose limits on himself?!"

The watching Lu Fan's sense of foreboding grew stronger.

He felt Lu Chen was doomed.

"No wonder he could seize first place in the Heavenly Dao Battlefield... such a talent surely possesses extraordinary ability."

This battle let Lu Fan witness the true terror of Lu Xun.

With five-realm cultivation, he actually suppresses a seven-realm opponent.

"Blood Burning Technique!"

As time was visibly running out, Lu Chen, to boost his combat power, did not hesitate to use the Blood Burning Technique favored by low-level cultivators.

The Blood Burning Technique inflicts enormous strain on the body; each use requires considerable time to recover.

Obviously, Lu Chen is going all out.

"You think you're the only one who has it?"

Lu Xun let out a light snort and directly used Barbara's power-boosting incantation.

Each use of this incantation doubles combat power.

If used ten times, combat power would increase by 512 times.

But that's not very realistic.

Because each use increases consumption tenfold; using it too often in a short time, Lu Xun simply cannot bear it.

As for the combat power decline after the incantation wears off, Lu Xun found a way.

Chaos Power!

When fighting with Chaos Power, combat power does not decline.

The decline brought by the incantation is baseless—clearly Lu Xun's strength hasn't fallen, but his attack power is forcibly cut by more than half.

Chaos Power can avoid this.

Just like Barbara's immobilization spell, Lu Xun can also use Chaos Power to dispel it.

Chaos Power inherently possesses the "break-seal" attribute.

As soon as the incantation is spoken, Lu Xun's combat power climbs steadily.

Lu Chen is again suppressed by him.

"Just that."

This battle let Lu Xun fight to his heart's content.

Suppressing a seven-realm opponent—how could it not be exhilarating?

Lu Xun also gained a clear understanding of his own combat power.

Under the condition that nobody uses Heaven-Earth Dharma Forms or external power, Lu Xun is already stronger than an average seven-realm martial cultivator.

If he activates a Heaven-Earth Dharma Form, once his inner dharma form emerges, even an ordinary seven-realm dharma form would likely be no match.

"Damn it!"

Lu Chen is about to go mad.

Only one minute remains.

He can't even speak of defeating Lu Chen—just seizing the battle's rhythm is difficult.

"30 seconds!"

Soon, only the final 30 seconds remained.

Then, 20 seconds,

10 seconds!

Finally, it reached zero.

"You lost."

When the time was up, Lu Xun sheathed his sword and stood still, no longer attacking.

"Damn it——!"

Lu Chen's eyes turned blood-red; a furious roar shook the void, like thunder exploding!

The next instant—

"Boom——!!!"

Heaven and earth trembled, the void rang with cracks!

A towering Heaven-Earth Dharma Form over twenty meters high erupted behind him, like ancient gods and demons awakening, overwhelming pressure sweeping the eight wastes!

Seeing the opponent summon a dharma form, Lu Xun's gaze turned cold.

Heh,

"He can't afford to play?"