Invincible Starts From Dao Fruit-Chapter 221 - 182: Wang Shan, You’re So Despicable! [Vote for Monthly Tickets!]
Chapter 221: Chapter 182: Wang Shan, You’re So Despicable! [Vote for Monthly Tickets!]
"Hmm?"
Chen Jichuan slashed Lu Zheng with his sword and sensed a murderous aura coming from the west. His spirit tightened with a feeling of impending doom.
"A hidden arrow?"
"Sun-shooting Divine Mountain?!"
His mind raced, and Chen Jichuan guessed the identity of the visitor.
He dared not be careless.
Immediately, he raised his Protective Sword Shield and used the Catkins Body Method. With a flick of his hand, seven Yellow Essence Swords descended like stars, shooting straight towards the western sky.
Swords departed, the map scattered.
From within fell a corpse, with a square face and bulging eyes.
It was ’Sealing the Four Seas’ Lu Zheng!
"Grandmaster!"
"Grand Ancestor!"
Exclamations came from the north bank of White Horse Lake, as the Black Armored Army of the Xingyi Sect was filled with shock and despair. The Gang Strength leader’s face changed dramatically, with both fury and panic.
As Chen Jichuan faced the hidden arrow.
This person flew forward, intending to retrieve the Reincarnation Spear, Reincarnation Armor, and Lu Zheng’s body.
"Looking for death!"
Seeing this, Chen Jichuan coldly sneered.
He gently stomped his foot, activating the ’Heaven and Earth Net Spell,’ covering the entire White Horse Lake, including the Gang Strength expert.
Without Chen Jichuan’s command, Wang Yan already grasped his sword and rushed forward—
"Thief, face my sword!"
A commanding shout that was soul-stirring.
Followed by the rise of sword light, enveloping the person within, and in one round, beheading them.
"Hiss!"
"Who is this person, so formidable?"
"That was the Great Grandmaster of Xingyi Sect, ’Shaking Sky Pass’ Zhou Tianyang, unable to withstand even a single sword?!"
"The sky is changing! The sky is changing! Now it’s definitely changing!"
"’Sealing the Four Seas’ Lu Zheng and ’Shaking Sky Pass’ Zhou Tianyang were consecutively killed, and two peerless masters of the Taixu Sword Sect emerged. The balance shifts, and Xingyi Sect is in peril!"
...
Chen Jichuan slew Lu Zheng.
Wang Yan slew Zhou Tianyang.
All in the blink of an eye, stunning those around with a constant roar of amazement.
Wang Yan paid no mind, knowing it was Junior Master’s help. Without further thought, she raised her sword and loudly shouted, "Follow me to battle!"
Behind her.
The Blood Clothes Army moved—
"Kill!"
Following Wang Yan, they charged at the Black Armored Army.
A great battle erupted.
On Chen Jichuan’s side.
Sword Qi turned into a shield, layer by layer weakening the edge of the hidden arrow, his body moved with the wind, removing the force of the arrow, ultimately unharmed.
"Chop!"
At the same time, the seven Yellow Essence Swords drew a yellow arc in the air, rushing towards the hidden arrow shooter in the western sky.
"Cannot resist!"
"Retreat!"
Li Rong had no will to fight.
His initial intent was to ally with Lu Zheng, to eliminate this ’Wang Shan,’ preventing the Taixu Sword Sect from dominating with three Void Nether experts.
But he had some ulterior motives.
He planned to act when Lu Zheng and Chen Jichuan were both exhausted or had mutually injured each other, playing the role of a fisherman benefiting.
But he never expected that the dignified Old Ancestor of the Xingyi Sect, known as ’Sealing the Four Seas’ Lu Zheng, could not hold out for even a brief moment within the Sword Qi Map and was slain in the blink of an eye.
In fact.
Seeing Lu Zheng trapped, he knew it was bad, and he acted as quickly as possible.
But it was still a step too slow.
Now without Lu Zheng’s support, he dared not confront the fierce opponent below alone.
Thus, he commanded the Thunder Divine Eagle to escape northwest.
"Escape?"
"Where can you escape?!"
Chen Jichuan manipulated his sword towards the west, rushed into the sky, and entangled the man. At the same time, he stomped his foot and soared upward. The Great Sun Golden Peng Bird responded, catching Chen Jichuan, flapping its wings, and pursued the Thunder Divine Eagle.
A chase ensued.
Though Li Rong’s Thunder Divine Eagle was not slow in speed, even the Great Sun Golden Peng Bird would take time to catch up. But Chen Jichuan’s manipulation of the Flying Sword was much faster than the Great Sun Golden Peng Bird.
Just a few breaths after Li Rong turned to escape, Chen Jichuan caught up.
Clang, clang, clang!
The seven swords aligned to set up a sword array and unfold the sword map, intending to trap him.
"We can’t let him succeed!"
Li Rong’s heart tightened, not daring to allow it, and in an instant, shot seven arrows like lightning. The seven arrows pierced through the air, each hitting a yellow light.
Boom, boom, boom!
Though they were shattered in an instant, the Flying Swords were also knocked away, making it difficult to establish the formation for a while.
The Thunder Divine Eagle continued relentlessly.
Li Rong stood on the eagle, facing back, repeatedly drawing his bow and shooting arrows.
Arrow after arrow.
Pierced through the sky, hitting the Flying Swords.
The Flying Swords wandered erratically, unable to set up a formation. Chen Jichuan decided not to form an array, made a seal with his hand, and shouted in his heart: "Shaking Light, fall!"
The first move of the Seven Elements Relieving Calamity Ruyi Tiangang Splitting Light Sword Technique: Shaking Light!
The swords formed a seven-star pattern.
The seven stars shimmered, turning into a Shaking Light Star, crashing down fiercely.
"Armor-Piercing Seven-Spin Arrow!"
Li Rong, feeling the power of the sword, dared not hesitate, shooting seven arrows in succession, each arrow spinning, meeting the seven swords head-on.
One was a star descending, unstoppable fierceness.
The other an arrow as sharp as a spearhead, unparalleled in piercing armor.
Both collided—
Boom, boom, boom!
Flashes of light erupted, followed by earth-shattering sounds echoing in all directions, dismantling the clouds within a hundred miles.
In this round, Li Rong did not fall behind.
But the Thunder Divine Eagle was slightly affected, slowing down. A brief pause and the Great Sun Golden Peng Bird had caught up.
...
"Mr. Wang!"
"I am Li Rong of the Sun-shooting Divine Mountain."
"Offense wasn’t intentional this time, please forgive me!"
Facing life and death.
Li Rong, disregarding face, urgently begged Chen Jichuan for mercy.
Their chase and escape had covered a thousand miles from White Horse Lake, so his loud plea was not worried about being heard.
"Ambush with hidden arrows!"
"How can I forgive you?!"
Chen Jichuan, maneuvering the Great Sun Golden Peng Bird, confronted Li Rong from afar, and without a word, summoned the seven Yellow Essence Swords again, charging at Li Rong.
This time.
Li Rong could no longer escape, trapped in place.
He could only repeatedly draw his bow and shoot arrows to counter Chen Jichuan’s Flying Swords.
One can’t deny, Li Rong’s archery skills were superb, preventing Chen Jichuan from setting up a Sword Array or unfolding the Sword Map. With a bow in hand, Li Rong was like a god of archery incarnate, effortlessly countering Chen Jichuan’s changing sword techniques.
Gradually.
Li Rong also sensed that Chen Jichuan’s threat wasn’t as formidable as he initially thought, as long as he didn’t let him set up that uncanny Sword Map, his strength seemed limited, nothing more.
Afraid by Chen Jichuan’s swift killing of Lu Zheng.
After several rounds of duel, calming down, he realized Lu Zheng might have been caught off guard in the Sword Qi Map, unable to execute his methods.
Adding that Lu Zheng only had a spear and was skilled in close combat, he found it challenging to break the array in advance.
But Li Rong was different.
"I have arrows to interfere with him, preventing him from forming the Sword Array!"
As the battle continued, Li Rong’s confidence and assurance gradually returned.
Becoming more composed.
Gaining confidence.
Li Rong’s guess was correct.
Facing off directly, for Chen Jichuan, Li Rong was indeed more difficult to deal with than Lu Zheng. Not just because one was skilled in close combat and the other in long-range attack.
Another crucial reason—
Against Lu Zheng, Chen Jichuan had early on used Daoist Skills and spells, planting a stove fire within Lu Zheng. When trapping him in the Sword Map, he cast a spell to ignite the stove fire again.
Combining inside and out.
This is how Lu Zheng was effortlessly slain.
But Chen Jichuan’s Daoist cultivation was limited, putting his all into one Lu Zheng, leaving him unable to address others. Therefore, Li Rong didn’t have the hidden stove fire within, making Chen Jichuan’s encounters more difficult.
Resulting in Li Rong underestimating him considerably.
However.
Li Rong was alone, and the Thunder Divine Eagle beneath him was far inferior to the Great Sun Golden Peng Bird.
While Chen Jichuan—
"Go!"
Chen Jichuan made a sword gesture, his Flying Swords like light, entangling Li Rong, drawing all his attention.
He lightly stomped his foot on the Great Sun Golden Peng Bird’s back, standing suspended in space. Understanding the meaning, the bird flapped its wings, stirring the wind and igniting flames, soaring from another angle to attack Li Rong.
"No!"
Li Rong, initially composed, turned pale upon seeing this.
His archery had proven effective, tying Chen Jichuan up, momentarily forgetting this matter. Now, seeing it, he realized this Great Sun Golden Peng Bird was not just a means of transport but a terrifyingly powerful Void Nether Divine Beast.
While the Thunder Divine Eagle beneath him was mainly for transport. Being of Void level, its contribution to combat was minimal.
"This is bad!"
Knowing the dire situation, Li Rong hurriedly shouted, "Mr. Wang has already slain Lu Zheng of Xingyi Sect, while Li Qingshan challenges Wei Hong of the Golden Wild Goose Sect. You’ve already provoked two major sects, and you want to leave me, creating a three-front war? Why not join forces, and I’ll have my army lend you aid to conquer Qi and Xu states. No need for a county, the prefecture cities of two states will be yours!"
The Taixu Sword Sect was formidable.
But it was ultimately just one sect, occupying only one state’s territory.
Desiring a three-front war, challenging Qi, Yun, and Xu states alone, seemed overly arrogant. Li Rong explained the pros and cons, hoping to escape with his life.
"Oh?"
"Is Mr. Li serious about this?"
Chen Jichuan’s heart stirred, eyeing Li Rong.
"Absolutely true!"
Li Rong responded without hesitation.
"If that’s the case—"
Chen Jichuan paused, then shook his head: "Forget it, I don’t trust you!"
As he spoke.
A smile crept on his lips, the Great Sun Golden Peng Bird, having received his telepathic command, launched an attack, sealing Li Rong’s escape route in the sky.
Chen Jichuan made a sword gesture, conjuring a river of Sword Qi, sealing his front, back, and sides.
Simultaneously, twelve Corpse Refinements flew up from the ground, each possessing Qi Refinement Middle Stage cultivation, forming a ’Twelve Yuan Chen Formation,’ blocking Li Rong’s escape route downward.
This time.
Truly, no path to life above or below.
"Wang Shan!"
"You are despicable!"
Li Rong felt a sense of joy when he thought Chen Jichuan was persuaded by him.
Unexpectedly, it was just a delaying tactic, with twelve experts clad in black robes erupting from below, each exuding a Void level aura.
"Twelve Void level experts!"
"Where did they all come from?!"
Li Rong saw the wind and fire above, with the Great Sun Golden Peng Bird entrenched within.
He saw sword light shimmering all around as Chen Jichuan formed an array with his Sword Control.
He saw twelve powerful Void experts below forming a formation.
His heart sank to the bottom.
...
White Horse Lake.
The slaughter between the Blood Clothes Army and the Black Armored Army, with Wang Yan’s participation, ended swiftly.
The three thousand Black Armored Army members from Xingyi Sect were all exterminated.
Blood flowed like a river outside White Horse Lake, with the lake’s water turning red from the blood.
Wang Yan, holding her sword, tidied the battlefield.
Gathering the Reincarnation Armor, Reincarnation Spear, and the bodies of Lu Zheng and Zhou Tianyang, she looked towards the western sky, waiting for Chen Jichuan’s return.
"What a formidable female general!"
"To kill ’Shaking Sky Pass’ Zhou Tianyang in one round, is she also a Void Nether expert?"
"This—"
"Li Qingshan, Wang Shan, Great Sun Golden Peng Bird, and adding this female general, doesn’t the Taixu Sword Sect already have four Void Nether experts?"
"Looks like the Taixu Sword Sect is truly rising!"
...
On the surrounding mountains, either not having left yet or staying to watch, many Jianghu people remained.
Seeing the Blood Clothes Army slaughter the Black Armored Army made their hearts cold.
Seeing a female general bearing the Black Dragon Divine Armor display might, they all speculated about her identity.
Some had already anticipated.
A great battle between the Taixu Sword Sect and Xingyi Sect was inevitable.
With Lu Zheng and Zhou Tianyang slain, Xingyi Sect suddenly lost two top-tier experts, likely incapable of resisting the Taixu Sword Sect’s edge.
Soon.
The Taixu Sword Sect might occupy territories in two states.
Some quick thinkers were already considering joining the Taixu Sword Sect before then, riding the wave for benefits.
As discussions buzzed around.
Beyond the western sky.
Wind and fire swept.
’Black Tornado’ Wang Shan stood on the Great Sun Golden Peng Bird, descended from the sky, and with a wave of his sleeve, a corpse, an Arrow Quiver, and a Divine Bow fell to the ground.
Someone recognized—
"Sun-shooting Bow!"
"Ding Jiangshan Li Rong?!"
With a shout, silence enveloped all around!
...
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