NOVPUB670: The Clever Golden Crow
670: The Clever Golden Crow
That streak of sword light reflected in the fiery eyes of the Three-Legged Golden Crow.
In the reflection within its pupils, the sword light split into two, then into three, and then into countless rays of light, each one surging toward the Three-Legged Golden Crow.
Each ray of sword light carried boundless Sword Intent.
These Sword Intents gathered together, evolving into sword domains, continuously amplifying their power.
This was Gu Lan’s charged strike.
He didn’t use his origin power or Rule Power, but instead relied solely on his fundamental understanding of the sword, striking out with that one blow.
And this sword contained all of the strength within him.
Such a pure strike had even greater power than his strongest sword move, Sword Twelve.
This was the power of the sword way!
What made it so powerful was that every sword strike was like unleashing a trump card, without any restraint!
At this moment, the sword way’s strength was clearly manifested.
Before the Three-Legged Golden Crow could react, countless sword lights had already struck its face.
And it was the final, most face-slapping kind of strike.
It never expected that a Heaven-Fixing Realm cultivator could unleash such a powerful sword way, causing its gathered sunfire to be forcefully swallowed back.
This blow made it feel a sense of danger!
In fact, it even felt a faint sense of something familiar and unpleasant.
“This person’s sword way…
why does it resemble that guy’s…”
Under the onslaught of endless sword light, the memories sealed away in the Three-Legged Golden Crow’s mind resurfaced, and a hint of fear appeared in its eyes.
One wielded a sword, the other wielded a bow, both employing a desperate, all-in strategy.
Faced with this style of fighting, it was reminded of the ancient memories before it fell into slumber.
At the same time, an overwhelming fear surged, causing it to forget about defense, letting countless sword qi pierce through the avatar made of sunfire.
By the time it came to its senses, it was already too late.
Sunfire was the purest and most Yang energy.
Once mixed with other forces, it would no longer allow the Golden Crow’s true form to perform its divine powers.
“Golden Crow Ancestor!”
Cangming, witnessing this scene, was also panicked.
Originally, he thought that by summoning the Golden Crow Ancestor, today’s battle would be as good as won.
But little did he expect, this Golden Crow Ancestor didn’t seem very clever, standing there taking hits without even attempting to counterattack!
Could it be that after such a long slumber, its power had returned but its mind was still absent?
“Do not worry!”
“Even if this is just a temporary avatar I’ve summoned, it won’t be so easy to defeat.”
“With this avatar, I can awaken the true consciousness of my body.
At that time, I will flatten this world and burn all these insects before me!”
Upon hearing Cangming’s shout, the Three-Legged Golden Crow seemed to snap back to its senses.
It condensed a sliver of sunfire and, just as its avatar was on the verge of collapsing, sent it into the void.
That direction was the true resting place of the Ancient God Clan.
“Ancestor, stop!”
“You can’t do this!”
Seeing this, Cangming was completely stunned.
However, due to the speed at which the Three-Legged Golden Crow acted to awaken its true form, it was too late for Cangming to stop it.
“You young fool!”
“Do you really think that by speaking to me like this, you can stop me?
Do you believe I can’t burn you to ashes just because your true form is the Seven-Colored Flower of the Primordial Chaos?”
The Three-Legged Golden Crow did not feel it had done anything wrong.
It was just a momentary lapse that allowed a mere insect to take advantage of it, causing its avatar to collapse.
Such a situation was nothing serious.
After all, the strength of this avatar came from Cangming, not its own.
Even if it collapsed, it didn’t care.
Once its true form awoke, it would naturally make up for Cangming’s loss. 𝖓𝔬𝖛𝔭𝔲𝖇.𝔠𝔬𝖒
“Don’t look so heartbroken.
When my true form awakens, I will immediately come to this realm and repay you, burning all those sword-wielding human insects!”
As it spoke, the consciousness of the Three-Legged Golden Crow, transformed into a little Golden Crow, flew toward Cangming.
Seeing Cangming still looking as though his heart was broken, the Three-Legged Golden Crow unusually comforted him:
“You don’t need to be sad or upset.”
“I won’t blame you anymore.
When my true form awakens, I’ll come right here to clean up that sword-wielding human insect for you!”
The little Golden Crow glared at Gu Lan as it spoke.
But the comfort meant nothing to Cangming.
“It’s over!”
“All the plans are ruined!”
“This mission didn’t force Zhuge Qingyun into action, but instead exposed the location of the Ancient God Clan…”
Cangming muttered, looking at the golden sunfire flying into the void, his eyes filled with unprecedented despair.
“What plans?
What is ruined?”
“What is Zhuge Qingyun?”
“Do you think the Ancient God Clan cares about its position being exposed?
No one can stop us!
When my true form awakens, a single sunfire will turn Zhuge Qingyun to ashes!”
The little Golden Crow proudly raised its head, adopting an air of superiority.
It was the powerful and intelligent Three-Legged Golden Crow; no one could survive under its sunfire.
Well, except for that man who liked to shoot arrows.
But fortunately, that man’s soul had already returned to the heavens, and his bow and arrows should no longer exist.
Cangming looked at the Golden Crow Ancestor’s consciousness and suddenly felt that his plan was incredibly foolish.
If only he had used all his Great Path power to face Gu Lan in a decisive battle, perhaps the outcome would have been better.
No, it would have been infinitely better.
Failing to complete the original plan, the worst that would happen was he’d be punished by his ancestor, something he could accept even if it was severe.
But now, the consequences were unbearable.
Cangming could not have imagined that the Golden Crow Ancestor, so powerful in the clan’s legends, could be so…
so absurd!
Yes, absurd!
He couldn’t even fathom how a natural spirit being of the same rank as his ancestor could have such a laughable IQ.
“Hey!”
“Kid, what kind of look is that?
Do you look down on me?”
“Do you believe I’ll burn you to ashes with a single breath of fire?”
Sensing Cangming’s undisguised disdain, the little Golden Crow was furious.
Did it really seem like a fool just because it wasn’t losing its temper?
