Chapter 13: The End of the Road is Not the End

  Tang An's body was surrounded by a brilliant cyan-gold light, which clashed with the crystal blue light on Ge Ruobing's body.

  Suddenly at this moment, the light on both of their bodies burst forth in unison.

  Suddenly...

  "Boom!"

  A thunderous roar suddenly burst out!

  And the arena under their feet was also blasted out of a big pit by the powerful explosion of each of their true yuan.

  "Die!"

  Tang An let out a loud roar, his toes tapped lightly on the ground, and in an instant he transformed into a cyan-golden light beam, his long sword shooting straight towards Geluba.

  The azure-golden sword tip shone like a long rainbow, its momentum like divine punishment. In this dark night, it seemed to want to split the sky and leave!

  Inside the camp, a sudden storm raged, with strong winds and sand filling the sky! A terrifying energy fluctuation filled the air, an invisible pressure surged out in all directions like a furious wave.

  Even though those people had retreated thirty meters away, they were still blown by this storm and almost fell to the ground.

  Grob's face slightly changed color, but he had already concentrated all his strength to make a desperate last-ditch effort. At this moment, Tang Anjian arrived, and there was no room for him to think more. At this moment, Grob also stabbed out his treasured sword with all his might.

  His sword was still the same one as before, but without the divine intent of others added to it, it seemed even more pure. Without the interference of other people's divine intent, this sword could better exert his own sword intent.

  In an instant, the vast and icy aura transformed into a crystal blue sword light that surged towards Tang An's sword tip.

  Tang An saw the sword light, and a killing intent burst forth in his eyes. He grasped the Frost Condensation Sword, which was as cold as jade, and stabbed it fiercely at Groba. The cyan true yuan emitted by the sword's edge was dazzling and chillingly oppressive.

  Facing this fierce impact, Groba didn't dare to be careless and desperately urged his true yuan. At this moment, the life force of a Tianjing master turned into waves of true yuan, allowing him to recklessly squander it! The sword was held high above his head, and the originally somewhat dim sword edge suddenly brightened in an instant. A crystal blue light filled the sword body, and the sword seemed to have come to life as it continuously trembled, emitting bursts of ringing sounds.

  "Boom!"

  A sword blade over a foot long shot straight up to meet Tang An's sword light!

  Two sword auras pierced the sky, their sharp edges dazzling! The sound of breaking through the air was like metal clashing, and amidst the clanging sounds, a deadly aura was emitted.

  "Boom!"

  A huge sword energy collision sound, resounded in the sky above, shaking everyone's ears buzzing!

  Tang An forcefully slashed out a dazzling and unmatched sword aura, which collided with Groba's incoming sword aura, bursting into a blinding flash of light. Then, Tang An moved back two zhang like lightning, leaving behind a residual shadow in his original position.

  Grob's sword swooped down, fiercely stabbing into the ground, and smashed out a huge pit over one zhang deep! The earth suddenly shook violently.

  Tang An had already leapt into the air, jumping into the void. At this moment, he raised his sword and slashed downwards fiercely.

  Ge Luoba charged forward with a loud shout, his sword flashing brightly as he stabbed towards Tang An.

  At this moment, Tang An suddenly shouted: "Killing Sword Threefold!"

  In an instant, his aura began to change, and a terrifying breath instantly enveloped him. At that moment, a powerful force fluctuation surged above the camp like a wave, turbulent and surging. The Frost Sword in Tang An's hand burst out with a light more dazzling than the sun, a nearly two-zhang-long substantialized sword energy shot across the sky like a long rainbow, stunning everyone in the darkness, leaving them momentarily dazed!

  The terrifying power fluctuated, surging through every inch of space. All the cultivators watching from outside felt a suffocating pressure, an overwhelming force as heavy as Mount Tai, leaving them breathless.

  This powerful sword has exhausted all of Tang's strength, and it is also the strongest sword he can exert at present.

  This sword combines the power and murderous intent of the first three forms of the Killing Sword, as if piling these three heavy sword styles together, with endless murderous intent!

  This powerful blow made Groba feel fear, he gathered all his strength in the long sword in his hand and countered with a strike. Dazzling light like ten suns shining in the sky, every inch of space on the square was incredibly bright, surging energy rampaged everywhere!

  Everyone covered their ears, waiting for the astonishing explosion to sound.

  Two powerful sword auras collided, and they should have produced an earth-shattering phenomenon. Everyone outside the arena thought so too, and they had already prepared themselves by crouching down, holding onto their official hats, and lowering their center of gravity to avoid having their hats blown away again in embarrassment.

  However, when the two swords intersected, it was eerily silent.

  Geluba's face was shocked and he didn't know what he had seen that was unbelievable or terrifying!

  Only to see a thread of black, eerie and intangible, yet containing boundless murderous intent, suddenly surge out from the cyan-gold sword energy of Tang An! This thread of black sword energy was extremely small, but it was extremely condensed, and at first glance, it had an essential difference with other sword energies.

  Ge Luo Ba saw this silk sword intent and was like seeing a ghost, his face full of incredulity.

  "It's Sword Intent! This is Sword Intent! How is this possible? How could he possibly comprehend Sword Intent? I spent ten years cultivating in the Extreme North Wilderness, and it took me a whole decade to grasp the icy cold intent of the snow, but I still didn't comprehend Sword Intent. How did he do it? How is it possible? I don't believe it, I don't believe it! Even if he's a genius, it shouldn't be this easy! He's only sixteen! Sixteen years old and he's already comprehended Sword Intent! What kind of concept is this? Is he the reincarnation of a heavenly god or something?"

  "Hiss!"

  A sharp whistling sound suddenly pierced the air, it was the sound of sword energy piercing through a person's body! It also sounded like the sound of fresh blood gushing out!

  Geluba's chest already had a sharp wound, and his blood was spraying out from the wound. It was caused by that sword energy just now! His protective true energy was like a thin layer of sandpaper in front of the killing sword energy. With just a light touch, it was easily torn apart by the sword energy!

  The sword of slaughter did not stop ravaging his body, and Groba's vitality was getting weaker and weaker.

  He reversed his true yuan, taking a life-force-burning blow, and in front of Tang An's sword yuan, it was actually so ridiculous!

  At this moment, Tang An also seemed to wake up from a dream. Just now when he made the three killing swords, he fell into a strange state.

  At the moment when he merged the first three forms of Kirisaki and thrust out his sword, he felt that all this was so natural.

  Perfectly round and smooth, the way is natural, at that moment he had a kind of feeling that merged with heaven and earth! No obsession, no self, no objects in his heart, leaving no trace, a sword as if it were made by nature itself! Only for killing!

  Unfortunately, his killing sword had not fully merged, otherwise, he would have even had the confidence to fight against the gods and demons!

  Tang An looked at Groba, his eyes had regained their clarity.

  He saw Gromble's dying appearance, but unexpectedly had a hint of sadness in his eyes.

  This sadness is actually more like desolation, or perhaps loneliness!

  "You're wrong. Enlightening the universe is not a constant and bitter thinking. The hundred flavors of life are all in this one sword. The cultivation of the sword path is the cultivation of the heavenly path. If one can suddenly enlighten, isn't that better than your hundred years of bitter contemplation?"

  Ge Luoba's chest was bleeding non-stop, the sword had just entered his body, in an instant, the sword energy was everywhere, and his internal organs were cut to pieces. At this moment, he no longer had any possibility of living on, but his eyes still looked at Tang An with a bewildered expression, full of hope.

  "Are you wondering how I got this sword?" Seeing Tang An ask, his eyes shone even brighter.

  Gleeb nodded. Tang An, however, suddenly let out a sigh and said: "I have realized the ultimate sword path of the destructive way, the killing sword. Unfortunately, I only merged the first three swords. Moreover, just now when I used this sword, my mind was also greatly affected. This sword is really too dangerous."

  It seems I was wrong. Even if the power of this sword is greater, I still misunderstood it. At that moment just now, I seemed to have seen what the ultimate form of this sword looks like. But that scene, I don't even dare to think about it now.

  Unfortunately, I've already walked this path, even if it's wrong, I can only continue down the wrong path, there's no possibility of starting over again!

  Glob seemed to have understood and heard what he wanted to know, and finally fell down willingly.

  The energy that was rampant on the high platform also began to slowly dissipate.

  The strong wind had also stopped, and a huge ditch appeared in front of Tang An. The arena was destroyed beyond recognition.

  Tang An silently gazed at the spot where Ge Ruo Ba had fallen, his eyes filled with determination, or perhaps finality!

  "Actually, I didn't want to kill you. But I had no choice but to kill you. I think you're the same way too. We are actually the same kind of people."

  The sky had darkened, and the flickering flames in the big camp cast a dim light on his face, making the whiskers at the corner of his mouth more noticeable, as if he was no longer so young.

  At sixteen, he was famous all over the world, it was too early and too difficult. But did Tang An have a choice?

  No other choice!

  Tang An began wiping his sword again. The sword was spotless and clean. His movements were as elegant as before.

  But this stage has changed its appearance.

  One more corpse, one less living person.

  He silently walked down from the stage, he was already very tired. Tonight's great battle, he seemed to have understood a lot more, and had a deeper understanding of the terror of the killing sword. This sword, was never something that humans could wield.

  It can make it, not God, but devil! And he is human.

  He inserted the sword into its scabbard and tied up his disheveled hair. He turned around, looked back silently for a moment, and said: "I hope that at the end of this road, it's not the end. And on top of the grave, there are still flowers. Otherwise, if the end of the road is only death, it would be too lonely..."

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  Ahhhhh, I have an exam again tomorrow!!!! My heart can't take it!!!!!