Chapter 53: Sword Mastery (Part 3)

Su Chen successfully obtained the key to enter the Heavenly Void Tomb.
He slew two prodigies of the demon race with his sword.
This further enhanced his reputation.
Demons eat humans.
Humans eat demons.
It's only natural.
Therefore, Su Chen's slaying of the demon prodigies, bringing honor to humanity, deserves applause.
Inside the Imperial Sword Manor
Su Chen stroked the Calamity Dust Sword.
His eyes were filled with anticipation.
In this life, he mastered the Sword Control Body, a technique with a success rate of less than one in a billion.
Throughout the entire Southern Region, he was already seen as a sword prodigy by millions.
"I wonder how much I differ from those holy sons of the Holy Land."
Su Chen pondered this in his heart, his anticipation growing stronger.
The way of the sword has always been about forging ahead with unwavering courage.
Only those who have undergone constant trials are worthy of the title of "strong."
Three months later
Su Chen left the Imperial Sword Manor and headed for Tianxu Mountain.
When Su Chen arrived at Tianxu Mountain,
many prodigies had already gathered there.
Their auras swirled into a radiant glow.
Some were imposing and majestic, some were exquisitely beautiful, and some exuded a chilling fighting spirit.
Every prodigy qualified to enter the Tianxu Tomb was undoubtedly extremely powerful.
Roar!
Su Chen subconsciously raised his head.
It was the roar of a dragon, its powerful pressure instilling instinctive fear.
Su Chen gripped the Tribulation Dust Sword hanging at his waist tightly.
Nine crimson dragons tore through the void, pulling a magnificent chariot.
On the chariot were inscribed numerous mysterious and magnificent runes.
The raised banners sounded the ancient horns.
The Feathered Ascension Holy Land!
One of the ancient holy lands of the Southern Region!
Seated in the chariot was a handsome young man in a feathered robe, possessing extraordinary bearing. His eyes were closed, yet he exuded a terrifying majesty that inspired submission in all who beheld him.
Su Chen was horrified to find that he couldn't even muster the slightest thought of fighting.
His sword trembled, filled with fear.
He couldn't possibly defeat such a powerful figure!
Like a mortal before an emperor.
Unassailable.
Second on the Prodigy Ranking, a disciple of the Feathered Ascension Holy Land, possessing a Divine Soul Holy Body, Gu Yan!
"Powerful...truly too powerful. Is this the strength of a peerless prodigy?"
Su Chen personally experienced the power of the Holy Body.
In his previous life, he had witnessed the battles of the Holy Sons of the Holy Lands.
However, he was too weak, his aptitude too poor.
He only knew that those disciples were powerful.
But he couldn't sense the extent of their power.
"The Feathered Holy Land, what grandeur! Nine dragons pulling a chariot, heh!"
The sky darkened.
A colossal body seemed to obscure the heavens.
A head hundreds of meters tall descended from the clouds, its golden pupils dazzlingly bright, its hard scales as black as ink, like ancient immortal gold, shimmering with a black luster.
"The Sky-Splitting Dragon Emperor, it's actually him! It seems the Azure Dragon lineage has also produced an extraordinary successor!"
Su Chen heard an ancient clan elder nearby, utterly astonished.
The Azure Dragon clan was said to have once produced a true emperor.
However, they had declined now.
Even so, they were not to be underestimated.
A colossal body, thousands of meters long, transformed into a middle-aged man in black robes with a beam of light, his dazzling golden eyes remaining unchanged.
The nine-headed red dragon trembled before the Sky-Splitting Dragon Emperor.
"How can such trash be worthy of the noble blood of my dragon race flowing through its veins?"
The Sky-Splitting Dragon Emperor reached out, intending to crush the nine-headed crimson dragon.
“How dare you?”
An angry voice rang out from the direction of the Feathered Ascension Holy Land.
An old man with frost-white hair, his frail body comparable to the heavens, clashed with the Sky-Splitting Dragon Emperor.
The aftershocks caused mountains and rivers tens of thousands of meters long to crumble.
The battle between Void Realm experts was truly terrifying.
Just then,
a hearty voice rang out.
“How lively! A mudfish and an old man, fighting to the death here, do they want to sink Heavenly Void Mountain?”
A middle-aged man emerged from the void, accompanied by a handsome young man. Watching the scene, a carefree smile appeared on his face.
He seemed to disregard the Sky-Splitting Dragon Emperor and the experts of the Feathered Ascension Holy Land.
“This is a swordsmanship expert!”
Su Chen felt a powerful pressure.
A blazing sun seemed to appear above his swordsmanship.
That middle-aged man was terrifying.
The Dragon Emperor of the Rending Sky and the experts from the Feathered Ascension Holy Land looked at the middle-aged man with dread.
Both sides snorted coldly and then stopped fighting.
The middle-aged man looked on with regret.
A good show was abruptly ended.
"It's the Sword Demon of the Heavenly Sword Holy Land... He actually came. It seems the young man beside him is the Sword Demon's successor."
"That's a madman. A madman's successor is definitely a madman. We must stay far away from that madman."
Su Chen heard the unanimous assessment of the middle-aged man from the crowd around him.
They're all madmen!
Su Chen noted down the young man beside the middle-aged man.
The last of the three giants, the Yuan Yang Holy Land, arrived not long after.
Under everyone's watchful eyes,
Suddenly, a deafening tremor shook Tianxu Mountain, and countless rays of light erupted, transforming into a towering bronze gate.
The towering bronze gate was engraved with numerous totems. With the emergence of a mysterious power, these totems evolved into a wild continent, where many powerful beings soared into the sky, and many strange beasts roamed, seemingly recording a moment from a certain era.
Su Chen felt a warm sensation on his body. He touched it and found it was the key to the Heavenly Void Tomb, its surface radiating a glow.
The bronze gate seemed to sense this, shooting out a beam of light that enveloped Su Chen, drawing him inside.
At the same time,
not only Su Chen, but everyone else who possessed the keys to the Heavenly Void Tomb was also drawn into the bronze gate by a stream of light.
The world inside the bronze gate was larger than any secret realm Su Chen had ever seen before.
A tiny sun and moon appeared simultaneously in the sky.
Su Chen squinted.
He found himself in a dense forest.
Before him lay a lake.
The lake was rich in spiritual energy, shrouded in a layer of mist.
A dangerous killing intent lurked within.
However, in the center of the lake lay an island, upon which grew lush, verdant vines that soared upwards, their branches adorned with strange patterns that seemed to breathe life into the mist rising from the lake's surface.
What surprised Su Chen most was a fruit bearing on the vine, as green as jade, brimming with abundant vitality.
Su Chen murmured, "It's a treasure, but it terrifyingly conceals a deadly danger."
The Heavenly Void Tomb contains many valuable items.
However, dangers were numerous; even disciples of the Holy Land had perished there.
Su Chen had to be cautious.
“It’s a human!”
Su Chen turned around and saw a tall, tiger-headed, human-bodied demon prodigy, overjoyed, his eyes greedily fixed on Su Chen.
Su Chen was also delighted.
“It’s you!”
The tiger-headed demon prodigy didn’t understand what Su Chen was muttering, but he saw a sword hovering above his head, its sharp edge piercing a small hole in his skull.
The tiger-headed demon prodigy’s joy instantly froze.