Daqin Zhentiansi

The dark swamp was filled with an abyss of death.

It is perpetually shrouded in highly toxic miasma, and greedily wriggles among the rotting mud and twisted deadwood.

The entrance to the Spider Demon Cave resembled the gaping maw of a primordial beast, spewing out a foul and filthy stench.

Zhang Yuan has arrived.

He held the ancient and heavy "Great Xia Dragon Sparrow" with its dragon patterns faintly visible upside down in one hand.

The heavy blade dragged across the wet, cold mud, leaving a long, spark-splattering trail and emitting a piercing, monotonous "clang...clang..." sound, like the drumbeats of hell.

With each step, the mud beneath his feet instantly solidified like black iron; with the next step, his figure was already a hundred feet away, shrinking the distance to an inch, treating the perilous path as nothing.

Deep within the cave, countless scarlet compound eyes lit up, and a dense swarm of ghost-faced spiders emitted chilling hiss.

Zhang Yuan didn't stop walking and barged in!
He didn't come to capture any criminals.

He came to slaughter the entire clan!

"boom--"

In an instant, the cave erupted in chaos!

They were trapped under a deadly web of highly venomous spiders!

A torrential downpour of dark green venom erupted!

Countless millstone-sized ghost-faced spiders brandished their venomous limbs and frantically pounced!

A chilling wind howled, and poisonous fog filled the air!
"Humph!"

A cold snort, as loud as a thunderclap from the heavens!
Zhang Yuan didn't even bother with defense!

The Great Xia Dragon Sparrow he was dragging suddenly soared up!

"cut!"

There were no dazzling lights or shadows, only a condensed, dark light that seemed to cleave through the chaos!

The sword suddenly rises!
The intent of the Immortal Slayer Sword manifests!

The sword intent was vast and boundless, carrying an overbearing will to annihilate everything!

Where the dark light passed—

"Sizzle!"

The spiderwebs covering the sky ignite upon contact and turn to ashes!
"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

The volley of venomous arrows, like fragile bubbles, vanished and evaporated instantly as the blade flashed past, without even a sound!

"boom!"

"Crack!"

The ghost-faced spider that pounced upon them was as if it had collided with a divine blade that had split the heavens and the earth!

Poisoned limbs snapped off inch by inch!

The hard shell was easily cut and torn apart like paper!
The massive body was torn to pieces by the unparalleled sword energy, and foul-smelling liquid mixed with broken armor and limbs splashed like a torrential rain!

He didn't stop!
The Great Xia Dragon Sparrow in his hand transformed into a destructive hurricane!

Swords flashed everywhere!
Sweep!

Vertical cleave!

A sideways flick!

Every cut is simple, direct, and utterly domineering!
Wherever it went, blood and flesh flew everywhere!
Armor shattered like rain!

Resilient spider webs, heavy stalagmites, surging swarms of spiders...

All obstacles were reduced to dust under the overwhelming and unstoppable blade energy!

A path of destruction, paved with the remains of ghost-faced spiders and shattered rock walls, stretched wildly forward under his raging blade!

In the heart of the cave, inside a vast underground palace-like grotto, the Ghost-Faced Spider Elder "Venom Fang" finally makes his appearance!
The demonic body, nearly ten feet long, swelled, its hideous ghostly face wriggling and roaring, unleashing a terrifying pressure of the genuine early-stage Saint Realm!
In his compound eyes, besides shock and anger, there was also a hint of undisguised madness!

"Humans! Die—!"

With its venomous mouth opening and closing, it emitted a piercing shriek. The "Ten Thousand Poisons Devouring Heart Curse," empowered by the Holy Realm, transformed into an invisible torrent of poisonous thoughts, mixing with billions of highly toxic spores and rushing straight into Zhang Yuan's sea of ​​consciousness!

At the same time, its massive body instantly merged into the shadows!

The information from Xuanyu Temple is incorrect; this Poison Fang is clearly already at the Saint Realm!

A demonic beast at the early stage of the Saint Realm, with its bloodline and supernatural powers, can kill a human Qi Refiner at the mid-stage of the Saint Realm.

This is to use the power of the poisonous fangs to get rid of Zhang Yuan!
Zhang Yuan didn't even glance at the fangs!

He suddenly swung his long sword upwards!

"break!"

Blade light cascaded like a waterfall! The Immortal-Slaying Sword Intent erupted!

That condensed dark light, carrying the will to annihilate and freeze, severing all laws, ignored spatial distance and arrived first despite being later!
"Pfft!"

Before Poison Fang could fully activate his "Poison Shadow Escape," a technique he was so proud of and which contained the essence of poison from the Holy Realm, his enormous demonic body suddenly froze!

A thin but piercing knife mark stretched straight from the center of its hideous face to its abdomen!
"Uh...no..."

The fang only had time to let out half a desperate screech.

next moment!
"boom--!"

The dark green poison armor, strong enough to withstand the bombardment of the sacred artifact, along with its flesh and bones brimming with powerful vitality, silently cracked and collapsed along the knife marks!
The violent, annihilating sword intent completely shredded and annihilated his holy realm demon soul along with his life force!
Venom Fang, the Holy Realm Elder of the Ghost-Faced Spider Clan, was cut in two with a single stroke!

陨！
Zhang Yuan slowly sheathed his sword, the golden light on the blade fading, restoring its ancient and dignified appearance.

He turned around, holding the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow upside down in one hand, the tip of the blade dragging across the broken, scorching ground, flowing with molten lava-like hot stones, leaving a new, longer, deeper trail of sparks flying everywhere.

The piercing "clang...clang..." sound stood out even more clearly against the backdrop of deathly silence and destruction, sounding lonely and chilling, like a battle song of victors marching over mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Behind him lay the completely collapsed and annihilated core of the Spider Demon Cave.

The dome, now without support, carrying billions of tons of rocks, soil, debris, and endless dust, collapsed with a deafening roar that echoed throughout the dark swamp, like a star whose foundation had been severed!

The earth trembled violently, and the billowing dust mixed with the lingering intent of the Immortal Slaughtering Blade, the chilling aura of the Immortal Absolute, the destructive fluctuations of the ultimate power realm, and the dazzling light of rare minerals briefly melted by the blade energy, forming a pillar of destruction that pierced through the swamp and the earth's crust and tore through the sky!

The scene was tragic yet dazzlingly violent, proclaiming the complete annihilation of a ferocious race. The dazzling and violent light of destruction illuminated Zhang Yuan's solitary figure dragging his sword as he departed, like an ancient war god emerging from the abyss of blood and fire, powerful, invincible, and utterly domineering.

Zhang Yuan held the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow upside down in one hand, the tip of his knife dragging on the ground, plowing through lava and rubble, sparks flying like a waterfall, his steps as steady as a mountain, each step causing the shattered earth to tremble, as he walked towards the faint light seeping into the cave.

Behind them lay the core of the Spider Demon Cave, a world-ending scene of complete collapse and annihilation, along with its mineral veins and waterways.

The dome collapsed like the sky was falling, and boulders fell like a meteor shower. Smoke and dust mixed with the faint glow of minerals and destructive energy raged like a raging dragon, tearing the sky apart!
Just as he was about to step out of the cave and be bathed in the faint light of the outside world!

A sudden change occurred!

"His-!!!"

A piercing, earth-shattering roar, filled with ancient ferocity and boundless rage, seemed to come from the deepest depths of the Netherworld, instantly drowning out the roar of the cave collapsing!
The entire dark swamp trembled violently!

The rock strata above the cave entrance suddenly shattered like a fragile eggshell!

The black water, thicker and more foul-smelling than the swamp's poisonous miasma, and as black as ink, poured down like a celestial river flowing backward, carrying immense force, crashing down on Zhang Yuan at the cave entrance!

This black water was not only incredibly heavy, but also contained terrifying corrosive power. Wherever it passed, the space emitted a sizzling sound, and tiny cracks were corroded out!

The air was instantly stained black, filled with a nauseating stench!
at the same time!

"Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!"

Three black water arrows, condensed to their fullest extent and as sharp as venomous dragons emerging from their lair, carried a destructive aura that could pierce the void and annihilate life. They shot silently yet with lightning speed from three extremely tricky angles—Zhang Yuan's left rib, right shoulder, and back!

The timing, the angle, and the power were all extremely vicious!
This is the real trap!

Zhao Kun's act of using someone else to kill was actually a trap set by the Blackwater Serpent Clan!

The Ghost-Faced Spider Clan was merely bait; the true hunter was Xuan Yue, the Blackwater Serpent Clan elder who had been lurking above the nest, his aura perfectly blending with the swamp's poisonous miasma!
The goal was to take advantage of the perfect opportunity when Zhang Yuan was alone in danger and the old forces had just left while the new forces had not yet emerged, to completely eliminate him!

"Despicable reptiles, how dare you ambush us?" Zhang Yuan's eyes flashed with a cold light, like two chaotic suns igniting!

Faced with this deadly situation, he not only did not retreat, but instead let out a long roar that shook the heavens!

"Well done!"

The Great Xia Dragon Sparrow he was dragging suddenly burst forth with an unprecedentedly dazzling golden light!
The dragon pattern on the blade seemed to come alive, emitting a deafening roar!
"The pinnacle of power! Unleash!"

The power of the Heavenly Gang Refining Form Technique erupted without reservation!
A trace of the primordial power originating from chaos was drawn in and poured into the blade!
He stopped dragging his sword and instead gripped the hilt tightly with both hands. Facing the crashing inky river of water, he fiercely slashed upwards!

A long river of golden sword energy, stretching across the heavens and earth and seemingly about to shatter this dark world, roared out!

Within the River of Blades, it is no longer simply a force of destruction, but also incorporates the profound meaning of the Immortal-Slaying Sword Intent from the Great Qin Origin Dao Scripture, which devours and traps!
“Rumble——!!!”

The Knife River and the Blackwater River collided with a deafening roar!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a chilling annihilation and engulfment!

The terrifying black water, capable of corroding even sacred artifacts, seemed to have met its nemesis in the face of the sword energy, which contained the ultimate force and the intent to trap!

Wherever the river of swords passed, the inky Milky Way was forcibly cleaved, torn apart, evaporated, and swallowed!
Like a red-hot iron cutting into solidified grease!
The violent sword intent continued its unabated momentum, soaring straight into the sky and completely pulverizing the collapsed rock layers above into dust!

The gloomy sky outside was revealed, along with the terrifying figure that loomed like a mountain beneath it!
It was a giant snake that was hundreds of feet long!

Its entire body was covered in deep, abyssal black scales, each scale flowing with viscous black liquid, exuding a suffocatingly malevolent and corrosive aura.

The enormous snake head was incredibly ferocious, its vertical pupils like two dark green evil moons, fixed on Zhang Yuan, filled with rage and astonishment.

It was none other than Elder Blackwater Serpent, Xuan Yue!

"Human! How dare you harm my people and ruin my plans! Today I will tear your soul from your body and refine your spirit to vent my hatred!"

Xuan Yue let out a venomous roar, his enormous serpentine body churning up the dark clouds in the sky, its ferocious power overwhelming!
The three deadly water arrows it had just fired were now heading straight for Zhang Yuan!
But as Zhang Yuan unleashed that earth-shattering strike, the chaotic aura around him suddenly contracted and then exploded!

"Mysterious Jade Protective Divine Light!"

"Indestructible through countless eons!"

The chaotic energy flow intertwined with the divine light of the Xuanyu, transforming into a perfectly round light shield that was indestructible and could ward off all laws!

Three black water arrows, powerful enough to pierce mountains, struck the light barrier, producing a deafening explosion!

The light shield rippled violently, its surface corroded with intense waves, and the dark green poisonous light spread wildly, emitting a terrifying "sizzling" sound, but ultimately failed to penetrate it completely!
Zhang Yuan stood as steady as a mountain, withstanding the sneak attack head-on!

"Crawler! Your death is near!" Zhang Yuan's voice was like a cold wind from the depths of hell, chilling to the bone.

He didn't give Xuan Yue a chance to recharge his strength again!

The void beneath his feet exploded, and his figure vanished from the spot as if by teleportation!
When it reappeared, it was already diagonally above the vital spot on Xuan Yue's enormous serpentine body!
"Slay the immortals! Slay the demons!"

The Great Xia Dragon Sparrow rises once more!

This time, the sword light was no longer a condensed dark light, nor a magnificent golden river, but transformed into a destructive storm that tore through chaos and annihilated all laws!

Amidst the flashing blades, the annihilating and freezing intent of the Immortal Extermination Sword Intent, the annihilating intent of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Intent, and the devouring and trapping intent of the Immortal Trapping Sword Intent—three supreme sword intents originating from the "Great Qin Origin Dao Scripture"—perfectly merged for the first time under the control of the ultimate power realm!
Wherever the blade's energy passed, space shattered and collapsed like fragile glass!
It formed a terrifying black hole of blade energy that devoured everything!
Xuan Yue's spirit was greatly disturbed, and he felt an unprecedented threat of death!
It roared madly, and the black water around its body boiled, instantly condensing into layers of thick, heavy Xuanming Heavy Water Shields on its body, like the armor of a Xuan Turtle!
This is its strongest defensive divine power, enough to withstand the full-force bombardment of a late-stage Saint Realm expert!
At the same time, its thick snake tail, coiled with viscous black water, resembled a world-destroying steel whip, tearing through space and sweeping fiercely towards Zhang Yuan in the air with the force to shatter mountains and rivers! It was an attempt to relieve the siege of Wei by attacking Zhao!

"Little tricks!"

Zhang Yuan's eyes swirled with chaotic light, and he pointed his left hand, fingers pointing like a sword, at the giant tail that was whipping out from afar!
"trap!"

The intent of the Immortal-Trapping Sword erupts!

A thin, dark black sword thread, seemingly capable of swallowing all light, ignored spatial distance and precisely penetrated the power point of the Xuan Yue Giant Tail!
"Pfft!"

A soft sound!
Xuan Yue felt a sense of weakness and death originating from his very core, which instantly spread from his tailbone throughout his entire body!

The force of the lash was like a mud ox sinking into the sea; the massive snake tail drooped limply, as if it had instantly lost all its strength!
Just then, the destructive sword aura storm, which combined the three great sword intents and the ultimate power, slammed into the Xuanming Heavy Water Shield on Xuan Yue's body!

"Sizzle—BOOM!!!"

The ear-piercing sound of corrosion erupted simultaneously with the deafening roar!
The Xuanming Heavy Water Shield, which was said to be able to withstand the late-stage Saint Realm, was frantically devoured and disintegrated in the face of the blade energy containing the intention of trapping!
The thick black water shield thinned and crumbled at a visible speed!
It only lasted for less than a breath!
“Crack!”

A teeth-grinding sound of breaking was heard!

The Xuanming Heavy Water Shield shattered with a deafening roar!
The destructive blade energy ripped through Xuan Yue's incredibly tough black scales like tearing rags!
“Ouch——!!!”

Xuan Yue let out a blood-shattering scream!
Dark green snake blood gushed out like a waterfall!

A terrifying knife wound, deep enough to expose bone, almost severed its massive body in half, extended from its seventh inch below its abdomen!

The violent sword intent invaded his body, tearing apart flesh, meridians, and bones!
"No! This is impossible! My Xuanming..."

Xuan Yue's vertical pupils were filled with boundless fear and disbelief. Its proud defense and strength were so vulnerable under the opponent's domineering blade!
"die!"

Zhang Yuan didn't give it any chance to breathe!

The Great Xia Dragon Sparrow once again erupted with dazzling light!

This time, the blade light was as sharp as a thread, yet it carried a terrifying will to sever cause and effect and end the cycle of reincarnation!
"Sever Immortal! Sever Life!"

A flash of light, and it was gone! (End of Chapter)