Chapter 231: Law Crushing

“Hahahaha, trying to run? Too late!”

Babata laughed wildly, leaping alone into Blue Star’s defensive formation. Ignoring all gunfire and lasers, he flew straight toward Jiang Yan.

“Not good, stop him quickly!”

The others were shocked. Babata’s strength was too monstrous—killing Jiang Yan would be as easy as turning over his hand. Only those at the Martial Saint level among them had the power to resist him even slightly.

With a deafening explosion in the starry river, countless meteors rolled and scattered. Babata swatted away the female Martial Saint who had come to block him with one hand, while his other massive hand was about to descend upon Jiang Yan’s head.

War was this cruel. No one had expected Babata to suddenly go berserk, resorting to violence at the slightest disagreement.

The palm struck down, stirring up a commotion like mountains roaring and seas surging.

People watched with eyes wide in horror as Jiang Yan was crushed beneath the hand, their hearts sinking into despair.

In the moment of utter silence, a piercing sound of a sharp weapon tearing through flesh was heard. A slaughtering saber, towering like an insurmountable chasm, rose to the sky.

At that moment, Babata let out a pained howl. Even with his heart-nature, he could hardly endure the agony of being torn apart from flesh and blood.

He hurriedly lifted his hand, only to see the man who had just been crushed beneath his palm flying up into the sky, completely unharmed.

“Yan Thunder Destruction Slash!”

Ssssh—

A thunderous saber shattered the massive palm spanning hundreds of meters. The starry dome bloomed with crimson buds, dyeing everyone’s vision a deep red.

“It’s Jiang Yan! He’s still alive!”

“Jiang Yan actually survived Babata’s palm strike!”

Soldiers who had regained their senses rushed over, only to hear Jiang Yan’s command.

“Everyone else, retreat immediately!”

This deep voice seemed to cast a spell, causing everyone else to freeze in place, their feet involuntarily taking a step back.

“This kid…”

Qin Wufeng watched the entire process of Jiang Yan severing one of Babata’s arms with a complex expression, shifting from shock to astonishment.

It was incomprehensible.

Utterly unfathomable!

Such a method completely overturned everything he had known in his centuries-long Martial Way career.

“Human brat, I never expected you to have some tricks up your sleeve. It seems I, Babata, underestimated you.”

Babata’s severed arm rapidly extended, restoring itself to its original appearance.

Then, with a stretch of his hand, he swung out a dark-red broad saber.

The broad saber was incredibly massive, emanating a solid, imposing aura. Faintly, one could hear the low growl of a ferocious tiger.

Cangyuan Saber Saint’s expression turned grave as he warned Jiang Yan.

“Jiang Yan, retreat quickly! This is the Blood Slaughter Saber, forged by Babata after slaughtering hundreds of millions of people. Ten years ago, it was with this saber that he injured Elder Zheng’s Origin Source, which remains difficult to repair to this day!”

Upon hearing the words “Blood Slaughter Saber,” everyone’s expressions turned utterly horrified.

Especially the high-level combatants present.

At their level, since they had not mastered the “Law Power” capable of delivering fatal blows,

most physical attacks could hardly inflict fundamental damage. A single battle could often last months before a victor emerged.

But the Blood Slaughter Saber was different.

Rumors said its material was extraordinary, seemingly involving a mysterious power beyond the comprehension of those at their level.

Even the slightest touch would result in death or severe injury. Moreover, the mysterious power contained within the Blood Slaughter Saber would suppress a Martial Artist’s physical body recovery.

It was like a rule.

Commanding you: Do not recover!

Over the years, Blue Star had tried countless methods to treat Elder Zheng, who had been corroded by the Blood Slaughter Saber, but all efforts were in vain.

In Blue Star and the surrounding star domains, no living being knew what that mysterious power truly was.

As for Jiang Yan, after being reminded by Cangyuan Saber Saint, he vaguely sensed that the mysterious power contained within the Blood Fiend Saber might exist on the same level as the Life and Death Law Embryo he had just comprehended.

This kind of power was not rare on Tianyuan Star, but when placed on Blue Star, it was nothing short of a dimensional strike.

“You all go first.”

Jiang Yan shouted in a low voice, not wanting anyone to interfere with him.

Giving his undivided attention and exerting his full effort was Jiang Yan’s highest form of respect for battle.

“Kid, let you taste the bitterness that old man once endured!”

Babata swung his dark-red broadsword, his face contorted with pain as he released a mass of bloody fiendish Qi, closing in on Jiang Yan.

The others scattered, but they soon realized that the fiendish Qi seemed to have a target—it attacked only Jiang Yan.

“Jiang Yan, dodge quickly!”

Whoosh!

[Life and Death Law: Fragment]

Jiang Yan entered a state akin to the God Realm, a layer of green radiance rising around him, gentle and natural, as if embracing all things.

The fiendish Qi, upon encountering the Life Qi emanating from Jiang Yan, reacted as if facing a formidable enemy and was completely neutralized in an instant.

This was the difference between relying on external objects and truly comprehending even a trace of the Law.

It could be called a dimensional strike.

No wonder the battles between the few Martial Gods and the Sky Demon on Tianyuan Star in the past were so intense. It seemed that the true wonder lay not in their attacks but in the profound principles hidden beneath their moves.

With a wave of his hand, Jiang Yan transformed the Life Qi into pitch-black Death Qi.

The Death Qi took the form of a long dragon, roaring as it coiled around Jiang Yan’s body.

Witnessing this scene, both the people of Blue Star and the Starians felt a tremor in their hearts, followed by an intangible terror rising within them, as if they had seen a demon perched high above the heavens, ready to unleash disaster upon the mortal world.

At this moment, everyone’s minds were dazed by this sight. Even the high-level combatants from both planets couldn’t help but tremble inwardly, their feet rooted to the ground, unable to move an inch.

Jiang Yan’s methods had already entered the realm of the unknown for these people, who had never witnessed a Martial God in action.

“Go!”

The black dragon roared as it soared into the sky, then descended vertically, charging directly toward Babata.

“This! What is this!”

Babata broke out in a cold sweat. Centuries of battlefield intuition made him tremble with fear, as if touching this thing would instantly turn him into a withered skeleton.

Death!

Death!

Death!

This word appeared so vividly in Babata’s mind. Regardless of the language, the meaning of “death” was always the same.

Babata was terrified to his very soul. With all his strength, he swung the Blood Fiend Saber, channeling all the accumulated blood fiendish Qi toward the black dragon.

Boom!

The black dragon scattered the blood fiendish Qi and instantly pierced through Babata’s entire body.

An overwhelming force!

In the next second, Babata’s muscles trembled violently, and the blood Qi within his body rapidly dissipated, leaving behind shriveled, dry skin.

His black hair was stained with traces of snow, then completely transformed into withered white.

His eyebrows, eyelashes… all vanished in an unimaginable manner. Turning white, then falling off.

Babata had now become a skeleton wrapped in dry skin.

Seeing this, Jiang Yan couldn’t help but marvel at how effective the Life and Death Demon Skeleton’s Law truly was!

However, he had only grasped a trace of its essence and had yet to fully master its profundity, which was why he hadn’t killed Babata with a single strike.

With great difficulty, Babata retrieved the Blood Fiend Saber, his lips parting and closing.

“My… my worries were indeed justified…”

“Jiang Yan… you have not disappointed me.”

Babata looked behind him, his body swaying unsteadily as if he could die at any moment.

“Kill!”

“Today, Blue Star must perish!”

“Jiang Yan—must die!”

“Kill!!”

“Kill!!”

“Kill Jiang Yan!!”

The soldiers of Star Planet witnessed Jiang Yan’s perversion and finally understood the Marshal’s deep intentions.

“So, we all wronged the Marshal. He is the true strategist!”