Chapter 521: Chapter 365: Celestial Maiden Sword! (Part 2)

Intuition told him that once this array took shape, the opponent would pose a threat to him.

"An Array Master?"

"Qualified to wield a sword?"

"Qualified to fight?"

Changsun Quyu’s lips curled with utter disdain.

A hint of dark light devoured the light of heaven and earth, the slender sword tip flickered from within and suddenly thrust towards Zhong Heng.

Zhong Heng sighed softly and opened his eyes, his sword intent fully invested in the array.

At this moment, only blue and white light remained in his eyes, devoid of emotion.

In an instant, the dark light could not advance.

In front of Zhong Heng.

A figure cradled a longsword.

The dark light struck the sword, unable to advance.

Celestial Maiden cradling the sword, the array was formed!

"What is this?!"

Changsun Quyu’s face changed dramatically.

And in front of him, a white-clothed woman held a longsword and swiftly approached him.

The white-clothed woman’s appearance was indistinct, but her figure was graceful, like an Immortal Fairy, with white garments fluttering as if imbued with Immortal Qi.

However, Changsun Quyu didn’t care about any of this.

What he could feel was the earth-shaking sword intent from the opponent.

This sword intent was undoubtedly of the same origin as the pitifully weak sword intent just condensed by this Array Master.

"This is, a Sword Array."

Zhong Heng said quietly.

Celestial Maiden wielding a sword slashing evil spirits.

Sword intent swirling like the azure sea.

The black sword light was indeed formidable, but the sword Qi from the Celestial Maiden seemed infinite.

By the time Changsun Quyu reacted, it was as if he had entered a new space.

The space appeared pure white.

One by one, white-clothed Celestial Maidens emerged from the void.

Each wielding a longsword.

The sword light flickered, and sword Qi from all directions pierced towards Changsun Quyu.

"No!!!"

"Impossible! How can there be such a Sword Array under heaven?!"

Changsun Quyu was no longer as composed as before, and a tinge of shock appeared on his face.

He cleaved apart a nearby Celestial Maiden with a single slash.

But that Celestial Maiden drifted away like mist.

A new Celestial Maiden wielding a three-foot Qingfeng sword rushed towards him again.

Even though Changsun Quyu cultivated the Swallowing Pill Skill, his True Essence was incomparably abundant, but at this moment, he had not the slightest ability to resist.

As if countless sword-wielding maidens charged towards him amidst the sword light.

Unknown how much time passed.

The last trace of True Essence ran dry...

"Thud"

Changsun Quyu collapsed to the ground, a longsword slanted through his chest.

Followed closely by the second blade.

The third blade

The fourth blade...

Ten Thousand Swords Piercing Heart!

"How... is it possible..."

Changsun Quyu knelt on the ground, his mouth still muttering lowly.

The white light dissipated.

The two didn’t know when already descended onto the earth.

On the ground were countless ravines, which were the array circuits.

Zhong Heng stepped into the Sword Array.

The Celestial Maidens gradually faded away, while the longswords piercing Changsun Quyu’s body had already condensed into reality.

Should some days pass, these longswords might be excellent materials for refining Magical Artifacts.

Zhong Heng tore open Changsun Quyu’s eye-binding silk.

The black silk casually fell to the ground.

The reverse side of the silk was embroidered with cloud-patterned birds, seeming to hold another story, yet the silk was carelessly stepped on by Zhong Heng.

Inside the eye-binding silk was nothing but two spiritless eyes, nor was there any hidden trump card Zhong Heng imagined.

Nearby, Sunx Yue was already supporting Elder Qingfeng as he came over.

Elder Qingfeng looked at Zhong Heng in disbelief.

He glanced up and down to confirm that the person was indeed the renowned Foundation Establishment Stage junior, the Array Master Zhong Heng.

"How could it be..."

The other party had just broken through to Golden Core, how could he kill a Golden Core Evil Cultivator capable of killing him!?

"Void Array..." Elder Qingfeng murmured.

Could it be that the other party was concealing some kind of array-related talent or constitution?

Only daring to reveal it after cultivating to Golden Core Master.

After all, during the Foundation Establishment Stage, they would still be threatened by Golden Core Masters.

However, breaking through to Golden Core is completely different; even within that Divinity Transformation Sect, a Golden Core Master is a pillar, not to mention in this small Qu Hong Cultivation Realm, where Divinity Transformation Power rarely visits, Nascent Soul Ancestors barely glance over, Golden Core is already the pinnacle.

"Ahem, thank you, Mr. Zhong, for your assistance."

Elder Qingfeng, somewhat weak, sincerely bowed to Zhong Heng.

But now is not the time for polite exchanges.

The surrounding Spiritual Qi remains violent.

Looking around, the Heaven and Earth Mage Qiu Yi is surrounded by countless Elemental Magic, suppressing the remaining two together with the True Master from the Independent Cultivator Alliance.

"The Seven Cultivators of Demon Heaven, four are already here at present."

"Once our Nine Sects catch their breath, they will definitely not be a match for us Nine Sects."

Elder Qingfeng swallowed a mouthful of Healing Elixir, weak yet somewhat arrogantly spoke.

"Are the Nine Sects still around..."

Currently, only Shallow Cloud Mountain remains relatively intact, but it fiercely fights against the Wandering Dragon Sword Sect, losing nearly eighty percent of its disciples, sacrificing a True Master during the attack on the Great Wandering Dragon Sword Sect, the strongest Ancestor Qianyun was also cut down by the Wandering Dragon Sword Sect Patriarch, the condition of the other True Masters is temporarily uncertain but not very good either, not to mention Shallow Cloud Mountain is left with only two Early-Stage Golden Core Masters.

Golden Core Masters from the Gold Devouring Sect were completely exterminated, the other sects’ True Masters are almost all extinct, among them possibly two or three escaped, but to preserve their inheritance, they wouldn’t appear again.

Adding to Shallow Cloud Mountain sealing itself off, now looking, the remaining Golden Core Masters here are actually the last True Masters able to move around from the Nine Sects!

If it were a common invading force, it would try its best to subdue these True Masters.

Even if there was slaughter, it wouldn’t be so thorough.

However, the Seven Cultivators of Demon Heaven, who practice the Swallowing Pill Skill, just happen to be Evil Cultivators, making the Immortal Golden Core of Golden Core Masters a tempting lure for them.

"Hahaha, our boss has arrived!"

"You all are going to die!"

"Die!!!"

Both Demon Heaven Cultivators’ aura exploded.

Qiu Yi’s expression changed, unexpectedly unable to suppress these two.

Amidst the sky, several streaks of Flowing Light swept in.

"Damn it, the Hundred Stars Alliance really colluded with the Demon Heaven Cultivators!"

Elder Qingfeng’s expression changed drastically, subconsciously glancing at Zhong Heng.

After all, Zhong Heng was originally considered part of the Hundred Stars Alliance.

Simultaneously, behind Zhong Heng and others, several streaks of Flowing Light surged.

"Qingfeng, we come!"

Elder Qingfeng’s expression slightly loosened.

It was a Loose Cultivator Golden Core and a Business Alliance Golden Core he had acquainted.

Though the two might have simply come to save him, without the idea of confronting the Demon Heaven Cultivators.

In the Qu Hong Cultivation Realm, the Nine Sects rule supreme, and they almost control the entire top tier of power.

Besides that, there were only three or four Loose Cultivator Golden Core Masters left.

Nominally, the Three Major Business Alliances are on par with the Nine Sects, yet practically, they have too much Nine Sects power mixed in.

With the Nine Sects’ power detached, only the Hundred Stars Alliance remained slightly stronger.

Not counting Yunmiao Master, the Hundred Stars Alliance has two Golden Core Masters completely cultivated by itself.

The other two major alliances each only have one.

Considering this, along with Sunx Yue and others, the Nine Sects altogether have merely twenty Golden Core Masters, and with Business Alliance and Loose Cultivator Masters combined, the top tier of the Qu Hong Cultivation Realm had under thirty True Masters.

On the other side, countering that is the vast and expansive territory of the Qu Hong Cultivation Realm, with an incredibly large population.

Given the premise that the Martial Dao Cultivation Techniques capable of detecting Spirit Roots have been widely spread, of such an immense cultivating population, only less than thirty are Golden Core Masters.

It’s no wonder Sunx Yue and Elder Qingfeng were dumbfounded seeing Zhong Heng break through; indeed, breaking through is too difficult!

The Seven Cultivators of Demon Heaven possess one Late-Stage Golden Core, six Mid-stage Golden Cores, while most of the Qu Hong Master are in Early-Stage Golden Core.

Facing head-on, the Seven Cultivators of Demon Heaven can’t defeat nearly thirty True Masters of the Qu Hong Cultivation Realm, so they simply teamed up with the Hundred Stars Alliance to initiate an internal conflict within the Nine Sects.

Thinking of these, Elder Qingfeng gritted his teeth again angrily.

Thankfully, the Heaven and Earth Mage, Qiu Yi, who was suppressed by the already departed Yunmiao Master, was originally supervised by the Nine Sects, thus the Hundred Stars Alliance could not fully manipulate him.

It should be known that Mage Qiu Yi can barely exchange a few moves with Yunmiao Master; although he was defeated soundly, it still proves his strength.

Due to the defect in Qiu Yi’s cultivation system, he is not completely considered as a Late-Stage Golden Core, but even so, Qiu Yi’s closely monitored by the Nine Sects’ attention.

Back then, Yunmiao Master frightened many True Masters among the Nine Sects into trembling, is it not that even Shallow Cloud Mountain, already on Yunmiao’s top tier, was bullied into seclusion by Yunmiao Master?

They don’t want to witness another Late-Stage Golden Core Master standing opposite them.

Now Qiu Yi’s ability to stand on the same side as Zhong Heng is a fortunate event amid misfortune.

But above them hovered another external Late-Stage Golden Core Master.

And this Late-Stage Golden Core Master... has arrived!