196: A divine eye? A blind man? (Chapter 81)

The battlefield was dead silent.

Everyone's gaze was fixed, stunned and disbelieving, on the center of the light barrier.

The greed and killing intent on Thunder King's face froze.

The seductive smile on the Demon Race enchantress's face also stiffened.

What did they see?

That blind swordsman, dressed in white, with unfathomable combat power.

That protector whom they considered You Chen's greatest reliance.

At this moment, he mercilessly plunged his nascent Sword Dao into You Chen's back.

This sudden scene caught everyone off guard.

It was even more absurd and unbelievable than You Chen fighting all the heroes alone, or Jun Yun slaying Feng Huang with a single sword.

Not just the enemies outside.

Even You Chen himself showed a bewildered and incredulous expression.

He slowly lowered his head, looking at the Dao Principle sword that had pierced through the link between his True Spirit and saint dao origin.

He couldn't feel the pain in his Physical Body.

But a tearing sensation, originating from the depths of his Divine Soul, a betrayal by the person he trusted most, made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

He slowly turned around, struggling to look at that familiar yet strange face.

"Why... why... Big Brother Jun..."

His voice held no hatred, only profound confusion.

Jun Yun did not answer.

Beneath the cloth strips covering his eyes, his Nine-Colored Double Pupils shone brightly, and his Minds Eye had already seen everything about You Chen clearly.

He saw that You Chen's Luck, which had originally merged with his saint dao origin and was about to transform into a brilliant starry river, was now violently fluctuating and shaking.

Huge cracks appeared.

Jun Yun sneered.

He wanted to completely crush You Chen's Dao Heart.

"Why?"

Jun Yun chuckled softly, his voice not loud, but it clearly reached You Chen's ears.

"You Chen, do you still remember the Hibernating Dragon Breathing Technique I gave you when we first met?"

You Chen was stunned.

"That Cultivation Technique can make you rise from despair. I didn't lie to you."

Jun Yun's tone was playful.

"However, its most essential part is... it can Cultivate practitioners into the plumpest 'fruits', and it also left a unique mark on you, belonging only to me."

Boom!

These words exploded in You Chen's mind like a clap of thunder.

Jun Yun didn't stop; he continued to speak calmly.

"Do you still remember the Great You Training Ground, the Battle of the Divine Dynasties, the Purple Ancient Saint Clan Legacy sacrifice... and the Subduing Dragon Platform? I let you display your talents to your heart's content, allowing you to reclaim the name of the Qing Clan Holy Body. Because the louder your reputation, the richer your Luck, and the more I can harvest."

Jun Yun's voice was like the sharpest blade, slowly dissecting You Chen's faith, slice by slice.

He tore away the most tender facade from all the past events, one by one, which You Chen had seen as deep brotherly affection and selfless aid, revealing the coldest, most cruel calculations within.

As he spoke, he activated his Plundering Sword Dao.

That Dao Principle sword, like a greedy Woodworms, frantically devoured the saint dao origin that You Chen had painstakingly refined, plundering his crumbling Luck.

Under Jun Yun's Minds Eye, You Chen's Luck, like golden threads, was continuously drawn from his body and merged into Jun Yun's.

Finally, Jun Yun finished speaking.

He looked at You Chen, whose face was pale and whose aura was rapidly decaying, and waited.

He waited for You Chen's anger, unwillingness, and resentment.

He wanted to watch You Chen be completely devoured by himself in endless regret and despair.

However.

You Chen's reaction once again exceeded his expectations.

After hearing all of it, the bewilderment and pain on You Chen's face gradually disappeared.

He had no anger, no resentment.

His dark eyes, instead, became incredibly clear, revealing a sense of profound understanding and release.

He looked at Jun Yun and suddenly smiled.

That smile was very clean, very pure.

"So that's how it is..."

"Big Brother Jun, if you wanted it, you just had to tell me."

"Little Chen will give it to you."

As his voice fell.

You Chen made a move that deeply shocked Jun Yun.

He actually, on his own initiative, completely released his control over the saint dao origin and his protection of his Divine Soul.

He even actively circulated his Nirvana Dao Intent, helping Jun Yun to plunder everything he had, faster and more thoroughly.

The vast saint dao origin, the pure Nirvana Dao Intent, and the brilliant Luck that was about to fully condense, surged towards Jun Yun like a breached flood.

Jun Yun was stunned.

"You..."

"Big Brother Jun, I won't blame you, and I won't hate you."

You Chen's voice became somewhat ethereal, his thoughts drifting far away.

He recalled the endless darkness in the God Burial Ruins, where he was slowly disintegrated inch by inch by the Source of Emperor's Demise, his Divine Soul on the verge of complete annihilation.

What thought kept him going?

Was it Qing Yao?

Was it Zi Yuan?

The one who, in his most desperate and helpless moment, first shone like a ray of light, illuminating his entire world, was Big Brother Jun.

"Because..."

You Chen's gaze refocused on Jun Yun's face, his eyes incredibly gentle.

"My Dao, my original intention, is to protect you all, Big Brother Jun..."

"If you want my things... my Luck, everything I have..."

"I'll give it to you..."

"If not for you, I, You Chen, would have long ago become the sacrificial fodder for the You Que Divine Body in Great You, and would never have achieved what I have today."

"All of this was originally given to me by you."

"Now, I return it to you."

"For this, I, You Chen, have no complaints, no regrets..."

As the last word fell.

You Chen's Luck completely collapsed.

It no longer condensed, no longer struggled, transforming into the purest, most fundamental 'free' state.

This was precisely the most perfect state of devouring recorded in the Python Sparrow Swallowing Dragon Record.

As long as Jun Yun wished.

He could instantly devour all of You Chen's Luck, along with his saint dao origin and Nirvana Dao Intent, making them his own.

He would ascend to heaven in one step.

He would become an invincible existence on this Ancient Starry Road.

This supreme Opportunity, within reach, which he had plotted for over a hundred years, enough to let him ascend to heaven in one step, was right before his eyes.

However.

Jun Yun hesitated.

The hand holding the sword, for the first time, trembled uncontrollably.

In his mind, because of You Chen's last sentence, a scene from his previous life as Little Quan Yun involuntarily surfaced.

In that dilapidated small courtyard.

The Lame Old Man, looking at him, covered in blood and almost collapsing from practicing his punches, asked in a deep voice.

"A million punches, you're not just throwing a million punches, but also your Dao."

"Little Quan Yun, what is your Dao?"

"What is it that supports you to keep going..."

"Your sword... for what does it emerge?"

My sword... for what does it emerge... Jun Yun's mind was violently shaken.

Buzz.

Just then.

In the deepest part of his Sea of Consciousness, the Heart Sword technique, which he had obtained from the second supreme remnant shadow in the Sword Tomb but had never been able to comprehend, suddenly stirred violently without warning.

A profound Dao rhyme flowed through his Divine Soul.

"My heart, my method, my sword."

"Where the heart points, the sword follows."

"Do not forget your original intention..."

Jun Yun's body froze in place.

Beneath the cloth strips covering his eyes, his Nine-Colored Double Pupils, once filled with greed and killing intent, now showed a trace of bewilderment.

My heart... my original intention... what exactly is it?