Chapter 272

Chapter 272: We’ve been locked up for so many years! It’s time for us to get out!

Xu Ming swung his sword.

This seemingly ordinary swing was excessively sharp.

It felt like this slash could cut through anything.

Indeed, Xu Ming’s slash split the space, even exposing the void.

“BOOM!”

With a thunderous roar,

Xu Ming’s slash cleaved the giant palm dharma apparition in the sky into two halves, completely dissipating it into spiritual energy.

Xu Ming held his longsword and swung another strike towards Xia He.

Xia He threw a half-xiānpǐn quality Crystal Golden Lotus in front of him.

This Crystal Golden Lotus was obtained by Xia He in the Western Regions and had saved his life in several life-and-death battles.

Yet, this Crystal Golden Lotus was neatly sliced into two halves by Xu Ming.

Even at this critical moment, Xia He was momentarily stunned.

Could a cultivator at the Jade Pudding Realm, merely wielding a second-grade Immortal Sword, actually slice his Crystal Golden Lotus in half?

“Is this his Sword Realm?”

Xia He frowned, guessing in his heart.

Everyone’s Sword Realm is different.

Xu Ming’s Sword Realm seemed to condense all his Sword Qi and Sword Intent into his longsword, merging his Sword Realm with his sword as one.

And his longsword was like a fiery blade forged from molten lava; everything in this world was like paper before this blade!

Xu Ming’s Sword Realm wasn’t flashy or balanced between offense and defense like Xuenuo’s.

But Xu Ming’s realm pushed sharpness to its ultimate limit!

This was truly One Sword Breaks All Dharma!

Xia He dared not block this sword directly.

After creating distance, Xia He chanted a dharma incantation, and various magic arrays appeared beneath Xu Ming’s feet.

The Heavenly Profound Gate cultivators practiced many daoist techniques, but what they were most famous for were their magic arrays.

These arrays instantly formed.

“Three Thunder Array,” “Fleeting Fire Array,” “Soul Capturing Mind Manipulating Array”—each array activated simultaneously.

But Xu Ming only needed one slash. With each slash, the arrays were extinguished.

Whether tangible or intangible, to Xu Ming’s Sword Realm, they were as thin as cicada wings.

As the Heavenly Profound Mirror drew closer to Three Stone Peak, Xia He knew time was growing increasingly urgent.

Xia He took out a dagger and slashed his wrist.

Blood flowed continuously from Xia He’s wrist.

However, this blood didn’t fall to the ground but hovered in the air, spreading out like on a flat surface, forming an array with his blood! “You should come out now. If I die, what great cause do you expect to achieve? You’ll just stay trapped in that abyss forever!”

Xia He raised his head and slowly spoke to the vast empty sky.

At the exact moment Xia He finished speaking, the blood-drawn array launched toward the heavens.

A rift opened in the heavens.

From this rift, black sludge dripped continuously, burning and corroding the earth upon contact. Anything touched by this black mud turned into dead matter.

In that rift, an eye appeared.

“BOOM!”

The next moment, two hands emerged from the small opening, forcefully tearing it wider, as if the hole was too small for them—they strained to rip it open! The crack in the heavens grew larger and larger.

A massive bull-headed monster poked its head out from the rift, its head as large as a mountain.

It looked around, suddenly seeming to understand Xia He’s meaning, stretching its hand toward the direction of the Heavenly Profound Mirror.

Xu Ming furrowed his brows, sensing impending doom, and quickly approached the large hand using a technique taught to him by the thief.

Xu Ming slashed horizontally with his sword.

“CLANG!”

A massive sound echoed across the sky.

Like two iron blocks colliding.

Xu Ming squinted, it was the first time he had struck something so heavy.

But Xu Ming felt it wasn’t that his sword wasn’t sharp enough—it was that his strength was too weak.

Gripping his sword tightly, after entering Blood Qi Berserk state, Xu Ming poured all his strength into this slash. Veins in his arms burst repeatedly, sparks flew between the Nine Heavens Cloud Lightning Sword and the demon’s arm.

“GO AWAY!”

Xu Ming finally slashed through, severing the demon’s thick arm in two! “ROOOAAAARRR!!!”

The demon let out an extremely painful howl.

Green blood cascaded down like a waterfall as the severed arm fell toward the ground.

The sword qi from this slash dissipated outward, leveling countless mountains! Unable to withstand the strain, Xu Ming’s Nine Heavens Cloud Lightning Sword crumbled into iron powder and scattered into the air. Xu Ming hung his arms limply, devoid of any strength, unable to even lift them.

Fortunately, no one could stop the Heavenly Profound Mirror anymore.

Under the protection of Wang Xuan’s Dharma Heaven and Earth Technique, Xia He could only watch helplessly as the Heavenly Profound Mirror crashed toward Three Stone Peak.

Even at this final moment, Xia He still couldn’t figure out what use this Heavenly Profound Mirror had for them. Could the Heavenly Profound Mirror possibly unlock the array of Three Stone Peak?

And it didn’t matter whether Xia He could figure it out or not.

In Three Stone Peak, the thief lifted his head.

In the prison, Xu Cang and others were almost drained of all color, nearing their limits as time passed.

But the mysterious sensation brought a gleam of joy to the thief’s eyes: “Old man!” the thief shouted to Xu Cang, “The Heavenly Profound Mirror has arrived!”

The thief’s voice filled everyone with a glimmer of hope.

“I knew that young man was amazing~” Zhou laughed softly, “Once I get out, I must reward him properly.”

“That kid hasn’t disappointed me,” Xu Cang smirked, “It’s time. We’ve been locked up for so many years! It’s time for us to get out!”

“Let’s go take a look~”

The thief said joyfully.

Xu Cang glanced at the thief, pointing his index and middle finger toward the thief.

A streak of sword qi shot into the thief’s body.

The thief spat out a mouthful of blood, grinning excitedly, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, he twisted his neck, then lifted his head again, spitting out a silver coin.

Xu Cang released three more streaks of sword qi.

Encased in the sword qi, the silver coin broke through the mountain continuously!

In less than three breaths, the silver coin had broken through the mountain, hovering above Three Stone Peak.

And right at this moment, the Heavenly Profound Mirror, as if pulled by something, accelerated, even breaking free from Wang Xuan’s Dharma Heaven and Earth Technique, transforming into a streak of light, crashing toward Three Stone Peak!