CHAPTER 1073: CHAPTER 1071: VERY UNUSUAL (1ST UPDATE)

"Young Master Su..." He Shoudao was somewhat anxious. The Forbidden Area Old Man was a special existence; he didn’t know just how strong the Forbidden Area Old Man really was.

If Su Chen fought against the Forbidden Area Old Man, and if the latter were to strike a bit harder, Su Chen might end up severely injured.

If it were yesterday, he might have hoped to see this scene. After all, back then, Su Chen was so arrogant and overbearing, severely injuring Chen Jian and killing Zhang Qi.

But now, the situation was completely different!

Su Chen had left behind the Sword Rhyme.

He owed a great debt of gratitude to the Cloud Sword Sect.

The Cloud Sword Sect and Su Chen were now aligned on the same front.

"No worries." The Forbidden Area Old Man waved his hand. "I will suppress my realm to the Heaven Earth Dominating Realm Eighth Level."

"Ah?" He Shoudao was dumbfounded. This time, he was not worried about Su Chen but rather about the Forbidden Area Old Man.

At the same realm level, He Shoudao was sure that, not just on the Ningtian Continent, but even on the Advanced Martial Plane and the Grand Cosmos World, there absolutely couldn’t be a second person capable of defeating Su Chen. It’s unlikely anyone could even come close, right?

Su Chen possessed the combat power to surpass dozens of minor realms!

"Senior, are you sure you want to suppress to the Heaven Earth Domination Eighth Realm?" Su Chen was somewhat stunned and perplexed.

"Is there a problem?" the Forbidden Area Old Man asked indifferently.

"Sure, if Senior is happy, suppress it to the Ancestral Saint Realm and duel with me; I don’t mind." Su Chen laughed.

"Make a move!" The Forbidden Area Old Man spoke no more unnecessary words.

"Swish!!!" Su Chen directly raised his hand and made his move.

He didn’t use the Ancient Dust Sword; instead, he used a very, very ordinary pure iron sword.

He didn’t use any sword techniques either.

In fact, he didn’t even use the Three Powers Transformation, Divine Power Compression, or Mysterious Beast Bone.

It was just one simple stroke with an ordinary pure iron sword under the Unyielding Sword Rhyme.

Yet even so, when this stroke was made, the Forbidden Area Old Man’s eyes fiercely trembled, and he exclaimed in surprise, "Sword Rhyme?"

In his exclamation, a deep sword scar had already been drawn across his arm.

He was not an opponent.

In the same realm, the Forbidden Area Old Man was far from being Su Chen’s opponent.

"You’ve actually comprehended the Sword Rhyme?" The Forbidden Area Old Man’s voice trembled slightly, and then he seemed somewhat frustrated, somewhat angry, somewhat excited. He directly turned to look at He Shoudao: "This kid has comprehended the Sword Rhyme; why didn’t you tell me?"

The corners of the Forbidden Area Old Man’s mouth twitched.

If he had known Su Chen had comprehended the Sword Rhyme, how could he still stand out to disgrace himself?

A swordsman only speaks of the sword. Therefore, even if his actual strength was superior to Su Chen, in the Way of the Sword, without comprehending the Sword Rhyme, he was simply inferior to Su Chen.

In fact, regarding the Sword Rhyme, the Forbidden Area Old Man had previously sensed a trace from Su Chen, but he didn’t think Su Chen had truly comprehended it. He only felt Su Chen had barely grasped a superficial understanding, which was nothing significant.

But who would have thought that Su Chen had indeed comprehended the Sword Rhyme and even integrated Unyielding to create his own Unyielding Sword Rhyme?

This was simply monstrous to an unimaginable degree!

"Old Mu, you didn’t ask me!" He Shoudao felt a bit embarrassed and aggrieved. He thought the Forbidden Area Old Man could see that Su Chen had comprehended the Sword Rhyme.

The Forbidden Area Old Man fell silent, then stared at Su Chen, speaking in a serious tone, "Why didn’t you use your full power just now?"

He could sense the restraint in Su Chen’s previous stroke. If he guessed correctly, Su Chen hadn’t even used one percent of his true strength in that stroke.

The Forbidden Area Old Man felt somewhat ashamed; he had truly underestimated Su Chen—greatly underestimated him.

It was all good that Su Chen didn’t strike; if he did, the Forbidden Area Old Man even felt that even if he didn’t suppress his realm to the Heaven Earth Dominating Realm Eighth Level, defeating Su Chen wouldn’t be an easy task.

"Using full power, you would die under my sword," Su Chen said seriously.

This was not a joke or arrogance.

It was a fact.

Suppressed to the same realm as him, Su Chen dared to say that even if the Azure Heaven Father came, he would not be his opponent.

At the same realm, he was invincible, truly invincible, and could instantly defeat everything.

"You dare to speak so." The Forbidden Area Old Man laughed, heartily laughed: "An interesting lad, with talent worthy of being the unparalleled of the Eternal Ages. Lad, you are not from the Cloud Sword Sect, are you?"

"Why does Senior say so?" Su Chen was a bit curious.

"The Cloud Sword Sect could not produce such a genius," the Forbidden Area Old Man asserted confidently.

He Shoudao felt even more embarrassed.

"However, whether or not you are from the Cloud Sword Sect, you are qualified to enter this forbidden land." The Forbidden Area Old Man continued, "However..."

"However what?"

"However, if you can comprehend any advanced sword techniques from within the forbidden land, if possible, please leave a copy for the Cloud Sword Sect," said the Forbidden Area Old Man.

He Shoudao was shocked, thinking he had misheard. The Forbidden Area Old Man was seeking a benefit for the Cloud Sword Sect?

In fact, He Shoudao also hoped Su Chen would do so, but if Su Chen didn’t, he couldn’t say anything, because granting Su Chen access to the forbidden land was part of the deal. Impressions Su Chen might gain belonged to him; Cloud Sword Sect had no rightful claim to demand Su Chen to leave a copy for the Cloud Sword Sect.

Therefore, he did not propose it.

"Naturally." Su Chen agreed without any hesitation. Seeking treasures in someone else’s treasured land and leaving a copy of the gained treasure was normal; a sword technique could be practiced not just by one person.

Moreover, to Su Chen, it was, as the saying goes, the icing on the cake rather than delivering help in a time of need.

Thus, he was quite generous, with not a hint of reluctance.

"Thank you!" He Shoudao was overjoyed and solemnly bowed to Su Chen.

Then.

Su Chen took a step forward.

He walked into the forbidden land.

Just upon entering.

Su Chen furrowed his brows.

"So powerful!!!" Su Chen murmured, somewhat beyond his expectations; as soon as he stepped inside, he could feel an eerie sensation of death, a true scent of death.

"Indeed, very powerful." Jiuyou also spoke: "This Sword Spirit is very unusual."

Jiuyou’s voice was also extremely serious.

Su Chen lifted his head from afar, his eyes focused on the deepest part of the cave.

There lay a stone platform.

On the stone platform, there was only a sword-shaped blood-colored light.

A net of strange undulating formations surrounded the stone platform.

Layer upon layer, encompassing no less than a thousand layers.

Even with so many formations separating them, Su Chen still felt that eerie sensation of death, illustrating just how terrifying this Sword Spirit was.

"Jiuyou, can you tell me what a Sword Spirit is?" Su Chen did not hurry to move towards the front but rather asked.

"A sword is a type of weapon, hence it can be classified into Spiritual Artifacts, Divine Artifacts, Holy Artifacts, Desolate Artifacts, etc. However, if one does not view the sword as a weapon but rather as an independent, sentient entity, then there are only two kinds of swords."