441: Chapter 440 Swords and Knives

The moment the bone claw and the crimson meteor violently collided, the entire National War space felt as if it had been grabbed by someone and fiercely wrung.

The dark clouds covering the battlefield were like a punctured balloon, violently exploding a large hole from the center.

Crack!

Cracks appeared on the giant claw of the evil demon statue.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yuan smashed through the arena floor even faster like a meteor.

Boom!!

"Dam… damn…" Disa spat out two words with difficulty as his body completely disintegrated, retreating from the battlefield.

The Gate of Hell began to shatter.

The demon statue also began to grow illusory, its pair of huge skull eye sockets burning with Hell flames staring fixedly at the depths of the arena, as if seeing something extremely dangerous.

"The Lost Lands, how could there be…"

"The Third Generation…"

"You are very… dangerous…"

Bang!

The demon statue exploded!

Bone fragments mixed with black flames smashed down head-on, leaving patches of scorched pits wherever they landed on the ground.

[Ding! In this duel, Jiang Yuan of China has won, obtaining the trophy — Blood Purple Pith]

Jiang Yuan rushed out from the sky-full of shattered bones, his entire body wrapped in burning blood flames like a red-hot cannonball.

He stamped his right foot in the Void Realm, causing the air beneath his feet to explode into a ring of white Qi, and shattered the remaining dark clouds with a single punch in mid-air.

His face, neck, and body all suffered varying degrees of damage, but miraculous golden light shimmered beneath his flesh and blood, healing at a super-speed visible to the naked eye, returning to their original state in just a few moments.

"Continue." The youth's tone was calm, as if the terrifying impact just now was nothing, but the tragic scene on the arena was enough to show the horror of that strike.

"Even the arena floor, as hard as an alloy fortress, was blasted into a bottomless pit with a destruction range of over several kilometers, and the central area even became molten lava scorched earth… If this fell in the real world, I'm afraid even a large city would be annihilated?!" A Grandmaster sucked in air through his teeth with palpitations, trembling incessantly.

"That Disa from White Elephant Country is also truly strong, living up to his reputation as an SSS-rank fire-attribute Martial Artist; his destructive power is too terrifying. That final strike made me feel terrified even across the battlefield world, with a chill straight to my heart. I really don't know how God Jiang blocked it…"

"However, that strike looked like it caused damage to God Jiang too; it couldn't have been that easy for him to take it…"

"Do we really have to continue?"

"This consumption is simply too huge."

Netizens of China all felt anxious and worried looking at Jiang Yuan at this moment, concerned that the previous strike had caused a huge consumption for him.

And the truth was indeed so.

Even compared to the fallen kings who previously attacked the National War, that strike was not inferior, possessing ninety percent of a king-level destructive power. It indeed broke Jiang Yuan's own Qi and blood barrier, slicing away nearly half of his health points in a single strike.

Below the arena.

Sage Xien had mysterious runes emerge in his eyes as he spoke:

"Both his Qi and blood and health points have experienced a certain degree of decline, and his mental Domain is affected by a force, still in a sealed state."

"Wanting to end his winning streak, this is the best opportunity."

As his words fell.

The expressions of the other Quasi-Kings all changed.

Almost at the very same instant.

Three figures instantly disappeared from their spots, transforming into three streaks of light rushing toward the battlefield at extreme speed.

The first to arrive was Park Jin-hyuk of South Korea.

He held a sword in one hand, with momentum like a rushing thunder!

Before the National War began, whether due to the instructions of his mentor, the Sun King, or because he encountered Jiang Yuan and felt the pressure and sense of urgency he brought, Park Jin-hyuk used a drop of Nine-Colored Deer blood obtained in a mysterious ruin as a catalyst, found a top-tier potion master of Murmansk to compound a special potion, drank it down in one gulp, and thus broke through his shackles to leap straight into the Quasi-King Domain.

After reaching the Quasi-King Domain, his state was completely different from the previous Ninth-Order Grand Master state.

Whether it was his Aura, strength, mentality, or innate skills, all of them had been greatly enhanced!

They could not be spoken of in the same breath!

"The humiliation of being suppressed by you before, I will return it all to you now!"

"Death-Exterminating Sword Technique: Meteor Slash!"

Park Jin-hyuk's figure elongated, like a comet hanging across the sky, refracting hundreds of times in the Void Realm in an instant.

Hundreds of biting slashes chopped onto Jiang Yuan like streaks of light.

"Clang clang clang clang clang!!"

It was as if gold and iron were clashing!

The berserk crimson battle qi, like an indestructible armor, was also forcefully cut to pieces at this moment.

Straight blood marks appeared on the youth's body.

But as soon as blood appeared, golden light burst forth again instantly, recovering as good as new.

Park Jin-hyuk's expression changed, and he immediately pulled back and retreated.

"What?!"

This scene was astonishing.

A Quasi-King's destructive slashes were actually inferior to his regeneration.

This kind of Physical Body was simply even more frightening than the top-tier Abyss monster [Starving Demon Whale], which was famous for its health pool and recovery ability.

If Park Jin-hyuk also possessed Sage Xien's special pupils, he would discover that Jiang Yuan's health bar above his head was still slowly increasing at this moment.

This was Jiang Yuan under the [Exploding Star] state, where both his defense and recovery abilities were pulled to the limit, far exceeding his normal state.

"Your base stats are too poor. With your level, what does it matter even if you break through to a Quasi-King?"

Jiang Yuan spoke coldly, his voice like rolling thunder.

Profound darkness unfolded from behind him.

Park Jin-hyuk radiated brilliant silver light all over, his entire person looking as if cast from silver, and his speed suddenly surged by three times.

Skill — [Silver Flash]!

Jiang Yuan slanted his eyes, swinging his saber to slash at an empty spot.

Swish!

A berserk Saber Qi carrying the power of a Seal tore through the Void Realm, instantly appearing before Park Jin-hyuk.

He swung his blade at the same time.

"Bang!"

The slashes collided and were deflected upwards by Park Jin-hyuk. The berserk shockwave swept out, instantly shaving off a layer of the arena floor within a radius of one hundred meters around the two people.

[Divine Speed]

Jiang Yuan, still in the Exploding Star state, erupted with a speed not inferior to Park Jin-hyuk, appearing above him as the Demon Blade in his hand slashed out once more.

Two figures, one crimson and one silver-white, constantly flashed and clashed in the Void Realm, their speed so fast that even some Ninth-Order Grand Masters found it hard to see clearly.

Every collision of blade against blade could produce massive tremors.

Swordsmanship against swordsmanship.

Famous sword against Demon Blade.

It was just that one side was a Quasi-King, while the other side was an Eighth-Order Martial Artist who had successively defeated three Quasi-Kings!

"Heaven Devourer."

Jiang Yuan slashed out with a sword.

Space was sliced away.

Park Jin-hyuk didn't have time to react, and his sword-holding arm was directly sliced off by this sword strike.

But the next instant, his injury dissipated like a bubble, as if everything that had just happened was merely a phantom.

Skill — [Dream of Yamata]

Skill Effect: Can nullify an injury once!

Park Jin-hyuk seized the opening after Jiang Yuan threw his sword strike, erupting with his strongest Martial Will fused into his battle skill, merging his entire body's Qi and blood into the longsword in his hand.

[Secret Skill - Star Trace: Song of the Blade]