The battle between Ye Chen and Marquis Sword Star was completely out of everyone's expectations. They didn't think that the one to suffer would be Marquis Sword Star. Marquis Sword Star's Seven Star Point Kill Sword Art was indeed powerful. If it were any other sword artist apart from Marquis Sword Snow and Ye Chen, they might not even be able to receive the first strike.
However, Ye Chen seemed to be a person who could create miracles. He received the first strike as if it was eating or drinking, and the second strike was also blocked by him without a single injury. The third strike was canceled out by his vibration sword arts, and the fourth strike was forcibly interrupted by a huge sword pressure. This was the turning point, as well as the beginning of Marquis Sword Star's loss.
Everyone on the scene had no choice but to admit that they had underestimated Ye Chen. Ye Chen's sword arts were indeed not as gorgeous as Marquis Sword Snow's, nor as murderous as Marquis Sword Star's. However, his sword arts had always been efficient. They didn't need to be gorgeous or murderous; they just needed to receive the opponent's sword and injure them.
It could be said that Ye Chen's sword arts had thrown away the unnecessary things, leaving only the purest essence.
His sword dao was different from others.
However, his sword arts were undoubtedly powerful, and his perception and reaction were also top-notch. To deal with him, one could only use absolute strength or powerful killing moves.
Hearing Marquis Sword Star say that he was going to use the fifth strike of Seven Star Point Kill Sword Art, everyone's gazes fell on Ye Chen, wondering how Ye Chen would deal with it. Ye Chen's sword arts were, of course, indisputable. However, no matter how powerful a sword art was, it would still have a limit. Beyond that limit, no matter how powerful a sword art was, it would be useless. When two people were equally matched in strength, the only way to decide the victor was to use a trump card.
Moreover, a trump card could often be used to defeat a stronger opponent.
"Sure enough, he's created the fifth strike!"
Luo Tiandu sighed inwardly. Without even exchanging blows, he already knew that he was not Marquis Sword Star's opponent. He didn't even have the confidence to receive the fourth strike, let alone the fifth.
"Seven Star Point Kill Sword Art's fifth strike, this freak! Fortunately, I also succeeded in reverting, or there would be no hope at all. "Young Elephant Lord's lips twitched.
"Fifth kill?" Ye Chen's brows slightly creased. In truth, if he didn't use Bewitching Mirror Shattering, his strength wouldn't be much higher than Marquis Sword Star's. After all, the difference in cultivation base was obvious. He was at the second layer of Life-and-Death Chamber, while his opponent was at the peak of the third layer. Be it the quantity or quality of Zhen Yuan, there was a big gap. Moreover, the age difference between the two was more than ten years, which meant that Marquis Sword Star had more than ten years to study sword arts.
If he didn't use Bewitching Mirror Shattering, Ye Chen wouldn't be able to kill a peak level Evil Spirit. The recovery ability of peak level Evil Spirits allowed them to ignore the majority of attacks. For example, Marquis Sword Star, Xiang Shaolong, Luo Tiandu, and the others could still put up a fight against a peak level Evil Spirit. However, after a long time, they would be worn down to death by the Evil Spirit, since their moves couldn't kill it in one go.
"Looks like I can only expose my Sword Domain."
Earlier, Ye Chen had merely released his Sword Domain slightly, and he'd utilized his sword pressure to freeze others in place. He hadn't truly revealed the might of his Sword Domain at all.
"Fifth strike, Star Fall!"
Marquis Sword Star's figure flew over with a speed that couldn't be described with words. He was like an aurora in the universe, piercing through the endless void and pouncing toward Ye Chen. What was more frightening was that before this strike was released, Marquis Sword Star, who had become one with Sword Greed, emitted a star force field. This star force field wasn't unique to Marquis Sword Star, but the star energy contained in Star Fall.
Marquis Sword Star was confident that this strike would kill Ye Chen.
Even if Ye Chen's sword pressure were to land on him, the star force field would cancel out the majority of it. The remaining force wouldn't be enough to affect his body and sword trajectory.
"Danger!"
Luo Tiandu's hair stood on end as he stared unblinkingly.
"This strike is too frightening."
As a sword artist himself, Lu Shaoyou's heart almost stopped. He was shaken by the might of this strike. He had a feeling that even if there were three of him, he would still be killed by this strike without the slightest suspense.
"A single strike drawing upon the core power of stars … worthy of being an ancient sword art."
Marquis Sword Snow's eyes shone, wishing that he could replace Ye Chen and fight Marquis Sword Star. He wanted to see if his Freezing Sword could contend against Marquis Sword Star's fifth strike.
"It's over!"
Marquis Sword Star sent out Greedy Wolf, bursting with power to the limit. At this moment, Greedy Wolf burst out with a star-like radiance, incomparably fast and resplendent.
Star Fall!
The Death Light of Stars Falling!
"This Marquis Sword Star is only a step away from Life and Death realm." Ye Chen's expression changed. Star Fall contained the dao of death, which meant that the opponent wasn't far from Life and Death realm. Life and Death realm naturally required one to comprehend life and death.
"Sword Domain!"
Not daring to be careless, Ye Chen operated Green Lotus Sword Arts with all his strength, completely releasing the might of Sword Domain.
"It's useless."
Marquis Sword Star's sword was less than ten meters away from Ye Chen. Time seemed to slow down as the sword tip, which contained the light of exploding stars, inched closer to Ye Chen's forehead.
"Sword Rule!"
Ye Chen inwardly chanted.
In the next instant!
A horrifying scene occurred. Marquis Sword Star's sure-kill strike unexpectedly deviated, as if there was some sort of rule around Ye Chen, and this rule was under Ye Chen's control.
"Impossible!"
Marquis Sword Star roared inwardly.
The flow of time suddenly sped up. Of course, this was just an illusion. Puchi! Marquis Sword Star's sure-kill strike missed, and the deviation was inconceivably large.
In that instant, the Evil Vanquishing Sword in Ye Chen's hand shot out, piercing Marquis Sword Star's throat. Due to the inertia of Marquis Sword Star's body, the Evil Vanquishing Sword cut through half of his neck, causing blood to spurt everywhere like a fountain.
Peng!
Marquis Sword Star fell to the ground and slid down, no longer breathing.
As for Ye Chen, he didn't budge an inch.
"Sword Domain! It's Sword Domain! "
At this moment, someone finally cried out in alarm.
"He actually has a sword artist's domain … Sword Domain!" Marquis Sword Snow said word by word in a low voice.
Sword Domain was the domain of sword artists. Even among Life and Death Sword Kings, only a handful possessed Sword Domain. A sword artist who practiced the sword every day, every month, and every year would emit an intense sword Qi. When the cultivation method was also a sword dao cultivation method, the two would resonate. This kind of resonance would not appear normally, but when the sword dao cultivation method broke through to heaven grade and the sword artist's comprehension of the sword dao reached an unfathomable height, this resonance would erupt and form Sword Domain.
Sword Domain could greatly affect swordsmen without Sword Domain. As long as you were a swordsman, even if you had a sword in your hand or in your heart, you wouldn't be able to escape this kind of influence. This was a profound influence, because Sword Domain was the essence of Sword Dao. Any form that was expressed by a sword would be within its range of influence.
Of course, if one wanted to influence a sword artist with similar or higher strength, the Sword Domain had to contain its own Rule, which was the Sword Rule. Once the Sword Rule was born, the Sword Domain could be considered to be in its initial form.
"I've finally found a sword artist that I can't see the outcome of."
A frightening battle intent burst out from Marquis Sword Snow's eyes. If someone were to be alone with him, they would certainly be shocked. Was this still the boy-next-door Marquis Sword Snow?
As soon as the Sword Domain appeared, Ye Chen became incomparably frightening in everyone's eyes. Sword Domain might seem like bullying, but how could a person who possessed Sword Domain have any achievements on the sword dao that ordinary people could imagine? Could an ordinary sword artist raise their sword dao cultivation method to heaven grade? Could an ordinary sword artist reach an unfathomable height on the sword dao? It was impossible.
Therefore, possessing Sword Domain was the manifestation of a sword artist's talent.
Losing was very normal, and there was no one to blame but the fact that one's achievements in the way of the sword could not compare.
"There's actually someone outside my Sky Sword Continent who possesses Sword Domain, and it's not a Life and Death Sword King." In the small chamber, Marquis Sword Star sucked in a deep breath, feeling extremely shocked. In all of Elysium, those who possessed Sword Domain were all in Sky Sword Continent. For sword artists, Sky Sword Continent was a place blessed by the heavens.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be called Sky Sword Continent.
Ye Chen possessing Sword Domain was simply an anomaly.
Huff!
Slowly letting out a breath, Ye Chen put away the Evil Vanquishing Sword.
In truth, Marquis Sword Star's Star Fall was not much inferior to Bewitching Mirror Shattering in terms of killing power. Although it still couldn't kill a peak level evil spirit, it could kill a lifeform with strength similar to that of a peak level evil spirit. This was not an issue of strength, but a peak level evil spirit's recovery ability. Star Fall emphasized on the power of piercing, and a peak level evil spirit wouldn't die even if it was pierced several hundred times.
If not for Sword Domain giving birth to a trace of Sword Rules, Ye Chen would have to use Bewitching Mirror Shattering to defeat Marquis Sword Star.
"I reckon that after this Life and Death Secret Realm closes, he will become a Life and Death King within a few years!" Before returning to his small chamber, Ye Chen glanced at Marquis Sword Star's chamber.
Because the battle between Ye Chen and Marquis Sword Star was too shocking, the first dozen battles of the twenty-fifth round were not worth watching at all. Everyone's appetite had been whetted.
However, this situation didn't last long.
That was because in the 25th point battle, another two top contenders for the top five would meet — Xu Jing against Lashan Mei.
Lan Sanmei's strength was frightening, but she encountered Xu Jing. As a Golden Dragon, Xu Jing's hidden strength was something even Ye Chen didn't know. He only knew that in her battle against Lan Sanmei, Xu Jing easily defeated her. Demonic Blade Arts were directly disintegrated by Xu Jing's fist.
Ye Chen's opponent in the twenty-fifth round was Chu Zhongtian. The result could be easily imagined.
Twenty-sixth round, twenty-seventh round … Every round had one or two spectacular battles.
In the twenty-eighth round, Marquis Sword Snow faced Luo Tiandu.
In the end, Luo Tiandu lost. Marquis Sword Snow didn't seem frightened by Ye Chen's Sword Domain at all. Everyone could see his battle intent rising.
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