Chapter 357 - 180: Qianming Chengtian
Qin Mengyao’s mastery of the Sword Dao is undoubtedly top-notch, especially over the years she wielded the Seven Kill Monument, comprehending the ’Seven Kill Sword Intent’ that annihilates all.
Among the younger generation of the Dao Palace, and even among the elders and the Zhenren, perhaps only Lu Jianxin Zhenren of the Celestial Sword Peak can compare with her in the art of the sword.
The young apprentice Ye Xingming has a good talent for the Sword Dao, and moreover possesses the ’Emperor’s Heart Sword Body’, but he is still somewhat inexperienced and lacks training.
The only constraint for Qin Mengyao now is that she only has the cultivation of the fourth realm, second step, which at most is in the early Nascent Soul stage. Facing this at least seventh realm celestial remains demonic entity, the pressure is extreme and perilous.
Although she is from the line of Qi practitioners, she does not cultivate Divine Techniques or Dharma Aspects; relying solely on the sword in her hand, she was previously invincible in attack.
At this moment, in front of this beauty’s head, she can barely hold on for a dozen breaths of time.
If not for the fact that these two killing swords are of too high a quality, and she is reluctant to use the ice attribute flying sword in her mouth for continuous tough clashes, Qin Mengyao would not have been able to last until now.
After a dozen exchanges, the beauty’s head suddenly swallowed the flying sword, and the long, bloody spine under her head suddenly whipped its tail over!
"Bang~!"
A black and red sword light hurriedly returned to aid, transforming into an unbreakable blood-colored stone monument in front of the two, creating a huge explosive sound upon collision.
The intense shockwave cracked the ground, Spiritual Qi boiled, and a large area of void in front of the monument was crushed into fragments, splitting into pitch-black spatial rifts like a spider web.
The Seven Kill Monument remained unscathed, but facing the impact head-on, Qin Mengyao spat a mouthful of fresh blood.
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Not long before, while Senior Sister temporarily held up the celestial remains demonic entity, Chu Xuan quickly explained the situation.
"Soon, you will assist me with all your strength. The relic in my hand should have a restraining effect on such a demonic entity. Combined with this Six Souls Banner, we can hold it off for a moment."
"My Senior Sister is better at attacking, let her break this blood-colored world and cut a path to survival, only then can we have a chance to escape."
Chu Xuan was about to step forward to take on the pressure when the old ghost suddenly called out: "Wait!"
It spoke urgently and quickly: "This won’t work. That Jade Purity Bottle seems to be an ancient Immortal Artifact. It looks a bit like the legendary ’Qianming Celestial Bottle.’"
"Once that bottle is activated, if you throw the relic out, it will be absorbed immediately, negating any restraining effect, and both of you might even be sucked into the bottle and completely refined by the yin and yang energies."
"Chu Xuan, make the decision!"
"Release me immediately and let me unleash my full power. Only then is there a slim chance of survival. Otherwise, all three of us will die here."
Chu Xuan paused momentarily, as if considering the pros and cons.
The old ghost continued to persuade: "Following our last agreement at the Li’an Demon Sect, without mentioning this Ancient Battlefield being a Grotto Heaven, if you don’t tell me the exit, I can’t escape even if I want to."
"That bloody world won’t open without first fighting it. I can’t escape even if I want to, so we might as well fight the battle."
"Release me quickly!"
Chu Xuan didn’t have time to respond when a "Bang~!" resounded, and Qin Mengyao spat blood once more.
She was about to urge the Seven Kill Monument for another attack when Chu Xuan immediately stepped forward to guard her from behind, gritting his teeth: "Leave it to me."
"I still have one move ’Soaring Immortal.’ It’s not that easy to lose." Qin Mengyao, though injured, had eyes brimming with excitement and a thirst for slaughter.
"Try to carve out a path first, I’ll help you buy time."
Qin Mengyao hesitated but agreed, knowing that without breaking this domain-like thing, they were doomed to die here sooner or later.
After whipping with its spine, the beauty’s head tilted slightly to observe the two of them.
Suddenly, it summoned the broken Jade Purity Bottle floating beside it, aiming its mouth directly at Chu Xuan and company, exploding with a huge suction force!
Chu Xuan’s expression changed, and the Six Souls Banner in his hand emitted strands of dark green radiance!
This radiance carried an ancient and mysterious aura, covering three zhang around them, firmly anchoring them in place.
For a moment, bones, weapon and armor fragments in the battlefield, along with the land, rocks, and trees were sucked into the Jade Purity Bottle, creating a massive pit on the ground in no time. Only this small protected area remained intact.
Qin Mengyao considered for a moment, deciding to trust Chu Xuan.
She turned around, transforming the Seven Kill Monument into the swords Yuan Tu and Abi, then their black and red sword lights twisted together, merging into one. Finally, her body and sword merged, turning into a black-red sword light bursting out with terrifying killing intent!
This sword light moved with frightening speed, the Jade Purity Bottle unable to absorb it, allowing it to escape its range.
Conversely, Chu Xuan and the dark green radiance around him seemed unable to withstand, teetering and drifting towards the bottle mouth, bit by bit.
Originally intending to let the Jade Purity Bottle act autonomously, the beauty’s head changed its mind, choosing to focus on controlling this Immortal Artifact to draw in the person and banner first.
This was intentional by Chu Xuan, although the Six Souls Banner consumed a lot of energy to activate, he wasn’t unable to hold on this soon.
The purpose was both to attract the enemy’s attention and also for another reason...
"Chu Xuan, don’t stall anymore!" The old ghost, instead of assisting as usual, kept urging persistently.