Eunuch Lin's raised brows slowly fell back down, but the corners of his lips slowly rose.
This was a sigh, and also a self-mockery, but ultimately, it was a mockery towards Chen Chang Sheng.
Eunuch Lin had grown up in the Imperial Palace. He was extremely talented and experienced, and the technique he cultivated was extremely profound. Many years ago, he had already reached the peak of Star Condensation. If not for the fact that in Taizong's later years, when the situation in the Imperial Court was extremely perilous, he had castrated himself at the most crucial moment of his cultivation and entered the palace. Henceforth, he would have become a deformed person, and he might even have entered the Divine Domain.
No matter how high Chen Changsheng's cultivation talent was, no matter how many treasures he had, no matter how many tricks he had, no matter how close he was to killing Zhou Tong that night, he was still no match for him.
He was only seventeen, and he had also failed to enter Star Condensation in Mount Han.
Previously, outside of Orthodox Academy, Su Mo Yu was worried about Chen Chang Sheng's safety and stopped Eunuch Lin's attendants, saying that one person was enough to announce the edict.
Eunuch Lin's reply was that if they wanted to kill Chen Changsheng, a decree and he alone were enough.
This was not a lie, but the truth.
At this moment, Chen Chang Sheng asked him seriously, "Can you kill me?"
Eunuch Lin's smile gradually faded. Turning to Chen Changsheng, he said, "After leaving the capital for twenty years, it seems that the youngsters these days have all forgotten who I am."
Chen Chang Sheng didn't say anything. He used his actions to express his feelings.
Two streaks of dust floated up from under his boots. That represented his strength. Then, the dust suddenly became chaotic, along with his sleeves. They turned into several lines and pulled out afterimages in the space of the library.
He disappeared from where he stood.
More than ten extremely faint footprints appeared on the dark and bright floor.
Those footprints seemed to have appeared at the same time.
If someone were to carefully examine the positions of those footprints, they might be able to associate them with the positions of some of the stars in the starry sky, or the lines on the Reflecting Monolith.
The incomparably complicated positions of the stars and the incalculable star maps represented the direction, sequence, and movement at an extraordinary speed.
It was the secret technique of the Demon Race, the Yeshi Step.
The space at the main entrance of the library was slightly distorted.
A sword shadow pierced through the sunlight outside the building.
Chen Chang Sheng's figure followed.
At this moment, he had already arrived before Eunuch Lin.
His speed was incomparably fast, and it even gave people a feeling that even lightning was not as fast as him.
Perhaps it was because when he used the Yeshi Step, he had also used his most powerful move, the Blazing Sword.
The sword light illuminated the door of the library, suppressing the sunlight that spilled in from outside.
A blazing aura enveloped the area, and then it rapidly spread in all directions.
The yellowing grass outside the library instantly became even wilder, and the edges of the books on the bookshelves in the library curled up at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if they had lost all their moisture.
The Stainless Sword blazed with flames as it stabbed at Eunuch Lin's forehead.
Eunuch Lin's expression froze, a little surprised.
He didn't expect that the power contained in this sword would be so strong!
Slightly different from the rumors, Chen Chang Sheng's True Essence was actually so abundant, even when compared to those elites who had cultivated for hundreds of years, he was not inferior.
Or was it because of this sword move? It was said that Su Li had passed on to Chen Changsheng a sword technique that could rapidly increase his true essence for a short period of time. It seemed that this was the case.
As he thought of these things, Eunuch Lin's sleeves were already flying up.
Extremely pure starlight exuded from his body and poured into his sleeves. Like two stone mountains that had flown down from the heavens, they trapped Chen Changsheng's sword between them!
Against the divine weapon of the Tier of Legendary Weapons, the incomparably sharp Stainless Sword, Eunuch Lin had actually divided his Star Domain into two and used it as a weapon!
What sort of genius was this response, what sort of tyrannical and unparalleled technique was this!
In a battle between cultivators, what mattered was comprehension, like battle awareness, like adaptability, like experience, but what was truly important was still strength itself.
Eunuch Lin was a peak Star Condensation expert, his Star Domain almost perfect, and his True Essence incomparably abundant. His comprehension of the laws of the world far surpassed Chen Changsheng's, so he was naturally able to control the entire battle.
Would this battle end just like this? Of course not. Both Eunuch Lin and Chen Changsheng knew that this was only the beginning.
The sheath known as the Vault Sheath still concealed several thousand peerless swords.
With the protection of those peerless swords, Chen Changsheng could make Zhou Tong bleed from head to toe, and he could at least hold Eunuch Lin back for a few moments. Eunuch Lin was well aware of this point. He was not prepared to give Chen Changsheng a chance to attack, so he had chosen to divide his Star Domain. This seemed valiant, but it was actually somewhat dangerous, a method that could even be described as underestimating the enemy.
Eunuch Lin wanted to ensure that his hand was free.
At this moment, his sleeves, carrying the Star Domain, sealed the edge of Chen Changsheng's sword. His hand, meanwhile, passed through the sleeve and rested in the middle of the sword.
Chen Changsheng's sword was formed from the Stainless Sword and the Vault Sheath, and Eunuch Lin's hand rested on the opening of the sheath.
Since he dared to hold it there, Eunuch Lin was naturally confident in dealing with the swords in the sheath, or perhaps he had long since made his preparations.
Suddenly, Eunuch Lin's pupils constricted in disbelief. With a shrill shriek, he wanted to swiftly retreat.
What emerged from the sheath was not a sword.
It was a small black stone.
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Logically speaking, an unremarkable little stone should not have been able to make Eunuch Lin feel as if he were facing a great foe, or even think of retreating.
But Eunuch Lin was an expert in the Dao, and his comprehension of the laws of the world had already reached a sublime level. When he saw this black stone, he sensed that something was wrong.
He could sense that a power that transcended the secular world was following this black stone.
Since it had already transcended the secular world, it was naturally impossible to avoid.
Eunuch Lin's fingers spread out like flowers, shattering the air in the library and grabbing the black stone in his hand.
With a crack, three of his finger bones broke into thirteen pieces, and soon after, his wrist bones also shattered.
Only now did he understand that this power that transcended the secular world did not come from the Divine Staff, nor did it come from some unknown divine artifact.
This power was weight, an unimaginable weight.
A weight like the weight of the sky fell on Eunuch Lin's body.
His face became abnormally pale, his body trembling, the floor beneath his feet cracking into countless holes.
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The black stone was a Heavenly Tome Monolith left behind by Wang Zhice.
The Heavenly Tome Monoliths themselves were very heavy, but the weight of this black stone was because it was also a door.
A door leading to the Garden of Zhou.
Three days ago, in the Mausoleum of Books, Chen Changsheng had personally seen the Pope pluck a green leaf and use the majestic power of the world to attack the Divine Empress.
From that scene, he had comprehended a few things.
The black stone was not the true Garden of Zhou. It only carried a little Qi of the Garden of Zhou, or perhaps a very small part of the Garden of Zhou. But Eunuch Lin was also not the Divine Empress.
Since you are using this world to suppress me, I will use my world to strike you.
The Garden of Zhou was even larger than the Green Leaf World, but the Green Leaf was a complete world while the black stone was only a door to this world. Chen Changsheng's cultivation was also far inferior to the Pope's.
Eunuch Lin had only encountered a method that he had never thought of before and was unable to respond, resulting in his passivity.
As long as he could hold on for a few moments, he would presumably be able to find a way to break it.
But a few moments was enough to do many things.
With the appearance of the black stone, an autumn wind blew through the library and the sky suddenly darkened.
Eunuch Lin felt like he was pressed down by the starry sky, finding it difficult to move.
Ten thousand sword glows flowed out of Chen Changsheng's sheath and surged forward.
The sword glows tore through the starry sky, sliced apart the autumn wind, and seized the light of the sky.
Countless sword intents crisscrossed, countless swords clanging and clanging, occasionally accompanied by Eunuch Lin's furious howls and the sounds of his berserk attacks.
Suddenly, all sound in the library vanished, as did the sword intents. It was incomparably quiet.
Boom! Countless fragments flew out of the library, forming an extremely wide ball of dust in the Orthodox Academy.
The autumn wind blew through the library, carrying away the dust and fragments, leaving behind a clear and bright scene.
All the doors and windows of the library had disappeared, leaving only two figures in the empty space.
One standing, one sitting.
The one standing was Chen Changsheng, sword in hand, calm and silent.
Eunuch Lin's body was covered in blood as he sat on the ground.
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