Transmigrating Into a Fantasy World: Signing in During Pregnancy, Reaching the Summit with My Childhood Sweetheart

188: Chapter 188: The Golden Shuttle Soars Through the Sky and the First Glimmer of the Star CoreThe streak of light transformed from the ”Gold Baleful Shadow-Evasion Talisman” sank into the earth veins, like cold water dripping into a pan of boiling oil, instantly triggering a chain reaction.

Wu— Wu— Wu—

A low and desolate horn blast seemed to sound from deep within the earth, piercing through the thick Golden Baleful Qi and echoing across the desolate world. This horn blast did not come from a single source; instead, it rose from all directions in succession, echoing one another to form an invisible giant net that rapidly closed in on the position of Nangong Xuan’s trio!

”It’s the Jin Jue Sect’s ’Earth Vein Golden Resonance’!” Zi Linger’s pretty face turned pale, and she spoke extremely fast. ”They can use the power of the earth vein’s Golden Baleful Qi to transmit messages and lock onto an enemy’s position. We’ve been surrounded!”

Almost as her voice fell, dozens of dazzling golden streaks of light sped over from the distant horizon like meteors, their speed incredibly fast! Those were standardized Golden Flying Shuttles with sharp bows, flowing with runes that sliced through the baleful winds. Several fierce-looking Jin Jue Sect Disciples stood on each shuttle, radiating murderous intent.

Further away, there were even three exceptionally powerful auras tearing through the air. Their pressure far exceeded the Golden Core, belonging to three Nascent Soul Early Stage Cultivators! Clearly, the instantaneous loss of a Late Golden Core Stage peak expert and an Inner Sect Disciple had already drawn the attention of the Jin Jue Sect’s higher-ups!

”We’re in big trouble.” Su Muxue’s expression was grave as she fully circulated her Taiyin Star Power, making the moonlight barrier as solid as crystal.

Nangong Xuan’s eyes were as cold as ten-thousand-year-old glacial iron. Far from being panicked, the dormant Sword Intent around him became like a peerless, ominous sword about to be unsheathed—increasingly restrained yet increasingly dangerous. He glanced at the chaos star core in his arms, its humming subsiding but gaining a hint of sharpness. He also felt the increasingly close and clear summons of the Sharp Metal from the phantom star key.

”Stay close to me, we’re charging straight through!”

He gave a low shout, no longer holding anything back as his Late Golden Core Stage Perfection cultivation erupted! Dark golden Nirvana Sword Essence, like a boiling ocean, completely enveloped him along with Su Muxue and Zi Linger!

”Qiang!”

A clear, resonant sword chime rang through the clouds as the simple, ancient longsword on his back, which had been silent for a long time, finally unsheathed! The blade was dark, yet it flowed with the Nirvana Dao Rhyme that brought an end to all things.

Unity of Man and Sword!

A dark golden rainbow spanning heaven and earth suddenly lit up. No longer maneuvering or evading, it charged forward in the most domineering and resolute manner, heading straight toward the direction sensed by the sharp metal star key to the west! Its speed was far greater than before!

”Stop them!” ”Activate the Golden Baleful Space-Locking Formation!” ”Kill!”

Roars erupted from the oncoming Jin Jue Sect shuttles. Dozens of Disciples performed hand seals simultaneously, causing the shuttles to glow brightly. Their internal energies linked together, instantly outlining a massive and complex Formation in the sky composed of countless golden chains! Once the Formation was complete, the majestic Golden Baleful Qi squeezed in from all directions like a physical substance. Space itself seemed frozen and locked down; that heavy pressure was enough to crush ordinary Golden Core Cultivators into mincemeat!

Simultaneously, countless sharp Golden Baleful sword glows, massive Illusory Shadows of metal hammers, and various strangely shaped metal-attribute Magic Treasures bombarded the dark golden rainbow like a violent storm! The density of the assault was enough to instantly annihilate a Golden Core army!

”Nirvana... Reincarnation!”

Nangong Xuan’s cold voice came from within the rainbow. He did not use the wide-range ”Nirvana Instant Hell,” but instead highly condensed his Nirvana Sword Intent onto the ancient sword in his hand!

He swung the sword!

A subtle, distorted ring of Sword Gang, seemingly composed of countless grey vortices that were constantly being born and destroyed, suddenly expanded with the rainbow as its Core!

Every attack that touched this ring of Sword Gang—whether it was the Golden Baleful sword glows, the hammer shadows, or the physical Magic Treasures—instantly completed their process of ”existence.” As if washed away by ten thousand years of time, their spiritual light vanished, their structures collapsed, and they silently turned into the most primitive streams of particles, swallowed by the Sword Gang, which in turn slightly increased its power!

As for the binding force formed by the massive ”Golden Baleful Space-Locking Formation,” when it touched this Sword Gang containing the Nirvana True Intent, it was as if it had met its natural enemy. The countless golden chains condensed from Laws groaned under the unbearable weight, snapping and dissipating one after another!

The dark golden rainbow’s momentum did not slow, cutting through the dense assault and the massive Formation like a red-hot knife through solid grease, forcibly tearing open a huge gap!

”Pfft!” ”How is this possible?!” ”My Magic Treasure!”

The Jin Jue Sect Disciples on the shuttles suffered backlash, spitting blood as they were sent flying, their eyes filled with shock and disbelief. Their famous combined-attack Formation and Golden Baleful Qi were actually so vulnerable before that strange grey Sword Gang!

However, just as Nangong Xuan broke through the encirclement with a single strike and was about to charge out of the blockade—

Those three Nascent Soul Early Stage experts finally arrived!

”Junior! You dare destroy my Sect’s Disciples and still think you can leave? Stay right here!”

A roar exploded like a thunderclap. A giant golden hand, formed entirely of pure Golden Baleful Qi, blotted out the sky. Carrying the Law pressure of the Nascent Soul Stage, it slammed down fiercely from high above! In the palm of the hand, runes flickered, containing terrifying power of suppression and tearing, causing space to distort!

At the same time, the other two Nascent Soul Cultivators also attacked. One sacrificed an Ancient Golden Bronze Mirror; as the mirror light shone, a scorching golden beam of light capable of melting stone instantly shot toward the rainbow! The other spat out a Golden Thread as thin as a hair, which traveled silently through the void, piercing straight toward the Core of the rainbow. The venomous Divine Soul attack attached to it was enough to severely wound the Divine Soul of a Nascent Soul Cultivator!

A joint strike from three Nascent Soul experts was overwhelmingly powerful! They were by no means comparable to those Golden Core Disciples from before!

Nangong Xuan’s pupils constricted as he felt the immense pressure. Although he could challenge those above his level, facing three Nascent Soul Early Stage Cultivators with tacit cooperation and strange techniques while protecting two people behind him was something he dared not take head-on!

At this critical moment—

”Weng!”

In Su Muxue’s arms, the chaos star core, which had been silent after swallowing the metal Law fragments, suddenly erupted with an unprecedentedly brilliant light!

That light was no longer a chaotic grey haze but presented a peculiar dark golden hue, with the tiny speck of light at its Core pulsating violently!

An extremely fine, yet highly condensed dark golden line with chaotic ripples flickering at its edges shot out from the star Core. It didn’t attack any of the Nascent Soul experts but instead struck with pinpoint accuracy at a rune node in the center of the giant golden palm that was the first to strike and contained the strongest suppression Law!

That node was the most central and fragile point of the entire Spell’s power flow! Even with Nangong Xuan’s Divine Sense, he would have needed to sense it carefully to notice, yet this star Core seemed to see through it instinctively at a glance!

Chi!

There was no earth-shattering explosion.

That dark golden line was like the most precise scalpel, or a chaotic thorn capable of dismantling the Origin of all Laws, easily drilling into the rune node of the giant golden hand!

The next second—

Boom!!!

That massive, incomparably powerful golden hand seemed to have all its support suddenly removed. Its internal structure completely collapsed, and it exploded violently in mid-air! It turned into a sky full of out-of-control Golden Baleful turbulence, which instead caused the other two incoming attacks—the mirror light and the golden line—to stall slightly!

”What?!” The leading Nascent Soul elder cried out in alarm, unable to believe his eyes! His proudest Spell had been broken in such a bizarre way?

It was this split-second delay!

”Go!”

How could Nangong Xuan miss such a perfect opportunity? The Sword Essence in his body burned frantically as his speed soared again. The dark golden rainbow, like lightning tearing through the sky, instantly streaked through the gap in the energy turbulence created by the giant hand’s explosion, leaving the roars of the three Nascent Soul Cultivators far behind!

”Chase them!” ”Activate the Fallen Star Slope’s outer Restrictions! We must not let them enter!” The three Nascent Soul Cultivators were both shocked and furious. They turned into three streaks of golden light in hot pursuit while issuing orders.

Within the dark golden rainbow, Nangong Xuan and Su Muxue both looked in shock at the chaos star core, which had fallen silent again but seemed to have undergone a transformation.

That dark golden line just now... was it a coincidence? Or was it Moer’s unconscious instinct? What it contained was not just Nirvana, but also seemed to have a hint of... a strange property specifically for breaking metal Laws?

After the star Core swallowed those metal Law fragments, it seemed to have awakened a targeted ability?