Chapter 79: Are You Very Proud?

No one expected that Liu Ruyan’s horrific attack would be completely blocked when it struck that thin layer of defensive light surrounding Lu Jin. The black longsword was even vibrated with so much force that it was covered in a dense web of cracks.

“Wh… what? How is this possible!”

Liu Ruyan’s face changed drastically. Although she had not unleashed her ultimate trump card, she had the confidence to obliterate even a 7th-grade Jindan with such a strike. However, facing Lu Jin’s defense, which appeared thin enough to be negligible, she encountered a massive obstacle; there was simply no possibility of advancing even an inch.

“Break for me!”

Liu Ruyan’s gaze turned vicious. A surge of spiritual Qi whistled from her palm into the black sword, causing the fractured blade to heal instantly before she hacked down again with even more violence. The booming roar was unceasing, and the sword light whistled; such a startling attack made it impossible for even the elders to hide their internal shock.

Liu Ruyan’s combat strength had already surpassed that of the majority of the elders. Yet even so, her attack, filled with horrific, destructive power, still failed to breach Lu Jin’s defense.

“Heavens! What kind of defense is Lu Jin using? It is like looking at a god!”

“It looks thin as a cicada’s wing, yet it possesses such terrifying defensive strength. Look, do the light patterns around him not look like dragon scales?”

“It is like a black dragon! This defensive martial art must be of an incredibly high grade. I wonder where he obtained it?”

“Senior Brother Lu Jin has given me another massive surprise!”

The crowd cried out in alarm. Seeing that Liu Ruyan could not even break his defense, Lu Jin’s voice drifted out casually from within the light patterns.

“Liu Ruyan, I said long ago that even if I stood still and let you hack at me, you wouldn’t be able to move me. What, do you believe it now?”

The voice carried an undisguised contempt, which instantly sent Liu Ruyan into a towering rage.

“Lu Jin! Today, you shall surely die!”

Rumble!

As Liu Ruyan’s voice fell, she actually abandoned the black sword attack. A white bone sword seemed to be pulled from her body, flying above her head. After being infused with a massive amount of spiritual Qi, it condensed into a chilling, glittering blade. The runes flickering upon it emitted an aura that affected the mental state of many disciples: it actually made them feel an impulse to kneel and worship.

“Huh? Is this a Spirit Manifestation formed by the fusion of the Supreme Bone and sword arts?”

Seeing the bone sword above Liu Ruyan, an elder gasped.

“The grade of this bone sword is much higher than that black sword!”

“What is radiating from it is the aura of a Supreme! It makes one want to prostrate oneself in worship!”

“I did not expect Liu Ruyan to have completely fused with the Supreme Bone by now. She has even practiced such incredible sword art!”

The crowd was shocked once more. Lu Jin, seeing this, furrowed his brow slightly.

“Liu Ruyan, using my Supreme Bone… it seems you are very proud?”

Liu Ruyan snorted coldly. “Now, this Supreme Bone has completely fused with me; it has become an integral part of my body! Lu Jin, this Supreme Bone sword is far beyond what an ordinary spirit sword can compare to. I want to see just how many breaths your turtle shell can last!”

Buzz!

Liu Ruyan’s attack swept forth again. This time, the aura of destruction was even more majestic than before. All the watching disciples within a five-hundred-yard radius fled frantically, terrified of being caught in the aftershocks.

Watching Liu Ruyan’s attack grow increasingly horrific and domineering, Long Xiwei’s expression became more solemn. However, she had not moved yet. She watched the battle tensely, her heart full of hope as she looked at Lu Jin. Unless it was a final resort, she would not interfere. The man on that Life-and-Death Stage had his own dignity. If possible, she wanted to see him smile until the very end.

While the crowd sighed at the irony of Liu Ruyan using Lu Jin’s own Supreme Bone to unleash such a powerful move to destroy him, Lu Jin’s brow twitched. At this moment, he felt a slight fluctuation from the Emperor-Tyrant Glazed Bone within his body. It was nearly imperceptible, yet he felt it clearly.

Does this Emperor-Tyrant Glazed Bone have a natural resonance with things like the Supreme Bone? This aura… I can certainly make use of it.

Lu Jin’s eyes shifted, a smirk playing on his lips. In the next second, the Hell-Prisoner Calamity Sword whistled forth. Unlike before, a strange ripple was faintly circulating upon the blade.

“One sword to rule as Supreme. Lu Jin, kneel and submit!”

Liu Ruyan’s Supreme Bone sword thrusts forward, the sword light rippling through the air in overlapping waves. Upon the tip of the blade, a cold light surged, looking as if it could pierce through anything.

However! Just as this startling strike arrived, a scene no one expected occurred again. Lu Jin actually dispersed the dragon-pattern defense directly! Then, he casually thrust out the longsword, trailing a tail of fire.

Thud!

Before the tips of the two swords could even clash, the whistling sword Qi in front of them boomed like a drum. A powerful aftershock erupted and swept outward, followed immediately by the collision of the two blades.

Boom!

The roar was unceasing, but after only a few breaths, the momentum of Liu Ruyan’s Supreme Bone sword began to fall apart, collapsing rapidly. Under the counter-attack of Lu Jin’s Hell-Prisoner Calamity Sword, the Supreme Bone sword was forced back step by step. Its sword Qi dissipated, its light grew chaotic, and even the sword moves seemed to become uncontrolled and frantic.

“What is happening? His sword… it seems to have that suppressing aura again. What kind of secret is he hiding?”

Liu Ruyan’s eyebrows shot up, her eyes full of disbelief. She never imagined that even with the Supreme Bone sword, she would still be suppressed by Lu Jin.

Seeing her attack falter, Lu Jin sneered, hacking down with one strike after another. As he swung, he spoke.

“Supreme Bone sword, is it!”

“Kneeling and worshiping, is it!”

“So invincible, is it!”

“Get the hell out of here!”

Boom!

After a series of strikes, the Hell-Prisoner Calamity Sword suddenly blazed with light. It actually swallowed an indescribable, eerie aura from Liu Ruyan’s energy.

“Huh? This is the Power of Sin?”

Lu Jin’s brow furrowed. The Hell-Prisoner Calamity Sword could devour the power of sin. As for what this power truly was, Lu Jin wasn’t entirely sure. In his eyes, it was perhaps an energy similar to the power of faith: mysterious, yet very real. And the Power of Sin upon Liu Ruyan’s body was actually quite majestic!

Just how many people has this woman harmed? This amount of sin is enough to send you to hell a hundred times!

After devouring that strange power, the aura of the Hell-Prisoner Calamity Sword became even more violent. Under the repeated strikes, Liu Ruyan’s Supreme Bone sword was completely unable to hold its ground. It shattered with a roar into a cloud of aftershocks, dissipating into the air.

Puchi!

The bone sword exploded, and a Supreme Bone covered in cracks was instantly summoned back into her body. Liu Ruyan could not stop herself from spitting out a mouthful of blood, and her aura withered instantly.