Chapter Fifty-Two: Unleashing Great Divine Might

Inside the Main Hall of Bones at the Black Fiend Sect headquarters, Mo Tianxing was standing atop a mysterious formation, appearing to be summoning something.

"Sect Master, that bastard Qin Feng, a remnant of the Heavenly Sword Manor, has come seeking his own death. The three Grand Protectors have already set out to encircle and suppress those two little wretches," the black-robed elder on the left reported with a bow, his voice laced with flattery.

"Oh? I didn't expect that Qin Feng to deliver himself to his doom! It saves me the trouble of hunting him down."

Mo Tianxing abruptly raised his head, a murderous aura surging violently in his eyes. "There is no time like the present. Dispatch the three Grand Protectors to engage him."

"Tell the protectors to leave Qin Feng's corpse intact; I want to personally extract his sword bone!"

"Understood!" the black-robed elder acknowledged flatteringly.

Mo Tianxing let out a cold chuckle and drew a fist-sized crystal from his robes.

The crystal was dark gold in color, with sword shadows seemingly swimming within its depths, yet it was tightly enveloped by a thick layer of baleful miasma.

This object was none other than the supreme treasure snatched from the Heavenly Sword Manor back then—the Immortal-Slaying Sword Soul.

A fanatical gleam flashed in his eyes. "This is the key to opening the 'Gate of the Blood Prison'! Legend has it that the ancient 'Blood Prison Sword Demon' is suppressed behind this gate. As long as we use the sword soul as a conduit and sacrifice the souls of ten thousand cultivators, he can be summoned into this world!"

He abruptly clenched the Immortal-Slaying Sword Soul, causing the crystal to emit a cracking sound under the unbearable pressure.

"Once the 'Blood Prison Sword Demon' is summoned, let alone the Eastern Region, the entire Great Qian Dynasty will have to grovel at the feet of the Black Fiend Sect! That Sword Demon is a terrifying deity of the Mahayana stage; any faction would think twice before crossing him!"

The black-robed elder gasped sharply. "No wonder the Sect Master has collected so many cultivators' primordial spirits over the past year..."

"I shall open the Gate of the Blood Prison first. You all bring his Heaven-Shattering Sword Bone to me as a sacrifice; perhaps it will make Lord Sword Demon even more satisfied."

"Understood!" The black-robed elder acknowledged the order and withdrew.

Outside the Black Fiend Sect headquarters, blood-red miasma churned like ink.

The Array-Breaking Sword in Qin Feng's hand flickered with dark golden light, the array-breaking runes along the sword's spine slithering in the sunlight like living creatures.

He was wreathed in the majestic spiritual power of the Ninth Layer of the Void Return stage. Merely standing there caused the surrounding air to tremble faintly.

Three angry shouts erupted as three black shadows darted out from both sides of the Hall of Bones. They were none other than the three Grand Protectors of the Black Fiend Sect.

Luo Ningshuang stood by his side, lowering her voice to say, "Junior Brother, be careful. These three have already reached the Integration stage."

"Rest assured, Senior Sister, I have my own methods."

"The deep blood debt of the Heavenly Sword Manor shall be partially repaid today!" Qin Feng gently stroked the sword's spine with his fingertips, a chilling murderous intent flashing in the depths of his eyes.

The Blood Slaughter Protector on the far left wielded a pair of blood-stained giant axes, the spiritual power of the Seventh Layer of the Integration stage coagulating into dark red malevolence upon the axe blades.

"So it's you, that little wretch Qin Feng, a remnant of the Heavenly Sword Manor! An ant at the Ninth Layer of the Void Return stage dares to storm my Black Fiend Sect—you must truly have a death wish!"

"Back then, that old bastard your father had his primordial spirit shattered by this very axe of mine! Today, I shall reunite you father and son, and let you taste the feeling of an axe blade piercing your brain!"

"This poisonous fog was refined using a hundred exotic poisons for forty-nine days. A mere touch rots skin and corrupts flesh, penetrating the marrow in three breaths and shattering the primordial spirit in five! Today, let my Bone-Corroding Poisonous Fog cleanse you of those cheap bones! Hehehehehe."

The Poison Shadow Protector in the center brandished a pitch-black soft whip. The spiritual power of the Eighth Layer of the Integration stage caused the whip to coil with ink-green poisonous mist, wherever it passed, vegetation withering instantly.

"This array was smelted from the remains of nine hundred and ninety-nine cultivators. Once trapped, your divine soul will be devoured by ten thousand bones, never to attain reincarnation!"

"Those female dependents of your Heavenly Sword Manor cried out in agony within this very array for seven days and seven nights before drawing their last breath. You should enjoy it just as well!"

The Bone Prison Protector on the right formed hand seals with both hands, the spiritual power of the Eighth Layer of the Integration stage condensing behind him into the phantom of a white bone prison, glowing runes radiating a gloomy aura.

A cold sneer tugged at the corner of Qin Feng's mouth as the Array-Breaking Sword suddenly cleared its scabbard, its sword cry piercing through clouds and shattering stone.

"Blood debts must be paid in blood! Today, the three hundred and seventy-three wronged souls of the Heavenly Sword Manor shall use the three of you to sacrifice to our swords first!"

Instead of retreating, he advanced, his figure darting like a ghost toward the Blood Slaughter Protector. The spiritual power of the Ninth Layer of the Void Return stage poured unreservedly into the Array-Breaking Sword, causing the array-breaking runes along its spine to blaze with blinding brilliance: "Array Breaking: Rifting the Firmament!"

As the four words fell, a purple-golden sword qi surged like a mad dragon emerging from the sea, actually tearing apart the blood-red miasma overhead as a beam of heavenly light poured down along with the sword qi!

The very instant the Blood Slaughter Protector raised his axes to parry, the two giant axes shattered like porcelain, and the residual momentum of the sword qi pierced straight through the center of his brows!

"Pfft!"

The Blood Slaughter Protector, at the Seventh Layer of the Integration stage, collapsed rigidly without even managing a scream, his primordial spirit instantly turning into wisps of blue smoke.

"Hiss—a single sword strike to instantly kill someone at the Seventh Layer of the Integration stage?!"

The scouts outside the mountain were frightened out of their wits. "That Blood Slaughter was a veteran cultivator of the Black Fiend Sect famed for many years. Back then, relying on his pair of Earth-grade superior 'Blood-Drinking Axes,' he went toe-to-toe against three Integration-stage experts joining forces."

"Today he was pierced through the heart with a single sword? This 'Rifting the Firmament' sword technique is simply too monstrous; even Earth-grade magical treasures are like paper in front of it!"

Seeing this, the Poison Shadow Protector's eyes split with rage. The soft whip lashed toward Qin Feng's neck carrying poisonous mist, the spiritual power of the Eighth Layer of the Integration stage causing the mist to condense into a giant net: "Little wretch, pay with your life!"

That ink-green poison net constantly writhed in mid-air, viscous poison dripping from its meshes, corroding deep pits into the ground wherever it passed.

Grinning hideously, she drove her spiritual power, causing the poison net to tighten instantly, intending to wrap Qin Feng like a zongzi and slowly dissolve him within the toxic miasma.

"Insignificant tricks." Qin Feng whirled and swept his sword, the Array-Breaking Sword carving a brilliant arc as the array-breaking runes on its spine lit up: "Array Breaking: Exorcising Evil!"

The instant the purple-golden sword qi collided with the poisonous mist net, that ink-green miasma melted like snow meeting the sun, and the sword qi slashed straight into the middle section of the soft whip.

With a crisp "crack," the whip shattered, and the residual sword qi pierced through the heart of the Poison Shadow Protector.

The protective spiritual power of the Eighth Layer of the Integration stage didn't even last a single breath under the Array-Breaking Sword!

"How is it possible... How could you possibly be this strong?" The Poison Shadow Protector widened her eyes, filled with utter disbelief.

The moment Qin Feng sheathed his sword, her body crashed heavily to the ground, her primordial spirit thoroughly pulverized by the sword qi.

"Such meager skills, and you dare to show off your clumsiness before me?"

Qin Feng cast an icy glance at the corpse.

Seeing his two companions slaughtered so miserably, the Bone Prison Protector was terrified out of his wits and spun around to flee.

He hurriedly formed hand seals to trigger the bone prison phantom to cover his retreat.

"Trying to run?" Qin Feng's gaze hardened as the Array-Breaking Sword cleared its scabbard once more. The array-breaking runes on its spine resonated with the Heaven-Shattering Sword Bone within his body, condensing the phantom of a giant sword in mid-air.

"Array Breaking: Shattering the Prison!"

The moment the giant sword phantom descended, the Bone Prison Protector's prison phantom exploded like glass, along with his physical body being cleaved cleanly in two! The spiritual power of the Eighth Layer of the Integration stage was as fragile as tissue paper under this single sword strike.

"Good heavens! Another instant kill with one sword! An Integration-stage expert killed just like that?!"

The rogue cultivators outside the mountain were completely driven wild.

"This 'Shattering the Prison' sword technique obliterates both the formation and the physical body simultaneously; it's simply too terrifying!"

"That Qin Feng's aura is at the Ninth Layer of the Void Return stage! How can he instantly kill Integration-stage cultivators? Cross-realm challenges are as easy as drinking water for him!!"

"I heard he entered the fold of the Mysterious Heaven Sect a year ago; no wonder his progress is so rapid! That's a super sect capable of obliterating even the Purple Firmament Sacred Land. With backing like that, it's no wonder he can kill a few Integration-stage protectors, let alone uproot the Black Fiend Sect!"

"True, and I've also heard that every disciple recruited by the Mysterious Heaven Sect is an astonishing prodigy!"

"More than that! During that recruitment, there were thirty-seven people alone with an aptitude of tier six or higher, all prime saplings expected to reach the Deity Transformation stage!" another cultivator chimed in, stepping closer.

Down in the plaza, the surviving disciples of the Black Fiend Sect had long since collapsed weakly to the ground, their trouser legs stained damp.

Protectors at the seventh and eighth layers of the Integration stage were killed in an instant! They didn't even have a chance to retaliate under Qin Feng's sword!

Clutching the Array-Breaking Sword, Qin Feng gazed toward the Hall of Bones, thinking to himself,

"Mo Tianxing, next, it's your turn!"

Luo Ningshuang stepped forward, looking at the corpses strewn everywhere as astonishment flashed in her eyes: "Junior Brother's three techniques—'Rifting the Firmament,' 'Exorcising Evil,' and 'Shattering the Prison'—are each overbearing and slay enemies with every stroke. Truly worthy of the might of the Array-Breaking Sword."

Qin Feng nodded slightly, the Array-Breaking Sword emitting a clear, resonant hum as if responding to his fighting spirit.