C32 The True Form of Extermination

Confronted with Qin Buyi's irreverent remarks, the system seemed to sense its own fault and remained silent.

Noticing the system's quiet, Qin Buyi refrained from speaking further.

For Qin Buyi, a momentary release of emotion was normal, but continuous venting would turn into mere grumbling.

Grumbling is the most futile act in the world, only serving to deepen pessimism and despair.

After tending to his wounds and steadying his mind, Qin Buyi gripped the Killing Saber and resumed his journey.

Approaching the two-thirds mark, he stumbled upon a Heavenly Soldier on the ground, identical to one he had encountered earlier, right down to the neck wound inflicted by his Killing Saber.

Qin Buyi blinked in disbelief and pulled the plump Azure Dragon from his pocket, giving its belly a squeeze.

The Azure Dragon winced and gazed at Qin Buyi, puzzled.

"This doesn't seem to be an illusion," Qin Buyi murmured, observing the Azure Dragon's response.

He tucked the bewildered creature back into his pocket and glanced back at the path he had come from, only to find the Heavenly Soldier's body had vanished.

The headless Heavenly Soldier rose again, precisely reaching for its severed head on the ground and reattaching it seamlessly.

The soldier flexed its neck, facing Qin Buyi with that eerily familiar smile.

"Is it you?" Qin Buyi inquired, eyeing the Heavenly Soldier.

"It is still me," the soldier confirmed, voice raspy.

Intrigued by the bizarre occurrence, Qin Buyi pondered, "Could this be resurrection?"

Perceiving Qin Buyi's inner musings, the Heavenly Soldier clarified, "This is not resurrection, yet it is."

Listening to the cryptic explanation, Qin Buyi responded earnestly, "Your words are more enlightening than many."

The force that had previously filled the passageway surged once more, infusing both Qin Buyi and the Heavenly Soldier.

Their cultivation, previously capped at Golden Core Perfection, soared instantly to Nascent Infant Perfection.

The long blade that Qin Buyi had previously shattered reappeared in the hands of the Celestial Soldier, who drew it and struck at Qin Buyi with a swift slash.

"Killing Swordsmanship, Extermination!"

A crescent moon arc traced by the Celestial Soldier's blade surrounded Qin Buyi.

Gripping the Killing Saber tightly, Qin Buyi bellowed, "Killing Saber, Extermination!"

A crescent moon materialized, converging at the tip of the Killing Saber, and lunged towards the crescent drawn by the Celestial Soldier.

"Clang!" "Clang!"

"Clang!"

The long blade and Killing Saber collided fiercely, their relentless strikes ringing out with a symphony of metallic clangs in the corridor.

As the crescent faded, the Celestial Soldier remained unscathed, while Qin Buyi's wounded form bore several new gashes.

Blood seeped from the wounds, yet Qin Buyi's face remained stoic, betraying no sign of pain.

Channeling all his energy into the Killing Saber, Qin Buyi launched the first strike.

"Killing Swordsmanship, Extermination!"

The crescent once again shrouded the Celestial Soldier.

"Clang!"

"Clank!"

As the crescent vanished, the Celestial Soldier regarded Qin Buyi with a hint of disappointment, remarking, "Is that the extent of your power?"

"Behold the true essence of Killing Swordsmanship, Extermination!" the Celestial Soldier declared.

The crescent on the Celestial Soldier's blade swiftly gathered mass, transforming into a full moon that continued to grow.

Ascending a thousand meters into the sky, the full moon on the blade expanded rapidly.

In no time, a full moon spanning over a thousand meters in diameter materialized before Qin Buyi, engulfing him.

From above, the Celestial Soldier's voice echoed, "Extermination means to annihilate, to obliterate all. Witness the true Killing Swordsmanship, Extermination!"

Within the full moon's embrace, Qin Buyi was bathed in white moonlight. Abruptly, ten phantom blades emerged within the moon's glow.

These phantoms descended upon Qin Buyi in a flurry of slashes.

"Clang!" "Clang!"

"Clang!"

With the Killing Saber in hand, Qin Buyi effortlessly parried the ten phantom blades, only for hundreds more to emerge from within the full moon.

"Whoosh!"

Hundreds of long blade phantoms hurtled towards Qin Buyi.

Such an onslaught was nearly impossible to fend off. Qin Buyi bellowed, "Killing Swordsmanship: Extermination!"

A crescent moon formed at the tip of the Killing Saber, shrouding the multitude of blade phantoms.

"Clang!" "Clang!"

"Clang!"...

As the crescent faded, so too did the hundreds of blade phantoms.

Just as Qin Buyi was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a new wave of thousands of blade phantoms emerged within the full moon, descending upon him in unison.

Qin Buyi had never imagined that Extermination could be wielded in such a manner, or perhaps this was its true essence.

Within the scope of Extermination, everything was obliterated—be it living creatures or lifeless entities like buildings and stones.

He remembered the Extermination unleashed by the Killing Saber at the Tang family's residence, which had been just as devastating.

With a single blow, the Tang family was utterly annihilated.

Watching the relentless barrage of attacks, Qin Buyi gritted his teeth and swung the Killing Saber tirelessly.

"Killing Swordsmanship: Extermination!"

"Killing Swordsmanship: Extermination!"

"Clang!" "Clang!"

"Clang!"...

Round after round, the crescent moon coalesced and clashed with the aerial blade phantoms before scattering.

Once the thousands of blade phantoms had vanished, Qin Buyi stood drenched in blood, a figure of carnage.

His body was riddled with wounds, from which blood flowed ceaselessly.

There was no respite for Qin Buyi as the fourth assault commenced. The full moon revealed an overwhelming tide of over ten thousand blade phantoms.

The Celestial Weapon's voice, devoid of any emotion, reached Qin Buyi's ears:

"This is the final assault. To survive, you must grasp the true form of Extermination in the little time that remains."

"Fail to do so, and death will be your only remaining fate."

No sooner had the Heavenly Soldier spoken than tens of thousands of blade phantoms bore down on Qin Buyi.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"...

Each blade phantom whistled through the air with the sound of velocity.

Qin Buyi replayed the Heavenly Soldier's execution of Extermination in his mind, analyzing it repeatedly.

As tens of thousands of long blade phantoms were poised to strike him, Qin Buyi made his move. Clutching the Killing Saber, he aimed it at the oncoming multitude of blades. In an instant, the saber coalesced into a crescent moon, which swiftly morphed into a full moon before expanding rapidly.

One meter... ten meters... a hundred meters... a thousand meters...

In no time, it had formed into a massive full moon spanning several thousand kilometers in diameter.

This full moon, summoned by Qin Buyi, enveloped both the Heavenly Soldier and the moon he had conjured.

"Killing Swordsmanship: Extermination!" Qin Buyi bellowed.

"Slash!"

Tens of thousands of Killing Saber phantoms emerged within the full moon, surging towards the legion of blade phantoms.

"Clang!" "Clang!"

"Boom!" "Boom!"...

The clash of the Killing Saber phantoms against the blade phantoms set off a relentless barrage of explosions.

Before long, the blade phantoms vanished, leaving more than half of the Killing Saber phantoms intact.

"Slash!"

Qin Buyi, pointing to the Heavenly Soldier in the heavens, commanded.

The remaining phantoms of the Killing Saber hurtled towards the Heavenly Soldier with lethal precision.

The air was filled with the sounds of blades slicing through flesh.

The Heavenly Soldier's body was riddled with wounds, resembling a battered hornet's nest.

"Chi!"

A phantom of the Killing Saber swept across the Heavenly Soldier's throat, severing the head from the body. The phantom vanished without a trace.

"Thud!"

The headless corpse of the Heavenly Soldier plummeted to the ground like a torn sack, crashing with a thud.

Witnessing the fall, Qin Buyi dispelled the full moon and exhaled deeply, a sigh of relief escaping his lips.

He plopped down on the ground, a thought crossing his mind, "That was too close. Had I been a moment later, I might not have been so fortunate."

Blood still seeped from his wounds, yet Qin Buyi's spirits were high. In this battle, he had fully grasped the true essence of Extermination.