Chapter 1165: Chapter 731: Blood River Celestial Killing
On the Dharma Platform, Ao Ping pressed fiercely against Gao Xuan, launching a wild attack. The spectators were marveling at Ao Ping’s bravery, while also feeling somewhat disappointed in Gao Xuan’s performance.
Right at that moment, the situation suddenly reversed, and Ao Ping was sliced into two pieces by a single sword.
This sword strike came so unexpectedly and profoundly that none of the strong practitioners present could clearly see the change in this sword strike.
Even Ao Ping, who was struck, did not know where this sword came from. Until the sword light fell, Ao Ping realized it was bad, but it was too late.
Ao Ping still wanted to rely on the Dragon Scale Armor to block this sword, but under the Hongyi Sword, the Dragon Scale Armor was as thin as paper.
Originally, Ao Ping had the Celestial Dragon Nine Transformations, which was the confidence that allowed him to compete with Gao Xuan.
The Celestial Dragon Nine Transformations does not equate to having nine lives, but it sets up nine layers of protection through nine types of divine power transformations. It’s meant to withstand nine lethal crises. It was almost impossible to be killed by one sword strike.
However, Gao Xuan’s Aurora Sword seemed casual, but it was blended with the Cutting Rune Technique from the Cyan Leaf Sword Technique.
The Aurora Sword Techniques in the Water Heaven Sword were originally based on the Aurora Law fused to achieve victory quickly.
Gao Xuan prided himself on pushing the Aurora Swift Sword to the extreme, until he encountered Aoba and was heavily taught a lesson by the Cyan Leaf Sword Technique. Only then did he realize there were many issues with his own swordsmanship.
The Celestial Realm only limits power, but it does not limit technique or sword intent.
The Cyan Leaf Sword Technique comes from the Sword Spirit, completely natural, yet its sword intent is superbly profound, nearly reaching the Dao.
From Gao Xuan’s perspective, the Cyan Leaf Sword Technique Realm is extremely high, so high that he cannot fully comprehend it now.
Even though Gao Xuan obtained Aoba’s memory and learned the full set of Cyan Leaf Sword Technique, he still hasn’t truly mastered the Ye Sword.
Because the Cyan Leaf Sword Technique is too high and strong, he cannot use the Water Heaven Sword Technique to integrate with the Ye Sword. However, he eventually learned two to three tenths of the Cyan Leaf Sword. Just those two to three tenths of the sword technique were enough to greatly advance his swordsmanship.
The same Aurora Sword, fused with three-tenths of the Cyan Leaf Sword’s Cutting Rune Technique. The sword strikes faster, with a sword intent that carries a fiercer sharpness that cuts through everything.
The improvement in the Sword Intent Realm elicited more power from the Profound Nether Curse Sea.
Thus, Ao Ping, despite having the Celestial Dragon Nine Transformations, was still killed by a single sword strike from Gao Xuan.
After Ao Ping was slain, Gao Xuan’s Eternal Celestial Dragon Claw did not absorb Ao Ping’s divine soul and essence blood; he only saw a golden Dragon Pearl shoot into the sky from Ao Ping’s shattered body.
Scarlet flame light flared on the golden Dragon Pearl, burning what was clearly Ao Ping’s shattered divine soul and essence blood.
There’s an issue with this Dragon Pearl!
Gao Xuan realized something was wrong, and just as he was about to strike and shatter this Dragon Pearl, the golden Dragon Pearl, already engulfed in scarlet flame light, shot up into the sky.
Above the Nine Heavens, a thunder light transformed into a giant dragon that emerged.
The giant dragon formed from deep blue thunder light occupied the entire sky, just the dragon’s head was comparable in size to Celestial Dragon Island.
The crowd looked up, only to see the gigantic head of the Thunder Dragon.
The Dragon Pearl flew up and landed precisely into the Thunder Dragon’s mouth, its originally blue and white eyes instantly stained with a red blood color. The once majestic Thunder Dragon now exuded a bloody and ruthless evil qi.
The many cultivators around the Dharma Platform felt a chill run through their bodies upon seeing this scene.
Many cultivators with shallow cultivation levels were so scared that they collapsed on the spot. Some were even scared to death instantly.
It wasn’t because they were cowardly; the powerful evil qi released by the Thunder Dragon was akin to a Formless Sword Artifact, launching a direct attack on all cultivators present.
Ninety-nine percent of the cultivators couldn’t withstand the evil qi released by the Thunder Dragon.
Only cultivators above Spirit Immortal could steadily block the Thunder Dragon’s evil qi. Below Spirit Immortal level, either their cultivation was pure and their divine soul was refined, or they had a Body-Protecting Spiritual Artifact, or they were protected by a mentor, thus surviving the Thunder Dragon’s evil qi release.
Out of the hundreds of thousands of cultivators attending the conference, at least twenty thousand died on the spot. Over half were injured.
The scene was quite tragic.
For a moment, many Major Sect experts were filled with a mix of shock and anger, collectively looking towards Ao Dongcheng in the main position.
Gao Xuan killed Ao Ping, how could Ao Dongcheng vent his anger on them?
Jiang Yumei, Bai Yunsheng, and Withered Wood, the three Daoist Sect experts, however, turned pale, not with anger, but with shock and fear.
The situation was now very clear; Ao Ping was dead, Ao Dongcheng didn’t want to personally engage with Gao Xuan, so he directly activated the Grand Array.
Moreover, Ao Dongcheng wanted to annihilate all cultivators, leaving no survivors.
This Thunder Dragon in the sky was also quite malicious.
Though the three experts of the Daoist Sect had already set a countermeasure, upon seeing such an adverse situation, they still panicked.
The three didn’t have time to discuss anything, and directly activated the Tai Chi Xuan Du Array they had prepared.
This array is based on Yin and Yang transformations, constructing the Profound City transformations.
The Profound City, in legend, is the residence of the Daoist Sect Celestial Venerable, the highest level Divine Palace.
The Tai Chi Xuan Du Array is the fundamental Grand Array of the Daoist Sect, the most profound feature of this array is that it can coordinate the strength of all cultivators. The more cultivators that join, the greater the power of the array.
The three top Human Immortals of the Daoist Sect simultaneously activated the sect’s Divine Artifact, using three powerful Divine Artifacts as the foundation, connecting the breath of all sect disciples to form the Tai Chi Xuan Du Array.
A purple palace emerged, completely enveloping the disciples of the three sects.
The Tai Chi Xuan Du Array came together, immediately blocking the Thunder Dragon’s evil qi outside.
The Buddhist Sect reacted quickly as well, almost simultaneously activating the Five Hundred Arhat Array.
The Five Hundred Arhats is a general term, not restricting the number of participants. The Five Hundred Arhat Array, like the Tai Chi Xuan Du Array, the more people join, the stronger the array.
The Buddhist Sect has always been united, though Xuan Ye ultimately acted quite unscrupulously, sending Jin Xiang away alone and taking the Dragon Elephant Demon-Slaying Pestle with him.
