Chapter 678: The Seventh Sword

Many experts came to Mount Tai to watch the battle, including those on the Dragon and Phoenix Ranks, as well as those from the Famous Masters List and the Demon Path List. There were also many skilled fighters who were strong but hadn’t yet made a name for themselves.
People from the Mu Family, the Heroic Gate, the First-Class Hall, and the Lingxiao Palace were among them, but each wore a conical hat. With so many people around, no one recognized anyone else!
These people had become somewhat confused after watching the first few swords. Especially when the two fighters entered a fierce battle at lightning speed, their blindingly fast movements and black lightning-like strikes were too rapid to follow. The only thing certain was that the First Emperor’s swordsmanship grew faster and more brutal by the moment. The ground around them was filled with deep ravines, and the nearby woods were almost completely destroyed.
The crowd kept retreating, trying to avoid the sharp sword beams, fearing that the battle might affect them.
“Too fast.”
Among the crowd, Lin Xiao looked shocked and solemn. He could no longer keep up with the pace of the two fighters.
This was only the fewth sword, and it was already so formidable!
Yet they admired Happy even more…
To remain highly alert and dodge skillfully amidst such intense and rapid sword strikes seemed even more difficult than wielding the swords themselves.
“The fifth sword…”
Among the crowd, Zhou Yu looked displeased.
He had fought against the First Emperor a few times but had never seen this move before.
Putting himself in Happy’s shoes, he quickly concluded that he might be able to dodge the previous swords unharmed, but the speed of the later ones was too fast for him to react in time. As the swordsmanship progressed, he would surely suffer injuries and lose quickly…
But in reality, he could barely withstand the First Emperor’s fourth sword—there was no way he could even attempt the fifth!
Yet Happy successfully endured the fifth sword without making any mistakes.
“…Is this really their strength?!”
Hao Tian stood at the back of the crowd, his chest heaving violently as his emotions surged.
The First Emperor’s swordsmanship truly combined lethality with speed—a perfect blend of speed and destruction, the most terrifying swordsmanship in the world!
Although the Six Veins Divine Sword was an ultimate martial art, it seemed that as its user grew stronger, the art itself became even more formidable.
Among the crowd, countless experts watched the interchanging black lightning and Happy, who always managed to dodge in advance, with increasingly indifferent expressions.

This confrontation truly gave them a profound lesson, but it also dealt a huge blow to everyone! Just then, as the Emperor reappeared, determination and seriousness flashed in his eyes, and a dazzling black sword energy burst from his hand. The black sword energy, like a swift black streak, instantly struck Happy, who had appeared out of nowhere! “Clang!” Lin Xiao, Silver Fox, and the others instinctively gasped, their pupils widening in shock! He had struck! The same sword that once injured Linghu Chong—Happy had finally forced the Emperor to unleash his sixth sword! Yet it seemed Happy had no chance to defend or dodge, taking the hit head-on! Boom!!! A loud noise came from Happy’s side, followed by the disappearance of a dim, fading golden light. Happy’s body was sent flying backward dozens of meters like a cannonball. His legs sank deep into the ground, leaving two terrifyingly deep grooves. With a low growl, Happy struggled to lift his head. There was an extremely clear sword mark on his armor—He had endured that strike! He wasn’t hurt at all!! A chorus of gasps arose among the onlookers! Because they all recognized that the sword strike was definitely the same technique the Emperor had used to seriously injure Linghu Chong on the Dragon and Tiger Arena. But if anyone paid close attention to Happy’s face at that moment, they would notice that beneath his golden armor, his skin had turned bronze-colored. Only after fully absorbing the power of the sword energy did it gradually return to normal, with a strong blush appearing on his face before fading away again. The Nine Yang Divine Skill indeed brought great benefits to Happy! His enhanced sensitivity allowed him to sense his enemy’s movements and next moves in advance. The sixth sword was even more terrifying than the fifth, requiring more internal energy. Happy seized the moment when his energy was being rapidly mobilized, activating the secrets of the Golden Bell Shield in advance. While emitting the attack actively, he also deactivated the Golden Bell Shield and, at the exact moment the Emperor swung his sword, activated his life-and-death protection technique—the Arhat Body. Although the Arhat Body was only at the Bronze Body stage at the time, its defensive capabilities far surpassed those of the Golden Bell Shield. Especially when the “Bronze Body Arhat” state was activated, his entire body became as hard as bronze, doubling his defense. With the Golden Bell Shield offsetting some of the damage, he indeed wasn’t seriously injured. Just a slight internal injury… It was restored after just one cycle of the Nine Yang Divine Skill. However… He was able to rely on both the Golden Bell Shield and the Arhat Body for protection this time only because he took advantage of a gap caused by the Emperor’s overly fast sword technique. With any other martial art, the temporary effect of the Golden Bell Shield would have vanished instantly.

In that case, things might not be like this now!
But upon reflection, that last sword strike was indeed extremely powerful—its lethality was likely no less than that of “Kang Long You Hui” at its peak, only faster.
For the first time, Yi Di showed a look of shock, staring intently at Happy’s smiling face, seemingly unable to believe that the fifth and sixth swords still hadn’t managed to seriously injure him.
It wasn’t evasion—it was actually blocking his sixth sword head-on!
Taking a deep breath, Yi Di suppressed his inner turmoil and stopped about twenty meters away, muttering with a bitter smile, “I never thought someone could force me to use my last move. With my current internal energy, I can only unleash this final strike, and its lethality is terrifying! It’s incomparable to the previous six moves; even I can’t fully master it yet…”
“To be able to witness Yi Di’s seventh sword, even if I die, I’ll have no regrets! Go ahead!!” After blocking the sixth sword, Happy became much more relaxed.
This was something that many masters in his past life hadn’t managed to do even after three years of effort.
To be able to block Yi Di’s six swords ahead of time in this life, to withstand the attacks of the once invincible greatest master without injury—wasn’t that also an exhilarating achievement for him?
After a pause, Happy added, “For the final move, I’ll give it my all too! It might not be inferior to your seventh sword. Let fate decide who wins and who loses!”
Hearing this, the onlookers were completely captivated…
Everyone could see!
The duel between the two had reached its most intense stage.
The final sword!
To decide victory or defeat!!
Or perhaps… to determine life or death!!