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Chapter 1542: Chapter 1543: Total Annihilation Chapter 1542: Chapter 1543: Total Annihilation Song Jian flew through the skies with incredible speed while using the Sword Flight Art, a faint light screen appearing around his body. This was a natural manifestation of Sword Qi that formed when executing the skill, protecting against the fierce winds generated during flight.

At that moment, Song Jian saw a narrow, blood-red canyon appearing ahead, understanding that the City of Hope wasn’t far now.

The City of Hope, daring to detain the trading convoy, naturally had to bear the city’s vengeance. Song Jian didn’t know what trump card the other side possessed that allowed them to disregard the strength of a Legendary Realm’s pinnacle warrior.

As Song Jian neared the Blood-red Canyon, he suddenly felt a sense of unease as if some danger was imminent.

The next moment, more than thirty milky-white beams, like Light Arrows, shot towards him.

Song Jian’s feet steered his flying sword sharply, drawing an arc in the air to dodge the sudden assault of Light Arrows.

Soon, more than thirty warriors clad in heavy armor rose into the sky, each with a pair of pure white wings of light emerging behind them.

“Church of Light!” Song Jian’s eyes narrowed as he recognized them.

Although he didn’t know if these were Punishers, the wings of light on their backs gave away their identity–they were all from the Church of Light.

“Song Jian, blasphemer, kill!” bellowed the leading warrior as the power of the Light Domain instantly unfolded, enveloping all thirty-five of his companions within it.

Only the power of a Domain could withstand the force of another Domain. Without the covering of his Domain Power, the other thirty-five would not have been able to attack Song Jian at all.

“Judgment of Light!” they all shouted, and a milky-white halo appeared under each person’s feet. These halos were linked by the Light Domain Power of the leader, instantly forming a large array.

In front of Song Jian, the image of a goddess over a hundred feet tall materialized, her face benevolent, one hand holding a bottle, and the other gripping a cross-shaped Lightsaber, looking towards Song Jian.

“Not this again!” Song Jian’s eyes narrowed. The Church of Light seemed to excel at Summoning these divine image illusory projections, with the mere height of a hundred feet being enough to intimidate many.

The goddess’s image slowly tilted to the left and right, the bottle in her hand aiming at Song Jian. After a moment, copious amounts of holy water spilled from the bottle, like a hanging river falling from the sky.

Song Jian instinctively dodged backwards as the holy water rushed towards him. The water felt warm, almost like the amniotic fluid in a mother’s womb, giving people an irresistible urge to immerse themselves in it.

But Song Jian’s willpower was strong. He distinctly felt a scorching sensation emanating from the holy water, one that wasn’t simply high temperature but possessed the formidable power to burn and destroy souls.

Divine Fall!

Without any hesitation, Song Jian instantly executed the second form of the newly comprehended Chaos Sword Canon. An eye-dazzling brilliance burst forth from the Sky-breaking Sword, slicing towards the surging holy water.

Splash~
The Sky-breaking Sword, radiating blinding light, cleaved the holy water like a hard reef, parting it in two and sending it cascading to either side.

Song Jian, facing the holy water, charged upwards, the Sky-breaking Sword chopping down on the arm of the goddess holding the holy bottle.

A crisp shattering noise rang out as the holy bottle, constructed of Light Divine Power, was shattered by the Sky-breaking Sword, even the arm holding the holy bottle was shredded to pieces by the chaos Sword Qi.

Clang~
In the nick of time, the illusory image of the goddess, wielding the cross-shaped Lightsaber, fiercely struck down upon the Sky-breaking Sword, emitting a deafening clang.

However, this sword strike didn’t even manage to cut through the Sword Qi on the surface of the Sky-breaking Sword. Song Jian’s eyes flashed with a hint of disdain as he sneered, “All show and no substance!”

The divine figure’s phantom formed by more than thirty people couldn’t even breach Song Jian’s defenses. In Song Jian’s eyes, such a phantom of a divine figure was probably nothing but an illusion.

Crack, crack~
The sound of breaking was incessant. The arm holding the holy bottle began to show cracks on its surface. The cracks spread from the arm to the shoulder, chest, and neck. In a moment, the entire surface of the divine figure’s phantom was covered with cracks.

Crash~
Like collapsing blocks, the entire divine figure suddenly crumbled and disintegrated, turning into a sky full of light specks in midair.

The thirty-six Punishers, suffering from the backlash, all spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. Their bodies emerged from within the phantom of the divine figure and fell towards the ground.

A coldness flashed at the corner of Song Jian’s mouth. With a thought, his figure suddenly vanished from the void, replaced by leaping sword lights.

Red Dust Tribulation!

The first move of the Chaos Sword Canon, Red Dust Tribulation!

Countless flickering and dancing sword lights appeared around the bodies of the Punishers. The Punishers, in a state of backlash and completely defenseless, took massive damage from each strand of the Chaos Sword Qi. Critical hit numbers floated up from their heads. In no time at all, the Vitality Points of all the Punishers plummeted to their lowest.

“It’s too, too powerful; he’s completely out of our league!” The captain of the Legendary Realm Punishment Squad, with a despairing expression on his face, saw his armor shattered and his body covered in wounds with blood continuously pouring out. Within the Light Domain, the Holy Light was ceaselessly healing him, but the wounds that had opened could never fully close.

“Holy Light Explosion!”

One of the Punishers, whose Vitality Points had dropped to the critical line, let out a desperate roar. He couldn’t detect Song Jian’s presence, not knowing where he currently was, but if he didn’t use Holy Light Explosion, if he didn’t self-destruct, he would be killed all the same!

Boom!

A thunderous noise echoed as a brilliant red firework burst in the sky. Within a radius of several dozen meters, space shook, and fissures appeared in the void.

This self-destruction seemed to be a signal. One after another, the Punishers used Holy Light Explosion, and clusters of blood-red fireworks appeared in the void.

The space within a few hundred meters was filled with cracks, and in some places, spatial collapse even occurred. If anyone was nearby, unless they had god-like power, escaping the range of spatial collapse would be impossible.

This was why the Cyrus Priests firmly believed that with the Punishment Squad, they could surely kill Song Jian!

Watching his teammates, one after another, use Holy Light Explosion, the Punishment Squad captain’s eyes revealed a trace of sorrow. This was the mission of the Punishers, their fate; nearly every Punisher would ultimately sacrifice themselves in the spell of Holy Light Explosion!

“Even a demigod would not be able to survive in front of the spatial collapses caused by so many Holy Light Explosions. Song Jian, you can’t possibly survive either!” The captain of the Punishment Squad harshly fell to the ground, barely holding on to a breath, lifting his head to look towards the sky.

A moment later, all the Punishers had self-destructed and sacrificed themselves, only the captain survived. However, the captain, possessing the strength of the Legendary Realm, was now in a dying state. The only reason he had held on until now was to confirm Song Jian’s death.

However, to his despair, the spatial collapse gradually healed, and the space fissures disappeared over time. Suddenly, a figure appeared in the original void–it was Song Jian wielding the Sky-breaking Sword.

“How can this be…” The captain of the Punishment Squad wore an expression of disbelief, muttering to himself before taking his last breath.

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