Douluo: Divine Fire Xuanyuan

Chapter 395 The Sword Maniac Returns
Just as the battle in the palace was about to reach its climax, a young man walked slowly through the chaotic streets.

His face looked very ugly.

The battles within the palace have long since transcended its confines.

The chaotic battles between the Douluo Three Kingdoms and the Shrek Alliance, the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Master Corps and Army, Evil Soul Masters, and various other forces have already affected one-third of Mingdu.

"What exactly is going on? Shouldn't this be the time for the Soul Master Competition? How come it's in such a mess? Where is Yuwen Tuo?" The young man frowned. He had come out of the mountains specifically to fight Yuwen Tuo.

But now he doesn't know which side he should help. He is a very warlike person, but he doesn't want to blindly aid and abet evil without knowing the truth. It seems wrong to help either side without finding out the truth.

Fortunately, there seemed to be quite a few evil spirit masters among them. For the first time, the young man found evil spirit masters to be quite adorable, because they gave him a target to take action against.

Although he didn't know which side was right to help, fighting the evil spirit master was definitely not wrong.

"Haha, you lowly men, I'll kill you all, go to hell—go to hell—!" A crazed woman, with a mad soul, wandered the streets, killing any man she saw.

What's terrifying is that she was surrounded by eight spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and four black—making her a Soul Douluo-level powerhouse.

The people she was currently chasing were the disciples of Chongtianmen who were supposed to join Shrek Academy in a feigned attack on Mingdetang. Apart from the young sect leader Feng Ling, the rest had all been killed by this madwoman.

Just as Feng Ling was about to be killed, the young man leaped out and shouted, "Stop!"

As he spoke, he swung his longsword, and a surging sword pressure swept across the earth, heading towards the madwoman. Within that sword pressure, there seemed to be a sword intent that frightened the madwoman. The dignified Soul Douluo powerhouse actually chose to retreat.

"Who are you?" the woman asked in a hoarse voice, filled with anger.

"Ji Juechen!" the young man said. He was Ji Juechen, who had just returned from cultivating in the deep mountains.

Back then, during his battle with Yuwen Tuo at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, the Sword Intent of Silence that he had painstakingly comprehended was instantly shattered by Yuwen Tuo's Xuanyuan Sword Intent. He was filled with resentment and, after much painful reflection, he resolved to learn from his mistakes.

Fortunately, Ji Juechen is not one to give up easily; his swordsmanship is the kind that grows stronger with each setback.

After three years of seclusion in the deep mountains and forests, he has cultivated an even stronger sword intent and greatly increased his power, now reaching the level of Soul Saint.

There is a special type of person whose cultivation level improves not through arduous practice, but rather by advancing in their realm, which in turn enhances their cultivation.

This is why there is a saying that ten years of arduous practice is not as good as a single moment of enlightenment.

It's obvious that Ji Juechen is this kind of person. His swordsmanship is now very different from before, and he believes that even if he encounters Yuwen Tuo's Xuanyuan Sword Intent again, he can still put up a fight.

His cultivation level was mostly achieved through advancements in realms; otherwise, with his innate level three talent, how could he have reached the Soul Saint realm at such a young age?

"Big brother, help me! The Sun Moon Empire has colluded with evil soul masters and surrounded Mingdu. I've been chased by this woman for almost half an hour. She's playing with me like a cat toying with a mouse, trying to kill me!" Feng Ling pleaded, clinging to Ji Juechen's leg.

This guy is clearly a person of extraordinary strength, so naturally he'd cling to the coattails of a powerful figure.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I just entered the city from the east, and the east is perfectly fine. How could it be surrounded?" Ji Juechen asked doubtfully.

"What?" Upon hearing this, the madwoman, a female evil soul master, was immediately startled. "The east is fine? Oh no!" The madwoman realized something. No wonder the Soul Master Legion that the Sun Moon Empire had promised to ambush on the outskirts had still not made a move. It seemed that Xu Tianran's plan had changed.

She could no longer afford to torment the man; she had to go to the palace immediately to report the situation to Zhongli Wu.

With that thought, the woman merged with her martial spirit and drifted towards the sky.

"Trying to leave!" Ji Juechen's eyes turned cold, and he slashed out with his sword again. His attack was faster than the woman's, and his sword energy was so strong that it directly forced her out of her Martial Soul True Body state.

"How is this possible? What kind of sword intent is this? My vengeful spirit has been directly severed!" the woman exclaimed in disbelief.

The woman's name was Wu Yun. Her martial soul, the Soul of Vengeance, was a top-tier evil martial soul born from resentment. The man's martial soul, on the other hand, seemed to be just an ordinary longsword. Given such a large difference in the quality of their martial souls, why did she feel that she couldn't defeat this man at all?

"Sword Maniac Domain - Absolute!"

This is Ji Juechen's new understanding. Back then, his domain was called Silence, a lonely and indifferent domain of swordsmanship.

In the original story, he fell in love later on, thus creating a new realm of sword obsession—love.

But in this world, without Jing Ziyan, the woman who always cared for him and accompanied him, he was destined never to have a love affair.

So he simply continued to delve deeper into the path of solitude. After being defeated and reborn by Yuwen Tuo's Xuanyuan Sword Intent, he created this new Absolute Sword Intent.

Even more domineering than silence, with a single sword strike, all things in heaven and earth are annihilated!
Moreover, because it incorporated a trace of the Xuanyuan Sword Saint Dao power that Yuwen Tuo had injected into his body, this sword intent naturally had a restraining effect on evil soul masters.

Ji Juechen was originally a practical combatant capable of fighting beyond his level. With the addition of restraint, the mere Soul of Vengeance was naturally no match for his Sword Maniac Domain.

"I still don't understand what the three major powers of Douluo Continent and the Sun Moon Empire are up to, but whatever, I don't care. Anyway, cutting you down, you evil soul master, is the right thing to do!" Ji Juechen's thought process was very simple. He only had the sword in his heart, so he hated all the convoluted schemes and tricks.

Instead of trying to figure out which side is right, wouldn't it be simpler to just bet on the one that's absolutely right?
This guy unintentionally did Yuwen Tuo a huge favor.

If Wu Yun were to report this situation to the palace, although it wouldn't be a fatal blow to Yuwen Tuo's plans, it would still have some impact.

It's always better to deal with an unprepared enemy than one that is well-prepared.

Inside the palace, Yuwen Tuo stood in the sky, his right arm ablaze with flames, and the flames burning throughout the palace all flew toward his right arm.

In fact, Yuwen Tuo had arrived long ago. The reason he hadn't come out was that he was secretly preparing a trump card.

That is the blazing fire.

This move is like the Fire Lotus technique of the timing master. It can fuse different flames. The more flames it incorporates, the greater its power, but it requires an extremely long charging time.

The flames of the seven fire attribute soul rings (five black and two red) on Yuwentuo's body had all merged into his right arm.

But that's far from enough!
(End of this chapter)