Chapter 277

Chapter 277: Annihilation

“Initial Celestial Immortal Realm?”

Sensing the aura of Chen Ansheng, Long Ge was slightly surprised.

The intelligence Long Ge had received indicated that a year ago, this human youth was merely at the intermediate Immortal Sage realm.

In just one short year, he had broken through into the Celestial Immortal Realm!

It seemed that the Storm Spiritual Abyss was indeed extraordinary!

“Attack! Subdue him!”

There were eight toads present; among them, seven were at the initial Celestial Immortal Realm, while Long Ge himself had just ascended to middle Celestial Immortal Realm.

Normally, Immortal Beasts have superior combat power compared to humans at the same level.

With an eight against two advantage, and the added assistance of a space-sealing treasure, Long Ge naturally believed that subduing the human youth would be as easy as pie.

“If this is your chosen path, don’t blame me for my ruthlessness!”

Since the Spirit Binding Magic was already activated, Chen Ansheng saw no need to waste any more time.

“Shall I lend a hand?”

Seeing Chen Ansheng’s surging killing intent, Gu Miaoyan asked.

“No need!”

Whoosh!

As the words left his mouth, Chen Ansheng’s figure flashed, charging forward.

Sword intent wildly surged in his body, and at the same time, a protective shield formed on his skin, made from the Chaos True Qi within his dantian.

Chiming!

Chen Ansheng consecutively pulled out twelve sword intents from his amplifying scabbard.

“This scoundrel is truly powerful!”

Sensing the might of the sword intent, the Immortal Beasts couldn’t help but be greatly shocked.

“Don’t be careless. Transform into your true forms quickly!”

With a slicing sound, before they could react, Chen Ansheng’s sword already decapitated one of the toads.

“Damn brat, attack, kill him!”

The rest were furious, and chaotic beastly powers pressed toward Chen Ansheng.

“Ah!”

Another wail of agony; another toad, while passing by the previous one’s position, was suddenly killed by an overwhelming sword intent that pierced through its chest.

Within the span of a single breath, he’d already killed two Celestial Immortals of the initial rank.

“Buzz buzz buzz…”

Under the effects of the Spirit Binding Magic, the two Celestial Immortals who had perished were condensed into a rank essence, stored within Chen Ansheng’s dantian.

At any time he desired, he could absorb and refine them.

“Roar! Roar! Roar!”

The few remaining toads had quickly transformed into their true forms in this short interval.

“Swallow Heaven!”

Touch-like appendages came out of their mouths, flying toward Chen Ansheng, intending to drag him into their maws.

“Hmph!”

Chen Ansheng coldly snorted, not bothering to evade at all.

Because Chaos True Qi protected him, they couldn’t ascertain his precise location in space.

“Kill!”

Chen Ansheng conjured a hundred sword intents in succession. The toads displayed some skill and all dodged.

“Sword intent, reverse flow!”

Whoosh whoosh whoosh…

A vast amount of sword shadows faded only to reappear, repeatedly slicing through the toads.

“Ah!”

Heart-wrenching cries of agony rang out; the heaven-rank toads were sliced up, their flesh mangled.

Whoosh!

Chen Ansheng transformed into a streak of sword light, flashing past the toads in a single motion.

Annihilation!

The toads transformed into rank essence, all flowing into Chen Ansheng’s dantian.

Counting each as a hundred years of cultivation, Chen Ansheng had stored seven hundred years of cultivation essence; a mere thought would be enough to absorb and refine all of it.

“You scoundrel…!”

Only Long Ge hiding to the side, a Celestial Immortal at the middle rank, still lived.

It could scarcely believe that the officers it had brought were all killed in mere moments.

Moreover, the spatial seal had absolutely no effect on him.

“You foul brute, I’ll tear you into pieces!”

Boom!

Long Ge attacked.

The power of a Celestial Immortal Beast at middle rank was far beyond that of the previous heaven-rank toads.

The violent energy pressing down made Chen Ansheng feel that its combat power was a notch higher than Gu Miaoyan’s current level, and this was even before it had transformed into its true form.

“Die!”

From Long Ge’s enormous claw flowed terrifying black immortal energy, as it ruthlessly struck toward Chen Ansheng.

Its speed was unbelievably fast, leaving no time for Chen Ansheng to dodge.

“Boom!”

The claw struck the protective layer formed by the Chaos True Qi, creating a crack.

And Chen Ansheng himself felt the shock of transmitted force.

“This beast is truly powerful!”

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The frenzied Long Ge continued to slap its claws repeatedly, almost shattering the Chaos True Qi protection.

“Heavenly Sword Intent — Kill!”

Chen Ansheng let out a low roar, unleashing his understanding of the ancient sword technique to the utmost limit.

“Flea, even a late Celestial Immortal would have trouble breaking through my defense, and you think you could?”

The furious Long Ge didn’t bother dodging at all; it was extremely confident in its own defense.

“Have you ever heard of the True Wounding Doctrine?”

Chen Ansheng’s lips curled into a slight smirk.

Indeed, he had infused True Wounding Doctrine, which he had now fully comprehended, into the sword intent.

This doctrine could, within certain limits, weaken or even ignore the enemy’s defense.

Boom!

The sword intent flowed like a torrent, rushing toward Long Ge.

“Break for me!”

Long Ge showed absolute disdain in its heart, and slapped at the incoming strike with a single claw.

When the two forces met, immortal blood exploded outward, raining down like a heavy storm.

“Ah, what?!”

Long Ge’s claw was shattered into a mist of blood, and its heart was filled with fear.

“No good, this vermin can actually break my defense! Run!”

Having now tasted fear, it dared not linger in the battle. In a flash, it turned around and wildly retreated.

“Care to run?”

Chen Ansheng activated an immediate shield and then used his sword intent to strike it down, desiring the teleportation effect.

Having flown a hundred zhang not even a moment ago, Long Ge suddenly felt an extraordinarily dangerous presence from behind.

It instinctively transformed its true form and hurled a mass of Immortal energy backward.

“Swoosh!”

But beforehand, it vaguely saw a sword’s shadow cut through between its eyes.

Afterward, it felt all its vitality numbing and flowing away uncontrollably.

“Father, save me!”

It suddenly realized its head was split by the blade.

An instinctive burst of soul information transmitted to its father, the Toad Immortal King.

Then, blood slid down its forehead, seeming like a red line that cut through its head and body. The two enormous halves of the body fell from the sky.

Long Ge, deceased!

“Decisive and ruthless execution, good, excellent.”

Gu Miaoyan applauded after observing the entire battle process.

She originally thought that though this youth was skillful in sword intent, his experience in life-and-death battles would be insufficient, and he would eventually need her assistance.

Unexpectedly, his strikes were lethal with no hesitation, similar to an experienced elite assassin.

Chen Ansheng stood tall in midair.

A kind of unprecedented sense of elation surged in his heart.

The joy of cutting down Celestial Immortals in the Immortal Realm was completely different from suppressing the tiny ants in the lower realms.

“This is power.”

Chen Ansheng murmured, his heart unable to settle for a long while.

After a long pause, he carefully inspected the rank essence within his body.

“Refine!”

With just a thought, the rank essence began to dissolve.

Equal to a thousand years of cultivation essence, it nurtured both Chen Ansheng’s immortal body and immortal spirit.

In this instant, he felt as though he had meditated in a place rich in immortal energy for a thousand years, and those thousand years passed by as if they were just a fleeting wisp of smoke.

Swoosh!

A beam of Immortal light soared into the sky, bringing about a tremendous transformation in Chen Ansheng’s aura.