Chen Jiuyang's cold voice fell.
"Zheng—"
Song Yuanliang and the others saw that the Yan Sheng Saber in Chen Jiuyang's hand was shrouded in a phantom, the entire Yan Sheng Saber seeming to have grown by a size. It emanated a heart-pounding aura, imbued with Chen Jiuyang's true qi and soul.
"What is this thing?"
Song Yuanliang and the others felt a chill in their hearts. They had never seen such a strange technique, one that dared to place one's true qi and soul onto a weapon without dissipation. Were they not afraid of qi and blood, and true qi, backlashing against themselves?
Once true qi and soul were pushed to a certain limit, the technique had to be unleashed. Otherwise, if it reached the limit of one's endurance, the backlash would be extremely severe.
Before they could react.
Chen Jiuyang's figure flashed, and he had already swung his saber.
"Boom!"
A violent aura swept over. The movement was not particularly fast, but it created afterimages, striking terror into their hearts!
This saber strike was as heavy as a thousand pounds, as weighty as Mount Tai!
A Earth realm martial artist's true qi shield appeared, and it instantly became like rotten wood, vanishing into nothingness. Then, the saber descended.
"Ch—"
"Crack crack!"
The saber blade struck the man's shoulder.
"Bang—"
The Earth realm martial artist's body immediately sank thirty centimeters into the earth. A splash of blood erupted from his shoulder. The Earth realm martial artist's bones were all broken, his internal organs shattered. His body went limp, and he lost his life!
"Not good!"
Song Yuanliang's pupils contracted sharply, and his figure retreated another hundred meters.
"What kind of bizarre technique is this!"
"The martial path technique breaking through to the divine realm is not just a literal meaning of breaking through a limit, but a limit that falls upon oneself." As this saber strike was unleashed, Chen Jiuyang felt a new understanding surge within him.
"One saber strike splits the path between life and death, and divine abilities can shake the heavens and crack the earth!"
A scene of divine abilities flashed through Chen Jiuyang's mind from the memories of his divine physician inheritance.
This made his blood boil. He knew that one day, he too could reach that level.
Chen Jiuyang's sudden change in technique startled Song Yuanliang and the others.
Chen Jiuyang's bizarre martial art was unheard of, and its terrifying power surpassed even the instantaneous annihilation martial art he had displayed earlier.
Song Yuanliang shouted sternly, "Everyone attack together! Chen Jiuyang's fatigue is evident. We must seize this opportunity to kill him here, and not let the sacrifices of those before us be in vain!"
Locking true qi and soul onto a weapon technique, the power increased by several times!
What were saber glows and sword energies like rainbows were merely the magical means of Qi cultivators.
Upon hearing Song Yuanliang's words, the remaining thirty-odd Earth realm martial artists nodded with solemn expressions. Chen Jiuyang currently exuded a terrifying, heart-pounding aura. If they were caught in close quarters and struck by his saber, they would surely perish.
"Rumble!"
The thirty-odd Earth realm martial artists jointly unleashed their divine intent techniques towards Chen Jiuyang.
However, Chen Jiuyang merely waved the Yan Sheng Saber in his hand forward. The phantom of the Yan Sheng Saber suddenly grew immense, enveloping Chen Jiuyang. Chen Jiuyang stood his ground, allowing their divine intent techniques to strike him, yet he remained unharmed.
"What kind of monster is this Xuan Yang Marquis!"
Seeing that their divine intent techniques could not harm Chen Jiuyang in the slightest, the martial artists' hearts sank to the bottom, their expressions turning grim.
"It's useless."
Chen Jiuyang's cold voice spread out. "If it were before, you might indeed have had a chance to kill me."
"But now, there is no chance!"
Chen Jiuyang suddenly recalled a widely known saying from ancient books—
One man holding the pass, ten thousand men cannot break through!
"Boom!"
The phantom of the Yan Sheng Saber in Chen Jiuyang's hand suddenly expanded, and then he unleashed a saber strike towards them from a distance.
"Wuwuwu!"
A howling gale of wind and energy surged forth. The faces of the thirty-odd Earth realm martial artists standing together changed drastically. They simultaneously channeled their true qi and soul with all their might, attempting to withstand Chen Jiuyang's strike.
"Rumble!"
As the saber strike descended, all thirty-odd Earth realm martial artists, though their clothes were undamaged, had their bones shattered as if bearing the weight of Mount Tai. They perished on the spot! Where they stood, there was a massive saber imprint, not a saber mark!
Song Yuanliang was utterly horrified, his heart churning with immense waves. While fleeing desperately, he roared and questioned Chen Jiuyang, "Xuan Yang Marquis, what kind of technique is this!"
"Our paths are different. Even if I tell you, you may not understand."
Chen Jiuyang's voice drifted from afar. "I give your three clans and sixteen sects one last chance. Kill the stubborn old fools of your respective clans and sects, and surrender to me. I can spare your lives and allow your clans and sects to leave behind a lineage."
Song Yuanliang's face turned extremely grim. He did not reply to Chen Jiuyang, but continued to flee madly. He then realized, had his fear of Chen Jiuyang reached such a degree?
"This is what it feels like to be able to hold the pass alone against ten thousand. No wonder the reputation of the first generation of Martial Saints has been passed down for thousands of years. This path of divine abilities is truly astonishing."
"However, the consumption is also not something an ordinary person can bear."
The previous saber strike Chen Jiuyang had forcefully unleashed, this incredibly domineering strike, had instantly depleted his true qi and soul. A backlash then surged, and a trace of blood trickled from the corner of Chen Jiuyang's mouth.
Chen Jiuyang's eyes, as bright as stars, watched the massive phantom of the Yan Sheng Saber in the air gradually dissipate. A smile appeared on his lips:
"The power of this martial technique entering the divine realm is truly astonishing. It was worth it, it was worth it."
He took out a bottle of pills from his embrace and consumed them. The terrifying aura on his body gradually receded.
Then, Chen Jiuyang examined himself internally, and a thought surfaced in his mind.
The path of divine abilities and invincibility not only required cultivating martial realm, but also required blood replacement and soul replacement.
It should not be limited to this, but rather through blood replacement and soul replacement, one could smoothly break through the martial realm cultivation.
Blood replacement and soul replacement were both methods to elevate the grade of one's true blood and soul, thereby making the force exerted more powerful.
...
After half an hour of desperate flight, Song Yuanliang arrived at the villa district where the three clans and sixteen sects were stationed, located in the Weiguang Forest.
Only such aristocratic families were wealthy and idle enough to build luxurious villas in such deep mountains and old forests, for vacations, to evade enemies, or for secluded cultivation.
The people of the three clans and sixteen sects saw Song Yuanliang returning in a state of panic, and dozens of people present immediately felt their hearts sink.
The patriarch of the Song family said sternly, "Yuanliang, why are you so flustered? What happened ahead?"
In these deep mountains and old forests, to avoid enemies, the three clans and sixteen sects had not installed any electrical wires or networks themselves, to prevent tracking. Furthermore, the terrain in the forest was complex, making it impossible to use drones for reconnaissance.
Song Yuanliang's face shifted several times. Finally, his face turned pale, and he trembled weakly, "We are all annihilated... Xuan Yang Marquis killed everyone..."
"Clang..."
The people of the three clans and sixteen sects, who had been calmly drinking tea and chatting merrily, immediately became flustered and knocked over their teacups.
Dozens of Earth realm martial artists were killed by Chen Jiuyang alone. How was this possible?
They found it hard to believe.
The patriarch of the Zeng family said, "What does it mean that Chen Jiuyang left you alive? Is it so he can follow your trail and find our whereabouts?"
Song Yuanliang tremblingly replied, "Xuan Yang Marquis asked me to bring a message back..."