Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

”With the Reconstructed Thunderbolt, melting the Nine Aperture Golden Core…”

Under life and death circumstances, Jiang Ding’s expression remained indifferent.

Everything was within his calculations; as long as he could complete the sword refining plan, he naturally wouldn’t die.

If he failed…

There was no failure.

His Elixir Field warmed.

A Nine Aperture Golden Core emerged from his abdomen, spinning smoothly, its nine orifices dynamically changing. The runes of creation would appear and disappear, blossoming outwards with an immortal and sharp essence. Within tens of kilometers, the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi cheered and leaped as if it had met its most beloved and genuine patron.

Sizzling…

The Taiqing Flying Sword thundered, splitting a wisp of purified, filtered azure thunder, which surged into the Nine Aperture Golden Core.

”Pfft!”

Jiang Ding’s face turned instantly pale as he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, suffering a severe injury that greatly diminished his energy.

Golden Pill!

The most fragile thing in human beings, existing between the states of material and ethereal. The core of human mana and Divine Soul; even a slightly more violent movement of mana within the body could harm it.

If such a situation occurred a few more times, it would leave irreversible damage, or even cause it to collapse entirely.

Now,

someone was directly luring heavenly thunder for a strike!

”What is he doing?”

Many cultivators gaped in disbelief, watching this scene that defied the basic theories of cultivation, suspecting they were experiencing illusions caused by someone else’s attack.

The Nine Aperture Golden Core did not shatter.

On the contrary, under the lead of the Great Sun Golden Core Secret Method, the Nine Aperture Golden Core spun. With each rotation, it expelled the destructive force of the heavenly thunder, drawing in a minute thread of thunder containing the creative force of life for its own restructuring.

”I have a sixty percent confidence I can succeed in the refinement.”

”I need no help.”

Jiang Ding muttered to himself.

”But, it’s not necessary to take this kind of risk.”

A Jade Box shattered, revealing a chickpea-sized, crimson flame inside, exuding an immortal scent.

Great Sun Soul Flame!

The surrounding cultivators showed a look of longing.

Their Divine Souls instinctively felt greedy the moment they saw it, knowing that obtaining it would lead to a significant breakthrough immediately.

Whoosh!

The Great Sun Soul Flame swayed and merged into the Nine Aperture Golden Core, becoming one with it.

In an instant, a cool and warm feeling spread, and the many slight injuries caused by the luring of the heavenly thunder into the Nine Aperture Golden Core vanished without a trace.

At the same time, a tremendous force of life and creation surged into the Golden Core, similar in nature to the force in the heavenly thunder.

But the amount far exceeded it, flowing endlessly!

”Heavenly Thunder, come!”

Jiang Ding dared not waste a single moment.

Sizzling…

The Taiqing Flying Sword vibrated, receiving another stream of azure heavenly power that flowed into the Nine Aperture Golden Core.

The Nine Aperture Golden Core spun several times and finished assimilating.

”Just like that, come on.”

”All of it.”

Jiang Ding whispered.

Boom!

The Taiqing Flying Sword blazed with light, and the thunder of the heavenly tribulation rushed into the spinning Nine Aperture Golden Core like a tide, incessant, making onlookers tremble with fear.

After a long while, which also seemed like just a moment.

All the heavenly thunder flowed into the Nine Aperture Golden Core, the azure light filled the nine orifices, twinkling with several dots of light, paused for a moment, then slowly began to spin again.

It didn’t shatter!

”Merge.”

Jiang Ding pointed, and the Taiqing Flying Sword approached the Nine Aperture Golden Core. Their energies began to merge, coming closer bit by bit.

At the moment of contact.

The Nine Aperture Golden Core was extremely pliable, sinking into the Flying Sword!

Bit by bit, the tip, then the middle section, and lastly, the rear end, all disappeared from sight.

The Nine Aperture Golden Core, under the watchful eyes of everyone, entered the Taiqing Flying Sword bit by bit, never to emerge again, becoming completely integrated.

The Flying Sword radiated dazzling light!

The Light of Destruction shone everywhere in heaven and earth, with the Immortal Gold Spears piercing the dark clouds in the sky, creating straight golden beams of light.

”It’s done.”

Jiang Ding relaxed inwardly.

In that moment,

Divine Soul, Mana, Sword Intent!

These three combined, and all simultaneously underwent a near-transformational leap.

Mana quality skyrocketed tenfold, completely turning into Golden Pill-level mana!

The Divine Soul transformed into a Golden Pill Divine Soul, with Divine Sense power increasing tenfold. Furthermore, the Taiqing Flying Sword resonated, providing a cooling feedback that allowed his Divine Soul to make another huge leap.

The core ability of the Sword of Dao Foundation.

From having a Divine Soul four times that of his peers, now it’s five times that of cultivators at the same level!

Jiang Ding expanded his Divine Sense with ease, effortlessly reaching a range of fifty kilometers, every living creature and every detail of the stones clearly visible, five times stronger than a Golden Pill Monk at the initial stage.

As for Sword Intent, it instantly reached minor completion and took another major step forward, nearing major completion!

In fact, many years earlier, his Sword Intent had approached minor completion. After the amplification of Taiqing Spirit Iron and Magic Arts-Breaking Immortal Gold, it became exceedingly sharp and fearsome, reaching the limit of four times the Divine Soul strength of Foundation-building cultivators of the same level, and it could no longer break through.

Otherwise, he would have died under the pressure of his own Sword Intent.

But now, that limitation was lifted, and he surged forward abruptly.

The current him could suppress the Taoist disciples of the Immortal Sects in terms of Sword Intent, even if they too advanced to the Golden Pill stage.

This had always been the core advantage outside of the Dari Swordsman’s Swordsmanship.

Ding!

Jiang Ding flicked the Flying Sword.

The blade hummed, the Light of Destruction solidified, and outside of the sword’s body, a sword-shaped area the size of a palm was formed.

Within this space, a terrifying aura of sharpness, destruction, and spirit annihilation lingered, completely blocking the entry of Spiritual Energy.

Even Nascent Soul Monks would find no trace of Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi to control within this palm-sized sword-shaped area.