Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

The Super Warship Great Sun rumbled, spewing an invisible light, vanishing from everyone’s sight and Divine Sense.

Qingmu Daoist Ji Liuyue’s heart skipped a beat, retreating even further into the crowd.

Branches of ancient wood rapidly grew from her fingertips, spreading to wrap her petite body layer by layer.

These branches came directly from the saplings of the Heaven Green God Tree passed down for hundreds of thousands of years by the Green Wood Immortal Sect, with mysterious and ancient runes faintly visible on each branch.

Though they seemed verdant and tender, they were in fact harder than most high-rank Spirit Metals in the world, possessing supreme flexibility as well; they could easily disperse the force of destruction that could obliterate a mountain into a light breeze that stirred hair.

”It’s Ying Sanyi, retreat quickly!”

At that moment, the prematurely aging youth, Heavenly Calculator Daoist, alerted everyone.

Just a fraction of a second too slow, a clump of Grey Fog in an ordinary, invisible space was suddenly shocked, filled with an icy, bone-chilling premonition of doom, as an intense sense of impending death descended.

”No, impossible!”

”How did he find me so quickly?”

”The Eastern Devil School couldn’t do it, and the Swordsmen of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion from years past shouldn’t be able to either!”

Ying Sanyi couldn’t believe it.

Concealment and assassination were the Shadow Demon Abyss’s foundations; he couldn’t possibly expose himself to sunlight to engage in defense battles. He had to take the offensive, act alone, and assassinate—this was normal.

But how could he have been discovered so quickly?

”Thousand Shadows Fleeing Empty Evasion!”

In a life-or-death moment, Ying Sanyi no longer cared about the consequences, blending his body into an invisible clump of black cloud in front of him. It exploded into hundreds of thousands of fine, pitch-black threads, merging into space, fleeing swiftly in all directions, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Thousand Shadows Fleeing Empty Evasion!

This was the profound Escape Technique from the Shadow Demon Abyss’s Supreme Classics, ”Shadow Demon Thousand Vacuities Scripture.” It stated that if cultivated to the deepest level, one could span a hundred thousand li in an instant, elude even causal pursuit, and even briefly affect time itself, making it terrifyingly powerful and the number one Escape Skill in the realm.

Concealment, Escape Technique!

The Shadow Demon Abyss was truly the undisputed number one in the realm!

However, even with this Escape Technique, waves of death’s icy premonitions surged over like a tidal wave, not pausing for an instant, and growing even more intense.

It was like a moth trapped in a spiderweb; the more it struggled, the deeper it sank and the closer it came to death.

Fear began to rise in Ying Sanyi’s heart.

”Save him!” the Heavenly Calculator Daoist bellowed.

If they lost a Daoist child so early on, he couldn’t bear to think about how they would continue fighting, how they would battle onward.

Even worse things might happen—this generation’s Great Sun Swordsman could fulfill the Great Sun Sword Pavilion’s longstanding wish to kill the Eight Great Taoist Children, thereby completing his Divine Soul and Sword Dao transformation.

At that time, a Daoist child destined to ascend Above Void Refinement would be born into the realm!

”Roar!”

The Xuanwu Daoist Tianxuan Zi, without a moment’s doubt in the other’s decision, bellowed and transformed into a Bixi, with a stone stele of scriptures on his back, charging straight ahead towards the Shadow Demon.

Much weaker than the other Daoist children, his actions were akin to courting death by charging directly into his inevitable demise, displaying extraordinary bravery.

”Kill!”

Daoist Wanshou roared as the phantom of myriad beasts merged into one, throwing a punch that split the heavens and earth, aimed at the very spot, combining the defense of the Mystical Turtle, the agile strength of a black dragon, and the speed of wind and fire to challenge anyone to the point of despair.

”Worldly Wealth Attracting!”

The Spiritual Treasure Daoist scattered three thousand six hundred Wealth Attracting Coins, imbued with the intense desires of the mundane world, which had accumulated over thousands of years, powerful enough to drag down any treasure and claim it as one’s own.

Dan Ding Daoist scattered three hundred and sixty Goldstone Fire Pills, which were like pills as well as treasures, exuding a strong spiritual aura. Taking in a single breath made one feel elated and significantly advanced their cultivation base…

All six Daoist disciples were making their full effort, their speeds were different, and so were their distances; there should have been a sequence.

However, with Heavenly Calculator Daoist taking out a battered turtle shell and performing divination after offering sacrifices to the heavens, the situation changed.

The attack speed of all Daoist disciples increased nearly twofold, and slight adjustments occurred, their auras and speeds became nearly identical.

If one were just to go by feeling and not use their eyes, it nearly seemed as if one person was unleashing six moves simultaneously.

”Kill!”

In this meticulous combination brought to a peak, Xuanwu Daoist Tianxuan Zi transformed into a Bixi, carrying the stone stele inscribed with scriptures, and successfully got in front of Ying Sanyi.

He couldn’t see the sword-light, but Heavenly Calculator Daoist could.

Tianxuan Zi simply went all out, following Heavenly Calculator Daoist’s instructions, and charged head-on!

Boom!

What should have been an empty space erupted with a terrifying explosion. The ultimate sharpness clashed against the ultimate defense, causing a space of dozens of kilometers to collapse like a ripple in a blink.

Before the aftermath could dissipate, it spread to even more distant places, hundreds of kilometers away, triggering catastrophic natural disasters, shaking the earth and the mountains.

Crack!

Almost simultaneously, the Bixi carrying the stone stele inscribed with scriptures couldn’t offer much resistance. Its tough shell shattered instantly, gold fragments splattered in all directions, and the dark green ancient wood net entwined around the turtle shell and stone stele couldn’t change the outcome.

No match at all!

Terror filled Tianxuan Zi’s heart as he sensed imminent death.

”Roar!”

At that critical moment, Daoist Wanshou arrived just in time, with all beasts merging into one, embodying the form of dragon, phoenix, Mystical Turtle, and struck down the invisible sword-light with a punch, himself grunting as he stumbled backward.

Immediately after, Spiritual Treasure Daoist’s three thousand six hundred Wealth Attracting Coins arrived, forming a net of heaven and earth as splendid as the stars, which wrapped around the slightly slowed sword-light. The powerful greed of the Wealth Attracting Coins was tearing and pulling, attempting to swallow the radiant treasure.

This was a top-notch treasure!

Longing shone in Spiritual Treasure Daoist’s eyes as he poured all his mana into the Wealth Attracting Coins.

Boom!

The sword-light in the net was affected for a moment, but in the next instant, the Destruction Prohibition Law within the sword-light erupted, forcefully breaking through the net of three thousand six hundred Wealth Attracting Coins and blasting them into scattered pieces.

”My treasure!”

Spiritual Treasure Daoist showed a pained expression but didn’t dare to delay, swiftly retreating.

One after another, the Daoist disciples stepped forward to intercept.

Goldstone pills flew across the sky, ancient wood branches struck fiercely, turtle shell treasures intercepted in succession, but under that stroke of sword-light, they all shattered, were pushed back, letting the sword-light strike at countless fleeing shadows.

”Ah!”

Ying Sanyi screamed, his figure disappearing from sight.

The Taiqing Flying Sword briefly revealed its blade, and in the next moment, it reappeared in the main cannon of the Super Warship Great Sun, without any lapse in time.

On the super warship mothership, Jiang Ding opened his eyes, his gaze cold.

”Escaped...”

After many layers of interception, the remaining power of the Taiqing Flying Sword was no longer sufficient to slay a Daoist disciple with great escape capability. It only managed to cut off tens of thousands of clones and depleted some of the opponent’s mana.

Meanwhile, between the seven Daoist disciples, an ethereal image of an azure ancient tree shone brilliantly, sprinkling faint green light into the sky and onto the earth, containing endless vitality.