Chapter 236: Chapter 236: Holy Spirit Sword Art, Slaying Gods in its Path!
The Demon-Suppressing Sword absorbed the spiritual energy of nature from thousands of miles around, its silver blade glowing like an intense white light, dazzling and eye-catching, its radiance shooting up to the sky as if attempting to pierce the heavens.
The fierce white glow contended against the unending dark miasma of the Demon Emperor Cauldron, preventing the latter from completely obliterating Mount Shu.
The two superior Immortal Artifacts stood in opposition, the turbulent winds scattered, leaving nothing behind.
The Demon Lord and Lu Changsheng both poured their vast True Qi into the two artifacts. As the superior Immortal Artifacts clashed, the white light and black Demonic Qi intertwined, neither yielding, each seeking to devour the other.
“An unparalleled Immortal Sword.”
Mount Shu and the Inquiry Immortal Pavilion, with their focus on Sword Cultivators, beheld the Demon-Suppressing Sword that dominated the sky; their gazes turned fervent, hearts filled with longing.
The Demon-Suppressing Sword’s rank surpassed that of the Blazing Extermination, Taiji, Reincarnation Blood Sword, and other Immortal Swords. In its presence, all mid-grade and low-grade Immortal Artifacts seemed dim and lusterless.
“This isn’t good, the power of a superior Immortal Artifact is indeed immense, but its drawback lies in its excessive energy consumption. I wonder if Changsheng has realized this.”
Taiyuan Zhenren saw Lu Changsheng wield a peerless Immortal Sword capable of contending with the Demon Lord’s artifact but still wore a worried expression.
His young disciple was only in the Void Refinement Realm, barely able to use a superior Immortal Artifact; he probably wouldn’t be able to sustain it for long.
“Taiyuan, have you noticed it too?”
“Yes.”
“The Demon Lord reversed his demonic cultivation, sacrificing three thousand years of his lifespan and burning his Phoenix Blood to temporarily increase his cultivation to the fourth level of the Unity Realm, five realms above Changsheng. I fear…”
Situ Kong was tied up by an old Flood Dragon servant, unable to take action, and even if he could, it wouldn’t necessarily be of much help.
“Your physique is indeed strong, comparable to my Nirvana Phoenix Body, but my realm is much higher than yours. Burning three thousand years of my lifespan is enough to destroy you!”
The Phoenix Blood within the Demon Lord burned with an invisible flame; he was willing to damage his lifespan just to kill Lu Changsheng.
With the continuous support of Demonic Qi from the Demon Lord, the Demon Emperor Cauldron descended several dozen yards.
Cracks appeared on the peaks of Mount Shu.
Ten Thousand Swords Peak, despite the protective barrier left by the Ancestral Master on its thousands of sword walls, also began to crack under the oppressive might of the Demon Emperor Cauldron.
The old laborer looked up at the Demon Emperor Cauldron and the Demon-Suppressing Sword locked in the sky, his murky eyes stirring with ripples: “It has been a long time since Mount Shu has come to the brink of Sect annihilation…”
Lu Changsheng, with the Taiqing Wuji Technique at the tenth level of Great Perfection, sustained the Demon-Suppressing Sword, which, apart from devouring the surrounding spiritual energy of nature, also consumed Lu Changsheng’s True Qi.
“To unleash the full power of the Demon-Suppressing Sword at the ninth level of the Void Refinement Realm is indeed quite a struggle.”
Lu Changsheng continuously used the Golden Crow Divine Furnace to refine Elixir Pills and replenish his True Qi, barely maintaining the Demon-Suppressing Sword.
The Demon-Suppressing Sword contended against the Demon Emperor Cauldron, each moment consuming a vast amount of spiritual power; Lu Changsheng’s speed of replenishing True Qi gradually failed to keep up with the consumption.
The Demon Emperor Cauldron pressed down steadily, as if intending to crush Mount Shu and Lu Changsheng into the depths of the earth.
The Demon Lord, at the fourth layer of the Unity Realm, wielded the superior Immortal Artifact with greater expertise than Lu Changsheng, who was at the ninth layer of the Void Refinement Realm.
Lu Changsheng, exerting the full power of the Demon-Suppressing Sword, could only sustain it for a short period.
Lu Changsheng closed his eyes and rapidly calculated his options.
Ninth-grade Talismans posed a threat to the Demon Lord, but with the Demon Lord possessing the peculiar Demon Emperor Cauldron, ninth-grade Talismans were hardly fatal to him.
Elixir Pills, Talismans, Artifacts…
Suddenly, Lu Changsheng’s eyes flashed with insight. He opened them and produced a Within Reach, Ends of the Earth Talisman.
“Even with a Spatial Talisman, it’s useless. The Demon Emperor Cauldron can seal space; you can’t escape the vicinity of Mount Shu.”
Seeing Lu Changsheng take out a ninth-grade Spatial Talisman, the Demon Lord thought Lu Changsheng intended to flee.
The Demon Lord exerted his full power on the Demon Emperor Cauldron. As a spatial suppression artifact, it confined the space around Mount Shu, rendering the ninth-grade Spatial Talisman incapable of escaping the mountain’s bounds.
The Demon Lord was resolute in his pursuit, Lu Changsheng’s threat had to be completely eliminated.
However, Lu Changsheng merely teleported near Xia Ningxue and with a swing of his Silent Annihilation Sword, he cut down another Supreme Elder of the Summoning Demon Palace.
The Supreme Elder of the Summoning Demon Palace died with eyes wide open in disbelief.
He couldn’t understand why Lu Changsheng, who was supposed to conserve all his strength to deal with the Demon Lord, had troubled himself with him?
“You take this elixir pill.”
With a flick of his finger, Lu Changsheng sent a Dragon Blood Returning Yuan Pill flying towards Xia Ningxue.
Xia Ningxue caught the elixir pill and then swallowed it, circulating the Supreme Forgetting Love Art, and her true qi rapidly recovered.
“Do you still remember the Holy Spirit Sword Art?”
“Mm.”
“Let’s give it a try.”
Lu Changsheng reviewed all the cultivation techniques he had trained in, and it seemed that none could produce miraculous effects against such a formidable enemy as the Demon Lord.
Only the Holy Spirit Sword Art, an unrated swordsmanship, had fluctuating power, related to the cultivation level and Sword Dao comprehension of the two practitioners using this sword art.
“Alright.”
Xia Ningxue put away her inferior Immortal Sword and stood shoulder to shoulder with Lu Changsheng, facing the Demon Emperor Cauldron that suppressed heaven and earth.
The waves of air caused by the confrontation between the Demon Emperor Cauldron and the Demon-Suppressing Sword swept over wave after wave, with Lu Changsheng’s Daoist robe fluttering and Xia Ningxue’s black hair dancing.
If the Demon Emperor Cauldron were to suppress them, Mount Shu and everyone else would be completely obliterated.
“Are those two planning to join forces against the Demon Lord? What is the level of your disciple’s cultivation now?”
Taiyuan Zhenren, after slaying a strong member of the Demon Race, joining forces with Su Qian to deal with the Joyous Union Sect and the Summoning Demon Palace, noticed Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue teaming up against the Demon Lord and transmitted his voice to Su Qian’er.
“Eighth level of the Void Refinement Realm,” Su Qian’er responded, her beautiful eyes sparkling, “But the longsword she carries on her back is the sect-defending treasure left by the first Pavilion Master of the Inquiry Immortal Pavilion, sealed with supreme talismans. She has already been able to unleash some of its power.”
“So it’s her longsword.”
As the Sect Leader of Mount Shu, Taiyuan Zhenren knew about that unparalleled genius who had burst onto the scene two hundred thousand years ago and had founded the Inquiry Immortal Pavilion as its first Pavilion Master.
The Immortal Sword she left behind was no ordinary weapon.
Xia Ningxue raised her right hand for a sword gesture, and the Immortal Sword she carried on her back rose to the sky, with the primordial ferocity spreading out, and another sword qi column of ten thousand zhang burst forth, straight toward the Fighting Bull!
The fierce wind was desolate, the sword qi roaring!
The Sect-Defending Immortal Sword of the Inquiry Immortal Pavilion and the Demon-Suppressing Sword, both immense radiant Divine Swords that made heaven and earth fall silent, stood side by side between heaven and earth, their aura surpassing that of the Demon Emperor Cauldron fully empowered by the Demon Lord!
Xia Ningxue’s pretty face turned red, and with her eighth level Void Refinement Realm cultivation, she struggled to support the immense consumption of the Inquiry Immortal Pavilion’s sect-defending treasure.
She only had one chance to unleash her swordstrike.
The Dragon Blood Returning Yuan Pill given by Lu Changsheng had its effect, allowing Xia Ningxue to sustain for a period.
Lu Changsheng stopped circulating the Taiqing Wuji Technique, and Xia Ningxue stopped circulating the Supreme Forgetting Emotion Art, both began to exercise the unrated Yin Yang Dual Cultivation Skills and, for the first time, utilized the Holy Spirit Sword Art against an enemy.
The two, one training in the Primordial Sword Scripture and the other in the Green Dawn Sword Art, had Sword Dao comprehensions comparable to the Unity Realm.
The two Divine Swords, driven by the two of them, wove sword qi into a net that trapped the space and sealed off all possible retreats for the Demon Lord.
The two Divine Swords slashed at the Demon Lord, and where they passed, the air itself seemed to emit sharp hums, as if anything that blocked their path would be completely obliterated.
Gods blocking, kill the gods; Immortals blocking, slay the immortals.