Chapter 740 - 528: Slaughter Gourd
Tianmang Immortal Mountain, Peak Twenty-Four.
Within the peak, there are no pines or waterfalls, no immortals or mist, only the red sun hanging in the firmament, endless yellow sand spreading out. The wind sweeps the sand and gravel, resembling the clamor of golden spears and iron horses, roaring incessantly. It is a splendid world that follows the Dao of "Heaven-Burning and Earth-Incinerating."
Above the yellow sand, two figures stand facing each other. The waves of energy surge into the sky, causing the pervasive sand and gravel to hover in mid-air, unable to advance an inch.
The person on the left, dressed in a profound Daoist robe, is none other than Chen Sheng!
Opposite him stands a Golden Crow, its whole body gilded, feathers like red clouds, standing with three scorching feet. Its wings spread to cover the sky and block out the sun, its entire being ensconced in the Great Sun Law that can burn all things to cinders.
"Kill!"
The Golden Crow’s mirrored wings suddenly tremble, as heavenly golden flames pour forth, transforming into ten dazzling suns suspended high in the sky, echoing each other as their Dao Rhymes intertwine.
In an instant, boundless light and heat sweep through heaven and earth. Under the blazing sun, the yellow sand melts into glazed glass, and the void is seared into twists and wrinkles.
All tangible things—sand and rock—are reduced to flying ashes!
All intangible things—Spiritual Qi and Dao marks—are consumed by the raging flames!
Only those ten scorching suns grow ever more brilliant, their heavenly majesty causing the entire space-time to tremble slightly.
"What mighty suns!"
Chen Sheng raises his eyes to the ten scorching suns in the sky, without a trace of fear in his gaze, silently pondering:
"This Golden Crow’s Great Sun Dao has indeed reached the utmost of the Integration Third Step. Its laws are profound, its might infinite."
"In the former True Martial Realm, that demon ancestor once cultivated the Great Sun Dao. Yet in the face of these ten suns suspended in mid-air, it pales in comparison and is not worth mentioning."
"If not for the Immortal Mountain deliberately imposing limits, with its level of Enlightenment, it would have already stepped into the Integration Fourth Step."
He has not come to challenge this Twenty-Fourth Peak for the first time, yet each time he has been blocked by this Golden Crow!
Today, having undergone the tempering of nine Primordial Assemblies, persevering in his arduous cultivation without ceasing, he finally broke through his fetters, stepping into the Integration Fourth Step.
Arriving again at this moment, he feels fully confident, breaking through this peak as easily as reaching into a bag for an object.
Many thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.
Chen Sheng hesitates no longer and decisively takes action.
An ancient Sword Talisman flies from the center of his brow, floating before him.
With a point of his fingertip, the Sword Talisman suddenly erupts, unleashing endless laws.
The Pan Wu Law manifests, as if opening up the world, tearing through the sky-full of flaming heat...
The Blood Dao Law circulates, transforming into a life-origin machine, living on endlessly within the flames...
The Array Dao Law metamorphoses, in an instant deploying billions of arrays, forming a Small Thousand World, encompassing all ten scorching suns, layer by layer binding them.
...
Ultimately!
Upon the Sword Talisman, the ancient Pan Wu runes, Blood Dao runes, and Array Dao imprints... intertwine into a resplendent sword!
It sweeps through the entire yellow sand world, causing the ten scorching suns to slightly sway, and all the scattered sand and gravel to become completely static.
"Take my move: Heaven-reaching Sword Talisman!"
In an instant, the Celestial Capital turned dark.
All colors in this yellow sand world were drawn out by this sword, leaving only black and white intertwining—on one side, the Heaven-Burning Earth-Incinerating Golden Crow suns, on the other, the Heaven-Reaching Profound Sword Qi.
As the Sword Qi pulsed, the terrifying power was boundless, like the explosion of chaos, instantly filling every corner of this world, expelling all tangible and intangible things within the vast universe.
Only Chen Sheng’s Sword Momentum and the Golden Crow’s scorching suns faced each other from afar, like fire and water diametrically opposed.
Domineering!
Incredibly domineering!
This sword contained the vastness of Pan Wu’s Creation, the resilience of the Blood Dao’s vitality, and the mystery of the Array Dao’s universe...
Even a Dharma Master Void Tribulation would shy away from its edge.
"Kill!"
The Golden Crow’s mirrored image, sensing lethal threat, roared violently, its will blazing. The flames around its body surged, the ten scorching suns instantly exploded, transforming into a skyful of golden flames.
Immediately after, the golden flames reassembled, transforming into seventy-two larger and more dazzling suns, forming a heavenly force!
On each of these suns, the mysteries of a Small Thousand World manifest, the mountains and rivers, sun and moon, creatures and flora visible at a glance, weight beyond measure.
Seventy-two suns, enough to easily shatter the Dharma Body of the vast majority of Integration Dharma Masters, to rupture a common middle-tier world in one blow!
Their destructive power can be deemed world-shaking!
"Die, die, die, die, die!"
"Heavenly Gang Golden Sun!"
As the shout drops, the seventy-two suns, at speeds surpassing the limits of the world, struck towards Chen Sheng with the might of Heaven-Burning and Earth-Incinerating.
As each sun passed, the void was seared into black traces, bringing with it boundless waves of heat.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
One earth-shattering explosion after another shook the entire yellow sand world with intense tremors.
The seventy-two suns struck in succession at Chen Sheng’s Sword Momentum, bursting forth terrifying brilliance that instantly filled all spaces, illuminating even chaos.
Heaven and earth quaked, the boundless yellow sandy lands shattered, leaving crisscrossed bottomless chasms, a scene extremely terrifying.
"Void!"
Chen Sheng softly uttered, the word dropping with endless laws.
The vast annihilative phenomenon manifested, the power of annihilation from numerous Small Thousand Worlds erupted.
The power of the Heaven-reaching Sword Talisman did not decrease but increased instead, the profound Sword Qi piercing through the skyful golden flames, aiming directly at the Golden Crow’s mirrored body.
"Puff—!"
The Golden Crow’s mirrored image let out a shrill cry, golden blood spewing forth, instantly turning the yellow sand into a sheet of glazed glass.
Immediately, its body was blown away by the residual force, tearing through layers of void in an instant.
Chen Sheng slowly exhaled a breath, lifting his gaze to the end of the yellow sand world.
"Next peak!"
As his words faded, his figure moved, transforming into a stream of profound light, soaring skyward, sweeping over the skyful yellow sand, directly heading towards the Twenty-Fifth Peak, his figure gradually vanishing in the fierce wind.
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Outside the Immortal Mountain, where multitudes of cultivators gather, there is a small Pan Wu Hall.