Chapter 1245: One Man Guards the Pass, No Semi-Sage Can Open It

"As expected of Ba Zun An's disciple, you're quite arrogant."

Guang Zhi Tian Shi sneered, wasting no more words. He pressed his palms together at his chest, and bursts of intense light radiated from his body.

He had said he wouldn't stop Xu Xiao Shou from leaving, and he wouldn't.

But the one who stayed behind would have to contribute some effort to satisfy his hunger. "Spiritual Accommodation."

With that command, the Guang Zhi Tian Shi in the abyss connected instantly with the Ri Zhi Tian Shi far away in the ruins of Zui Yi Dian, as if distance meant nothing, forming a faint line of light.

This line bound the two together and in an instant pulled the distant Ri Zhi Tian Shi over, merging it into the Guang Zhi Tian Shi's form.

The fusion of the battle angel and the semi-saint's intent manifestation granted the Guang Zhi Tian Shi here a qualitative leap in power.

This meant he could now issue infinite commands to the battle angel with his true will, executing endless tasks:

No longer bound to an uncontrolled "Fierce Sun Plan";

No longer stuck in stasis after the task ended, losing all movement;

Instead, he became a semi-saint-like manifestation with autonomous action, freeing all his combat potential!

"Sun Wheel."

Guang Zhi Tian Shi rested his left hand on his elbow and raised his right, elegantly twisting his fingertip. A grand holy force condensed into a scorching white sun wheel.

When the fierce heat of the sun could be controlled and focused to a point,

This thin sun wheel emerged, cracking the ground for tens of thousands of miles around, evaporating everything in existence.

Xiao Kongdong, caught directly in its path, nearly turned to ash in an instant. In his shock, he realized that Xu Xiao Shou had already vanished behind him.

He felt relieved.

With Xu Xiao Shou gone, he no longer had a burden and could act without restraint!

"No Sword Technique."

As his form vanished into the void,

Just as Xiao Kongdong was about to move, the Guang Zhi Tian Shi was even faster, flicking two fingers.

"Go!"

The thin sun wheel enlarged in his pupils in an instant, rushing straight at him.

A flash of blood, and Xiao Kongdong, who had barely entered the void path, was split in two on the spot.

Even the void principles were sliced open by this compressed sun wheel. But at that very moment, the void shattered like a mirror, cracking with a snap.

Like a boomerang, the sun wheel arced through the sky and returned to Guang Zhi Tian Shi's hand. He gazed up at the heavens.

Xiao Kongdong stood there, heart pounding with fear, having narrowly escaped death.

"What a Illusion Sword Technique!"

"This is the first time, and the last."

Guang Zhi Tian Shi chuckled lightly, the sun wheel still on his fingertip, and tapped his toe. "Light Energy World."

Intertwining lines of light quickly outlined a substantial, visible holy domain, enveloping the surrounding ten thousand miles.

And Xiao Kongdong was trapped inside.

"Light Line Pulsation."

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Without pause, the countless fine lines filling the Light Energy World began to crisscross.

This time, Xiao Kongdong couldn't even escape; his flesh was shredded on the spot, turning to dust and vanishing completely.

Yet, strangely, no blood appeared in the void!

"What is this..."

Even Guang Zhi Tian Shi looked on in astonishment at the scene.

Before he could ponder further, a solemn voice echoed from the nameless void, and the rocks of the abyss trembled as silver sword intent cracked through.

"Formless Sword Body, release!"

Guang Zhi Tian Shi turned in shock.

There, within the Light Energy World, a hazy, human-shaped silhouette slowly took form.

This nearly transparent figure had blurred features but exuded gravity. His body had fully integrated with the sword path rules evolved from heaven and earth, achieving perfect sword transformation.

Silver sword intent shaped his limbs and veins, flowing sword energy acted as surging blood, and writhing clusters of sword thoughts formed his organs...

Xiao Kongdong had lost his human form, transforming into a formless sword manifestation! Within this liberated Formless Sword Body, the most striking feature was the three-foot sword-shaped spine running through him, connecting the real and the illusory, linking everything. No!

It wasn't a spine at all!

Guang Zhi Tian Shi focused and saw clearly—it was unmistakably a real sword! When Xiao Kongdong was in human form, his flesh had concealed it.

But now, with his sword body released and his flesh form gone, the sword hidden within his body was exposed to sight.

"Formless Sword Body..."

Guang Zhi Tian Shi murmured softly, his face of pure light showing no emotion.

He bent his fingers and flung the sun wheel again.

"Then let's try once more—see if you can block this emperor's attack!"

With a whoosh, the sun wheel tore through the void, slashing toward the formless Xiao Kongdong. Its speed was blindingly fast.

But this time, unlike before, the sun wheel didn't slice through or penetrate. Before it even touched the sword inside the Formless Sword Body, it halted as if hitting an absolute barrier and began to tremble gently.

"How is that possible?"

Guang Zhi Tian Shi exclaimed in disbelief.

He was a semi-saint intent manifestation combined with the battle angel, nearly equivalent to a full semi-saint form.

This sun wheel strike held about seventy to eighty percent of his true body's power, yet it couldn't break through the defense of someone below semi-saint level?

Not only that, Guang Zhi Tian Shi noticed that the power level within this sword body actually surpassed his own holy force!

"Penetrating Divine Thought?"

"A Formless Sword Body purely outlined by sword thoughts? How long must one cultivate to achieve this!" Realizing this, the formless sword body in the distance faintly reverted to Xiao Kongdong's flesh form.

At the same time, a voice echoed.

"With my body, I nurture my sword."

"With my sword, I observe the penetrating divine thought."

The formless Xiao Kongdong fully restored to his flesh body, his eyes suddenly snapping open.

In that instant, a frenzied sword force erupted from Xiao Kongdong's gaze.

The terrifying power of sword thoughts, like a dawn sword light cleaving through chaos, instantly tore the entire Light Energy World to shreds.

The radiating sword thoughts crackled, slicing space apart and grinding principles to dust, blasting out black holes for miles around.

Guang Zhi Tian Shi's form shuddered.

His sun wheel had been shattered by Xiao Kongdong's mere glance... observed and destroyed!

"Kongdong Formless Sword, come forth."

Before Guang Zhi Tian Shi could react, Xiao Kongdong opened his mouth and slowly expelled half a sword hilt, mingled with blood and saliva.

Through the earlier Formless Sword Body, Guang Zhi Tian Shi could clearly tell this was the sword that had represented Xiao Kongdong's spine, now drawn from within his body.

Only half the hilt emerged, but the sword thoughts aura on the Kongdong Formless Sword was overwhelmingly dense!

It was as if the sword had been nurtured for countless years, its flickering light nearly solidifying into substance.

The moment it appeared, sword intent swept across the area.

The void exploded, and sword cries echoed for miles.

"It's been a long time, old friend..."

Xiao Kongdong's lips parted wide, a smile in his eyes.

He reached out, grasped the hilt in his mouth, and slowly drew it out.

With each inch of the Kongdong Formless Sword's blade that emerged, the chaotic black holes swirling around him expanded, ripping through thousands more miles of space!

How many years had it been?

Xiao Kongdong couldn't remember the last time he had used this sword.

Since Ba Zun An's realm was established and Can Yue Xian Cheng was founded, in the Sheng Shen Continent where semi-saints hid themselves, he had no equals.

So the sword had been sheathed.

But now, facing Yan Wuse—even if just an intent manifestation combined with a battle angel—he had no choice but to draw it again.

It was a bit excessive.

But there was no way around it.

If he didn't use it, he couldn't win, so let it be excessive!

Guang Zhi Tian Shi sensed something was wrong.

The Kongdong Formless Sword wasn't a famous blade, but in Xiao Kongdong's hand, it was more fearsome than any.

The sword thoughts coating its blade were so sharp that even a glance made Guang Zhi Tian Shi feel like he was splitting apart, threatened by death.

Realizing the danger, Guang Zhi Tian Shi reached out and summoned.

"Double Spiritual Accommodation."

In the Zui Yi Dian ruins, the many spirit refiners saw that after losing the Ri Zhi Tian Shi, the Yue Zhi Tian Shi in the nine heavens had also vanished.

And from the distant land, continuous echoes resounded.

Sword bearers, even across vast forbidden zones, could feel their own swords trembling slightly.

One could imagine that a terrifying battle was unfolding far away.

And one side involved an ancient sword cultivator!

"Who's making a move?"

No one knew, no one answered.

But some had already used escape techniques, rushing toward the abyss.

"What's the rush? Come and see."

Just then, a burly man stepped forward, thumping his chest. "I have a Thousand-Mile Transmission Mirror Technique that can observe scenes from a thousand miles away. Let me locate it."

"A thousand miles?"

"The battle over there is probably tens of thousands of miles away. Can you do it?"

The man didn't speak; he formed seals with his hands and opened a massive spirit mirror.

This drew the attention of many.

Even the second true body hidden there and the now-idle Yu Ling Di couldn't help but look over.

The mirror's image shifted through bizarre scenes.

Soon, it showed a person.

"Stop! It's here!"

"Damn, that's the abyss? I came from there—that's Guang Zhi Tian Shi, Elder Yan?"

"Who's opposite him? He looks familiar... Xiao Kongdong? He's the senior brother of Can Yue Xian Cheng!"

"Where's Ba Zun An? Where's the Eighth Sword Immortal? I want to see him!"

"How can Xiao Kongdong hold his own against Elder Yan? Where's the Eighth Sword Immortal? Come out now!"

Above the abyss, Xiao Kongdong sensed he was being remotely observed.

But with no other options now, and too many extraordinary people on Void Island, even if someone detected him, he couldn't disrupt it.

He had thought Xu Xiao Shou's impersonation of Xiao Kongdong would spread as a fake.

But unexpectedly, because of Guang Zhi Tian Shi's appearance, he might end up confirming Can Yue Xian Cheng's involvement and their opposition to the Sheng Shen Hall.

Yet at this moment, external matters were irrelevant. Guang Zhi Tian Shi was his only enemy.

The Guang Zhi Tian Shi, having accommodated the Ri Zhi and Yue Zhi battle angels, was half blazing white and bright, half pale silver and cold.

"Sun and Moon in Harmony."

Guang Zhi Tian Shi clasped his hands, stabilizing this incompatible state.

"Xiao Kongdong, can you really turn the world upside down? How dare you act so boldly?"

"This strike—let's see how you resist it!"

Guang Zhi Tian Shi smirked coldly, forming a cross seal with his hands at his chest. "Light Devouring Technique!"

With a whoosh, the Thousand-Mile Transmission Mirror Technique, watched by thousands in the Zui Yi Dian ruins, suddenly went dark.

Everyone looked up in alarm, only to see the entire Void Island darken.

All the light from the sky city was completely plundered by Guang Zhi Tian Shi in that instant.

Everyone was plunged into absolute darkness.

But before panic could set in, the Thousand-Mile Transmission Mirror Technique lit up again, and Void Island followed suit.

The image showed Guang Zhi Tian Shi with his hands joined, held out in front.

In his palm gathered the energy of light he had just devoured from the entire Void Island!

Even from millions of miles away, that energy made the Thousand-Mile Transmission Mirror Technique tremble violently, on the verge of collapse.

Above the abyss, Xiao Kongdong, targeted by this technique, felt his hair stand on end and his heart chill.

"Divine Radiance Flash!"

Without giving any time to react, Guang Zhi Tian Shi pushed his hands forward, the recoil sending his body backward.

The energy from his palms erased all color above the abyss, shooting straight at Xiao Kongdong.

The world before his eyes turned almost gray, with only that beam of light remaining, yet Xiao Kongdong didn't flinch.

He continued his motion steadily until the Kongdong Formless Sword was fully drawn from his throat.

The Formless Sword Body activated again; his form dissolved, more like a sheath holding the Kongdong Formless Sword.

And that sword, sealed within for decades, now revealed its full edge.

"Sheathed Sword: Observant Single Slash!"

The Thousand-Mile Transmission Mirror Technique's image, amid the "Divine Radiance Flash," had darkened completely, but this resounding cry came through clearly.

As the words fell, a clear sword cry echoed across Void Island, and terrifying sword thoughts condensed into a strike, like a dormant dragon surging from the sea and soaring through the nine heavens.

A brilliant sword light tore through the "Divine Radiance Flash," slashing toward Guang Zhi Tian Shi. The penetrating divine thought's level completely overwhelmed the holy force; in Guang Zhi Tian Shi's shock, it sliced through his body on the spot.

Crack!

The Thousand-Mile Transmission Mirror Technique was remotely cleaved in two by the sharp observation.

In the Zui Yi Dian ruins, everyone felt their scalps tingle, blood overflowing from their eyes.

Yet looking up, they saw no more light from the "Divine Radiance Flash" in the abyss's direction, only that unsheathed sword slashing toward the sky.

"Elder Yan... has been cut down?"

Everyone's minds shook.

But the sword thoughts nurtured for decades were far from over.

The "Observant Single Slash," the first and only realm of the Hidden Sword Technique, completely shattered time and space.

And through the first realm of the Illusion Sword Technique—spatial leap—it arrived above the Zui Yi Dian ruins!

Everyone's gazes followed in unison.

The sword light, after felling Guang Zhi Tian Shi, didn't stop; it pierced the heavens, splitting the Xing Zhi Tian Shi, still healing Yan Wuse's true body high in the nine heavens, in two.

"This?!"

The island's crowd clutched their heads.

The burly man formed seals again, and the Thousand-Mile Transmission Mirror Technique reformed.

The sword light arced through the sky, returned to the abyss, and was swallowed back into Xiao Kongdong's body for nurturing.

Opposite him, Guang Zhi Tian Shi, divided by the blazing white and pale silver line, had split in half.

The light faded from Guang Zhi Tian Shi.

On that face, clearly Yan Wuse's features, lingered shock and confusion.

He opened his mouth, as if to say something.

But the light vanished entirely, the sun and moon harmony turning to scattered spots, gone without a trace.

Xiao Kongdong gripped the Kongdong Formless Sword, his eyes narrowing as he lowered his head and murmured softly:

"I said ten breaths, and it's exactly ten breaths."

"Even with double spiritual accommodation, a mere semi-saint intent manifestation can't withstand me."

Xiao Kongdong lifted his head, his eyes full of pride.

He didn't press the advantage or use spatial leap to reach Zui Yi Dian and strike Yan Wuse's true body.

Because he knew that even with the Xing Zhi Tian Shi felled, Yan Wuse's true body was about to recover.

If he left, the abyss would be unguarded.

With Yan Wuse's speed, he could fight Xiao Kongdong in Zui Yi Dian while interfering with Xu Xiao Shou's escape from the island.

So, Xiao Kongdong simply stood with his sword at an angle, guarding the chaotic abyss stoically as storms whipped his robes, unyielding as a mountain.

Above the abyss, one man stood as a gate, and no semi-saint could pass!