Chapter 278: Chapter 70: You might have a chance to win, but I will never lose.
Xu Yinglian pinched the Daoist formula and silently chanted the magic incantation, immediately spewing forth an endless Great Bright Fire from her mouth and nose, aiming to incinerate Qiu Changtian.
Here one could see the difference between the Kunlun Cultivators and the Shushan Sword Immortals: when a Shushan Sword Immortal makes a move, the first strike is usually a probing Flying Sword.
The Sword Control Technique consumes less True Yuan and allows for more flexible responses. The only issue is, if the opponent launches a powerful attack right from the start, the Shushan Sword Immortal would need to react incredibly fast.
Starting the battle with sweeping Daoist Magic, as Xu Yinglian did, is actually more favored by Kunlun’s tactics.
Kunlun emphasizes spirituality and foundational cultivation level, so their cultivators possess more vast and condensed True Yuan, which can support the heavy consumption of sweeping Daoist Magic.
Moreover, the reaction speed and combat experience of Kunlun Cultivators aren’t as seasoned and formidable as those of the Shushan Sword Immortals, so starting with Daoist Magic also provides a certain degree of self-protection.
Even though Qiu Changtian possesses the reaction speed and combat power of a Sword Immortal, he naturally could not use it now, so he just smiled slightly, pinched the spell, and cast a Supreme Jasper Spiritual Talisman.
This technique is a derivative Daoist magic from the “Nine Heavens Clear Entrance True Mantra” when cultivated to the Third Level. It uses robust True Yuan to condense a gigantic spirit talisman with overwhelming suppressing and sealing abilities, the nemesis of most Daoist Magic.
As soon as the spirit talisman appeared, it cleared a large area in the sea of fire… and then, the Feather Jia Sword suddenly tore through the center of the talisman, shooting straight towards his face in an instant.
“Good!” Even with his wealth of experience, Qiu Changtian couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.
The way his Junior Sister responded, whether in anticipation or timing, was exquisite to the extreme, not falling short by Shushan Sword Immortal standards.
Of course, if compared to An Zhisu, Senior Sister An… it is recommended to simply compete in cultivation level, and not in actual combat.
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Ling Yunpo is a man who could battle Senior Sister An for three hundred rounds, so faced with Junior Sister Xu’s impressive performance, Qiu Changtian merely expressed admiration and recognition, not yet reaching a point of panic.
With a slight shift in thought, without even pinching a sword technique, he held his Yu Long Sword horizontally in front, perfectly blocking the Feather Jia Sword.
As the swords clashed several times, Qiu Changtian immediately sensed something was amiss.
He had to hold back!
It wasn’t that Xu Yinglian’s swordsmanship was poor; it was more that Ling Yunpo improved too quickly from being fed various moves by Senior Sister An, so much so that he was now out of sync with Junior Sister Xu!
As everyone knows, Junior Sister Xu is known for her tsundere nature.
When she can see her senior brother’s back, she is a proud, confident, and spirited Phoenix Immortal.
When she is out of sight of her senior brother, she becomes frail, resentful, and even a weeping and wailing vulnerable Junior Sister.
Therefore, Qiu Changtian had to strictly control his own strength, maintaining it at a level that seemed “with a little more effort she could catch up,” to re-assess his Junior Sister’s combat strength while preventing her from harboring irrational thoughts or giving up on herself.
While their swords were still clashing, Xu Yinglian also cast a Supreme Jasper Spiritual Talisman, countering Qiu Changtian’s talisman.
Following that, her eyes suddenly blazed with light and her True Yuan surged, fueling the Great Bright Fire to spread across the heavens, once more sweeping toward Qiu Changtian!
Qiu Changtian’s eyes lit up. Although her swordsmanship was quite good, the level at which Junior Sister Xu had cultivated the Great Bright Fire was beyond his expectations.
With such a vast sweeping range, coupled with the almost face-melting intense heat, an ordinary Cultivator without a protective Dharma Treasure or sufficient agility would be burned to ashes within minutes.
Qiu Changtian had no choice but to propel his Flying Sword quickly backwards, chanting as he went:
“Echo through the three realms, Tai Yi Divine Thunder, break!”
The Tai Yi Thunder Light exploded, instantly clearing a large area within the sea of fire.
However, before Qiu Changtian could locate Xu Yinglian from within, he saw the endless Great Bright Fire once again surge from the edges to the center, instantly filling the gap and continuing to roll towards him with ferocious intensity.
Qiu Changtian: ………
He cursed several times in his mind, then realized that he couldn’t find an appropriate response to Junior Sister Xu’s move for a moment!
Having been senior brother and sister for many years, Qiu Changtian had also discussed Daoist Magic with Xu Yinglian.
If Five Thunder True Law triumphs with quality, then Great Brilliance Fire dominates with quantity. The former can split mountains and shatter stones, destroy gold and break spells, and can be considered invulnerable, possessing extreme explosive power—but if it fails to hit the target, it is useless.
Although the latter’s lethality does not match the former, it prevails with its endless, broad range.
As long as one turns the opponent’s surroundings into a sea of fire, there is no need to worry about missing the target. On this point, the Five Thunder True Law truly falls short.
Now, Junior Sister Xu had clearly brought the advantages of the Great Brilliance Fire to their ultimate expression.
Not only was her sea of fire vast and boundless, leaving Qiu Changtian almost nowhere to hide, but more importantly, she used the dense smoke and firelight to completely conceal her form, rendering it impossible for Qiu Changtian to use decapitation strategy for a counterattack, as he couldn’t find her exact location!
No, this can’t be happening. Could it be that my invincible golden body, my undefeated record, is about to be broken here?
Qiu Changtian thought to himself and then burst into laughter:
How could that be?
Although Junior Sister’s technique has astonished me, it is not without flaws… Let me, Chief Qiu, teach you a good lesson!
“Ah Jing! Scan her location!”
“Over there,” the Kunlun Mirror said indifferently, marking a distant human silhouette within the vast sea of fire in Qiu Changtian’s vision while considerately giving the real-time distance.
“Hmph,” Qiu Changtian smiled slightly, and the Yu Long Sword, which was still entangled with the Feather Jia Sword, suddenly changed direction, shooting into the sea of fire.
Xu Yinglian, who had been using the sea of fire to conceal herself, was suddenly startled, as the Yu Long Sword seemed to have locked onto her position, charging straight towards her!
She quickly maneuvered the Feather Jia Sword to her aid while swiftly moving with Sword Control Technique.
However, no matter how she changed direction, the Yu Long Sword firmly tracked her location, and then suddenly accelerated, ending up right at her neck.
“I’ve lost,” Xu Yinglian said, dissipating the Great Brilliance Fire and speaking indifferently.
The feeling of reluctance had barely risen in her heart when she immediately suppressed it.
The reason was simple: even though she had been extremely close to victory at one point, she did not believe her Senior Brother lacked countermeasures.
Now, it seemed her anticipation was correct.
Hmph, Senior Brother, I never thought I could defeat you with just this move.
But the fact that you have no way to counter my Great Brilliance Fire, only to counterattack against my body, is undeniable!
As long as my Great Brilliance Fire is faster, more powerful, and hotter, one day I will make Senior Brother concede!
Thinking this, a fighting spirit blazed hotter in Xu Yinglian’s eyes, as if ready to ignite.
Qiu Changtian waited for a while and, seeing no increase in the Invincible Character Setting synchronization value, could only sigh inwardly. Just as he was about to speak, he saw a sword light flying from a distance—it was a Flying Sword Messaging from the Ziwei Master:
“Hurry to Jade Void Palace!”
Five simple words sketched out an atmosphere of an impending storm that could not be taken lightly.
Xu Yinglian approached Qiu Changtian to take a glance and frowned slightly.
Yet Qiu Changtian’s expression remained indifferent as he said:
“Junior Sister, let’s go.”
Even though the Sect Leader hadn’t specified in the letter, he already knew what had happened that required his presence at Jade Void Palace.
Tens of thousands of gods and demons attacking Penglai, initiated by the Demonic Path, undertaken by Shushan, shifting to Penglai, and finally set to converge at Kunlun.
And as the Chief Disciple of Qiu, directly targeted by the Demon Cult and thus unable to leave the mountain for a long time, he was now ready to seize the opportunity when the sect’s high-level combat forces were sent out, to race thousands of miles to aid Penglai, to right past wrongs, and to restore the Chief Disciple’s glory!