Chapter 947: Chapter 947: Suppression
Chen Guan saw that the Jade Solitary Sword had already aligned with Miao Shan’s sword intent, knowing that it was most likely going to be claimed by Miao Shan.
The synchronicity of sword intent, a form of soul consciousness, is almost unstoppable.
Can you resist the temptation of someone you’re attracted to at a soul level? Most people clearly cannot.
As Miao Shan’s sword intent surged, the Jade Solitary Sword became increasingly in sync with Miao Shan’s sword intent, resonating more and more, merging into one indistinguishable whole.
Kao Mountain, Duan Shan, and Gan Shan were all equally delighted; if Miao Shan could obtain the Jade Solitary Sword, it would greatly enhance her power.
However, as the resonance continued, Miao Shan’s expression changed from initial excitement to later discomfort, and then to horror.
Chen Guan and the others noticed the problem. The Jade Solitary Sword was indeed increasingly resonating with Miao Shan’s sword intent, but Miao Shan’s sword intent appeared unable to withstand the resonance.
Not all benefits are advantageous, nor are all seemingly happy events necessarily joyful; love can sometimes bring harm.
Gold falling from the sky is a good thing, but if it’s larger than a football field, it becomes a disaster.
Now, Miao Shan was experiencing this; she discovered her sword intent could not endure the resonance of the Jade Solitary Sword.
Miao Shan’s sword intent domain vibrated more intensely, and as the Jade Solitary Sword integrated, the palace constructed of sword intent began crumbling constantly, unable to withstand the closeness of the Jade Solitary Sword.
It’s like a group of ants inviting an elephant into their home; the elephant responds to the goodwill and enthusiastically enters. But with one step, the ants’ home faces destruction.
This is merely an exaggerated metaphor. Miao Shan was still striving to sustain her sword intent domain, but the strength of the Jade Solitary Sword’s sword intent had reached unimaginable levels. Though both were sword intents, even somewhat similar, Miao Shan’s sword intent couldn’t compare to that of the Jade Solitary Sword.
Boom!
Despite Miao Shan’s unwillingness and reluctance, her sword intent shattered in its resonance with the Jade Solitary Sword, transforming into dreams and illusions. Only the Jade Solitary Sword’s sword intent echoed alone in the sky, like a lone swan flying in the vast world.
The Jade Solitary Sword darted back and forth across the sky of the Immortal Mountain Sect, its sword song reverberating like a phoenix singing high in the air, waiting for its kin to respond.
But ultimately its tune was too unique to find a companion.
Miao Shan’s shattered sword intent did not injure her, but her spirit took a significant hit.
She forced a smile, saying, "This Jade Solitary Sword might not be as terrifying as we imagined, but it’s also not as ordinary as we speculated. Taming it is not easy. Fortunately, it resonated with my sword intent; as long as we don’t provoke it, it shouldn’t pose a threat..."
"Since it can’t be tamed, then we’ll have to use strong measures to suppress it," Duan Shan said, casting his gaze toward Kao Mountain.
Kao Mountain pondered and said, "With junior sister Miao Shan’s sword intent, we can still coexist peacefully with it. But if we use thunderous measures and fail, it might be hard to coexist peacefully again."
"The Jade Solitary Sword is at most a hundred-level, and we are also hundred-level. With our combined strength, can’t we suppress it?" Duan Shan, learning from the lesson of betting against Chen Guan earlier, no longer attempted a one-on-one confrontation with the Jade Solitary Sword, correctly choosing to combine the strength of all four to suppress it.
Kao Mountain remained hesitant; the sword had instilled a psychological shadow before, and now it manifested such strength. If their combined might was insufficient to suppress it, it could spell trouble.
He hesitated for a moment and looked at Chen Guan for advice: "What is your opinion, Mr. Chen?"
"This sword is rebellious and difficult to tame; leaving it here could be a calamity," Chen Guan also wanted to see the might of this Jade Solitary Sword.
"Given this, we ask you, sir, to oversee the proceedings. If things go awry, we hope you can assist us," Kao Mountain said, buying insurance in case the four couldn’t suppress the Jade Solitary Sword and needing Chen Guan’s help.
Chen Guan nodded in agreement. Now that the Immortal Mountain Sect was his base within the Celestial Secret Realm, he naturally couldn’t leave such an unstable element.
With Chen Guan’s assurance, the four prepared to act against the Jade Solitary Sword.
Chen Guan had seen them join forces to kill the Golden War God before. Now that they assembled again, terrifying primordial energy rose from them, converging tightly.
In the next instant, Chen Guan saw a giant mountain shatter the void, descending from the spatial rift toward the Jade Solitary Sword to suppress it.
Due to the mountain’s immense size, even after pressing the Jade Solitary Sword below, its full mass had still not emerged from the spatial rift—its true height unknown.
Chen Guan was secretly shocked, realizing the mountain-moving divine power used by the four was evidently stronger than that of the Grand Sage.
Judging by the mountain’s size and mass, it was a far stronger force than any summit moved by the Grand Sage.
The Jade Solitary Sword, capable of slicing through voids at will, failed to cut through the massive mountain and was forcefully suppressed into the earth’s dust.
The entire Secret Realm within the Immortal Mountain Sect was upheaved by the mountain’s pressure, causing a terrifying hurricane that almost overturned the realm.
The four’s combined strike nearly shook the entire Secret Realm of the Immortal Mountain Sect.
The sword song, faintly audible from beneath the mountain, indicated the Jade Solitary Sword had not been shattered but continued to resist the mountain.
Kao Mountain and the others intensified their secret technique of divine power, prompting the mountain to continue emerging from the spatial rift, aiming to fully embed it within the Immortal Mountain Sect to suppress the Jade Solitary Sword.
As the mountain continued its descent from the spatial rift, compressing the ground surface downward, almost a hundred units were sunk into the earth until finally emerging fully from the spatial rift as a gigantic pillar piercing through layers of clouds, upholding the celestial firmament of the Immortal Mountain Sect.
At this point, the Jade Solitary Sword’s sword song could no longer be heard, and Kao Mountain and the others sighed in relief, gently withdrawing their respective primordial energies.
Using this massive mountain to suppress the Jade Solitary Sword ensured the Immortal Mountain Sect would not be troubled again, nor would there be concern of the Jade Solitary Sword acting violently one day.
Yet, as their primordial energies receded, the sword song resonated from beneath the earth once more, causing the mountain to tremor slightly.
All four were astonished, quickly halting the withdrawal of their energies and pouring them back into the mountain to bolster the suppression of the Jade Solitary Sword.
