Sovereign of Stars

Chapter 14 – Boom! Boom! Boom!

In the center of the battlefield, Zhao Ling, who had already broken through to the Sea Transformation Realm, exuded an aura that soared to the sky.

His eyes, as he looked at Su Xin, were filled with coldness and resentment.

"Die!"

With a surge of hatred, Zhao Ling swung the battle blade in his hand directly.

A terrifying blade light instantly formed, slashing towards Su Xin with unstoppable force.

He knew well that he was not Su Xin's match in terms of skill, so at this moment, he no longer competed with Su Xin in blade techniques but purely relied on power to crush him.

Having broken through to the Sea Transformation Realm, the power contained in this strike was at least several times stronger than before!

"This power..."

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The surrounding disciples of the Su Family sensed the terrifying power contained in this strike and couldn't help but tremble inwardly.

"Young Master!!"

Hong Shan's heart was in her throat.

The Third Elder, Su Baihu, who was closest to the battlefield, wore a solemn expression and was ready to intervene at any moment if he sensed that Su Xin was at a disadvantage. At the very least, he couldn't let Su Xin die at Zhao Ling's hands.

However, in the face of Zhao Ling's terrifying strike, Su Xin's face showed no trace of panic.

Just as the blade light approached, Su Xin suddenly dashed forward with an arrow step, his long sword swinging out to meet the attack head-on.

"Courting death!" Zhao Ling sneered upon seeing this.

Boom!

A deafening explosion.

It was another direct collision, but this time the impact was several times more intense than before, with the ground beneath them turning to powder under their tremendous force.

The clash lasted only a moment, and everyone saw Su Xin retreat three steps, each step heavily stomping on the ground, causing it to crack open.

"What?" Zhao Ling looked up, incredulous.

"Zhao Ling has already broken through to the Sea Transformation Realm, and the power of his blade technique has increased several times, yet such a powerful strike only made Su Xin retreat three steps in a head-on collision?"

The spectators were equally stunned.

A direct collision, and only three steps back—this indicated that the difference in power between the two wasn't significant.

But Zhao Ling had already broken through to the Sea Transformation Realm?

"Is there still a gap?"

Su Xin's expression remained calm, not surprised by the outcome.

Zhao Ling had broken through to the Sea Transformation Realm, his strength soaring, but who would have thought that Su Xin had also been holding back his strength all along.

Compared to ordinary people, his greatest advantage was the power of his bloodline.

During the foundational assessment of the grand competition, he was only at the initial stage of the eighth level of the True Martial Realm, yet he could hold his own against Hong Fang, who was at the peak of the eighth level. And once he slightly activated his bloodline power, he could instantly crush Hong Fang.

Today, facing Zhao Ling, Su Xin had activated his bloodline power from the start, but only to fifty percent.

With fifty percent of his bloodline power, he was already evenly matched with Zhao Ling in a head-on clash.

Now, with Zhao Ling's breakthrough, Su Xin had instantly increased his bloodline power to seventy percent during the collision, causing his power to surge as well.

That's why, in this exchange, he was only forced back three steps.

If he were to go all out and fully unleash his bloodline power, he was confident he could completely overpower Zhao Ling, who had broken through to the Sea Transformation Realm.

"As someone at the ninth level of the True Martial Realm, being able to compete with Zhao Ling, who has broken through to the Sea Transformation Realm, in terms of pure power is already unbelievable. If I were to completely overpower him with just power, it would be shocking, and most people would realize that I've awakened a remarkable bloodline," Su Xin muttered.

Su Xin didn't want to fully unleash his bloodline power.

There was also a more important reason: seventy percent of his bloodline power was enough.

"Zhao Ling, your blade techniques and methods have almost been fully displayed, haven't they?" Su Xin's gaze was cold as he stared at Zhao Ling. "Now, let me show you my swordsmanship."

Zhao Ling's expression darkened.

The spectators suddenly remembered that since the start of Su Xin and Zhao Ling's battle, aside from the initial head-on clash, Su Xin hadn't truly displayed his swordsmanship.

Yes, he hadn't displayed it.

Even when countering Zhao Ling's blade techniques, he had only casually swung his sword, but everyone could see that his swordsmanship was far more terrifying than Zhao Ling's blade techniques!

"Sword One's swordsmanship!"

In the stands, even Yuan Qing, who had reached the Void Shattering Realm, was watching intently.

Su Xin tightened his grip on the long sword in his right hand and moved.

Whoosh~~

Countless sword lights swept out, as if snowflakes were dancing in the air.

But in reality, these 'snowflakes' were cold and terrifying sword lights.

"Drifting Snow Sword Art!"

Everyone present immediately recognized the sword art.

Not long ago, during the joint attack on Zhao Ling by Su Qinghong and the others, Su Yuning had used this sword art.

However, Su Yuning's execution of the sword art was completely different from Su Xin's.

It was too fast.

The snowflakes flickered and danced madly, too numerous and dense.

An ordinary practitioner at the tenth level of the True Martial Realm would be pierced through like a beehive if caught in these snowflakes.

But Zhao Ling, having broken through to the Sea Transformation Realm, had not only experienced a surge in power and speed, but his awareness and perception had also greatly improved. Trapped in these layers of 'snowflakes,' he swung his blade with lightning speed, dispersing the incoming 'snowflakes.'

"Su Xin, you're mocking me!"

"Use the Snow Slashing Style!"

Zhao Ling shouted angrily.

"As you wish!" Su Xin immediately changed his sword technique.

Swish!

A cold sword shadow lit up.

The Snow Slashing Style, the strongest move in the Drifting Snow Sword Art, consisted of nine consecutive strikes, each faster than the last.

However, when Su Xin executed the Snow Slashing Style, even the first strike was much faster than the ninth strike Su Yuning had executed.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Zhao Ling focused all his attention on swinging his battle blade. Despite the ever-increasing speed of the sword shadows, he managed to block them all with full effort.

In the blink of an eye, he had blocked the ninth strike.

"Haha, Su Xin, your swordsmanship is nothing special!" Zhao Ling laughed, but his expression suddenly changed, "What?"

After blocking the ninth strike, a faster and more ferocious tenth strike appeared!

"The tenth strike!!!"

The spectators widened their eyes, some even gaping in disbelief.

The Snow Slashing Style, as recorded in the manuals, only had nine strikes, yet Su Xin had executed a tenth strike?

Zhao Ling, though startled and somewhat panicked, reacted quickly and managed to block the tenth strike with great difficulty.

But just as he blocked the tenth strike, the eleventh strike appeared.

This strike left Zhao Ling in a state of utter disarray.

The twelfth strike made Zhao Ling's scalp tingle as he barely managed to block it.

The thirteenth strike left Zhao Ling with just enough time to place his battle blade horizontally in front of him before he was sent flying, nearly losing his grip on the blade.

And then came the fourteenth strike.

This was the strongest strike Su Xin had developed in this sword art at his current stage.

Zhao Ling had no time to block this strike.

Swish!

The cold sword edge swept past Zhao Ling's face, taking a piece of flesh with it.

Zhao Ling stood there in a daze, feeling the coldness on his face. He instinctively touched it and felt a sticky patch of blood.

Clearly, a sword scar had appeared on his face, deeper than the other thirteen scars on his body. This scar would likely remain on his face permanently.

Zhao Ling could no longer maintain his composure.

"Su Xin!!"

"I'll kill you! I'll kill you!!"

His hysterical screams and roars echoed throughout the Martial Arts Garden.

Zhao Ling's eyes turned blood-red, veins bulging on his neck and forehead, and a blood mist surged from his body.

He had gone completely mad.

"Not good!"

"This is... the Frenzied Demon Blade!"

The surrounding Sea Transformation Realm experts watching the scene turned pale.

The Frenzied Demon Blade was a special blade technique practiced by Zhao Ling's father, Zhao Tianlei. It allowed one to enter a frenzied state for a short time, greatly enhancing their strength.

However, the side effects of this technique were severe. Zhao Tianlei, being a Void Shattering Realm expert, could barely retain a sliver of sanity when using it, preventing complete madness. But Zhao Ling, having just broken through to the Sea Transformation Realm, had weak willpower. Once he used it, he would lose all rationality and fight to the death.

Zhao Tianlei had taught Zhao Ling this technique as a trump card for life-and-death situations.

But now, in his rage and shock, Zhao Ling had used it directly.

Once this technique was used, it meant a fight to the death!

"Patriarch!"

As the referee, Su Baihu immediately looked towards the stands, seeking Su Baichen's decision on whether to intervene.

Su Baichen frowned, pondered briefly, and then shook his head.

"Brother!"

Zhao Qing, seeing Zhao Ling's complete madness, was also anxious, "Lord Long Yuan, please intervene, stop my brother."

Long Yuan, a powerful figure in the Faction of Retainers who had reached the peak of the Sea Transformation Realm, was in charge after Zhao Tianlei went to Tianshui City.

"Don't rush."

Long Yuan waved his hand, speaking in a deep voice, "The Frenzied Demon Blade, though it has severe side effects, will only put your brother in bed for half a month, but it won't affect his life or future prospects significantly."

"And in the current situation, your brother can only compete with Su Xin by using the Frenzied Demon Blade, giving him a chance to seize the Sword Command Token. If I intervene now, your brother will lose."

Hearing this, Zhao Qing could only remain silent.

"Die! Die!"

"They all must die!"

Having used the Frenzied Demon Blade, Zhao Ling had lost all reason, becoming a mad demon, but his aura surged.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

As Zhao Ling moved, he resembled a living beast, charging at Su Xin with suffocating pressure.

Yet, seeing this, a smile appeared on Su Xin's lips, "Finally pushed to this point?"

"Then it's time to end this!"

On the battlefield, Su Xin gripped his long sword tightly and suddenly closed his eyes.

In just an instant, his eyes opened again, and this time, a terrifying killing intent erupted.

Whoosh!

Su Xin swung his sword.

It looked like an ordinary strike.

But at the moment the sword light appeared...

Boom!

The entire world seemed to darken, with only this sword light shining brightly.

It was the only light in the darkness.

"This strike!"

In the stands, Su Baichen, who had been sitting calmly, suddenly had an unprecedented gleam in his eyes.

"That is!"

Yuan Qing, the knowledgeable manager of the Crimson Dragon Tower, stood up in shock at the sight of the sword light.

These two Void Shattering Realm experts present recognized the strike.

Even those who didn't recognize it could sense the immense terror contained within Su Xin's strike!

"Not good!"

Long Yuan, who had hoped Zhao Ling could compete with Su Xin using the Frenzied Demon Blade, now had a drastic change in expression, his figure swiftly rushing into the battlefield.

"Su Xin, stop!"

Su Baihu also panicked, sensing the terrifying killing intent from Su Xin, and immediately moved to stop him.

However... it was too late.

Swish!

The cold sword edge swept across Zhao Ling's neck, and a head flew into the air.

Zhao Ling's eyes remained blood-red, filled with unprecedented madness, and his body continued to charge forward with the battle blade.

But soon, the head fell, and his body collapsed to the ground.

"A retainer who betrays his master!"

"And even dares to covet the master's authority!"

"Such a person deserves to die!"

Su Xin's cold voice echoed in the training ground.

Zhao Tianlei's eldest son, the Faction of Retainers' top young genius, who had broken through to the Sea Transformation Realm and sought to seize the Su Family Sword Command Token, Zhao Ling... was dead!