Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 644: Establishing Authority with a Single Sword

The audience all around was so shocked they couldn’t speak.

Some of the weaker cultivators felt as if someone was choking them, gasping for air but unable to catch their breath.

That sword strike just now was too terrifying.

Indeed, it was just as they had witnessed.

Six Tenth Rank experts, slain by a single sword strike, was simply beyond their imagination.

If that sword strike had been aimed at them, they likely would have all died, not one of them could have survived.

This Xu Ping’an actually had such an ace up his sleeve?

Not to mention them, even Wu Quan and the others were frightened.

Luckily they had been standing far away, or they might have been affected as well.

If they had been caught in the blast, even they wouldn’t have been able to withstand that sword strike.

It was too terrifying.

At this moment, the elders looked at Xu Ping’an with an exceptionally wary gaze.

If they had been somewhat fearful before, now they had become panicked.

Especially when looking at the sword in Xu Ping’an’s hand, they felt a tingling sensation on their scalps.

"That is a Divine Sword. The Sword Radiance contains the formidable power of Chaotic Thunder; such a sword is definitely not a Semi-Divine Artifact," an elder spoke out.

"Indeed, and Xu Ping’an probably hasn’t even unleashed the full power of the sword. But even so, it’s already extremely terrifying," responded an elder from Tianlong Hall.

A Divine Artifact?

Xu Ping’an actually possessed a real Divine Artifact?

Let alone them, even the powers behind them might not have a real Divine Artifact.

And a sword containing such fearsome power at that?

Such a sword would be a treasure capable of anchoring a sect, no matter which power held it.

"If anyone else wants to kill me, feel free to make your move," said Xu Ping’an, standing with his sword, his body flashing with golden Thunder, radiating a terrifying power.

Horrible Sword Intent continuously tore through the void, as if a demon god had descended.

"I, Chen Hongtian, give up on revenge. The rest of you continue," said two Tenth Rank experts from Chen Hongtian’s side immediately.

The next instant, the two Tenth Rank experts vanished on the spot.

"Shaoyang Heaven will also take its leave," spoke the last remaining Tenth Rank elder from Shaoyang Heaven.

Then he turned into a streak of light and left directly.

Suddenly, only fourteen elders remained on the field.

Some elders from Heaven Beyond Heavens hesitated for a moment, seemingly planning to leave as well.

"Everyone, don’t be intimidated by his momentum. Using the Divine Sword takes a huge toll on him. He simply cannot deliver a second strike," said Wu Quan immediately.

"Right, even Heavenly Masters would find it a limit to cast one stroke with the Divine Sword, let alone him," added an elder from Tianlong Hall.

Hearing this, some of the experts who were planning to leave also stopped.

Clearly, they too thought there was some logic to these words.

At this moment, Xu Ping’an was already at the end of his strength.

Xu Ping’an looked at everyone with a faint smile on his face.

"You think I’m bluffing you, so in that case, take another one of my sword strikes," Xu Ping’an said with a light chuckle.

Then, an immensely powerful force of Thunder surged from his body.

"Roar!"

A dragon’s roar sounded.

A Thunder Dragon, composed entirely of Indestructible Force, burst forth from Xu Ping’an’s body.

It then entered the golden long sword in Xu Ping’an’s hand.

And the moment the Thunder Dragon merged with the golden long sword, the sword erupted with an unparalleled and terrifying Thunder fluctuation.

"Boom!"

Thunder flashed in the sky above, as if it was drawn by the long sword in Xu Ping’an’s hand.

The fearsome Thunder tore through the void, illuminating the entire earth.

Xu Ping’an raised his sword, and an earth-shattering Sword Intent instantly spread across the void.

An invisible oppressive force instantly enveloped the dozen or so experts.

All of them felt as if they were being crushed by an endless mountain, a dozen Tenth Rank experts were especially terror-stricken, their scalps tingling.

This sword was even more terrifying than the previous one.

"Damn it, we absolutely can’t let him release this sword strike, or we’re all finished," an elder couldn’t help cursing.

"This is what you said about not being able to deliver a second strike? Why does this sword seem even more terrifying than the last?" an elder from the Great Divine Sect immediately glared at Wu Quan.

The other elders were also inwardly cursing.

This sword was too terrifying. How could they block it?

Wu Quan was also breaking out in a cold sweat at this moment, feeling a fishbone stuck in his throat.

He had not expected Xu Ping’an to be capable of wielding a second sword strike.

And the power of this sword stroke was much more tremendous than the previous one.

"This isn’t his own strength; he must have borrowed external power," Wu Quan argued.

But as his words fell, they were met only with rolled eyes.

External power?

Everyone could see it was external power.

But how could they block it?

Once Xu Ping’an displayed the ability to borrow external power, he could do it a second time, a third.

"Enough squabbling, everyone; take out all your means to defend," said the Great Elder of Tianlong Hall.

Upon hearing these words, everyone fell silent.

"Are you all prepared? Take my sword strike," Xu Ping’an sneered coldly.

The sword in his hand slashed down.

In an instant, it seemed as though nothing remained between heaven and earth except a golden trail of thunder sword’s radiance.

An incomparably massive thunder sword’s radiance tore through the void in a flash, heading straight for the dozen elders, ready to slash them.

The power of this sword stroke had reached an unimaginably terrifying level.

Not to mention a single mountain, even if there were ten or twenty giant mountains, they too would be cleaved in half in the presence of this sword stroke.

The elders gasped for breath, one after another, using all of their methods to defend.

But the strength of this sword stroke was still far too fierce.

"No..."

"Ahh..."

A series of screams echoed.

With the fall of the thunder giant sword, everything was incinerated to ash in an instant.

The terrible power of the thunder left a massive sword mark thousands of meters long on the ground.

And the depth of the sword mark was a terrifying twenty meters, like an enormous ravine.

Witnessing this scene, the surrounding spectators were dumbfounded, petrified in their places.

Is this the strength of a Ninth Rank?

How could this be possible?

Such terrible power, not even a Tenth Rank Peak, or an Eleventh Rank First Layer Realm with full force might not possess it.

Turning to look at those elders, now only three remained.

Although these three were alive, they were severely injured.

Had it not been for the protective treasures on their bodies, they would have likely perished here as well.

"Fire Divine Palace, Tianlong Hall, Earth Divine Sect—indeed have extraordinary foundations to have the last survivors be you," Xu Ping’an said with a light chuckle.

Indeed, the ones who had survived were none other than Wu Quan and the leading elders of Tianlong Hall and Earth Divine Sect.

The rest were all dead.

The power of this sword stroke had surpassed the Eleventh Rank First Layer Realm. It was simply beyond their ability to withstand.

"Xu Ping’an, today was quite the lesson. Let us meet again in the future," Wu Quan huffed coldly.

Immediately, he turned into a streak of light and left.

The elders of Tianlong Hall and Earth Divine Sect exchanged a glance and then soared away.

In the blink of an eye, not a soul was left.

Xu Ping’an watched the fleeing trio but did not pursue them.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to keep them, but he couldn’t.

By then he had reached his limit.

Forcing the use of the Indestructible Thunder Dragon from the Thunder Brilliance Ring and activating the Thunder Devouring Sword twice had depleted his energy.

His internal power was now nearly exhausted.

If these elders fought desperately, the outcome of who would live and who would die was uncertain.

Xu Ping’an glanced at the spectators all around.

The crowd instinctively stepped back in fear.

At that moment, in their eyes, Xu Ping’an was akin to a terrifying demon god.

Xu Ping’an sneered coldly and collected all the fallen storage rings and carriers.

Then, he turned into a beam of light and disappeared from the spot.

Not long after his departure, the Great Flame Emperor and Situ Lie appeared outside the city.

They looked at the immense sword mark before them, also filled with astonishment.

"It seems I still underestimated him," the Great Flame Emperor murmured.

Such a sword mark was something he himself couldn’t withstand.

To think it came from the hand of a Ninth Rank Second Layer Realm?