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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 4: [Shuangsheng Dao Sect (Twin Rice Sect)]
Chapter 168 (423): [Eight Slashes of the Nether River]
(168th of Volume 4)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Zen Hai Guanwu's eyes showed no fear as she slapped her waist, releasing the spatial energy of the Hundred Hells Wind Chime.
The surrounding world instantly fractured into a hundred realms, divided by spatial power.
Three Transcendent attacks clashed within the distorted space, mutually neutralizing each other and proving impossible to breach in the short term.
"Boom!"
The Demon Kingdom Crown Prince slammed into the mountainside of Qilin Terrace.
He immediately summoned the Cloudveil Immortal Gate to defend against the sword strike imbued with supreme power.
In the next instant, he surged forward like an arrow loosed from a bow, his battle intent boundless.
Three Immortal Gates descended, stabilizing the hundred realms of space.
The Demon Kingdom Crown Prince, Li Longshu, Crimson Phoenix, and the Transcendent from the Sacred Dark Family all converged on Zen Hai Guanwu.
"Bang! Bang!"
Facing four opponents alone, her figure blurred amidst the chaos as spiritual artifacts, Imperial Techniques, and scriptures collided.
"Whoosh!"
A sword light soared into the heavens.
A serpentine, icy sword qi river erupted, shooting toward the ninth heaven and sending Li Longshu and Crimson Phoenix flying backward.
Both cried out in pain, blood spraying from their bodies.
Their spiritual artifact battle armor shattered under the sword's force, leaving terrifying sword wounds that pierced through their chests and nearly severed them in two.
The Crimson Phoenix nearly reverted to her true form from the force of the strike, screaming out in alarm, "Eight Slashes of the Nether River!"
The Eight Slashes of the Nether River were even more renowned than the Mist Sea Crushes the Star River.
Two thousand eight hundred years ago, she had used this sword technique in the East Sea to slay the Martial-Mystic Dao Ancient Heavenly Emperor, Flying Dragon.
"Whoosh!"
Zen Hai Guanwu unleashed a second slash.
The Nether River reappeared, and behind her, the towering silhouette of the Nether God flickered into existence before vanishing.
This strike shattered the Sacred Dark Family's transcendent Dark Domain and cleaved through the Ancient Battle Spear in her hand.
The lower third of her body was diagonally severed from the waist down.
Her bloodied legs exploded into twin clouds of crimson mist.
A third river of Nether River Sword Qi surged forth.
Behind Zen Hai Guanwu, the shadow of a majestic Nether City materialized, its power amplified by the Supreme Spiritual Artifact, sending the Demon Kingdom Crown Prince and the three Immortal Gates flying backward.
Dozens of miles away, the Demon Kingdom Crown Prince stabilized his form, still standing tall and imposing.
His eyes burned as he glared at Zen Hai Guanwu across the distance.
Immortal radiance blazed from his spiritual artifact battle armor, and a thin line of blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
He was wounded!
It had been many years since he had last suffered an injury.
Zen Hai Guanwu was bleeding profusely, her body severely fractured. Yet as golden Buddhist light surged from her Ancestral Field, her wounds rapidly healed, her skin returning to its flawless state.
She raised her sword, her gaze sweeping across everyone present as the radiance from the thirty-six Earth Veins behind her intensified.
The shattered Ninefold City-Protecting Grand Formation reformed, now stronger and more stable than before.
Aboard the Yellow Mud Colossal Warship above, Lord Lan warned, "The formations within Lingxiao City are rapidly repairing and growing stronger. Someone must enter the city and destroy them."
Crimson Phoenix's chest bore a sword wound a foot long, nearly cleaving her torso open.
Spiritual Qi circulated ceaselessly within her, refining the Nether River Sword Qi that clung to the wound.
Without this refinement, the wound would never heal, and the bleeding would never stop.
Reluctant to face Zen Hai Guanwu again, she volunteered, "I'll go destroy Lingxiao City!"
"I'll go too!" Transcendent of the Sacred Dark Family, who had sustained the most severe injuries, hastily swallowed a healing Medicinal Pill.
The Nether River Sword Qi that had invaded her body was strangely persistent, impossible to refine quickly.
Even stopping the bleeding proved difficult, and regrowing her severed legs would take at least several hours.
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Below, within the city, another shift occurred.
Duke Huo Di of the East Sea appeared, activating the Immortal Origin Formation.
Instantly, all one hundred and eighty Formation Hubs began to operate in unison.
"So they secretly recalled Chen Su and Huo Di," Lord Lan observed, "One to guard the thirty-six Earth Veins, the other to command the Immortal Origin Formation. But they're likely no match for us."
The Demon Kingdom Crown Prince shouted, "Lord Lan, if you continue to remain aloof, this battle will be exceedingly difficult. With your cultivation and the aid of the Yellow Mud Colossal Warship, you should have breached the City-Protecting Formation long ago!"
Lord Lan chuckled: "Very well, this venerable one will destroy the formations within Lingxiao City."
"No, I have another proposal."
The Demon Kingdom Crown Prince turned to Zen Hai Guanwu: "Mist Heavenly Sovereign, shall we settle this with a decisive battle outside the city?"
Zen Hai Guanwu retorted, "What, trying to escape?"
The Demon Kingdom Crown Prince shook his head, "Does the Mist Heavenly Sovereign truly disregard the lives of the city's millions of citizens? They are the elite of the Lingxiao Life Realm."
By drawing the battle outside Lingxiao City, Yu Daozhen would secure an invincible position, able to advance or retreat at will. He had long prepared countermeasures beneath the Immortal Plains against the Immortal Origin Formation.
Activating the twenty-eight Blood Sacrifice Altars would corrode the Formation's barrier.
Duke Tai Shi's aged voice echoed from the clouds: "Teacher, do not leave the city. The formations within are growing stronger, and all the city's Martial-Mystic Cultivators can lend you their strength. Once outside, Lord Lan and Madam Ye will be free to act, but in your current state, it would be too dangerous."
Lord Lan snorted coldly and directed the radiant light of the Yellow Mud Lamp toward a specific point in the mist-shrouded sky.
A muffled sound of Duke Tai Shi's injury followed.
Lord Lan sneered, "Do you truly believe you can restrain me with an incomplete Formation?"
"Master, give me another quarter of an hour, and the Nine Heavens Beyond the Clouds Grand Formation will be fully activated," the Third Palace Master said, using chains of Spiritual Light to seize a Ten-Thousand-Year Emperor Medicine from the rear courtyard of the Scale Terrace Great Hall and hurl it at Zen Hai Guanwu.
This Ten-Thousand-Year Emperor Medicine had been brought back by Zen Hai Guanwu long ago.
After millennia of cultivation, it had finally reached the Imperial Medicine level.
Zen Hai Guanwu grasped the Imperial Medicine, channeling Spiritual Qi to refine it, melting it into her body.
Her slightly pale face regained its color as she turned to the Demon Kingdom Crown Prince.
"You won't enter the city within the next quarter of an hour. After that, when the Nine Heavens Beyond the Clouds Grand Formation activates, will you still be able to escape?"
A mocking smile curled the Demon Kingdom Crown Prince's lips as his voice rang out melodiously.
"Since your master insists on his folly, Xian Min, let Lingxiao City be utterly destroyed today!"
Just as the Third Palace Master, Duke Tai Shi, and many Martial-Mystic Cultivators below in the city exchanged bewildered glances, thinking they had misheard, the Second Palace Master Xian Min's voice echoed from the peak of Phoenix Terrace.
"Master, it has been a millennium since we last met. I should have appeared sooner to pay my respects. But the lingering death aura on your body, coupled with your theft of Eldest Senior Sister's Other Shore Heavenly Pill, has filled me with profound dread."
"Boom!"
Beams of Formation light and oceans of Formation Scriptures erupted from Phoenix Terrace, relentlessly fuelling the City-Protecting Formation and the Nine Heavens Beyond the Clouds Grand Formation.
Even the most formidable fortress crumbles when its internal pillars collapse.
....
Li Weiyi carried the little girl on his back, wrapping her in the gray-black cloak Tang Wanzhou had given him.
After descending the cliff and reaching the ground, he immediately sensed danger.
Through the dense forest foliage, he spotted several dark figures flying toward them in the distance, their bodies radiating demonic energy like billowing clouds.
Li Weiyi immediately dove underground, affixed a Divine Swiftness Talisman to his chest, and raced eastward along an underground river at top speed.
In his mind, he recalled Zen Hai Guanwu's departing figure.
She had clearly intended to return and fight to the death, sending him, Yu Yaozi, and the Divine Martial Tower's scriptures away to preserve the foundation of Lingxiao Palace.
A powerful Intent surged from the surface, locking onto him.
"How could they be this fast? An Immortal Realm Giant?"
Li Weiyi was enhanced by the Divine Swiftness Talisman, his speed far surpassing that of ordinary Seventh Heaven or Eighth Heaven Martial-Mystic Cultivators.
Yet his pursuer, who had been over two hundred miles away, had closed the distance in mere moments.
He summoned the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear, channeled the earth's yin energy, and braced for battle.
"Boom!"
Strands of Blood Qi seeped through the ground above, followed by a massive collapse of the earth.
A young figure clad in Blood Handprint Demon Armor, wielding a serpentine spear, landed before the underground river.
Blood Qi surged from his body, his crimson wings retracted, and he stood ramrod straight, electric arcs dancing in his pupils.
The Dao Heart Manifestation enveloped Li Weiyi.
"As expected, the Demon Kingdom had other plans. They've hidden many of their people beneath the Immortal Plains. What are they plotting?"
"Fight!"
Li Weiyi summoned the Golden Crow Flame Armor, channeling both of his Martial-Mystic and Psychic Powers.
He unleashed a spear thrust with overwhelming force, a child's laughter echoing through the underground cavern.
Young Marquis Luo Tian, surprised by his opponent's youth, momentarily hesitated.
In the next instant, he focused his mind, crouched low with his legs bent, shifting his weight downward.
He raised the serpent spear horizontally, executing a Great Technique-level battle technique and Dao Technique.
"Boom! Boom!"
Countless spear shadows clashed, shattering the Underground River.
After a dozen exchanges, Li Weiyi leaped over the Young Marquis's head, abandoning the fight to charge toward the surface.
Now that he had been discovered and locked onto, fleeing underground would only slow him down.
The Young Marquis's arms burned with pain, blood seeping from his knuckles.
Thrilled by encountering such a formidable young expert, his battle intent surged as he immediately pursued Li Weiyi to the surface.
As Li Weiyi landed, he spotted a hundred-meter-long azure bird circling above the treetops. Its body radiated a celestial glow, and the gale generated by its wings swept across the surrounding fifty kilometers of mountain forest.
Clearly, the Demon Kingdom expert who had pursued them so swiftly had relied on this creature.
The Divine Wing Marquis's mount, the Windchaser Beast, possessed a cultivation at the eighth level of the Dao Seed Realm.
Yet its mastery of innate Dao Techniques allowed it to harness the power of the wind, achieving speeds rivaling those of Immortal Realm Giants.
"Whoosh!"
The Windchaser Beast spread its wings and swooped down, flattening a vast swath of forest, felling trees as thick as water buckets.
Li Weiyi executed evasive maneuvers, dodging with lightning speed.
"There!"
"A Martial-Mystic Cultivator who escaped the Cloud Heaven Immortal Plain at this time must be extraordinary, likely carrying invaluable treasures."
Three Bloodwing Clan Elders with formidable auras arrived first.
Two spread their crimson wings and soared above the treetops, while the third pursued on the ground.
All three had condensed Dao Fruits, making them top-tier figures in the Bloodwing Clan.
This qualified them to cross the distant Netherworld and plunder the Lingxiao Life Realm.
They attacked from three different directions, showing no underestimation of their foe.
Scriptures surged from their Ancestral Fields, enveloping their bodies in protective layers.
"Whoosh!"
As Li Weiyi sprinted, his eyes scanned all directions and his ears caught every sound.
Suddenly, he transformed into a ball of Purple Mist, vanishing into the void before the Elders' astonished eyes.
In the next instant, he reappeared above them, slamming down the fully charged Purple Heaven Thunder Seal with devastating force.
The Purple Heaven Thunder Seal transformed into a massive, several-zhang-wide artifact, unleashing a torrent of violet lightning that surged across a hundred-zhang radius.
"Pfft!"
A Seventh Heaven Elder of the Dao Seed Realm was instantly killed. Struck directly by the Thunder Seal, his body was reduced to bloody pulp in the deep crater.
Earthworm-like lightning patterns lingered over the bloody remains, refusing to dissipate.
The other two Elders were hurled backward by the thunderous force, both spitting out mouthfuls of blood.
This was the devastating strike of a Myriad-Character Artifact. Caught completely off guard, the three Elders had never anticipated their opponent's ability to teleport.
Li Weiyi acted with lightning speed.
Landing, he immediately pierced one Elder's skull with his spear.
Before he could withdraw the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear, he had already teleported to the other Elder.
The Elder had barely regained his footing when Li Weiyi materialized before him.
Roaring, he unleashed a storm of Spiritual Qi.
A pillar of golden light erupted from the Golden Crow Flame between Li Weiyi's brows, piercing through the Spiritual Qi storm.
With a palm strike, he shattered the Elder's heart through his battle armor.
"Pfft!"
The Cihang Enlightenment Finger shot out, shattering the Seventh Heaven Elder's throat.
The beam of light exited through the back of his neck.
By the time Young Marquis Luo Tian arrived, Li Weiyi had already released the Seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors to collect the three Elders' Dao Fruits.
He withdrew the blood-soaked Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear and cast a cold glance in their direction.
Having left Lingxiao City, Li Weiyi was now free from all constraints, able to employ any means necessary.
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END OF CHAPTER
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