Translator: CinderTL
The residual energy waves from the Crimson Sky Sword shattering the protective magical artifact exploded in the void.
The clouds within a radius of dozens of miles seemed to be pushed away by an invisible force, creating a visible circular vacuum zone.
This awe-inspiring scene, accompanied by the image of Tuoba Ye's stiffened body falling from the void, rushed into the vision of everyone on the battlefield.
Whether it was the two Core Formation cultivators from the Chiyang Sword Sect or the four Core Formation cultivators from the Taixu Sword Sect, their gazes all involuntarily fell on the center of the exploding energy, each filled with astonishment.
Unbelievable.
One sword strike!?
Tuoba Ye, a True Core cultivator, facing Li Chunjun, who had only formed his core for a few months, was actually killed with a single sword strike!?
How is this possible!? "Whoosh!"
The sword light pierced through the air!
After killing Tuoba Ye with a single strike, the dark red sword light of the Crimson Sky Sword did not pause for even a moment. It roared and turned, heading straight for another Core Formation cultivator beside Zhou Tianyu! The speed of the sword was so fast that the clouds in the void were directly cut and shattered.
Visible shockwaves exploded at the tip of the sword twice, three times! In other words, at this moment, the speed of his Lifebound Flying Sword had already surpassed three times the speed of sound.
A thousand meters per second! At this speed, a few miles, or even a dozen miles, were just a blink of an eye.
The True Core cultivator who was battling Qin Zhou leaped into the air, simultaneously activating several talismans, forcefully pushing Qin Zhou away.
Immediately after, he clasped his hands together, and a large compass several meters in diameter appeared behind him.
On the compass, various weapons such as knives, swords, spears, axes, and halberds simultaneously appeared and were ejected in the next second, carrying a sharp whistle that tore through the void, directly meeting the Crimson Sky Sword that was shooting towards them at three times the speed of sound.
When he activated his Spirit Artifact, the Register of Armaments, he also pushed his Divine Sense to the limit, preparing for the inevitable Sword Intent impact from this future Flaming Phoenix Sword Prodigy.
However...
When he truly collided with Li Chunjun's Sword Intent, he still felt a sharpness so intense it could tear the soul.
The soul, intangible.
Sharpness, also intangible.
But at the moment of collision, this True Core cultivator clearly felt that the Register of Armaments he had activated, as well as the Divine Sense attached to the weapons that had been shot out, were directly stripped and torn apart by this terrifying sharpness.
After the Divine Sense was torn apart, these weapons that had been shot out...
Were just ordinary weapons! No longer possessing any mystical properties!
Let alone changing direction or moving flexibly in the air.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Sparks flew!
The Crimson Sky Sword, facing the dozens of weapons shot out from the Register of Armaments, charged straight in.
Accompanied by the wildly scattering sparks, it instantly broke through the defense of this True Core cultivator and reached him.
That cold Sword Intent pierced through his soul, tearing apart his fighting spirit, making his life instinct scream to turn and flee.
But...
He couldn't escape! No matter how fast a True Core cultivator could control a sword, how could it be faster than a Sword Cultivator's Flying Sword? Turning around would mean certain death! In this situation, this True Core cultivator forcefully suppressed his instinct to flee in panic, his eyes shining with determination. His Divine Sense, mixed with all his Qi, erupted and poured into the Register of Armaments, which he slammed down with all his might!
"Break for me!"
"Boom!"
The Crimson Sky Sword, like a meteor striking the moon, fiercely collided with the several-meter-diameter disk of the Register of Armaments.
It was like a hypersonic missile arriving in the air, hitting its target.
A visible shockwave accompanied by a spatial tremor instantly erupted from the front of this True Core cultivator.
Countless flames and fine debris were sent flying in all directions upon impact.
If the battlefield had been on the ground, this violent tremor and deafening roar would have triggered a terrifying storm, reducing all trees, flowers, grass, and rocks within a radius of several kilometers to dust.
Even a small county town would have been uprooted and completely erased from the surface of the earth by this single strike.
At the center of this collision of forces, the several-meter-diameter disk of the Register of Armaments shattered into countless fragments, scattering in all directions.
In the instant these cracks formed, the Scarlet Sky Sword, amidst the destruction and flames, pierced through them and directly penetrated the body of this True Core cultivator.
In the next second, as the shockwave from the shattered Spirit Artifact arrived, it tore the body of the True Core cultivator, whose chest now bore a massive charred hole, into pieces.
"Boom!"
The vast energy shockwave finally transmitted and exploded from the horizon.
As the energy dispersed, a dark red streak of light, trailing flames, shot out from the fragments of the Register of Armaments and the inferno.
A direct kill!
A frontal assault!
This was the second True Core cultivator Li Chunjun had directly killed after Tuoba Ye!
Such a sharp sword technique, even a Golden Core cultivator...
Would likely be no match!
To possess such combat power immediately upon reaching Core Formation! If he were to truly cultivate to the Golden Core stage in the future, how formidable would his true strength become!?
The reappearance of the second Flaming Phoenix Sword Prodigy on Blue Star would no longer be a mere fantasy! "Excellent!"
Qin Zhou couldn't help but let out an uncontrollable cheer.
Golden Core combat power!
Not long ago, their Sword Prodigy had to rely on the Sect Master's assistance to weaken a Virtual Core cultivator at the early Core Formation stage before securing a victory. But now...
How much time had passed!?
He had already attained Golden Core combat power! To so effortlessly and directly kill two True Core cultivators in a frontal assault—what else could this be if not Golden Core strength!?
"Buzz!"
Just as Jiang Yuxue was also deeply shocked, delighted, and amazed by Li Chunjun's performance, his opponent Zhou Tianyu swiftly changed the direction of his sword.
A majestic gate suddenly emerged behind him.
The gate was intricately carved, with clear depictions of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and the Four Symbols, including the Xuan Wu pattern.
Upon its manifestation, it rapidly expanded, growing from a few meters to over ten meters in an instant, and then continuing to swell to dozens of meters, and finally to over a hundred meters! A gate over a hundred meters tall, resembling a skyscraper dozens of stories high, stood towering in the sky.
And the moment it appeared, a terrifying suction force emanated from within the gate.
The target of this suction force...
Was none other than the Lifebound Flying Sword that had just shattered the Register of Armaments and directly slain the True Core cultivator!
"The Four Symbols Heaven Sealing Gate!?"
Jiang Yuxue immediately recognized the origin of this gate!
The Mystic Treasure—Four Symbols Heaven Sealing Gate! Recently, as the conflict between the Taixu Sword Sect and the Scarlet Sky Sword intensified in the Great Shang, and with Nascent Soul True Lords unable to intervene directly, some True Lords had bestowed their Mystic Treasures upon their disciples to enhance their combat power.
This Four Symbols Heaven Sealing Gate was the renowned treasure of the Zhou family's ancestor, Zhou Chixin!
That True Lord...
Had actually been willing to entrust such a treasure to Zhou Tianyu!? "Sword Prodigy!"
At this moment, Jiang Yuxue suddenly heard a cry of alarm! In the distance, Li Chunjun was seen spitting blood, his Essence Qi in disarray.
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Such injuries...
"Lifebound Flying Sword!"
Jiang Yuxue instantly realized something.
Her gaze swiftly turned to the Scarlet Sky Sword, which had just shattered the Register of Armaments and slain that True Core cultivator!
At this moment, the Scarlet Sky Sword's radiance had dimmed significantly, clearly severely damaged! This was precisely why Sword Prodigy Li was spitting blood, his Qi and blood in disarray.
Realizing this, Zhou Tianyu, even after losing two True Core cultivators on his side and facing three Golden Core cultivators and one True Core cultivator alone, still summoned the Four Symbols Heaven Sealing Gate, intending to use all his strength to crush Li Chunjun's Lifebound Flying Sword in one fell swoop! A Sword Cultivator!
It's said that the sword and the cultivator are one—if the sword is destroyed, so is the cultivator. Once a Lifebound Flying Sword is destroyed, it's akin to a Core Formation cultivator having their Core Formation shattered! Especially for a Sword Cultivator like Li Chunjun, who had just recently formed his Core Formation!
If his Lifebound Flying Sword were to be crushed...
The saying "the sword dies, the cultivator dies" might very well become reality!
Especially since...
Li Chunjun could have escaped using a Minor Teleportation Talisman!
But how could he take his Lifebound Flying Sword, which had been summoned outside his body, with him!? "Not good!"
Jiang Yuxue shouted sharply, "Act now! Destroy the Four Symbols Heaven Sealing Gate!"
In truth, there was no need for her to speak.
The moment they sensed Zhou Tianyu summoning the Four Symbols Heaven Sealing Gate to suppress the Scarlet Sky Sword, Qin Zhou, Zhang Weiqian, and Zhou Yuechen had already unleashed their full power.
Qi burned, sword light crisscrossed! Three streaks of light, like divine swords tearing through the heavens, roared toward the Four Symbols Heaven Sealing Gate.
Meanwhile, the Scarlet Sky Sword, suppressed by the Four Symbols Heaven Sealing Gate, trembled violently. Profound Phoenix Sword Qi erupted wildly, and endless flames scattered, as if trying to break free from the sealing force.
However, Zhou Tianyu would never let this opportunity slip!
"Die!"
The Golden Core cultivator's eyes burned with madness and cruelty.
His entire body's Qi burned fiercely.
His black hair turned gray at the temples in an instant.
But under this frenzied burning of Qi, the power of the Four Symbols Heaven Sealing Gate surged to its peak. Terrifying energy rippled from this Mystic Treasure.
The combined strongest attacks from Qin Zhou, Jiang Yuxue, Zhang Weiqian, and Zhou Yuechen—one True Core and three Golden Core cultivators—were all dispersed by the energy rippling from this treasure.
"Boom!"
Violent explosions and shockwaves radiated from the Four Symbols Heaven Sealing Gate, one after another.
Amid the flames and shockwaves, the flying swords and Spirit Artifacts of the four Core Formation cultivators were all sent flying.
And the Four Symbols Heaven Sealing Gate...
Its light dimmed abruptly!
Zhou Tianyu, who was controlling this treasure, spat out a mouthful of blood.
But he clenched his teeth, unleashing all his Qi without reserve, and pressed down on the Scarlet Sky Sword with ruthless determination.
The moment the Scarlet Sky Sword was suppressed, it let out a groan as if it could no longer bear the weight!
However, at that very instant, the Scarlet Sky Sword suddenly transformed from one into ten thousand, shifting from solid to liquid, and then from liquid to gas.
Transforming the sword into Qi!
Dozens, hundreds, even hundreds of sword Qi erupted. Some of them pierced through the void, doing everything they could to escape beyond the Four Symbols Heaven Sealing Gate.
The others rained down like a storm, fiercely bombarding and striking the Four Symbols Heaven Sealing Gate, this supreme treasure! Under the relentless assault of hundreds of sword Qi, the already dimmed Four Symbols Heaven Sealing Gate trembled, and cracks began to appear in an instant.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, a small portion of the escaping sword Qi quickly broke free from the range of the Four Symbols Heaven Sealing Gate.
However...
They did not recondense into Flying Swords.
Instead, they made a sharp turn, resembling a massive "U"-shaped trajectory, bypassing the Four Symbols Heaven Sealing Gate, and with terrifying speed and a sharp whistle, they shot straight toward Zhou Tianyu, who was controlling this Mystic Treasure.
"Li Chunjun!"
Amidst the desperate and furious roar of Zhou Tianyu, whose Qi was exhausted and whose hair had turned white, dozens of sword Qi instantly traversed the void, piercing through his body one after another.
"Chi chi chi!"
The body of this Golden Core cultivator was instantly torn into a bloody mist by the dozens of sword Qi, and then incinerated into ashes by the high temperature of the sword Qi.
Last night, I read a novel where the protagonist was rational and wise, manipulating his enemies with ease, which was quite interesting, until...
He met a woman.
Then, the entire story was filled with descriptions of "helplessness" and "bitter smiles."
The woman threatened the protagonist, who was in the middle of cultivation, forcing him to go out for a walk in the park, saying that the protagonist was like a dog she was walking. And the protagonist actually found these words sweet, thinking there was potential between them, so he revealed his golden finger to her.
Me???
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