Nuclear-powered Sword Immortal

Chapter 227: Chapter 224: Siege

"Boom!"

The roar of cannon fire.

One after another, shells screeched through the air and plunged into the ranks of the thousands of cultivators charging towards Dragon Sparrow Manor.

Even the weakest among this battalion of a thousand were in the Qi Refining Realm, and above them were Refining God Immortals and Divinity Transformation Cultivators, and even Primordial Spirit True Monarchs continuously unleashing flying swords, Sword Qi crisscrossing, slashing and detonating the cannonballs thousands of meters, hundreds of meters, tens of meters away in the air. Yet, the occasional attack that reached the crowd still flipped several people over.

A slight delay in reaction would result in being shredded to pieces by the blast.

The Protective True Qi that could withstand slashes and pierces, a barrage of arrows, proved utterly ineffective in the face of such fierce and wild force.

In fact...

It only made their deaths more agonizing.

After all, ordinary people hit by a cannonball would simply be obliterated.

But most Qi Refinement cultivators, protected by their True Qi, couldn’t be blasted to bits; missing arms and legs, they were in excruciating pain.

"Charge! Charge! Full-speed charge! Ascend Dragon Ascending Mountain! Kill all these intruders who invaded Jiangzhou!"

"The dignity of Dragon Sparrow Manor must not be sullied! Those who offend Dragon Sparrow Manor, even from afar, shall be punished!"

"Once we break through Dragon Ascending Mountain, defeat the Star State allied forces, and storm into Lingxiao City, not a single one from the Gu family, everyone up and down, shall be left alive, all shall be exterminated!"

In such a situation, where they could only passively take hits, and with the higher-ups of Dragon Sparrow Manor deliberately inciting and guiding them, the anger in the hearts of each protector, steward, and disciple was stoked to the extreme.

They sprinted towards the direction of Dragon Ascending Mountain at the highest speed.

Twenty li, fifteen li, ten li, eight li...

Dragon Ascending Mountain was getting closer and closer.

They had even entered the range of the Divinity Transformation Cultivators’ sword control attacks.

However, due to the orders from Long Xiangtian and Huo Yuqing, coupled with the fear of ambush on Dragon Ascending Mountain, these Divinity Transformation Cultivators were holding back their anger and did not launch the first attack immediately. They just stared fixedly in the direction of Dragon Ascending Mountain, climbing to the pinnacle of their own imposing aura.

"Hold steady! Hold steady!"

Long Xiangtian growled, controlling the emotions of the Divinity Transformation Elders.

He had already received word that Xin Tianqi and others had originally planned to ambush them while they were busy wielding their swords, but because they acted together as a group of over a thousand, they risked being surrounded by thousands of powerful masters and had to retreat in advance.

In other words, Ancestor Huo had already foiled the conspiracy from the Star State side.

But from this, it could also be seen just how insidious and cunning the people of Star State were.

Therefore, in the upcoming battle, they must be fully alert, with no room for complacency.

"Huh!?"

Just then, Huo Yuqing, standing beside Long Xiangtian, seemed to sense something: "Something’s not right! Who!?"

The next moment, her flying sword’s blade shot forward swiftly, releasing a fierce streak of Sword Qi that howled toward a small mound.

Just as the Sword Qi was about to hit the mound, a mighty Divine Light burst forth.

It was as if a bright and dazzling pillar of light emerged from the mound, slamming harshly onto her flying sword.

That kind of resplendent light...

"The Eternal Heavenly Curse derived from the ultimate cultivation of the Grand Sun Nine Refinement Visualization Method!?" _{𝘯𝑜𝘷𝘱𝘶𝘣.𝘤𝘰𝑚}

This thought flashed through Huo Yuqing’s mind.

In all of Star State...

Throughout the entire region south of Tianhe, there was only one person who cultivated the Grand Sun Nine Refinement Visualization Method to its extreme!

"Gu Jinlai!?"

Huo Yuqing shouted angrily.

"Boom!"

The column of light from the Eternal Heavenly Curse struck Huo Yuqing’s flying sword.

Even though her Spirit Sparrow Sword was forged from the spiritual material meant for Dao Artifacts, embedding traits such as Sharpness, Breaking the sky, Tenacity, Infinite, Divine Change, it still felt intense vibrations from the blow of the Eternal Heavenly Curse.

However, the Divine Change trait by its nature was meant to enhance the flying sword’s resistance to Soul Secret Techniques and attacks from Divine Thought, as well as to increase the perceptual strength between the Monarch and the flying sword.

Thanks to this trait, Huo Yuqing’s Spirit Sparrow Sword, after only shaking for a moment, quickly recovered.

"Guard against Xin Tianqi for me! Dare to ambush me!? Today, I will show him what it means to be a Primordial Spirit True Monarch!"

With a long howl from Huo Yuqing, the blade of the sword transformed, and the True Yuan in the flying sword seemed to turn into a series of Dragon Sparrow illusions.

Under the guidance of the Primordial Spirit, the Dragon Sparrows turned into rays of light, with trajectories swift as startled swans, thrusting straight towards Gu Jinlai to assassinate him.

The speed was so incredible, it was beyond belief.

"Huh!?"

Gu Jinlai’s face turned grave immediately.

He had just been accumulating power for a final strike and couldn’t help but leak some energy fluctuations.

After all, that energy had been accumulating so powerfully that even with the strength of his Spiritual Sense, he couldn’t go unnoticed while nearing the completion of his buildup.

Thus, he was mentally prepared.

When Huo Yuqing detected him, he immediately invoked the Eternal Heavenly Curse as intercept.

But he did not expect...

That his most powerful personal Soul Secret Technique, which would normally deal considerable damage to others, hardly caused any real harm to the Spirit Sparrow Sword!?

Keep in mind, the core of his Visualization, the Great Sun, was exceedingly radiant, making his release of Soul Secret Techniques naturally several times more powerful than other Heavenly Masters.

Add to that his Spiritual Sense had truly stepped into the Heavenly Monarch level, even achieving True Spirit Crystalization for a stable form, allowing him to release more Spiritual Sense, his Eternal Heavenly Curse was many times more powerful than before!?

Yet under these circumstances, it failed to do anything to Huo Yuqing’s Spirit Sparrow Sword!?

So this was the might of a Peak Monarch wielding a Quasi-Dao Artifact!?

No wonder that although Heavenly Monarchs are said to be able to stand on equal footing with Devas, in reality, when it comes to head-on battles, True Monarchs never pay much heed to Heavenly Monarchs.

What they feared were the various Spiritual Artifacts crafted by Heavenly Monarchs and the powerful Beast Taming creatures they nurtured.

Gu Jinlai’s thoughts raced at a rapid pace.

When he realized the Eternal Heavenly Curse could not touch the Spirit Sparrow Sword and that his opponent had also unleashed the Dragon Sparrow Joint Attack, he reacted swiftly.

Under the command of the Spiritual Sparrow Swordsmanship, just as Xin Tianqi had said, the sword struck with the majesty of a celestial steed traversing the skies, unstoppable by anyone.

Even Gu Jinlai, who had comprehended the Mental Realm, was no exception.

He could only feel that several parts of his body might be pierced by Sword Qi, yet he couldn’t capture its trajectory at all.

With this realization, his figure suddenly ballooned, and a Grand Sun emerged behind him, showering everything with endless light and heat.

Great Sun Divine Light.

Meanwhile, he swung and spun the Cheng Ying Sword in his hand rapidly as if it turned into a wall of steel.

All Swords Return to One·Thousand Leaves.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Under the guidance of the Mental Realm, the Cheng Ying Sword, spinning rapidly like a shield wall, sparked with fire.

Several Dragon Sparrows crashed into it, only to be torn to shreds by the immense force of the Cheng Ying Sword.

But...

There was still a Dragon Sparrow that tore through the defense of Thousand Leaves, which was as airtight as could be, and blasted into his body.

Flames flickered.

Blood spurted out.

The Spirit Armor he wore couldn’t stop this Sword Qi that was like a Spiritual Sparrow; it penetrated into his body in an instant.

Moreover, such Sword Qi, as if alive, spread rapidly upon entering Gu Jinlai’s body, seemingly intent on causing rampant destruction until it ground his whole body to dust.

"This sword technique..."

Gu Jinlai’s expression changed, as the Eternal Furnace within him moved rapidly.

Heavy Hydrogen and Super Heavy Hydrogen fused together, releasing an intense and wild energy that swept through his limbs and bones in an instant.

Simultaneously, all the abnormal energy that had entered his body was incinerated to nothingness.

This effect...

Was like purification!

Using an ultimate force of wild intensity to purify all foreign energies within the body.

Even the lifelike Sword Qi formed from the Dragon Sparrow Joint Attack was no exception.

Having purified the invasive Sword Qi within his body, the Great Sun Divine Light behind him glowed more brilliantly than ever.

Although even the Eternal Heavenly Curse could not destroy the spirituality within the Spirit Sparrow Sword, when hit by the curse, the Sword visibly shook, even revealing its form.

This showed that Soul Secret Techniques were not entirely ineffective against the Spirit Sparrow Sword, just less so.

In such a scenario, although the resplendent light released by the Great Sun Divine Light similarly could not deal with the Spirit Sparrow Sword, it could prevent this Quasi-Dao Artifact from being as easily manipulated by Huo Yuqing outside, to the point where she couldn’t execute the Dragon Sparrow Killing Move.

Taking this opportunity, he slashed violently with the Cheng Ying Sword in his hand.

Although he hadn’t released the wild force from the fusion of Heavy Hydrogen and Super Heavy Hydrogen because the Eternal Furnace needed to build up power, with the body of a Middle Level Demon and the manifestation of the Great Sun True Demon Body at the moment, each of his sword strikes contained a power not inferior to any Upper-level Demon.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Gu Jinlai unleashed three successive slashes.

The force of "Thousand Catties" within the Cheng Ying Sword hammered crazily against the body of the Spirit Sparrow Sword. Even though Huo Yuqing was using Primordial Spirit Sword Control and bursting with robust energy, the Sword was still shaken by the force of Cheng Ying Sword’s strikes, vibrating violently with sparks flying in all directions.

"Damn it!"

Huo Yuqing growled lowly.

She tried her utmost to control the Spirit Sparrow Sword to fly back.

But under the influence of Gu Jinlai’s Great Sun Divine Light, her control had already been somewhat compromised, and with Gu Jinlai’s relentless slashing, her Spirit Sparrow Sword was rocked.

Every strike shook her Primordial Spirit, as if she was about to lose perception of the Sword.

Under these circumstances, she momentarily couldn’t flee from Gu Jinlai’s clutches with her sword control.

Moreover...

Even though the Spirit Sparrow Sword was a Quasi-Dao Artifact and had the "tenacity" trait, Gu Jinlai’s Cheng Ying Sword was no less formidable.

Although not at the level of a Quasi-Dao Artifact, it was among the superior examples of Supreme Grade Spirit Artifacts.

If left to be struck so fiercely by the Cheng Ying Sword...

The Spirit Sparrow Sword would break.

"What are you waiting for!? Attack!"

Huo Yuqing roared lowly, "Gu Jinlai is right before our eyes, he is Jiangzhou’s magic stabilizer. If we can kill him, even with all of Star State’s plots and schemes, they will crumble!"

Long Xiangtian and Ye Qianqiu, who were on guard for Xin Tianqi’s sneak attack, also ceased their hesitation upon seeing this.

"Yes!"

"Everyone, draw your swords and kill Gu Jinlai!"

"Be careful in case he sees it’s hopeless and tries to break out and escape!"

"Elders of Dragon Sparrow Manor, heed my command; encircle Gu Jinlai. Even if you die, you must stop him from escaping. The life or death of Gu Jinlai will directly determine the ultimate fate of this battle!"

Shouts continuously emanated from the mouths of Ye Qianqiu, Long Xiangtian, including Dragon Sparrow Manor Master Long Yinfeng.

With their orders, the Divinity Transformation Cultivators bellowed their commands.

Their pent-up frustration released, they spared no effort, each conjuring their flying swords, with sword energy piercing the sky, carrying the force of Thunder, they bombarded Gu Jinlai.

And around him, one by one, Refining God Immortals and even Hugging Pill Dharma Protectors surged toward him from all directions like a tide.

Initially, they had dispersed to avoid the firepower of the cannons atop Dragon Ascending Mountain, but now...

Gu Jinlai was in the center of their encirclement, and they didn’t believe the people from Dragon Ascending Mountain would dare to fire the cannons!

Under the rush of the Refining God Immortals, a massive circle of encirclement quickly formed around Gu Jinlai within three layers inside and three layers outside.

This scene greatly reassured Huo Yuqing, Long Xiangtian, and the others, as if they could already see the dawn of victory.

"Gu Jinlai, today, you are doomed to die!"