Chapter 16: The Gods Fight
The Jade Capital Sect Leader continued to cleave with his sword light, slicing the necromantic creature into several segments again.
However, it was still in vain, as the remnants and severed limbs of the creature wriggled back to life, healing completely in just a few breaths as if it had not suffered any damage at all.
At its point of emergence from the soil, the surrounding land had already been tainted with the poison of decay, swiftly turning into a blackish-green hue, and the vegetation there withered quickly—the affected area growing larger and larger, seemingly unstoppable.
"Chai Feng!" the Sect Leader of the Nether Ghost Path threatened with a cold laugh, "If my necromantic creature were to spit a mouthful of its poison above Shushan, do you think Shushan would be annihilated?"
The complexion of the Jade Capital Sect Leader turned ashen in an instant—if the opponent really decided to act recklessly and unleash the necromantic creature's poison, then thousands of miles around Shushan would become a land of death.
Of course, if the Demon Sect truly dared to commit such a deranged act, the Shushan Shangqing Faction, having lost its Sect Residence, would naturally have no choice but to engage in a fight to the death with the Demon Sect within the Six Paths, resulting in rivers of blood in the Cultivation Realm.
The Jade Capital Sect Leader knew that the Demon Sect surely did not dare to carry out such a suicidal plot, but what truly enraged him was that the opponent dared to publicly threaten him with this matter!
This was, without doubt, a massive blow to the prestige of Shushan's Sect.
In future disputes with the Kunlun Taiqing Sect over the leadership of the Orthodox Sects, merely mentioning "You guys were cornered by the Demon Sect and almost had your Sect destroyed" would leave the Shushan Sword Immortals with no comeback!
"Jade Capital, stand aside!" An authoritative voice suddenly came from the sky.
The Jade Capital Sect Leader swiftly retreated with his sword control, just as a line suddenly appeared in the sky.
Soon after, a second and a third line emerged, quickly forming a dense net that enveloped both the necromantic creature and the Sect Leader of the Nether Ghost Path who was standing atop its head.
The Dual Polarity Dust Sword Formation!
Within Shushan's main formation, Ling Yunpo watched breathlessly, his pupils contracting, his body nearly trembling.
Now a Golden Core Sword Immortal with ample experience, he could see that each line was actually made up of the weakest Dual Polarity Dust Sword Qi.
In fact, there was an even stronger Dual Polarity Dust Sword Qi, which due to its extremely concentrated power had compressed into extremely fine, barely visible lines, indiscernible to the naked eye and only faintly perceptible through the Innate Sword Bone.
These visible and invisible strands of Dual Polarity Dust Sword Qi interwove in the air into a dense net, completely trapping the necromantic creature at its center and then swiftly contracted, slicing inwards.
The Sect Leader of the Nether Ghost Path abruptly looked up at the sky, a flash of fear appearing in his eyes... The next second, a massive white bone claw descended from the heavens, seizing the Sect Leader of the Nether Ghost Path and lifting him out of the Dual Polarity Dust Sword Formation.
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This process took only a few breaths, by which time the white bone claw was already severely damaged, almost falling apart.
Unfortunately for the immense necromantic creature at the center of the sword array, it wasn't so lucky.
The countless strands of sword qi quickly sliced it into chunks, then even smaller pieces, dividing again and again—from one to ten, ten to a hundred...
In just five or six breaths, the necromantic creature had been completely cut into tiny pieces, unable to wriggle and reassemble its body, and now lay spread across the ground like mud, emitting an intense stench.
"Long Eyebrow!" the furious voice of the Blood Sea Ancestor came from afar, "You actually made a move yourself to deal with a Nascent Soul junior, is this the dignity and backbone of a Shushan Immortal?"
"Enough with the nonsense!" From the direction of the Emei Golden Summit, the voice of the Long Eyebrow Immortal, full of inner strength, rang out angrily, "This junior dares to threaten to unleash drought fiends to poison and destroy my Shushan, and I shouldn't teach him a lesson?"
"Drought fiend or not, even if you, White Bone old thief, claim to want to destroy my Shushan, I would still greet you with the Dual Polarity Dust Sword Formation!"
"Long Eyebrow, you're still as unreasonable as ever." The Blood Sea Ancestor laughed hoarsely, "White Bone, I'll lend you a hand."
He drew the Blood Sea Trapping Immortal Sword, and instantly, a boundless blood sea sprung from nowhere, sweeping towards the main formation of Shushan to engulf it.
"With the Blood Sea making a move, how could I stand idly by?" The Carefree Ancestor also lifted the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword, casually pointing it forward, and a cascade of illusory lights and demonic sounds emerged, also rolling towards the main formation of Shushan.
"Long Eyebrow, I'm here to help you!" Several immortals from the Shushan main formation soared up, among them the voice of the Guan Family Ancestor was the most resounding.
"White Bone old daoist, be careful not to get surrounded by them!" Several immortals from the Demon Cult emerged, and for a time, the skies were nearly torn apart, shrouded in darkness with neither sun nor moonlight.
When immortals clash, mortals scatter, and the cultivator formations on both sides hurriedly retreated, ceding the battlefield to these heavyweights.
Ling Yunpo had reset his breathing and was once again focusing intently on the battle ahead.
Among the immortals, there were clear disparities in strength. The number of immortals from the Demon Cult was three times that of the Shushan side, but the two groups were equally matched, locked in a stalemate that was hard to break.
On the side of the Demon Cult, the trio composed of the old White Bone, the Blood Sea Ancestor, and the Carefree Ancestor were strong on their own right, their coordination in the battle showing a clear pattern, with each attack causing lands to shake and skies to blacken.
On the side of Shushan, however, it was the Long Eyebrow Immortal who displayed his divine might, especially with his Dual Polarity Dust Sword. Each swing produced countless streaks of sword qi, cutting through everything and unstoppable by anyone; even the immortals from the Demon Cult didn't dare to directly confront its sharpness, focusing most of their attention on restraining the Dual Polarity Dust Sword.
Ling Yunpo silently watched from a distance, secretly calculating the range and power of the Dual Polarity Dust Sword Formation; the more he thought about it, the more despair he felt.
If he fails to capture the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone, wouldn't he be reduced to dust in minutes, unable to escape?
Just a single sweep of the Dual Polarity Dust Sword Formation by Long Eyebrow Immortal could expand over two thousand zhang (which might not even be the limit)—isn't that range absurdly exaggerated!
As for the power, there is no need to mention it; Ling Yunpo wasn't conceited enough to dare compare his physical strength with that of a drought fiend.
Maybe it's better to defect... Is there still time now to offer the Kunlun Mirror to the Long Eyebrow Immortal?
"Guan Shui! You..." The Kunlun Mirror struggled for words and finally let out a string of adjectives, "You are despicable! Shameless! Lowdown! Sly! A weathercock! A coward! The most trashy scum under the skies!"
"Maybe watch your words, you broken mirror!" Ling Yunpo said impatiently, "If others saw how formidable Long Eyebrow Immortal is, they would have already put their betrayal plan into action. I'm just considering it, and you're insulting me like this—aren't you afraid I'll lose loyalty to you?"
"Even considering is unacceptable!" The Kunlun Mirror said through gritted teeth, "I have poured so much resource and spiritual power into you, and you still dare to consider betraying me? Are you even human?"
"Wait a second, haven't I helped you retrieve fragments of your body?" Ling Yunpo frowned, "Your fragments are scattered to the four winds, even in the Eastern Emperor Realm; who else could help you collect them all if not me?"
"Don't always think about what I owe you; consider what more you could do for me—that's what a positive and ascending person-mirror relationship is. If I'm having doubts about my will, you should work harder and give more, so I re-evaluate and cherish our cooperation more—that's the behavior of a mature Artifact Spirit."
"Pah!"