Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

The Sword of Qian, bright as the Heavenly Might;

The Sword of Kun, heavy as mountains, pressing on all sides;

The Sword of Xun, keen and nimble, penetrating every crevice, the Xun Wind extinguishing human souls, Sword of Li, Sword of Zhen, Sword of Gen…

The Eight Trigrams Breaking Prohibition Formation, eight Heavenly Swords span the sky, trapping, locking, and slaughtering the heart of the Gold Glow. Array patterns densely cover the field, Destruction Sword Qi generated spontaneously, hacking, slashing, and piercing to kill.

The land of ten thousand miles of dead spirits, the yellow sand scattered, the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi rolls back and returns, taken under control once more.

"No heroes to make fools famous?"

Rage appears in the eyes of the Gold Glow Statue.

Ever since being invincible all those thousands of years ago, cutting down enemies, it had been a long time since he had heard such words.

"Iron Dragon!"

He pointed with his hand.

Roar!

The ground twisted and cracked, canyons emerging, rocks crumbling, and then, a ferocious Iron Armored Heavenly Dragon, hundreds of yards long, covered in spikes, burst forth from the earth to meet the Eight Trigrams Eight Swords in the sky.

Boom!

The Eight Swords descended fiercely, severing the Iron Armored Heavenly Dragon, forcing it to retreat several miles.

Eight massive gashes appeared on the dragon's body, nearly slicing the Iron Armored Heavenly Dragon into pieces, with wounds of Lava Fire, Xun Wind, Earth Evil, and other such forces gnawing to the bone, continuously destroying the dragon's body, scales clattering as they fell.

The Heavenly Dragon roared again and again, unable to break free.

"Is that all?"

Jiang Ding said calmly.

The surrounding Hexagram Breaking Array hummed as it operated, devouring the Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth for tens of kilometers around, all pouring into the Eight Swords, and striking down once again, Destruction Sword Intent firmly covering all directions, leaving no chance for any Golden Causality to strike in secret.

Rage burned even brighter in the pupils of the Gold Glow Statue, as he pointed again at the howling, struggling Iron Dragon.

"Roar!"

All of a sudden, the Iron Dragon howled to the sky, Golden Light array patterns spreading throughout, followed by an almost endless supply of Gold Affinity Spiritual Energy flying in from all directions, fusing into the dragon's body, rapidly restoring its battered form.

In the blink of an eye, it was back to its original state, its aura even more profound.

Jiang Ding could even see the land surging and writhing, numerous iron ores, metals, and Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure of the gold type melting inexplicably, collapsing.

Even many cultivators' treasures exposed in the open turned into droplets, out of control, becoming thick Gold Affinity Spiritual Energy, swallowed by the Iron Armored Heavenly Dragon.

Golden Causality!

Commanding the gold among the Five Elements, it was but the merest piece of Immortal Technique!

"Immortal…"

Jiang Ding took a deep breath, fearing this terrifying force.

Roar! Roar!

Cling! Cling! Cling!

The Eight Trigrams Eight Swords, the Iron Armored Heavenly Dragon fiercely battling together.

The Eight Swords were incomparably sharp, additionally endowed with Lava Fire, Xun Wind, Earth Evil, and encompassed by Destruction Sword Intent. As one struck down, deep wounds appeared on the dragon's body.

However, as it devoured the gold of all kinds, once a wound appeared, it would immediately heal, akin to an undying being, fearing no kind of harm, no matter how severe.

The dragon's mouth, with teeth sharp and fierce, concentrated the ultimate sharpness of gold, biting down and creating gaps in the void.

At one moment, catching the unguarded Sword of Zhen, lightning erupted, the dragon's mouth shattered, yet it paid no heed, tenaciously leaving a row of fine gashes on the Sword of Zhen's Thunder, bone-deep.

"Splurt!"

"Help…"

This terrifying power spread to the Breaking Prohibition Formation, and beneath Immortal Baimei, dozens of Golden Pill Monks vomited blood, severely injured, their heads presenting bloody holes from teeth bites, barely missing piercing through their skulls, bursting their heads.

Another time, the dragon's mouth caught the Sword of Kun, and again, dozens of Golden Pill Monks were severely wounded.

Only Blood Cloud, wielding the Kan Department, the Six Dao Saint of the Qian Department, Hei Louxi of the Xun Department, and Scorching Sun Swordsman wielding the Li Department, the swords of the four departments moved exceptionally nimbly.

The Iron Armored Heavenly Dragon, no matter how it tried to bite and gnaw, always missed, instead receiving wounds over its body, continuously depleting its strength.

Jiang Ding simply took up the swords of these four to face the dragon head-on, leaving the slightly inferior swords of the four images, like Immortal Baimei, to strike at the dragon's tail and weaker parts of the body, causing the Iron Armored Heavenly Dragon to roar incessantly.

As time passed, the Iron Armored Heavenly Dragon's aura gradually fell from its peak state.

"Golden Causality…"

Jiang Ding's gaze flashed.

He judged that the power of the Gold Glow was declining.

First, the surrounding Gold Affinity Spiritual Energy and Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure were limited, and even with command, there was a limit; it could not continue indefinitely.

Second, commanding Golden Causality consumed a great deal of Divine Soul energy, and while Shuoyang Heavenly Monarch himself naturally did not fear this, here there was only a Soul Fragment, hence they fell short.

As time passed, the Iron Armored Heavenly Dragon's strength slid to a certain level.

"Cut!"

Jiang Ding seized the opportunity, controlling the Breaking Prohibition Formation, directing some of its power towards the Sword of Zhen's Thunder.

Boom!

A Sword of Thunder emerged above the heads of Immortal Baimei and others in the Zhen Department, disappearing amidst the lightning and thunder.

When it reappeared, it was at the tail of the Iron Armored Heavenly Dragon.

With one swing downward!

Crack!

A crisp sound was heard as sparks flew everywhere, and the Iron Armored Heavenly Dragon's hundred-yard-long tail was forcibly severed.

The severed tail fell from the sky to form a mountain made of gold and iron on the ground, with lightning overflowing from the severed peak and Destruction Sword Intent shielding all directions.

If left unchecked, it would become a forbidden area for cultivators at the Foundation-Building stage, enduring for a hundred years.

"Aoow…"

The Iron Armored Heavenly Dragon wailed, its aura dropping significantly once more.

The Eight Trigrams Eight Swords, ceaselessly hacking and stabbing, shaved off flesh after flesh, which fell to the ground becoming metal ingots the size of boulders, third-grade material.

Even some fourth-grade Gold Affinity Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, all of the purest quality, were rarely seen in the outside world.

"You dare, young one!"

"If it were not for me having but a single Soul Fragment, and the formation being utterly ruined…"

Panic showed in the eyes of the Gold Glow Statue.

After ten thousand years, this Soul Fragment had developed a significant sense of self, possessing the instinct to live.

He gritted his teeth.

"Youngster, stop!"

"Let's end this battle and I'll impart to you a supreme divine cultivation method capable of making you a True Immortal!"

The Gold Glow Statue bellowed.

Jiang Ding's expression remained indifferent, unmoved.

Reach True Immortal?

How audacious.

As someone from Xianmen Sect nearly on the level of a Taoist disciple, he would never dare claim to possess a True Immortal cultivation method, always humble, aware of the gap, never daring to make such a boast.

An insignificant cultivator of the lesser realms, truly daring to say such things.

"Dear grandchild, I have a secret technique here..."

Seeing that his plea was futile, the Gold Glow Statue shifted his target, with a voice gentle and tender, seemingly filled with doting affection and bloodline kinship.

"Ancestor..."

The heart of the Six Dao Saint suddenly pounded frenetically; his Dao heart shook uncontrollably, having been promised some rare treasure.

"What secret technique?"

Jiang Ding's voice suddenly interjected, carrying a hint of curiosity, devoid of any killing intent.

"Old thief, you tried to kill me before; I shall not coexist under the same sky with you!"

The Six Dao Saint, Yin Dao, cursed loudly, channeling all his mana and Divine Sense into the Qian part of the formation, solidifying one Heavenly Sword of Qian after another and cleaving off pieces of the flesh of the Iron Armored Heavenly Dragon, which fell to the ground, creating deep pits upon impact.

"Heartless and ungrateful wretch!"

The Gold Glow Statue, realizing his efforts were in vain, turned green with fury.

The Eight Trigrams Breaking Banned Formation kept spinning incessantly, the eight swords turned into a shower of blades, diminishing the vitality of the Iron Armored Heavenly Dragon, which would soon fall to the level of a Nascent Soul.

"Since you seek death..."

The Gold Glow Statue gritted his teeth and reached out his hand, forcefully pulling the Iron Armored Heavenly Dragon in front of himself, biting into its neck and swallowing it whole in just a few bites, consuming it completely.

His body suddenly inflated, swelling into a sphere, leaving only a slit where his eyes remained visible.

"Hole Gold Divine Light!"

He roared with the Gold Glow Statue.

Commanded by the Golden Causality, all power surged into his pupils, and the bloated body instantly shrank into a ball, now only ten zhang tall, the contrast stark.

Then,

Boom!

A dazzling pillar of light bursting with infinite gold light emerged from within the pupils, formed by two Golden Dragons entwined around each other, creating a dark void in space, and disappeared instantly.

"Is that it?"

"Then you may die."

Jiang Ding said flatly.

As the Golden Causality had no effect on him, shielded by the Sword Intent of Destruction, the outcome was already sealed.

Clang!

He drew the silver longsword from his waist.

"No..."

The expressions on the faces of the Six Dao Saint and the others changed drastically as the pulling force of the Eight Trigrams Breaking Banned Formation suddenly intensified tenfold, brutally and irrefutably drawing out all of their mana and the power of their Divine Sense.

This was still not enough!

The formation kept emitting a terrifying pull, demanding more, and it made clear,

If there was nothing left to give, life would pay the debt!

With the formation suppressive might, resistance was futile.

Reluctantly, the multitude of cultivators had to burn their essence blood to produce more mana, which then poured into the array pattern.

Boom!

Under the pressure of an unprecedented amount of mana, the combined mana and Divine Sense of more than 300 Golden Pill Monks transformed through convergence.

Qian, Kun, Dui, Kan, Gen, Li, Zhen, Xun,

the eight swords shone brightly!

One by one they flew over, merging into the silver longsword in Jiang Ding's hands, twisting and warping, becoming one entity, and finally forming a fearsome flying sword enveloped in a haze of black and white Qi, chaos energy billowing around it.

The ultimate form of the Eight Trigrams Breaking Banned Formation, the Yin Yang Swords!

"Cut!"

Jiang Ding released the sword handle and uttered the command softly.

Whoosh!

The black and white flying sword shot out silently, leaving a neat sword mark as it traversed space, and in an instant, it punctured the Hole Gold Divine Light of the Gold Glow Statue.

Boom!

In a pressure that suffocated the Golden Pill Monks, the surrounding void shattered into pieces, the light of heaven and earth flickering uncertainly, darkening to an extreme night at one moment, then shining as bright as daylight the next.

After a long while,

The divine light formed by the two Golden Dragons shattered, collapsing, disappearing into nothingness.

"No!"

"I am a Soul Fragment of a Heavenly Monarch, dare to kill me, and catastrophe will surely ensue..."

The Gold Glow Statue screamed in terror.

Whoosh!

The luster of the black and white flying sword, now dimmed, pierced through the forehead of the Gold Glow Statue.

The body of the Gold Glow froze stiff.

The Soul Fragment shattered instantly, never to recover its animated vitality.

Crack!

The hundred-zhang tall Gold Glow Statue started showing cracks from the forehead, spreading out to all sides, branching out like a spider's web across its entire body.

Moments later,

the statue shattered and collapsed, breaking into chunks of metallic rock, falling to the ground.

All returned to calm.