System Possession, One Sword Shocks the Gods

51: A shocking schemeInside the secret chamber, the flickering lamplight reflected Ye Chen’s shocked and cold face.

The beast-hide map spread across the stone table was like a demon’s invitation, silently revealing a shocking conspiracy capable of overturning Liuyun City and even Tianfeng Academy! Using the city and academy as altars to extract the Leyline Dragon Qi and the blood qi of all living things to construct the ”Demon Summoning Grand Array” and forcibly awaken the Shadow Demon Lord sealed by the Ancient Sword Sovereign!

Such methods were truly insane! Once successful, Liuyun City and Tianfeng Academy would surely see their inhabitants slaughtered and turned into a dead zone! And with the help of this monstrous blood sacrifice, the strength of the awakened Demonic Lord would likely recover to an unimaginably terrifying level!

”Madmen! The Lin Family and the Dark Hall are all madmen!” A chill spread through Ye Chen’s heart, but his Killing Intent seethed like a volcano. He would never allow such a tragedy to occur!

He forced himself to calm down, his gaze sharp as lightning as he quickly scanned every detail on the map, memorizing the marked positions of the red runes, the core nodes of the Formation, and the dense annotations beside them. These were key evidence and crucial for stopping this conspiracy in the future!

Simultaneously, his Divine Sense swept over the items on the bookshelf. Those black tokens were indeed ”demon summoning tokens,” and there were as many as seven of them! There were also scrolls recording eerie Cultivation Techniques and Formation principles, as well as several special Ores emitting a thick aura of Yin baleful energy, seemingly core Materials used for setting up the Formation.

His gaze finally settled on a corner of the stone table, where a thin, black-covered booklet lay casually, with blood-red characters written on it—”Dark Hall Secret Records: Outer Chapter”!

Ye Chen’s heart tightened, and he immediately picked it up, flipping through it quickly. Recorded in the booklet were part of the principles of the ”Demon Summoning Grand Array,” the required Materials, and the contact methods and duties of the Dark Hall’s peripheral members. It explicitly mentioned that the Lin Family, as a peripheral force of the Dark Hall in Liuyun City, was responsible for presiding over the arrangement of the grand array and ensuring a sufficient supply of ”sacrifices”!

”Ironclad evidence!” Ye Chen quickly stored this secret record and several key demon summoning tokens into his storage ring. With these, he would have the capital to bring down the Lin Family and even expose the Dark Hall’s conspiracy!

However, just as he finished putting the items away and was about to evacuate immediately—

”Buzz!”

At the entrance of the secret chamber, the stone slab that had just closed suddenly vibrated slightly! Someone was coming in from outside!

Ye Chen’s expression changed drastically! Without time to think about why someone would return, his figure flashed like a ghost, instantly hiding in the darkest corner behind the bookshelf. At the same time, he restrained his aura to the extreme, even his heartbeat and blood flow almost stopped, as if he had turned into a lifeless stone.

”Crack—”

The stone slab slid open, and two figures walked down one after the other. It was Lin Batian and the Black Robe Leader of the Blood Blade who had returned!

”News came from the Envoy; the plan must be moved forward!” Lin Batian’s voice carried a hint of suppressed excitement and urgency. ”The signs of the Demonic Lord’s revival are faster than expected. We must complete the preliminary activation of the grand array before the Inner Court Assessment ends!”

The Black Robe Leader responded hoarsely, ”The timing is a bit tight. The Materials for several key nodes are not yet fully in place, especially the ’Soul Suppressing Stone’...”

”We can’t worry about that anymore!” Lin Batian interrupted, walking to the stone table. ”Use the backup ’Yin Baleful Pith’ as a substitute first. Although the effect is slightly worse, it is enough to trigger Leyline disturbances and create chaos, facilitating our subsequent actions. As long as the Demonic Lord’s remnant Soul can seep out a trace of power, with coordination from both inside and out, breaking through Tianfeng Academy’s defenses will not be difficult!”

As he spoke, he reached out to grab the ”Dark Hall Secret Records” on the stone table, seemingly wanting to check something.

However, his hand froze halfway! His eyes stared fixedly at the stone table, and his face instantly became extremely unsightly!

”The secret records... and the demon summoning tokens... three are missing!” Lin Batian’s voice suddenly rose, filled with shock, anger, and disbelief. ”Someone has been in here?!”

Hearing this, the gaze beneath the Black Robe Leader’s mask instantly became as sharp as a knife. The cold Killing Intent around him erupted, instantly enveloping the entire secret chamber! His Divine Sense frantically swept through every corner!

”Impossible! The Restrictions here are intact. Except for us, no one knows the method to open the passage!” The Black-Robed Figure’s voice was somber.

”But the things are indeed gone!” Lin Batian was both shocked and furious, suddenly looking toward the bookshelf. ”Search! He must still be hiding here!”

Behind the bookshelf, Ye Chen’s heart sank! He had been discovered after all! The other party was clearly very familiar with the placement of items in the secret chamber; they noticed immediately when things were missing!

He couldn’t hide any longer!

Just as Lin Batian and the Black-Robed Figure lunged toward the bookshelf with murderous intent—

”Boom!”

From behind the bookshelf, a terrifying Sword Intent filled with the meaning of destruction and termination erupted like a volcano that had been dormant for ages! Dark gold sword light tore through the shadows, carrying the will to annihilate everything as it slashed directly at the closer Lin Batian!

Nirvana Sword Intent—Instant Shadow!

As soon as Ye Chen made his move, it was the strongest killing technique he could currently control! He knew that facing two powerhouses of the Kaiyuan Realm Late Stage (Lin Batian at the sixth level and the Black-Robed Figure at the seventh), his only chance of survival lay in catching them off guard and striking their vitals!

”Little beast! It really is you!” Lin Batian was both shocked and furious. He never expected the intruder to be Ye Chen! What horrified him even more was the Sword Intent contained within this strike, which made his very Soul tremble! He didn’t dare to take it head-on and retreated violently in haste, while simultaneously thrusting out both palms. Crimson flame palm prints whistled out, attempting to block the attack!

However, how could a sword light containing the true meaning of Nirvana be blocked by ordinary spiritual power?

”Chii—!”

The moment the crimson palm prints contacted the dark gold sword light, they rapidly melted and disintegrated like snow under a blazing sun! Although the sword light was mostly weakened, it still carried a sharp residual force as it slashed toward Lin Batian!

”Puff!”

Although Lin Batian avoided his vitals, his left shoulder was still struck by the sword light. His protective spiritual power shattered like paper, and a deep wound that revealed the bone appeared, blood instantly staining his robes! He let out a muffled groan, his face filled with shock and malice!

”Supreme Sword Intent?! You’ve actually mastered such power?!” The nearby Black Robe Leader was also greatly surprised, but his reaction was extremely fast. The moment Ye Chen struck, a pitch-black short blade that seemed capable of absorbing light appeared in his hand, stabbing toward the back of Ye Chen’s heart like a venomous snake! Its speed was at the absolute limit!

A pincer attack from front and back!

Ye Chen had heavily injured Lin Batian with one strike, but his old strength was spent while his new strength had yet to arise. Facing the Black Robe Leader’s sinister and lethal backstab, he seemed to have no way to dodge!

However, as if he had eyes in the back of his head, at the moment the short blade was about to hit his body, his footsteps shifted in a mysterious way, and his body twisted into an incredible angle like it had no bones, narrowly avoiding the vital area of his heart!

”Puchi!”

The short blade grazed past his ribs, bringing a spray of blood! A cold and malicious power instantly invaded his body, attempting to destroy his vitality!

But Ye Chen endured the intense pain. Using the force of the impact, his body lunged forward like a cannonball, aiming straight for the secret chamber’s entrance! He had no intention of lingering in a fight; he couldn’t stay here long and had to break out immediately!

”Want to leave? Stay here!” Lin Batian roared through the pain, and together with the Black Robe Leader, he struck. A crimson fire line and a pitch-black blade light intertwined like a web of death, blocking all of Ye Chen’s paths of retreat!

Facing this certain-kill strike, a flash of madness appeared in Ye Chen’s eyes! He couldn’t retreat; to retreat was to die!

”Nirvana—Spirit Devour!”

He actually didn’t dodge or evade, pouring all the remaining spiritual power in his body into the qingfeng sword, invoking the Nirvana Sword Intent to clash violently against the two attacks! Simultaneously, he secretly crushed the life-saving Jade Talisman given by Liu Qingfeng!

A soft sword light instantly enveloped him!

”Boom!!!”

The Nirvana Sword Intent and the fire-line blade light collided violently, letting out a deafening roar! The entire secret chamber shook violently, with stone chips flying everywhere! Most of the power from the two attacks was forcibly annihilated by the Nirvana Sword Intent, but the residual impact still slammed heavily into Ye Chen!

”Puff—!”

Ye Chen felt as if he had been struck by a heavy blow, spitting out another large mouthful of blood. He felt as if his internal organs had shifted, and his injuries were even more severe than before! But using the massive recoil force and the protection of the Jade Talisman’s sword light, his speed suddenly soared, and he rushed out of the secret chamber’s entrance like he was teleporting!

”Stop him!” Lin Batian’s eyes were nearly splitting as he and the Black Robe Leader gave chase!

Ye Chen rushed out of the study without stopping, pushing the ”Flowing Wind Fleeting Shadow” movement technique to its limit. He was like a streak of green smoke tearing through the night, charging toward the gap in the Formation in the southeast corner that he remembered!

”Enemy attack!!”

”Stop him!”

The guards and Blood Blade Assassins in the courtyard were also alerted, roaring as they lunged forward!

For a moment, blades flashed and shadows flickered as spiritual power surged. Countless attacks from all directions enveloped Ye Chen!

Ye Chen’s gaze was cold, and he swung the qingfeng sword like the wind. Although he couldn’t use the Nirvana Sword Intent on a large scale, its inherent annihilation property still made his sword edge indestructible! Any weapon that touched his sword light shattered! Any Cultivator swept by the Sword Intent retreated in horror!

He was like a blood-soaked god of slaughter, forcibly carving a path of blood through the crowd!

Finally, he saw the grove of Purple Bamboo and the gap in the Formation’s fluctuations!

”Where do you think you’re going!” Behind him, the attacks from Lin Batian and the Black Robe Leader were already closing in. The terrifying pressure made the hair on his back stand up!

At the critical moment, Ye Chen suddenly turned around, condensing his final strength into the qingfeng sword and making a feint strike at the two pursuers! A condensed Nirvana sword beam shot out from his hand!

Lin Batian and the Black Robe Leader had witnessed the terror of this Sword Intent and instinctively paused to block and defend.

And in that split second, Ye Chen’s body suddenly leaned back, passing through the gap in the Formation with extreme precision and flipping over the courtyard wall!

”Thud!”

He fell heavily into the shadows outside the courtyard, spitting out another mouthful of blood as his vision blurred. But he didn’t dare to stay for a moment, forcing out his last bit of True Qi. His figure stumbled, like a wounded lone wolf, as he quickly merged into the dark alleys and disappeared.

”Chase him! He’s heavily injured and can’t run far! We must not let him leave Liuyun City alive!” Inside the courtyard came Lin Batian’s furious roar, along with the sound of countless figures taking to the air and searching everywhere.

Under the night sky, Liuyun City suddenly became turbulent and filled with Killing Intent because of Ye Chen’s infiltration!