Chapter 743: Destruction Sword Domain

Naval artillery bombardment.

The foundation array of this Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace suffered a catastrophic disaster.

The earth boiled, mountains snapped, rivers reversed, volcanic lava erupted; the living beings within had no time to realize what happened before they turned to ash in the beams of destruction.

Boom!

Crack, crack...

Thirty-six Brother Xuanwu Top Tier heavenly pillars snapped one after another, collapsed, and fell upon the ground.

The rule of the Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace in this realm permanently lost a corner.

Affected by this, the military formation of the army outside the realm lost some anchor points, thereby reducing its power by one level.

"Flee!"

"Go find the Dao Son..."

A tiny number of surviving Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace cultivators, terrified, each used their methods to flee in all directions.

Some used escape techniques, covering a hundred li in an instant; some transformed into mosquitoes; some into beetles; and some even lost their sanity, transforming into broken sky-war machines.

Such variety left people dazzled.

"Commander, we have not yet found the two disciples of the Heavenly Palace inheritance at this location!"

Teacher Ouyang Hui searched for a moment, his expression changing slightly: "I fear they prepared long ago, using the Top Tier array pillars as a base to set up an escape teleportation array.

We cannot lock on immediately; they may have escaped."

Disciples of the Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace inheritance possess extremely strong individual combat abilities and command abilities; wherever they go, they are a major threat.

"They have not escaped."

Clang!

Jiang Ding pointed with his finger.

The Taqing Flying Sword unsheathed amidst the sound of thunder, merging into space; an instant later, over fifty kilometers away, a space shattered, revealing a delicate, pitifully beautiful woman who looked over here in terror.

Relying on the array,

her current speed was even faster than a Nascent Soul peak cultivator discarding their flesh and flying through space with their Nascent Soul!

Yet with a single sword strike, she was forced back from the space.

All concealment, all cover, were utterly useless.

"And this one."

Jiang Ding looked at the ground and pointed again: "This one is quite creative; I almost overlooked him."

Whoosh!

The Taqing Flying Sword pierced the ground, passed through the soil layer and rock layer, then drilled into the lava layer, striking down a thumb-sized lava worm with a single sword slash.

"Ah!"

A miserable scream came from beneath the earth; the soil layer cracked, space blurred, a section of the ground split open directly, lava erupted, revealing a handsome and mighty man.

A sword slash cut his chest, blood gushing out; he stared with a face full of venom at the young man not far away.

"Two of you."

"I know you are both hard men like Jia, so I will not try to persuade you to surrender."

Jiang Ding ignored the fear and hatred of the two.

Layers of blue-gold sword qi spread around him, covering nearly a hundred kilometers, forming a sword domain with a ringing sword sound, all attacking the two Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace Kings together.

"So, die."

The Fire King and the Rain King felt the spiritual energy around them as if imprisoned; immense pressure pressed down, making their breathing almost stagnate.

Sword Domain!

Dharma Domain!

Something that only Nascent Soul cultivators possess was revealed with a mere flick of his finger.

"... Kill!"

Veins bulged on the Fire King's face; his eyes were fierce; he roared, and twelve hundred Mao Shens with green faces and fangs appeared around him, each holding ritual weapons like knives, spears, axes, and halberds, chanting scriptures endlessly.

Gradually, threads of firelight appeared, forming a flame domain that spread outward, pushing aside the surrounding blue-gold sword qi, seizing a space of over thirty kilometers in radius, and recovering partial control over the spiritual energy.

Although the flame domain retreated bit by bit under the slaughter of the dense sword qi domain, it ultimately regained some freedom.

Drip, drip...

On the other side, the Rain King sighed mournfully; twelve hundred slender, beautiful Mao Shens appeared around him, each holding exquisite ritual weapons like umbrellas, seven-stringed zithers, and jade flutes, dancing in the air with a very beautiful dance.

Amidst the dance, raindrops fell, pattering softly, while a hazy white mist arose, forming a misty rain realm resembling the Xian Gao Jie, magnificent and beautiful.

Water and fire, the auras of the two domains intermingled; water and fire generated each other; working together, they actually withstood the invasion of the sword domain.

"The Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace is indeed an old power of the Jieyuxian Sect."

Seeing this, Jiang Ding could not help but praise, showing an expression of appreciation: "With the two of you working together, you might be able to defeat a Nascent Soul peak cultivator.

The heroes of the world are truly like carp crossing the river!"

"So what?"

"Great Sun Sword Son, you still will not let me go."

The Rain King, pitiful and mournful, said: "I am bound by the Heavenly Palace's prohibitions and cannot defect; can you think of a way?

I can also abandon darkness and turn to light; I also want to live; I am willing to serve at your side for the rest of my life."

A beauty's mournfulness made one's heart ache.

All came from the heart, with no trace of any spell.

An Siyan and Jin Jin Lingfeng instinctively glanced at her, killing intent surging.

"Hahaha!"

"Rain, you look so pitiful."

Jiang Ding laughed loudly, pointing at the peerless beauty before him, and said, "I have seen your rise-to-power dossier: born in a Small Realm, your aptitude was not good, and even your appearance was initially not good.

You climbed all the way up, relying entirely on attaching yourself to one powerful figure after another: Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Soul Transformation cultivators..."

"... Truly impressive."

"To make a cultivator from the Brother Xuanwu Sky Palace, a den of demons, support you wholeheartedly, while still managing to part ways peacefully with most of them, is truly staggering."

"I originally thought it was a charm technique, or a special physique."

"Now that I think about it, it was all genuine sincerity; truly terrifying, and I cannot help but admire you."

Jiang Ding sighed with emotion.

"It seems that humans ultimately have emotional needs."

"Even in a den of demons like the Brother Xuanwu Sky Palace, where cultivators devour and guard against one another, high-level cultivators still need love and have attachments, as long as they can make the other person know you truly love them."

"This is difficult, yet you achieved it."

"You..."

Jiang Ding's tone became solemn, using a respectful form of address.

"You are a master of emotions."

"Sword Disciple..."

Seeing this, King Rain grew more desperate, tears filling her eyes.

The beauty wept, tears pouring down like rain, cast into the sky like threads, dropping one by one onto the ground.

"I will respect the strong."

Jiang Ding said calmly.

His hand rested on the sword hilt,

Boom!

A great sun rose behind him!

Its light was infinite, radiating terrifying heat, projecting a will of destruction, forbidden magic, and annihilation outward, dominating the land within nearly a hundred kilometers.

Beneath the great sun's light, the Fire Domain and the Rain Domain saw layers of spiritual light evaporate and perish.

There were also wailing sounds, as if spirits of water and fire within were withering and dying one after another under the destructive light; the aura of the Water and Fire Domains weakened rapidly.

In contrast, the aura of the Annihilation Sword Domain surged under the sun's light, becoming sharper and more terrifying; like man-eating demon fish, it rapidly swallowed the range of the Water and Fire Domains, transforming it into a Sword Domain under its control to dominate more heavenly and earthly spiritual energy.

In a single breath, the Water and Fire Domains collapsed and shrank rapidly; the annihilation sword qi surged like a tide, roaring forward.

(End of this chapter)