Chapter 117: Thousand Swords Converge into One

A total of thirteen Primordial Spirit-stage elders from the Saint Land simultaneously manipulated their treasured swords, sending them flying towards a single point in the air. Incredibly powerful sword qi rapidly converged towards the center of the grand formation. With the humming sound of the materialized sword bodies, it drew together all the sword qi from the surrounding battlefield. Faintly, the very fabric of this world began to hum, vibrating in resonance with the colossal sword gleam that had just manifested!

"The God-Shocking Sword Formation! Heavens... Legend has it that ten thousand years ago, the Ten Elders collectively activated the God-Shocking Sword Formation and once annihilated a Heavenly Supreme Being! Now it seems, the legend might be true!"

The moment this colossal sword gleam, dozens of meters high, formed, countless cultivators across the entire Heavenly Sword Saint Land erupted with cheers and shouts from the depths of their hearts. As fellow pursuers of the sword dao, to be able to witness such a magnificent achievement in the sword dao manifest was also a form of honor.

Finally, the Grand Elder and the other twelve elders achieved perfect mental synchronization, injecting immense spiritual energy into their respective sword bodies in a synchronized rhythm, to imbue this strongest sword with a sword soul! Although this was merely a sword gleam used to attack an opponent, once it was forged with a dedicated sword soul, its power would ascend another level! With the combined power of thirteen Primordial Spirit-stage experts, after successfully forging the soul, this strike would represent the most powerful attack the Heavenly Sword Saint Land could unleash, second only to the Ten Elders! It could even slay supreme experts of a higher realm!

And such power at this moment was undoubtedly prepared specifically to deal with Xu Yang.

"Kid, any last words? This is your last chance to speak. As you are about to bid farewell to this world, what are your thoughts?" The Grand Elder had already begun to play the role of a superior. As the wielder of this supreme God-Shocking Sword, he believed he commanded a dominant power capable of destroying heaven and earth, and was therefore entitled to humiliate Xu Yang from such a condescending perspective.

Awkwardly, Xu Yang merely raised his middle finger at him. "I've said it before," Xu Yang retorted, "in my eyes, no matter how much you bark, you're just a mad dog, never fit for the stage."

"Bastard, die!" The Grand Elder was enraged. The moment the sword soul forging was complete, he lifted the terrifying God-Shocking Sword high into the air!

"Quick, get out of the way!" Bai Lianxue's first reaction was to quickly retreat with Ling Yao by her side, immediately followed by the Eighth Prince, Huang Tian, and others who also left the sky, leaving Xu Yang alone in this vast battlefield, also to allow him to fight unreservedly.

"Heavens... this power, can that guy really handle it?" Ling Yao, after all, hailed from the Heavenly Sword Saint Land. She knew all too well what the result of this sword strike would be; even peerless experts beyond the Grand Primordial Spirit realm might not be able to withstand this strike.

"Don't worry, Master's true capabilities are far beyond our imagination. What are a mere few elders worth mentioning?" Bai Lianxue revealed a worshipping smile, instinctively recalling the scene years ago when Xu Yang swept through Southern Jiang with her. He single-handedly slayed hundreds of Primordial Spirit-stage experts and still retreated calmly! And that was merely Xu Yang from ten thousand years ago... Now, he was probably far more terrifying than back then.

*Zheng!!*

The colossal sword gleam slashed down from the sky, and at that moment, Xu Yang also evolved the Bagua totem in his palm to its utmost limit.

*Boom!*

The sword gleam struck Xu Yang's head. In an instant, within a thousand li of the entire plains battlefield was completely covered by this irresistible annihilating power. The spreading aura fluctuations almost threatened to entirely engulf the whole world! And the very center of the explosion, precisely where Xu Yang directly confronted the sword gleam, became the core of all light in the entire world.

Faintly, from the center of this endless sword qi, Ling Yao saw a familiar scene. That was the manifestation of the ultimate profoundness of the Cloud Observing Sword Intent, where one's body transformed into a sword — the legendary supreme realm of "man and sword as one" in the sword dao! Xu Yang was nowhere to be seen. At the explosion's epicenter, only the outline of an ancient sword remained, which suddenly shot into the sky!

*Zheng, zheng...*

Powerful sword light fluctuated wildly, and the humming of swords continued to grow louder! In no time, throughout the entire Heavenly Sword Saint Land, hundreds of materialized treasured swords simultaneously lost control, summoned to its side by this ancient longsword manifested from Xu Yang's true form.

"Ten Thousand Swords Return to One!! This, how is this possible..."

"How can this Xu Yang comprehend the supreme realm of our Heavenly Sword Saint Land's lineage? Am I dreaming?"

It could be said that every single person present who was involved in the battle was completely dumbfounded, unable to comprehend the situation at all. Even Huang Tian and Bai Lianxue gazed with wide-eyed incomprehension.

"When did Master acquire such powerful sword dao attainments? Could it be that he has been diligently studying the sword dao for the past twenty thousand years?" No one could provide a precise answer. Only Xu Yang's outline was seen, having arrived at the cloud's peak at some unknown moment. And that ancient sword body, capable of commanding ten thousand swords, under Xu Yang's guidance, led countless sword trails from the heavens to surge towards the Heavenly Sword Saint Land.

*Boom!*

A terrifying rain of sword light poured down! Unlike the techniques previously activated, this time, every single sword rain was a genuine outburst of true sword might! Without exaggeration, the power unleashed by every single sword light was incomparable to the sword gleams formed by solidified illusory spiritual energy.

And so...

The main headquarters of the Heavenly Sword Saint Land, a legacy of tens of thousands of years, thus plunged into ruin amidst Xu Yang's frantic destruction... Outside the majestic main peak, all other subsidiary peaks and buildings on the plains were completely reduced to rubble under the formation power of "Ten Thousand Swords Return to One"...

Seeing the place they had resided in for tens of thousands of years completely destroyed, these cultivators and elders of the Heavenly Sword Saint Land completely went berserk. Alas, they couldn't even break through the encirclement of ten thousand crushing swords...

"No!!"

*Pfft...*

Large swathes of sword dao cultivators fell in response. As long as they were affected by the surrounding unleashed sword qi, essentially no one could continue to survive. Even the Primordial Spirit Elders who had activated the God-Shocking Sword Formation were more or less pierced by Xu Yang's counterattack, with two dying on the spot. Even someone as strong as the Grand Elder inevitably sustained dozens of sword wounds on his body.

"Kid, you're something! To think you comprehended the supreme sword realm of our Heavenly Sword Saint Land!" The Grand Elder no longer boasted to Xu Yang. He was truly awestruck by Xu Yang's power, realizing he could never, in his entire life, catch up to Xu Yang's pace.

"However... with just this, if you think you can swallow our Saint Land, that's a fool's dream! Though we may not be much, the Saint Land's true foundations are still dormant. For you alone, Xu Yang, to try and annihilate one of the continent's Ten Great Saint Lands—you are truly overestimating yourself."

The Grand Elder reined in his other emotions, and, along with the other elders, simultaneously closed his eyes and focused his mind, beginning to murmur something. Finally, a vast aura fluctuation hidden deep within the main peak suddenly erupted, and a terrifying pressure, like a boundless ocean, swiftly enveloped the entire battlefield!

"Heavens... Are the Ten Elders finally emerging from seclusion!!"