Chapter 332: Chapter 319: Taibai Geng Metal Sword Qi
The White Cloud Sword Sect and the Profound Water Sect are both Golden Core sects within Yunxia Country, having been established here for two to three thousand years, with their positions remaining stable.
The young man in white with a sword on his back, Tuoba Gui, is a direct disciple of a Golden Core stage cultivator from the White Cloud Sword Sect, while the blue-robed middle-aged cultivator, Zhu Wuya, is also a disciple of a Golden Core stage cultivator from the Profound Water Sect.
The relationship between these two sects has always been good, so when Zhu Wuya discovered last time that he could not defeat the "Canglan Cloud Tiger" alone to obtain the spiritual object, he shared the news with his close friend Tuoba Gui from the White Cloud Sword Sect, inviting him to join the treasure hunt.
They both have accumulated two pieces of "Cloud Mist Immortal Tea," and if they each obtain another piece, they can drink it, increasing their cultivation by ten years.
Because of this, even knowing Zhouyang is difficult to provoke, they are unwilling to let Zhouyang consume the treasure alone.
According to their thinking, two against one, even if they can’t defeat Zhouyang in the end, it wouldn’t be difficult to retreat.
But this notion was proved laughable when Zhouyang’s sharp methods quickly made them realize how ridiculous their thinking was once the real fight started.
In terms of swordsmanship, Zhouyang’s ten "Great Derivation Divine Light Sword" attacks left Tuoba Gui from the White Cloud Sword Sect defenseless.
In terms of artifacts, Zhouyang’s "Thousand Blade Disc" and "Azure Dragon Cauldron" used for attack and defense left Zhu Wuya from the Profound Water Sect only capable of defending, without any power to retaliate.
Within just a quarter of an hour of combat, Tuoba Gui and Zhu Wuya were completely on the defensive, with defeat staring them in the face.
"Brother Zhu, help me for a moment, I will activate the sword talisman given to me by my master."
The young man in white, Tuoba Gui, looked glum, struggling to control his flying sword to fend off Zhouyang’s attacks, anxiously transmitting his request for help to his companion.
Zhu Wuya was startled upon hearing his companion, then hurried to stop him via transmission, "Brother Tuoba, you mustn’t! That sword talisman is given to you by your master for protection, it’s not worth it for just a piece of [Cloud Mist Immortal Tea]!"
"As long as I can kill this guy, it’s all worth it!"
The young man in white, Tuoba Gui, showed a ruthless expression, moved his body quickly behind Zhu Wuya, reached into his arms, and took out a silver-white token the size of a palm, activated by injecting magical power into it.
"Brother Tuoba, you..."
Zhu Wuya’s face changed, then he gritted his teeth, cast a spell quickly, and soon deployed the protective divine technique "Water Dragon Profound Water Shield" from the Profound Water Scripture, the sect’s technique of the Profound Water Sect, forming a blue shield encircled by water dragons to protect the young man in white Tuoba Gui within.
Then he also recalled all his artifacts to fly around him, forming a stance of defense to the death.
Hmm?
Zhouyang witnessed the actions of the two opponents, slightly frowning, with a sudden sense of foreboding.
The actions of the young man in white, Tuoba Gui, did not escape him; even if unaware of the mysteries within the silver token in the opponent’s hand, his countless experiences in magical combat told him he must not allow the enemy to easily display their trump cards.
"A Thousand Cuts!"
With a low shout, the silver blades split from the "Thousand Blade Disc" quickly brightened and split into three, forming three blades, then countless silver blades formed a whirlwind shape, spinning madly toward the young man in white, Tuoba Gui.
Under this blade whirlwind’s rotation, the "Water Dragon Profound Water Shield" protecting Tuoba Gui immediately issued unbearable sounds of "crack-crack," with numerous fine cracks appearing on its surface.
Seeing this, Zhu Wuya was shocked, hastily charging his blue short halberd artifact into the blade whirlwind, trying to weaken its power.
It must be said, his goal was achieved; under the interference from the blue short halberd artifact, the whirlwind attack transferred several degrees of power onto this artifact.
But he paid a painful price for this, that is, his Tier Four Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact used for decades was directly sliced with countless cracks by the whirlwind, no longer capable of repair!
Meanwhile, the young man in white, Tuoba Gui, finally completed the activation of the treasure in his hand after a period of preparation.
Within the shield, he threw the silver token toward Zhouyang, and it "boom" exploded into powder in mid-air.
At the same time, a platinum sword qi, causing Zhouyang’s scalp to tingle, suddenly shot out from the token, slashing directly towards him.
"Azure Dragon Suppressing the Sea!"
"Qianyang Golden Body!"
Without thinking, Zhouyang immediately channeled most of his magical power into the "Azure Dragon Cauldron" suspended above him, activating the strongest defensive divine technique attached to this Tier Four High-grade Spiritual Artifact.
Then, feeling it was not enough, he channeled the remaining magical power to perform the "Qianyang Golden Body" divine technique.
As the sound of dragon chants echoed, the "Azure Dragon Cauldron" suddenly radiated bright green light, flying in front of Zhouyang to block the sword qi’s path.
However, in the next instant, the giant bronze cauldron "clang" flew back, crashing into Zhouyang, sending him flying back hundreds of feet, directly smashing into the ground on the island behind him.
In the sky, the young man in white, Tuoba Gui, saw this scene, a flash of joy on his pale face, hurriedly telling Zhu Wuya, "Brother Zhu, the rest is up to you, you must not let that guy go!"
To activate that sword talisman, he had exhausted seventy percent of his magical power, combined with the power consumed by previous magical combat, he had essentially lost the strength to deal with Zhouyang.
"Brother Tuoba, rest assured, having been struck by your master’s [Taibai Geng Metal Sword Qi] divine technique, that kid, even if not dead, must be only half-alive. If I can’t take care of him even then, wouldn’t I have lived in vain for hundreds of years!"
Zhu Wuya nodded vigorously, then his figure moved, controlling his sword to fly towards the place where Zhouyang had fallen.
But what Zhu Wuya never expected was that just as he flew over the place where Zhouyang had fallen, ready to check the situation, his divine soul suddenly pained, like a steel needle piercing into his brain, making his whole body spasm, almost falling off his flying sword.
Not good!
The unbearable pain in his divine soul did not make Zhu Wuya completely lose consciousness. With his remaining consciousness, he hurriedly used his protective spiritual artifact to guard himself.
Unfortunately, although he made the right choice, he did not expect that Zhouyang could still unleash a powerful counterattack after being struck by the "Taibai Geng Metal Sword Qi" divine technique.
A flash of golden sword light, and the wooden shield spiritual artifact Zhu Wuya used for protection was pierced through by sword Qi, then his head was separated from his body.
"Brother Zhu!"
The white-robed young man, Tuoba Gui, was so shocked by this scene that his soul nearly left his body.
The change came too suddenly; he had no mental preparation at all.
"How could this be! The sword talisman granted by my master, with eighty percent of the power of him personally unleashing the [Taibai Geng Metal Sword Qi] divine technique, even a Ninth-Layer Purple Mansion Stage Cultivator would be easily killed if caught unaware!"
"How could you have survived the sword Qi! How could you still have the strength to counterattack!"
He looked at Zhouyang, who had somehow climbed back onto the ground, with an expression full of disbelief.
He had just activated a sword talisman, its power even stronger than an ordinary Tier Five Spirit Talisman, made by embedding the divine power of a Golden Core Stage Cultivator into a special container.
The platinum-colored sword Qi that formed after activating the sword talisman could completely be considered as a Golden Core Stage Cultivator personally unleashing a divine technique.
Besides having only one use, the sword talisman’s preciousness even surpassed that of talisman treasures.
The most crucial point was that while every Golden Core Stage Cultivator could make talisman treasures, very few could make such sword talisman-like treasures.
To make such treasures, not only does one need special crafting skills, but the materials required are also high-grade, with a high chance of failure.
Therefore, even cultivators who knew how to make such treasures rarely made them.
Tuoba Gui’s master had made such a sword talisman for him due to their special relationship, spending great costs for his protection.
He originally thought that with this sword talisman for protection, even confronting a Ninth-Layer Purple Mansion Stage Cultivator wouldn’t be a problem.
He never expected he couldn’t even handle a Second-Layer Purple Mansion Stage Cultivator!
This massive psychological gap left him unable to accept it for a moment.
"Cough cough cough, Tuoba Gui of the White Cloud Sword Sect, right? I’ll remember you!"
On the ground, Zhouyang, his clothes in tatters and blood spewing from his mouth, coughed violently. The intermittent voice reached the ears of the white-robed young Tuoba Gui.
Upon hearing these words, Tuoba Gui’s face changed, and cold sweat spread across his back.
With the previous example of Zhu Ziyu from the Purple Star Sect, Tuoba Gui did not dare to doubt the authenticity of Zhouyang’s words.
If Zhouyang truly survived, he would surely find an opportunity to revenge in reverse.
"My master wouldn’t lie to me! You must be bluffing! Yes, you must be bluffing!"
"The previous strike must have exhausted all your magical power, right?"
"Hahaha, how could such bluffs scare me, Tuoba Gui! I, Tuoba Gui, am not easily scared!"
In the sky, Tuoba Gui stared intently at where Zhouyang was, suddenly laughing, his laughter full of self-satisfied confidence.
Then, with a movement of sword light at his feet, he flew towards the valley where Zhouyang was.
Zhouyang, outside the valley, seeing this, his face slightly changed, hurriedly turned to retreat into the valley, not even sparing the effort to clean up Zhu Wuya’s corpse.
Seeing this scene, the body of the white-robed young Tuoba Gui relaxed, realizing he had bet correctly. Zhouyang was indeed bluffing to scare him!
Thinking of this, while he breathed a sigh of relief, he was also filled with shame and anger, because just now he was almost scared off by Zhouyang’s bluff.
"Damn kid, once I catch you, I’ll chop off your limbs, cut out your tongue, and gouge out your eyes, so you understand the cost of deceiving me, Tuoba Gui!"
His eyes flickered with a vicious light, and his entire body brimming with murderous intent.