Top-Tier Perception Starts From Basic Fist Techniques-Chapter 128.2: The Result Of Fourteen Years of Sword Crafting! (II)
The Slaughter Domain attacked the mind itself. Once the mind was suppressed, one's strength would follow suit. Against the Slaughter Domain, not only Divine Strength Realm martial artists but even Divine Fortification Realm experts would be suppressed.
Now that the Slaughter Intent had transformed into the Slaughter Domain, Tian Xin could use it to form Divine Fortification. Even after stepping into the Divine Fortification Realm, he would still stand above martial artists of the same tier, and it would be all thanks to the Slaughter Domain.
In his eyes, Dao Shi'er was nothing.
"Blood Qi Sword!" Lu Changsheng shouted. Having made up his mind, he decisively attacked.
The Blood Qi Sword he had been forging for fourteen years erupted with a power equivalent to seventeen thousand cauldrons. Lu Changsheng did not just wield the Blood Qi Sword alone; he unleashed it in the form of a sword technique.
Schwing!
Like drawing a weapon from its sheath, Lu Changsheng drew a Blood Qi Sword from inside him. His blood qi was compressed to its limits.
Since he was being suppressed by the Slaughter Domain, he could perhaps unleash around four thousand out of his usual six thousand cauldrons of strength.
However, the Blood Qi Sword remained unaffected by the Slaughter Domain. It possessed no mind nor spirit and was therefore unaffected by the Slaughter Domain.
The Blood Qi Sword carried seventeen thousand cauldrons, and his physical body contributed another four thousand. If ten thousand cauldrons could break divine fortification, then what about a strike containing the power of twenty-one thousand cauldrons?
When Lu Changsheng attacked with the Blood Qi Sword, Tian Xin's heart jolted as a sense of foreboding gripped him. His expression changed drastically. How is this possible? I've reached Perfect in my Slaughter Intent.
It has evolved into a Slaughter Domain! Within the Divine Strength Realm, who could still oppose me? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Slaughter Domain, suppress him!
The Slaughter Domain surged and frantically attempted to suppress Lu Changsheng. No matter how heavily it pressed down, the Slaughter Domain could not completely restrain Lu Changsheng, nor could it suppress the Blood Qi Sword.
Whizz!
Tian Xin also drew his sword. He had almost never used sword techniques in battle before, but now, he had to use his sword techniques, as the Blood Qi Sword exuded a lethal threat to his life.
A crimson sword light shot up into the sky, carrying with it a dense killing intent that collided fiercely with Lu Changsheng's blood qi.
After releasing the Blood Qi Sword, Lu Changsheng immediately retreated.
Boom!
The Blood Qi Sword and Tian Xin's sword light collided and exploded instantly. The terror of the Blood Qi Sword did not lie in its sharpness, but in its detonation. It was made of countless strands of blood qi compressed together.
When released all at once, the resulting explosion was nothing short of devastating.
Tian Xin's eyes widened. His steady mental strength finally collapsed.
"No!" he exclaimed with a tormented face. The Slaughter Domain was powerful, but it only affected the mind. It could not interfere with reality. Against a pure eruption of blood qi, it was powerless.
Power exceeding twenty thousand cauldrons erupted outward. Tian Xin's sword light shattered as the explosion surged forward and swallowed him whole. In such a situation, even Divine Fortification martial artists would perish, not to mention Divine Strength martial artists.
The explosion lasted for some time. Lu Changsheng also endured the aftermath of the Blood Qi Sword explosion, as it did not distinguish friend from foe. However, he retreated the moment he released it, so he only had to endure the shockwaves from a safe distance.
This battle between Lu Changsheng and Tian Xin was a display of pure terrifying power. All the land within a radius of one hundred zhang was leveled. Hundreds of spectators, perhaps over a thousand, were watching the battle.
They were all martial artists, many at the Divine Strength Realm, but witnessing the fight still rattled their minds, leaving them shaken and unable to recover for a long time.
"Is he really still a Divine Strength Realm martial artist?"
"Can the Divine Strength Realm produce this level of destruction?"
"They say the Thousand Cauldrons Stage is the peak of the Divine Strength Realm, but the power Tian Xin and Dao Shi'er unleashed was far beyond a thousand cauldrons."
"The final sword Dao Shi'er used was truly earth-shattering. Even with the Slaughter Domain, Tian Xin is likely in grave danger. What kind of technique was that?"
"Can Tian Xin withstand it?"
All eyes were fixed on the spot where Tian Xin once stood. Even at a distance, the Divine Strength martial artists felt afraid. They all knew that if they were to face that attack, they would not survive it.
But Tian Xin was different. He ranked first on the Divine Strength Rankings and stood above all Divine Strength martial artists. Who could possibly kill him?
The explosion gradually subsided, and the clouds of dust settled.
Lu Changsheng saw that the ground had turned into a huge crater. So much blood qi was compressed, so the resulting explosion was truly astonishing, especially since Lu Changsheng had been crafting it for fourteen years.
Blood covered the large crater, staining everything red, as if the entire pit had once been a pool of blood. And Tian Xin? He was nowhere to be seen.
Lu Changsheng walked over.
One step, two steps, three steps... He stopped at the edge and looked down. Tian Xin was in the crater. Or rather, he had been in there. His flesh and body were gone, replaced by this blood-stained pit.
Tian Xin was completely obliterated. The Blood Qi Sword's explosion had reduced him to mere ash. What was left of him seeped into the soil, and not even bones remained in the aftermath.
Even Lu Changsheng was stunned. He knew the Blood Qi Sword was powerful, but its destructive force exceeded his expectations. Tian Xin had formed a Slaughter Domain, yet he was completely annihilated.
The martial artists erupted into an uproar. Tian Xin was no more. No matter how they searched, he could not be found. Some guessed that he was obliterated, and some even approached cautiously to inspect the crater, but they saw nothing aside from bloody soil.
If they strained their eyes, they could make out bits of flesh mixed with the dirt.
Tian Xin was definitely dead, leaving many in shock and disbelief. Who could have expected such an ending? The dignified number one on the Divine Strength Rankings had been dominating the Northern Region Battlefield for more than a year. So mighty was he that no one dared to challenge him.
Today, however, he was reduced to nothing. He was killed in a head-on battle against Dao Shi'er.
"Just how strong is Dao Shi'er?"
"Perhaps even a martial artist in the Divine Fortification Realm won't be stronger than him..."
"They say ten thousand cauldrons of strength are needed for divine fortification. Do you think that the final strike from Dao Shi'er only had ten thousand cauldrons?"
"That was an explosion of pure blood qi. Can pure blood qi really be that powerful?"
"Tian Xin had already cultivated his Slaughter Intent to Perfection and even formed a Slaughter Domain. But against that explosion of pure blood qi, he couldn't resist at all. Who would have thought blood qi alone could instantly kill the strongest Divine Strength martial artist?"
The martial artists all focused on the Blood Qi Sword. They could sense that it was nothing but blood qi.
Once a martial artist reached the Divine Strength Realm, they would no longer cultivate their blood qi. They'd focus on body refinement and Intent comprehension. However, Dao Shi'er had overturned that belief.
Blood qi could bypass Intent; it could even overwhelm a Domain. If accumulated long enough, it could become devastating. Even top Divine Strength Realm martial artists, perhaps even Divine Fortification experts, might not survive against it.
"Perhaps to become even stronger in the Divine Strength Realm, it may not be necessary to focus solely on Intent. Maybe blood qi is also a path."
Lu Changsheng understood that Intent still mattered greatly. Blood qi alone could not continuously strengthen a martial artist. He had only gathered dispersed blood qi for years and released it in one go. Now, the Blood Qi Sword was gone.
If Tian Xin were still alive and they fought again, he would most likely die, but there was only one Tian Xin in the Northern Region Battlefield, and he had been obliterated.
Lu Changsheng then thought of his fallen companions. You Shifei, Yang Zhen, Tong Xuan, Tie Yuan. One year has passed. Today, I'm using Tian Xin to honor you.
The obsession buried deep in his heart finally faded away. His thoughts became clear, and his chest felt light. Lu Changsheng glanced at the crater and saw a small token. It was neither gold nor jade, but something else entirely.
He extended his hand and grabbed it. Several small characters were engraved on it, which said, "Northern Region Heavenly Sect."
Lu Changsheng had never heard of the Northern Region Heavenly Sect. Was Tian Xin a disciple of that sect?
The token had survived the Blood Qi Sword explosion, so it was clearly made of a special material. Lu Changsheng put it away and headed straight toward Beiling City without looking back.
