Chapter 479: Chapter 477 Summoning (Seeking Monthly Pass)_1
"You talk too much, old man. Die by my sword!"
Fang Xi roared furiously.
He was never one to just take hits without fighting back.
At that moment, the Green Barley Sword transformed into a stream of green light and flew out, suddenly exploding in the air and turning into 1.296 billion Qinghe Needles, covering almost the entire Void!
Pop, pop!
Needle after needle flew out, unceasingly.
Elder Qing’s expression remained unchanged. His externalization performed a magic spell, conjuring a Five-colored Feather Robe.
Layer upon layer of vivid and colorful feathers shimmered with dense script, transforming into a five-colored light shield that firmly guarded both his externalization and his true body within.
The numerous Qinghe Needles struck it, making a sound like pearls dropping onto a jade plate!
"Swiftly!"
Fang Xi formed a sword hand gesture, and the countless Qinghe Needles split again, turning into the invisible ’Qinghe Invisible Needles.’
These needle-sized Qinghe Invisible Needles were so fine that they could directly penetrate the five-colored shield and enter the flesh and blood of Elder Qing and his externalization, sticking to their magic power, all the way into their Dantian Qi Ocean.
"Die!"
Fang Xi used his Divine Consciousness to control the ’Qinghe Needles,’ causing them to explode violently inside their Dantian.
Elder Qing reacted with astonishing speed, his brow emanating a strange Phoenix Seal Script as he suddenly formed a hand symbol.
Amidst flashes of silver light, his figure became ethereal. The Qinghe Needles revealed in the Void lost their target.
However, his externalization was a fraction slower to react and was punctured by countless ’Qinghe Invisible Needles,’ which then exploded violently inside it!
Pop, pop!
Streams of Sword Qi burst from the inside of the externalization, erupting outward...
In the blink of an eye, Elder Qing’s externalization seemed to suffer a torture akin to being sliced by a thousand knives, no matter how robust its physique, beginning to disintegrate from the tiniest particles...
"Feng Qing was right; this sword is indeed malicious..."
The Phoenix Seal Script in Elder Qing’s brow shimmered, and he looked extremely grave, "But you... are not a sword cultivator!"
Ever since Fang Xi acquired the fourth generation Green Barley Sword and made his debut, he was always treated as a peerless sword cultivator who could turn swordplay into threads – this was the first time someone saw through him!
"Die!"
He didn’t bother to respond, calling back most of the Cyan Light Needles with a gesture, reforming the even more slender Green Barley Sword.
With a slash through the air, the Green Barley Sword became a thousand zhang long swath of green Sword Qi, like a falling pillar from the heavens, smashing towards Elder Qing!
Elder Qing raised his hand and two pale flying knives, as if made from white bone, appeared, crossing in mid-air to meet the massive Sword Qi.
Pop, pop!
Amidst two muffled sounds, an astonishing scene occurred.
The two apparently extraordinary flying knives were sliced in half by the Green Barley Sword Qi, instantly rendered into four pieces, their spiritual light dimmed, falling from the air.
The green Sword Qi continued unimpeded, smashing upon the five-colored light shield formed by the Five-colored Feather Robe.
After a grating noise, a series of green cracks appeared on the Five-colored Feather Robe and suddenly exploded...
"Demon Slaying Sword?!"
Elder Qing snorted coldly. That Yun Jiezi’s Demon Slaying Sword must have used the Essence Blood of many fourth-level demons to sharpen its blade, its might was so astonishing even he was secretly shocked, no wonder his externalization and two Spiritual Treasures were so easily broken through!
Facing the green Sword Qi, Elder Qing’s brow flashed with light and his figure became illusory once more.
The Green Barley Sword Qi that penetrated the Five-colored Feather Robe exploded but merely slashed futilely through the Void.
Utilizing this ’Void Conversion’ Divine Skill, Elder Qing seemed to have become invincible!
"Haha, is an Elder of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan only good at hiding? Come again!"
Fang Xi wielded the Green Barley Sword, slashing wildly.
Wave after wave of green Sword Qi slashed through the Void, with the ultimate sharpness and lethal potency against the Monster Clan.
He could see clearly that although Elder Qing, relying on his meticulous control of Void Force, could make himself ephemeral like Feng Qing for a short period, immune to the Green Barley Sword’s attacks, he was paying a price!
At the very least, the consumption of magic power was terrifying, not something that could be sustained for long, or else he would have been invincible already.
And indeed!
Faced with the second and third waves of Green Barley Sword Qi, Elder Qing did not choose to render himself ephemeral, but used his movement speed to dodge instead!
Whiz!
Intermingling green and silver light flashed around him, and in an instant, he retreated a hundred zhang.
At that moment, Elder Qing’s expression changed abruptly, and he contorted into an extremely awkward posture, making such large movements that all his joints made an explosive crackling sound!
Pop!
It seemed as if a light flashed through the Void. Elder Qing looked down at his own arm, seeing feathers shattered, and a thin wound had appeared out of nowhere!
Fang Xi called back most of the Cyan light needles, but a portion of the ’Cyan Light Invisible Needles’ remained scattered throughout the surrounding Void, forming invisible traps!
Under this Formless Sword Array, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s prized speed might become the very tool aiding their self-destruction!
"Slash!"
He let out a long howl, merging with the sword, turning into a radiant green sword rainbow, arriving in an instant!
Confronted with the more intense green Sword Light than before, Elder Qing’s forehead lit up, ready to use ’Void Conversion’ once again!
Just then, from within the Sword Light, unexpectedly a white chess piece flew out!
Clack!
In the crisp sound of the piece falling, the white chess piece, despite launching later, landed beside Elder Qing, transforming into a Jade Talisman, upon which a slightly damaged Phoenix Seal Script was inscribed.
--Prohibition Space Talisman!
The Void trembled faintly, and seeing this, Elder Qing’s face showed shock as he quickly spat out a silver orb.
This silver orb was flickering with countless dense runes; as soon as it appeared, the turmoil caused by the ’Prohibition Space Talisman’ in the Void was quickly tranquilized.
Even so, his ’Void Conversion’ had slowed by a fraction.
Whoosh!
Fang Xi’s sword rainbow passed through, and Elder Qing was unharmed, yet he caressed his own Dantian Qi Ocean, undergoing another dematerialization.
A cyan Qinghe Needle was transferred through the Void, appearing outside Elder Qing’s body.
Fang Xi had previously used the "Prohibition Space Talisman" to disrupt the Void, and although Elder Qing had suppressed it, he was a fraction too slow, failing to prevent the "Cyan Light Invisible Needles" from entering his body.
Elder Qing’s expression was extremely grave.
After this all-out battle, he already had the intention to retreat.
He had originally thought that with his combined forces with Feng Shisan, capturing the early-stage Nascent Soul Yun Jiezi would be more than sufficient.
But he never expected that not only had the opponent advanced to the mid-stage, he was also a fourth-rank Puppet Master!
With just Spiritual Beasts and Puppets, the enemy had nearly driven Feng Shisan to a dire situation.
And even though he had already regarded his opponent highly, he did not anticipate that the mid-stage Nascent Soul Yun Jiezi, wielding that strange Demon Slaying Sword, could actually compete with a fourth-rank superior Monster cultivator!
’It seems today it’s impossible to keep Yun Jiezi here; I can only retreat for now and call upon Elder Luan later to join forces and capture him.’
Elder Qing’s eyes narrowed, and then a burst of blue light erupted from his body.
Shriek!
His figure disappeared in an instant, replaced by a Green Fire Luan Bird that was dozens of zhang long!
Its body resembled Xiao Qing’s, yet it was several times larger, and sword Qi invisible to the eye left profound marks upon its feathers.
But compared to the massive body of a member of the Monster Clan, these were merely minor injuries!
’This old demon wants to flee!’
In that instant, Fang Xi understood Elder Qing’s intent.
’But how could I... let you escape?’
He directed his Divine Consciousness into the Treasures of All Heavens Mirror, where he saw a young man sitting cross-legged in a Dongfu in The Nine States.
...
The Nine States.
"Sigh... following this original body, I’m starved three days out of nine, and whenever there’s trouble, I’m the first one to handle it..."
The Heterodox Nascent Soul that had possessed Zhang Huohua sighed and shouted, "Tai Yi... Take full control of the Dongfu’s privileges and create the illusion that I’m still here!"
"Yes, master!"
A childlike voice responded.
Then a flash of silver light, and Zhang Huohua’s body stiffened, the Heterodox Nascent Soul within him vanishing without a trace!
...
Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm.
A flash of black light, and the Heterodox Nascent Soul appeared in Nascent Soul form, witnessing Xiao Qing leading several fourth-rank Puppets in a fierce battle with Feng Shisan, and couldn’t help but sneer with delight, "What a big show..."
By then, Feng Shisan had also been forced to reveal his true form, turning into a colossal Five-colored Heavenly Phoenix, its feathers of multiple hues mixed with strands of silver Radiance, as if it was about to utilize Void Divine Power to escape any second.
Last time, he had even managed to evade Fang Xi’s Green Barley Sword with this divine skill!
Shriek!!!
The Five-colored Heavenly Phoenix flapped its wings and roared angrily, with cyan blades mingled with silver threads shooting out from both wings.
The mid-grade fourth-rank Wind Wing Tiger bore a vacant look, allowing massive injuries to emerge on its body while vines squirmed beneath its Flesh and Blood.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, it flapped its wings, positioning itself beside the Five-colored Heavenly Phoenix, and detonated its flesh and its Demon Pill!
Boom!
The terrible Spiritual Power vortex formed from the self-destruction of a mid-grade fourth-rank Monster Clan’s member instantly engulfed the Five-colored Heavenly Phoenix.
When the Spiritual Power finally calmed, one of Feng Shisan’s wings was badly mangled: "I’ll remember you all..."
He cast a hateful glance at Xiao Qing and suddenly recited an incantation.
Feathers detached, their silver Light converging rapidly into a Phoenix Seal Script.
Just as Feng Shisan was about to use his divine skill to flee...
Clack!
The clear sound of a piece being played resounded!
It was Fang Xi’s original body directly launching a white chess piece!
The snow-white chess piece transformed into a "Prohibition Space Talisman" in mid-air, emanating disruptions to the Void.
"Hmph!"
Feng Shisan scoffed and suddenly stimulated his Inner Core, spewing out Essence Blood to quickly dispel the Void chaos.
For the Heavenly Phoenix Clan, smoothing out such disturbances wasn’t too challenging.
After all, the "Prohibition Space Talisman" was merely a replica by Fang Xi, still incomplete!
If the genuine Treasures of All Heavens Mirror made a move, even a glimpse of its residual power would ensure Feng Shisan couldn’t escape.
But at that moment, just as he was about to completely dematerialize...
The Heterodox Nascent Soul teleported, appearing behind Feng Shisan, holding a pitch-black small sword!
Hum!
The Divine Infant Sword emitted a terrifying hum, suddenly flickering.
By the time it reappeared, it had already breached Feng Shisan’s defenses, the silver-white Void barrier proving utterly ineffective.
Thud!
A flash of Demon Evil on the Divine Infant Sword, and it tore through an already existing wound on the Five-colored Heavenly Phoenix.
The soul of the Five-colored Heavenly Phoenix flew out, the middle containing a cyan Inner Core with silver thread patterns, clearly panicked by the looming disaster.
It teleported, trying to leave the battlefield.
The next moment, a pitch-black small sword already pierced through the Heavenly Phoenix!