Swallowed Star: Primordial Artifact

Chapter 291 Defeat Black Shave

The fall of King Yijue was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, stirring up ripples among the onlookers.

The crowd whispered amongst themselves, astonished that Jiang Ye was able to take down a powerful king while simultaneously battling the Black-Shaving King.

Rumble…

Black Shave King gripped the giant lightning hammer tightly with both hands, and the hammer emanated a violent lightning power.

Jiang Ye's expression was solemn; he knew that Black Shaved King's next attack would be even more ferocious. However, there was no fear in his eyes; instead, an even more fervent fighting spirit ignited within him.

"Haha, well done, Black Shave King, show me what you've got!" Jiang Ye laughed loudly, his voice echoing in the shattered void.

Upon hearing this, Black Shave King roared like thunder, raised his giant hammer high, and then slammed it down on Jiang Ye with all his might.

This hammer blow seemed to gather all the power of lightning, instantly distorting the space around the hammer into a bizarre and terrifying shape. A gigantic black lightning pillar, like a ferocious beast breaking free from an ancient seal, roared and pounced madly towards Jiang Ye.

At this moment, Jiang Ye did not use the Starry Sky Cloak to dodge as before, but instead activated the Devouring Dragon Armor.

In an instant, the energy defense armor shone brightly, and a rich, seven-colored dragon-shaped armor spread out from his body like a tide, completely enveloping his body.

The dragon armor shimmered with secret patterns, exuding an ancient and majestic aura, as if proclaiming its extraordinary nature to the world.

"Hmm?" Black Shaved King was first astonished to see Jiang Ye simply standing still and displaying defensive techniques in the face of his powerful offensive, and then an endless anger surged in his heart.

"What exactly is this King of Gold Killing trying to do? Why doesn't he get out of the way?"

"Is he planning to take Black Shaved King's attack head-on?"

The onlookers were all shocked by Jiang Ye's actions. Black Shaving King was one of the few super beings in the Seventh Domain Outer Battlefield, and wielded a powerful divine hammer—a weapon primarily designed for destruction. Even the renowned Seven Sword Kings wouldn't dare to directly confront Black Shaving King's attack. So where did this Gold-Slaying King get his courage?
How dare this King of Gold Slayer!

Just as everyone was puzzled by Jiang Ye's "foolish" behavior.

……

The black lightning bolts, like a raging torrent, slammed violently into the dragon armor.

boom……

A deafening roar exploded in the void.

The powerful energy shock spread wildly outwards from the point of impact.

The surrounding space was instantly shattered by this force, and countless tiny spatial cracks spread out like a spider web, devouring the surrounding light and energy.

Jiang Ye felt a powerful impact surge towards him, as if it would crush him completely.

He gritted his teeth, his feet firmly planted in mid-air, and used all his strength to activate his golden armor to resist the terrifying impact.

The light barrier of the Devouring Dragon Armor trembled violently under the impact of the lightning hammer, and the secret runes on the dragon armor flickered erratically, but it still withstood the impact intact.

"It was blocked! How is this possible!" Black Shaved King's eyes widened, filled with disbelief.

Although his attack did not burn immortal divine power, its power was strong enough to cause the death of some peak-level King-level experts. Even the veteran super experts in the outer battlefield would never dare to take it head-on.

But Jiang Ye, standing before them, actually withstood this terrifying blow with just a piece of condensed energy armor.

The powerful onlookers were equally astonished. They had all thought that King Shi Jin's actions were tantamount to courting death, but they never expected that he could withstand such a terrifying attack from King Hei Shaved.

"What exactly is this energy armor? It has such defensive capabilities!"

"Could it be a powerful treasure in the form of armor?"

The crowd whispered amongst themselves, their eyes filled with awe and greed as they looked at Jiang Ye.

With its high speed, unpredictable attacks, and now the revelation that it possesses armor-type treasures, just how many more hidden trump cards does this King of Gold Slayer have up its sleeve?
……

At this moment, Jiang Ye felt his blood and qi surging within him, and his internal organs seemed to be displaced by the impact. However, for a realm lord, this injury was nothing.

Jiang Ye grinned, revealing a set of bloodshot teeth, and shouted at Black Shaved King, "Black Shaved King, you're nothing special! Is that all the attack power you have?"

"Good, good, King of Slaughter! I'd like to see how many more blows you can take!" Black Shave King raised the lightning hammer high with both hands again. This time, he poured all his strength into it. The lightning on the surface of the hammer pulsed wildly, as if it would break free of its restraints at any moment and destroy everything.

It should be noted that Jiang Ye used all his defensive measures to resist Black Shave King's attack just now in order to test the limits of his own defense.

Now that his goal has been achieved, he will naturally no longer stand still and passively take a beating.

"Ok!"

Jiang Ye seized the opportunity and flashed to appear beside Black Shaved King.

On his left hand, the "Dark Demon Scale Armor" once again condensed into a dragon claw phantom, while his right hand gripped the treasured Devouring Abyss Sword tightly.

On the left, the phantom of the dragon claw roared and pounced on Black Shaved King, while on the right, Jiang Ye, wielding a longsword, thrust it towards Black Shaved King's neck with overwhelming force.

Black Shaved King sensed the approaching danger, his eyes narrowed, and the lightning power around him instantly condensed into a thick shield.

The phantom of the Ancestral Dragon pounced on the shield, unleashing a dazzling burst of light.

At the same time, Jiang Ye's Devouring Abyss Sword, with unstoppable momentum, thrust towards the black giant hammer. This precious Devouring Abyss Sword had solidified law runes flowing across its blade.

chirp...

The moment the sword blade touched the lightning shield, the two emitted a piercing sound of weapons clashing, a sharp and shrill sound that seemed to pierce everyone's eardrums.

"Hmph!" Black Shaved King snorted coldly, and suddenly exerted his strength, instantly increasing the lightning power on the black giant hammer several times over.

This sudden surge of power directly shattered the illusion of the Ancestral Dragon, and also caused the Devouring Abyss Sword in Jiang Ye's hand to deviate from its course.

Jiang Ye's attack missed, but he showed no sign of discouragement.

He had already planned this all along. Just when Black Shave King thought Jiang Ye's attack had failed, Jiang Ye suddenly had a thought and summoned the Ancestral Dragon Avatar from his World Ring. The Ancestral Dragon Avatar did not reveal its true form, but cleverly used a transformation technique to become a dragon-shaped statue, which was firmly attached to Jiang Ye's chest.

On the statue, the eyes of the Ancestral Dragon gleamed with a mysterious and profound light, and an invisible and colorless soul impact swept towards the Black-Shaving King with lightning speed.

This soul impact was a killing move unleashed by the Ancestral Dragon's clone using the upgraded and modified King Soul through the Qiankun Cauldron.

It should be noted that the soul strength of the Ancestral Dragon's clone was already 10081 times that of an ordinary Realm Lord's soul. In addition, the instantaneous amplification effect of the Blood Burning talent skill was a hundredfold, which just met the basic requirement of a million times the Realm Lord's soul strength required for the "King Soul".

The upgraded King Soul further endowed the Ancestral Dragon clone with the terrifying power of a World Lord's soul, which was ten million times stronger than that of a World Lord's soul. This power was comparable to the full-force attack of a King-level Soul Master who burned his divine power.

"What?" Black Shaved King felt an invisible, powerful force surging wildly towards his soul, and he was immediately terrified.

Almost subconsciously, he activated his own soul defense technique, attempting to preserve his soul in the face of this soul attack.

However, the power of this soul impact was far too great and too sudden.

In an instant, a faint light barrier rapidly appeared deep within the Black-Shaving King's soul. This was the defense formed by his secret soul defense technique, which he relied on to save his life. However, faced with the terrifying impact of the Ancestral Dragon's clone, which possessed a soul power a million times greater than that of a World Lord, this light barrier was as fragile as paper.

The soul impact slammed into the defensive light barrier without any resistance, with a deafening boom that seemed to echo even on the soul level. The defensive light barrier held for less than a moment before shattering completely with a crack, like broken glass.

Black Shaved King's soul was instantly exposed to this terrifying soul impact. He felt as if his soul was being gripped tightly by an invisible hand and then vigorously kneaded.

A piercing pain surged from the depths of his soul, causing him to let out a painful roar.

Faced with such a sudden soul attack, the best way to deal with it is either to cultivate a powerful soul defense technique or to possess a soul-related treasure.

However, Black Shaved King came from a weak race, which put him at a great disadvantage in terms of soul defense techniques.

As for soul-type treasures, it should be noted that soul-type treasures are extremely rare. It is already incredibly lucky that Black Shave King possesses a treasure hammer, and the probability of him possessing another soul-type treasure is almost negligible.

Without a powerful soul treasure and with no soul defense techniques available, Black Shaved King could only rely on his willpower and consciousness to withstand the sudden soul attack and regain his senses as quickly as possible.

boom……

Black Shaved King's face turned pale instantly, large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and his consciousness began to blur.

Just as Black Shave King was doing his best to resist the soul impact, Jiang Ye launched another attack.

At this moment, Jiang Ye poured all his power into the Devouring Abyss Sword without reservation. The law runes on the sword shone brightly, as if they were going to dye the surrounding space as black as ink.

They then attacked Black Shaved King.

This time, Jiang Ye unleashed his most formidable swordsmanship, his self-created pinnacle secret technique – Flowing Wind Trailing Through the Sky.

Since its creation, Jiang Ye has been continuously refining this secret technique. After countless trials against various alien races on the battlefields beyond the realm, Jiang Ye's secret technique has now reached a level where he can defeat the 1300th opponent arranged for him by the Lord of Chaos City.

Black sword energy burst forth from the sword, each strand containing a spatial crushing force, shattering space wherever it passed. Jiang Ye's Devouring Abyss Sword, like a black lightning bolt, pierced straight towards Black Shaved King's chest.

Black Shaved King was currently focused on resisting the soul impact and had no time to pay attention to Jiang Ye's attack.

By the time he realized Jiang Ye's attack, it was too late to dodge.

With a "plop!" sound, the Devouring Abyss Sword pierced through the Black Shaved King's chest as easily as cutting tofu, and black blood spurted out like a fountain.

Black Shaved King let out a painful roar, his body trembling violently as if he were suffering immense pain.

Seeing this, Jiang Ye didn't hesitate at all. He drew the Devouring Abyss Sword and swung it again, unleashing an even larger sword aura that slashed fiercely towards Black Shaved King. This sword aura contained all of Jiang Ye's power, as if it wanted to completely erase Black Shaved King from the world. The sword aura directly cleaved Black Shaved King's divine body in two.

"No!" Black Shaved King roared in unwilling anger. His body slowly dissipated in the void, and then reformed.

The entire arena fell silent; all the powerful onlookers were stunned by this scene. They hadn't expected that Jiang Ye would actually defeat Black Shaved King, a powerful being who was almost invincible and had reached the level of a king, in a direct confrontation.

"This...this King of Gold Slayer is too powerful! That battle sword is definitely a treasure!"

"His methods are endless. He used to attack with his claws, and he's kept that precious sword hidden until now. It's impossible to defend against him!"

"It seems that from now on, a new overlord will be ushered in the battlefield beyond the domain, a super strongman of our human camp - the King of Gold Slayers!" Everyone exclaimed in amazement, their eyes filled with a complex expression of awe and fear as they looked at Jiang Ye.

Jiang Ye remained calm as he slowly sheathed the Devouring Abyss Sword, his gaze fixed on the spot where the Black-Shaving King had reassembled his divine body.

"I didn't expect that my two attacks would only extinguish less than five percent of its divine power." Jiang Ye thought to himself as he looked at the Black-Shaving King, whose aura had not diminished at all.

"Hmm, what a powerful soul attack!" Black Shaved King accurately sensed the 4% of divine power that had been extinguished within his body, and a look of shock flashed in his eyes.

"Killing the Gold King, impressive! I, Black Shave King, admire you!" Black Shave King said sincerely to Jiang Ye.

"Haha! The battle with Black Shaved King was truly exhilarating!" Jiang Ye laughed heartily.

In a battle between experts, both sides will hold back unless they are absolutely certain of killing their opponent.

Jiang Ye and Black Shaving King were no exception. Black Shaving King had not burned his divine power until now, and how could a strong person of his level not have hidden means?

It should be noted that when they were competing for the Star Sealing Star in the Star Tower, the Seven Sword Kings, who were on par with Black Shaving King, displayed a golden pool that had never been seen before. Therefore, it is clear that Black Shaving King is no less capable.

However, Black Shave King held back, and so did Jiang Ye. The Domain Treasure Flowing Light Gale Disc, the Ancestral Dragon Avatar, the Star Boat... Jiang Ye has not yet used these powerful methods.

Black-Shaving King stared at Jiang Ye, his eyes filled with shock and admiration, yet also with a growing, even stronger fighting spirit. "Killing the Gold King. I have lost this battle today, but I will surely avenge myself one day!" Black-Shaving King's voice was deep and firm, carrying an undeniable determination.

Jiang Ye tilted his head slightly, his expression calm, and said loudly, "Haha, I'm always ready! I also look forward to fighting Black Shaved King again."

Jiang Ye knew that a powerful figure like Black Shaved King would not fight easily; today's battle was merely a test of his strength.

The powerful onlookers gradually recovered from their shock, but were still immersed in the afterglow of this epic battle.

They knew that the fierce battle they were witnessing today would surely spread across battlefields beyond their borders and become a legend that everyone would talk about.

Just then, a strange fluctuation suddenly came from afar, as if some powerful energy was approaching. Jiang Ye and Black Shaved King both became alert.

(End of this chapter)