Chapter 948: Chapter 948: Taking Action
The four from Kao Mountain found themselves in an awkward situation. Their power indeed suppressed the Jade Solitary Sword, but merely relying on the mountain’s power was not enough to completely suppress the sword. They needed to use their own Primordial Energy as an aid to fully suppress the sword, preventing it from having any chance of escape.
They tried several times, but once the mountain lost their support of Primordial Energy, the mountain would start to tremble, and the sword’s singing would gradually grow louder, as if it might break out from beneath the mountain at any moment.
However, their Primordial Energy was not inexhaustible; sooner or later, it would run out at this rate.
The four from Kao Mountain secretly lamented. Even if their Primordial Energy could always last, they couldn’t just do nothing and guard this mountain their whole lives responsible for suppressing this sword.
"We find it hard to completely suppress the Jade Solitary Sword. Sir, do you have any means to lend us a hand?" Kao Mountain felt this wasn’t a solution, so he asked Chen Guan.
"Even with your combined strength, it’s difficult to suppress it. Even if I intervene, I fear it wouldn’t make much difference, but I can assist you in suppressing the Jade Solitary Sword, allowing you to rest and restore your Primordial Energy," Chen Guan replied.
"That’s not a long-term solution either. Our Primordial Energy is ultimately limited, we can’t spend our whole lives suppressing just this sword, then there’s only one solution." Kao Mountain pondered and said, "We can only open the portal of the Immortal Mountain Sect and send the Jade Solitary Sword outside."
Though Miao Shan was a bit reluctant, she understood there was no better option.
Thus, the four opened the portal and directly sent the Jade Solitary Sword, pressed under the mountain, outside.
The process was equally arduous; the four controlled the mountain, moving the Jade Solitary Sword from beneath to outside the Immortal Mountain Sect.
Having completed everything, the four immediately closed the sect’s portal.
The Jade Solitary Sword remained suppressed under the mountain, unable to return before the portal was shut, isolated outside.
Kao Mountain breathed a slight sigh of relief. "Yu Guzi was certainly a top-tier Secret Spirit of the present age, and the Jade Solitary Sword is a rare Divine Object. No wonder Yu Guzi was countered to death by it; its power is terrifying beyond words."
"It’s a pity such a Divine Object cannot be used by us," Gan Shan lamented.
"Indeed, if we could tame this sword for junior sister to use, her combat power would greatly improve, comparable even to the top beings among the Sky Secret Spirit," Duan Shan said.
"As long as things are stable," Miao Shan, though somewhat regretful, chose to comfort.
While speaking, they suddenly noticed unusual lights flashing in the sky.
Everyone looked up at the distant sky to see it split like a zipper, a crack appeared, and crystalline jade light shot forth from it.
The next moment, they saw the Jade Solitary Sword slowly emerge from the spatial rift.
Everyone’s expressions changed drastically, not expecting the Jade Solitary Sword to quickly escape the mountain’s suppression, not only that, it directly tore through the void and forcibly entered the Secret Realm of the Immortal Mountain Sect.
The Jade Solitary Sword’s terrifying ability exceeded their imagination, and it seemed this sword was quite vengeful.
Upon reentering the Immortal Mountain Sect, it immediately targeted the group, its tip directed toward the four from Kao Mountain, the jade light upon its blade flickering, as if on the verge of going berserk.
"Join forces to suppress!" Kao Mountain shouted gruffly, and the four joined again, intending to use the Divine Power of Moving Mountains to suppress the Jade Solitary Sword.
Seeing the mountain descending once more, this time the Jade Solitary Sword did not get swiftly suppressed.
The jade light on its blade coalesced, forming a sword light that nearly spanned the horizon, and in an instant, it sliced skyward against the descending mountain.
Where the sword light passed, the mountain, not yet fully descended, was cleaved in two and fell aside.
"Beyond mountains there are mountains, and beyond skies there are skies, the Eight Desolations gather, the Six Harmonies unite... Suppress..." With Kao Mountain’s roar, the group’s Divine Power transformed, exerting strength once more.
The mountain, split into two, seemed gripped by two invisible hands, forcibly recombined, and clamped the Jade Solitary Sword within.
At the juncture where the mountains met, jade light surged, forming a line of light, the inner sword hum constantly reverberating.
Though the four exerted all their might, they could only keep the Jade Solitary Sword within the mountain, struggling to fully close it.
At this rate, it’s uncertain whether the four’s Primordial Energy or the Jade Solitary Sword’s energy would deplete first.
Chen Guan saw clearly; the Jade Solitary Sword possessed the attribute of breaking through the void, a nemesis to the Secret Realm Pearl.
The Secret Realm Pearl is a spatial type of Celestial Secret Treasure; this was complete suppression.
"No, I can’t let the Jade Solitary Sword fall into others’ hands," Chen Guan thought.
With other Secret Treasures, sending them into the Secret Realm Pearl would trap them in the Secret Realm’s space.
But this Jade Solitary Sword’s void-breaking attribute renders this ineffective.
If this sword were to fall into someone else’s hands, it posed a threat to Chen Guan.
Chen Guan pondered how to suppress the Jade Solitary Sword.
The sword’s ability to cut through space meant defeating it seemed easier than suppressing it.
Suppressing an entity capable of slicing through space was akin to imprisoning a thief with a master key inside a prison full of unlocked doors.
No matter how tightly sealed, it was futile against someone who could open doors.
Even using the Frosty Cotton Hand to freeze it inside, as long as the icy power isn’t continuous, once it regained strength, it could slip through the void anyway.
"A pity that the Disabling Fist works only on conventional creatures, whereas it’s ineffective on Secret Treasures like the Jade Solitary Sword," Chen Guan thought, seeing no other solution but to directly shatter the sword.
"That’s how it’ll have to be," Chen Guan resolved, taking the golden monkey and flying toward the mountain.
Upon reaching the mountain, he instructed the four, "Open a seam and let it come towards me."
Kao Mountain and the others swiftly complied, opening a seam in the reunited mountain.
Almost as soon as the gap opened, the Jade Solitary Sword transformed into a sword light and flew out from it.
Yet, no matter how fast, it couldn’t outpace the golden monkey’s lightning, getting struck by golden thunder just as it emerged.
The Jade Solitary Sword froze in mid-air, its body twitching incessantly.
Seizing the moment, Chen Guan grasped the sword’s hilt with one hand while pinching the blade with his other fingers.
