Chapter 185: CH. 185 | Thunderous Sky and Golden Sword
"You’re courting death!"
Senior Elder Mo Xiu slammed his wooden cane against the ground, causing a black rune to appear behind him.
From within the black rune, a massive black skull manifested and shot toward Lin Tian at incredible speed.
The qi radiating from the skull was overwhelming, leaving everyone watching in shock.
One of the young elders from Yuanmo Sect’s Hall glanced toward the Yanzhou Sect Master.
The man immediately understood the meaning behind that look.
He turned around and ordered all of his disciples and elders to prepare themselves.
Combining their strength, they unleashed a gigantic white sword toward Lin Tian.
To his left, the massive white sword came rushing at him. From the other side, the black skull charged straight toward him.
The qi emitted by both attacks was incredibly powerful, one launched by a Peak Nascent Soul cultivator, the other fueled by the combined strength of countless cultivators.
Lin Tian raised one hand to chest level and activated the Mirror Barrier Ocean technique he had learned from Li Qingxue.
Waves of water surged around him while enormous mirrors rotated continuously through the air. The mirrors and crashing waves successfully blocked both attacks.
Now that my cultivation has advanced, both the strength and durability of this technique have increased.
Senior Elder Mo Xiu stared in disbelief. He had already used his strongest attack, yet the black skull aura failed to produce any meaningful effect.
The Yanzhou Sect Master was equally stunned.
He continued pouring spiritual energy into the attack, but it accomplished almost nothing.
"You really think attacks like that can defeat me?"
"You fools!" Lin Tian shouted.
THUMP!
He stomped on the sky beneath his feet. Violent winds erupted in every direction.
The immense power of the mirrors and ocean waves shattered both the black skull and the giant white sword, reducing them to countless fragments.
Senior Elder Mo Xiu’s expression changed dramatically. He was thrown backward and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
His eyes widened as he stared at Lin Tian.
The spiritual qi radiating from Lin Tian’s body was overwhelmingly dominant, far stronger than his own.
"That power..."
"Could Senior be a Soul Formation cultivator?" Mo Xiu asked in shock.
The Yanzhou Sect Master was equally horrified.
Several of his disciples were blasted backward and seriously injured, although some managed to remain standing.
He looked ahead. The waves and giant mirrors had disappeared.
Lin Tian was still standing in the sky, calmly staring at them. Lin Tian gave no reply.
A golden qi sword appeared in his hand. With one powerful swing, he unleashed a massive golden sword slash.
The attack split the sky apart as terrifying pressure crashed down upon everyone.
Senior Elder Mo Xiu roared.
He ordered the other elders and every member of Yanzhou Sect to work together and stop the attack.
All of them poured their spiritual energy forward, creating a massive rune barrier.
Lin Tian’s golden sword slash collided with the barrier, producing an overwhelming explosion of spiritual energy.
Thunder exploded across the heavens. Black clouds churned violently overhead.
Everyone believed it was merely the aftermath of Lin Tian’s sword slash.
They were wrong.
In the distance, Senior Elder Mo Xiu watched as Lin Tian activated another technique.
The clouds above the sect roared before splitting apart in an awe-inspiring display.
A gigantic Heavenly Guardian clad in golden armor emerged from the heavens.
Everyone’s attention was instantly drawn upward.
Their focus shifted completely. Unable to maintain the rune barrier any longer...
BLAST!
The barrier exploded. Many weaker cultivators were killed instantly. The sect elders were badly wounded.
Both the Yanzhou Sect Master and Senior Elder Mo Xiu stared in complete shock.
"Zhu Xian! Si Lingxi!"
From behind, the two women rushed into Yanzhou Sect at incredible speed, rescuing prisoners one after another as they disappeared and reappeared throughout the battlefield.
They took advantage of the confusion while countless Yanzhou Sect elders and disciples were still wounded from the explosion.
Their bodies were covered in injuries, leaving them too weak to stop Zhu Xian and Si Lingxi.
Besides, both women were Peak Nascent Soul cultivators.
"Sect Master!"
"Someone is taking away the offerings!" one of the sect elders shouted.
"Forget about them!"
The Yanzhou Sect Master glanced behind him. The previous explosion had left the entire sect in ruins.
Buildings burned beneath raging flames while thick black smoke billowed into the sky.
"We need to deal with that man first."
"Trying to protect the offerings while fighting him isn’t worth it."
Elsewhere, the Yanzhou Sect Master looked into the sky.
There, he saw the projection of the Heavenly Guardian gripping an enormous golden sword.
"Han Zhou!" Senior Elder Mo Xiu shouted.
"Use the Heavenly Sovereign Sword Domain Technique!"
Han Zhou’s eyes widened in shock. Senior Elder Mo Xiu was ordering him to activate a Heaven Grade secret technique.
The Heavenly Sovereign Sword Domain Technique. His hesitation wasn’t because the technique was difficult.
It was because activating it required an enormous amount of spiritual energy and could potentially destroy the entire sect.
"As long as the Hall remains safe, you’ll all survive!" Mo Xiu shouted.
Han Zhou fell silent. His fists clenched tightly. His teeth ground together.
Only now did he fully realize the mistake he had made by cooperating with Yuanmo Sect.
From the very beginning, Yuanmo Sect had never considered Yanzhou Sect an ally.
Only slaves.
Slaves who would be kept while useful... and discarded once they were no longer needed.
Han Zhou turned toward the man covered in golden tattoos.
Lin Tian had one hand extended forward before slowly lowering it, as though giving a silent command.
Several sect elders hurried over to Han Zhou.
"What should we do?"
Han Zhou remained silent for a moment. He let out a slow breath before raising his head to look toward the tower that served as Yuanmo Sect’s Hall.
At that very moment...
A colossal golden sword descended from the heavens, accompanied by violent heavenly lightning.
Its target wasn’t Yanzhou Sect. It was Yuanmo Sect’s Hall Tower.
Senior Elder Mo Xiu and the other Yuanmo Sect elders moved at once.
Together, they erected a massive defensive barrier in the shape of a black skull, attempting to stop Lin Tian’s descending sword.
"HAN ZHOU?!"
"Activate it now!" Mo Xiu roared.
Han Zhou clenched his fists before stepping forward and shouting back, "You’ve treated us like worthless pawns!"
"We’ll use that technique for our own survival!"
"ALL DISCIPLES OF YANZHOU SECT!"
"Activate the Heavenly Sovereign Sword Domain Formation!"
Every disciple and elder of Yanzhou Sect immediately obeyed.
"I’ll kill you, Han Zhou!" Mo Xiu roared.
He thrust his hand toward the members of Yanzhou Sect, preparing to detonate the restriction seals inside their bodies.
But before he could... Something unexpected happened.
Lin Tian moved first.
He extended one hand, forming a black sphere above his palm.
He released the black hole-like sphere into the sky above the Yanzhou Sect members.
"What is that?" Mo Xiu asked.
"I am the ruler of voidness and nothingness."
"I can pull an existence apart... and restore it to its original state."
"Your restriction seals are nothing compared to my dao concept."
"YOU?!"
Han Zhou shouted at the top of his lungs, "Heavenly Sovereign Sword Domain Formation... Activate!"