Chapter 658

After all, he was a veteran Tianyuan powerhouse who had fought a hundred battles; at the critical moment, he snapped out of his realization that Xu Yang was the murderer of his only son, frantically shifted his body sideways, and simultaneously swung his sword out to block.

Xu Yang stared with murderous intent at Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan's distorted face as the blade light sliced past Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan's long sword.

"Puchi!"

The sound of a sharp blade cutting flesh rang out; the blade light, driven by the Major Success Realm Yu Xin Dao Jing, easily sliced through Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan's protective Gang Yuan and cut into his flesh and blood.

This strike was meant to cleave him in half at the waist, but as he shifted sideways, only part of his body was swept by the blade light, allowing him to avoid the fatal blow.

Blood sprayed forth, a string of blood flowers carried out by the blade light and scattered in the air.

A wound two inches long and half an inch deep appeared on Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan's abdomen, nearly injuring his internal organs.

"Major Success Yu Xin Dao Jing..." Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan was utterly horrified, his gaze fixed deathly still on the Yu Xin imagery behind Xu Yang.

He had thought Xu Yang would struggle even to enter the Yu Xin Dao Jing; he never expected Xu Yang had already achieved Major Success in it. No wonder he had fought to the death without retreating; he possessed such a killing move.

This talent once again made his spine chill, sending a shiver of terror through his heart.

Xu Yang was too patient; he had never exposed the fact that he had achieved Major Success in the Yu Xin Dao Jing before anyone, even during the struggle for the Top Ten rankings, hiding it even when fighting Huang Feng Valley's genius disciples, a cunningness that was terrifying.

He even forgot the bleeding wound on his abdomen; his mind was completely replaced by shock.

The Yu Xin Dao Jing is a Wu Shang Gong Fa; even a genius like Han Han Yingjie had not entered it after cultivating for a year.

Placed within the Ziyang Sect, this method was not weak, nor was it ignored; it was simply too exquisite, and those with average aptitude had no qualification to enter it.

If he remembered correctly, no one in the Ziyang Sect had mastered the Yu Xin Dao Jing for over ten years; if this news spread, the entire Ziyang Sect would be shaken.

"Puchi!"

While Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan was shocked, Xu Yang remained unaffected.

The blade turned, and the sharp blade light struck out again, sweeping over the shocked Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan.

This strike had no tricks, possessing only speed that reached the extreme and overwhelming murderous intent.

Golden blade light flashed; the blade light containing all of Xu Yang's killing intent had already sliced through Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan's protective Gang Yuan and injured his skin and flesh.

"Dang!"

At the critical moment, seeing Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan about to be cleaved in half, the long sword in his hand slashed horizontally, halting the forward momentum of Xu Yang's blade light.

Sword and blade clashed, the sound deafening, sparks flying.

The blade light and sword light exploded together, transforming into violent force that swept outward; for a moment, within dozens of zhang, blade qi and sword qi crisscrossed, the ground as if cut by tens of thousands of blades, appearing with dense cracks, everything turning to powder.

Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan's bones and tendons cracked, his Gang Yuan surged, and blood from the blade wound sprayed forth.

His injury was not originally severe, but in such a terrifying collision, a wound on his body was like a crack in porcelain, greatly reducing his capacity to withstand force.

The rebounding force transmitted to the wound; power that could originally be withstood now became unbearable.

The result was like a solid dam developing a breach here, with floodwaters pouring down toward this spot.

"Hmph!"

Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan let out a muffled groan from his mouth, a trace of pain appearing on his face; he stepped back repeatedly to dissipate the rebounding force, and with every footfall, a deep pit appeared on the ground.

He tried to stop the bleeding from the wound, only to discover a sharp blade intent condensed at the wound site, refusing to disperse and preventing the wound from closing.

"Little beast, what a clever scheme."

Had Xu Yang not suddenly revealed that he killed Liu Liu Xunfeng, he would never have exposed a flaw allowing Xu Yang to succeed; this beast likely planned from the moment he struck to use Liu Liu Xunfeng's death to make him lose his composure.

Xu Yang said nothing, pressing his advantage without mercy.

Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan needed to retreat to dissipate the rebounding force, but he did not; his physical body could fully withstand such backlash.

Cold light shot from his eyes; the golden blade light surged, like a river rolling backward, covering Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan, radiating the aura of killing intent and death.

Before the blade light arrived, Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan felt his body as if it were about to split apart, his protective Gang Yuan rippling.

He disregarded dispersing the blade intent attached to the wound, activated his long sword, and a scorching sword intent broke through his body.

His sword light was red; a great sun rose behind him, emitting heat capable of burning the sky and boiling the seas.

Shi Ri Li Jian Fa!

An extremely strong sword technique only Tianquan Peak disciples could cultivate, also one of the Ziyang Sect's unique skills, second only to the Great Sun Splitting Sky Sword that only the Sect Master could cultivate.

In fact, these were all extremely strong martial arts recorded in the Zi Ri Zhen Jing; it was simply that some generation favored the Tianquan Peak lineage, opening the Shi Ri Li Jian Fa to the Tianquan Peak disciples.

Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan's sword qi was like a rainbow; his long sword transformed into a blazing sun, smashing into the golden blade light split open by Xu Yang.

The clash of weapons was extremely dangerous, far beyond what fist and foot combat could compare to.

With fists and feet, taking a few punches or palm strikes was harmless, but if struck by a spiritual weapon, his flesh shell could not withstand the killing strike of a spiritual weapon enhanced by the Yu Xin Dao Jing.

"Dang!"

Sword and blade clashed; sword light and blade light exploded together, transforming into violent air waves sweeping in all directions; for a moment, mud waves surged, dust rose like dragons, and everywhere were crisscrossing sword marks and blade marks; only the deafening sound of the spiritual weapons colliding rang out, splashing up long strings of sparks.

The long sword wailed, the blade body trembled violently; Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan felt his Hukou about to split, his blood as if frozen, half an arm losing sensation.

Terrible rebounding force came from the sword hilt, quickly spreading through his entire body.

Even as he desperately suppressed it, his bones and tendons still could not help but roar, and blood from his wounds sprayed forth.

"Not good!"

He knew that if this continued, even if Xu Yang could not kill him, he would bleed to death.

He never expected that in the blink of an eye, he had become the disadvantaged party, facing a threat to his life.

Yet there was no time for him to continue thinking of countermeasures; Xu Yang's sharp strike tore through the air and slashed down again.

The golden blade light cut the air, bringing a piercing shriek, as the aura of death enveloped him.

Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan wanted to counterattack, but Xu Yang's blade was truly too fast, like lightning.

Given the hardness of Xu Yang's physical body, he might not kill Xu Yang with one sword strike, but Xu Yang could definitely kill him with one blade strike.

But if he continued to clash head-on with Xu Yang, he might die from blood loss.

"Dang, dang..."

In an instant, the two exchanged four or five moves; Xu Yang's Li Jian Fa was swift as thunder, each strike faster than the last; he sought neither overwhelming power nor a quick kill of Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan.

If this continues, Zaowan Society will eventually bleed Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan to death, so his current strategy is merely to tie up Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan and deny him any chance of escape.

Blade qi and sword qi crisscrossed; the area within a hundred zhang where the two clashed had turned into a huge pit, with the deepest part already several meters deep.

Blood sprayed continuously from Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan's body; the blade intent condensed by the Yu Xin Dao Jing still had not been expelled by him, because he had neither time nor mind to expel the blade intent. Xu Yang gave him no chance at all, striking blow after blow.

His supreme art, the Shi Ri Li Jian Fa, was originally an overwhelmingly powerful offensive sword technique, yet now there was no room to unleash it; he could only defend passively.

"This cannot go on; I must fight with my life!" Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan's gaze turned cold, and his heart grew ruthless.

In an instant, disregarding his bleeding wounds, the vital energy within his body surged like a dragon, and his gang yuan poured forth in torrents.

"Boom!"

A mighty aura swept out from his body; violent air waves churned, and the Great Sun image behind him emitted brilliant light, rumbling and shaking.

In an instant, the originally crimson Great Sun image turned black, emitting a heart-rending aura.

The sun hangs at mid-heaven; the sword emerges with the eclipse!

One sword strike, and eternal night descends!

Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan's aura raged; the daylight across the sky seemed to transform into his sword. He saw the power of heaven and earth erupt, the air distort, and countless sword lights condense.

The sky darkened; the black Great Sun seemed capable of swallowing the sunlight.

Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan completely disregarded the blade light Xu Yang slashed toward him; a Great Sun condensed upon his sword, smashing straight at Xu Yang's head.

This move was both a counterattack and a technique of mutual destruction.

He dared to risk his life; he did not believe Xu Yang dared as well. Xu Yang was so cautious and careful; he was certainly not one to gamble his life.

Xu Yang could indeed chop him to death in one strike, but if his sword struck Xu Yang's head, even a body as unbreakable as Jin Gang could not withstand the ultimate killing move of the Shi Ri Li Jian Fa, Eternal Night Descends.

Such a terrifying genius would never trade one life for another; if he truly did trade, dying would still be worth it.

"Old man!"

Xu Yang had not expected Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan to possess such courage and boldness, to trade his life for his. This old thing had lived for decades and was tired of living; in terms of talent, even after a hundred years he would be a handful of yellow earth. He would die sooner or later; trading death was no loss for him, even a gain.

He was immortal; he did not wish to swap with Liu Elder Liu Qingyuan's worthless life.

Helplessly, he turned his blade; golden blade light surged, meeting the sword light that resembled a Great Sun.

"Boom!"

Blade and sword clashed; the sound shook heaven and earth. Violent force exploded outward, instantly drowning the area within more than ten zhang. The ground cracked with a rumble.

This sword strike was like the splitting of heaven and earth, incomparably fierce, as if Wan Jun Dashan were crashing down.

Xu Yang's bones and tendons cracked; his muscles swelled. The Bi Shui Blade emitted a mournful cry and nearly slipped from his grasp.

He could not help but sink his body; his legs unknowingly sank half a chi into the ground, deeply embedded in the mud.

Fortunately, although he was at a disadvantage, his flesh shell was mighty; only his vital energy churned, and he suffered no injury.