702: Chapter 702 Lu Xueqi and Biyao (81)

"Buzz—!"

The Jinglei Sword let out a cheerful hum. Purple lightning flowed across the blade, emitting a heart-palpitating Aura of destruction. Zhao Jinglei merged completely with the long sword in his hand, as if becoming an Incarnation of a god who commanded thunder.

"Take this strike of mine—Descent of the Thunder God!"

Zhao Jinglei stepped forward, man and sword becoming one, turning into a dazzling streak of purple lightning. At a speed exceeding the limits of vision, he pierced straight toward Su Han! Everywhere he passed, the air ionized, letting out crackling explosions, and the arena floor was plowed into a scorched ravine!

This strike was already Zhao Jinglei's full-strength blow! He pushed his Thunder Dao Body to the limit, drawing upon the thunder of heaven and earth for enhancement. Its power was so strong that it was infinitely close to a strike from the Spirit Abyss Realm!

Facing this earth-shaking sword strike, Su Han closed his eyes.

It wasn't giving up, but rather concentrating all his mind, will, and Sword Intent.

In yesterday's battle with Yin Kui, between life and death, his understanding of the Star-Moon Sword Dao had deepened by another layer. The stars and the moon seemed eternally quiet, but in reality, they contained the most fundamental forces of creation and destruction in the Universe. Stars are born, grow, decay, and explode; the moon waxes and wanes, tides rise and fall... All of this contained the deepest "Dao."

And his Primal Star Power was the power of the star's Origin from the beginning of the Earth-Splitting creation, naturally containing the dual characteristics of "creation" and "termination."

"Star and moon rotate, life and death are impermanent..." In Su Han's mind, a pattern of star and moon rotation and the cycle of life and death slowly emerged.

The next moment, he opened his eyes.

In his eyes, stars flickered and died in the left, while a lunar disk rose and fell in the right.

The starfire sword was slowly raised. On the blade, starlight and moonlight were no longer clearly separated but began to blend and rotate. A wisp of moonlight was born from the starlight, and a hint of starlight was hidden within the moonlight; the two cycled repeatedly, endless and unceasing.

A profound, ancient, and vast Sword Intent rose from Su Han's body.

This Sword Intent was no longer just the quietude and brilliance of the stars and moon, but also contained the rotation of the Universe, the changes of time and space, and the alternation of life and death!

"Star-Moon Sword Art Third Form—Reincarnation Rebirth."

Su Han softly uttered these six words, and the starfire sword met that dazzling purple lightning, piercing out plainly.

There was no earth-shaking momentum, no dazzling brilliance.

This sword had only one Concept—Reincarnation.

The sword light, woven from starlight and moonlight, collided with the purple lightning.

There was no violent explosion as imagined.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The moment the purple lightning touched the Star-Moon sword light, it actually began to "fade." That violent and destructive thunder power seemed to have experienced the washing of long years, going from dazzling to dim, from violent to peaceful, and finally... turning into dots of purple light rain, dissipating in the air.

Meanwhile, the Star-Moon sword light continued forward, neither hurried nor slow, yet carrying an unstoppable and unavoidable "inevitability."

Zhao Jinglei's pupils shrank suddenly!

He felt that his connection with the thunder power was being severed! No, not severed, but the thunder power he had infused into the sword was undergoing a strange process of "aging" and "extinction"! It was as if a star was going from its prime to its old age, or a bright moon was going from Perfection to being waning; this was the Law of nature, the Law of the Universe, and it was irreversible!

"What kind of Sword Intent is this?!" A storm raged in Zhao Jinglei's heart. He had never seen such a strange Sword Intent that could directly act upon the power itself, accelerating its "extinction"!

At the critical moment, Zhao Jinglei roared, and the Thunder Dao Body within him erupted with full force, forcibly breaking free from the shroud of that "Reincarnation" Sword Intent, and he blocked the Jinglei Sword in front of him.

"Clang—!!!"

The Star-Moon sword light struck the blade of the Jinglei Sword.

Zhao Jinglei felt as if he had been struck by a heavy blow and was sent flying backward, spitting out a mouthful of blood while still in the air. The Jinglei Sword in his hand let out a wail, and the lightning on the blade dimmed by more than half. After landing, he retreated more than a dozen steps, each step leaving a deep footprint on the arena. Finally, he knelt on one knee, propping himself up with his sword, barely managing not to fall.

Su Han was not doing well either.

Performing the "Reincarnation Rebirth" form had almost drained all of his Primal Star Power and mental energy. His face was as pale as paper, and his sword-holding hand trembled violently, almost unable to hold the sword. Even worse, the Demon Seed that had been suppressed yesterday showed signs of stirring under his full eruption and emotional agitation! A cold, evil Aura began to spread from his chest.

Su Han let out a muffled groan and forcibly circulated his Primal Star Power to suppress the stirring Demon Seed once again. But this also added injury to injury; blood constantly seeped from the corners of his mouth, and his Aura quickly withered.

Above and below the arena, there was a dead silence.

Everyone was stunned by this earth-shaking reversal.

Just a moment ago, Zhao Jinglei had displayed a shocking killing move like "Descent of the Thunder God," his momentum like a rainbow. The next moment, he was severely injured by Su Han's mysterious and unpredictable sword strike, and signs of defeat were already showing!

And Su Han could actually perform such a terrifying sword move? What kind of Sword Intent was that? It could actually make thunder power "age" and "extinguish"?

On the high platform, several well-traveled Elders suddenly stood up, their eyes showing looks of disbelief.

"This is... the Reincarnation Concept?!"

"Impossible! He's only at the Middle Stage of the Star Sea Realm, how could he possibly touch the threshold of the Reincarnation Concept?!"

"It's not completely the Reincarnation Concept, it's similar but different... but it indeed contains a hint of the flavor of 'the passage of years, the birth and death of all things'! This boy... what exactly is his Origin?!"

The expression of the Xuantian Sect's Presiding Elder shifted constantly, finally turning into a long sigh: "The Qingyun Sect has produced a true Dragon."

On the arena, Zhao Jinglei used his sword to prop himself up and slowly stood up. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked at Su Han with an extremely complex gaze. There was shock, there was unwillingness, but more so, there was a sense of relief and admiration for meeting a worthy opponent.

"Reincarnation... Rebirth..." Zhao Jinglei murmured the name, then shook his head with a bitter smile, "What a 'Reincarnation Rebirth'! Su Han, I cannot take this strike. If your injuries hadn't flared up, the power of this strike would probably be even more than this."

Su Han forced himself to stand straight and said hoarsely, "Senior Brother Zhao's 'Descent of the Thunder God' has also benefited me greatly." He wasn't just being polite; under the pressure of Zhao Jinglei's extremely yang and rigid thunder Sword Intent that acted on behalf of heaven's punishment, his comprehension of the Star-Moon Sword Dao and "Reincarnation" had indeed deepened by another layer.

Zhao Jinglei shook his head, took a deep breath, and straightened his back: "I, Zhao Jinglei, admit defeat."

Those three words echoed clearly above the arena.

The audience was silent at first, then a mountain-shaking, sea-tsunami-like clamor erupted!

"Zhao Jinglei admitted defeat?!"

"My god! The Xuantian Sect Prodigy, Zhao Jinglei at the Peak of the Star Sea Realm, actually lost to Su Han, who is at the Middle Stage of the Star Sea Realm and is still injured?!"

"That sword strike just now... what was it? Even through the light screen, I felt dazed, as if I saw my whole life..." (End of Chapter)