357: Chapter 357 Sword Slays the Dead! Young Master, you dare touch the flower I've set my sights on?

Above the Blood Pool of Ten Thousand Bones, a stinking wind howled.

The hundred-zhang-tall Undead Commander raised its giant, rusted War Halberd.

Death Qi as thick as ink converged frantically at the tip of the halberd, transforming into a black vortex capable of shredding the Void Realm.

The crimson soul-fire in its hollow eye sockets flickered with a greedy light as it aimed at the crumbling green barrier on the reef and smashed down ruthlessly.

If this strike landed, the Life Barrier of the Creation Green Lotus would surely be shattered completely.

At that critical moment.

A streak of purple-gold lightning tore through the dim, oppressive sky, carrying phantoms of gods and demons across the firmament as it crashed down between the War Halberd and the Green Lotus with an overbearing posture!

"Boom!"

The deafening sound of clashing metal exploded over the blood pool.

A violent shockwave radiated from the point of impact, sweeping wildly in all directions.

The boiling crimson blood was forced back by this terrifying power, creating a massive vacuum several hundred zhang wide in the center of the pool.

The Undead Commander's massive body actually stuttered mid-air.

Its archaic War Halberd, stained with the blood of countless mighty experts, felt as if it had struck an immovable divine mountain and was sent flying upward by a powerful counter-force.

The purple-gold light dissipated.

Xu Chen stood tall in the air directly above the Creation Green Lotus, holding a simple and unadorned devil sword in one hand. His bright red cloak fluttered loudly in the raging winds.

He looked up, his cold gaze fixed on the gargantuan creature before him, which radiated the pressure of an Early Stage Quasi-Emperor.

"A pile of rotten bones in a quagmire, yet you dare to touch the flower This Young Master has his eyes on?"

Xu Chen sneered, his voice filled with undisguised mockery and dominance.

The Undead Commander steadied itself, its crimson soul-fire flickering violently. Although it had lost its former intelligence, its Quasi-Emperor level instincts made it feel a profound sense of humiliation.

A mere human ant at the Late Stage of the Saint King realm dared to block its path to devouring the divine medicine!

"Roar!"

The Undead Commander let out a shrill roar toward the sky. The sound waves transformed into tangible blades, shattering several smaller bone mountains nearby into powder.

It gripped the War Halberd with both hands, and the Death Qi surrounding it began to churn like boiling water.

The vicious curses of the entire Blood Pool of Ten Thousand Bones were drawn by it, turning into thick black chains that blocked all of Xu Chen's paths of retreat.

With this strike, it intended to crush this ignorant human along with the Green Lotus into a pulp.

"Are you shouting so loudly to hide the embarrassment of being nothing but an empty shell?"

Xu Chen took a deep breath. The Saint King Origin within him, vast as the ocean, surged into operation.

Wisps of extremely noble purple-gold Primordial Qi seeped from his body, flowing down his arm and wrapping unreservedly around the blade of the pitch-black devil sword.

The longsword, originally filled with chilling Devilish Qi, erupted with a holy radiance capable of purifying all the filth in the world under the empowerment of the Hongmeng Purple Qi.

"Today, I shall use your skeleton to consecrate This Young Master's sword!"

Xu Chen's eyes sharpened as the Supreme Sword Heart within his chest let out a high-pitched sword hum.

He slowly raised his longsword and swung it nonchalantly at the descending black War Halberd.

Grass Character Sword Art!

A single illusory Nine-Leaf Sword Grass rose slowly amidst the purple-gold light. This sword grass appeared delicate, yet it carried the supreme power to strike down the sun, moon, and stars.

The leaves of the sword grass trembled slightly.

A strand of purple-gold Sword Qi, thin as a hair, detached from the blade and soared upward against the storm of Death Qi.

Wherever the purple-gold Sword Qi passed, the vicious curse chains that claimed to corrode everything were like melting snow meeting a raging fire; they vanished without a trace, unable to offer even the slightest resistance.

"Crack!"

A crisp sound of snapping echoed in the air.

The Undead Commander's indestructible archaic War Halberd was split in two without any suspense the moment it touched the purple-gold Sword Qi. The broken blade crashed into the blood pool, splashing up massive waves of blood.

The Undead Commander's roar stopped abruptly. For the first time, an emotion called fear appeared in its hollow eye sockets. It instinctively tried to retreat and dive back into the depths of the blood pool.

It retreated quickly, but Xu Chen's Sword Qi was even faster!

After severing the War Halberd, that hair-thin Sword Qi expanded rapidly against the wind, transforming into a purple-gold celestial river that spanned the entire sky above the Blood Pool of Ten Thousand Bones.

The Sword Qi swept through the Undead Commander's massive body with overwhelming force.

The scene seemed to freeze at this moment.

Immediately after, the tattered bronze armor on the Undead Commander shattered piece by piece. A smooth cut appeared from the center of the forehead of its powerful body, which was assembled from countless high-level spirit bones.

"Rumble!"

The hundred-zhang skeleton collapsed with a bang, turning into a shower of bone fragments that scattered in all directions.

The two clusters of crimson soul-fire that had been flickering in its eye sockets were completely extinguished by the strangulation of the Grandmist Sword Intent before they could even let out a scream.

One move!

With just a single sword strike, a Necro at the Early Stage of the Quasi-Emperor realm—one capable of causing a bloodbath in the Eastern Wasteland—was reduced to ashes by Xu Chen.

In the center of the collapsed skeleton, a fist-sized crystal emitting a dim glow floated in the air. It contained no resentment or killing intent, only the purest Soul Origin.

With a wave of his sleeve, Xu Chen used the Law of Space to pull the high-level Necro Origin into his hand and tossed it into his Storage Ring. This was a great material for refining top-grade Puppets; it would be perfect to take back as guards for his wives at home.

With the Quasi-Emperor Commander dead, the low-level Necro monsters on the shore that had been about to move acted as if they had seen a ghost.

They turned around frantically, scrambling on all fours toward the outskirts of the blood pool, only wishing they had been born with two more legs.

In less than half an incense stick's time, the once crowded and noisy shore of the Blood Pool of Ten Thousand Bones became empty, leaving only withered bones scattered across the ground.

Xu Chen sheathed his sword and landed lightly on the dark red reef in the center of the blood pool.

Only now did he finally have the chance to closely examine this Creation Green Lotus, which the System had given a super high score of ninety-seven.

The Green Lotus was only about three feet tall.

The series of violent collisions just now had completely shattered its already precarious Life Barrier.

Without the protection of the barrier, the pungent blood Qi from the surroundings began to gather toward the reef.

At some point, the emerald-green leaves of the Green Lotus had been stained with a few wisps of gray Death Qi, and the entire lotus was trembling slightly in the breeze.

The budding lotus platform was tightly contracted, like a terrified and helpless young girl cowering in a corner.

Looking at the pitiful Green Lotus, a hint of heartache flashed in Xu Chen's eyes.

He could clearly sense that an extremely pure and massive life Origin was gestating within the Green Lotus, but it had become very weak from resisting the erosion of the Death Qi.

"Don't be afraid."

Xu Chen leaned down slightly, his voice becoming softer than ever. This was his designated future wife; he couldn't bear to see her suffer even the slightest grievance.

"All those eyesores have been cut down by me. You're safe now."

Naturally, the Green Lotus could not speak. But all things have spirits, especially the Creation Green Lotus transformed from the descendant of a Demon Emperor. It seemed to understand the comfort in Xu Chen's tone, as its trembling leaves steadied slightly.

Xu Chen slowly reached out his right hand.

In his palm, a cluster of Hongmeng Purple Qi so dense it had almost liquefied quietly emerged. This purple Qi contained the most original creative vitality from the beginning of heaven and earth, possessing an irresistible attraction for any living being.

He gently hovered his palm above the Green Lotus, letting the warm and pure purple Qi pour down like a trickling stream onto its leaves and platform.

A wonderful reaction occurred.

The moment the Green Lotus touched the Hongmeng Purple Qi, the gray Death Qi clinging to its leaves vanished like snow under a scorching sun, purified instantly.

The once-dim emerald-green leaves regained their jade-like luster.

The Green Lotus seemed to feel the comfort and warmth brought by this power.

It no longer cowered in resistance, but instead, like a child craving an adult's embrace, it took the initiative to respond.

The slender lotus stem curved slightly, bringing the budding lotus platform closer to Xu Chen's palm bit by bit.

When the soft, cool touch of the lotus platform gently met Xu Chen's palm.

A wonderful resonance of the Divine Soul was quietly established between the man and the flower.

Xu Chen seemed to hear a sigh as faint as a mosquito's buzz in his mind. The voice was ethereal and pure, without a trace of worldly filth.

Immediately after, the entire Creation Green Lotus erupted with a brilliant yet non-dazzling green divine light.

The light dispelled the surrounding blood mist, enveloping the entire dark red reef in a sacred pure land.

The Green Lotus swayed gently under Xu Chen's palm, as if absorbing the endless nutrients within the Hongmeng Purple Qi, gathering a force that was about to break through its cocoon.

Night finally fell.

But in the center of the Blood Pool of Ten Thousand Bones, the man and the flower accompanied each other quietly in the green halo. The surrounding death and decay seemed to be isolated in another world.

Xu Chen looked at the increasingly brilliant Green Lotus under his palm, feeling the growing throb of life, and the smile on his lips grew even more tender.