Chapter 590

While asking Chixue a question.

"Look..."

Chixue pointed downward, saying nothing more.

Just as Ao Jue charged toward the Senluo Liuhe Formation, the several hundred Dongying samurai lying in ambush on the outer perimeter also appeared for no apparent reason.

Roaring just like Ao Jue, they too charged toward the Senluo Liuhe Formation.

Those with lower cultivation were already rigid all over, their eyes blood-red, as if possessed.

"This..."

Although Lian Chengzhi was the one who deployed the Senluo Liuhe, this was his first time deploying it, and also his first time discovering the terrifying aspect of this formation.

"It's because we didn't think it through."

Chixue sighed; these several hundred Dongying samurai were half of Lian Chengzhi's entire fortune.

If they all perished here, then even Lian Chengzhi and Dongying's strength would be greatly affected.

But once the Senluo Liuhe Formation was activated, it could not be stopped.

Otherwise, the over a hundred Dongying samurai sacrificed earlier, along with the long-laid plans, would all be for nothing.

"Enough! Ten thousand bones bleach for one general's glory! As long as we sever the dragon vein, Dongying will have the chance to enter Yunzhou."

Lian Chengzhi was a ruthless man; after seeing the situation clearly, he did not hesitate, and continued to drive the Senluo Liuhe.

Because of this, the fighting spirit of the seven combatants naturally surged even higher, their battle hearts burning more fiercely.

The Dongying warriors who charged up, those with weaker cultivation, simply went mad halfway and died on the spot.

Even those who had reached the Earthly Immortal Realm only managed a few more steps.

Approaching the battle circle, they were directly ground into dust by the terrifying clash of auras.

"What a pity..."

Chixue couldn't bear it in his heart, sighing inwardly.

Of all those charging toward the battle circle, only Ao Jue successfully arrived.

Lian Chengzhi let out a cold laugh, muttering to himself,

"Since you, Ao Jue, are seeking your own death, I'll grant it to you."

Saying so, he lightly tugged with one finger.

The Takeshita Mukan, which had been blocking Ao Jue's path, suddenly opened up a road.

Drawn by the fighting spirit, Ao Jue didn't even think, and plunged headfirst into the Senluo Liuhe Formation.

Once he entered the grand formation, Lian Chengzhi lightly shook his hand again, manipulating Takeshita Mukan to seal the gap in the grand formation.

Thus, the great battle of seven became a great battle of eight.

With Ao Jue's aid, Emperor Wenlong also managed to recover a sliver of his senses.

Turning his head and seeing Ao Jue beside him, going berserk, he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise,

"Ao Jue, have you no regard for your life? Why did you come back?"

At this moment, drawn by the frenzied fighting spirit, Ao Jue's mind was already somewhat unclear; he kept thrusting out sword moves, growling lowly,

"Kill, kill, kill! Kill the dog Emperor!"

Hearing those three words "dog Emperor," Emperor Wenlong couldn't help but smile wryly.

He had originally intended to use the bond of saving Canji and Ao Jue to atone a little for the foolish crime his younger brother had committed back then.

Canji was rescued, but this Ao Jue had come back again.

Moreover, with this man's mind unclear, he cursed the dog Emperor, clearly harboring deep hatred for his younger brother, Emperor Wuchang.

He truly did not know whether saving Ao Jue like this was right or wrong.

But within the battle circle, where would he have so much idle time to think?

Moreover, with Lian Chengzhi constantly pressing, the Senluo Liuhe accelerated further and further.

After half a quarter-hour, even someone as strong as Emperor Wenlong was gradually blinded by the fierce battle heart, his true intent obscured.

404 The Great Calamity of Eternity is about to arrive!

The Sword Realm is a unique small world formed by the convergence of sword intent and sword hearts of all the world's sword dao experts and swordsmen, like ten thousand streams returning to the sea.

This small square world is vastly different from a cave heaven blessed land.

After all, a cave heaven blessed land, once within it, is just like a real world.

Moreover, one can draw upon the deeper and richer heaven and earth origin force of the cave heaven blessed land to accelerate one's own cultivation.

In other words, to a certain extent, a cave heaven blessed land is part of the Nine Provinces' heaven and earth itself.

But the Sword Realm is a unique spiritual small world that originates from the Nine Provinces' heaven and earth, yet transcends the Nine Provinces.

This world contains only pure sword intent, sword heart, and other spiritual forces.

The sword intent and sword hearts of orthodox swordsmen transform into mountains of swords.

Those who enter the Sword Realm, provided their opportunity is sufficient, can climb the corresponding mountain of swords with great willpower and comprehend the corresponding ultimate sword dao arts.

Yet the sword intent and sword hearts of unorthodox swordsmen all flow into the Sword Pool at the center of the Sword Realm.

The unorthodox path is fast, but one careless slip and one falls into the demonic path, becoming one controlled by the sword rather than one who commands the sword.

Representatives are Ao Jue's Demonic Sword Art, and the Four Swords of Red Protection from the Wutian Purgatory!

Orthodox sword arts, on the other hand, proceed step by step, following the path of unity of man and sword.

Representatives are the Nameless's Heaven Sword, and Dugu Qiubai's "All Things Are Swords"!

The unorthodox sword intent and sword hearts flow into that Sword Pool, much like refining gu in Miao territory,

devouring one another, the fit surviving and the weak perishing, ultimately giving birth to extreme unorthodox sword intent beyond the mortal world, such as the Twelve Swords of Mysterious Yin!

To open the Sword Realm, one must either possess an unmatched realm of cultivation like Ximen Wudi,

After sensing the location of the Sword Realm, he used force to break it open!

But this method of opening the Sword Realm—across the entire Nine Provinces' Wu Lin, there is only one person who can do it: Ximen Wudi!

The second method is the one known to high-level martial artists under heaven.

Two parties with sufficient cultivation and strength, preferably both sword Dao masters.

Using special means to kindle battle intent, to spur the heart of battle, until the Sword Realm senses it and opens on its own.

The first time Lu Xueqi opened the Sword Realm, it was precisely under Ximen Wudi's guidance, using this very method.

This time, their strength was insufficient, and they were not pure sword Dao practitioners.

Laughably, Xiao Aoshi spent a thousand years researching and created this formation derived from the Myriad Dao Forest— the Forest Luo Six Union Formation—which made up for every deficiency!

Any one of the eight people on either side, if sent out into the Wu Lin, could serve as a Yipai Sect master or elder.

At this moment, under Seeing Lian Chengzhi's control, the Forest Luo Six Union Formation drew them together, aided by the unique position of Bai Longxi.

After a fierce struggle, the battle intent and battle heart of all eight on both sides—save for Emperor Wenlong—had reached their absolute peak.

At that very moment, in the void above everyone, purple lightning serpents began to dance wildly.

The next instant, they felt an inexplicable, oppressive force slowly appearing high in the sky.

"It's really about to open…"

Chi Xue had read the records of the Forest Luo Six Union Formation; after studying it for a while, she felt that Xiao Aoshi's theory was feasible in principle.

But the Sword Realm was mysterious and elusive; over the past several thousand years, records of successfully opening it were few and far between.

Therefore, before it opened, Chi Xue had always been half-believing, half-doubting.

Now, seeing the strange phenomenon at the edge of the sky, Chi Xue understood that this time, Lian Chengzhi and You Dongying had gambled correctly.

"Hahaha! The grand enterprise of You Dongying's invasion of the Central Plains is finally about to begin!"

"The tribulation of a thousand autumns is about to arrive!"

Lian Chengzhi was overjoyed; gazing at the strange phenomenon in the sky, the force he exerted with his hands grew faster and faster.

As he raised it once more, among the eight below, the ones with lower cultivation—Zhuxia Wujian, Fei Niao Gui San, and the You Dongying experts on the other side—

their eyes had gradually become hazy, and then took on a look of wild fervor.

Clearly, the potential of those three had been thoroughly drawn out by Lian Chengzhi at all costs.

"The final moment has arrived!"

Emperor Wenlong, naturally, could also read the strange phenomenon in the sky.

His heart stirred; suddenly he pressed two fingers together into a sword, a sword Qi formed, and he struck at the six people around him.

Heavenly Fate Sword Dao · Sword River Snow Surge!

It was clearly only a single sword Qi, yet after Emperor Wenlong shot it from his two fingers, it transformed into countless sword Qis.