War God Long Ao

Sword Breaks the Firmament.

Using all his strength, Long Ao unleashed the Blood-Drinking Eighth Technique: Sword Breaks the Firmament.

With Long Ao’s current strength, it should have been impossible for him to use Sword Breaks the Firmament. Forcing it would have only one outcome: not only would his power be instantly drained, but he would also suffer a backlash from the Sword Force.

But Long Ao didn’t care. In his mind, this strike had to be world-shocking, enough to completely intimidate the Four Great Forces.

Long Ao’s body shot straight into the clouds of the Nine Heavens. Logically, he should have aimed his strike at the crowd below, but Long Ao did the exact opposite.

He slashed the Blood-Drinking Mad Saber in his hand fiercely toward the Nine Heavens. Long Ao fused the Heaven and Earth’s Momentum into it, forming a dazzlingly terrifying Sword Aura that instantly tore through the cloud layer and rushed into the highest heavens.

BOOM! RUMBLE! BOOM! RUMBLE!

The entire sky began to thunder. Before anyone could figure out what was happening, a Thunder Tribulation Sword Aura suddenly cleaved down from the firmament, striking the Blood-Drinking Mad Saber directly.

At that moment, all the power within Long Ao’s body was drained. Fighting back waves of weakness, his body teetered on the verge of collapse.

But even so, Long Ao forced himself to endure.

He looked down coldly at the crowd. Just when no one knew what Long Ao was planning, he swung the Blood-Drinking Mad Saber in his hand down with unstoppable momentum.

The Heaven-Shocking Blade Aura, like a true Thunder Tribulation, descended fiercely from the sky.

"Holy shit."

"Fuck."

"Get out of here! Go!" Everyone was completely stunned. Long Ao’s attack was too tyrannical; its Momentum alone was enough to shake the heavens. Long Lin was utterly terrified. Snapping back to his senses, he immediately ordered everyone to retreat.

Though they moved quickly, the Sword Aura was faster. It arrived in an instant, viciously cleaving down upon them.

They had no power to resist, not even the Four Great Realm Emperors.

Before they died, Long Lin and the others couldn’t understand how Long Ao’s strength was so terrifying. He was clearly a Realm King, yet he had unleashed a strike that could shake the heavens and make ghosts weep.

Everyone was devoured by the Sword Aura. Not a single person was left.

Not only that, but the Heaven-Shocking Blade Aura tore through space itself. Streaks of Space Rifts madly devoured everything around them. One didn’t even need to withstand the Sword Aura directly; just sensing it for a moment was enough to clearly feel how horrifying it truly was.

CRACK.

The Heaven-Shocking Blade Aura followed its path downward. Outside the Dragon Sect, a massive chasm appeared, as if the land itself had been sliced in half at the waist.

What did that even mean?

The chasm stretched a full hundred meters across. Everyone stared dumbly at the aftermath of the strike, completely flabbergasted. Some even gulped hard.

「High in the Nine Heavens.」

Having just unleashed that strike, Long Ao didn’t dare to be careless for a single moment. He immediately turned and flew back to the Dragon Sect.

Although the strike was incomparably powerful, it had drained all the strength from Long Ao’s body. The moment he returned to the Dragon Sect, before anyone could even ask, Long Ao said directly, "Don’t let anyone disturb me."

His face was pale and his body was unsteady. Forcing himself through the pain, Long Ao took a step and vanished without a trace.

What had happened?

Everyone could obviously see that something was wrong with their Sect Leader. They all looked at each other, seeing the deep worry in one another’s eyes, but not a single person dared to disturb him.

The Sect Leader had made it clear: no one was to disturb him. Who would have the courage to do so?

"That strike the Sect Leader just unleashed was truly world-shocking."

Dugu Bai nodded. "The Sect Leader’s strength has reached such a level. And this time, he’s brought back so many powerful Martial Artists. From now on, our Dragon Sect can truly contend with the Four Great Forces."

Everyone nodded in agreement. They had all witnessed the Sect Leader’s power. Not even four Realm Emperors had been able to resist in the slightest. People don’t care about the process; they only care about the result. And the only result they saw was that Long Ao, the Sect Leader of the Dragon Sect, was terrifyingly powerful. With his own strength, he had slain four Realm Emperors and over twenty Realm Kings.

Furthermore, the Sect Leader had returned with five Realm Emperors, fifty Realm Kings, and over three hundred Great Venerable Martial Artists. With this force joining the Dragon Sect, the sect would definitely have the power to oppose the Four Great Forces in the future.

"Everyone, carry on with your duties. Remember, do not let your guard down."

Everyone nodded. In this situation, with the Sect Leader’s condition unknown and the extermination army from the Four Great Forces completely annihilated, things were tense. If nothing unexpected happened, the Four Great Forces would certainly not let this go once they heard the news. If the Sect slacked off now, who knew what might happen.

No one dared to be the least bit careless. They all divided the tasks and went to handle their own responsibilities.

The news that Long Ao had returned just in time to instantly kill the Four Great Forces’ extermination army with a single strike spread throughout the entire Kyushu Continent in an instant. Anyone who heard it was utterly shocked.

Instantly killing four Realm Emperors and over twenty Realm Kings with a single strike—is that something a World King Martial Artist could do?

Most people—eighty percent of them—refused to believe it. But Long Ao’s history of turning the tables against all odds made more and more people slowly accept it as fact. Moreover, many people, drawn by his fame, came to see the Sword Aura Ruins in front of the Dragon Sect.

Instantly killing four Realm Emperors and over twenty Realm Kings with a single strike... one could only imagine how terrifying Long Ao’s attack must have been. Because of this, people flocked to the site, but they didn’t dare get too close to the Dragon Sect. They all stood at a distance, gazing at the Heaven-Shocking Blade Aura.

The Dragon Sect was not what it used to be. Who would dare provoke it now?

Besides, everyone knew that the Dragon Sect and the Four Great Forces were now as incompatible as fire and water. It was a kill-or-be-killed situation. If the Dragon Sect mistook them for members of the Four Great Forces, the loss would far outweigh any gain.

Strangely, something even more shocking occurred.

Some Martial Artists found that by gazing at the Sword Aura Ruins, they could even gain enlightenment and achieve breakthroughs in their Cultivation. Because of this, even more people surged in, all wanting to view the Sword Aura Ruins. At the end of the day, they all wanted to break through to the next Realm.

It wasn’t just outsiders; even the disciples of the Dragon Sect were frantically trying to comprehend the strike Long Ao had unleashed. The power of that attack was simply too immense. Some people would stand around the Sword Aura Ruins for days, even half a month, without eating or drinking, determined to gain some enlightenment.

But it was counterproductive.

After three days of recuperation, Long Ao’s condition finally improved somewhat. However, the backlash from Sword Breaks the Firmament was too powerful, and he could only recover slowly. When he learned about the situation at his Sword Aura Ruins, he immediately gave an order: the Sword Aura Ruins were to be completely sealed off, with only a few people allowed entry each day. It wasn’t that Long Ao was being stingy; it was because continuing like this would only harm many of the Martial Artists.