As Song Shadao unleashed the Five Thunder Heaven Heart Art, lightning crackled around him. Under his control, the electricity transformed into hundreds of thousands of fine threads that surged towards the bronze ancient swords, ensnaring them before shattering them mercilessly.
In the blink of an eye, Song Shadao had broken Shi Feixuan’s terrifying killing move.
“Has Uncle’s Five Thunder Heaven Heart Art reached such a terrifying level?”
Witnessing Song Shadao’s mastery of the technique, Shen Lang’s eyes widened. He had reached a point of absolute freedom in its application.
“Is this the duel of top experts?”
Wang Yuyan watched everything unfold from the side, her heart pounding, her breathing growing rapid.
Both Shi Feixuan and Song Shadao were at the peak of the Celestial Realm in their martial arts cultivation, yet their true strength far surpassed mere Celestial Realm peak.
At this moment, Wang Yuyan experienced an epiphany. A strange sensation stirred within her, despite her lack of martial arts cultivation.
“Song Shadao, is this the Five Thunder Heaven Heart Art passed down in your Song family? It is indeed powerful, capable of rivaling our Ci Hang Jing Zhai’s Ci Hang Sword Canon. No wonder your ancestors once dominated an era.”
Her sword strike, which had shattered the void, was broken. Shi Feixuan, showing neither anger nor disappointment, regarded Song Shadao with keen interest as she spoke.
Shi Feixuan knew Song Shadao’s capabilities. Thirty years ago, he and Shen Tianjun were nearly invincible. After three decades of refinement, he was not someone easily killed.
The attack that shattered the void was merely a test of Song Shadao’s strength; his true killing moves were yet to come.
“Feixuan, I do not wish to fight you, nor do I want to.”
Song Shadao looked at Shi Feixuan, sighed deeply, and said, “Why must you pursue the so-called Supreme Detachment, why must you cultivate the legendary Sword Heart Clarity that even the old Sect Master might not have achieved? Perhaps it simply does not exist.”
“Song Shadao, shut your mouth.”
Song Shadao’s words were met with a furious roar from Shi Feixuan: “Supreme Detachment, an immortal descending, Sword Heart Clarity, unparalleled in the mortal world – this is the pursuit of my entire cultivation journey. Do not disturb my Dao heart again!”
Shi Feixuan glared at Song Shadao in anger. “Why did you have to appear in my life? If you hadn’t, I wouldn’t have lingering attachments, nor would I have been stuck for thirty years without a breakthrough.”
“Song Shadao, since you have come today, you shall die here.”
With that, Shi Feixuan closed her eyes, joined her hands in front of her, and suddenly, a meteor shower descended from the sky.
“Why is there a meteor shower?”
Seeing this, Shen Lang exclaimed in shock.
But then he seemed to realize something, his expression drastically changing. “This… this isn’t a meteor shower… this is transforming the void into reality, condensing formless sword energy into tangible swords, and finally manifesting as meteor swords?”
“Senior Brother, this is the second realm of the Ci Hang Sword Canon, named Sword Dominates Heaven and Earth.”
Hearing Shen Lang, Wolong said, “When the Ci Hang Sword Canon reaches the second realm, one can condense formless sword energy into tangible swords. Though no sword is wielded, the entire world becomes swords. This rain of swords, falling like meteors, offers no angle for evasion. The only option is to withstand it directly.”
“However, this move is countless times more terrifying than Shattering the Void. To confront it directly offers almost zero chance of survival.”
“Senior Brother, you must intervene, otherwise, Song Kuangwang will be in grave danger.”
“I…”
Wolong’s words echoed Shen Lang’s own thoughts, but interfering in his uncle’s affairs with Shi Feixuan was truly difficult for Shen Lang.
After all, this was their personal conflict, and his uncle would surely not want him to interfere.
“Shen Lang, do not move rashly. This is not a battle you can interfere in. If you do, you will lose your life.”
Song Shadao seemed to have seen through Shen Lang’s thoughts and shouted at him. He then once again activated the Five Thunder Heaven Heart Art, condensing all the lightning into a barrier above him.
The next second, the meteor swords manipulated by Shi Feixuan descended, striking Song Shadao’s lightning barrier one after another.
However, these golden ancient swords, condensed into form by Shi Feixuan’s sword energy, were infinitely more powerful than the bronze ones. Song Shadao’s lightning barrier was shattered in less than three seconds, followed by an endless torrent of golden ancient swords raining down on him.
But at this critical juncture, a phantom of a colossal golden lion appeared behind Song Shadao.
Song Shadao let out a heaven-shattering roar, and the phantom golden lion behind him roared in unison.
The roar was deafening, resonating thunderously. The terrifying power caused Shen Lang and the others, three hundred meters away, to involuntarily spit out blood.
Wiping the blood from their lips, Shen Lang and the others looked forward again and saw that this roar had shattered all the falling meteor swords.
“This is… Mad Lion’s Roar?”
Seeing that her Sword Dominates Heaven and Earth was broken by a single roar from Song Shadao, Shi Feixuan became furious. “Song Shadao, you have actually cultivated the Mad Lion’s Roar, which no one has been able to?”
“Feixuan, I have missed you dearly these past thirty years. My longing for you became my pain. To lessen that pain, I spent my days and nights studying and practicing martial arts.”
Song Shadao wiped the blood from his lips, then leaped towards Shi Feixuan and slowly sat down beside her. “I know many things. The Five Thunder Heaven Heart Art and the Mad Lion’s Roar are just two of them.”
“However, even becoming the number one in Long Country or even the world, what good is it? One still feels lonely and lost, with only endless desolation and emptiness.”
Song Shadao looked at Shi Feixuan, his eyes filled with tenderness and helplessness. “You still have two moves left: Sword Sweeps the Universe and Sword Destroys Self. But you have used them before me, and I have countermeasures for them. Therefore, we need not fight any longer.”
“I did not come today to bother you. I merely wish to ask for your help with a matter.”
Song Shadao pointed at Wolong with his finger and smiled. “That young man is a junior of mine. His eyes were blinded by the Poison of Three Insects and Three Flowers powder. I hoped you could treat his eyes.”
“You think I would help you?”
Shi Feixuan looked at Song Shadao and snorted coldly.
“If you were capable of not helping me, you would have already achieved Supreme Detachment and reached the legendary Sword Immortal realm.”
Song Shadao looked at Shi Feixuan and sighed.
“Song Shadao, you truly understand me. But precisely because of that, you must die.”
Shi Feixuan closed her eyes, a look of pain never seen before on her face. “If you do not die, my life will be ruined.”
“If you are willing to give them the Three Insects and Three Flowers Paste, I am willing to die by your sword, to help you achieve Supreme Detachment and become the legendary Sword Immortal.”