Chapter 160 Abyss and Eternity
The demonic power in the entire abyssal world was stirred by surging waves, continuously pouring into Ig’s body. However, seeing the black-haired young man whose aura was constantly rising, Hodrea’s disappointed expression vanished, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes:
“Good, Ig, you have indeed chosen to become an envoy of the Abyss here… I can spare your life and give you more time to become a sacrifice! You can even try to seize the Abyss with my blood!”
“No. There is no need to wait.”
Ig’s voice suddenly rang out, colder than his gentle voice from before. But this was not due to his emotions at heart; it was a coldness brought about by the erosion of the Abyss.
In fact, the so-called choice… it would be better to say that once one falls into this sea of the Abyss, their will will be extinguished sooner or later, and they will be eroded into monsters of the Abyss.
Glancing at his constantly corrupting and mutating body, Ig let out a laugh, raised his face, and drew his longsword from the surging Abyss. His magnificent longsword, surrounded by golden divine radiance, ignited with chaotic black flames.
“Furthermore, you are mistaken. I never accepted the Abyss; I loath it as much as ever. All I see is filth and destruction.”
The End was suddenly drawn from the sea of the Abyss. Dark demonic power beside him created huge waves. From Ig’s hand, he unleashed a sword strike towards the swordsman’s body, as if the entire sea of the Abyss was split in two by this sword edge!
The black greatsword was raised to block, and the abyssal world violently trembled under the clash of the two swords.
The power of the greatsword shattered half of Ig’s body. The pervasive abyssal power instantly reshaped him. The End raised its arm and unleashed a downward vertical slash, creating a destructive gray crack!
“Hodrea, you are a swordsman of wolf blood, a watcher of the Abyss, yet you abandoned your past vows. And I, equally fallen into the Abyss, have abandoned my human identity – then, let us use this tainted power to bring about the end for you, and for your Abyss.”
“Is this your resolve? Pathetic and lamentable.” A sword mark grazed Hodrea’s tattered armor, leaving a blinding wound.
However, his eyes grew more and more excited, even crazed like a wild beast. The greatsword he used for blocking no longer acted as a shield; it transformed back into black sword light, aimed at Ig, and he swung his sword down, attacking with all his might without defense.
“Whether you acknowledge it or not, the power of the Abyss is shaping your body and changing your destiny, turning you into a vessel for the Abyss. Ig, you can kill me and seize the will of the Abyss, or become its sacrifice!”
Rumbling—
The greatsword roared as it swung down, drowning out Hodrea’s excited shouts.
Black lightning-like sword light continuously destroyed the world’s stability, and even in the gaps created by the greatsword’s cleave, it continuously collapsed, giving birth to streams of chaotic gray airflow.
Ig also raised his longsword to attack. His gaze was indifferent; he showed no fear of the world-destroying attack from the black greatsword. These were the true colors of the True Eye, revealing a world constructed from pure lines and points.
Although the Abyss did not manifest in truth, every sword technique of Hodrea could not escape his perception.
In just a few moments, the world constructed by the Abyss could no longer withstand their attacks, collapsing and disintegrating. Ig’s body was destroyed again and again, while Hodrea also bore deep, fatal wounds.
This was the world of the Abyss. Even with a difference in cultivation levels, the power of the Abyss was enough to compensate and bring Ig’s power to a similar level.
And for Hodrea, who was not yet legendary, his attacks were not enough to completely kill Ig, who also had the entire Abyss bolstering him. Thus, he unleashed his power, channeling the Abyss into his greatsword and attacking without the slightest hesitation.
“Bang!”
Ig’s arm trembled heavily. Hodrea wielded his two greatswords, and while it seemed like he was casually slashing and chopping, in Ig’s eyes, he knew very well that every seemingly simple attack contained countless sword techniques.
Hodrea was a disciple of the “Swordsman” Geon. The former “Swordsman” had attainments in sword techniques not inferior to Verafia’s. Every sword strike was undoubtedly the culmination and fusion of the “Sword Saint” Geon’s sword techniques!
The End was swung down. “Starflow,” “Destruction,” “Twilight,” “End”… Various sword techniques taught by Verafia also manifested in Ig’s sword light, leaving wounds on Hodrea.
If someone with exceptional swordsmanship from a hundred years ago witnessed their battle, they would likely be astonished to find that this battle was a perfect reenactment of the battle between the Hero Lothel of Peka and the Imperial Sword Saint Geon!
Ig swung The End time and time again. He was not simply executing the sword techniques taught by Verafia; he was also honing “Eternity,” which was born from the maiden’s sword arts.
Facing Hodrea’s tempering, for this sword technique born from a sudden flash of inspiration, the sword edge of The End, fueled by chaotic fire, glowed with increasingly dazzling sword light.
Similarly, the greatsword wielded by Hodrea emitted an increasingly rich dark red light. Clearly, Hodrea was also continuously refining the sword techniques of the Sword Saint Geon.
Previously, Hodrea had used the “Abyss” as a key to open the abyssal world beneath the dead tree. There was no doubt that he had kept Ig here until now, not hesitating to let him use “Eternity” again, in order to use Ig as a whetstone to forge the true “Sword of the Abyss”!
Facing Hodrea’s attacks, Ig’s body gradually became covered in wounds, black blood flowing out. The unparalleled abyssal demonic energy surging throughout the world could no longer heal Ig’s injuries as before.
Undoubtedly, whether it was Ig’s “Eternity” or Hodrea’s “Abyss,” both possessed the power to completely kill the opponent, who was consolidating into an abyssal body!
The battle between the two had reached its peak, with a dizzying array of sword lights being unleashed. The sound of sword edges seemed to drown out the Abyss. Both the longsword and the greatsword, as well as the individual sword techniques, could not help but let out trembling sounds, and even the entire sea of the Abyss scattered under the aftermath of the collisions.
“Clang!”
A crisp ringing sound broke the collapsing silence. Hodrea’s greatsword struck The End, and suddenly the world froze. “Eternity” shattered. In an instant, Ig’s body was pierced by terrifying sword energy, blood splattering, and his form was directly sent flying!
Hodrea stomped his foot, and the sky above disintegrated, revealing even more chaotic abyssal demonic energy swirling around him.
“Ig, I won.” With a low laugh, Hodrea walked up to him, holding his sword.
In just that one previous sword strike, Ig’s body, limbs, and all were severed. As they decayed and putrefied, a dark red energy, even darker than the Abyss, corroded Ig’s abyssal body and spread to his soul.
And on Hodrea’s greatsword, the color of the Sword of the Abyss had become incredibly solid, as if in the next moment, this sword technique representing the Abyss would truly be born!
