Chapter 5849
“Ling Shuang, Senior, step back and protect yourselves. I’ll break this formation.”
Kai slowly drew his Dragon-Slaying Sword.
The sword was ancient and unadorned, but the moment it was drawn, a sharp sword intent that severed cause and effect and annihilated all laws soared into the sky, even diluting some of the killing intent emanating from the “Northern Darkness Profound Ice Immortal Slaughtering Formation”!
The central divine general’s pupils constricted slightly; he sensed the extraordinary nature of the sword.
“Kill!”
But he had absolute confidence in his battle formation and issued the attack order without hesitation.
“Xuanwu Suppresses the World—Freeze the World!”
The Xuanwu in the formation’s illusory image roared to the sky, spitting out a beam of icy blue light with a diameter of over ten zhang!
Wherever the beam passed, space was frozen into solid ice crystal paths, carrying terrifying power to freeze all things and crush everything, heading straight for Kai!
The power of this attack had reached the level of the eighth rank of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!
Kai neither dodged nor evaded, gripping the sword with both hands and holding it upright in front of him.
He closed his eyes, his mind becoming one with the Dragon-Slaying Sword.
The chaotic immortal power within his body surged, and the chaotic fire lotus and true dragon blood in his dantian erupted simultaneously, the immense power flowing through his meridians into the sword.
The Dragon-Slaying Sword emitted an excited hum, fine dragon scale patterns appearing on its blade, and an ancient, vast, terrifying sword intent capable of annihilating everything began to coalesce.
Kai suddenly opened his eyes, golden light bursting forth from them like a tangible force!
“Dragon-Slaying Sword Technique, Third Form—Severing the Sky!”
He gripped the sword with both hands and slashed diagonally upwards!
There was no dazzling sword light, no deafening sound.
Only a slender, almost transparent gray sword thread silently extended from the tip of the sword.
That sword thread looked so fragile, as if it would break at the slightest touch.
However, the instant it touched the ten-zhang-diameter ice-blue pillar of light—
“Sizzle!”
Like a hot knife through butter.
The terrifying pillar of light, containing the power of an eighth-grade Celestial Immortal’s strike, was easily and smoothly cleaved in two by the gray sword thread!
The two halves of the pillar grazed Kai’s sides, striking the ice behind him and blasting two bottomless craters, yet failing to harm him in the slightest.
The sword thread continued its momentum, drifting lightly towards the enormous array phantom.
“Not good! Defend with all your might!” The central Divine General’s expression changed drastically, and he roared fiercely.
One hundred and fifty Divine Warriors frantically activated their immortal power, causing the array’s light to surge to its peak, and the Xuanwu phantom to solidify as if real, radiating an indestructible aura.
The gray sword thread landed on the Xuanwu phantom’s tortoise shell.
Time seemed to freeze for a moment.
The next instant.
“Crack…”
A soft yet clear cracking sound rang out.
Centered on the point where the sword thread landed, countless fine cracks instantly spread throughout the entire Xuanwu phantom!
Cracks rapidly spread to the 150 divine warriors below, their ice-blue heavy armor, their ice crystal halberds, and even their bodies, all began to crack!
“No—!!!”
The central divine general roared in despair.
“Boom—!!!”
The massive Xuanwu phantom, along with the 150 divine warriors below, collapsed and shattered like a toppled stack of blocks!
It transformed into countless ice-blue specks of light and blood mist, scattering across the pristine ice plain.
One sword strike, shattering the battle formation!
Kai stood holding his sword, slightly panting. This single strike had consumed nearly 30% of his immortal power. But the effect was awe-inspiring.
The anti-air domain, having lost its maintainer, began to fluctuate violently. The pale blue light membrane flickered, finally bursting and dissipating with a “pop,” like a bubble.
The hundredfold gravity also vanished.
Crimson Cloud Demon Lord and Ling Shuang stared speechlessly at the devastated battlefield before them, and at Kai, who stood with his sword, seemingly both god and demon.
“Let’s go. We should be close to the Blood Soul Cold Pool area soon,”
Kai said, sheathing his sword, his expression calm as ever, as if his earth-shattering strike had been merely a casual gesture.
The three stepped across the blood-stained, rapidly freezing ice surface and continued forward.
Behind them lay only shattered armor, weapons, and frozen crimson ice crystals, silently testifying to the destruction of the divine battle formation.
Less than an hour after Kai shattered the “Northern Dark Ice Immortal Slaughtering Formation” with a single sword strike, an unprecedentedly terrifying pressure, like the awakening of a slumbering ancient beast, erupted from the depths of the ice field and approached at an astonishing speed!
This pressure was so intense that Crimson Cloud Demon Lord and Ling Shuang instantly found it difficult to breathe, their souls trembling, as if an iceberg were pressing down on their hearts.
Even the howling wind and snow around them froze and fell silent under this oppressive force.
Kai stopped, turned around, and looked in the direction from which the pressure came, his eyes revealing a solemn expression for the first time.
The newcomer was very strong!
Far surpassing everyone he had intercepted before, even a level stronger than the previous seventh-grade Heavenly Immortal Battle Formation General!
“Heavenly Immortal Realm… peak eighth grade! Moreover, his aura is condensed and profound, his foundation is solid, he is definitely not a superficial person who has been forcibly enhanced by drugs or secret techniques.”
Kai quickly judged in his mind.
A few breaths later, a streak of icy blue light streaked across the sky and landed a hundred feet in front of Kai.
The light dissipated, revealing the figure within.
It was a middle-aged man who looked to be about forty years old, with a face as resolute as if carved by a knife, eyes as deep as cold pools, and a deep blue ice crystal divine mark between his brows that was more complex and dazzling than any of the gods he had seen before.
He wore a simple ice-blue robe, without armor, yet the chill emanating from him subtly distorted the surrounding space.
In his hand lay an ancient, crystalline longsword, seemingly carved from ice crystals. The blade was blunt, yet it radiated an extreme cold that stung even the soul.
“I am Han Yu, the third divine general of the Northern Underworld Palace,”
the middle-aged man spoke, his voice low but clear, carrying a condescending scrutiny. “So it was you who breached my clan’s defenses and killed hundreds of my soldiers?”
His gaze fell on Kai, scrutinizing him before revealing a hint of surprise: “First-grade Celestial Immortal? No… your aura is peculiar, primordial chaos, with a hint of dragon’s might… I have never seen the cultivation technique you practice before.”
Kai calmly met his gaze: “Step aside. I only seek medicine to save lives; I do not wish to commit further bloodshed.”
“Slaughter?”
The Cold Prison God General’s lips curled into a cold smile. “In the eyes of my divine race, you outsiders are nothing but ants and weeds.”
“Crushing a few ants counts as slaughter? Hand over the sword you carry, seal your cultivation, and return with me to the Northern Underworld Palace to await judgment, and perhaps I may spare the lives of the two behind you. Otherwise…”
He gently trembled his ice crystal sword, and where the tip pointed, thick ice instantly froze on the ground, rapidly spreading towards Kai and the other two!
“Otherwise, this place will be your burial ground!”
As his words fell, the Cold Prison God General’s aura exploded!
“Buzz—!”
Centered on him, the world within a thousand feet suddenly changed color!
No longer howling winds and snow, it transformed into an absolutely silent, absolutely cold world of ice and snow!
What fell from the sky was no longer snowflakes, but countless thin, sharp-edged ice blades!
Countless ferocious ice spikes grew from the ground, like fangs ready to devour their prey!
Domain!
The power that only high-level Celestial Immortal cultivators can initially grasp—the Frost Domain!
Within this domain, the Frost Prison General is the absolute ruler!
He can freely manipulate all ice-based powers within, greatly weakening his opponents and amplifying his own strength. This is a qualitative difference, far beyond what ordinary formations or battle arrays can match.
Crimson Cloud Demon Lord and Ling Shuang’s faces turned deathly pale. They felt their immortal power circulating within their bodies become incredibly difficult, their blood was about to freeze, and even their thoughts seemed to become sluggish.
Within this domain, they probably couldn’t even withstand a single move from the Frost Prison General!
Kai frowned slightly.
The opponent’s domain was already quite perfect, and its power should not be underestimated.
Most importantly, he didn’t want Crimson Cloud Demon Lord and Ling Shuang to be affected.
“You two retreat to the edge of the domain and protect yourselves,”
Kai transmitted to the two, and at the same time, he took a step forward, voluntarily entering the core of the Frost Prison General’s domain.
“Seeking death!”
A cold light flashed in the Frost Prison General’s eyes, and he slashed through the air with his ice crystal longsword!
Within the domain, countless ice blades instantly changed direction, shooting towards Kai like a torrential rain!
At the same time, ice spikes on the ground grew wildly, piercing him from all directions!
Each ice blade and each ice spike contained the power of the freezing law, enough to easily pierce the defense of an eighth-grade Celestial Immortal!
Facing this overwhelming attack, Kai neither dodged nor evaded.
He simply slowly raised his right hand, palm facing upward.
“Your domain is not bad, but unfortunately, you’ve met me.”
“Chaotic Immortal Domain—Open!”
“Boom—!!!”
An indescribable, all-encompassing, and supremely vast aura erupted from Kai’s body!
Centered on him, within a radius of eight hundred feet, the ice blades, ice spikes, and extreme cold, as if encountering their nemesis, rapidly melted and retreated! In their
place was a hazy, gray scene, resembling the chaotic scene at the beginning of the world!
Within this chaotic realm, there were no Five Elements, no Yin and Yang, no light or darkness, only the most primordial and fundamental chaotic energy flowing.
Unlike the Frost Domain, it didn’t possess strong offensive or overt suppressive power, but it had a characteristic of “assimilation” and “negation” of everything.
When the Frost Prison General’s ice blades and spikes entered the chaotic realm, they quickly lost their original form and legal characteristics, transforming into basic ice-type spiritual energy, which was then devoured and assimilated by the chaotic energy, becoming part of the chaotic realm’s nourishment!
“This… what kind of domain is this?!”
The Frost Prison General’s pupils suddenly contracted, his face showing disbelief for the first time. He had never seen such a bizarre and powerful domain!
His Frost Domain, in the face of the opponent’s domain, was like ice meeting boiling water, rapidly melting and retreating!
“Impossible! Freeze it!”
The Frost Prison General roared, fully activating his domain, the ice crystal divine pattern between his brows erupting with dazzling light, attempting to suppress it.
Kai’s expression remained unchanged, a thought flashing through his mind.
In the center of the chaotic domain, the illusory chaotic fire lotus appeared, slowly rotating.
At the center of the lotus, a wisp of dark golden dragon-shaped flame rose.
“Chaotic Dragon Flame, Burn!”
“Roar—!”
Amidst the faint roar of a dragon, the dark golden flame swept out, causing the temperature within the chaotic domain to drop instead of rise—a terrifyingly high temperature capable of burning even the laws themselves!
The flame clashed violently with the Frost Prison General’s icy domain, producing a hissing sound. Large swathes of ice-based laws were directly evaporated and incinerated!
The Frost Prison General groaned, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. His domain had been forcibly burned and eroded, and he suffered a backlash!
“What kind of monster are you?!”
he cried out in shock and rage, no longer daring to hold back. “Ice God Bloodline—Awaken!”
“Roar!”
He roared to the sky, the ice crystal divine pattern between his brows igniting completely, transforming into a blue pillar of light that shot into the heavens!
His body began to swell, fine, icy-blue scales appearing on his skin. His eyes turned a pure icy blue, and his aura surged wildly, instantly breaking through the eighth rank of the Celestial Immortal Realm and approaching the ninth rank!
This was a forbidden bloodline technique of the Northern Underworld God Clan, capable of briefly awakening the ancient Ice God bloodline within one’s body, granting power far exceeding one’s own realm!
However, the price was immense, leaving one in a prolonged period of weakness afterward.
“Ice God Slash—Eternal Frozen Sorrow!”
The Frost Prison God General gripped his sword with both hands, raising it high above his head. The ice crystal sword instantly expanded to a hundred feet in size, countless ancient divine runes appearing on its blade, radiating a terrifying aura that could freeze time and space and end everything!
This sword strike had already touched upon a trace of the “Dao,” its power enough to threaten a ninth-rank Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator!
He faced Kai, pouring all his strength into a single strike!
The hundred-foot-long ice crystal giant sword tore through the chaotic domain, carrying a blue light that froze all things, and cleaved down!
Before the sword even arrived, the ice field below had already been crushed, creating a huge fan-shaped crater!
Kai looked up at the earth-shattering sword strike, his eyes calm and undisturbed.
He slowly raised the Dragon-Slaying Sword, its tip pointing towards the heavens.
Within his body, Chaotic Immortal Power, Chaotic Fire Lotus, True Dragon Blood, and a trace of the Chaotic Law’s true meaning, which he had only recently comprehended, were all poured into the sword without reservation!
The Dragon-Slaying Sword emitted an unprecedented hum, and the dragon scale patterns on its blade seemed to come alive. A blurry chaotic dragon shadow coiled around the sword, roaring towards the sky!