Stronger by Killing

Chapter 417: Chapter 286: Battle of Destiny (Double-Length Chapter, 12,000 Words)

"Battle!"

Qi Baiyu let out a roar,

In an instant, Qi Baiyu appeared above Gu Zhan, slicing down with a sword,

The boundless air currents, like a tsunami, boiled under this sword. The power of this sword did not mobilize the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, but merely the Sword Momentum was enough to make Gu Zhan’s hair and robe shudder, and the ground beneath his feet became unstable.

"This is the Qi Baiyu I know!"

A smile appeared on Gu Zhan’s face as he suddenly swung his saber with overwhelming momentum, striking down like thunder out of the clear sky,

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

The fierce clashes resounded in the wilderness, as the two went at it, one saber for one sword, clashing madly, strength against strength, Qi flowing all over their bodies, spilling out like a flood, flood against flood.

At that moment,

Both abandoned flashy moves,

Seemingly relying purely on brute strength to clash.

"Boom"

A great explosion sounded,

Gu Zhan’s Horizontal Saber summoned lightning, striking down fiercely at Qi Baiyu.

"Crack" a sound of lightning,

Qi Baiyu was sent flying back,

Seizing the advantage, Gu Zhan relentlessly used the simplest Wild Bull Charge, ramming his shoulder into Qi Baiyu. At that moment, Qi Baiyu was sent flying hundreds of feet, directly into the canyon.

With a loud crash,

Qi Baiyu’s body smashed a large portion of the cliff, but he seemed unbothered, stomping his foot, rapidly flew forward, the iron ingot in his hand hurled towards Gu Zhan in the middle of the canyon.

Gu Zhan dodged,

The iron ingot grazed Gu Zhan’s face, smashing into the ground, cracking a chasm that ran straight to the cliff.

Gu Zhan became a ray of light, stepping directly towards the canyon, suddenly chopping down with a saber directly on Qi Baiyu’s head,

With a "boom",

Qi Baiyu’s head exploded instantly.

However, Gu Zhan felt no joy from this. Instead, a sense of crisis emerged in that instant, and while in mid-air, he swiftly used Lingyun Soar to ascend,

A fist, very abruptly, descended from the sky,

It was Qi Baiyu, whose head had already been smashed, yet a perfectly unharmed fist came crashing down.

In his peripheral vision, Gu Zhan saw that Qi Baiyu’s headless body had long disappeared without a trace.

Immediately, Gu Zhan realized,

In the Martial World, there was once a long-lost Divine Technique, known as the Undying Body.

According to legends, those who mastered this Divine Technique were capable of being immortal.

Gu Zhan definitely didn’t believe such tales—if it were truly that powerful, those who cultivated the Undying Body wouldn’t have been killed back then. According to Mo Jingzhou earlier, it was merely a feigned death technique, good at mimicking reality.

Watching Qi Baiyu’s fist fall,

Gu Zhan immediately understood, this must be Qi Baiyu’s Divine Technique,

No wonder even Mo Jingzhou couldn’t kill Qi Baiyu back then.

A mere foot apart,

Gu Zhan raised his saber to block Qi Baiyu’s fist.

The two collided.

Two of the world’s top fighters clashed, earth-shattering power exploded at that moment.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The terrifying power spread from the ground to all directions, shattering the air, and heaven and earth dimmed instantly.

Evenly matched,

Their bodies separated, flying backward in opposite directions,

Qi Baiyu suddenly waved his other hand,

"Buzz buzz buzz" "Buzz buzz buzz"

Suddenly, a terrifying sound of sword cries echoed, as if countless bees flew into a winter mountain peak at that moment.

In an instant,

From the Danyang Sect, hundreds to thousands of Flying Swords burst forth from the raging fire, some still glowing red with heat, forming dense, terrifying streaks of light piercing the night sky,

In just a moment, they converged into an unparalleled giant sword, standing between the two,

Qi Baiyu snorted coldly and suddenly struck down with a sword,

The sky broke apart, radiant golden light sprinkled down slowly.

Under this sword, the Danyang Mountain was lit up a bit, and the earth’s mud and stones leaped violently several feet high.

Facing this sword,

Gu Zhan snorted coldly, pointed his Horizontal Saber to the sky,

"Rumble rumble" "Rumble rumble"

Above the night sky, peals of thunder exploded, dense lightning fiercely surged forth, as if endless waves suddenly triggered, crashing violently, forming a gigantic wave of thunder.

The thunder surged,

Each wave of Sword Qi higher than the last, each wave taller than the previous,

The terrifying airwaves loudly roared towards the Danyang Mountain Range, and at that moment, across the mountain wilderness, large swaths of trees fractured and flew horizontally. Many spectators, though far removed, felt a slight tremor in the ground as if the city walls were gently shaking.

It felt like an earthquake, the canyon crumbling, dust and smoke billowing,

Thousands upon thousands of people turned pale at that moment.

Being night, only the fires on Danyang Mountain made the battle visible, and now, with the towering dust storm rising, it felt as if a terrifying ocean isolated the world. The waves surged, and it was impossible to see clearly inside, only intermittent booms indicating the two were still fighting fiercely.

Finally, in the anxious wait,

Two scorched figures soared out from the canyon,

Both sword and saber had disappeared from their hands,

Boom! Boom! Boom rumble rumble!!

The sound of explosions echoed continuously alongside their movement,

Only Yuan Zhixiang and Nie Ghost God could see clearly. They watched as the fight grew closer and closer to the great fire of Danyang Mountain, the two already locked in a fierce combat,