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Chapter 1544: Chapter 1545: Sword Qi Grinding Disc Chapter 1544: Chapter 1545: Sword Qi Grinding Disc In the void, a dazzling dark red lotus slowly revolved, appearing from afar like a colossal alchemy furnace.

Wails of agony emanated from the Sword Formation as Kalius felt as though he was being scorched by fierce flames. Countless Sword Qi crisscrossed around him, relentlessly sapping his Vitality Points.

It was believed that to annihilate a pinnacle expert of the Legendary Realm, the Karmic Fire Red Lotus Sword Formation had to evolve into the Sword Qi Palm Imprint or even the Sword Qi Stone Tower to exterminate the foe. However, now, just the Red Lotus Sword Formation alone had already drained the majority of Kalius’s Vitality Points.

“Die!” Song Jian’s thoughts stirred, and numerous lotus leaves detached from the surface of the Red Lotus Sword Formation, surging towards the sky. In no time at all, a thirty-foot-long Karmic Fire Red Lotus Sword appeared above the formation.

As the long sword solidified in an instant, it cleaved through the air like a bolt of lightning and split the Red Lotus Sword Formation in two.

Crash~
Countless lotus leaves transformed back into spirit swords ablaze with dark red flames, revealing the enshrouded Kalius within. His body was covered in sword slashes, with two bone-deep marks visible on his cheeks. His once radiant wings broken at the back drooped limply against his spine.

Standing vacantly in the void, Kalius swayed slightly. Shortly after, a dazzling light burst forth from his brow. This light spread down his body in a flash and, in the blink of an eye, a brilliant Sword Qi radiance burst forth from his midsection as if it were rocketing out of him.

Crash~
Kalius’s entire body shattered, turning into myriad milky white fragments that scattered towards the earth. A transparent soul floated out from within his body.

Now in his soul state, Kalius gave Song Jian a fierce glare and soared up into the sky.

As a Priest of the Church of Light, Kalius’s status was naturally different from that of the Punishment Squad. Even in death, his soul would be guided by the Church of Light, returning it to the Divine Country of the God of Light for re-nurturing and resurrection.

“Blasphemer, you will suffer the God of Light’s punishment,” Kalius’s sonorous voice boomed like a great bell echoing through the heavens. Even the sky above manifested a goddess’s apparition, who reached out with both arms, smiling as she welcomed Kalius’s returning soul.

The sight before him ruffled Song Jian, making him feel as though Kalius had perished at his hands, yet the latter seemed like the ultimate victor.

“Think you can leave? Impossible, perish completely!” Song Jian snorted coldly, brandishing the Sky-breaking Sword and flew towards Kalius’s soul.

Watching Song Jian pounce, a scornful smile appeared on Kalius’s face. At this moment, his soul was protected by the Light Divine Power, and ordinary attacks could not harm it in the slightest.

Typical spiritual attacks were also ineffective against him, unless one could break through the protective layer made by the Light Divine Power.

Sword Qi ran wild, chaotic Sword Qi slashed at Kalius’s Soul Body, but all were repelled by the golden divine aura that surrounded him.

“Hahaha, Song Jian, stop wasting your effort. You cannot break through this layer of Light Divine Power, unless, unless you possess power that can rival the God of Light. Otherwise, you can only watch me leave!” Kalius sneered. “Wait for me. The next time I appear before you, I will not be as I am now. Then, I will return today’s humiliation to you a hundredfold, a thousandfold… ”
Song Jian knew that his quick defeat of Kalius was because Kalius hadn’t known that he possessed the Time Domain. When Kalius deployed his Absolute Defense carelessly, Song Jian’s Time Domain had encroached upon his Light Domain. Otherwise, Song Jian never could have defeated him so swiftly.

As a white-robed officiant of the Church of Light, Kalius still had many yet untapped methods that he had not employed before Song Jian had outright slain him.

Upon returning to the Divine Country of the God of Light, Kalius would obtain a new body and, at that time, with the blessing of the God of Light, he would have ascended to become a red-robed priest and his strength would have become even greater.

“Suppress!” Song Jian’s eyes narrowed, as he unleashed the Sky-breaking Sword technique once more. This time, countless Spirit Swords converged to form a giant hand that reached out to grab Kalius.

However, the Sword Qi hand grasped at nothing, as if Kalius were an intangible puff of air, utterly lacking physical form.

The next moment, the Sword Qi palm imprint collapsed, reverting into the Sword Qi Stone Tower, which sucked Kalius into the first layer.

The Nine-Layer Sword Qi Stone Tower, seeming ancient and venerable, emitted endless majesty. Even demi-god level powerhouses, if severely wounded and sucked into the tower, would be devoured within a short time and transformed into proficiency for the Thousand Swords Art.

But this time, after the stone tower had drawn Kalius into the first layer, the tower shook violently. The barrier created by the Light Divine Power was incredibly hard, and the tower couldn’t absorb even the slightest bit of it.

Boom~
The first layer shattered, and Kalius appeared within the second layer of the stone tower. For a moment, light erupted from the second layer as the first completely collapsed.

Boom~
The duration for which the second layer lasted was even shorter than the first, as it too crumbled away, transporting Kalius’s soul body to the third layer.

This continued, with the Sword Qi Stone Tower transferring Kalius from one crumbling layer to the next. Song Jian’s expression grew ugly–he had not anticipated that Kalius’s soul body would be so troublesome.

“No, it’s not that his soul body is troublesome, it’s the layer of Light Divine Power on the surface of his soul body…” Song Jian thought to himself.

Eventually, Kalius’s soul body was transported to the ninth layer of the stone tower, the highest and the last. This time, it appeared as though Kalius was finally suppressed. Chains made of soul emerged on the surface of the ninth layer, binding the tower tightly.

Kalius laughed wildly within the tower, confident in the protection of the Light Divine Power; he did not believe that the tower could trap him or devour him.

“Give up, Song Jian, you won’t be able to eradicate me. Great is the God of Light, to whom I sing praises. You walk in the heavens, yet your gaze is always upon your followers…” Inside the ninth layer of the Sword Qi Stone Tower, Kalius began to pray loudly, his voice growing increasingly louder, until the entire void echoed with his prayers.

As the prayers grew louder, the last layer of the Sword Qi Stone Tower could no longer hold, the soul chains broke, and the stone tower collapsed. Kalius stood in the void, laughing uproariously with a face full of arrogance. He looked at Song Jian with utter contempt, as if he were watching a mantis attempting futilely to stop a train with its arms.

Song Jian’s complexion turned exceedingly grim. Just as he felt completely helpless, the sword Qi in the heavens began to circulate automatically, as though it was evolving to the next phase on its own.

Song Jian’s eyes lit up, and a hint of a smile crept into his gaze as he looked at Kalius.

Boom~
A massive Sword Qi Grinding Disc appeared out of nowhere in the void, with the aura of chaos running wild. It swept up Kalius into the grinding disc. In an instant, the disc began to turn slowly of its own accord, and one could faintly see the dazzling pale gold light that represented Kalius’s layer of Light Divine Power shining from within the disc.

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