I Can Transfer the Side Effects of Evil Skills

Chapter 502 - 310: Sword Emperor? Good for Nothing

His style and presence were at their absolute peak.

The oppressive might of his Sword Intent shot straight into the clouds, making hearts tremble.

Cultivators of lower Realms even felt the urge to prostrate themselves in worship.

Li Dingjie’s entrance immediately made him the center of attention, leaving all the Outer Disciples present wide-eyed with awe.

A reincarnated Sword Emperor... truly terrifying.

It only served to make Zou Feng’s recent, unremarkable entrance seem all the more pathetic in comparison.

Many who had bet on the underdog, hoping for an upset by putting their money on Zou Feng, were already starting to regret it.

They felt the Immortal Fate they had wagered had already gone down the drain.

Soon, as if accompanied by a swelling, epic soundtrack, Li Dingjie reached the end of the "Sword Dao."

He then leaped lightly, intending to land gracefully across from Zou Feng.

His movements were meant to be domineering yet graceful, and his landing on the Dao Discussion Platform should have instantly kicked up a surge of Sword Qi.

But unexpectedly, as both feet touched down, his legs failed to straighten for some reason. They trembled, sending Li Dingjie stumbling forward uncontrollably.

He almost went into a sliding kneel right in front of Zou Feng.

Though he reacted quickly enough to stop himself from going into a full kneel, the movement was so comical that it shattered the imposing image he had so carefully crafted.

"Brother Li, why the grand gesture?"

Zou Feng gestured as if to help him up, but he didn’t actually take a step forward.

Li Dingjie was, of course, mortified and utterly baffled.

’Impossible! I’m in peak condition. Every aspect of my being has reached the pinnacle of my current stage. How could my legs suddenly give out?!’

Little did he know that the effects of the Celestial Vein God-Gathering Pill had already worn off.

Those seemingly beneficial enhancements had only been overdrawing on his body’s reserves. Now that the Pill’s effects were gone, the price was coming due.

Seeing this, the smile on Zou Feng’s face grew wider.

’The weak legs are just the appetizer. There’s a whole main course to follow, which will send Li Dingjie to his grave, step by step.’

"It’s too late to kneel now. Let’s begin. I’ll send you on your way to your next reincarnation."

"I hope you awaken your past-life awareness sooner in your next life, so you’ll remember who you shouldn’t mess with..." Zou Feng sneered, cracking his neck.

At the same time, he began to perform his Flower Hand seals.

Illusory Holy Lotuses bloomed one after another around him.

That being said, if Li Dingjie were to die now, there would certainly be no next life for him.

It was impossible to retain past-life awareness without cultivating to an extremely high Realm.

Li Dingjie snorted heavily. Forming a sword seal with his hand, he said in a low voice, "I’d like to see just how long you can keep that tough act up!"

And so, under the watchful eyes of thousands, the duel between two chosen geniuses began.

However, the sight of Li Dingjie nearly kneeling on his landing almost made Lu Guanghua’s heart stop.

A deeply ominous premonition washed over him.

「Far, far away from the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect」

True Monarch Tianyan, Nangong Chu, who was soaring through the sky on the back of a Primordial Giant Beast, suddenly looked up as if he had sensed something.

Hm!?

’The stars, which were just clear and bright, have been obscured by some unfathomable power. They’ve become blurry and indistinct.’

The next moment, the vertical eye on Nangong Chu’s forehead snapped open.

At the same time, he pushed his Great Star Divination Art to its absolute limit.

He stared so hard that tears nearly welled up, yet he still couldn’t penetrate the layer of mist.

Withdrawing his gaze, Nangong Chu’s expression darkened...

"Twenty-four Swords!!"

Back on the Dao Discussion Platform, Li Dingjie wasted no time on probing attacks, warm-ups, or any other foreplay. He went straight for the main event, unleashing his ultimate move from the very start!

The strongest Sword Technique of the former Celestial Essence Sword Sect was merely the Twenty-Third Sword.

Back then, only the Sword Saint Jing Huaisong could perform it.

But Li Dingjie had since completed the Refinement of Jing Huaisong’s sword bone and was empowered by new Sword Formulas. He had evolved in every respect and had already created his own technique: the Twenty-four Swords.

In an instant, Sword Qi suffused with a kind of Rule Power enveloped Zou Feng from four directions.

Zou Feng had witnessed the Twenty-Third Sword before. Back then, a giant sword formed from True Qi had loomed over Biyou Palace, its might dreadful to behold.

Li Dingjie’s Twenty-four Swords, however, instantly condensed four "spirit swords" of even more profound and unpredictable power. They descended with the force to suppress the four cardinal directions, leaving Zou Feng with no way to evade.

Unfortunately, just as he completed the final motion of what should have been an impeccable technique—one his opponent could only face head-on—Li Dingjie’s legs inexplicably went soft again.

At the same time, his once crystal-clear mind felt as if it had been bludgeoned, and he was overcome by such a heavy grogginess that he desperately wanted to just fall down and sleep.

’What’s happening?!’

Before he could even process it, Zou Feng, on the other side, had already keenly sensed that this Twenty-four Swords technique was all bark and no bite.

Since Li Dingjie had opened with his ultimate, it was only polite for him to return the favor.

Without a moment’s delay, a black dragon tattoo manifested on Zou Feng’s right arm.

It began to swirl, then "came to life," emitting waves of chilling dragon roars.

The poison dragon coiled around him, providing a layer of defense.

The spirit swords pressing in from four directions, along with the impenetrable wall of Sword Qi, began to dissolve amidst the poison dragon’s rampage.

This poison dragon had changed since its appearance in the Insect Monster Outer Realm.

Because his Silent Extinction Poison Flame had reached the stage of Great Success, the dragon’s "breath" now contained not only dense Evil Qi, but also a corresponding toxic flame.

This toxic flame wasn’t lethal because of its heat, but through "toxic corrosion," which dissolved everything it touched.

An opponent would be digested as if swallowed into the stomach of a venomous beast, rapidly reduced to a puddle of nutrient-rich pus.

Furthermore, now that his Calamity Evil Needle technique had reached Great Success, the dragon’s whiskers, scales, fangs, and claws were all imbued with the needles’ properties, giving them maximum Piercing power.

And so, as it coiled defensively, the Evil King’s Flame-and-Evil Poison Dragon Wave finished Gathering Strength, reaching its apex.