Nine Yang Sword Saint

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

The blazing Blood Black Gold Sword instantly transformed into a blue sword light which was several feet long. It cleaved down at Yang Dingtian"s head like it was cleaving down forcefully at the mountain and the sea.

“Wh this is the power of a nine-star Mystic Martial Warrior!”

That"s right! From the length and the color of the sword light, one could see that Qin Shaobai had the power of a nine-star Mystic Warrior!

If Yang Dingtian didn"t manage to break through to the Mystic Martial Warrior level and was still that nine-star Mystic Martial Artist, he would have been disintegrated by this move.

“Pig Slaying Sword Art, Split in Half.”

“Bang!” Yang Dingtian clenched both his hands on the sword and raised it up while executing the Pig Slaying Sword Art"s seventh sword move. Pouring his mystic qi in, the Night Owl Giant Blade instantly extended a two-meter-long sword light as he cleaved upward.

“Yang Dingtian managed to breakthrough! His sword light is now comparable to an initial stage Mystic Martial Warrior.” There was an instant uproar as no one expected for Yang Dingtian to truly break through to the Mystic Martial Warrior in just a few short days.

“Boom!” The two sword lights clashed with a vicious impact.

There was a dazzling glow in the air, while the earth shook vigorously.

Qin Shaobai drifted lightly and landed on the ground.

After Yang Dingtian landed, he took four steps back and opened his mouth to vomit a mouthful of fresh blood.

It was clear and evident who the victor for the first exchange of moves was.

Qin Shaobai looked at Yang Dingtian with cold eyes and said, “I didn"t expect you to really break through to the Mystic Martial Warrior. It"s truly shocking since it has only just been a few days.”

Yang Dingtian wiped off the blood from the corner of his mouth. He merely snorted and didn"t give any response.

“But… so what?” Qin Shaobai lifted his head and sneered, “This is just the first move and you are already puking out blood. What are you going to do next? Surely you don"t think that I"m just a nine-star Mystic Martial Warrior right?”

Afterward, Qin Shaobai raised his Blood Black Gold Sword again and vigorously injected mystic qi into it.

“Boom…” The Blood Black Gold Sword surged with flames again.

Qin Shaobai stood in place and aimed at Yang DIngtian"s waist while cleaving through the air.

“Swash…” It was a forty-feet yellow sword light!

“Primal Chaos Exterminating Sword, second sword move, Universe Beheading!”

“Wow! This is a Mystic Martial Master"s sword light!” Everyone stood up and looked at Qin Shaobai with surprise in their eyes.

Ximen Yanyan and Ningning also nearly exclaimed at the same time. This vicious snake, Qin Shaobai was indeed hiding his own strength. he did break through to the Mystic Martial Master level as they expected! If he was just a Mystic Martial Warrior, even though still at nine-star, Yang Dingtian would have still had a chance to fight after he had broken through. But now that Qin Shaobai was truly a Mystic Martial Master, there was no need to fight anymore, because to battle with someone whose rank exceeded yours was just courting death.

It was as though everyone could already see the result, which was Yang Dingtian"s waist getting severed.

“Pig Slaying Sword Art, Sword Entering the Chopping Board…”

“AHH!!” Letting out a loud roar, Yang Dingtian"s Night Owl Giant Sword extended by twenty feet and was plunged into the ground, obstructing Qin Shaobai"s lighting fast sword light.

“Boom!” There was a loud echo.

Qin Shaobai"s sword light ruthlessly cleaved on the Night Owl Giant Blade, which caused it to burst with blinding light. The center of the plaza had exploded and stone shards flew off in every direction. The soil was blasted out, leaving a deep pit which was several feet in diameter at the location where the two swords clashed.

As for Yang Dingtian, he flew back like rice straw. He stabbed the Night Owl Giant Sword into the ground, hoping to prevent his body from flying out the plaza. The giant sword sliced across the plaza"s ground, splitting apart solid rocks while bursting out with sparks.

Ten meters…

Twenty meters…

Thirty meters…

After nearly thirty-five meters, Yang Dingtian finally stopped the momentum. The entire plaza now had this thirty-five meters deep crevice that was sliced by him.

“Pfff…” After stopping, fresh blood shot out like a rain of arrows from his nose and mouth. Yang Dingtian"s face looked as white as a piece of paper it was as if there was no blood in him!

However, he wasn"t dead yet!

Everyone gasped in surprise! In this second exchange, Yang Dingtian actually demonstrated the strength of a three-star Mystic Martial Warrior.

How was it possible for Yang Dingtian to actually be a three-star Mystic Martial Warrior? Did he actually break through again in just this short period of time? It was truly incredible.

In this instance, all the rumors about Yang Dingtian and Madam Ximen and all the rumors about him using the Yin Yang Devour Great Ritual were all extinguished.

But despite this case, Yang Dingtian was still supposed to be dead. A three-star Mystic Martial Warrior going against a Mystic Martial Master was a battle between two different cla.s.ses. It should have resulted in Yang Dingtian"s quick death, but why wasn"t he dead yet?

Of course, it was because of Yang Dingtian"s Nine Yang Mystic Meridians! Back at the Yin Yang Sect, Yang Dingtian was only an Initiate and was still alive even after suffering a stunning attack from Zhu Hongxue. But after the treatment and recuperation from Ximen Wuya"s countless mystic qi, he managed to awaken and make a full recovery.

Thus, despite the fact that Yang Dingtian was just a low cla.s.sed Mystic Martial Warrior, his mystic meridians resistance was extremely tough!

Qin Shaobai"s powerful mystic qi attack might be able to rupture other people"s mystic meridians and turn them into a pulp. But to Yang Dingtian, he only merely suffered some damage to his mystic meridians.

Just as the earlier attack struck Yang Dingtian, Ximen Yanyan immediately shut her eyes and didn"t dare to look, she feared that she might see the scene where Yang Dingtian"s blood would splatter. Only when she heard the gasping voices, she then managed to dare to open her eyes. She saw Yang Dingtian semi-kneeling on the ground, even though his face was robbed of the color of blood. He was ultimately still alive. She felt both relief and sorrow in her heart and almost fainted.

Yang Dingtian struggled to stand with the Night Owl Giant Blade and shouted at Qin Shaobai, “Is your standard only at this level? If it is, then you will not be able to kill me. You mentioned that if you cannot kill me in five moves, it would be your loss!”

Right now, Qin Shaobai"s face was indeed plastered with shock, not because Yang Dingtian demonstrated the strength of a three-star Mystic Martial Warrior, it was true that this fact was shocking enough. However, the reason he was shocked was that a Mystic Martial Master"s power was unable to kill a Mystic Martial Warrior. Earlier on, in order to raise morale around, he said that he was going to kill Yang Dingtian in five moves. If Yang Dingtian didn"t die by the fifth move, then it would be his, Qin Shaobai"s loss. Ximen Yanyan would be declared not guilty when that happened.

Qin Shaobai was filled with absolute confidence, hence he made this declaration. In fact, he had the absolute confidence to instantly kill Yang Dingtian by the second move. To declare the thing about the fifth move was actually just a buffer. But he didn"t expect that Yang Dingtian would still be alive after the second move, this caused Qin Shaobai to have some regret.

After hearing Yang Dingtian"s statement, Qin Shaobai replied in a cold voice, “What"s the hurry? This is only just the second move, there are three more. You have already thrown half your life away now. I would like to see how are you going to resist against this third move.”

After making this statement, Yang Yan and the others felt instantly relieved. They were stunned by the fact that Yang Dingtian was still alive after the second move and didn"t look enough to realize that Yang Dingtian only had half his life left. Qin Shaobai would surely increase the power of his next moves. Yang Dingtian would surely be unable to withstand it, he might even simply perish on the third move.

“Primal Chaos Exterminating Sword. Third sword, Sun and Moon Ruin!”

Qin Shaobai roared and shot up into the sky like a shooting star. The Blood Black Gold Sword was flipping and brandis.h.i.+ng in the air while the sword abruptly shot out a dazzling four-meter-long sword light. The sword light fluttered in the sky, emitting blinding radiance which even overwhelmed the brilliance of the twin suns above them.

“Die, Yang Dingtian!”

With the radiance at its extremity, Qin Shaobai"s body shot towards Yang Dingtian with the speed of a shooting star again. The sword light in his hand was revolving frenziedly while forming a whirlpool of death engulfing Yang Dingtian. At this moment, everything that was within several feet of Yang Dingtian had been devoured by the sword light, this caused everything to vanis.h.!.+

Such a giant sword light devour formation was inescapable and unavoidable.

After seeing Yang Dingtian"s body completely consumed and vanish without a trace, the corner of Qin Shaobai"s mouth revealed a sinister smile. “I shall see how you will survive this.”

Yang Yan finally let out a long breath and sneered. “Yang Dingtian, you"re finally dead.”

Ximen Yanyan cried out a mournfully while spurting out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Ximen Ningning"s expression was devoid of blood as she muttered to herself, “Xiao Tian, sister believes you, sister believes you…”

But as she saw the sword light devour formation getting smaller and smaller, Ximen Ningning"s body grew colder like ice, her eyes were filled with hatred and killing qi.

“What mission? What duty? I don"t care about any of it. As long as Yang Dingtian dies, everyone present here shall be buried together. All these tens of thousands of people shall die together…” Ximen Ningning was giving an icy and bloodthirsty speech. Immediately after her words, her eyes burst forth with a green light while her sleeves fluttered as horrific green qi permeated from her body.

“Let us all die together! Everyone shall be buried along with Yang Dingtian, including me!”

Just before an extremely toxic and powerful green energy was about to explode from Ningning"s body.

Concurrently, Madam Ximen abruptly drew her sharp sword and wanted to rush down after circulating her mystic qi. But just as she was circulating her mystic qi, she immediately spat out blood from her mouth and her delicate body went soft and collapsed back on her seat.

“Bang!” A white flash of light suddenly pierced through Qin Shaobai"s sword light devour formation. A figure was shooting up tens of meters into the sky. The figure then suddenly descended and instantly shattered numerous boulders on the surface of the ground as it landed.

Yang Dingtian had broken through Qin Shaobai"s sword formation.

He had landed with his clothes completely shredded and his entire body was riddled with scars.

Qin Shaobai"s sword light devour formation was too astounding, and once the enemy was engulfed, it would be like being slashed by countless sharp blades and blasted by countless energies. It would take an instant for the victim to be turned to mince. Even someone like Yang Dingtian who had the matchless Nine Yang Mystic Meridians, who could withstand great damage to the mystic qi would still be turned into mince as this was an attack that targeted the physical body. It should have immediately smashed Yang Dingtian into pieces, hence the Nine Yang Mystic Meridians wouldn"t even have the chance to demonstrate its toughness.

Seeing Yang Dingtian breaking out of his sword light devour formation, Qin Shaobai spoke with disbelief, “How is this possible? How can you break out of my sword formation? This is impossible!”

“You are just a display of a goat"s head selling dog"s meat.” Yang Dingtian spoke coldly, “Are you sure this move is the Primal Chaos Exterminating Sword? Other people might not be able to escape the Devil Devour Sword Formation, but I clearly know of its flaws and can easily break this formation.”

That"s right. In order to kill Yang Dingtian, Qin Shaobai"s third move might seem to be the Sun and Moon Ruin from the Primal Chaos Exterminating Sword, but it was, in fact, the Evil Dao"s Devil Devour Sword Formation. This sword formation was created by the Evil Dao"s leader, Bury Sword Pool Master, Ouyang Yuanmo. When executing this sword formation, not only would it overutilize the pract.i.tioner"s energy, it would consume the mystic qi in the surroundings, giving it extreme lethality.

It was completely unexpected for Qin Shaobai to actually know the martial arts of the Evil Dao. Furthermore, in order to kill Yang Dingtian, he even risked exposure and even used this Devil Devour Sword Formation.

For centuries, it was unknown how many righteous sects" experts had fallen to this Devil Devour Sword Formation. Dongfang Niemie had spent all his efforts in finding the flaws of this Devil Devour Sword Formation. During the most critical moment inside, Yang Dingtian had followed Dongfang Niemie"s advice and rushed towards the most dangerous place of the sword formation and broke out from it.

After hearing the words "Devil Devour Sword Formation", Qin Shaobai showed a slight reaction before he sneered. “What Devil Devour Sword Formation? I don"t know anything about that! This is obviously the Sun and Moon Ruin of the Primal Chaos Exterminating Sword. If this is truly the Devil Devour Sword Formation, do you think you would have survived?”

Yang Dingtian wiped the blood off his face before gasping for air, “I will not debate with you. This sword formation should be your trump card right? If you can"t even kill me with this, what are you going to do? There are only two moves left, if you still cannot kill me, then it shall be your loss.”

“Is that so? Are you in such a hurry to die?” Qin Shaobai laughed grimly and said, “You only have a quarter of your life left right? I still have two moves. I"d like to see if I can"t kill you!”

Once Qin Shaobai finished speaking, he suddenly flashed towards Yang Dingtian, thrusting the Blood Black Gold Sword at Yang Dingtian"s head.

“Let"s see if you will die like this!” Qin Shaobai grinned sarcastically.

Yang Dingtian possessed incredible innate mystic meridians which would resist against powerful mystic qi damage. Thus, Qin Shaobai chose to go for close combat and directly used his sword to kill Yang Dingtian. Qin Shaobai thought, "Your mystic meridians might be able to withstand my mystic qi, but it shouldn"t be able to withstand my sharp sword right?!"

“Primal Chaos Exterminating Sword. Fourth sword, Stars Transformation!”

Once Qin Shaobai"s voice went silent, the sword in his hands let out a roar while thrusting rapidly at Yang Dingtian with extreme speed and profundity.

There wasn"t any sword light, but mystic qi was still poured into the sword. It made the extremely tough and sharp Blood Black Gold Sword truly indestructible.

“Fighting with swords? I"ll like to see if your sword moves are superior to the Pig Slaying Sword Art,” Yang Dingtian sneered in his heart. He gritted his teeth and endured the intense pain in his body, he clashed forward with his sword raised.

“Swish Swish Swish…” Qin Shaobai"s sword was like a venomous snake that spat out powerful qi presence with every slash.

“Bang Bang Bang…” Every time the sword presence hit the solid boulders of the plaza, it would leave behind a deep pit.

Qin Shaobai"s sword moved fast, faster than lightning and even faster than Yang Dingtian. He was able to thrust ten times in a single second and every thrust was accompanied with powerful mystic qi, thus making the sword tip unstoppable.

Yang Dingtian"s sword speed wasn"t as fast as Qin Shaobai, but the Pig Slaying Sword Art was superior in terms of profundity.

When Yang Dingtian executed the Pig Slaying Sword Art, he didn"t follow the defined sword moves and didn"t execute it according to the stiff moves stated in the manual. He had already executed the Pig Slaying Sword Art tens of thousands of times, he was extremely proficient, this meant that he could dissect the nine sword moves while organizing and pairing all of the sword moves as he pleased.

Thus, no matter how fast Qin Shaobai"s sword was, Yang Dingtian could still resist against it.

Currently, at the center of the plaza, it seemed as though only sparks and shadows of countless blades could be seen. It was extremely profound and dazzling.

Everyone present here didn"t expect to be able to witness such profound sword skills in this duel. In this world, sword skills weren"t the mainstream, especially to experts. It has always been the raw battle of mystic qi, mystic arts, and martial soul.

In the entire world, only Adjudicator Wu Ying of the Yin Yang Sect could have attained the t.i.tle of an expert with his pure sword skills.

(TL note: Wu Ying = Shadowless)

Thus, the battle between Yang Dingtian and Qin Shaobai was a rare duel of pure sword skills between experts for the past few decades.

“Clang Clang Clang…”

Both their speeds became faster and faster, and in a single breath, the two swords would crisscross almost a hundred times.

Every clash would bring about a bunch of sparks. Hence in a single split moment, they would produce countless sparks and chilling flashes.

The current Yang Dingtian felt as though he was in the abyss of h.e.l.l. He was able to withstand Qin Shaobai"s sword which was getting faster, but he was completely unable to endure Qin Shaobai"s mystic qi getting stronger and more severe with every blade. Every clash dealt severe damage to his mystic meridians. However, Yang Dingtian had to forcefully receive every impact. If he was to miss out even a single blade, Qin Shaobai"s sword would immediately penetrate his head.

“Clink Clink Clink Clink…”

Qin Shaobai"s sword sprayed down at Yang Dingtian like a violent storm. Every blade was filled with surging mystic qi.

For the last few dozens of clashes, Yang Dingtian would spit out a mouthful of blood with every clash. In just a few breaths, fresh blood would rain down violently nonstop.

Immediately after, Yang Dingtian"s arm which was wielding the sword already had traces of net-like cracks. Half the skin on his body were bursting open.

In an instant, half of Yang Dingtian"s body immediately sprayed out fresh blood violently.

He had already reached his limits! Qin Shaobai"s volume of mystic qi was several folds more than Yang Dingtian, maybe even more than ten folds.

If Yang Dingtian was to receive one more blade, his body might just give way and immediately explode.

Seeing that Yang Dingtian was at death"s door, Qin Shaobai revealed a sinister smile, despite the fact that he was acting shamelessly since this fourth move was too long. However, all the moves he executed were all from the fourth sword move, Stars Transformation of the Primal Chaos Exterminating Sword.

The center of the plaza was almost entirely dyed red by Yang Dingtian"s blood. Everyone present could see that Yang Dingtian was just like a blood man dueling with Qin Shaobai.

This might not be the most overwhelming duel they had witnessed with their eyes, but it was definitely the most b.l.o.o.d.y and desperate duel. Everyone was lamenting in their hearts that if they were in Yang Dingtian"s place, they would have already died in the beginning and wouldn"t even be able to resist until now.

Ximen Ju who was on the city walls saw that Yang Dingtian was drenched in blood let out a faint and odd sneer, he was hiding a fist that was clenched tightly in his sleeve.

The current Yang Dingtian felt that he would collapse and might perish at any moment due to the fact that he was injured and under the powerful destructive power of Qin Shaobai, his consciousness and willpower were getting weaker by the moment. He felt as though there was a voice echoing in his mind.

“Quickly use the Evil Soul Art, use the soul tool ring. There is a powerful spirit soul inside. You just have to sense it, use the Soul Burst to solve all the problems. Once you do, Qin Shaobai will be instantly killed.”

“Quickly use the Evil Soul Art, quickly use it! You will be able to turn the tables instantly and win. Not only will you be able to save Ximen Yanyan"s life, but you will also be wors.h.i.+pped and revered.”

“Quickly, use the Evil Soul Art!”

“Quickly, use the Evil Soul Art…”

In Yang Dingtian"s mind, there was a constant changing voice that was trying to convince Yang Dingtian to use the Evil Soul Art. He heard Ximen Yanyan"s voice, Ximen Ningning"s voice, and Ximen Wuya"s voice…

At this moment, the situation of the duel was getting increasingly intense and Qin Shaobai"s sword too was getting progressively violent. Yang Dingtian"s injuries were getting severe and the blood he vomited was piling up in volume. He was getting closer to getting destroyed.

“Child, if you use the Evil Soul Art. I will not blame you,” Yang Dingtian"s mind suddenly echoed with another voice, it was Dongfang Niemie"s voice.

“It"s definitely an illusion… it"s an illusion… I don"t want to hear it!” Yang Dingtian was roaring in his mind with rage.

“This isn"t an illusion. It"s me, it"s your master…” Dongfang Niemie said, “I won"t advise you to use the Evil Soul Art, but if you do you use it now, then I will not blame you…”

“Really? But… won"t my spirit soul be completely corrupted and my path to the pinnacle utterly ruined?” Yang Dingtian asked.

“However, there is nothing more important than life right?” Dongfang Niemie commented.

At this moment, Yang Dingtian"s willpower was getting weaker as the duel went on. The urge and temptation to use the Evil Soul Art to instantly kill Qin Shaobai was getting stronger and stronger.

As long as he channeled out the soul tool ring from the spatial ring and sensed the spirit soul within it to release the powerful puppet spirit soul… Everything would be solved easily, Qin Shaobai would be instantly killed and he wouldn"t just save his own life, he would also be able to save Ximen Yanyan"s life and obtain the wors.h.i.+p from everyone in Cloud Heaven City.

For a split second, Yang Dingtian used his spirit to sense the soul tool ring inside the spatial ring. The ring currently looked extremely beautiful and very enticing.

“Hehe… Human nature is and will always be ugly, I know it all too well…” Just as Yang Dingtian was about to reach and grab the soul tool ring, his mind suddenly echoed out with Dugu Xiao"s grim laughter and the mockery which was filled with despise and confidence.

“Wait until the moment you are about to be killed by Qin Shaobai before you declare all this. You will definitely use the Evil Soul Art. Human nature is truly ugly and I know it all too well!”

Dugu Xiao"s laughter of disdain continued to echo in his mind again and again.

“If I am to use the Evil Soul Art… Not only will my spirit soul be completely corrupted. I will also utterly lose the battle of spirit against Dugu Xiao,” Yang Dingtian muttered to himself. His spirit grew stronger at the moment when he was at his weakest.

“Am I going to trade my defeat in the battle with Dugu Xiao for the victory in the duel against Qin Shaobai? No!”

“Master! I will not use the Evil Soul Art. I will never use it. Tell me. If the current me doesn"t use the Evil Soul Art, what other ways can I use to achieve victory? No matter the risk and the cost!” Yang Dingtian asked.

Dongfang Niemie went silent for a second before saying, “There is a way. But there is also a 99% chance that you might die… What you need to do is to control the sword soul. This Night Owl Giant Blade is originally Zhao Wuji"s failed soul sword, there is a violent and uncontrollable sword spirit hidden within. Use your spirit soul to control the sword spirit to win against your duel with Qin Shaobai. But… the result will cause your spirit soul to scatter even if you manage kill him…”

“This is a much better choice than using the Evil Soul Art. Master, teach me how to control that brutal sword soul. It"s my only chance even if I might die nine out of ten times, no, even if I am certain to die,” Yang Dingtian requested.

Dongfang Niemie said, “There is an even greater consequence when you make contact with this brutal sword soul. It will have great impact in the future when you try to cultivate your own perfect sword soul. Perhaps, just perhaps… it might be irreversible. Now… are you going to still going to choose this path? Using the Evil Soul Art would be simpler and more direct.”

Yang Dingtian took a deep breath. Controlling the violent sword soul to fight might be of certain death and even if it succeeded, it would be of great consequence to his future cultivation of the sword soul. While the Evil Soul Art was a simple and easy way to kill Qin Shaobai instantly.

“Master, I have decided! I will never use the Evil Soul Art! I will summon the sword spirit in the Night Owl Giant Blade and kill Qin Shaobai!”