Chapter 741: Battle! The Taiji Diagram Emerges (4000-word chapter, two parts merged)

At this moment, accompanied by the appearance of three anomalous phenomena.

The entire Cangwu Mountain fell into an uproar.

Even the many cultivators of Cangwu City raised their heads in unison, gazing at the scene high above, unable to stop themselves from falling into a state of utter horror!

"An anomalous phenomenon unlike that of ordinary cultivators! This person is by no means of a common body—at the very least, he possesses a King Body!"

"To unleash three terrifying anomalous phenomena in succession, a mere King Body is far from enough!"

"Could it be... that he is an... Emperor Body?!"

"Hiss~ In our Nine Kingdoms lands, not a single Emperor Body has been born for several thousand years. To think that today, we would be fortunate enough to witness the splendor of an Emperor Body!"

"Such an extraordinary figure would be rare even within the Moonlight Imperial Dynasty! Who could have expected that within this Cangwu Jiang family, there would be such a Qilin son—his future prospects are limitless!"

"Wait, I recognize that person—he is Jiang Chen of the Cangwu Jiang family!"

"Oh? The Jiang Chen who stands at the head of the Eight Heroes of Cangwu?"

"That's right, it's him! No wonder he was able to slay a True Person of the Star Wheel realm while only at the Origin Sea realm—so it turns out he is an Emperor Body! Possessing such heaven-defying combat power, it no longer seems surprising........"

The crowd's hearts trembled, and discussions rose one after another.

Before they could even stabilize their emotions.

From within the crowd, a sudden cry rang out: "Look quickly, what is that?!"

The moment the words fell, many people subconsciously turned their heads to look.

Where their gazes reached.

They saw the phantom image of a small grass, suddenly appearing upon the high sky, bathed in lightning, swaying with brilliance, scattering specks of starlight!

This small grass bore nine leaves in total.

Each leaf resembled a sharp sword, radiating endless edge-intent!

The nine leaves flipped, and heaven and earth alike trembled!

Terrifying sword qi surged forth, boundless and endless, tearing apart everything, as if it could slash up through the Nine Heavens and cleave down to Huang Quan!

This was precisely the killing divine ability Jiang Chen had mastered: Grass-Character Sword Art!!

The next moment.

Whoosh—

A dazzlingly brilliant sword light burst forth from the nine-leaf sword grass, slashing toward Nangong Zhantian!

The sword light grew brighter and brighter!

When it was less than a hundred meters from its target.

In an instant, the radiance blazed forth, outshining the sun and moon, as if the entire world had become a single color!

Facing this utterly terrifying strike, not only did everyone present feel their hair stand on end and shiver with dread!

Even Nangong Zhantian himself could not help but feel a startled fright!

Though unwilling to admit it, an attack of this magnitude truly held the hope of gravely wounding him!

Thinking of this, Nangong Zhantian dared not hesitate. He immediately activated a divine ability, causing his body to temporarily enter a voided state where it could not be attacked!

This was a divine ability learned from the inheritance of the progenitor Nangong Sheng.

Its name: Void-Form Art!

Once activated, it could cause one's true body to briefly vanish into the void, leaving only an afterimage of the body in place!

Thereby achieving the effect of evading attacks!

However, what Nangong Zhantian had not expected ultimately came to pass.

He saw that at the instant the sword light collided with his afterimage, it erupted with a force of destruction strong beyond imagination. Within a range of several dozen meters centered on the afterimage, space visibly twisted and shattered!

Then it cut through space, and across the void, struck Nangong Zhantian's true body from afar!

Even though this sword light's might had somewhat weakened after tearing through space.

The remaining force of destruction still could not be underestimated!

A single strike slashed open Nangong Zhantian's skin, obliterated much of his flesh and blood, and left a series of fresh, horrifying sword wounds across his body!

Immediately after, the voided state ended.

Nangong Zhantian returned to the scene.

Relying on his powerful Sage bloodline.

Not only was his cultivation speed faster, his total yuan force had doubled.

His recovery ability far surpassed that of ordinary cultivators!

Numerous flesh buds sprouted on the surface of his wounds, rapidly intertwining and healing.

In merely an instant, the spurting blood was stanched.

And the scars vanished at an extremely rapid pace as well.

But though the injuries had healed, the internal expenditure was even greater.

Causing Nangong Zhantian's complexion to turn somewhat pale.

Then, he raised his head and cast a deep look at Jiang Chen.

"Such a terrifying killing art is by no means a martial technique or method—it must undoubtedly be a divine ability! But to erupt with such tremendous might while only at the Sun Wheel realm, this divine ability must consume an enormous amount, and absolutely cannot be activated many times!"

Thinking of this, Nangong Zhantian's expression eased, and in his heart he still felt victory was within his grasp!

Not daring to be careless any longer, he immediately flashed his figure, appearing before Jiang Chen, and engaged in fierce combat with him!

Bang bang bang!!

Between fists and kicks, bursts of earth-shaking thunderous sounds rang out!

Terrifying yuan force fluctuations spread in all directions, dispersing large swathes of clouds in the sky!

Even more dense yuan force aftershocks, like missiles, sprayed in all directions, scattering down upon the earth!

Every wisp of aftershock from that primal force was enough to split mountains and shatter stone, blasting into the ground like cannon shells and gouging out deep, uneven craters!

Some wandering cultivators were even less fortunate, caught in the splashing aftershocks.

Even dozens of meters from the aftershock's epicenter, they could not escape death!

Before power of this caliber,

whether Purple Mansion, Primordial Sea, or Star Wheel realm — there was no difference whatsoever. All were equal, all as fragile and wretched as ants!

Confronted with such a horrifying sight, countless cultivators fled the battlefield's center, not daring to approach even a hair's breadth.

Meanwhile,

in most people's line of sight, the figures of Jiang Chen and Nangong Zhantian had already vanished!

This was not because the two had left the battlefield, but because their speed was so extreme it far surpassed the limits of what the naked eye could perceive!

Faced with such blinding velocity, even catching a single trace of their movement was exceedingly difficult!

Only the thunderous booms reverberating across the heavens and earth could prove the two were still on the scene!

Cangwu Mountain, before the Shanmen.

Ding Xuan's eyes went wide, his face full of astonishment, rooted to the spot in a daze.

"Jiang... Jiang Chen, he's actually become this strong now?!"