Chapter 932: Purifying the True Blade
Chapter 932: Purifying the True Blade
The ethereal light emitted from the entity briefly shone outward before it retreated inward, revealing to Chen Chuan a massive, face-like object with a bone-like exterior. Its surface was covered in intricate, uneven patterns, and its upper portion featured a deep, profound eye socket containing countless eyeballs that sent shivers down one's spine.
Numerous tendril-like branches extended from its shell, each ending in sharp, hook-like structures. Beneath it were slender, curved, multi-legged limbs, seemingly floating in mid-air, with countless tendrils swaying below.
A massive vortex-like cyclone loomed behind it, with strands of light extending from within. The entity's body was surrounded by distorted shadows, as if it were deeply merging with or eroding the surrounding environment, but the process seemed unstable, disappearing and reappearing intermittently.
Chen Chuan instantly recognized the situation: the entity's sudden entry into the material world had caused an unstable fusion between the two. What he witnessed was both real and a mirage.
This scenario differed from his previous encounters; the gap in the World Ring had already sealed, and the entity was under intense suppression from the World Ring. Even if it managed to briefly open a rift, it would require time to adapt and solidify its power before it could utilize its massive strength.
The thin membrane Chen Chuan had encountered earlier was likely a remnant, capable of sealing the entity within, allowing it to contain its power and maintain its existence without relying on attachments. Now, forcibly broken and exposed, the entity had no choice but to undergo this process.
The complete World Ring played a significant role in this situation.
However, this didn't mean the entity was easy to deal with, especially during the brief moment when the rift opened. It could draw immense support from the rift, and if not promptly addressed, it would become challenging to handle once it fully materialized.
The opportunity to act was fleeting.
Therefore...
Chen Chuan's mind shifted, and his Second Self merged with him. Simultaneously, the light and force field around his body abruptly expanded, and he unleashed the Great Radiant Light Style and Great Vast Sky Style to their utmost.
He leaped from his position, enveloped in a ball of light, and collided with the colossal entity.
As he approached, he observed the surrounding air filled with intricate, web-like patterns—a fusion of the entity's spirit and the material world. These patterns became denser the closer he got.
But they couldn't hinder his momentum. The radiant light around him swiftly dissolved these patterns, while the swirling force field propelled him forward relentlessly.
He forcefully broke through layer after layer of obstacles until he finally slammed into the entity's massive body. A flash of light followed by a deafening boom shook the lower space, revealing a gigantic hole in the entity's body.
However, the damage inflicted on the entity was minimal, and it struggled to solidify its fusion with this world, unable to exert its full power on Chen Chuan.
To Chen Chuan's surprise, when the radiant light around him came into contact with the entity, it ignited like flames on a flammable object, indicating the Pure Sect's secret teachings had a powerful purifying and restraining effect on the entity.
Despite this, due to the entity's immense size, even with a portion damaged, the remaining parts could continue the process. Once one area stabilized for a period, the entire body could follow suit, allowing the entity to harness its colossal power. Chen Chuan would then face an enemy far more formidable than he had anticipated.
It seemed that all the armed forces in the Central City would need to be mobilized, not just the Lower City District. The battle could potentially cause severe damage to the Central City itself.
Chen Chuan had to destroy it before that happened!
After breaking through one end, he maintained his airborne position, stomping in mid-air with a loud bang, and then turned back to collide with the entity again.
Previously, he could sustain this state for about ten breaths with his full power. But now, with his enhanced control over his strength, this duration almost doubled.
Even so, it wasn't entirely foolproof. If he misjudged the location or failed to keep up with the entity's solidification speed, his efforts might be in vain. He had to ensure that each strike landed on the most critical points.
After the third impact, the crimson scarf fluttered, pointing to a specific direction. Chen Chuan's eyes narrowed, and he charged towards that spot. The moment he pierced through the entity's body, he sensed the concentrated energy there.
With the Crimson Whisk's guidance, he no longer needed to search; he just had to keep charging towards those spots. Accelerating his attacks, beams of radiant light crisscrossed the entity's massive body, preventing it from stabilizing.
The entity's once-solid body, under Chen Chuan's relentless piercing and destruction, became riddled with holes, transforming from a solid form into scattered, flickering mist.
Even so, it remained stubbornly intact.
Chen Chuan realized there was a crucial consciousness persistently maintaining this, hidden within, unlike the stable points of those powers, which could not be easily discerned from the surface energy flow.
But there was still a way.
He took a deep breath, and the Heaven-Earth Furnace Breathing Technique also guided him. With this full-force activation, his body was enveloped in white-gold fog, which billowed upwards. In an instant, the light around him, like a great sun, expanded, instantly engulfing the massive body.
At that moment, he saw a tiny, sparkling point of light within the body.
As he caught sight of it, he leaped, raising the Snow Lady Saber high, and with his power following his breath to its peak, the surrounding light intensified, and he stood like a blazing sun. Then, with a mighty slash, he seemed to sever something, and a crisp cracking sound reached his ears.
After the strike, he fell swiftly, driven by the force field around him. This beam of light fell like thunder, and with a boom, a crater opened in the ground.
The massive body was torn in two by this strike, and this time, it couldn't reassemble. The rolling smoke, under the suppression of the World Ring, inevitably dispersed, eventually turning into countless grayish-white dust floating in the air.
The rift that had been forcefully torn open quickly closed, disappearing in a flash.
Chen Chuan felt that after the strike, something seemed to have been drawn into the Snow Lady Saber, and it trembled slightly, as if trying to escape. But he held the hilt firmly, and his energy and the saber connected, with spiritual fire continuously pouring into it.
After about a minute or two, the blade finally calmed down.
He raised his head, looked around, and the lingering Ethereal Flame nearby soon extinguished, leaving only the numerous craters on the ground. The area where the battle took place was completely devastated.
Fortunately, when he had thrown this entity away earlier, he had deliberately aimed it at an uninhabited area. Otherwise, there would have likely been casualties among the people behind.
In the 619th chapter, there was not a single mistake in the version!
Without that entity, the members of the rear action team regained consciousness from their dazed state and saw Chen Chuan standing with the saber in front of them. The massive entity had collapsed before him, finally turning into countless dancing fragments, a scene that left them in awe.
Lan Shengu struggled to stand up, slightly more lucid. He saw the fallen entity and then looked at Chen Chuan, letting out a long sigh of relief. Suddenly feeling exhausted, he lay back down, spreading his arms and legs, and muttered, "I'm not taking on jobs like this anymore."
Yuan Qiuyuan supported himself with a stick and sincerely said, "Captain, you're truly remarkable." Qin Qingque nodded in strong agreement.
Xu Chan, seeing the surrounding situation, relaxed a little. He took off his hat, brushed off the dust on it, and then walked forward to Chen Chuan. "Director Chen?"
"I'm fine," Chen Chuan said, glancing at the long-haired man lying in the distance. "There's one more thing I need to handle here. Old Xu, take care of the last stronghold up ahead."
"Yes, sir!" Xu Chan saluted respectfully and then turned to leave, reorganizing the team.
Chen Chuan walked towards the long-haired man. The Demon Deity within this man's body, although not captured by that entity, had been greatly diminished by the Great Radiant Light Style's radiance. Not only had the entity's hand disappeared, but the Demon Deity had also been mostly dissolved, with only a tiny portion remaining.
He could sense that this entity might also be something the Snow Lady Saber favored. But apparently, the saber was already satiated, so upon sensing his consciousness, it only moved slightly, showing no further reaction.
So, he sheathed the saber and pulled it from the ground, approaching the long-haired man, who was now unconscious with his eyes rolled back.
After observing him for a while, Chen Chuan nodded. This was indeed the person who had tried to initiate the large-scale Secret Rite in Yangzhi City.
At that time, this person had disguised himself as an ordinary passenger, hiding in the trains instead of the hot air balloon everyone had assumed, and eventually escaped using that disguise.
There had been no news of him since then, and he had unexpectedly come to Central City and even participated in setting up the Secret Rite in the Lower City District.
Chen Chuan pressed the World Token and tried to contact the higher-ups. After a while, the other side answered, and Qi Weizhao's voice came through, "Director Chen? How's the situation?"
"The entity was indeed hiding in the Lower City District, and it's been dealt with... Yes, there are no casualties at the moment, and we're in the final cleanup stage," Chen Chuan said, turning to look at the team members rushing towards the hive-shaped structure. "This operation will be over soon."
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(End of Chapter)
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