Chapter 1320: Creation
Another terrifying explosion erupted across the cosmos, sending numerous stars plummeting and crumbling into dust.
The dazzling swordsmanship and brilliant spear techniques intertwined like two colliding nebulae, grinding against each other. Terrifying auras flooded the area, leaving even Fusion cultivators unable to make out where the two combatants were.
“Heavenly Eye Ability!” Shi Chan was the only exception. He executed the Heavenly Eye Ability, one of the Buddhist Six Mighty Abilities, opening his heavenly eye to perceive the boundless world in all ten directions.
“Immortal-Exterminating Sword Array.” Lu Yang deployed the array once more. The eight immortal swords and the Sword-Cleansing Pond, which took the Qingfeng Sword’s place, could be regarded as nine immortal swords. Their power was infinite and perpetual, renewing itself without end.
“Using my own technique against me?” Wu Yao taunted. He had only succeeded earlier through a surprise attack while I was enraged. That was pure luck. How could the same move work on me twice? Besides, this is the sword array I created. I naturally know where the nodes are.
He formed a hand seal and blasted at the sword array’s weak points. However, the array didn’t crumble as he had expected, remaining in place.
“You changed the array?” Wu Yao sensed that Lu Yang’s version of the Immortal-Exterminating Sword Array was different from his own. It seems more refined?
“You make it sound like the Immortal-Exterminating Sword Array was your original creation.” With a flick of his finger, Lu Yang sent immortal swords streaking across the sky like meteors, crashing toward Wu Yao.
The Immortal-Exterminating Sword Array wasn't Wu Yao’s original creation. He had simply stumbled upon the remnants of the sword array left by the Qilin Immortal and deduced the complete array.
To deal with his two wives, the Qilin Immortal had asked the Heaven Mandate Immortal to forge this sword array that forced anyone within it to kneel, allowing him to kneel whenever he made a mistake.
Lu Yang had long since obtained the improved version from the Heaven Mandate Immortal, and its power surpassed the original’s.
“In that case... Immortal-Exterminating Sword Array!” Wu Yao’s bronze spear quivered, producing over a dozen identical spears. With spears in place of swords, he formed an Immortal-Exterminating “Sword” Array. The simplest and most straightforward way to deal with the Immortal-Exterminating Sword Array is to create an opposing one.
Immortal swords plummeted like great stars and collided with the bronze spears that rose like the blazing sun, releasing a dazzling radiance. If the number of immortal swords and spears were equal, Lu Yang's Immortal-Exterminating Sword Array would be stronger, but Wu Yao had forcibly made up for the difference in power with sheer numbers, fighting Lu Yang to a standstill.
Lu Yang raised an eyebrow. Wu Yao suddenly produced many bronze spears capable of contending with the immortal swords. Clearly, this couldn’t have been achieved with spells.
“Is it also an ability of his Incipient Dao Fruit? Replication?” Lu Yang shook his head. It can't be the Replication Incipient Dao Fruit. That would be inferior to Guan Shanhai’s Imprint Dao Fruit. Wu Yao wouldn't settle for that.
Splashing water into ink, Wu Yao treated space as his canvas. Demon beasts leaped from the page and took on real forms, charging at Lu Yang. The Four Sages, the Four Perils, dragons, phoenixes, dijiang... These were all formidable beings that had reached the Transcendent Tribulation Stage or become half-immortals in the ancient era
Similar to historical projections, they had left their mark on the world. The demon beasts Wu Yao painted merged with heaven and earth, no different from their ancient true forms.
The Transcendent Tribulation seniors could feel their hearts leap to their throats. Even through the quantum communicators, they could sense the demon beasts’ killing intent. These are definitely ancient great demons!
“This won't be an easy fight.” The Moonchaser True Person drinking tea on the Great Snow Mountain wore a grave expression. These demon beasts are creations without true emotions. Even I would be at a huge disadvantage if I went up against it recklessly.
“Fellow Daoist Qing He, who do you think will win?”
Gan Tian was also on the front lines. The Moonchaser True Person and Qing He were watching the battle through Gan Tian’s quantum communicators.
Qing He chuckled derisively. “Lu Yang, of course. Although I don't wish to admit it, he is the Mistress’s chosen disciple. It doesn't matter whether his opponent is the Yu Emperor or the Heavenly Emperor. How could the Mistress's disciple possibly lose?”
The Moonchaser True Person’s eyelid twitched. Is the relationship between the Everlasting Immortal and Lu Yang really that of master and disciple? That's not what my Seven Emotions Incipient Dao Fruit told me. But I best not say such things, lest I lose Qing He as a tea buddy.
ROARRR!
Faced with the onslaught of a hundred demons, Lu Yang recalled the eight immortal swords, which guarded the eight directions. Peerless sword qi pierced through the thirty-three heavens, shocking the cosmos.
“Kill!”
Lu Yang had never fought this many demon beasts and was thrilled. He treated them as whetstones to take his Sword Dao to greater heights. Resplendent sword light tore through space. Every strike of the sword meant one demon beast vanquished.
However, a hundred demon beasts had emerged, all at the Transcendent Tribulation Stage. Lu Yang couldn't slay them all with just himself and his sword. Before long, he was wounded. He completely lost his sense of pain, immersed in the ecstasy of comprehending the Sword Dao. Even Wu Yao would have to praise his courage to seek enlightenment under such perilous circumstances.
Soon, Wu Yao realized something was amiss. Lu Yang was indeed injured, with several grievous wounds that could damage his foundation if left untreated, yet he had recovered in the blink of an eye. Wu Yao finally understood. It isn't because Lu Yang is bold; it's because he's leveraging this battle to hone himself!
The more Wu Yao thought about it, the angrier he became. He commanded the demon beasts to attack without caring about one another, intending to overwhelm Lu Yang with sheer numbers in one go and give him no chance to recover.
Layer after layer of demon beasts piled onto Lu Yang like a small mountain, leaving him unable to move even a finger. The eight immortal swords were also suppressed by the horde of demon beasts.
Boom!
The mountain of demon beasts exploded. Severed limbs and body remnants flew through the cosmos, reverting to ink.
“Self-detonation?!” Wu Yao was flabbergasted. He hadn't expected Lu Yang to opt for the most extreme method.
Yet the Lu Yang before him now was completely intact, not at all like someone who had just self-detonated.
Wu Yao frowned. “Recovering from talismans and self-detonation—could it be a temporal Incipient Dao Fruit that reverses time?
“Wait, that wouldn't explain the golden divine bird formed from immortal fire. What exactly is your Incipient Dao Fruit?”
Lu Yang chuckled. “Growing hair, replicating weapons, and drawing a hundred demons—what is your Incipient Dao Fruit?
“Do you think I’d tell you?!” Both shouted in unison. With how shrewd they were, how could they be so foolish as to reveal their Incipient Dao Fruit?
Despite not receiving an answer, Lu Yang already had a guess. Wu Yao’s Incipient Dao Fruit should be related to creation, allowing him to produce all kinds of rare treasures in battle, which makes him an intractable opponent.
But Lu Yang wasn't afraid. The simplest and most direct method to deal with such Incipient Dao Fruits is close-quarters combat! No matter what manner of exotic treasures Wu Yao creates, I just have to keep my distance!
Lu Yang seized this opening. Wu Yao wanted to avoid direct confrontation, but Lu Yang traced the origin, sending himself to every inch of space. Wu Yao couldn't escape even if he wanted to.
The eight immortal swords swept through everything in their path. A single strike would annihilate a Transcendent Tribulation cultivator’s soul. Wu Yao radiated an aura of primal hundun chaos and brought out his bronze spear once more. The river of stars lost its color, heaven and earth split, and space collapsed.
The two exchanged hundreds of blows. A chunk of flesh was sliced from Wu Yao’s shoulder, but it regrew quickly. Lu Yang also spat a mist of blood due to internal injuries inflicted by Wu Yao.
But Lu Yang recovered faster than Wu Yao. He wielded both the Origin-Tracing Incipient Dao Fruit and the Everlasting Incipient Dao Fruit simultaneously. Apart from the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, Lu Yang feared no one in a war of attrition!