Myth Beyond Heaven-Chapter 2817: Crisis (7)

The frozen battlefield trembled as two True Gods clashed, their every movement rewriting the laws of reality. Lin Xinyao's lunar blade met Jian Yun's silver sword in a cataclysmic dance, each strike carving wounds in the fabric of space itself.

"Lunar Eclipse!"

Lin Xinyao's sword flared as she summoned a miniature moon behind her, its pale light distorting gravity. The surrounding mountains lifted from the ground, floating like pebbles in a pond as she swung—

Jian Yun countered by splitting his sword into thousands of fragments, each one a razor-sharp sliver of annihilating energy. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

The fragments erupted toward Lin Xinyao like a metallic storm.

She spun, her blade weaving a net of moonlight that deflected most—but not all. Several shards pierced her arms and legs, drawing ribbons of blood.

She didn't falter.

Instead, she clapped her hands—

The floating moon duplicated, then multiplied—until dozens of celestial bodies hovered around them, each one pulsing with destructive energy.

Jian Yun's eyes narrowed.

Then—

"Order's Decree: Nullify!"

Tantai Xue's voice cut through the chaos as she finally intervened. Golden chains lashed from her fingers, wrapping around the moons and severing their connection to Lin Xinyao.

The lunar orbs flickered—

And imploded.

BANG!

The backlash slammed into Lin Xinyao, sending her crashing through three floating mountain peaks before she regained her footing. Blood trickled from her lips.

Jian Yun didn't give her respite.

He flickered forward, his sword morphing into a colossal executioner's blade—

RIP!

Space split vertically as the sword descended, its edge carrying the weight of a collapsing star.

Lin Xinyao crossed her arms—

A dome of condensed lunar energy formed around her—

BOOOOOOM!

The collision erased sound. Light bent. Reality itself stuttered as the two forces clashed.

Then—

CRACK!

The dome shattered.

Lin Xinyao was blasted downward, her body carving a canyon into the earth. Dust and debris erupted skyward, obscuring her form.

Tantai Xue laughed, floating above the devastation. "Pathetic. And here I thought you were special."

Jian Yun hovered silently, his blade poised for the final strike.

Then—

The dust parted.

Lin Xinyao stood at the canyon's center, her robes tattered, her sword cracked—but her eyes burned with unyielding resolve.

"Come!" she uttered coldly.

The true moon above darkened—then pulsed with violet light. A beam of pure lunar essence lanced down, enveloping Lin Xinyao in radiant energy.

Her wounds healed.

Her sword reforged itself.

And her aura—

Exploded.

Tantai Xue's smirk vanished. "Impossible! That's—"

The Moon God's true power…

Lin Xinyao raised her sword—

And the world turned white.

Lin Xinyao's lunar radiance exploded outward. Her cracked sword reforged itself mid-swing, the blade now gleaming with primordial moonlight. The canyon walls around her disintegrated into silver dust, swept away by the sheer pressure of her unleashed aura.

Tantai Xue's golden chains shattered before they could reform. "Impossible!" she shrieked, stumbling back.

Lin Xinyao didn't speak. She moved.

Space itself rippled as she appeared before Jian Yun, her sword carving a perfect arc toward his neck. The corrupted sword spirit barely raised his blade in time—

CLANG!

The impact sent him skidding back a thousand feet, his boots gouging trenches through solid bedrock.

Lin Xinyao didn't pause. She flicked her wrist—

The floating fragments of mountains transformed, each rock crystallizing into a miniature moon that slammed into Jian Yun from all directions. The consecutive impacts sent shockwaves rippling across the continent.

Tantai Xue screeched, her hands weaving frantic seals. "Suppression!"

A golden decree materialized in the sky, its words burning with absolute authority. The very air thickened, attempting to crush Lin Xinyao under the weight of heavenly law.

Lin Xinyao looked up.

Her eyes shone brightly with moonlight.

BANG!

The decree shattered like glass.

Tantai Xue's face went slack with horror. "You—how—"

"The Moon answers to no edict," Lin Xinyao said simply.

She thrust her sword downward—

BOOM!

The earth split open, a geyser of liquid moonlight erupting beneath Tantai Xue. The God of Order's inheritor screamed as the radiant energy scoured her flesh, her black robes burning away to reveal blistered skin beneath.

Jian Yun chose that moment to strike.

His sword phased through dimensions, appearing simultaneously at Lin Xinyao's back, throat, and heart—a triple-layered attack that ignored conventional defenses.

Lin Xinyao twirled, her blade leaving afterimages that intercepted all three strikes at once. The resulting shockwave flattened everything within ten miles to dust.

"Enough!" Tantai Xue hissed from her molten crater. Blood dripped from her ruined face as she clawed at the air. "Jian Yun! How long you are going to hold back?"

The corrupted sword spirit froze.

Then—

The world screamed.

BOOM!

Space itself unraveled at the edges as countless ethereal swords materialized—each one resembled the God-Slaying Sword's power. Their edges didn't just cut flesh; they sheared through existence itself.

Lin Xinyao's lunar aura flickered as a thousand invisible blades found their mark. Crimson lines appeared across her arms, legs, torso—each wound leaking blood that burned through the earth below.

"Good! Capture her alive!" Tantai Xue shouted loudly. She had never been humiliated like this before and she must make Lin Xinyao pay.

Jian Yun's sword domain descended like the wrath of heaven itself. Every blade that materialized in the air carried the weight of a dying star, their edges sharp enough to sever the very concept of defense.

Lin Xinyao's lunar barrier cracked under the onslaught, blood dripping from fresh wounds as she was forced back step by step.

CLANG!

Her sword barely deflected a slash that would have split her skull. The impact sent shockwaves through her arms, bones groaning under the strain.

Tantai Xue laughed from the sidelines, her burned flesh already regenerating. "Struggle all you want! In the end, you will fall into my hand!"

Lin Xinyao didn't respond. She spun, her blade carving a crescent of lunar fire that forced Jian Yun to momentarily retreat. But the reprieve lasted only a breath before he phased through space again, his sword aimed straight for her heart.

She twisted—

SHUNK!

Too slow. The blade grazed her ribs, drawing a line of blood.

Lin Xinyao gritted her teeth. She was being pushed to her absolute limits. Every technique, every counter—Jian Yun anticipated them all. His corrupted state made him relentless, his swordsmanship honed over millennia now turned against her with brutal efficiency.

"Mirage."

Her form split into seven afterimages, each one striking from a different angle. Jian Yun didn't falter. His sword pulsed, and space itself rippled—

BOOM!

All seven illusions shattered at once, the real Lin Xinyao sent flying as the shockwave connected. She crashed through a mountain peak, stone and dust exploding outward.

Tantai Xue smirked. "Pathetic. And here I thought you were better as Yun Lintian's most beloved woman."