Chapter 2257: A Treasure Emerges

In his fury, the young man raised both hands, causing intense spatial fluctuations. The remaining half of the meteor, not yet refined, had its gravitational direction altered and came hurtling toward Zhang Xuan.

An even greater pressure bore down, making the blood in Zhang Xuan's body feel as if it were凝固.

With so many massive meteors rushing at such speed, even with his flesh at the pinnacle of King Realm and his soul at Nine Heavens King Realm, he could not withstand them. Using the newly tamed meteors to counter would likely result in mutual destruction, rendering all his previous efforts futile.

"Let's see if your control over gravity can withstand my full-powered sword strike..."

Taking a deep breath, his brows raised, and the Chixiao Sword appeared in his palm once more.

After breaking through to the Title Realm in soul, flesh, and true energy, he had yet to unleash his strongest combat power with this sword. Now was the time to try!

In his dantian, true energy stirred. A powerful sword intent coiled around the blade. The Chixiao Sword, as if receiving the greatest nourishment, let out an excited cry like a dragon's roar.

"The Eight Dragon Notes..."

Ao Feng, outside the lake's surface, heard this sound and couldn't help but feel his legs go weak, his head covered in cold sweat.

As the dragon's roar rang out, every cell in Zhang Xuan's body seemed activated, power exploding within him.

"Go!"

With a low shout, the Chixiao Sword left his hand. The sword technique "Wind Never Ceases," which he had comprehended earlier, shot forth like a white bolt of silk, instantly tearing the crushing gravity space in two, as if splitting a curtain.

A sword intent filled with unwillingness, reluctance, lingering attachment, and unyielding spirit split open the massive gravity before it. The meteors flying in with that force were similarly cleaved, grazing past Zhang Xuan on both sides and flying away.

The sword energy did not stop but continued forward, soon appearing before Dijue Dan.

His pupils contracted, and the young man's face turned pale. He dodged sideways repeatedly, but the sword energy clung like a bone-deep poison; no matter how he leaped, he could not evade it.

The tree desires stillness but the wind does not cease; the child wishes to care but the parents are gone. It inherently carries a flavor of helpless compulsion. No matter how one dodges, once locked on, escape is impossible.

This is fate, also karma—undeniable, unavoidable.

"Damn it!"

Clenching his teeth, he raised both arms and met the sword energy head-on.

Boom!

The meteor sea shook. A massive black spatial rift tore a huge pit in the ground. The young man staggered, retreating dozens of steps before stopping, panting heavily.

"His arms are gone?"

Ao Feng bit his tongue.

The young man transformed from Dijue Dan was now pale, his arms completely severed by the sword!

A pill of the Emperor Lord level, not only defeated in one strike but also losing its arms... He had thought the latter would surely lose; never in his dreams had he imagined such a reversal.

This Nine Heavens King was too terrifying!

Luo Qiqi also breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Zhang Xuan again with eyes full of admiration.

"Hmph!"

His eyes narrowed, a look of seriousness appearing in his previously indifferent gaze. Power surged within the young man's body, and in the blink of an eye, two new arms appeared.

He was originally a pill incarnate; the so-called arms and legs were merely medicinal power. Though lost, it had no major impact.

"As long as my medicinal power is inexhaustible, even if you cut off both my arms, sever all four limbs, or chop off my head, I can still manifest them anew!"

The young man recovered, revealing a cold smile. "My medicinal power can sustain a dozen such losses without issue. But how many more times can you unleash such powerful sword energy..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Zhang Xuan across from him wave his hand, and the two severed arms flew over, landing in his palm. With a light tap of his finger, they transformed into a sesame-sized pill, which he swallowed.

"???" The young man's eyes went wide.

Hey... we're in a life-and-death battle, and you're eating my arm right in front of me? That's too much!

Although it's just an arm, it's still formed from the medicinal power of an Emperor Lord-level pill, pure and potent. Even an Emperor Lord would need time to refine it. Swallowing it mid-battle... aren't you afraid of being bloated to death?

His face dark, burning with rage, he slapped down again.

Whoosh!

A beam of sword light shot forth, and both arms were severed again, falling to the ground. As before, no matter how he dodged, he could not evade.

"Huh?"

Struggling to manifest new arms, he looked up to see Zhang Xuan across from him once again restoring the severed arms to their original pill form and swallowing them.

"You..." Dijue Dan was nearly driven mad.

Are you sick or something...

I am an Emperor Lord-level pill. You cut off my arm in front of me—I can tolerate that... but eating it directly? What the hell?

Most importantly... just now, his true energy was only at the early stage of King Realm. After eating four arms' worth of medicinal power, it had already reached the mid stage. If he kept eating, it would surely go higher!

I want to kill you, but you treat me like a leek, cutting and eating me bit by bit...

"Ahhh... If I don't kill you today, I swear I'm no pill..."

With a great roar, Dijue Dan's palms opened and closed, striking fiercely again. But just as his palm force was released, his pupils shrank: "What the..."

This time, both arms and legs were severed by the opponent's sword energy. Across from him, Zhang Xuan, with a satisfied expression, picked up the fused pill and swallowed it again.

Rumble!

His cultivation broke through to the late stage of King Realm.

"You..." Dijue Dan's face turned pale, his scalp tingling.

Although its medicinal power was abundant, and it had accumulated much over the years in the Tide Sea, after having four arms and two legs severed repeatedly, it could no longer hold on.

His eyes reddened, veins bulging on his forehead. When he manifested limbs again, the pill's aura was less than half of what it had been.

"Flee!"

Knowing he was far from a match, he could no longer care. With a light shake, he shrank back into a pill form, then stomped hard, creating a spatial rift, and leaped into it.

"Huh?" Not expecting this fellow to flee so decisively when losing, Zhang Xuan slashed with his sword again.

Whoosh!

The space closed, and a pair of arms and legs floated out from within, while the pill vanished without a trace.

"He got away..."

Zhang Xuan shook his head.

The Meteor Lake was, after all, the other's lair. Some spatial structures were still unfamiliar to him despite having been there for some time. Moreover, the opponent's strength indeed far exceeded his own; if he truly wanted to escape, he could not be stopped.

Refining the medicinal power from the arms and legs, his cultivation increased considerably, successfully reaching the pinnacle of King Realm.

After spending over half an hour taming all the remaining meteors and storing them in his ring, Zhang Xuan finally returned to Ao Feng and Luo Qiqi.

"Senior Zhang, where do we go now?"

Having thought the Meteor Lake would be difficult to handle and would involve an extremely brutal battle, Ao Feng was now utterly in awe of this young man, who had so easily scared off Dijue Dan.

"To..."

Just as Zhang Xuan was about to speak, he suddenly felt a spatial fluctuation, and then saw a dazzling light shining directly ahead, emitting a heart-stopping power.

"A treasure is emerging!"

Everyone looked over in unison.