Chapter 493

Chapter 493: Sword Intent Like Tides

Du Jianyin ambushed Jun Ruolan from behind. Though his sword nearly shattered and the attack failed, his eyes burned with exhilaration rather than fear.

“Du Jianyin! What madness is this?” Jun Ruolan roared.

His gaze blazing, Du Jianyin declared, “Peak Golden Core combat power! My Sword Path demands I challenge the strongest. You’ll be the stepping stone for my blade’s ascent!”

Jun Ruolan froze. This fool sought battle simply because she’d reached peak Golden Core? Absurd!

“You court death,” she sneered. Her original plan—capturing Ye Yun to extract his Lightning Element Law through sect secrets—now delayed by this swordsman’s folly. Her pill-enhanced cultivation wouldn’t last; time eroded its effects.

Cracks spiderwebbed across Du Jianyin’s blade as he trembled with anticipation.

*Crack!*

The pristine sword exploded into crystalline shards hovering before him.

“Where sword intent points, all becomes blade!”

His hands danced. The fragments coalesced into a glimmering longsword radiating edge enough to split the heavens.

“Taste my Heavenly Blade Strike—Sword Slashing Stars!”

Du Jianyin gripped the weapon, becoming a living sword piercing skyward. No flourishes—only endless lethal light.

The blade’s radiance detonated overhead, showering Jun Ruolan in a cage of shimmering death. The world vanished, leaving only cutting intent and blinding arcs.

Ye Yun’s eyebrow twitched. Du Jianyin’s swordsmanship shocked him. Though Ye Yun’s comprehension surpassed this madman’s, his own sword intent lacked such razor refinement.

Swords birthed all weapons; their Path held infinite forms. Ye Yun’s intent burned righteous as noon sun, while Du Jianyin’s curved like a scorpion’s tail—ruthlessly efficient.

Jun Ruolan finally pivoted fully, compelled to abandon Ye Yun. This Sword Slashing Stars, second form of Du Jianyin’s signature Heavenly Blade Strike, threatened even pill-enhanced might.

“Blood Spirit Seal! Dragon Spear!”

Jun Ruolan crossed her blood-red spear. With a battle cry, she thrust—no technique, just overwhelming force.

Where Du Jianyin’s attack split into myriad blades, hers concentrated into single crimson comet. The spear’s passage dimmed the swordstorm, reducing dazzling arcs to dying embers.

Du Jianyin grinned wildly. A gesture recalled the fading blades. They solidified into his grip just as the spear tip breached one zhang distance.

*BOOM!*

Collision! The battered sword disintegrated anew. Jun Ruolan pressed forward, robes snapping, spearpoint unwavering.

Blood vessels bulged in Du Jianyin’s eyes. Ecstasy twisted his face.

“Third Form: Sword Slashing Sun and Moon!”

Mysterious energies birthed fresh swordlight before him—cataclysmic power hurled at Jun Ruolan.

*CRASH!*

The scarlet spear paused, grinding the attack to dust before spiraling onward.

Du Jianyin laughed madly, defenses spent yet triumphant. “Flaws! I see my sword intent’s flaws now!”

*THUNK!*

The spear punched through his shoulder, erupting blood. Jun Ruolan twisted mid-air, withdrawing rather than finishing him.

Spear gleaming, she soared ten zhang skyward. Her eyes locked on Ye Yun. Crimson light lanced toward his heart.

“Big Brother! Her pills fade—flee!” Tongtong leapt back, but Ye Yun stood motionless, watching death descend.

Du Jianyin’s gambit inspired him. Refining the seed of thunder’s mysteries had birthed a Thunder Spirit False Pill within—his Lightning Element Law mastery deepened. The half-formed fourth stance of Thundercloud Lightning Sword, Sword of the Thunder God, now shimmered complete in his mind.

Jun Ruolan’s spear became slow as drifting leaves. Ye Yun’s consciousness accelerated—lightning patterns rearranged, revealing the true Thunder God’s Blade.

Three inches from his chest, Ye Yun’s hand flicked up. Lightning barrier!

“Now I understand!”