Chapter 853 - 331: Human Emperor Fan Wubing
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Seeing that Red Heart was blocked by Senior Li Yuan, Luo Qingyao did not waste this assistance and quickly steadied her mind, once again speeding upwards.
However, Celestial Venerable Hou Long also noticed this. He knew Red Heart’s identity, so he was even more convinced this was a divine sign.
He didn’t plan to give Luo Qingyao another chance to build a sword rain defensive line, his physique exploded outward, sending a surge of blood energy. This surge rapidly condensed into a massive dragon.
Luo Qingyao recognized it immediately; it was the same style as her senior brother’s Dharma Sign dragon.
This indicated that Celestial Venerable Hou Long also mastered the Divine Technique "Fulong Wenda."
She was only slightly surprised by this and not too unexpected. After all, Celestial Venerable Hou Long was a significant figure who lived for over ten thousand years. It wasn’t surprising he mastered one or even several Innate Divine Techniques.
"However, this is not even comparable to my senior brother’s Dharma Sign!"
Luo Qingyao wasn’t underestimating, but this was fact.
Compared to her senior brother’s Dharma Sign dragon, Hou Long’s could only be considered a small snake.
Of course, even as a "small snake," its immense size still blotted out the sky, instantly casting a heavy shadow upon the land as it emerged.
The roaring dragon’s cry divided the space.
This was an indiscriminate attack, and even those Terminal Daoists who shared an allegiance found themselves being directly knocked out of the sky by the dragon’s roar.
In an instant, countless "fire meteors" plummeted to the earth, impacting like cosmic meteorites, turning Changning City and its surrounding counties in the Jade Plateau into an utter mess, with colossal impact craters everywhere. Earthquakes spread wave after wave to all directions, distant hills and small mountains collapsed inch by inch, and rivers and lakes in the Jianghu overflowed and flooded.
Luo Qingyao was fearless, her right hand extended outward, and a silver-white plain sword was tightly grasped in her palm.
The sword light flashed like the abrupt arrival of winter.
That enormous Dharma Sign dragon was instantly frozen into an ice sculpture. Then, her wrist flicked up and down, and the sword body began to vibrate, from which a torrent of Sword Qi burst out like a storm, irresistibly attacking into the Dharma Sign dragon.
Amidst the sound of cracking, Celestial Venerable Hou Long’s Dharma Sign was evenly sliced into slices three feet wide.
The blood energy released from within didn’t even have a chance to take on a crimson hue before being entirely obliterated by the residual power of the Sword Qi.
Everyone who saw this scene couldn’t help but imagine if their flesh was struck by such a sword...
Just contemplating such a scenario made their hearts tremble with fear.
Luo Qingyao’s aura invisibly penetrated the hearts of the crowd, casting a shadow upon them.
From then on, these people would no longer have the possibility of breaking through Luo Qingyao’s sword.
That is the most terrifying aspect of the Heart Sword. It makes you unconsciously believe that you are definitely not its opponent.
If you face an enemy, and can’t even muster fighting spirit, victory is unattainable.
Luo Qingyao continued to outpace everyone. In front of her, only Celestial Venerable Hou Long remained.
Their speed slowed as they traveled further from the ground and closer to the stars.
Meanwhile, they both faced the mighty force from the cosmic Power of Circulation. Neither had mastered this power, so they relied purely on their strength.
Physical strength, the strength of energy flow, the strength of the divine soul.
These three critical qualities determining power were rapidly burning away.
Luo Qingyao accelerated relentlessly, despite her body showing fine cracks from overexertion, despite her divine soul weakening like a hammer striking the skull, her eyes remained fixed on Celestial Venerable Hou Long ahead.
Where the earth connected to the stars, her senior brother shined like the sun.
Luo Qingyao reached out with determination as unwavering as the name "Star Plucker," welcoming her final acceleration.
The cracks on her body suddenly widened, blood lines surged out, appearing as mist in the frenetic high-energy flow.
"Not good!"
Suddenly, her figure staggered uncontrollably.
She realized at once that the impact from being struck by Red Heart Slash earlier was manifesting.
Her speed drastically decreased, and the distance between her and Celestial Venerable Hou Long grew rapidly.
She gritted her teeth, wanting to rely on willpower to accelerate again. However, the miracle of creation requires both serendipity and the ability to seize it. At this moment, she neither had such an opportunity nor the ability.
The deficiencies in physical strength, cultivation depth, and divine soul resilience were magnified to the extreme.
With just the Heart Sword, she could face any enemy, but that’s based on combat.
Pursuit had never been her forte.
Instinct told her to stop. If she kept pushing, her body absolutely couldn’t sustain it, it would be forced to disintegrate in the sky, and her divine soul would likely be torn apart. She might even go mad, crazed beyond reason.
But...
Would she just watch her senior brother’s efforts go to waste?
Would she just give up like she did before?
She suddenly remembered the words of that wicked woman Jiang Sha earlier,
"While your Heart Sword is indeed unbeatable, if your heart becomes disturbed, you won’t be able to summon even an ounce of strength. If it’s merely that, you won’t be able to stand by your senior brother’s side for long."
Her eyes glinted.
In an extremely brief instant, she had already made up her mind.
"If my physique, cultivation, and divine soul are all burdens to me, let’s just discard them!"
At the moment she made this decision, her eyes no longer saw Celestial Venerable Hou Long ahead but only her senior brother shining like the sun.