Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

A palm spanning tens of kilometers,

slammed down towards Jiang Ding with a thunderous crash!

Its entirety composed of Primordial Heavy Water, with Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals, and Hairy Demon Beasts stationed at each of the palm’s meridian and bone joints, sitting cross-legged, reciting supreme scriptures, waves of azure ripples embedded with runes undulated and spread out.

In the haze, countless chanting voices spread in all directions, and wherever the ripples touched, the officers and soldiers of the fleets stopped in their tracks, their eyes devoid of light, foolish and stunned, losing the ability to respond to their fleets, their Divine Souls shrouded in darkness.

At the center of the giant palm, more swirling ripples devoured everything around, emitting a powerful attraction. A group of missiles from an Immortal City’s Army Formation passed nearby and was instantly swallowed up, chewed upon, spitting out some blackened metallic fragments.

This technique bore some resemblance to the legendary Divine Ability ”Universe in the Sleeve”.

In this world, ninety percent of the Immortals of Nascent Soul would be crushed by such a palm. There was no other possibility.

”Slash!”

Jiang Ding didn’t respond with words.

Without the complicated magic of Magic Cultivation, without the layers of groundwork, without integrating Formation Methods, Domains, Army Formations, and other techniques, he simply swung down with his sword.

Boom!

In a thought, the Sword Domain of Destruction unfolded, and Bluegold Sword Qi surged in all directions, devouring the azure Domain.

Among them, Hairy Spirits, merfolk, members of the Sea Clan, and other beings, shouted as they each held weapons, forming Army Formations to attack, only to collapse under the tidal wave-like Destruction Sword Qi, leaving no bones or traces behind, their races extinguished.

A Great Sun rose!

A Great Sun charged toward the Palm Sea Kingdom, thundering forward, the sound of thunder imprinted into Zhong Yuanzi’s Divine Soul, creating a high-speed channel between his Divine Soul and the Great Sun.

”Child’s play.”

Zhong Yuanzi said indifferently.

He stared directly at the rising Sword Dao Great Sun. In front of him, the five fingers of his Palm Sea Kingdom opened wide, with no fear, facing the destructive and sharp Great Sun, his fingers closed one by one.

He grasped it with one hand!

The dazzling light, the extreme high temperature, vanished in an instant, without a single drop spilling out.

”Jiang Ding...”

An Siyan and Jin Lingfeng couldn’t help but glance over here.

There was a moment of silence between heaven and earth.

Boom!

The closed fist of the Palm Sea Kingdom was gradually pried open, beams of golden light shot out, and then, with a loud bang, it exploded.

Clang!

The Taiqing Flying Sword returned, its Spiritual Light somewhat dimmed.

”Ha ha ha!”

The scattered Spiritual Light dispersed, revealing the Immortal Gold palm to everyone, one of its fingers broken, bristling with sharp and malicious Destruction Sword Qi. However, as the water from all around rushed towards it, the broken finger regrew, expelling the Sword Qi, and in the blink of an eye, it was back to its original state.

”Fellow Daoist,”

”Your sword is nothing special!”

Zhong Yuanzi laughed loudly, his spirit reaching the sky.

”Oh?”

A look of surprise appeared on Jiang Ding’s face.

With a flicker of his Divine Sense, a drop of Primordial Heavy Water the size of a thumb was absorbed and appeared before his eyes, within which threads of Destruction Sword Qi were mixed.

It could be seen that the Destruction Sword Qi was at a disadvantage, unable to swiftly annihilate an equal amount of the ”Bixi Bagua Wuji Scripture” Mana.

Instead, the Primordial Heavy Water gained the upper hand, starting to eradicate the Destruction Sword Qi.

This should not be the case.

Indeed, the All-transforming Magnetic Origin Mana is weaker than the Bixi Bagua Wuji Mana by half a notch, a reflection of the disparity in the innate inheritance of their respective Sects.

However, the Taiqing Spirit Iron within the Taiqing Flying Sword far surpassed that of past generations of Great Sun Swordsmen, and combined with Magic Arts-Breaking Immortal Gold, all this resulted in Jiang Ding’s Sword Intent surpassing Zhong Yuan’s Magic Intention by a notch.

This advantage had already bridged the gap in Mana, and there was plenty to spare.

With an equal amount, Destruction Sword Qi should be taking the upper hand.

”...Primordial Heavy Water...”

”...Bagua Wuji...”

Soon, Jiang Ding had an epiphany, noticing a clue on this drop of dark blue water.

Zhong Yuanzi’s mana was evolving, undergoing specific changes.

Mana absorbed Primordial Heavy Water and numerous Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, along with the Belief in Incense of the Hairy Spirits and the sea monsters of the Sea Clan, and after repeated refining, underwent a significant targeted transformation.

This direction was the change towards enhanced resistance against the All-transforming Magnetic Origin mana and the Sword Intent of Destruction!

This change did not happen overnight.

It had started when he was slaying King Jia, amassing a great amount of human and material resources from the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, and after a considerable amount of time, it came to fruition.

That is magic cultivation.

Deliberate first, then act, consider defeat before victory, always indirect and never straightforward.

This is also one of the reasons why the ”Bixi Bagua Wuji Scripture” is hailed as the supreme inheritance of the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, terrifyingly powerful, solidifying the foundation of a sect.

”Jiang Dingzi”

”You, should die!”

A fierce look flashed across Zhong Yuanzi’s face.

Whoosh!

Whoosh whoosh!

Behind him, an Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram flashed and spread to fill the entire heavens and earth, turning the world into a Bagua chessboard.

Right after, thirty-six white pieces and thirty-six black pieces appeared with a roar, placed lengthwise and breadthwise, intricately arranged, forming a domain of black and white covering nearly a hundred kilometers, sealing the mana and Divine Souls of all beings within.

This was his Life Treasure, the Innate Bagua Chessboard!

When this treasure was refined to its peak, it was said to be able to seal stars and pull the sun and the moon, possessing boundless mighty power and supreme Divine Abilities!

”This seat, will fulfill the long-cherished wish of our ancestors to singly defeat the Dari Swordsman and lead the sect to revival!”

Zhong Yuanzi pressed down with one palm.

The power of the Palm Sea Kingdom within the black and white chessboard surged to a terrifying degree, abruptly expanding to nearly a hundred kilometers. The black and white Yin and Yang energies flowed, capable of sealing Divine Souls and life force, binding space, sealing Nascent Souls, forbidding all heavenly magic, and severing all heavenly weapons.

The massive palm moved towards the distant youth, intending to grasp and crush him to dust.

”Zhong Yuan, what sort of dream are you talking about?”

”Adaptation and resistance within cultivation methods are indeed powerful abilities, but...”

Jiang Ding, feeling the space around him as solid as iron, said calmly.

He laid out the facts to his opponent.

”But still, you are very weak.”

Boom!

Ancient blue trees burst forth from the ground, piercing the sky, and between their branches, a Grest Sun hung high, radiating in all directions, conveying the will of destruction, prohibition of magic, and annihilation.

Then,

came the second, the third... the ninth Grest Sun!

Nine suns hung in the sky!

If the opponent had resistance, then slice through, slice through, and slice through again!

With ultimate heat, ultimate power and speed, directly obliterate all resistance; on the path of the invincible, no living being shall stand in the way.

The nine Grest Suns shone together, reflecting off one another.

Between heaven and earth, the temperature suddenly skyrocketed to the extreme, as if it was the age experienced by the ancient ancestors, Houyi, where the land was parched, rivers dried up, creatures fell dead, and the world’s life forms plunged into extinction.

Within a radius of nearly a hundred kilometers, the sea instantly boiled, bubbles continually rising, with fish and shrimp steamed till they flipped belly-up, their shells golden brown, surrounded by steaming vapor in every direction.

Rising higher still, even the vapor could not remain; space itself was twisted and dissolved.

Under this terrifying heat and will, the Innate Eight Trigrams Chessboard’s black and white space that sealed everything instantly dissolved, losing all its sealing power.

Boom!

The nine Grest Suns, free of all restraints, moved with thunderous roars, colliding with the Palm Sea Kingdom’s domain of circulating black and white Yin and Yang energies spanning hundreds of kilometers, and towards the distant Zhong Yuan Taoist disciple.