Divine King of Honour

Chapter 1978: Taicang Sword Formation

"First match of the ranking battle: Ice Snow Mountain versus Wuwan Valley. The winner will face Tianhe Peak." the Daluo God elder announced.

No one had any objection to this arrangement.

After all, Tianhe Peak was the champion last time, so getting a bye this round was only natural.

Xu Nian and Lu Qiuyue had no objections either.

At this moment, they were both staring at each other, eyes brimming with battle intent.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, I didn’t expect that you and I would eventually cross swords." Lu Qiuyue’s fighting spirit surged.

She had completely seen through Xu Nian’s strength with her own eyes.

You could say that, facing Xu Nian’s sword edge, she also wanted to see whether she could take it.

Xu Nian smiled. "Being able to fight Lu Divine is indeed my honor, but once we really cross hands, I won’t be holding back."

"Naturally. Likewise, I won’t be holding back either." Lu Qiuyue’s gaze burned hot.

This was the first time she had revealed such an intense will to fight.

Perhaps it was because Xu Nian hadn’t been this strong before; now that he had grown so quickly, he had stirred Lu Qiuyue’s desire for battle.

"Alright, you two enter the Sealing Heaven Map." After speaking, the elder activated the Sealing Heaven Map, drawing Xu Nian and Lu Qiuyue into the world within the map.

Xu Nian and Lu Qiuyue stood facing each other.

The Divine Sword in Lu Qiuyue’s hand was precisely the one Xu Nian had forged for her.

Xu Nian was not polite either and directly summoned his Godhood Weapon.

Facing Lu Qiuyue, he truly had to go all out.

Otherwise, he might not be her match.

"Offense, then!" Lu Qiuyue gave a soft shout.

With that, her figure flickered, and her graceful body appeared right in front of Xu Nian.

The Daluo God Sword in her hand slashed directly toward Xu Nian.

A terrifying chill swept out in an instant, making Xu Nian involuntarily shiver.

"So fast!"

Xu Nian hurriedly swung his sword to block.

"Clang!"

Lu Qiuyue’s Daluo God Weapon collided with Xu Nian’s Godhood Weapon, releasing a dazzling sound.

Fortunately, this Daluo God Weapon was bolstered by Lu Qiuyue’s God Power and Heavenly Dao Power; otherwise, just this one clash might have directly ruined the Daluo God Weapon.

Having failed with one strike, Lu Qiuyue’s figure vanished in an instant.

When she appeared again, she was already behind Xu Nian, unleashing another swift and fierce sword.

Xu Nian immediately responded.

Dozens of successive strikes followed, with Lu Qiuyue’s figure shifting without pause.

Her sword speed grew faster and faster.

Xu Nian kept blocking blow after blow, and in the end even had to use the Nine Shadows Golden Light Body Technique to cope with her attacks.

This made Xu Nian greatly surprised by Lu Qiuyue’s combat strength.

Likewise, Lu Qiuyue was extremely surprised by Xu Nian’s strength.

Because Xu Nian was actually able to receive every one of her attacks without missing a single strike.

"Boom!"

A thunderous bang rang out.

After exchanging several hundred moves, the two once again pulled apart.

The surrounding people in the great hall watched their battle, but to them it had all happened in just an instant.

And this kind of battle left everyone utterly stunned.

"Both of them are incredibly strong. At such a speed, I can barely follow their fight." a God-level Expert in the hall said.

"They really are strong. No wonder they could make the top three—especially this Xu Nian. He’s only at Mid-level God, it’s simply unbelievable." someone beside him sighed in amazement.

Everyone exclaimed repeatedly in astonishment.

Bai Li stood at the main seat, also somewhat taken aback.

Compared to his previous fights, Xu Nian’s strength had clearly increased by a great deal.

Such speed of improvement was truly something Bai Li had never seen in her life.

Xu Nian and Lu Qiuyue had no idea what was happening outside. At this moment, he had once again fallen into a life-and-death struggle with Lu Qiuyue.

This time he directly activated the Dark Gold Wings; every slash he unleashed was a blade of extremely sharp Sword Qi.

However, all of this Sword Qi was dodged by Lu Qiuyue relying on her formidable Body Skill and speed.

So Xu Nian’s attacks did not inflict any substantive damage on her.

Of course, Lu Qiuyue’s attacks likewise failed to injure Xu Nian.

Because Xu Nian’s Nine Shadows Golden Light Body Technique was also extremely formidable.

For a time, neither of them could defeat the other.

"Are they going to end in a draw?" someone asked doubtfully.

Everyone fell silent.

In their eyes, Xu Nian and Lu Qiuyue’s strength was indeed evenly matched.

If the two of them had no hidden trump cards, this battle would be very hard to break open.

Clearly, Xu Nian and Lu Qiuyue both realized this as well.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, continuing like this is meaningless. How about we decide the outcome with a single move?" Lu Qiuyue suddenly withdrew her hand and said to Xu Nian.

"Alright, I was thinking the same." Xu Nian laughed.

"Since that’s the case, let’s both bring out our true trump cards." Lu Qiuyue said.

As soon as she finished speaking, an extremely terrifying, icy-cold flame surged out from her body.

This icy chill was even more terrifying than her Power of Eighth Level Heaven.

"That’s the Ice Soul Cold Heart Flame? She actually mastered this kind of extreme-cold flame?" People outside the hall all showed expressions of shock.

Ice Soul Cold Heart Flame was something even Daluo God Level Experts had to fear.

Yet Lu Qiuyue actually possessed such a thing.

The several Daluo God Level Experts in the great hall were all astonished as well.

Even Bai Li revealed a trace of surprise on her face.

Although at her level she no longer feared this thing, she had suffered from it in the past.

So seeing a God-level Expert wield such power naturally surprised her.

Looking at the extreme-cold flame surging around Lu Qiuyue, Xu Nian’s face also flashed with a hint of astonishment.

So this was Lu Qiuyue’s true trump card?

Sure enough, from this terrifying flame he felt a powerful sense of danger.

But if she wanted to defeat him just like this, it wouldn’t be that easy.

"Buzz!"

The next moment, Xu Nian waved his hand, and nine Divine Swords appeared in front of him at once.

Those nine Divine Swords instantly formed a small Sword Array.

"Godhood Weapon... he actually has nine of them? And they form a Sword Array?"

The God-level Experts in the hall all stared wide-eyed.

Even Bai Li stood up in shock.

She had originally thought that Xu Nian having one Godhood Weapon was already the luck of a lifetime.

But she hadn’t expected Xu Nian to actually possess nine.

And they even formed a Sword Array.

A Sword Array formed by Divine Weapons? How terrifying would its power be?

Lu Qiuyue was also utterly stunned.

She hadn’t expected Xu Nian to still be hiding such a powerful trump card.

But right now she had only a single-minded battle intent; no matter how strong Xu Nian was, she would not back down.

She channeled the Ice Soul Cold Heart Flame into the sword in her hand and slashed out an incomparably terrifying Sword Radiance.

And after unleashing this strike, Lu Qiuyue’s aura instantly weakened greatly.

Seeing the Sword Radiance descending upon him, Xu Nian did not hesitate in the slightest.

He activated the Godhood Weapons to form the Taicang Sword Formation.

"Whoosh!"

The nine Godhood Swords turned into afterimages in an instant.

Their speed reached an incomparably terrifying level.

"Pfft!"

Nine streaks of Sword Radiance flashed and vanished; even many God-level Experts failed to see them clearly.

The Sword Radiance Lu Qiuyue had slashed out exploded directly in midair.

"This..."

The people all around froze at this scene.

A trace of shock also surfaced on Lu Qiuyue’s exquisitely beautiful face.

Nine sword marks of light appeared on her body at this moment.