Chapter 949
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As the myriad laws of the universe converged, the power emanating from Ye Wushuang’s body continued to soar and accumulate. In the distance, the rumble of thunder grew louder, a harbinger of the storm that was about to unfold. Behind him, three towering, dark-blue thunder palaces materialized, their essence solid as they unleashed a torrent of thunderous energy.
“Spiritual Thunder Seal!” With a resounding shout from within his heart, Ye Wushuang clenched his fists tightly before abruptly spreading them apart. Between his hands, one by one, the seals of spiritual thunder began to take shape. Each seal was compressed to its absolute limit, pulsating with the terrifying might of thunder.
One seal of thunder, two seals, three… the count grew steadily. When it reached eight, the ninth seal emerged. At this point, the thunder within the three palaces behind Ye Wushuang had only been reduced by half. Yet, having reached the Myriad Laws realm, Ye Wushuang’s mastery of the Ninefold Thunder Art was far from complete. The Myriad Laws realm granted him greater strength and a more formidable physical capacity compared to the Heavenly Gang realm.
After the ninth seal was formed, a tenth appeared. But the process did not stop there. The thunder within the palaces continued to roar, and the eleventh seal emerged, followed by the twelfth. Originally, Ye Wushuang could only condense nine seals of thunder, but now, he had twelve. These twelve seals of thunder were firmly held between his hands, within the confined space of his control.
“Taste the power of this thunder!” he shouted, and the twelve seals of thunder aligned in a straight line. “Go!” Each seal, no larger than a thumb, descended from the heavens one after another, striking with a force that shook the very foundations of the world.
Boom, boom, boom!!! The seals of thunder collided with the blood-red giant sword that Dongfang Xiu had unleashed in mid-air. The impact produced a deafening roar, as if it contained the power to rend everything asunder. The clash of thunder and sword tore through the sky and the earth, and within a radius of dozens of miles, nothing seemed capable of withstanding the destructive force of their battle. At the epicenter, the interplay of endless blood-red sword energy and thunderous light lingered, refusing to dissipate.
It took a full teatime before the area where the two had fought began to calm. During this period, no one dared to approach the region where the thunder and sword energy had intertwined. Only after another teatime did the dozen or so Myriad Laws realm warriors who had come with Dongfang Xiu dare to move closer to the heart of the devastation.
At the center of the impact, a massive crater nearly a thousand zhang in diameter had formed in the ground. Within the crater lay a corpse, completely charred and blackened. The area around the corpse, within a hundred zhang, was also charred and still emitted a low, rumbling thunder.
“Dongfang Xiu!” The faces of the Myriad Laws realm warriors from the Shengdan Sect turned pale. Dongfang Xiu was one of the most outstanding young talents among the Shengdan Sect’s twenty-something generation. His death here would surely enrage the higher-ups of the Shengdan Sect. Yet, within the crater, there was no sign of Ye Wushuang. Had he managed to escape after killing Dongfang Xiu?
Far away, a hundred li from the battlefield, Ye Wushuang stumbled into a secluded valley. His body was covered in bloodied gashes, the marks left by the sword energy that had slashed across his flesh. By the edge of a small pond in the valley, Ye Wushuang removed his Tianyan Armor. This top-tier heavenly artifact had been a reward from the Tianyan Empire during the Hundred Kingdoms’ Martial Contest. However, it had been completely destroyed in the battle with Dongfang Xiu.
With the armor removed, Ye Wushuang’s body was revealed, covered in a dense network of sword wounds. Fortunately, most were only superficial injuries that could be healed with some restorative elixirs and medicinal herbs. It was clear that Ye Wushuang had fought with everything he had against Dongfang Xiu. This was partly because he had just reached the first level of the Myriad Laws realm and had not yet fully mastered the power of the myriad laws, nor had he cultivated a royal-grade technique. However, it also showed that the few exceptional talents among the seven great powers were not undeserving of their reputations.
Even without mastering a royal-grade technique or fully controlling the power of the myriad laws, Ye Wushuang was now capable of taking on ordinary opponents at the fifth or sixth level of the Myriad Laws realm. Yet, Dongfang Xiu was only at the third level. If he had been at the fourth level, Ye Wushuang might have had to resort to the primal power within his Ninefold Calming God Pagoda.
The world was never short of geniuses. After cleaning his wounds and taking some restorative elixirs and medicinal herbs by the pond, Ye Wushuang finally let out a sigh of relief. Now, the most important thing was to fully grasp the mysteries of his own power of the myriad laws and to cultivate a royal-grade technique.
