The Sin-Slaying Sword resembled a flame in the shape of a sword, its blazing light leaping and shining, appearing exceptionally domineering.

In terms of form, the Sin-Slaying Sword was somewhat similar to the Godslaying Sword. But fundamentally, they were entirely different; the Sin-Slaying Sword had form and substance.

The blazing flame-like glow was merely an abnormality manifested by the boiling power.

The truly powerful Sin-Slaying Sword harbored a trace of divinity within. This was clearly the divinity left behind by the Crimson Eye. Under the stimulation of immense spiritual power, this trace of divinity came alive.

It wasn't the Crimson Eye that came alive, but the power it left within the sword that was activated.

In this state, the Sin-Slaying Sword could grant Guo Zhengjun immense strength.

Gao Xuan, spiritually wandering, had long discovered that millions of fanatical believers had died around him.

It was very clear that the Sin-Slaying Sword had absorbed the power of all the believers to elevate to this level.

Moreover, this elevation was temporary. After this peak phase, the Sin-Slaying Sword would drop down a great level.

For this, Guo Zhengjun had killed numerous priests and millions of fanatical believers.

This act not only wiped out the elite of the Spirit Sword Association but also completely ruined Guo Zhengjun's reputation.

Believers, no matter how fanatical, would not follow an evil cult leader who slaughtered believers at will. Moreover, he had killed millions at once. Such a person was too terrifying.

No matter what believers believed in, fundamentally it was for a better life for themselves. Very few people sought death.

Gao Xuan had to say that Guo Zhengjun was truly insane.

The Profound Spirit Hall was indeed difficult to break, and only with the overwhelming power of the Hongyi Sword was he able to force open the gate. However, Guo Zhengjun had taken the opportunity to escape.

He tracked him down, but he was already too late.

Gao Xuan said to Guo Zhengjun, "If you want to die yourself, fine, but why drag so many others down with you?"

Guo Zhengjun's crazed expression actually subsided, and he coldly said, "If I die, the extinction of all humanity would be desirable."

He paused and added, "The lives of millions of fools in exchange for a road to life, there's nothing more cost-effective. It's just a pity I don't have the time. Otherwise, I'd like to try sacrificing two billion fools to the sword and see what effect it would have!"

Gao Xuan shook his head. "You'd better die quietly. Why harm others?"

Guo Zhengjun sneered, "To put it bluntly, if you obediently let yourself be killed, why would I kill them? These millions of lives died for you. You are the sinner, you deserve to die."

Gao Xuan was silent for a moment and said, "I pity the innocent dead. As for responsibility, you have no right to judge, nor do I."

He solemnly said, "Where my heart leads, where the sword points, all for the greater good. The path I walk will be belittled, questioned, and obstructed by countless people, but I won't regret it."

Gao Xuan lightly stroked the Hongyi Sword, the blade rippled like water, "I am the Celestial Mandate."

Guo Zhengjun initially wanted to mock Gao Xuan a few times. A mere young man with some talent in swordsmanship claiming to be the Celestial Mandate was laughable.

But the calm and composed Gao Xuan stood like a mountain, deep like an abyss, high like a celestial being.

In the face of such a state of Gao Xuan, all verbal mockery and ridicule had no meaning.

Just like yelling at the mountains, rivers, and sky would only make one feel even smaller.

Guo Zhengjun shook the Sin-Slaying Sword forcefully, "Celestial Mandate? Today I will defy the heavens!"

The flame of the Sin-Slaying Sword blazed fiercely, the crimson sword edge already piercing toward the center of Gao Xuan's brow.

The speed of this strike was even faster than Gao Xuan's.

Having absorbed the spiritual power of millions, the divinity within the Sin-Slaying Sword was awakened, and the Sword Artifact possessed extraordinary properties.

With the Sin-Slaying Sword's blessing, Guo Zhengjun's body temporarily ascended to an extremely strong level.

This physical transformation was entirely driven by the awakening of divinity and was almost instantaneous.

In other words, Guo Zhengjun and the Sin-Slaying Sword fused, gaining immense physical power.

Thus, he was able to be like Gao Xuan, unrestricted by the low-level Source Power environment, with his strength, speed, response, and spirit reaching a certain limit.

But all his power came from the Sin-Slaying Sword, and it was all temporary. The side effects were particularly vast.

Guo Zhengjun also didn't care about this, he had to kill Gao Xuan to have a way out.

After advancing to Silver, Gao Xuan also encountered a sword faster than him for the first time.

Fortunately, Guo Zhengjun's swordsmanship was lacking. At least compared to him, it was far inferior.

Gao Xuan's spiritual power was also stronger than Guo Zhengjun's; he could already predict the path of the opponent's sword stroke.

The Hongyi Sword moved lightly like an autumn stream, gently blocking the Sin-Slaying Sword.

The power within the Sin-Slaying Sword was indeed much stronger than Gao Xuan's. Gao Xuan could only respond with extremely subtle changes in swordsmanship.

The Hongyi Sword oscillated continuously, as endless as water, layer upon layer, unending.

Despite the Sin-Slaying Sword's strength, it couldn't suppress the Hongyi Sword.

Guo Zhengjun was startled; holding the Sin-Slaying Sword, he was ten times stronger than his peak state.

With his power and speed, no one on the Purple Dragon Star could withstand a single strike from him.

Yet Gao Xuan easily parried the Sin-Slaying Sword, showcasing a swordsmanship unmatched in its subtlety.

Guo Zhengjun immediately realized his opponent's swordsmanship was a hundred times more exquisite than his; his only advantage lay in greater speed and power.

Without hesitation, he retracted his sword and quickly slashed out, instantly making a hundred and seventy cuts.

The crimson flame turned into a sea of fire, completely engulfing Gao Xuan.

In Gao Xuan's hand, the Hongyi Sword transformed into resplendent Ming Che Sword Light, layers of light flowed gently, dense and prolonged.

Each cut accurately blocked the weakest point of the Sin-Slaying Sword's power; thus, weakly striking the strong, the two sides surprisingly maintained a balance.

Even though the Sin-Slaying Sword blazed fiercely, with a mighty and violent force capable of burning everything to ashes, it could not prevail over Gao Xuan.

Every exchange of the dual swords unleashed resounding Sword Qi and clanging Sword Cry.

The many priest corpses lying on the ground shattered whenever touched by the wave of Sword Qi.

In the blink of an eye, the ground was already covered with flesh and blood.

Both combatants ignored these happenings, as Guo Zhengjun recklessly unleashed his power, driven by madness.

The power of the Sin-Slaying Sword grew stronger and swifter; a blazing, unparalleled sword light suddenly broke through the flashing water light, directly cleaving toward Gao Xuan.

At the critical moment, Gao Xuan invoked the Celestial Spirit Sword Qi.

The pure silver Celestial Spirit Sword Qi swirled, diverting the Sin-Slaying Sword slightly.

The fiercely descending blazing sword light struck down upon a massive pillar in the main hall.

The massive pillar, over seven meters thick, shattered under the sword light.

Guo Zhengjun missed his strike, immediately drawing his sword again, chasing after Gao Xuan with swift slashes.

At this moment, Gao Xuan was already equipped with armor formed by the Celestial Spirit Sword Qi. Although this armor couldn't completely withstand the Sin-Slaying Sword, the Sword Qi could pierce through the air, allowing him to be even faster by a fraction.

This fractional difference was now crucial.

Guo Zhengjun didn't care about any of that; the only thought in his mind was to slay Gao Xuan.

Apart from this, he thought of nothing else.

Once the divinity of the Sin-Slaying Sword was triggered, Guo Zhengjun was completely controlled by the Sword Artifact, losing all normal cognitive abilities.

Gao Xuan advanced and retreated like lightning, the rippling sword light flowing naturally and smoothly.

Guo Zhengjun's Sin-Slaying Sword, however, was swift and domineering, fiercely slashing after Gao Xuan.

Wherever the two passed, everything around them was shattered by the Sword Qi.

Including those massive pillars supporting the main hall, under Gao Xuan's guidance, all twenty-seven pillars were severed by Guo Zhengjun.

The massive pillars were the foundation and beam of the Divine Hall, bearing all its weight.

Even using high-powered explosives to destroy such pillars would not be easy. Yet, under the mutated Sin-Slaying Sword, a single strike was enough.

This showed just how terrifying Guo Zhengjun's Sin-Slaying Sword was.

Gao Xuan's power and speed were fully suppressed, relying solely on his superior Swordsmanship to hold on.

The two were entangled in battle for several minutes, with Guo Zhengjun growing stronger and faster.

Guo Zhengjun's eyes became two balls of red flames, and he was noticeably in a frenzy.

Gao Xuan intended to exhaust Guo Zhengjun's power before killing him.

But seeing Guo Zhengjun like this, it seemed there was still room for his power to grow. Dragging it out would make things even harder.

At this moment, the broken pillars around began to sway, the several hundred-meter-high dome above also deformed and collapsed.

The entire Divine Hall emitted a heavy rumbling, soon to collapse into ruins.

Such a massive, imposing momentum had already attracted attention from all sides.

In fact, ever since tens of millions of believers suddenly collapsed dead, there were dozens of surveillance satellites monitoring the Divine Hall over Cyan Cloud City.

Xiao Ting on the Flying Fish Ship was watching the scene via the signals relayed from headquarters.

She had already dealt with the futures trading. Trusting in Gao Xuan, she invested five billion.

Even if Gao Xuan didn't kill Guo Zhengjun, due to the recent anomalies of the Spirit Sword Association, the futures trading of Red Steel had been consistently rising. In the long run, buying Red Steel futures wouldn't be a loss.

The surveillance footage didn't show the specifics of the battle.

One could only see the Spirit Sword Divine Hall, towering like a peak, teetering on the verge of collapse. Surrounding the Divine Hall were countless corpses.

The scene was filled with an apocalyptic aura of destruction, visually overwhelming.

Xiao Yan, beside the light screen, also had a grave expression, asking Xiao Ting, "Is that Gao Xuan fighting?"

"Seems so."

Xiao Ting wasn't certain, but only Gao Xuan had gone inside, so it would be him fighting the battle in the Spirit Sword Divine Hall.

But such a grand spectacle, could it really have been caused by Gao Xuan? Xiao Ting wasn't sure.

Xiao Yan said regretfully, "It's a pity we can't see the battle's details."

He was curious about what levels of power could demolish the entire Spirit Sword Divine Hall.

In fact, everyone who saw this scene had the same question.

In the Long Family's old mansion, Long Zhengtang and many high-ranking Long Family members collectively watched the live video of the Spirit Sword Divine Hall.

Though nothing could be discerned from outside, the terrifying, indestructible power emanating from within the Divine Hall could be felt.

Who was fighting? Everyone was puzzled.

How could the Purple Dragon Star hold such great power?

Moreover, what was the situation with the millions dead around the Divine Hall?

Normally, one would assume Guo Zhengjun held an evil ritual that slaughtered millions at once.

This is the most reasonable explanation.

But who was battling Guo Zhengjun? Who had such formidable strength?

Unfortunately, no one could contact the Spirit Sword Association's higher-ups to figure out the situation. Everyone could only wait in front of their screens.

After all, the Divine Hall was collapsing, the people inside would have to come out!

Gao Xuan realized this. Once the Divine Hall collapsed, if he wanted to kill Guo Zhengjun, he would expose his true power.

With this in mind, Gao Xuan's Sword Intent shifted, the flashing Ming Che Sword Light gained a chilling edge.

The Hongyi Sword and Sin-Slaying Sword clashed over a hundred times in an instant, with each strike Guo Zhengjun received, his body chilled.

In that brief pause, a flash of bloody light from Gao Xuan's left hand pierced through Guo Zhengjun's brow.

The intangible and formless Godslaying Sword executed the Aurora Flash Stab to its extremity.

Gao Xuan's timing was flawless, and with the Godslaying Sword, the battle ended.

As Gao Xuan retrieved the Godslaying Sword, Guo Zhengjun awoke as if from a dream, staring at Gao Xuan blankly, "Is it over?"

"It's over."

Gao Xuan sheathed the Godslaying Sword, raised the Hongyi Sword, and with a swing, the massive steel dome crashing down above was cleft in two.

The Hongyi Sword gracefully returned to its scabbard as Guo Zhengjun staggered and fell at Gao Xuan's feet.

With a thunderous crash, the dome's collapse stirred up a cloud of dust, shaking even the ground.

Yet none of this could overshadow Gao Xuan, nor could it conceal the fallen body of Guo Zhengjun.

This scene, transmitted via satellite, reached all directions.

The dignified and transcendental figure on the light screen etched itself deeply into the eyes of Xiao Yan, all the noble family leaders, and the heads of major organizations.

Xiao Ting stared blankly at the light screen, thinking, "Ah Xuan is just too dazzling, making one's heart burn..."