Chapter 353 A Bunch of Scrap Copper and Iron
Xia Houding shook the Six-legged Golden Cauldron.
The mouth of the cauldron was filled with chaotic energy, transforming and diffusing until a three-legged cauldron jumped out, heavy as a mountain. Mysterious runes appeared and disappeared on its walls, carrying an overwhelming pressure that spread far and wide, suppressing the void of the land below.
The Heavenly Cauldron!
Afterward, the Earthly Cauldron manifested, imbued with the Light of Primordial Magnet, connecting with the earth's veins and also linked to the Heavenly Cauldron. Heaven and earth became one, spreading an indestructible aura of Vajra.
"Mystical!"
"Yellow!"
"Universe, Void, Vast, Primitive!"
In the blink of an eye, eight mighty cauldrons emerged one after the other from within the Spirit Heaven Tripod, each with an unpredictable and profound aura, representing the mystical yellow universe and the vast, primitive cosmos.
Nine huge cauldrons connected, patterns of gold light sprouted like transparent ripples, instantly sealing the heavens and the earth.
Vajra Dharma Intention permeated the air.
Within a radius of several kilometers, the sky above and the ground below were covered in gold light, creating a world of gold light.
It seemed as if all the Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth had been absorbed by the Nine Cauldrons, leaving none for others to command.
An unimaginable pressure descended, as if the weight of the whole world was bearing down.
"These nine cauldrons..."
Jiang Ding's body couldn't help but sink, his mana significantly hindered, and he fell silent without a word.
"What do you think, Dari Swordsman?"
Xia Houding's eyes brimmed with a fierce killing intent as he held up the Six-legged Golden Cauldron. "After one strike, they will all be reduced to ash. You have lived enough to die without regrets."
"Go!"
He propelled the mana throughout his entire body and without any hesitation, bit the tip of his tongue. The taste of blood filled his mouth, turning into an even larger surge of mana that flowed into his meridians, into his Elixir Field, and then into both of his arms.
"Ha...ah!"
He took a step forward, as if he were carrying the burden of the world on his shoulders. Every muscle bulged with veins protruding, as an infinite amount of mana and strength converged.
Then, with a fierce throw!
Boom!
Crack!
The entire expanse of several kilometers of the gold light world trembled, swayed, and shook with his movement, even beginning to crumble as infinite brilliance converged on the Six-legged Golden Cauldron, dazzling and blinding.
Dragging a streak of light, it plummeted into the distance, the Indestructible Vajra.
"Dari Swordsman, die!"
Jiang Ding felt as though his Divine Soul had been locked onto by something, no matter how he maneuvered or dodged, even splitting into thousands of Sword Dao avatars was futile. His true spirit could not make a change.
The eyes of the twenty True Disciples flashed, seizing the opportunity for a war machine.
Roar!
Roar! Roar!
"Kill!"
They too burned a portion of their Essence Blood, pouring vast mana into the Army Formation. Array Patterns permeated the air as the Tiger Demon Giant, Green Wood Giant, Sticky Earth Giant, and others roared continuously, wielding giant leaf clubs and Demon God Giant axes as they charged towards the sky.
The killing intent swept across dozens of kilometers, altering the colors of the wind and clouds.
"Jiang Ding..."
Jin Lingfeng and An Siyan suddenly felt an overwhelming fear in their hearts and desperately controlled the war machine with their Divine Sense and mana to unleash a full-force strike, but they could do no more.
"These nine cauldrons..."
Jiang Ding concluded his contemplation and responded to Xia Houding's words.
"A pile of scrap metal."
"Oh?"
Xia Houding smiled in response, not angered, his gaze fixed on the Six-legged Golden Cauldron that concentrated the world's gold light and pressure, and the slender young man in green below it.
Clang!
Amid the clear ring of a sword,
The Sword River of Heaven began to condense, and in the blink of an eye, it gathered into a foot-long Bluegold Flying Sword with dazzling brilliance spreading in all directions.
A round of Bluegold Great Sun of destruction rose high,
Its light showering everywhere, above and below.
Law-Breaking!
Elimination Method!
Forbidden magic!
The triple genuine intentions, triple auras repetitively illuminated the area within a ten-kilometer radius, sweeping over every living creature, every blade of grass, each... spiritual energy particle!
Within the ten-kilometer radius, the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi was so stagnant that it created a massive inertia.
The normally smiling Xia Houding's expression changed, revealing a look of horror.
Beneath the triple auras,
the gold light world that stretched over ten kilometers collapsed and dissipated; the shining Six-legged Golden Cauldron, which was the only color in the world, suddenly dulled—especially the closer it got to the Azure Great Sun, the faster it faded, like a rapid collapse.
The twenty True Disciples, burning their Essence Blood to drive the war machines, produced spell giants that blotted out the sky and earth; now they, too, trembled and hesitated to advance.
"Do you concede that these nine broken cauldrons are just a pile of scrap metal?" asked Jiang Ding, his tone cool.
The immensely radiant Azure Great Sun, magnificent and authoritative, surveyed the sky and earth as it collided with the dimming spiritual light of the Six-legged Golden Cauldron!
As it was about to touch,
a sudden foreboding gripped Xia Houding's heart—his heart pounding, a tremendous sense of dread and unease overtook him, a premonition of impending doom.
The Azure Great Sun and the Six-legged Golden Cauldron truly connected.
Sizzling...
Silent and unannounced, there was no earth-shattering explosion. The last wisp of gold light from the mountain-sized Six-legged Golden Cauldron crumbled, and then it was engulfed by the Vajra Dharma Intention. The thick and indestructible walls of the cauldron dissolved with a terrible sizzling sound.
Intricate Golden Light Array Patterns emerged inside the cauldron, and many places revealed even more mysterious runes that lay above the Nascent Soul, spreading layer upon layer of golden nets, attempting to melt and prevent the intrusion of foreign substances.
Wisps of light blue smoke rose.
These complex and mysterious workings were utterly useless before the Azure Great Sun; they burned and were destroyed, unable to resist even slightly.
The Azure Great Sun shone brilliantly once more!
Behind it, within the mountainous bulk of the Six-legged Golden Cauldron, a terrifyingly perfect circular hole appeared, dripping with molten metal. The last trace of the relic's essence vanished as it plummeted from the sky.
"Spurt!"
"No, my Spirit Heaven Tripod!"
Xia Houding swayed, coughing up a large mouthful of blood. His whole being went into free-fall, becoming so weak that he could not even maintain the Foundation Building stage.
The Azure Great Sun blazed tens of thousands of feet across the sky!
Sizzling!
Everywhere it passed, the Green Wood Giant, Sticky Earth Giant, Tiger Demon Giant, and other frenzied roars, the covering sky and sun's vines, Big Trees, and Soil Mountain—all such attacks dissolved into nothingness.
Not just that, this terrible sight even spread to their Army Formation's true bodies.
All the Army Formation giants howled in sadness and turned to dust.
The twenty True Disciples spat blood violently, falling from the sky, scattered across the ground, their eyes void of life, their Divine Souls seared away, without a trace of vitality left.
"Let it be so."
"You're certainly not a Taoist disciple like An Tuzi,"
sighed Jiang Ding.
Boom!
The Azure Great Sun truly descended, crashing instantly against Xia Houding's bronze body, and whiteness began to emerge.
"I'm not willing to accept this, if only I had already received the Sect's Taoist disciples' legacy, if only I had reforged my Life Treasure..."
hollered Xia Houding.
A faint silver Talisman bearing the distinct aura above the Nascent Soul appeared on his body, just as his skin turned to ashes and he was on the brink of total death, moving him away.
The location was unexpectedly near the previously mentioned short mountain, surrounded by the sprawling Space Formation Patterns of a teleportation Formation.
"Dari Swordsman, I will avenge the destruction of my Life Treasure someday..."
Xia Houding roared with resentment, suddenly feeling pain in his chest.
Glancing down, from a small burnt hole in his chest, a Bluegold light shone through, and then two, three... countless beams of light bloomed.
"What, when did this..."
were his last words in this world.
Boom!
His body and Divine Soul turned to ashes.
A Blue Gold Big Sun rose into the sky.
Its radiance shining in all directions, purging evil and corruption, overpowering the sun in the sky to become the only one in heaven and earth.