Even driving him into a corner where he had absolutely no room to retaliate! And in achieving all this, the interceptor hadn't even revealed a shadow of himself!
How formidable must the power of this person be? By the time everyone noticed the Nine Hells Cold Blade, and then heard Zhan Lunhui's roar, the expressions of Gu Han and the others grew even more complex!
This person was actually the Fourteenth Young Master of Nine Hells! This madman!
So the true strength of the Fourteenth Young Master of Nine Hells was actually this terrifying! But...
he held no prior grievance with Zhan Lunhui; why would he stop such a supreme powerhouse? This was equivalent to giving his greatest enemies a monumental favor today!
Gu Han, the leader of this group, felt his complexity deepen, yet understood that now was not the time to ponder this! Zhan Lunhui had broken the seals, leading to the complete collapse of Tianzhu Mountain and triggering a chain reaction of volcanic eruptions.
The ten-thousand-year foundation of the Three Great Holy Lands was effectively ruined! And the most terrifying consequence was yet to come: the chasm that blocked the invasion of the foreign races was now utterly gone!
All of this destruction was the direct result of Zhan Lunhui’s reckless actions! He had wrestled with Jun Moxie for a long time, and while the casualties weren't few, it still couldn't compare to the finality and sheer tragedy brought by Zhan Lunhui's single move!
Over half of the personnel from the Three Great Holy Lands had perished in this cataclysm! The World-Shunning Immortal Palace among the three lands bore the brunt of it; countless magnificent palaces had now dissolved entirely into seas of magma!
Except for Mo Wudao, who managed to escape with fewer than four hundred people, no one else survived! The Dreamlike Blood Sea was equally unlucky, taking a direct hit from the collapsing Tianzhu Mountain, almost entirely crushed beneath it!
The Sect Master, Hu Yan Aobo, only managed to cling to life under the desperate protection of several core experts from his sect. Yet, those who escaped with him totaled less than five hundred, half of whom were injured or maimed—a fate even more wretched than that of the World-Shunning Immortal Palace.
The tens of thousands of retainers and family members belonging to these two great Holy Lands had absolutely no survivors! Young and old, male and female, all were reduced to scorched earth and wisps of smoke!
Among them, many powerful masters had also died while trying to save their families and children in this catastrophe! The Supreme Gold City, situated slightly further away, was fortunate enough to suffer less collateral damage.
Although casualties were immense during the process, the overall combat strength was not critically diminished; over two thousand primary combat experts managed to escape! Ten thousand years of legacy, destroyed in a single moment!
Tens of thousands of masters, slain! Even the Heavenly Sage Palace of Heavenly Sage Mountain suffered the loss of two Saint Emperor experts who perished in this sudden disaster!
Not a single spiritual herb survived; ten millennia of accumulation turned to nothing! The Exquisite Lotus Pond had also completely collapsed, reduced to flying ash!
What a devastating loss! It is often said that as long as there are people, hope remains, but the material wealth possessed by the Heavenly Sage Palace and the Three Great Holy Lands was truly more precious than the manpower!
And this unforeseen disaster occurred barely a month before the Battle for Heaven’s Seizing! This was practically a death sentence for the entire Profound Profound Continent!
The billions of lives across the continent were about to be completely exposed, without concealment, to the bloody cleavers of the foreign races! The Three Great Holy Lands, which served as the main pillar of defense, were weakened by over eighty percent of their combat strength just before the war!
And the chasm that once spanned heaven and earth, separating the two regions, had now become an open road! All of this was caused by Zhan Lunhui!
Such hatred could no longer be described as irreconcilable; it was a blood feud that could never be settled, even across lifetimes! Everyone in the Three Great Holy Lands felt their hearts bleeding.
Even if they had to chase him to the ends of the earth, Gu Han and the others would absolutely not let Zhan Lunhui go! War maniac!
This principal culprit! With a wave of Gu Han’s hand, the peak masters from the Heavenly Sage Palace who were gradually arriving instantly formed a large circle, enveloping the two combatants inside.
Every single person looked at Zhan Lunhui with eyes filled with frenzied hatred! But what followed immediately seized the attention of everyone present.
A battle between one person and three blades! Or perhaps, it could be described as one person wielding one sword against two other swords!
Oh no, more accurately, it was a battle against a swarm of swords! Zhan Lunhui, nearly naked, his hair dishevelled, stripped of all noble bearing, danced through the air, roaring wildly, his sword light flashing like lightning, like rain, like a waterfall!
In front of, behind, and all around his body, swords flew back and forth, intermittently scattering sheets of sword rain, ferociously assaulting Zhan Lunhui with attacks that infiltrated every gap! And that dark Nine Hells Cold Blade would periodically materialize from the void, each strike aimed precisely at the weakest point in Zhan Lunhui's defense!
Throughout the entire engagement, no operator was ever seen! Yet, it was clear that these two swords were being manipulated secretly, by an extraordinarily accomplished master of the Way of the Sword!
A swordsmanship technique that seemed miraculous! Gu Han and the others gasped, admitting their inferiority in the face of such exquisite control over the ever-changing attacks!
Moreover, the Imperial Void Divine Blade, with its boundless, magnificent aura, seemed to imbue every attack with a fundamental truth of the Sword Dao! Even every circular motion, every evasion, carried an arcane, ineffable quality!
Attacks so saturated with the ultimate principles of heaven and earth—no one could withstand them! Including Zhan Lunhui, even if he was perhaps the closest existence to the pinnacle in this world!
Everyone watched the ensuing battle in silent awe, their minds churning with stormy waves. If Zhan Lunhui’s defense hadn't reached an almost unbelievable level of astonishing resilience, he would have long since been defeated and killed!
And under such circumstances, one lapse in defense meant utter annihilation, turning to dust! Yet, the situation was not entirely optimistic.
The “Fourteenth Young Master of Nine Hells,” controlling the swords from the shadows, was undoubtedly powerful, but his weakness was also glaringly obvious. Clearly, his cultivation was nowhere near as profound as Zhan Lunhui’s.
The ultimate winner of this battle of attrition might not be him, even though he currently held the absolute upper hand! This fight was saturated with an intensely singular, dominant color!
Both Zhan Lunhui and that sword carried an air of disdain! The auras and momentum they projected clearly conveyed one message: Do not interfere!
No one could interfere! Anyone who intervened would inevitably become a common enemy to both fighting parties!
In reality, there was simply no room for a third party in a battle of this nature! It was somewhat understandable that Zhan Lunhui might be wary of a group assault.
But why did the Imperial Void Divine Blade also emit such an aloof, hostile aura? At this moment, if everyone rushed forward to take down Zhan Lunhui, it would not only be met with cheers but would also be the solution with the fewest variables and the least effort.
Prolonging the fight would only invite countless possibilities for unforeseen changes! However, facing the aggressively potent Imperial Void Divine Blade, no one dared to rashly intervene.
To intervene would mean showing disrespect to the sword’s master, and the masters of the Heavenly Sage Palace dared not offend this Grandmaster of the Sword Dao at this critical juncture! The Grandmaster of the Sword Dao, Jun Mo Bang, was practically fuming to the point of explosion!
Young Master Jun never cared for so-called martial ethics; as long as an enemy could be taken down, that was the best method in his book. Thus, employing sneak attacks, backstabbing, or even poison—all low-class tactics—carried little psychological burden for him.
If the Blood of Yan Huang were in his hands now, Young Master Jun would likely be shouting to the heavens: “Everyone rush him! Kill this old coot!” But now, the Blood of Yan Huang was attacking autonomously.
Although its power was greater than when held by him, this artifact was inherently arrogant! It actually insisted on observing the etiquette of a fair duel...
insisting on an honorable fight! Furthermore, it seemed to possess a palpable sense of excitement at meeting a worthy opponent.
Even concerning the Nine Hells Cold Blade in Jun Moxie’s hand, the sword showed a degree of aversion. The most infuriating thing was that it insisted on resolving the fight with Zhan Lunhui entirely on its own—purely afraid of not getting to feast alone!
Brother, this is a war! What kind of heroism are you pulling here?
Among everyone present, only you can absorb the essence and spirit of a Xuan Practitioner! Jun Moxie stared, feeling frantic.
If not for the need to conceal his identity, he would have already roared out loud! He secretly resolved: After this battle, he absolutely had to give the Blood of Yan Huang a good disciplining session, make it thoroughly understand the situation!
Dawdling and acting unilaterally at such a critical moment... Jun Moxie let out a deep sigh.
In truth, Young Master Jun understood that this outcome was entirely of his own making, and he couldn't truly blame anyone else. The Martial Arts of the Hongjun Pagoda clearly described: "The Blade is the Emperor among weapons; the Sword is the Monarch among weapons!
Grand and magnificent, it is the Gentleman's blade, a stately host, a righteous marvel, never base or treacherous, for the affairs of the shadowy realm! Among the myriad weapons in the world, only the sword can be called a gentleman!
The Gentleman's Sword lies in its pride. To be aloof beneath the heavens, casting disdain upon the shifting clouds—that is the supreme sovereign among swords!
When the sword emerges, it is upright; the tricks and stratagems of the shadowy realm sword techniques might achieve temporary success, but they cannot prevail forever. Remember this well." This passage, the "Discourse on the Gentleman Among Swords," was thoroughly digested and absorbed by the Blood of Yan Huang.
Moreover, it had been further developed and exaggerated. This, consequently, led directly to the high-handed and autocratic conduct of the Divine Sword, the Blood of Yan Huang, in this battle!
Zhan Lunhui roared like a mad beast and suddenly leaped upward! Defying all previous patterns, he completely ignored the terrifying offensive of the Imperial Void Divine Blade, launching himself upward as if reckless of all consequences!
The Blood of Yan Huang instantly scored seven gashes across his body. The blood hadn't even time to well up before it healed!
Jun Moxie’s Nine Hells Cold Blade also pierced him three times, from top to bottom, in an instant! Once at the forehead, once at the heart, and once at the Dantian!
But each only penetrated a mere three parts before being repelled. Immediately afterward, the pierced skin restored itself to its original state!
Zhan Lunhui soared a hundred zhang, suddenly throwing his head back to howl at the sky. His black hair exploded outward.
He then stood motionless in the mid-air, hands clasped behind his back, coldly observing the two swords rushing up from below, his expression utterly blank: “Very well! Fourteenth Young Master of Nine Hells!
You have truly succeeded in infuriating me this time! In nearly ten thousand years, no one has made this old man so disheveled and lost his composure!
To achieve this level, you can be proud! Even if you die today, it will not have been in vain that you occupied the position of the number one expert on the Profound Profound Continent and reigned supreme for so many years!”