'Next!' Grasping the Peerless Heaven Piercing Sword, Jiang Chen metamorphosed into an unseen specter, navigating unimpeded amidst an endless swarm of demonic beasts!
Even as he was engaged in the bloodbath against the Nether Soul Demon Clan, Jiang Chen was meticulous not to overlook the opportunity to employ the Wordless Heavenly Jade, absorbing the qi and blood energy effusing from the slain beasts.
The fierce battle had been raging for a considerable amount of time before his intervention. The cadavers of the fallen demonic beasts had accumulated, forming a 'ring-shaped mountain range' that encircled the Holy Land.
The wealth of qi and blood energy sequestered within this range was simply unfathomable!
In the fleeting moments, Jiang Chen had garnered sufficient energy to initiate the practice of a Dao Palace realm cultivation method.
Not missing a beat, he promptly invoked the Wordless Heavenly Jade and elected the Dao Palace realm martial technique, 'Myriad Changes Everlasting Sword'!
Nangong Wan had graciously shared this martial technique, which indubitably ranked amongst the top Sword Dao cultivation methods available in the Dao Palace realm!
Once mastered to the perfect-level, it would undoubtedly unlock a subset of the profound Sword Dao!
'The mystery of the sword resides within the Dao Heart...'
Engraved in Jiang Chen's consciousness, the principles of the Myriad Changes Everlasting Sword were incessantly reverberating.
In an ephemeral moment, the entire essence of this cultivation method was wholly etched in his memory.
Subsequently, an immensely vast and deep energy erupted from the Wordless Heavenly Jade, flooding into Jiang Chen's form, seamlessly merging with his soul and every fibre of his existence.
In just a heartbeat, Jiang Chen had honed the Myriad Changes Everlasting Sword to the perfect-level stage, achieving a milestone that other prodigies might labor for centuries or even millennia to accomplish!
The Myriad Changes Everlasting Sword was a potent cultivation method, encapsulating diverse facets of the Sword Dao.
To master it to the perfect-level indicated that at least one of these facets could be fully apprehended.
Jiang Chen elected to completely apprehend the 'Swift Sword Dao'.
At this juncture, having wholly absorbed the Swift Sword Dao, Jiang Chen's agility and attack speed exponentially amplified.
In an instant, his sword could cleave through the bodies of scores of adversaries!
Decaying demonic beasts, formidable members of the Nether Soul Demon Clan, all those inferior to the Late-stage Dao Comprehension realm, fell to a single sword strike!
Even those at the Late-stage Dao Comprehension realm from the Nether Soul Demon Clan could barely endure around ten moves before their lives were claimed by Jiang Chen's sword.
In a mere moment, Jiang Chen had dispatched twenty demons of the Dao Comprehension realm and thousands of demonic beasts from various realms.
Such a spectacle swiftly seized the attention of many onlookers!
Even Long Tianlu, who was presently engaged in a fierce battle with Mo Yu, allowed his brows to knit slightly.
As per the intelligence from the Imperial Extreme Heavenly Palace, there weren't supposed to be any Half-step Dao Palace realm powerhouses in the Purple Heaven Holy Land!
At present, the four Dao Palace realm powerhouses from the Purple Heaven Holy Land were stationed at the Verdant Leaf Giant Peak, leaving only Mo Yu in charge of defending the Holy Land.
Where could another cultivator, whose combat prowess verged on the Dao Palace realm, have emerged from to create such mayhem!?
'No, we cannot let this vermin continue his rampage!' Long Tianlu's gaze hardened, a fleeting glint of icy light flashed and vanished.
However, Mo Yu had already discerned his intentions, immediately unleashing an even greater surge of power, keeping him anchored in combat!
"What! You were holding back earlier!" Long Tianlu's expression betrayed his shock, and a sense of unease started to creep into his heart for an inexplicable reason. However, he couldn't quite put his finger on what was amiss.
Given the current state of affairs, even if an unforeseen powerhouse had surfaced from the Purple Heaven Holy Land, it wouldn't be sufficient to reverse the tide.
A mere Half-step Dao Palace realm cultivator was something he, Long Tianlu, could easily suppress single-handedly.
"Hmph! Today, you will not escape!" Mo Yu retorted with a sneer, incessantly launching offensive strikes with the Purple Heaven Immortal Martial Sword in his grasp.
Tucked under his tongue, he hid half of the pill that he had procured from Jiang Chen, prepared to swallow it at a moment's notice.
"You conceited insect, ignorant of the vastness of heaven and earth!" Long Tianlu thundered with disdain.
"Do you truly believe a mere shattered immortal sword is sufficient to challenge me?"
"Had my power not plummeted significantly, I could have annihilated you as effortlessly as slaughtering a chicken!"
"Even in my present state, I assure you, within a hundred moves, your demise is inevitable!" Flashing a cold smirk laced with murderous intent, his tremendous power exploded in an instant, once again subjugating Mo Yu.
However, every time Long Tianlu attempted to engage Jiang Chen, Mo Yu fiercely intervened, thwarting his advancement!
Scores of breaths transpired in the span of a heartbeat.
On the battleground beyond the Holy Land, Jiang Chen wielded the Peerless Heaven Piercing Sword, running rampant in a murderous spree.
Relying solely on his formidable strength, he fragmented the elite combat forces of the demonic beasts, plunging them into chaos!
Capitalizing on this disarray, the upper echelons of the Purple Heaven Holy Land launched a vigorous counteroffensive!
Elders, like Liu Xiong, sprung into the fray, no longer needing to risk headlong charges. Their role was simply to engage the demonic beasts, creating openings for Jiang Chen to strike fatal blows!
In a fleeting moment, Jiang Chen had once again exterminated countless demonic beasts of the Dao Comprehension and Inquiring Journey realms, amassing a colossal amount of qi and blood energy.
All this qi and blood were metamorphosed by the Wordless Heavenly Jade into a mysterious form of energy and stockpiled.
In addition, Jiang Chen also collected numerous Nether Soul Crystals from the fallen members of the Nether Soul Demon Clan.
These Nether Soul Crystals would offer the first substantial enhancements for Nangong Wan and Shangguan Ning since their revival!
Dealing with these Nether Soul Crystals posed no difficulty.
Following a single explanation from Nangong Wan, Jiang Chen gained a complete understanding, not even requiring the assistance of the Wordless Heavenly Jade.
At this moment, Jiang Chen was still wreaking havoc on the battlefield.
This increasingly caused Long Tianlu's brows to furrow. He made multiple attempts to shift his focus and obliterate Jiang Chen, but Mo Yu resolutely intercepted him each time.
At this point, Mo Yu had not yet consumed the half piece of the Jade Thunder Vigor Infusion Pill. He was relying solely on his personal repertoire of secret arts and trump cards.
Despite managing to keep Long Tianlu engaged for even this brief period, he had already sustained some injuries.
'No, this won't work! If I don't eliminate that nuisance soon, all of the kin that I brought will be slaughtered.' Long Tianlu nurtured a deep-seated hatred for Jiang Chen in his heart, simultaneously regretting his decision to leave all his other Dao Palace realm subordinates back at the Verdant Leaf Giant Peak.
Indeed, the Nether Soul Demon Clan still had four Dao Palace realm powerhouses tucked away within the Bottomless Abyss, poised to collaborate with the Imperial Extreme Heavenly Palace to entirely obliterate Ji Mingxiu and his companions.
At this juncture, these four Dao Palace demonic beings had also sprung into action, and the entire Verdant Leaf Giant Peak had already been decimated!
On the side of the Holy Land, Long Tianlu's gaze turned frosty, his body suddenly erupted with the aura of the Transcendence realm!
As this aura emerged, the very hue of heaven and earth shifted!
Across the entirety of the Holy Land, all cultivators felt a frigid shiver course down their spines, their hair standing on end instantaneously, a wave of terror washing over them!
"Not good!!" A drastic shift in Mo Yu's expression was apparent, as he fearlessly channeled his Dao Yuan Power into the Purple Heaven Immortal Martial Sword.
Hum, hum, hum!
Beams of sword Qi, reminiscent of wandering dragons, hurtled towards Long Tianlu almost instantly!
"Damn it!" Long Tianlu's movements stuttered, leaving him with no choice but to defend against the onslaught of the Purple Heaven Immortal Martial Sword's Qi.
"Jiang Chen, we have nearly gathered enough Nether Soul Crystals!" Shangguan Ning's voice suddenly resonated within Jiang Chen's Sea of Consciousness, urgent and clear. "We must deal with Long Tianlu first. Otherwise, even if Mo Yu manages to hold on, he won't endure much longer!"
"Alright!" Without a moment's delay, Jiang Chen pivoted and began to withdraw.
Simultaneously, he didn't neglect to signal Xie Zhen, Liu Xiong, and other Holy Land powerhouses engaged in the external conflict to retreat as well.
'Hmm? Has that whelp stopped his attack?' Long Tianlu mused, watching as Jiang Chen began to pull away. Questions and theories darted through his mind. 'Perhaps he used a secret art or some artifact to boost his strength temporarily. Now that its effects have faded, he's forced to fall back.'
Given the intelligence he possessed, this was the most logical assumption.
On this front, Jiang Chen retreated into the protective formation and rapidly made his way into the underground secret chamber of the Holy Land Grand Hall.
The protective array here offered maximal shielding against divine sense detection.
For the sake of prudence, Jiang Chen opted for a few additional safeguards, choosing to absorb the Nether Soul Crystals and engage in his cultivation practice here.
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'Next!' Grasping the Peerless Heaven Piercing Sword, Jiang Chen metamorphosed into an unseen specter, navigating unimpeded amidst an endless swarm of demonic beasts!
Even as he was engaged in the bloodbath against the Nether Soul Demon Clan, Jiang Chen was meticulous not to overlook the opportunity to employ the Wordless Heavenly Jade, absorbing the qi and blood energy effusing from the slain beasts.
The fierce battle had been raging for a considerable amount of time before his intervention. The cadavers of the fallen demonic beasts had accumulated, forming a 'ring-shaped mountain range' that encircled the Holy Land.
The wealth of qi and blood energy sequestered within this range was simply unfathomable!
In the fleeting moments, Jiang Chen had garnered sufficient energy to initiate the practice of a Dao Palace realm cultivation method.
Not missing a beat, he promptly invoked the Wordless Heavenly Jade and elected the Dao Palace realm martial technique, 'Myriad Changes Everlasting Sword'!
Nangong Wan had graciously shared this martial technique, which indubitably ranked amongst the top Sword Dao cultivation methods available in the Dao Palace realm!
Once mastered to the perfect-level, it would undoubtedly unlock a subset of the profound Sword Dao!
'The mystery of the sword resides within the Dao Heart...'
Engraved in Jiang Chen's consciousness, the principles of the Myriad Changes Everlasting Sword were incessantly reverberating.
In an ephemeral moment, the entire essence of this cultivation method was wholly etched in his memory.
Subsequently, an immensely vast and deep energy erupted from the Wordless Heavenly Jade, flooding into Jiang Chen's form, seamlessly merging with his soul and every fibre of his existence.
In just a heartbeat, Jiang Chen had honed the Myriad Changes Everlasting Sword to the perfect-level stage, achieving a milestone that other prodigies might labor for centuries or even millennia to accomplish!
The Myriad Changes Everlasting Sword was a potent cultivation method, encapsulating diverse facets of the Sword Dao.
To master it to the perfect-level indicated that at least one of these facets could be fully apprehended.
Jiang Chen elected to completely apprehend the 'Swift Sword Dao'.
At this juncture, having wholly absorbed the Swift Sword Dao, Jiang Chen's agility and attack speed exponentially amplified.
In an instant, his sword could cleave through the bodies of scores of adversaries!
Decaying demonic beasts, formidable members of the Nether Soul Demon Clan, all those inferior to the Late-stage Dao Comprehension realm, fell to a single sword strike!
Even those at the Late-stage Dao Comprehension realm from the Nether Soul Demon Clan could barely endure around ten moves before their lives were claimed by Jiang Chen's sword.
In a mere moment, Jiang Chen had dispatched twenty demons of the Dao Comprehension realm and thousands of demonic beasts from various realms.
Such a spectacle swiftly seized the attention of many onlookers!
Even Long Tianlu, who was presently engaged in a fierce battle with Mo Yu, allowed his brows to knit slightly.
As per the intelligence from the Imperial Extreme Heavenly Palace, there weren't supposed to be any Half-step Dao Palace realm powerhouses in the Purple Heaven Holy Land!
At present, the four Dao Palace realm powerhouses from the Purple Heaven Holy Land were stationed at the Verdant Leaf Giant Peak, leaving only Mo Yu in charge of defending the Holy Land.
Where could another cultivator, whose combat prowess verged on the Dao Palace realm, have emerged from to create such mayhem!?
'No, we cannot let this vermin continue his rampage!' Long Tianlu's gaze hardened, a fleeting glint of icy light flashed and vanished.
However, Mo Yu had already discerned his intentions, immediately unleashing an even greater surge of power, keeping him anchored in combat!
"What! You were holding back earlier!" Long Tianlu's expression betrayed his shock, and a sense of unease started to creep into his heart for an inexplicable reason. However, he couldn't quite put his finger on what was amiss.
Given the current state of affairs, even if an unforeseen powerhouse had surfaced from the Purple Heaven Holy Land, it wouldn't be sufficient to reverse the tide.
A mere Half-step Dao Palace realm cultivator was something he, Long Tianlu, could easily suppress single-handedly.
"Hmph! Today, you will not escape!" Mo Yu retorted with a sneer, incessantly launching offensive strikes with the Purple Heaven Immortal Martial Sword in his grasp.
Tucked under his tongue, he hid half of the pill that he had procured from Jiang Chen, prepared to swallow it at a moment's notice.
"You conceited insect, ignorant of the vastness of heaven and earth!" Long Tianlu thundered with disdain.
"Do you truly believe a mere shattered immortal sword is sufficient to challenge me?"
"Had my power not plummeted significantly, I could have annihilated you as effortlessly as slaughtering a chicken!"
"Even in my present state, I assure you, within a hundred moves, your demise is inevitable!" Flashing a cold smirk laced with murderous intent, his tremendous power exploded in an instant, once again subjugating Mo Yu.
However, every time Long Tianlu attempted to engage Jiang Chen, Mo Yu fiercely intervened, thwarting his advancement!
Scores of breaths transpired in the span of a heartbeat.
On the battleground beyond the Holy Land, Jiang Chen wielded the Peerless Heaven Piercing Sword, running rampant in a murderous spree.
Relying solely on his formidable strength, he fragmented the elite combat forces of the demonic beasts, plunging them into chaos!
Capitalizing on this disarray, the upper echelons of the Purple Heaven Holy Land launched a vigorous counteroffensive!
Elders, like Liu Xiong, sprung into the fray, no longer needing to risk headlong charges. Their role was simply to engage the demonic beasts, creating openings for Jiang Chen to strike fatal blows!
In a fleeting moment, Jiang Chen had once again exterminated countless demonic beasts of the Dao Comprehension and Inquiring Journey realms, amassing a colossal amount of qi and blood energy.
All this qi and blood were metamorphosed by the Wordless Heavenly Jade into a mysterious form of energy and stockpiled.
In addition, Jiang Chen also collected numerous Nether Soul Crystals from the fallen members of the Nether Soul Demon Clan.
These Nether Soul Crystals would offer the first substantial enhancements for Nangong Wan and Shangguan Ning since their revival!
Dealing with these Nether Soul Crystals posed no difficulty.
Following a single explanation from Nangong Wan, Jiang Chen gained a complete understanding, not even requiring the assistance of the Wordless Heavenly Jade.
At this moment, Jiang Chen was still wreaking havoc on the battlefield.
This increasingly caused Long Tianlu's brows to furrow. He made multiple attempts to shift his focus and obliterate Jiang Chen, but Mo Yu resolutely intercepted him each time.
At this point, Mo Yu had not yet consumed the half piece of the Jade Thunder Vigor Infusion Pill. He was relying solely on his personal repertoire of secret arts and trump cards.
Despite managing to keep Long Tianlu engaged for even this brief period, he had already sustained some injuries.
'No, this won't work! If I don't eliminate that nuisance soon, all of the kin that I brought will be slaughtered.' Long Tianlu nurtured a deep-seated hatred for Jiang Chen in his heart, simultaneously regretting his decision to leave all his other Dao Palace realm subordinates back at the Verdant Leaf Giant Peak.
Indeed, the Nether Soul Demon Clan still had four Dao Palace realm powerhouses tucked away within the Bottomless Abyss, poised to collaborate with the Imperial Extreme Heavenly Palace to entirely obliterate Ji Mingxiu and his companions.
At this juncture, these four Dao Palace demonic beings had also sprung into action, and the entire Verdant Leaf Giant Peak had already been decimated!
On the side of the Holy Land, Long Tianlu's gaze turned frosty, his body suddenly erupted with the aura of the Transcendence realm!
As this aura emerged, the very hue of heaven and earth shifted!
Across the entirety of the Holy Land, all cultivators felt a frigid shiver course down their spines, their hair standing on end instantaneously, a wave of terror washing over them!
"Not good!!" A drastic shift in Mo Yu's expression was apparent, as he fearlessly channeled his Dao Yuan Power into the Purple Heaven Immortal Martial Sword.
Hum, hum, hum!
Beams of sword Qi, reminiscent of wandering dragons, hurtled towards Long Tianlu almost instantly!
"Damn it!" Long Tianlu's movements stuttered, leaving him with no choice but to defend against the onslaught of the Purple Heaven Immortal Martial Sword's Qi.
"Jiang Chen, we have nearly gathered enough Nether Soul Crystals!" Shangguan Ning's voice suddenly resonated within Jiang Chen's Sea of Consciousness, urgent and clear. "We must deal with Long Tianlu first. Otherwise, even if Mo Yu manages to hold on, he won't endure much longer!"
"Alright!" Without a moment's delay, Jiang Chen pivoted and began to withdraw.
Simultaneously, he didn't neglect to signal Xie Zhen, Liu Xiong, and other Holy Land powerhouses engaged in the external conflict to retreat as well.
'Hmm? Has that whelp stopped his attack?' Long Tianlu mused, watching as Jiang Chen began to pull away. Questions and theories darted through his mind. 'Perhaps he used a secret art or some artifact to boost his strength temporarily. Now that its effects have faded, he's forced to fall back.'
Given the intelligence he possessed, this was the most logical assumption.
On this front, Jiang Chen retreated into the protective formation and rapidly made his way into the underground secret chamber of the Holy Land Grand Hall.
The protective array here offered maximal shielding against divine sense detection.
For the sake of prudence, Jiang Chen opted for a few additional safeguards, choosing to absorb the Nether Soul Crystals and engage in his cultivation practice here.
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