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Chapter 176: Chapter 173: Heavenly Sword
"Actually... intercepted!?"
At that moment, at Dragon Sparrow Manor’s camp, Wang Yinfeng and Ye Wuxia, two Primordial Spirit True Monarch Venerable Daoists, wore expressions of astonishment.
Intercepted.
Both Primordial Spirit True Monarchs, along with seven Divinity Transformation Cultivators, combined forces. Nine swords were released simultaneously, and nine flying swords broke the sky, shooting forth in a manner that even a genuine Primordial Spirit True Monarch would struggle to defend against.
But Gu Jinlai...
Actually intercepted them!
Accompanied by six individuals operating six Short Range Defense Cannons, they wove a net of intercepting firepower that countered the slashes of flying swords traveling at twice, even approaching three times the speed of sound from the seven Divinity Transformation Cultivators.
Though their own flying swords had initially penetrated the defensive network at supersonic speeds, when they closed in to within a hundred meters of Gu Jinlai, it was as though they had hit an insurmountable gulf.
First was Ye Wuxia’s flying sword, which was sent flying by the Cheng Ying Sword that Gu Jinlai threw, followed by his own flying sword which, after being weakened by the opponent’s Soul Secret Technique, was spectacularly caught and firmly intercepted.
Although this was because his flying sword lacked sharpness traits, this scene still brought a shudder to their hearts.
Keep in mind that even when they collectively went to kill the Demon Ape Commander, that commanding creature relied on formidable defensive power and tenacious vitality to hold out, finally escaping into a hundred-meter-deep crevice where they did not dare to follow readily, preserving its life.
But Gu Jinlai...
Using his Mysterious Mental Realm, he precisely captured the trajectory of the flying swords. The speed advantage of the "Breaking the sky" trait of the flying swords was almost entirely nullified by him.
Such a level of threat was almost comparable to that of the Demon Ape Commander.
Gu Jinlai...
Had actually become this powerful!?
"Another sword!"
Wang Yinfeng’s unwilling voice cried out low, "Gu Jinlai is not a weakling. If one sword did not slay him, let us deliver another! Ascend to the void, leverage our aerial superiority! Maintain a kilometer distance and shoot him down!"
The flying sword from Gu Jinlai’s hand, that was struggling to break the sky, was about to return to his body.
With the flying sword in hand, he could channel True Yuan into the blade, launching a second round of attack.
"Be careful!"
At this moment, Ye Wuxia suddenly shouted.
Wang Yinfeng’s Divine Sense perceived, sharply detecting a fierce flame roaring from behind.
"What is this!?" 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘱𝘶𝑏.𝑐𝘰𝑚
His heart paused, but the next second, this Primordial Spirit True Monarch’s expression changed: "So fast! This speed is incredible! Too fast!"
His flying sword encompassed the Breaking the Sky trait, at a speed over fifteen hundred meters per second.
But this pursuing fierce flame...
Surpassed two thousand meters per second!
Almost the instant he sensed the flame breaking through the sky, this one and a half meter long starfire stream had already surpassed the flying sword he was about to retrieve, carrying fierce and wild forces shooting toward him.
"No good! Flying sword! This is Gu Jinlai’s flying sword! Has he advanced to a Divinity Transformation Great Cultivator!?"
Wang Yinfeng’s thought process accelerated to its limit, he roared lowly, his flying sword transmitted rapidly, attempting to intercept.
But...
It was too late.
At the moment the Heavenly Sword Missile surpassed his flying sword, time was already insufficient.
For a moment, he widened his eyes, his Divine Sense vibrated: "Elder Ye, assist me!"
However, Ye Wuxia’s flying sword, though not directly slashed nor shattered by the Cheng Ying Sword due to the True Yuan enveloped around it, still suffered a shake to her Primordial Spirit. How could she assist in time now?
For a moment, she could only let out a low roar.
"Retreat!"
"Retreat!?"
The Heavenly Sword Missile was imbued with Gu Jinlai’s True Spirit!
At that moment, his True Spirit’s stimulation of the missile reached its peak.
The interior specialized structure of the missile made optimal use of the power from the Eternal Furnace, seemingly causing a small-scale nuclear explosion at the engine site, and the speed of the Heavenly Sword Missile surged again, aggressively shooting towards Wang Yinfeng.
"Ah!"
In a life-or-death moment, Wang Yinfeng let out a long howl, his Primordial Spirit vibrated, and the surging True Yuan within his body erupted, forming a visible wall of True Yuan Qi, electrically condensing in front of him.
The next moment...
"Boom!"
An ear-deafening roar mixed with dazzling brilliance illuminated the void.
The fusion power of the Eternal Furnace channeled into the Heavenly Sword Missile and the high explosives loaded within it detonated simultaneously, a ball of fire with a diameter of several meters instantly engulfing Wang Yinfeng’s form.
The True Yuan Qi wall he had managed to hastily set up in front of him was as fragile as paper against this explosive force, instantly tearing apart.
The wild impact mixed with terrifying heat swept across his body, and although he wore a top-grade Spirit Armor worth no less than a Supreme Flying Sword, he was still torn apart by the penetrating flame and shockwave in the explosion.
"Pfft!"
Blood scattered everywhere.
Wang Yinfeng, looking like a man of fire, was blasted dozens of meters away by the flames.
This scene, witnessed by the Divinity Transformation Great Cultivators at a distance attempting to break through the short-range defense cannon’s firepower network, shook their spirits drastically, each involuntarily widening their eyes.
What had they seen...?
Dragon Sparrow Manor’s Venerable Daoist Wang Yinfeng, a high-ranking Primordial Spirit True Monarch, had actually...
Been shot down by Gu Jinlai’s flying sword!?
Gu Jinlai had a flying sword as well!?
And its speed wasn’t even slightly slower compared to a Primordial Spirit True Monarch’s flying sword!?
"Junior brother!?"
Ye Wuxia roared in anger.
Man and Sword as One, she surged into the void.
After retrieving her flying sword, an even more formidable sword light erupted, and with Man and Sword as One reaching a sufficient height in the sky, leveraging the gravity potential energy from descending, she maximized the speed.
At its highest...
It could reach two thousand meters per second!
This was her Killing Move in the Sword Control Technique—Nine Heavens Cloud.
"Gu Jinlai! Die!"
"Boom!"
A mist visible to the naked eye seemed to explode in the void.
"Stop yelling! It’s your turn!"
Gu Jinlai roared.
When the Heavenly Sword Missile detonated, he had already retrieved the True Spirit attached to the missile, and without even needing time for recovery, he reinjected the separated True Spirit into another Heavenly Sword Missile.
The Eternal Furnace operated beyond its normal capacity.
Powerful spiritual energy was continuously squeezed out, instantly completing co-spirit with the heavy hydrogen and super heavy hydrogen inside his body, guiding them to merge and release a terrifying energy.
This energy, under the transmission characteristic, was then injected into the Heavenly Sword Missile, erupting a white-hot flame!
The Heavenly Sword Missile was activated, like a true Divine Sword slashing through the Sky Dome, shooting towards Ye Wuxia with fierce flames.
And he...
Strided forward, right hand raised high!
Striking Ye Wuxia’s flying sword, the Cheng Ying Sword containing True Yuan on the flying sword was rebounded by the special vibrational force of Ten Directions Annihilation and was securely grasped in his raised right hand.
Afterwards...
Taking a slight crouch after completing the run-up, he exploded upwards from his feet.
Accompanied by ground debris scattering as if bombed, his figure too burst forth.
Crossing the World·Four Seas!
Target—Wang Yinfeng!
"Whoosh!"
The Heavenly Sword broke the sky.
Ye Wuxia watched helplessly as Gu Jinlai charged at full speed towards Wang Yinfeng, unable to do anything.
The Heavenly Sword Missile, enveloped in flames, shot forth...
Its speed was no slower than the flying sword she launched with the Nine Heavens Cloud Killing Move.
"What kind of flying sword is this!? No! This isn’t a flying sword! What on earth is this!? Did you develop a new Slaughter Spirit Artifact!?"
Ye Wuxia’s face drastically changed.
Watching the Flying Fire Meteor speeding towards her, fear finally surged in her eyes.
Yes, fear!
Initially, even the combined strike of the seven Divinity Transformation Cultivators and two Primordial Spirit True Monarchs had failed to kill Gu Jinlai, but now...
The speed and power of these Heavenly Sword Missiles were without a doubt comparable to the flying swords launched by a Primordial Spirit True Monarch.
He was essentially facing the sword strike of a Primordial Spirit True Monarch.
Even if she managed to block it, how could she be sure she could kill Gu Jinlai, who realized the mental realm and could intercept the flying sword with his body!?
Therefore...
Retreat!
Ye Wuxia’s figure dashed back explosively.
At the same time, her flying sword transformed into a dazzling stream, directing itself at the Heavenly Sword Missile manipulated by Gu Jinlai’s True Spirit to intercept, its speed changing so rapidly...
It instantly made Gu Jinlai realize something.
He couldn’t defend against it.
Despite the Heavenly Sword Missile being more agile under his True Spirit’s control than a real Heavenly Sword Missile.
But...
Compared to a Primordial Spirit True Monarch’s sword, which responds as freely as their own limbs, it was still lacking.
"The power is too low! Otherwise, the top speed of the Heavenly Sword Missile would not be just this! Its speed would not be merely six times the speed of sound!"
A thought flashed through Gu Jinlai’s mind.
The next moment, he made a decisive decision.
Low power, so what?
If one missile isn’t enough, then use two!
Dragon Sparrow Manor daring to dispatch so many experts to attack the border of Lingxiao City; if he didn’t kill them all, he and they would be deadly enemies from now on, eventually leading to a grave threat.
Either do nothing or go all out!
With this thought, Gu Jinlai, while still sprinting, did not hesitate to activate the last Heavenly Sword Missile.
True Spirit Possession.
Fierce light surged into the sky, and this missile...
Aimed at Ye Wuxia’s actual body!
Almost simultaneously as Gu Jinlai triggered the second Heavenly Sword Missile, Ye Wuxia’s flying sword turned into a stream of light, howling as it struck the Heavenly Sword Missile.
Guided by True Spirit, the Heavenly Sword Missile and the flying sword collided, detonating instantly.
The intense bright light mixed with terrifying high temperatures and violent shockwaves instantly bombarded Ye Wuxia’s flying sword.
Although she detonated the thick True Yuan contained in the flying sword at the first instant, capable of tearing through flames and slashing through air currents, it still caused the flying sword to shake violently, the Power of Primordial Spirit on it nearly burned to nothing.
This shock, almost like a backlash of the Primordial Spirit, caused Ye Wuxia to cry out in pain, her Divine Sense nearly dissipating.
But at that moment, an intense crisis feeling surged over her, chilling her to the bone.
"Not good!"
As she sensed the crisis and strove to shake off the effects of the Primordial Spirit’s shock, igniting her Divine Sense, suddenly...
A Heavenly Sword Missile, its speed climbing to the extreme, recklessly stormed into her perception, and the distance...
Was less than five hundred meters!
Ye Wuxia’s eyes widened in shock.
In front of a Heavenly Sword Missile traveling at two kilometers per second, what could a distance of five hundred meters do!?
Even...
When her Divine Sense detected this Heavenly Sword Missile, it had already invaded less than two hundred meters in front of her.
"No!"
A roar of panic and fear escaped the mouth of this Venerable Daoist.
Violent True Yuan burst out from her body, colliding with the swiftly following Heavenly Sword Missile.
The next moment, the void trembled!
"Boom!"
Intense flames mixed with violent shockwaves completely engulfed her figure.
