Chapter 153: My Half-Zhang Sword Can Split the Sky
No one on the scene dared to speak. They all stared at Chen Xia in horror and didn't even dare to run away, for they were afraid of getting an even harsher beating.
The old man in golden armor climbed out of the deep pit, looking rather狼狈. He stared blankly at Chen Xia, his eyes full of doubt as he muttered to himself.
"It's impossible. I'm at the sixth level of the Overturning Sea Realm. How could this be?"
The figure with a soft and feminine voice also emerged at the same time. Their eyes met, and then they both looked at Chen Xia and asked with a frown.
"You... you're not a weapon spirit?"
"It doesn't matter. You can think of me as whatever you like. Anyway, there's no way you'll be able to leave here on your feet today."
"You can even think of me as a Great Emperor. After all, it's not shameful to lose to a Great Emperor."
Chen Xia nodded calmly and rolled up the sleeves of his green shirt a little, looking like he was ready for a fight.
"Wait!" The old man in golden armor hurriedly shouted to stop. "The territory of the Vast Heaven Sword Sea is right ahead. If you really start a fight and attract the elders of the Vast Heaven Sword Sea, no matter who you actually are, I'm afraid you won't have an easy time!"
"Do I need to alert the Vast Heaven Sword Sea just to deal with you?" Chen Xia raised a smile and then asked, "Are you overestimating yourselves too much?"
"I'm a great cultivator at the sixth level of the Overturning Sea Realm. If I'm really fighting for my life, there are no taboos. You can't defeat me easily!" The old man in golden armor shouted again, full of confidence.
"I'm also at the Overturning Sea Realm." Chen Xia stretched out one hand, slowly clenched it forward, and said with a smile, "The third level of the Overturning Sea Realm."
His external incarnation had cultivated quietly for years. Moreover, it didn't need to gain insights or absorb spiritual energy from the dead star, so its realm had advanced even faster than his main body.
However, this cultivation method would become slower and slower in the later stages because there wouldn't be such a large dead star for Chen Xia to absorb energy from then.
"Impossible!" The figure with a soft and feminine voice frowned and said firmly, "With your strength, it's impossible that you're at the third level of the Overturning Sea Realm!"
"As long as my combat power is strong enough, it really doesn't matter which level I'm at." Chen Xia waved his hand and smiled again.
"Actually, it doesn't even matter whether I'm at the Overturning Sea Realm or not."
After all, he had the record of defeating those at the Overturning Sea Realm when he was at the Mountain Moving Realm.
"Go!"
He gave a low shout, lifted his toes, and a tiny pebble was imbued with pure sword energy. It cut through the void like a slender sword tip and stabbed towards the old man in golden armor's forehead.
Behind the old man in golden armor, the image of a tiger-headed god appeared. His golden armor shone brightly. He put his hands together and condensed a formation to resist the tiny pebble.
Chen Xia smiled lightly and took a step forward.
Suddenly, he appeared right in front of the old man in golden armor. At the same time, he raised his left hand high, as if holding a sword, yet there was no sword there.
When he swung it down, the old man in golden armor understood.
It was a sword!
A sword condensed from pure sword intent!
Before the sword intent even arrived, it already made his cheeks ache. The old man gritted his teeth tightly. The hands that were put together instantly changed their position. Blood seeped out from his eye sockets as he shouted.
"Tiger God's Roar!"
The ten-thousand-zhang-tall image of the tiger-headed god emerged in the starry sky and let out a mighty roar towards the pure sword strike from Chen Xia.
The surrounding starry sky trembled, and meteorites shattered.
Several cultivators at lower realms hid behind and looked on in surprise. They couldn't help but sigh that this was the fight between cultivators at the Overturning Sea Realm. It already had the lethality at the level of the starry sky!
Chen Xia didn't stop his hand that was swinging the sword, and there was still a faint smile on his face.
The less-than-half-zhang-long pure sword intent slashed down and landed on the ten-thousand-zhang-tall image of the tiger-headed god.
In the starry sky outside the dead star, it seemed that a tiny white line appeared.
The white line expanded and gradually brightened.
Chen Xia's eyes instantly focused, and the half-zhang-long pure sword intent instantly solidified and really turned into a flying sword!
I have a half-zhang-long flying sword that can split the sky!
The ten-thousand-zhang-tall image of the tiger-headed god instantly collapsed and shattered, turning into pieces that scattered in the starry sky.
The old man in golden armor spat out blood from his mouth, along with some tiny fragments. If one looked closely, they would find that they were fragments of his golden core.
His golden armor all over his body exploded and fell apart piece by piece. His body flew backward, crashed into the entire dead star, pierced through it, and rushed out from the other end, shattering the dead star.
Chen Xia stood on the shattered part of the dead star. His clothes fluttered in the wind. Behind him was the vast and boundless starry sky and that slender white line lying across the starry sky.
It was all because the old man in golden armor had previously mentioned the word "destroy".
He stepped on the fragments of the dead star floating in the starry sky, turned his head, and looked at the figure with a soft and feminine voice and the others.
The figure with a soft and feminine voice wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, clasped his hands together, and quickly slid to his knees, shouting loudly.
"Please, senior, spare our lives!"
"What about not taming the weapon spirit?" Chen Xia asked in reply.
The cold sweat on the forehead of the figure with a soft and feminine voice grew more and more. He knew that this was a crucial question and he couldn't answer it wrong. If he did, he would end up just like the old man in golden armor.
He put on a flattering smile and remained on his knees as he said, "Please, senior, tame me."
Chen Xia frowned slightly, thinking that there was something wrong with him.
Now that his external incarnation had been exposed in front of others, for safety's sake, Chen Xia should have killed all the cultivators present.
But he really wasn't a bloodthirsty person and didn't have that kind of hobby.
So at that moment, he just raised his hand and said to these cultivators.
"I want you to swear a life oath. As long as you mention anything related to me, you'll immediately die. At the same time, I'll also leave a backup measure in your sea of consciousness. Once a great cultivator tries to forcibly check, you'll perish both physically and in your Dao."
"Those who agree, press 1."
"Oh, no, those who agree, nod your heads."
Chen Xia changed his words.
These cultivators didn't have the capital to refuse and didn't dare to resist. They quickly nodded their heads.
Chen Xia then sent down his divine sense and began to brainwash these people. Along the way, he also took all the spirit stones from them. This was their compensation.
After finishing all this, he threw the unconscious people thousands of miles apart and didn't care about the shattered dead star. He stepped on the fragments of meteorites and wandered in the starry river.
For ordinary cultivators, if they wanted to wander in the starry river, they actually needed a starry ferry. Without a ferry, the heavy pressure and the encroachment of darkness in the starry river would make them suffer greatly.
Those who could wander in the starry river alone were all powerful beings in the star region.
Chen Xia was one of them.
He wandered aimlessly in the starry river for half a month, just wanting to find a suitable dead star to hide in and continue his secluded cultivation.
Unfortunately, he couldn't find one no matter how hard he searched.
Occasionally, he would encounter ferries crossing the starry river. Most of the people on them were descendants of noble families and a few were disciples of sects.
When these ferries encountered Chen Xia, who was crossing the starry river alone, they usually took the initiative to avoid him and didn't dare to provoke him. They only dared to take a look from a distance.
"Roaming in the starry sky alone. When will I be able to become such a powerful being?"
A disciple of a sect let out a voice full of envy.
"Come on. How can we expect to become such powerful beings? Those who can roam in the starry sky alone are at least powerful beings at the Overturning Sea Realm. Even if they go to the top sects in the star region, they'll be elders."
"We cultivators are just like ants in the eyes of these powerful beings. Well... maybe not even as good as ants."
This disciple was quite self-aware.
The cultivators on the ferry kept talking about Chen Xia, all looking up to him with admiration and envy.
Chen Xia stepped on the fragments of meteorites, tilted his head slightly, and was lost in thought.
His main body was currently sleeping in the cave dwelling, which was not much different from cultivation. It could be considered as being in seclusion.
Now, the more difficult thing was how to place this external incarnation. He had to find a deserted and safe place to cultivate quietly.
In order not to be discovered by others, Chen Xia had deliberately changed his appearance. He also used his supernatural power to change his green shirt into a white one.
While he was still thinking, suddenly, a huge shadow appeared in the starry sky, covering thousands of miles and even enveloping the ferry.
A meteorite as big as a small asteroid flew over from afar in the starry river, moving at an extremely fast speed.
The cultivators on the ferry were panicked and quickly sped up, trying to escape.
However, some sharp-eyed cultivators noticed that Chen Xia was still moving forward, heading straight for the asteroid!
The shadow covered him, but this powerful being seemed not to have noticed it at all. He still tilted his head, lost in thought.
A cultivator on the ferry, whether out of kindness or with other intentions, shouted anxiously.
"Senior, be careful!"
Only then did Chen Xia look up slightly.
The asteroid was already very close, and the air pressure it brought almost wrinkled the void.
"Stop messing around."
Chen Xia bent his finger and flicked it forward.
Crack.
It sounded like the cracking of an eggshell.
Cracks quickly appeared on the entire asteroid and spread extremely fast, like a spider web covering it. Then with a "boom".
It shattered into pieces!
The fragments scattered in all directions in the starry sky, and each fragment was about the size of the ferry.
The cultivators on the ferry stared blankly, speechless.
Was a powerful being at the Overturning Sea Realm really this terrifying?!