Chapter 236
Chapter 236
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: [Unknown]
Chapter Title: Birth of the Dragon-Stripping Divine Wonder
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Ye Guyue fled, so Lu Yang turned his attention to Sui Ying. The two exchanged a glance, each seeing wariness and urgency in the other's eyes.
The wariness was, of course, due to each other's strength. Lu Yang's hand had been revealed, losing the element of surprise, and dealing with this True Dragon King was clearly unrealistic. Sui Ying was in the same boat.
As for the urgency, it stemmed from the massive commotion of their earlier clash, which had drawn some real heavyweights.
With that in mind, Lu Yang spoke up at once.
"Split it in two?"
Sui Ying's golden eyes swirled as he considered it, but he showed no hesitation and nodded immediately.
"Agreed!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, the two appeared together, each grabbing one corner of the Shade Dragon Water. They tore at it simultaneously, splitting the spiritual embryo in half!
In the next instant, Sui Ying's figure vanished into the distance.
Lu Yang stowed away his half of the Shade Dragon Water, then formed hand seals. He once more concealed his form and aura with Star Concealing Brilliance, vanishing from the spot as well.
A moment later, beams of escaping light arrived.
Sweeping the area with divine sense, they found only the shattered remnants of a great battle, which gave them a slight start. What lay before their eyes was a vast, bizarre spectacle.
The ground was patched with spiderweb cracks, while more than half the surrounding mountains and forests had been sheared away. The clouds overhead had been brutally parted from the center toward both sides, revealing a massive sword scar like a heavenly chasm. Even now, clouds continued surging toward the mark to fill it in.
One could only imagine the power of that sword.
Those who had come to investigate felt a twinge of relief—they were lucky to have arrived a bit late, or that strike would have been beyond their ability to withstand.
The escaping lights circled the area a few more times. Finding nothing, they decisively gave up and sped off to the next site of opportunity.
Meanwhile, Lu Yang had found a forested mountain to rest temporarily.
"Half a Shade Dragon Water should still be usable."
Though splitting it in two had greatly diminished its value as a spiritual embryo—making it insufficient for refining into a spiritual treasure or pill—Lu Yang didn't mind.
After all, he wasn't skilled in artifact or pill refining to begin with. He had seized this spiritual embryo solely to nurture the Avici Sword, using it as fodder.
"Master!"
Soon, as Lu Yang offered up the Avici Sword, spiritual light flickered along its blade. The sword spirit—a little girl in a red padded jacket—leaped out joyfully.
She couldn't have been more satisfied with Lu Yang as her sword master. Not only did he slaughter a few Foundation Establishment cultivators for her every few days, but he also fed her such premium spiritual embryos. She had thought her old master, the Blood Devil True Person, was impressive, but compared to Lu Yang, he seemed downright feeble.
"Eat it." Lu Yang pressed down on the sword spirit's head.
"Nom!"
Her mouth split wide open in an instant, swallowing the Shade Dragon Water whole. She patted her round belly, then turned into light and flew back into the sword.
In the next second, the Avici Sword's aura shifted.
As Lu Yang had expected, with half the Shade Dragon Water devoured, the sword—which had already neared its limit—truly began manifesting its fourth profound wonder!
Brilliant hues bloomed one after another across the Avici Sword.
Man Slaughter, Treading Danger, Famous Vessel. The three wonders flanked the blade like stars cupping the moon, together giving rise to the fourth.
Moments later, a brand-new radiance emerged, accompanied by lines of causality.
Lu Yang pinched his fingers to divine it, and information on the fresh wonder instantly surfaced in his mind.
Its name: Dragon-Stripping!
This divine ability was utterly insidious. It split off a beam of sword light from the Avici Sword—not a physical entity, but a phantasm that harmed no one physically.
For this sword light specialized in severing merit and fortune!
Thus, being struck by the Avici Sword was no longer just a matter of injury. One's merit and fortune would suffer as well. Struck enough times, it was no different from a heavenly tribulation!
Take Ye Guyue, for example. If the Avici Sword had borne the Dragon-Stripping wonder back then, Ye Guyue wouldn't have calmly and rationally turned to flee. Instead, calamity qi would have clouded her mind, driving her to clash head-on with utter disregard for the consequences—and she would surely have fallen to his blade!
"Incredible..."
Lu Yang was utterly taken with the Avici Sword now. Especially after coalescing the fourth wonder, its aura grew ever more transcendent.
In simple terms, it was drawing ever closer to the Imperial Mansion Golden Seal Tushita True Edict!
"That Imperial Mansion Golden Seal Tushita True Edict was a half-true treasure refined by Fortune Daoist. If the Avici Sword gathers five wonders, it might just reach that level!"
As Lu Yang thrilled over this, Tingyou Ancestor quietly manifested.
"Something's off."
Her puzzled words snapped Lu Yang back to composure. He turned to her.
"Ancestor, what seems wrong?"
"This wonder is off."
Tingyou Ancestor frowned.
"The Shade Dragon Water is chen earth, the utmost yin earth, the tomb of water. Yet your Avici Sword was forged from geng metal qi.
"By rights, a geng metal artifact buried in water and earth should fall silent. Metal is cold, water colder still, prone to submergence. Even if swallowing it doesn't damage your Avici Sword, the resulting wonder shouldn't be too powerful... But this Dragon-Stripping far exceeds expectations. It means the two didn't repel each other."
"Quite the opposite—they meshed."
At this point, bewilderment filled Tingyou Ancestor's face.
"But geng metal is yang metal, chen earth is yin earth. Yang metal and yin earth shouldn't harmonize."
"How could this be?"
Just then, Lu Yang's heart stirred.
In the next instant, the Formless Sword leaped from his sleeve on its own. The strand of xin metal qi refined into it fluctuated wildly, ringing with sword cries.
"Martial Uncle Chongguang... looking for me?"
Lu Yang understood at once. This strand of xin metal qi was likely what Chongguang True Person, reborn as an immortal spirit, had deliberately left behind from his former body.
It was normal for them to sense each other.
"But should I go just because you call?"
Lu Yang sneered coldly. He guessed that even if Chongguang True Person lived, he must be extremely weakened now. This summons was probably because he'd run into trouble.
Wanting him to go block the disaster again?
As Lu Yang pondered, his brows suddenly shot up. Though concealed, he was constantly divining with the Heaven-Scrutinizing Instrument, its bing fire light illuminating the six directions and eight reaches.
Now, he spotted something amiss.
Within the blessed land, beyond the Shade Dragon Water, the other three innate divine abilities had been claimed one by one. The entire blessed land trembled violently as a result.
This upheaval was like pulling the main beams from a house. At the blessed land's center, in the void abyss, a vast expanse of golden light had no choice but to emerge, replacing the four innate divine abilities to prop up the blessed land anew. But it only held the central region; the periphery had begun collapsing.
"This is forcing everyone toward the center... forcing me over?"
Lu Yang's expression grew grave. Not everyone was so greedy—some True Persons who knew their limits had simply grabbed peripheral gains and hidden away.
But now, they could hide no longer.
With the blessed land crumbling from the edges, the survivable zone shrank. Those in the collapsing areas risked being outright crushed by the blessed land's power!
"What a brilliant open scheme!" Lu Yang clapped, laughing.
Clear Pure Flying Snow True Lord had ordered a strict investigation—he couldn't leave the blessed land. But as long as he stayed, he had to head to the center and meet Chongguang.
As for that swath of golden light at the center, Lu Yang had guessed its origin.
It was Chongguang True Person's lifebound divine ability.
Illumination Flying Scenery Chart!
"If Chongguang True Person truly lives, his soul must be within. And this lifebound divine ability emerged on its own to forcibly sustain the blessed land..."
"His Dao heart is resolute. He hasn't given up yet."
At that moment, the Dharma eye on Lu Yang's brow twitched. Under the bing fire light's illumination, he spotted several escaping lights hurtling in from the periphery.
One ahead, three behind—clearly, someone was being pursued.
By their auras, all four were early Foundation Establishment. The leader held steady against the three pursuers, relying entirely on a blaze of brilliant treasures.
Lu Yang focused his gaze, and a strange expression crept over his face. The one being chased was none other than Chongguang's son, Chongming!