The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 1057: Chapter 1057: Everyone Petrified

Jing Yan’s heart shook.

He saw that Chang Hao’s skin was actually turning blue, and even his eyes were flashing blue light.

Jing Yan could clearly feel that Chang Hao’s aura was rapidly increasing.

And within wave after wave of aura, Chang Hao’s divine soul seemed to be expanding as well.

Jing Yan cautiously became vigilant.

”Little beast, your time to die has come.” Chang Hao violently swung the blue longsword in his hand, his expression twisted.

The power of this sword actually increased significantly, with its power at least increasing by more than thirty percent.

”How is this possible? Could it be that he’s burning his own divine soul?” Jing Yan’s mind turned, but his hands showed no hesitation.

While deploying the Sky Wings, the Colorful Sword Light surged forth majestically.

”Boom!” The two sword lights collided, fiercely tearing at each other.

”Pfft!” Jing Yan’s body was directly sent flying.

In facing this one sword attack from Chang Hao, Jing Yan also immediately used the Sky Wings, but this time, Jing Yan’s speed was noticeably suppressed. Although he avoided part of the attack, Chang Hao’s attack power increased too much, making it unbearable for Jing Yan.

Seeing Jing Yan sent flying, Chang Hao’s mouth curled into a grim smile. He flashed again, rushing towards Jing Yan once more.

”Chang Hao actually used the cultivation technique to burn his divine soul!” Kuang Jushan slightly shook his head.

In the God Realm, cultivation techniques to burn divine souls are not rare. The external Void Gods may find it somewhat difficult to obtain this kind of cultivation technique. But within the Luo Jiu Divine Palace, for a member of Chang Hao’s status, getting some ordinary cultivation techniques of this kind is not difficult. These ordinary cultivation techniques to burn divine souls are valued just slightly higher than low-level divine artifacts.

Both Kuang Jushan and Xiang Nan have practiced similar cultivation techniques. However, practicing is one thing; they won’t use these techniques unless absolutely necessary.

Burning the divine soul is essentially self-harming. Although burning the divine soul can indeed increase divine soul strength in the short term, greatly enhancing the power of laws one can control and the might of divine skills, this way of gaining immense power in a short time is very damaging to oneself.

The longer the divine soul burns, the greater the damage. Even burning the divine soul for a single breath might require nurturing for hundreds or thousands of years thereafter to recover. If it burns too long, it may cause irreversible damage, and even lead to direct death.

Chang Hao using such a technique at this time shows that he’s really risking it all against Jing Yan. He must defeat or kill Jing Yan in the shortest time, or else the one who dies in this battle will be Chang Hao himself.

When Kuang Jushan said this, Xiang Nan also had a solemn expression.

The two of them exchanged a glance and gently shook their heads.

Jing Yan landed on the assessment platform, blood at the corner of his mouth, his eyes narrowing.

”Without a defensive divine artifact, I’m really at a disadvantage!” Jing Yan felt a bit helpless.

”Haha, little beast, you’re not dead yet?” Chang Hao seemed frantic, burning his divine soul required enduring immense pain.

At this moment, although Chang Hao still retained his sanity, he was nearing madness. The divine artifact of the blue longsword in his hand was slashing towards Jing Yan before he had even finished speaking.

This sword, he wanted Jing Yan’s life.

Jing Yan swiftly activated the Purple Mansion Divine Power, his gaze growing colder.

”Nihility Divine Ability!”

The laws around Jing Yan’s body rippled slightly, and then he vanished from the spot.

Jing Yan used the Nihility Divine Ability, and this was the first time he used it after reaching the God Realm.

”Huh? Where did he go?” Chang Hao was slightly stunned upon seeing Jing Yan disappear.

”Not good!” With his divine soul burning, Chang Hao’s five senses were greatly enhanced. Realizing Jing Yan had disappeared, he sensed something was amiss and frantically searched around. This sense made him aware of something unusual—a mysterious energy approaching him at a terrifying speed.

Chang Hao hurriedly swept his longsword horizontally.

Just as he made this move, the Colorful Sword Light exploded violently in front of him.

”Boom!” Chang Hao’s sword-swinging defense was too hasty. Although he sensed Jing Yan’s attack approaching, there just wasn’t enough time to circulate divine power and control the laws to defend.

His body shot backward like a meteor. The magic patterns of the defensive divine artifact around his body flared brightly for a moment before quickly dimming.

After Chang Hao’s body flew backward, Jing Yan’s figure appeared in that nearby space. However, in the next instant, Jing Yan’s figure disappeared again.

Then, the Colorful Sword Light appeared around Chang Hao’s body, which had not yet hit the ground.

The Nihility Divine Ability itself has no attack power. Yet, using the Nihility Divine Ability, Jing Yan’s overall combat power skyrocketed. If he were facing a True God level martial artist, the current Nihility Divine Ability might not have much effect, after all, it’s only at the first realm. But against someone like Chang Hao, a nine-star Void God, the power of the Nihility Divine Ability clearly emerged.

Although Chang Hao could sense some signs, he could not mount an effective defense.

The second sword deployed with the Nihility Divine Ability shattered Chang Hao’s defensive divine artifact’s energy shield. Chang Hao coughed up several mouthfuls of blood.

”Impossible! This is impossible!” Chang Hao roared, voice hoarse with fury.

Fear and panic flashed across his eyes.

Jing Yan had no intention of stopping. His body disappeared once more from everyone’s sight.

”Stop!”

”Cease!” Chang Hao felt the approach of death.

He desperately activated divine power, with his divine soul still burning, but this third sword was beyond his ability to block.

Of course, Jing Yan did not stop. Within the Sword Light, a streak of Colorful Sword Light pierced Chang Hao’s head. Chang Hao’s body crashed down onto the assessment platform with a dull sound. His vitality dissipated in an instant.

A pale yellow light group emerged from Chang Hao’s body, gradually condensing into a human shape.

Jing Yan looked at Chang Hao’s divine soul body and sneered coldly, but did not strike again. Because Chang Hao had used the cultivation technique to burn his divine soul, his divine soul was extremely unstable at this moment. Even if Jing Yan did not completely obliterate his divine soul, Chang Hao was finished. Even if he used incredibly precious treasures in the future to reform his physical body, he could never return to the nine-star Void God level, and might not ever reach the Void God realm again in this lifetime.

Chang Hao’s divine soul body glanced at his own limp corpse on the ground, then at Jing Yan standing aside. His eyes were full of fear and bewilderment.

This outcome was completely unexpected for Chang Hao. He was actually slain by Jing Yan. An experienced nine-star Void God using even the cultivation technique to burn the divine soul, and yet was slain by Jing Yan nevertheless.

”How could this be! How could this be!” Chang Hao roared repeatedly in his heart.

He looked around the assessment platform.

Everyone was as if petrified.