284: The flawed jade is the king (23).

"Junior, come here and die for this Venerable!"

Venerable Xuan Ming's aged and disdainful voice echoed between heaven and earth.

Seeing that the giant hand was about to capture Wang Yun.

Swoosh.

A stream of light, ignoring the barriers of space and the Law Domain of the Heavenly Venerable, descended in an instant with unimaginable speed.

It inserted itself with absolute precision between Wang Yun and that giant hand of the Heavenly Venerable.

Clang!

That giant hand of the Heavenly Venerable, capable of suppressing all Laws, actually shattered inch by inch under the impact of that stream of light.

This sudden scene left everyone present stunned.

"Who?!"

"Who dares to ruin this old man's plans!"

The Chen Family Heavenly Venerable's Divine Thought surged out, sweeping across all directions in an attempt to find the mysterious expert who had struck from the shadows.

However, he found nothing.

Because that stream of light was not a person.

It was a scabbard.

An ancient-looking scabbard that appeared plain, unremarkable, and even somewhat dilapidated.

It just floated quietly in front of Wang Yun, emitting a soft halo, like a loyal guard protecting its king.

The surroundings were silent.

Everyone's gaze was fixed on that inconceivable scabbard.

"A relic of Ancestor Chen!"

An exclamation came.

It was a royal descendant of the Great You Sacred Dynasty.

It was also at this moment that the ancient scabbard moved.

It did not emit any earth-shattering pressure, but simply circled and hovered slowly around Wang Yun.

Its posture was filled with a sense of intimacy and protection.

As if a wanderer, away from home for many years, had finally found a place to return to.

A divine object choosing its master!

Seeing this scene, these four words appeared in everyone's mind.

Wang Yun's mind also trembled violently at this moment.

Others might not know, but he was incomparably clear.

He could clearly feel that his Divine Soul had developed a mysterious resonance with a sleeping artifact spirit within the scabbard.

It was because of "Sever Self".

Wang Yun understood in an instant.

It was his "Sever Self" Divine Ability that had stirred the aura belonging to You Chen remaining on the scabbard, thereby triggering this resonance that spanned eternity!

"The artifact spirit has been born..."

"The might of this artifact far exceeds the hongmeng sword from my past life."

Wang Yun's heart was shaken beyond measure.

He could feel that the essence of this seemingly ancient scabbard was so high that it even surpassed the category of Saint weapons.

"Playing tricks!"

Just as Wang Yun's heart was stirred, that Heavenly Venerable of the Chen Family, Venerable Xuan Ming, struck again.

Boom!

This time, Venerable Xuan Ming did not hold back.

Behind him, a thousand-foot Dao Fruit manifested, and a Devil God avatar emerged with three heads and six arms, rolling with Devilish Qi.

A terrifying pressure of a Heavenly Venerable enveloped the entire world.

"Go to your death for this old man!"

Venerable Xuan Ming roared, and the six arms of that Devil God avatar swung different devilish weapons simultaneously, smashing towards Wang Yun with monstrous might.

Facing this world-destroying strike, there was not a trace of fear in Wang Yun's eyes.

He reached out and gently grasped the ancient scabbard floating in front of him.

Hum—

It felt warm to the touch, and a vast, ocean-like, peerlessly sharp Supreme Sword Intent surged through his arm into his limbs and bones, perfectly resonating with the power of the Supreme Body within his body.

Wang Yun could clearly feel as if he had merged into one with this scabbard.

He closed his eyes.

He unleashed the "Sever Self" Divine Ability once again.

But this was no longer his "Sever Self" alone.

Instead, through this scabbard, it completely stirred the Supreme Sword Intent belonging to the Supreme level that You Chen had left behind in it all those years ago!

Wang Yun swung the sword.

No, he swung the scabbard.

There was no earth-shattering sword radiance.

There was no Sword Qi tearing through heaven and earth.

There was only a gray sword light, seemingly plain and unremarkable, even somewhat dim, which flashed and vanished from the tip of the scabbard.

That sword light seemed to span time and space.

In the split second before the attack of Venerable Xuan Ming's Devil God avatar was about to land, it silently swept across his neck.

Time seemed to have stopped.

Venerable Xuan Ming's arrogant Devil God avatar, along with himself, froze in mid-air.

The grin on his face, the killing intent in his eyes, and the terrifying devilish might on his body that was enough to change the color of the world, all froze at this moment.

Crack.

A faint, almost imperceptible sound of shattering.

That thousand-foot Devil God avatar, like a weathered sand sculpture, crumbled inch by inch, turning into black light spots filling the sky.

Immediately after, it was Venerable Xuan Ming himself.

He looked down in disbelief at his chest.

There, at some unknown time, a faint sword mark had appeared.

He wanted to say something, but found that his Divine Soul, along with that Heavenly Venerable Dao Fruit which had long since merged with him, were completely erased under this sword mark by an irresistible Supreme Sword Intent.

"No..."

This was the last, and only, sound he left in this world.

Boom.

A generation of Heavenly Venerable, the anchor of the Chen Family, one of the five great families of the Northern Plains, just like that, perished body and soul, dying and fading away in full view of everyone.

One sword, severing a Heavenly Venerable.

This inconceivable scene left the surroundings in dead silence.

It was also at this moment.

From the direction of the Great Nether Sacred Capital, a towering figure tore through the Void Realm and descended here.

The person who arrived was none other than the startled Great You Sacred Ancestor, You Xuanji.

He happened to witness the entire process of Wang Yun severing a Heavenly Venerable with one sword.

Even though he was a Saint and had seen great storms, at this moment, his heart was shaken beyond measure, unable to calm down for a long time.

His gaze was locked tightly onto the white-clad youth holding the scabbard.

"Who... exactly is this child?"

"Not only has he nurtured the only Supreme Body in eternity, but he has also triggered the resonance of the Sword Intent left by Ancestor Chen..."