The Supreme Being Against Heaven
Chapter Summary
With a flick of her right arm—a “top-tier quasi-Venerable” flying sword shot straight toward Tan Yun! As his body began to fall from the arena— Nangong Yuqin descended like a shadow from the sky, her sword thrusting straight down toward his head! Tan Yun’s eyes, once blazing with fury, turned ice-cold in an instant—still and silent like lifeless water… like “dead water.” Zhong Wushiyao looked at the blood pouring from his collarbone, tears streaming down her face.
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“Tan Yun, catch!”
Shen Subing didn’t hesitate for even a moment. With a flick of her right arm—a “top-tier quasi-Venerable” flying sword shot straight toward Tan Yun!
But just as Tan Yun reached out to grab it—
Slash!
A streak of black sword light cut straight toward his right arm!
He instantly pulled his hand back—
Bang!
The sword light slammed into Shen Subing’s flying sword, knocking it flying off the arena!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Nangong Yuqin’s black hair whipped wildly as her figure flickered through the air like a phantom!
Streams of death-infused sword light rained down relentlessly toward Tan Yun!
Slash! Slash! Slash!
In the blink of an eye—more than 10 wounds were carved across his neck and chest!
Had he been even a fraction of a second slower—his head would have been severed multiple times, and his body torn to pieces!
“Aaaagh!”
Tan Yun’s face twisted, his eyes blood-red like a demon as a beast-like roar burst from his throat!
As his body began to fall from the arena—
Nangong Yuqin descended like a shadow from the sky, her sword thrusting straight down toward his head!
“No way to dodge!”
There was no chance to evade!
“Aaa—!”
A piercing scream echoed out!
Tan Yun jerked his head backward at the last instant!
Though he avoided having his skull pierced—the black sword instead stabbed through the right side of his chest, passing beneath his collarbone!
“Tan Yun!”
Zhong Wushiyao’s eyes filled with tears, her heart trembling in fear. She had never imagined… that Nangong Yuqin could be this powerful!
Agonizing pain tore through Tan Yun’s chest, blood flowing along the cold blade.
“ROAR!”
He let out another furious roar, his right hand turning into a claw—grabbing the sword lodged in his collarbone tightly!
“Primordial Divine Eyes!”
Suddenly, he lifted his head—his eyes glowing with a strange crimson light!
Against a 3rd-level Soul Refinement cultivator, he could easily control them—
But against Nangong Yuqin… it was completely ineffective!
Clearly—
Even though she was only at the “Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm,” her spiritual power was no weaker than Tan Yun’s!
“Ugh—!”
Suddenly, Nangong Yuqin let out a soft groan of pain.
For some reason—when she saw the agony on Tan Yun’s twisted face, her heart felt as if it were being torn apart!
In that fleeting moment of hesitation—
Tan Yun seized the opening!
With his left hand gripping the blade, his right hand shot upward!
Boom!
A 9-zhang-high Primordial Flame erupted into the sky, engulfing Nangong Yuqin!
“Ahh!”
A scream rang out from within the sea of fire as she was forced to release her sword!
If not for the death energy protecting her body—
She would have been burned to ashes on the spot!
Rumble!
Space trembled violently.
A surge of spiritual power like serpents intertwined with death energy, coiling around Nangong Yuqin!
A flash of light from her Qiankun Ring—
Another flying sword shot out!
She stepped onto it and soared into the sky, escaping the Primordial Flames at high speed!
At that very moment—Tan Yun’s furious roar shook the heavens:
“Die!”
His eyes filled with brutality, he yanked the sword from his collarbone—and hurled it upward!
Whoosh!
The black sword tore through the air, shooting straight toward Nangong Yuqin’s back!
Slash!
Having just escaped the flames, she barely reacted in time—twisting her body to dodge—
But the blade still sliced across her left arm, leaving a deep wound down to the bone!
Blood splattered!
“Qin’er! Use your true power—kill him!” Zhuge Yu shouted from the high platform.
“Yes, Master!”
The strange pain she had felt moments ago… vanished instantly.
Standing atop her flying sword, the black blade returned to her hand. She looked down at Tan Yun below and spoke word by word:
“Today… you will die!”
Tan Yun looked up, his expression eerily calm.
“You vile woman… who lives and who dies—let fate decide!”
A terrifying calm… so chilling it made one’s skin crawl.
Tan Yun’s eyes, once blazing with fury, turned ice-cold in an instant—still and silent like lifeless water… like “dead water.”
Zhong Wushiyao looked at the blood pouring from his collarbone, tears streaming down her face.
And at that moment, she understood—
Tan Yun… had truly decided to kill!
Because only when his killing intent toward those who dared harm “the people he cared about” reached its absolute peak… could he become this calm!
“Primordial God-Slaying Sword Formation!”
Blood trickled from the corner of Tan Yun’s mouth.
His hair whipped wildly—
11 top-grade spiritual flying swords shot out from his Qiankun Ring!
Each one embodied a different attribute—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Time, Space, Death, and Light!
Each sword expanded to a massive size, reaching 300 zhang in diameter, circling the arena!
At nearly the same moment—
18 beams of Hongmeng light burst forth from the 9 “Primordial Soul Infants” within his spiritual pool!
The beams merged into one—then shot out from between his brows!
In the next instant, they split into 11 streams, piercing into each of the flying swords at lightning speed!
“…So it really is him…”
Murong Shishi trembled slightly as she stood behind.
She had already suspected that those 11 swords were the very ones she had forged—and that Tan Yun had purchased them.
But seeing them in action… still left her stunned!
“A mere sword formation… and you think you can defeat my disciple? What a delusion!”
Zhuge Yu sneered.
Her confidence in Nangong Yuqin was absolute!
And the reason for that confidence—
Was because Nangong Yuqin had cultivated the Holy Spirit Palace’s supreme secret art: the “Divine Soul Ascension Scripture”!
A technique only the “Saintess” was qualified to practice!
Moreover—
What shocked Zhuge Yu the most was this:
80000 years ago, the palace’s ancestors had discovered a fragmented “Nameless Sword Scripture” from the God Battlefield.
For tens of thousands of years—no one had been able to comprehend it!
No one had ever succeeded in cultivating it!
But—
Nangong Yuqin had “understood it instantly at first sight”!
And over the past 3 years—
She had cultivated both the “Divine Soul Ascension Scripture” and the “Nameless Sword Technique” simultaneously!
Rising in one leap to become the “strongest inner disciple” of the Holy Spirit Palace!
Thus—
In Zhuge Yu’s eyes, Tan Yun had no chance of defeating her!
If not for Nangong Yuqin’s momentary lapse earlier—
She would have believed Tan Yun was already dead!
Rumble—
Suddenly!
The 11 flying swords began spinning rapidly in a circular formation!
Curtains of Hongmeng light stretching hundreds of zhang surged outward—
Forming a “Primordial God-Slaying Sword Formation” with a diameter of 300 zhang!
And… sealing Nangong Yuqin inside!
The moment the formation appeared—
Shen Subing immediately realized how much pressure Nangong Yuqin had forced onto Tan Yun!
Because earlier—
Without even using the sword formation, Tan Yun had already severely injured “Young Master Ru Yan,” ranked No.10 among the inner disciples of the Eternal Immortal Heaven Sect!
But now—
After only a brief clash, he was already forced to deploy it!
That meant—
This battle… was truly a life-and-death fight!
Once the sword formation fully took shape—
Everything inside was completely obscured!
Even Zhuge Yu, Ru Yan Wuji, and Tantai Xuanzhong could not see what was happening within!
As leaders of the “2 sects and 1 palace,”
They had seen countless formations—
Yet after careful observation, all 3 were certain of one thing:
They had never seen a formation like this before!
Inside the Primordial God-Slaying Sword Formation—
“Hm?”
Nangong Yuqin frowned.
She immediately sensed… that she was standing within “chaos”!
“Space-time expansion?”
Her gaze swept around, seeing the 11 swords floating deep within the void—
And she realized—
The formation had expanded to a diameter of 3300 zhang!
“How is this possible?!”
Her pupils shrank violently!
At that moment—
She saw Tan Yun floating in midair—
Without relying on a flying sword!
He hovered silently before her, only 300 zhang away!