Chapter 498: One Sword, Two Dragons Slain

Chapter 498: One Sword, Two Dragons Slain

This sword strike gathered almost all of Ji Xinghuo's strength.

Ever since the battle began, he had been brewing the Magnetic Pole Potential Slash within his body. Borrowing potential from the Star Realm's magnetic field, he had tested the waters with his punches, and even that had been enough to blast Jing Qin to pieces.

At this moment, the Magnetic Pole Potential Slash exploded with its full power.

Ji Xinghuo attached the potential energy to his Thunderous Chopping Blade, instantly consuming 50,000 star points. With the amplification of several abilities—electromagnetic polarization, overload, gigantification, and thunderous might—the blade light surged to over 200 meters in length, yet it remained extremely condensed as if it had substance.

Just the weight of the Thunderous Chopping Blade itself had increased by over 2,000 tons!

The blade light flashed like lightning, spanning the heavens and the earth.

The gigantic blade, shimmering with electric currents, slashed into the Void Prison. The first to bear its brunt was Xu Kun Tianlin. Under the might of the massive blade, his body seemed to be crushed by Mount Tai. In an instant, his multiple layers of physical, spiritual, and field defenses all collapsed.

Xu Kun Tianlin's vitality was extremely tenacious, able to continuously draw vitality from his Xu Kun Dragon, making him incredibly difficult to kill.

However, the damage from this strike far exceeded his upper limit of endurance.

Boom!

Xu Kun Tianlin was first cleaved in half and then exploded.

A large amount of aether crystals, items, weapons, equipment, and all sorts of miscellaneous things flew out from where he had been, as his dimensional stomach also collapsed upon his death.

Unfortunately, most of these items were reduced to ashes as they were swept up by the high-temperature currents accompanying the blade light.

In the next moment.

The blade light slashed towards Lei Mingke. She was still controlled by the Void Prison and unable to move, but her vision and thoughts were unaffected.

At this moment, she had completely lost her previous confidence and instead revealed a look of terror.

Lei Mingke recognized the Magnetic Pole Potential Slash, having participated in the auction for it the day before. But what truly terrified her was the ability Ji Xinghuo had just displayed. Ji Xinghuo, who had originally relied only on strength and speed, had just unleashed an electromagnetic field far more powerful than her own.

"Electromagnetic Overlord!"

"His control over electromagnetic fields has reached such a terrifying level. This is by no means an ordinary Electromagnetic Overlord."

"It must be an Eclipse Ability..."

Countless thoughts flashed through Lei Mingke's mind, but there was nothing she could do. She could only watch as the massive blade light descended upon her.

"Hold on!"

She screamed in terror in her mind.

At this moment, she could only pray that her "Light Condensing Crystal" would be able to withstand this strike. The "Light Ridge Lens" of Tianke, the Second Star of Revelation, released a light shield shaped like an oval eggshell, protecting her entire body.

Pa!

The light shield instantly collapsed, and the blade light solidly slashed Lei Mingke's head.

Her crystalline form had a hardness one order of magnitude higher than that of a diamond, and she also had a shape-shifting barrier outside her body, forming a double layer of protection.

The blade light encountered obstruction and hesitated slightly as it descended.

However, before Lei Mingke could feel relieved, the shape-shifting barrier shattered, followed by a thunderous explosion as if two extremely hard objects had collided. A tiny, hairline crack appeared on her forehead.

Lei Mingke's expression froze at this moment, filled with regret and unwillingness.

Coming from a small family, she had put in countless efforts and sweat, experienced countless battles, shed blood and tears, and finally reached the peak of the sixth-order. She had already challenged the Star Saints and was on the verge of a breakthrough. If things had gone as expected, she would have succeeded, but she had fallen at the very last step.

"I am the Lightning Wielder!"

"My attacks are stronger than my defense, my speed is fast, and I have so many abilities that I haven't displayed yet. How could I die..."

Lei Mingke screamed in despair in her mind, but to no avail.

Her crystal-clear body exploded like porcelain, shattering into countless fragments. The extremely high-pressure, high-temperature currents erupted, and the fragments were reduced to ashes as well.

As the blade light landed, the Void Prison also came to an end.

Rumbling...

Countless electric lights and energies were released, and the Thunderous Chopping Blade carved a gully hundreds of meters long into the ground, with the farthest reach extending to a thousand meters away and a depth of several tens of meters. Standing at the edge was like standing at the edge of a steep cliff.

Xu Kun Tianlin and Lei Mingke had both disappeared.

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Ji Xinghuo stood at one end of the gully, surprised by the effect of his sword strike.

"Even if I searched throughout the Star Realm Galaxy, I might not find a sixth-order anomaly that could withstand my Magnetic Pole Potential Slash."

"Not even myself!"

Immediately, a thought emerged in his mind that he couldn't suppress, "If it was a Star Saint that I slashed with this sword, I wonder if I could kill them?"

One by one, the images of Star Saints flashed through Ji Xinghuo's mind.

Xia Wei, Xu Lingke, Yun Huo Xiao, Queen Aying, Titanium Cobalt Yanluo, Sha Taiqi...

And those he had seen at the auction...

Ji Xinghuo couldn't make a judgment, but a surge of confidence was swelling and taking root. However, he wasn't impulsive enough to immediately find a Star Saint to test his sword. If he couldn't kill them, he would be seeking his own death.

He raised his sword and turned, flashing with a starry shift, several kilometers away, and slashed towards the Xu Kun Dragon that was entangled by the green rainbow.

After Xu Kun Tianlin was killed, the dragon master died, and this Xu Kun Dragon immediately suffered a heavy injury. It was about to escape into the void, but it was blocked by the green rainbow.

Ji Xinghuo shifted and fully activated the Xu Kun Giant and Gigantification with the amplification of the Ancestral Dragon Vein, causing his body to swell once again to a height of 15 meters, and the Thunderous Chopping Blade in his hand also grew to a length of 15 meters.

The blade light surged to hundreds of meters long, and another Magnetic Pole Potential Slash descended.

The sky trembled.

The 350-meter-long Xu Kun Dragon seemed slow in Ji Xinghuo's eyes. This strike was both fierce and precise, like the most skilled fish butcher, slicing it from head to tail in two.

A distant mournful roar echoed.

Thus, another Xu Kun dragon perished from the world.

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The two massive halves of the corpse fell towards the ground, but Ji Xinghuo paid them no heed. He once again performed a Star Realm Leap, appearing next to a Whale Dragon lying on the ground, badly wounded and struggling after being struck by the Green Rainbow.

With a swift slash of his blade, Ji Xinghuo ended the Whale Dragon's life and reaped its spiritual source energy.

The battlefield fell silent.

After unleashing three Magnetic Pole Potential Slashes in succession, consuming most of his star power, Ji Xinghuo's body returned to its normal size. He looked at the Thunderous Chopping Blade in his hand with great satisfaction.

This blade suited him perfectly.

Its only drawback was the immense star power consumption of the Magnetic Pole Potential Slash, but that was something he could overcome. Moreover, not every battle required the use of the Magnetic Pole Potential Slash; the Thunderous Chopping Blade alone was sufficient to deal with most enemies.

The Green Rainbow shrank to a length of five meters and appeared by his side, its body covered in wounds but still proud and eager for praise.

"Well done!"

Ji Xinghuo patted the Green Rainbow's head.

Then he got to work, flying to the edge of the massive gully on the ground. With his electromagnetic sensing ability, he scanned the area, and numerous items flew out, though most of them were damaged. The majority of the items were aether crystals.

A dragon crystal fell into his hand, and his eyes lit up as he saw its value—10,000! He quickly increased his collection pace.

There were over 40,000 undamaged aether crystals and more than 20 dragon crystals, each worth 10,000.

In total, there were 280,000.

These were only a small portion of what Xu Kun Tianlin carried, apparently to redeem the Azure Sky Ring. Unfortunately, most of them were reduced to ashes by the Magnetic Pole Potential Slash.

"Damn, I should've gone easier on them!"

Ji Xinghuo lamented his misfortune.

At the spot where Lei Mingke had been slain, he found three items: the peculiar crystal she had used, a ring that emitted flickering electricity, and a Dragon Ring of high quality.

He focused his Macrocosmic Divine Eye on the peculiar crystal, and information appeared.

"Light Ridge Lens of Tianke, the Second Star of Revelation!"

This was a piece of equipment specially designed for Crystal Light Servants, capable of amplifying light-based abilities and providing multiple powerful effects for both offense and defense. The ring, named "Current Seal," had lightning scratch marks on its surface and was a First Star of Revelation item, able to amplify electric damage and enhance several electric abilities.

The Dragon Ring was a standard treasure of the True Dragon Dynasty, and this particular one was a Second Star of Revelation, with a space capacity of 128 cubic meters.

It contained all of Lei Mingke's possessions, including over 100,000 aether crystals.

"Jackpot!"

Ji Xinghuo couldn't help but smile.

Indeed, fortune favors the bold. All the hard work of hunting monsters and selling exotic species paled in comparison to the riches gained from eliminating a top-tier King.

Whale Qin's Dragon Ring was also found, but his possessions were far less impressive. It seemed he had recently purchased two pieces of equipment—the trident and the armor he wore, both First Stars of Revelation, now destroyed by Ji Xinghuo.

Nonetheless, his Dragon Ring was still valuable.

There was also the Xu Kun Dragon's corpse.

It had already fallen to the ground, forming two massive mounds of flesh, with dragon blood splattering for several kilometers, creating several blood-red streams.

Extracting the exotic species from such a massive corpse was extremely challenging, but Ji Xinghuo had experience, and the Myriad Phenomenon Star Pupil interface also indicated the locations of the exotic species. The Rain Sword transformed into a blade and pierced the flesh, reaching the exotic species.

One by one, the exotic species flew out from the wound.

This Xu Kun Dragon was of the Shock grade, and it had more exotic species than the Hong-grade Xu Kun Dragon, but it did not possess the Void Prison.

Suddenly, Ji Xinghuo sensed something and looked towards East Emperor Island.

His shadow clone, which remained in the auction venue, noticed that Xia Wei had suddenly stood up from the VIP area and disappeared into the horizon as a fiery light.

The direction of her departure was none other than Pangling Island!

Almost simultaneously, a sense of danger arose in Ji Xinghuo's mind, initially not strong but rapidly intensifying like a needle prick to his brow.

He turned his head abruptly.

The Macrocosmic Divine Eye automatically locked onto the source of danger, but it wasn't Xia Wei. Instead, it was a direction further east of Pangling Island, tens of thousands of kilometers away, in the Sky Ruins Domain, the dragon domain of the Xu Kun Family. A terrifying shadow was traversing through the void.

Xu Kun Dragon!

This Xu Kun Dragon was over a kilometer long, and standing on its back was a young man with a handsome appearance and a formidable aura akin to an abyss.

Ji Xinghuo's pupils contracted as he recognized the individual.

It was the current Dragon King of the Xu Kun Family, the ruler of the Sky Ruins Domain—Xu Kun Ji Cai!

This Xu Kun Dragon King emerged from the void and began to perform Star Realm Leaps, but due to the vast distance, he couldn't rely solely on leaping to reach Pangling Island. Instead, he alternated between leaping and void traversal, which was still incredibly fast.

Meanwhile, Xia Wei was also rushing towards Pangling Island from East Emperor Island.

One from the east, one from the west.

Two Star Shepherds were heading his way, evidently having learned of the deaths of Xu Kun Tianlin and the Xu Kun Dragon.

"Let's go!"

Ji Xinghuo called out to the Green Rainbow, which shrank and landed on his body. There were still a few exotic species left in the Xu Kun Dragon's corpse, but he had no time to collect them all. He transformed into a bolt of lightning and shot towards the north like a speeding arrow.

(End of Chapter)

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