Chapter 2600

Fallen leaves and flying flowers covered the ground, and the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor's mighty sword strike was crushed head-on, countless weeds vanished, leaving only a blood-spitting Forbidden Zone Sword Emperor.

"What?!!!"

"Why?"

"This! This..."

At this moment, countless Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors and Ancient Emperors suddenly rose to their feet, their expressions shaken.

Why?

This completely exceeded their calculations!

There is no reason.

Clearly, they are all Forbidden Zone Sword Emperors, their talents and abilities are comparable, and even the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor is stronger, and they are all Eight-Character Immortal Scripture Ancient Emperors, with no living beings intervening.

Clearly so!

The battle should be fierce, bloody, fought to the peak—how could it be so one-sided?

What kind of cause and effect have they overlooked? Many Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors sensed a hint of danger.

Beneath the starry sky, the blue-clothed youth walked step by step toward the eerie, handsome, blood-spitting Sword Emperor, killing intent filling his chest, as if he wished to freeze the three thousand heavenly Dao.

Dong!

Dong dong dong!

Each step of this Forbidden Zone Sword Emperor sounded like treading on the great drum of the starry sky, emitting a death knell that made one's liver and gall tremble.

"Your sword!"

"Your Dao..."

The Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor coldly whispered, after one strike, he understood the source of the power gap.

The sword of the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang is stronger than his!

The Dao of the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang, the Immortal Scripture of the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang, is stronger than his!

Although still within the scope of the Eight-Character Immortal Scripture, he has gone very deep into it, and although he has not formed an overwhelming advantage over the Eight-Character Immortal Scripture, there exists an undeniable gap—the《Extinction Law Solar Immortal Scripture》has higher efficiency in utilizing heavenly and earthly power and the Great Dao than the《Herb Character Sword Scripture》! There are also some unobservable gaps.

This led to the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor being blown back by one strike of the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang, spitting blood, although there was no rank suppression, but there is a gap in the magnitude of power.

"Like an ant, fellow Daoist."

"You should die."

Jiang Ding gave a light laugh.

Clang!

Brilliant sword light blossomed accordingly.

At the moment the sword was drawn, the vast star river instantly solidified, within which the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, space, time, and cause and effect congealed and solidified differently.

At the center of this solidified star river was precisely the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor!

He was like an insect trapped in amber, his movements becoming increasingly obstructed, the operation of his soul and Dao increasingly sluggish, even the operation of his divine sense began to be intermittent, as if he had fallen into the Dharma-ending age when the immortal Dao disappeared—all the power of his soul and Dao rapidly vanishing.

However, this was merely an omen before that Dharma-ending sword light was truly unleashed!

When that Dharma-ending sword light truly blossomed, boundless terrifying killing intent suddenly erupted, a sword light slashing through the boundless, even slashing toward the essence of living beings' souls, completely erasing living beings from the causal and soul levels—this is the sword meant to slay the Forbidden Zone Sword Emperor! Terrifying omens of death appeared in the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor's heart.

Even the Eight-Character Immortal Scripture, at this moment, could not transcend, equally doomed to sink into confusion.

"Extinguish! Soul!"

The Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor roared low in a sea of amber-like star river.

His body nearly shattered, his grass sword nearly bent, but his fighting spirit was unyielding, even in the bloodbath and death he further comprehended the Dao, pouring his magic power and divine sense into the sword blade, becoming one with the soul and Dao, he slashed out a path of infinite dark blue sword light, the entire soul and Dao nearly transforming into a single sharp sword.

Clang!

At the moment this concentrated sword was unleashed, the surrounding star river, solidified like amber, finally loosened.

The Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor was able to tear through space, slashing toward that invisible, void-suppressing killing sword in the dark void, the swords of the two Forbidden Zone Sword Emperors crossed again in the starry sky.

Boom—!

Boom boom boom...

As if the universe were opening heaven and earth!

The Great Dao fell into chaos, rules shattered, the star river overturned, countless worlds and ancient realms shifted in the violent spatial turbulence, deviating from their original orbits, in countless worlds all kinds of disasters and human calamities arose, all caused by the slaughter between the Forbidden Zone Sword Emperors. Boom—!

In this clash, it was still the handsome, eerie youth swordsman who retreated!

The soul and Dao cannot match the Dharma-ending Dao!

This is not a gap between Daos, but a gap between the living beings who wield the Dao—both are Eight-Character Immortal Scripture Forbidden Zone Sword Emperors, yet their strength differs.

"Kill!"

The Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor spat blood, yet fought to the death without retreat, howling as he charged again toward the blue-clothed youth.

The two Forbidden Zone Sword Emperors fought fiercely in the star river, sword light crisscrossing billions of light-years, their sword techniques had reached the limit of the Boundless Starry Sky Arts, as the sword light swept about it moved the heavenly and earthly Dao, fierce combat, whenever the sword light crossed and revealed even a hint of sword Dao will and sword Dao art, it was enough to let one comprehend the Dao.

Numerous Sword Emperors and Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors focused, held their breath, their hearts surged, watching this peak battle of the Boundless Starry Sky.

"The Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor no longer wishes to fight head-on."

"He wants to suppress the sword master with swordsmanship..."

The Time Ancient Emperor's eyes shone with repeated wonder, he praised.

The Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor is clearly inferior in strength, so he adopted constant retreat, constant release of force, occasionally finding a flaw in swordsmanship to suddenly strike out, breaking through again, regaining some advantages in swordsmanship. Thus, the battle between the two Forbidden Zone Sword Emperors fell into a stalemate.

No longer showing a one-sided trend.

In the blink of an eye, they had already fought over a thousand moves!

At this time, the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor's body was covered in wounds, drenched in blood, many places deep enough to see bone, revealing a fleshly body like grass stems.

"Nine-Leaf fellow Daoist,"

"Quite clever, actually—you've managed to block me for such a long time..."

Jiang Ding's killing intent filled his chest, yet he spoke with a smile.

Boom!

One sword, like the scorching sun descending!

The radiant brilliance of the Endless Age Dao shone resplendent, the sun of the Endless Age suppressing all directions; as the sword light turned, it became one seamless whole, perfectly round and flawless, revealing a swordsmanship that had clearly surpassed its pre-war level, advancing further even within its peak.

"You truly deserve to die!"

The Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor let out a low roar. His swordsmanship had also improved.

For a sword cultivator, facing an opponent of the same rank is an unparalleled opportunity—especially when that opponent is also a sword cultivator, a chance rarely encountered outside a golden age.

Both forbidden-zone Sword Emperors advanced by half in their clash, growing stronger.

But!

The progress of Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang was even greater!

This was certainly not due to talent or innate ability—indeed, the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor surpassed his opponent in that regard. The primary cause of the gap lies in the difference between the Dao and the Immortal Scripture.

The Dao is the root; techniques are but branches and leaves!

The Immortal Scripture is the foundation of sword cultivators; those with higher Immortal Scripture attainment more easily comprehend the Dao. If the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor possessed the same Immortal Scripture height as Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang, he would surely comprehend even more than the current Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang. Talent and innate ability are thus of such importance, bringing about immense differences.

Yet the present fact is, the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor's Immortal Scripture attainment is relatively too low!

This is the root of his current miserable plight!

Now, Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang not only surpasses him in strength, but also in swordsmanship—there is now no trace of hope for victory.

Even if he continually retreats, continually delays, and refuses direct confrontation, he is now equally on the verge of his limit. No hope of victory can be seen.