Chen Changsheng toppled over.
His eyes were tightly shut, no longer feeling anything. His fall was so decisive that it was like a tree on the summit of a mountain being blown over by the wind, like a mountain on the ground being quaked, like the toppling of the earth.
At the same time, Guan Bai had already arrived in front of him, his sword also arriving. As he gazed at the fallen Chen Changsheng, his face revealed shock and confusion, yet he could no longer stop the sword in his hand, because this sword represented the will of the Heavenly Dao. Even though it was in his hand, he could no longer control it.
Just what had happened? Why had Chen Changsheng suddenly collapsed?
These questions had only just begun to appear in the minds of everyone present, but no one had the time to prevent the following tragedy from occurring. Because no one could have imagined that just a moment ago, he had broken into Star Condensation and shocked the entire audience, and in the next moment, he would enter such a strange state.
Gou Hanshi believed that even if Chen Changsheng was not Guan Bai's match, he should still be able to receive this attack. This was because he understood Chen Changsheng. Without sufficient confidence, he would not take that step.
Zhexiu and Tang Thirty-Six were even more brimming with confidence in Chen Changsheng. They even unreasonably believed that Chen Changsheng could defeat Guan Bai's Heavenly Dao Sword in a situation that no one was optimistic about.
Mao Qiuyu was most clear on the expert of the Sword of the Heavenly Dao and its characteristic of no return. He was sure that Chen Changsheng would lose, but how could he have imagined that Chen Changsheng would not even be able to raise his sword, or even move it?
Without even thinking about it, just who had the ability to react in such a short amount of time?
Only the Elder of Heavenly Secrets could change all of this. He had known beforehand that Chen Changsheng had a hidden illness. Although he was not sure when the hidden illness would break out, he knew that it was related to cultivation. From the moment Chen Changsheng began to break into Star Condensation, he had always been frowning as he watched the scene. Moreover, as an expert of the Divine Domain, he had the ability to display a sufficiently powerful technique in the cracks of time. And yet … his wrinkled and incomparably aged hand rested on the armrest of his chair, blue veins faintly visible as it trembled. However, it still remained on the platform, with no intention of acting.
Could it be that Chen Changsheng, having just broken into Star Condensation, should have been in high spirits, receiving the cheers of the crowd, would inexplicably die to the Heavenly Dao Sword?
The shock and panic of the crowd finally became real, their voices shouting from their mouths. A cry of alarm had just risen from the platform when it was suddenly suppressed by the howling wind.
A pair of pure white wings compressed the air at an unimaginable speed, stirring up a violent gale.
The heavy curtains on the stage shattered into countless pieces, and a stream of light rushed out from behind the curtains. The speed of that figure was too shocking. Only a few people in the audience could vaguely see two pure white lines, but they could not see clearly that a pair of pure white wings compressed the air at an unimaginable speed, stirring up a violent wind between heaven and earth, and carrying that figure with a whistling sound!
The stream of light arrived in front of Chen Chang Sheng.
The Sword of the Heavenly Law descended.
A field of light blossomed like fireworks. In the light, there were countless lofty sword intents, countless exquisite sword techniques, but there was only one extremely tough and divine will.
Sword of Great Light!
A loud boom resounded!
The water in the Heaven Lake was shaken off the surface of the lake like a reverse waterfall. The ground of the stone plateau shook violently as if there was an earthquake. Pebbles danced wildly and filled the entire area. The sun became incomparably dim.
The smoke and dust gradually settled, revealing the scene on the stage.
An extremely thin tear had appeared on the left side of Guan Bai's lapel, but there was no blood. He held his sword, his expression blank, not knowing what had happened as he stared forward in a daze.
Where his gaze rested, a large pit had appeared on the stone plateau.
This pit was much deeper than the pit created by Chen Chang Sheng's Star Condensation, and it was filled with pebbles.
Xu Yourong stood at the bottom of the pit, her hand gripping the temple sword, her face pale.
Squelch! She spat out a mouthful of blood.
The blood fell to the ground and instantly began to burn.
Golden-red flames easily melted the pebbles on the ground.
This was the true blood of the Heavenly Phoenix. Even though she possessed the bloodline of the true Phoenix and possessed astonishing talent, in her unprepared state, she had forcefully received Guan Bai's Sword of the Heavenly Dao, so she had still been heavily injured.
But in the end, before anyone could react, she had rushed in front of Chen Chang Sheng and received the sword, forcibly shaking the will of the so-called Heavenly Dao.
She had not allowed Guan Bai's sword to fall on Chen Chang Sheng's body, not even a sliver of sword intent.
The temple sword of South Stream Temple, extremely important and precious to Holy Maiden Peak, had been carelessly thrown to the ground by her, because she wanted her hands free.
She took the unconscious Chen Chang Sheng into her bosom.
Two snow-white wings slowly descended, gently enveloping the two of them.
Just like on the island of grass in the lake of the Garden of Zhou.
At this sight, the lakeshore was quiet, the crowd incomparably shocked.
No one had expected that the first person present to react, to risk her life and be heavily injured to protect Chen Chang Sheng, would actually be her.
In the crowd's view, she was the person who was least likely to appear.
Countless gazes fell on Xu Yourong's body, but she simply did not care.
Just like how she did not care about the temple sword in the rubble.
She only looked at Chen Chang Sheng in her bosom, her face pale, uneasy and fearful.
At this moment, she was beautiful, sorrowful, helpless, and weak.
No one had ever seen her like this, not the people of the Mount Li Sword Sect, not the Elder of Heavenly Secrets, and presumably not the Holy Maiden or the Tianhai Divine Empress either.
Just what was going on here?
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Zhexiu charged over, several dozen sword intents crisscrossing and blocking his path.
The house was right in front of him, but he could not approach a single step, because the female disciples of South Stream Temple had laid down a sword array in front of the house.
Not many of the cultivators participating in the Boiling Stone Summit could bring along their companions from their sects. The ones with the most were probably the Orthodoxy and Holy Maiden Peak. This was also a result of their status.
The hundred-some South Stream Temple disciples that had escorted Xu Yourong to Mount Han were all standing guard outside the house. South Stream Temple's sword array was extremely famous. Back then, when Zhou Dufu charged into Holy Maiden Peak, he had also expended some effort. No matter how valiant Zhexiu was, he could not rely on his own strength to charge through.
Zhexiu was expressionless, but in reality, he was extremely worried about Chen Chang Sheng's current situation. Being forced back by South Stream Temple's sword array and having a wound on his shoulder, not only did this not dispel his thoughts, it only aroused his viciousness. A smear of blood appeared in the depths of his eyes and sharp claws extended from his fingers. He was preparing to transform and use his abilities to fight on the brink of life and death.
But before he could act, he was stopped by someone else. Tang Thirty-Six looked at him and shook his head.
At the very front of the South Stream Temple sword array, a female disciple looked at the crowd outside the house and sternly said, "The Holy Maiden said that anyone who dares to take a single step into this house will be killed without question!"
Yes, let alone Tang Thirty-Six and Zhexiu, even powerful figures of the Orthodoxy like Mao Qiuyu and Linghai Zhiwang could not enter the house.
Besides the unconscious Chen Chang Sheng, the only people in the house were Xu Yourong and the Elder of Heavenly Secrets.
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