Chapter 225

Chapter 225: The Destined Sword Ancestor!

The power of this Sword Ancestor was so immense that even this dark void space-time battlefield could not withstand it, and it began to rapidly disappear at a visible speed.

　　It was being erased.

　　At this moment, with the empowerment of this Sword Ancestor, Yang Jia had already achieved the ability to erase “matter.”

　　Not far away, when Ye Tianming faced this sword strike from Yang Jia, there was not a trace of fear on his face, and the Tianming Sword in his hand showed no fear either, trembling continuously and emitting ringing sword cries one after another.

　　Ye Tianming looked at the Tianming Sword in his hand and smiled, “Again!”

　　Hum!

　　As a sword cry rang out, Ye Tianming directly transformed into a streak of sword light and charged forward.

　　Even when facing this peerless divine sword of time, both the person and the sword refused to retreat!

　　Boom!

　　As a burst of sword light shattered, Ye Tianming was sent flying again, person and sword together, and as he was blasted back, the sword light broke apart bit by bit, like brilliant fireworks in full bloom, only to vanish in an instant.

　　His sword dao power and great dao power could not withstand this Sword Ancestor either.

　　Not only was his great dao power shattering, but the Tianming Sword in his hand was also breaking apart bit by bit as he was sent flying back.

　　And by the time he came to a stop, the Tianming Sword had completely shattered.

　　But in the next moment, Ye Tianming’s right hand clenched.

　　Hum!

　　As a sword cry rang out, the Tianming Sword condensed once more in his hand.

　　At this point, Yang Jia wielding the Sword Ancestor charged toward Ye Tianming again, and this sword strike was even more terrifying than the previous one. Not only that, its killing intent was even stronger than before, and it continued to grow stronger and stronger.

　　After re-condensing the Tianming Sword, Ye Tianming still showed no sign of retreating, and once again charged forward with his sword to fight.

　　Bang!

　　The sword light shattered, and Ye Tianming was sent flying again!

　　The Tianming Sword shattered at the same time!

　　But in the next moment, the sword condensed anew, and then he charged once again toward Yang Jia who was bearing down on him to kill him.

　　And so it went — Ye Tianming’s sword kept shattering, only to condense again and again, repeating over and over.

　　Although Ye Tianming and the Tianming Sword were completely suppressed by Yang Jia, neither Ye Tianming nor the Tianming Sword had their will or fighting spirit suppressed — on the contrary, both grew stronger and stronger.

　　Especially the Tianming Sword!

　　Those three swords of the past had been its nightmare, an insurmountable peak.

　　But today, it was fearless.

　　So what if it was three swords?

　　What did little Soul have to fear?

　　And so, in just a short span of time, the Tianming Sword had already shattered over a hundred times, yet each shattering was as brilliant and awe-inspiring as a phoenix rising from the ashes.

　　In those moments of shattering, countless brilliant points of sword light scattered in all directions, dazzling like a sky full of stars, only to be drawn back together by an invisible force, condensing once more into a sword.

　　Every shattering, every condensing, was a form of rebirth!

　　In the shadows, Jidian’s gaze was no longer fixed on the Sword Ancestor, but had fallen on the Tianming Sword in Ye Tianming’s hand, “This sword is no ordinary blade.”

　　Beside him, Old Yang laughed, “Indeed it isn’t. Do you know what makes it extraordinary?”

　　Without waiting for Jidian to speak, he continued, “What makes it extraordinary is that right now it dares to face the fear within its own heart. In other words, every time it shatters, it is tempering its own dao heart, and with every tempering, its fear of that sword diminishes by one degree.”

　　Facing the fear within one’s heart!

　　Old Yang let out a soft sigh. Such a thing was easy to say, but how incredibly difficult was it to actually do?

　　It was like bullying — those who are bullied don’t understand that the bullying only ends the moment they truly fight back, but to fight back, one must overcome the deep-seated fear within their heart.

　　Old Yang said softly again, “Whether it’s the path of eternal life, or the road of ordinary life in the mortal world… the hardest barrier to cross is always the barrier within one’s own heart!”

　　The heart barrier!

　　Not far away, Jidian’s brow furrowed, but quickly, it smoothed out again.

　　His heart barrier had already been crossed!

　　He was determined to deal with that one called Yang Ye — he swore he would not rest until he defeated that one called Yang Ye in this lifetime!

　　In that dark void battlefield.

　　The great battle continued, streaks of sword light shattering one after another. In the face of Yang Jia at this moment, Ye Tianming was completely suppressed — every clash of sword dao resulted in Ye Tianming’s complete defeat.

　　Even with two great daos, he was still being overpowered.

　　Yang Jia at this moment truly had the bearing of the invincible.

　　But soon, everyone noticed that although Ye Tianming appeared to be suppressed, the “momentum” of both him and his sword was growing stronger and stronger.

　　The person and sword were like a blade being forged, with Yang Jia acting as the hammer — each strike of the hammer made the sword’s edge sharper and sharper.

　　And most importantly, Ye Tianming and his Tianming Sword were incredibly tenacious.

　　In the face of Yang Jia’s terrifying sword dao momentum, they had actually managed to hold on for so long, and not only had they not been crushed, their momentum only grew fiercer the longer they fought.

　　Their resilience was extraordinary!

　　And at this moment, the people from Guanxuan Academy and Xianbao Pavilion had stopped cheering.

　　They had gradually calmed down, because they too had come to realize that for Yang Jia to completely bury Ye Tianming seemed somewhat difficult.

　　The longer the fight dragged on, the more things changed!

　　As time passed bit by bit, the momentum of Ye Tianming and the Tianming Sword grew stronger and stronger, but the aura of Yang Jia’s demonic bloodline was also growing stronger and stronger — and the speed at which it was growing was even faster than Ye Tianming’s rate of growth.

　　The more demonic, the more terrifying!

　　This was the demonic bloodline!

　　Everyone was staring intently at that dark void battlefield. They all knew that this battle should now be entering its final phase.

　　Sustained by the Sword Ancestor, Yang Jia’s demonic bloodline had by now transformed the entire dark void battlefield into a sea of blood. That crimson dark void battlefield was like the arrival of the apocalypse, inspiring dread in all who beheld it.

　　And at this moment, the power of Ye Tianming’s mortal bloodline, boosted by the Sword Ancestor, had instead been suppressed by Yang Jia.

　　Yang Jia had completely gained the upper hand, and the longer the fight went on, the more obvious Yang Jia’s advantage became. Ye Tianming at this point was barely holding on.

　　Boom!

　　Just then, as a burst of sword light erupted, Ye Tianming and the Tianming Sword were sent flying back again. As he was blasted back, the Tianming Sword in his hand shattered apart once more as before, but unlike before, this time his physical body also began to crack apart bit by bit.

　　”Die!”

　　Just at that moment, Yang Jia’s voice suddenly rang out from within that overwhelming sea of blood. In the next instant, Yang Jia was seen gripping the Sword Ancestor with both hands, leaping up above Ye Tianming’s head, and then bringing the sword down in a fierce, brutal slash.

　　Shhh!

　　The sea of blood was directly torn open by a rift ten thousand zhang long. This sword strike was imbued with an overwhelming bloodline pressure, as if it intended to cut down everything in the world.

　　Below, Ye Tianming slowly raised his head and looked up at Yang Jia. Faced with Yang Jia’s terrifying sword strike, he still chose not to retreat, and in his hand, the Tianming Sword directly erupted with boundless fighting will and battle spirit.

　　Having been shattered over a thousand times, the Tianming Sword at this moment, when facing the Sword Ancestor, no longer held the slightest trace of fear — all that remained was fighting will and battle spirit.

　　Refuse to yield, and just fight!

　　Sensing the fighting will and battle spirit of the Tianming Sword, Ye Tianming smiled. He raised his head and looked at that streak of sword light ten thousand zhang long descending upon him, and smiled, “Again!”

　　As the words fell, he directly transformed into a streak of sword light and shot skyward.

　　A head-on clash!

　　Boom!

　　The moment the two streaks of sword light met, Ye Tianming’s sword light shattered just as before, instantly breaking apart into tens of millions of points of light that splashed outward.

　　And Ye Tianming himself was in that very moment forcefully pressed downward by Yang Jia’s sword strike, while at the same time, the Tianming Sword in his hand was also breaking apart bit by bit.

　　Seeing this, Jidian’s eyes immediately narrowed, “This sword is about to break through.”

　　Old Yang also nodded, saying with some admiration, “This sword really found the right person.”

　　The Tianming Sword was different from before. Before, it would shatter the instant it made contact, but now the Tianming Sword was breaking apart bit by bit. Simply put, Ye Tianming’s Tianming Sword was beginning to slowly undergo a qualitative transformation — before it was only a transformation of mindset, but now it had moved beyond the transformation of mindset to a transformation of its very essence.

　　And this transformation was earned through the tempering of life and death, time and time again.

　　In the arena, many people had noticed this as well, and they too realized that the sword in Ye Tianming’s hand was undergoing a transformation.

　　Everyone knew that Yang Jia currently held such a massive advantage entirely because of the sword in his hand. If…

　　At this thought, the expressions of the people from Guanxuan Domain and Xianbao Pavilion immediately darkened completely.

　　On the other side, that young lord Xin had also been continuously watching that dark void battlefield. Up until now, his expression had not changed much — as calm and composed as ever.

　　Boom!

　　Just then, within that dark void space-time battlefield, another burst of sword light shattered, and Ye Tianming was sent flying back again, person and sword together.

　　And this time, not only did the Tianming Sword in Ye Tianming’s hand begin to crack apart bit by bit, but his own physical body was also cracking apart bit by bit.

　　Yang Jia was clearly intent on delivering a killing blow to Ye Tianming, not giving him the slightest chance to catch his breath. So he transformed once more into a streak of sword light and drove fiercely toward Ye Tianming to kill him. The blood-colored sword light was imbued with terrifying sword dao power, and wherever the sword light passed, the sea of blood churned violently.

　　And almost simultaneously, Ye Tianming also transformed once more into a streak of sword light and vanished from where he stood.

　　Bang!

　　The moment the two swords met, Ye Tianming was sent flying back again. But this time was different from before — just as the Tianming Sword was on the verge of complete destruction, it suddenly condensed directly anew, and did not shatter completely as it had before!

　　Boom!

　　A terrifying sword dao aura swept out from within the Tianming Sword.

　　It was about to break through!

　　Outside, everyone watched with their mouths hanging open.

　　This sword was about to break through!

　　On the other side, Jidian and Old Yang exchanged a glance, both with a hint of shock in their eyes, for they had discovered that Ye Tianming’s sword……. might be on the verge of establishing its own dao!

　　Was this some kind of joke?

　　And at this moment, Yang Jia seemed to have sensed the threat as well. A trace of panic stirred deep within his heart, because Yang Jia could no longer afford to lose again!

　　If he lost one more time, that would be three consecutive losses!

　　Three consecutive defeats — would Yang Jia still have the right to claim the title of Lord of the Universe?

　　No!

　　He could not lose!

　　All manner of pressures combined with the honor of the Yang family directly crushed the last shred of his reason, and in the next moment, he descended into complete and utter demonic madness, without even a trace of rationality remaining.

　　He had only one thought now:

　　He could not lose!

　　Suddenly, under the gaze of everyone present, Yang Jia’s right hand released the Sword Ancestor.

　　Hum!

　　As a sword cry rang out, the Sword Ancestor directly transformed into a streak of blood light and shot toward Ye Tianming.

　　This sword strike was no longer one that he himself was making.