The Sovereign’s Ascension

dashed at the black-clothed men.

“Rumbling Thunderbolt!” Along with a sword ray that flashed like a bolt of lightning, five black-clothed men were killed on the spot.
Under the empowerment of the xiantian sword intent, the cosmic artifact in Xin Jue’s hand had finally unleashed its full prowess.

Xin Jue’s figure flickered, leaving behind the rumbling of lightning that echoed in the surroundings.
Everyone could see blood, limbs, and heads flying around.
Xin Jue had completely brought out the profundity of the Thunderclap Sword.

Perhaps the Thunderclap Sword was too powerful or maybe it was the cosmic artifact in addition to the xiantian sword intent.
In either case, lives were constantly taken and all the black-clothed men died a horrible death.

A sword buzz echoed in the air and heaven and earth began to tremble under the sword intent.
A sword ray dived down from the sky and when it descended to the ground, it left behind afterimages and instantly inflicted heavy injuries on over ten people.

“The Firmament Sword?” The leader of the black-clothed men glanced at the sword stabbed into the ground and he spoke out in a grave voice, “Retreat!”

The black-clothed men began to retreat.
Just when the Sword Firmament Pavilion wanted to chase after them, Luo Feng’s voice sounded out, “Stay where you are.”

The Sword-Bearing Elder descended from the sky, covered in injuries.
He must have forced the Thunderflame Python to retreat.
He spoke out, “Let’s see who they are!”

Someone stepped forth and removed the masks on the black-clothed men, revealing heavily disfigured faces.
Everyone could tell that those wounds were fresh and their appearance made everyone from the Sword Firmament Pavilion to suck in a cold breath.

But that wasn’t all because the corpses suddenly ignited and instantly disappeared.

“Corpse Blaze Pellets? They’re deathsworns!” exclaimed Luo Feng.

“Not many forces can nurture so many deathsworns at once.
They will expose themselves eventually.” The Sword-Bearing Elder’s face was unsightly because this was a well-planned assault.
This made all the disciples shocked as they discussed among themselves.

“We’ll leave immediately after a short rest.
I’ve already notified the sect to meet up with us,” instructed the Sword-Bearing Elder.

Tang Tong, Xin Jue, Xin Yan, and the other disciples gathered together to rest as they leaned against the surrounding trees.

“This journey is really filled with twists and turns,” sighed Wang Zhen.
The Extermination Mountain Range was dangerous, to begin with.
But they never imagined that fellow humans were even more threatening than the demonic beasts.
He had spoken what was in everyone’s heart.
Right now, everyone just wanted to return to the sect as soon as possible.

“But I’m sure they never imagined that this ordeal would allow Senior Brother Xin Jue to grasp the xiantian sword intent.
It looks like there will be a change in the eight titles’ ranking,” laughed Tang Tong and the others.

No one in the Great Qin Empire had grasped xiantian sword intent, at least not publicly.
Lin Yun was already so powerful with the quasi-xiantian sword intent, so everyone could imagine how terrifying Xin Jue would be with the complete xiantian sword intent.
This meant that Xin Jue was destined to bloom in the Dragon Gate Competition this year!

Everyone became excited at the thought of it.
Xin Jue merely smiled and he looked at everyone calmly.

“Big Brother, there’s something on your forehead,” smiled Xin Yan as she looked at Xin Jue.

“Help me clean it,” smiled Xin Jue.

“Can’t you take care of yourself when you’re already so old? Aren’t you ashamed? Alright, just this once.
Don’t move.” Xin Yan teased him and she stepped forward to clean it.
“Done!”

But her smile soon froze on her face when she looked down at the handkerchief in her hand.
That stain on Xin Jue’s forehead wasn’t dirt, but blood.
In the beginning, she thought that the blood belonged to someone else, but when she raised her head, she noticed more blood oozing out from Xin Jue’s forehead.

She tried to clean it again, but the blood was endless.
It didn’t matter how many times she tried to clean it, it wouldn’t stop.
Her unusual behavior instantly attracted everyone’s attention.
When Lin Yun opened his eyes and thought of something, his face instantly changed.

“It’s fine.” Xin Jue held onto Xin Yan’s hand and smiled, “If the blood is destined to flow, then let it be.
It’ll be terrible if your handkerchief gets dirty.”

“Big Brother, don’t scare me…” Xin Yan’s voice trembled.

When Lin Yun and the others stood up and came over, they saw a streak of blood flowing down from Xin Jue’s forehead.