The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 822: Chapter 822: The Battle Begins (Part 2)

”How dare you act so rashly?”

Immortal Master Ciji let out a cold snort, continuously urging his mana to command the Five Dragon Divine Chariot to attack the silver-haired child and his companions!

Six thousand five hundred years ago, after he consumed the Longevity Pill and joined the ranks of the Longevity Demon Lord, he soon sought the Longevity Demon Lord’s permission to make a trip to the Bitter Sea, where he took the Storage Bracelet and the Five Dragon Divine Chariot from Fulong Immortal Master’s corpse.

After spending several centuries, he finally convinced the Artifact Spirit of the chariot to recognize him as its master, completely taking possession of this top-grade spiritual treasure.

He couldn’t really be blamed for greed, nor the Artifact Spirit of the chariot for disloyalty, as back then, Fulong Immortal Master had indeed perished, and the reincarnated silver-haired child would only appear after more than six thousand years... As a friend of the late Fulong Immortal Master, it was inevitable for the Five Dragon Divine Chariot to choose him as its master!

However, now using the silver-haired child’s own lifebound magical artifact from a previous life against him was a truly unkind act.

Not even Immortal Master Ciji anticipated that the chariot, which had been refined and nurtured for over six thousand years, could still be influenced by the silver-haired child!

In their struggle, the Five Dragon Divine Chariot spun incessantly in the air;

The chariot emitted strange sounds, and the five True Dragons roared continuously, twisting and struggling in apparent agony!

All five of them, including Shen Mo, were curious whether the Artifact Spirit of the chariot would continue to charge at the silver-haired child or ”rebel” against Immortal Master Ciji and return under the command of the silver-haired child?

The next instant, an astonishing scene unfolded before everyone!

Bright bursts of light erupted from various parts of the Five Dragon Divine Chariot, and then the spirit of the entire magic artifact rapidly drained away as if a water tank had burst.

In just a blink, the spiritual essence of this top-grade spiritual treasure vanished, the Artifact Spirit was annihilated, and it was reduced to an ordinary magic artifact!

It was evident that the Artifact Spirit of the Five Dragon Divine Chariot was unable to resist Immortal Master Ciji, yet unwilling to harm its former master... In its dilemma, the Artifact Spirit chose to disperse its own gnosis.

The Five Dragon Divine Chariot was only a step away from becoming an immortal level artifact;

Once promoted to an Immortal Treasure, it would persist as long as a True Immortal, and ordinary tribulations would find it hard to harm the treasure’s body or the Artifact Spirit within!

By doing so, the Artifact Spirit of the chariot made a choice akin to a Formless Realm cultivator with potential to become immortal, dispersing its own cultivation, extinguishing its three souls and seven spirits, leading to complete soul annihilation and path erasure.

Even if another Artifact Spirit were to be born within the Five Dragon Divine Chariot in the future, it would not be the same as before!

Witnessing such a tragically decisive act, everyone present was moved.

The silver-haired child once more formed a seal and cast a spell to retrieve the now spiritless, ordinary Five Dragon Divine Chariot. Holding its shrunken body, now only the size of a palm, his eyes filled with tears, and he choked up, unable to speak!

The primary objective of his journey was to recover the Five Dragon Divine Chariot;

Who could have foreseen that after six thousand years, it would return to him as a ”corpse” of the magic treasure.

His profound grief was not only due to the loss of a formidable magic treasure!

The Five Dragon Divine Chariot, after all, was his own lifebound magical artifact from a previous life, lovingly nurtured for countless years with deep feelings for the Artifact Spirit; to the extent that, even if his own flesh and blood or a Direct Disciple were to perish, he might not experience such heartbreak.

”Alas!”

Although Immortal Master Ciji’s face showed a look of pain and regret, all he did was sigh a few times.

He then summoned another spiritual treasure once more, a yellow-skinned gourd inscribed with various sword patterns... Although this sword-patterned gourd was not as high-grade as the Five Dragon Divine Chariot, it was his personally refined and nurtured lifebound magical artifact!

”This is the high-grade spiritual treasure, the Immortal Slaying Gourd!”

The silver-haired child stored the Five Dragon Divine Chariot into the Universe Bag, wiped his tear-stained face with his robe, and explained to the others, ”This gourd originates from a spiritual vine on the Immortal Slaying Mountain in the Forbidden Zone of Creatures. After fellow daoist Ciji acquired it, he spent over a thousand years, poured in countless efforts and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to carefully refine it, thereby birthing its divine nature!”

”This treasure can gather the world’s sword Qi for its own use. Once activated, it releases billions of sword Qi simultaneously, ferocious and mighty, truly extraordinary!”

At this moment, a trace of reluctance appeared on Immortal Master Ciji’s face. He then aimed the mouth of the gourd at Shen Mo and the others, urging his mana, activating this high-grade spiritual treasure.

In an instant.

Billions of sword Qi erupted forth, each a myriad of colors, dazzling and radiant!

Under such intense killing momentum, besides Shen Mo, the other four would likely suffer fatal or severe injuries.

”Universal Demon Slaying!”

Shen Mo no longer held back, utilizing the ”True Immortal Magic” to manifest in the form of a three-headed six-armed Demon God, elevating his aura to an even more profound and vast level; even if suppressed by some unknown power, he still displayed traces of the Divine Bridge Realm’s might, imposing an awe-inspiring pressure that induced fear!

Subsequently, one of the newly grown heads and two arms shriveled rapidly like they had been drained of their essence and Qi, becoming old and withered.

The Taiyi Sword in his hand emitted a dragon-like clang, with dazzling sword Qi imbued with the flavor of ”Slaying Demons and Eliminating Devils” bursting forth from the blade, accompanied by terrifying power that sought to meet the billions of sword lights erupting from the Immortal Slaying Gourd!

He employed a self-sacrificing method, expending a portion of his primal Essence and Qi, to unleash this Demon Slaying Sword Qi that even moved the Longevity Demon Lord.

One side originating from the Immortal Slaying Gourd, the other being Demon Slaying Sword Qi, both contained intense destructive powers aimed at annihilating the other... In an instant in the air, they collided with clanging metallic sounds echoing, merging into a loud and piercing buzzing; clusters of various lights flickered, dazzling everyone’s eyes, preventing them from opening.

The next instant, all sounds ceased abruptly, and silence prevailed everywhere, startling one’s heart!

”Clang!”

The silence only lasted a brief moment, then the air filled with a terrifying sword howl loud enough to burst even a Divine Bridge Realm expert’s ears.

All of a sudden, the myriad Immortal Slaying Sword Qi, as though snow melting under the scorching sun, dissolved entirely under the Blade of Demon Slaying Sword Qi, leaving only remnants of light and shadow lingering because the sword Qi dissipated too quickly.

Almost simultaneously, the Demon Slaying Sword Qi that annihilated the myriad multicolored sword light flew straight towards Immortal Master Ciji, who was clutching the Immortal Slaying Gourd!

”Collect for me!”

Upon seeing the myriad sword Qi entirely annihilated, Immortal Master Ciji didn’t show any grief but rather an expression of delighted surprise.

He immediately channeled half his mana, along with the vast nature’s spiritual energy surrounding the Celestial Palace, into the Immortal Slaying Gourd, striving to exhibit its divine power to collect sword Qi... A force entirely contrary to the outpouring of billions of sword Qi swept out, causing the Demon Slaying Sword Qi to ”flow” into the gourd’s mouth as if a great river met an endless abyss!

”I already told you, this Immortal Slaying Gourd can collect the world’s sword Qi for its own use, why would you still use swordplay to strike it?” The silver-haired child anxiously stomped about.

With such dreadful Demon Slaying Sword Qi absorbed by the Immortal Slaying Gourd, henceforth, the magic treasure could refine it for continual explosive unleashing of equal might, the same type of ”sword Qi,” rendering it increasingly invincible!

Nonetheless, before the silver-haired child’s words could even finish, another change occurred.

”Slash!”

A barely detectable sword mark suddenly appeared on the Immortal Slaying Gourd in Immortal Master Ciji’s hand, from which a beam of sword light burst forth!