Chapter 257: Aggrieved
"Yes."
The Mountain Master of Qiongcang Mountain nodded and quickly replied.
"No!"
But the Celestial Secret Elder still looked uneasy. "No, I will go myself this time!"
As he spoke, his Illusory Dharma Aspect flickered a few times and abruptly vanished from the Lotus Platform.
The other Holy Mountain Masters were all stunned. They exchanged confused glances, not understanding why Xuan had suddenly reacted this way.
Only the Hall Master of the Steward Hall stood frozen, his expression grave. He remained silent for a long, long time before suddenly muttering, ’Why is it him? He should be someone from five hundred years ago, right?’
Then, with a flicker, his Illusory Dharma Aspect vanished from the Lotus Platform as well.
...
「Ancient Moon City」
A massive Dharma Seal now floated high in the sky. It was so colossal that the entirety of Ancient Moon City was shrouded in its darkness.
Beneath the Dharma Seal, a towering giant whose head touched the heavens was bent over, struggling to bear its weight.
"Let’s see you fight us now that you’re without your Dharma Seal!"
A flash of red light flared, and Wu Feihua transformed into a streak of light, soaring into the sky. In the next moment, he appeared before Shen Daoxing.
He bellowed, raising his great saber high.
"Desperate Divine Saber, Nine Heavens Arrogant Dragon Technique!"
ROAR!
A clear dragon’s roar echoed from the black saber in Wu Feihua’s hand. Immediately after, a hundred-zhang-long saber gleam materialized.
"Slash!"
Wu Feihua roared as his great saber, carrying a gleam capable of sundering all things, came crashing down. Its sharp edge illuminated the surrounding darkness.
Desperate Divine Saber.
This was the signature technique of the Luojia Mountain Master, a high-grade Celestial Tier Cultivation Technique. Its power was boundless, enough to shake the heavens and the earth. Many Spirit Transformation realm experts had fallen to Wu Feihua’s blade because of this Saber Technique. It was said that whenever the Desperate Divine Saber appeared, blood was sure to follow.
However...
CLANG!
A sound like the striking of a bronze bell rang out.
Shen Daoxing merely extended two fingers, flicked them upward, and caught Wu Feihua’s great saber between them.
Supreme Transforming Force!
Then, Shen Daoxing’s fingers, still pinching the blade, trembled slightly. A subtle force flowed out from them and into the great saber. A ripple spread across the blade, and with a BANG, the world-spanning saber gleam shattered.
Next, Shen Daoxing, still holding the saber between his fingers, guided Wu Feihua in a slow circle to the side, neutralizing the force before giving a sharp flick.
WHOOSH! Wu Feihua was thrown high into the air, carving a perfect arc as he flew away.
"!!!"
Wu Feihua was stunned. He could clearly feel that Shen Daoxing’s cultivation level and power were far inferior to his own, yet his own immense strength felt as if it had sunk into a mire. No matter what he did, he couldn’t exert his force; it was effortlessly neutralized.
Refusing to believe it, Wu Feihua righted himself in mid-air and, with a WHOOSH, soared back up. The Spiritual Power in his body surged forth torrentially, holding nothing back.
"Absolute Intent Divine Kill, Vast Cosmos!"
He bellowed, and his entire body erupted in brilliant light as an incredibly potent killing intent soared from him.
The next moment, a colossal saber gleam that pierced the heavens and spanned the world materialized on his long saber. With just a light slash, a massive chasm appeared in the ground, and a dozen or so buildings instantly crumbled.
This was Wu Feihua’s killing blow. Years ago, he had used this very move to slay a formidable enemy whose cultivation was a level higher than his, making a name for himself across the entire East Continent.
"Die!"
Wu Feihua roared, his figure descending abruptly with the long saber.
The massive saber gleam screeched as it carved a long trench in the ground, obliterating everything in its path.
CLANG!
A crisp sound, like the striking of a bronze bell, rang out.
Yet again, Shen Daoxing simply used two fingers, flicking them up to catch the great saber in Wu Feihua’s hands.
This time, Shen Daoxing retreated several steps in quick succession. He rotated his fingers, guiding Wu Feihua in a large, unhurried circle around him, silently neutralizing the power on the great saber.
BOOM!
Then, Shen Daoxing flicked his fingers again, and Wu Feihua was sent flying high into the air before crashing heavily to the ground.
"???"
Wu Feihua staggered to his feet, shaking his head. He was stunned once more to see Shen Daoxing completely unharmed. That had been his ultimate killing blow.
Nearby, Wang Mingxuan’s eyes darkened. At the same moment Wu Feihua attacked, he resolutely raised two fingers. Using a Guiding Technique, he began to murmur an incantation. Then, he thrust his fingers forward. "Law of Heaven and Earth, Dao Yu Celestial Secret!"
The scattered coins in the surroundings flared with brilliant light, flying up and rapidly converging. In an instant, a magnificent Money Spear materialized in the sky.
"Go!"
With a soft command from Wang Mingxuan, the Money Spear shot forward, transforming into a heaven-shaking flying dragon. At the same time, motes of mysterious, fluorescent light coursed along the spear. This was the Celestial Secret Power, a force that could break all techniques, comprehended by Celestial Secret Warlocks through countless divinations of the Celestial Secret and predictions of the future.
BOOM!
The Money Spear, like a flying dragon, shot forth like a rainbow piercing the sun, its power shaking the heavens and the earth as it thrust forward.
However, Shen Daoxing still just extended two fingers, flicking them up to catch the Money Spear.
Supreme Transforming Force!
Shen Daoxing’s fingers trembled, and a ripple spread out, washing over the Money Spear. He then guided the spear in a slow circle through the air.
"Returning it to you!"
Shen Daoxing glanced indifferently at Wang Mingxuan and flicked his fingers. WHOOSH! The Money Spear shot back the way it came.
PFFT!
Wang Mingxuan was struck by the Money Spear and couldn’t stop himself from spitting out a large mouthful of blood.
Wang Mingxuan’s eyes flew wide open in shame. The two of them, masters at the Ninth Layer of the Spirit Transformation realm, were actually helpless against a kid who had just entered the Spirit Transformation realm. And the kid’s cultivation and power were clearly inferior to theirs.
"Let’s attack together!"
Wang Mingxuan roared and leaped into the air.
Law of Heaven and Earth, Dao Yu Celestial Secret!
The Money Spear soared into the sky once more, glowing with intense golden light. The mysterious fluorescent glow moved like a Wandering Dragon across its surface as Celestial Secret Power swirled around it.
On the other side, Wu Feihua transformed into a streak of red light and took to the sky again.
Absolute Intent Divine Kill, Vast Cosmos!
With a great roar, the red light around him intensified, and his killing intent skyrocketed.
The colossal, world-spanning saber gleam that could pierce the heavens appeared on his long saber once again. As it scraped across the ground, a massive trench was formed.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The two roared and simultaneously transformed into streaks of light, charging at Shen Daoxing.
CLANG!
CLANG!
Two crisp sounds rang out.
Shen Daoxing simply extended both hands, put out two fingers on each, and once again caught their weapons between his fingers.
At the same time, spiritual light circulated within his body. He led the two of them in a rotation through the sky, invisibly tracing a great circle on the ground below—a Liangyi Bagua, a Yin Yang Tai Chi.
BANG! BANG!
Then, the two of them slammed violently into each other before being gently tossed aside by Shen Daoxing, crashing to the ground with a thud.
Frustration!
An endless frustration welled up in the hearts of Wu Feihua and Wang Mingxuan. It was the suffocating feeling of having immense power but being completely unable to use it.
Their cultivation was clearly higher than the young man’s before them, but they just couldn’t hurt him.
How frustrating!