Chapter 487 - 414: Flying Sword (Part 2)
Chapter 487: Chapter 414: Flying Sword (Part 2)
The azure Flying Sword was knocked away by the Qiankun Ruyi Staff, but it spun in mid-air and shot toward Chen Li once more.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
In a flash, the azure Flying Sword and the Qiankun Ruyi Staff had already clashed violently several times.
With each clash, the Primordial Spirit of the voluptuous woman in the white dress trembled violently. Its light dimmed, and its form grew a bit hazier.
’A Divine Artifact! This staff... is a Divine Artifact?!’
The voluptuous woman’s Primordial Spirit reeled in disbelief, filled with despair.
She knew full well the origin and power of her Flying Sword. Ordinary Primordial Spirit Soldiers were no match for it.
Yet now, her greatest trump card wasn’t gaining the slightest advantage. It took direct hits without suffering any damage and was even being faintly suppressed.
Just then, Chen Li’s physical body arrived nearby, carrying her unconscious form.
"Let’s die together!"
The voluptuous woman in the white dress let out a sharp cry.
She knew there was no escape for her today. The Power of her Primordial Spirit was rapidly depleting, on the verge of dissipating completely. A look of grim resolve flashed in her eyes.
Her Primordial Spirit suddenly contracted, pouring all its remaining Primordial Qi into the azure Flying Sword.
VMMMM!
The azure Flying Sword let out a clear, sonorous ring. Its blade erupted in brilliant light, swelling to about ten feet in length. It carried a terrifying Sword Intent of utter, mutual destruction as it slashed down at Chen Li’s Primordial Spirit.
The power of this single strike was many times greater than before. This was her final, all-or-nothing attack.
Deep within Chen Li’s Primordial Spirit, faint runes of the Righteous Wealth Law flowed, merging as one with the Qiankun Ruyi Staff.
"Break."
He met the astonishing sword light with his Qiankun Ruyi Staff, bringing it down in a single, simple strike.
BOOM!
The azure sword light and the black silhouette of the staff collided, erupting in a blinding light.
Like snow and ice meeting the morning sun, the sword light rapidly melted and disintegrated.
The azure Flying Sword let out a piteous wail. It was sent flying backward, its light completely extinguished. It tumbled and shrank in mid-air, returning to about a foot in length.
The voluptuous woman’s Primordial Spirit, like a flickering candle in the wind, wavered violently. It grew transparent and illusory, on the verge of disintegrating and fading into nothingness.
Seizing the opportunity, Chen Li’s Primordial Spirit stepped forward. With a grasp at the empty air, it pulled the out-of-control azure Flying Sword into its hand.
The Flying Sword trembled lightly, as if in defiance.
He then looked at the white Primordial Spirit on the verge of dissipating, his brow furrowing slightly.
From a distance, he pointed a finger at the illusory white Primordial Spirit once more.
Silent Extinction Finger.
Countless golden runes flew from his fingertip. Like chains of life, they instantly wrapped around the Primordial Spirit’s disintegrating body.
The runes flowed, forcibly halting its dissipation and stabilizing it.
The Primordial Spirit stopped dissipating, but its light had dimmed to an extreme.
Chen Li’s Primordial Spirit waved its hand. The woman’s Primordial Spirit turned into a streak of light, flew down toward her subdued body, and entered through her glabella.
Having done all this, his Primordial Spirit returned to his body.
The wilderness returned to silence.
The waning moon hid behind the clouds.
Chen Li’s gaze swept over his surroundings.
The commotion from the fight back in Jiangkou County Town had not been small. In the Jianghu, there was never a shortage of bold and nosy onlookers.
Although he had traveled extremely fast and this place was far from Jiangkou, he still didn’t dare to be careless.
If someone followed him and discovered the traces here, all his planning for the day would be for naught.
At this thought, Chen Li no longer hesitated.
He walked over to the unconscious, voluptuous woman in the white dress and the tall woman. His hands moved like lightning, using the Vein-Severing Soul-Breaking Finger technique to completely seal all the meridians and Acupoints in their bodies.
After doing this, he picked up the voluptuous woman in the white dress with one hand and the tall woman with the other.
His figure flickered and shot out like a phantom. Within a few leaps, he had disappeared into the vast darkness of the night.
After heading north for another ten or so li, the terrain grew more desolate.
A dilapidated temple appeared in his field of vision. Its walls were crumbling and its tiles were scattered, clearly abandoned for many years.
Chen Li paused his steps. His Divine Sense surged out like a tide, instantly sweeping over the inside and outside of the entire abandoned temple.
There was no living presence.
Only a few crows roosting on the broken beams were startled by him. With a RUSTLE of wings, they took flight and vanished into the darkness.
After confirming it was safe, Chen Li carried the two women and strode into the temple.
Inside the main hall, the idol was broken, cobwebs were everywhere, and a thick layer of dust covered the floor.
He casually tossed the two women into a corner, then leaped up onto a broken roof beam and sat down cross-legged.
Once settled, with a flicker of his thoughts, the azure Flying Sword he had taken from the voluptuous woman in the white dress appeared in his palm.
The sword was three chi and three cun long. Its body was crystalline, as if carved from the finest jadeite, and it glowed with a faint azure sheen under the dim moonlight.
However, as soon as he held it, Chen Li noticed something strange.
This Flying Sword was completely different from his Qiankun Ruyi Staff.
The Qiankun Ruyi Staff was a true Divine Artifact. It had an indestructible physical form that could be used as a melee weapon, and it could also transform into a Primordial Spirit Soldier at his will.
It could switch freely between its physical and ethereal forms, truly living up to the "Ruyi" in its name, which meant "as you will."
But this azure Flying Sword in his hand was not like a Divine Artifact, nor was it a weapon condensed from the Power of the Primordial Spirit.
Chen Li’s eyes narrowed slightly. A wisp of Primordial Qi from his fingertip seeped into the blade for a detailed inspection.
In the cultivation of the Martial Dao, after condensing one’s Divine Sense at the Divine Hall and stepping into the Grandmaster Realm, most martial artists who trained in Divine Sense Combat Techniques could condense the Power of Divine Sense to form Divine Sense Soldiers.
Divine Sense Soldiers were the most direct manifestation of the strength of one’s Divine Sense Combat Techniques.
They condensed the True Martial Dao that the Cultivator had comprehended and combined it with their own Power of Divine Sense, making them extremely powerful.
At the Divine Hall stage, when Divine Sense was newly formed, it had not yet solidified from its ethereal state and was extremely unstable. Thus, many Grandmasters chose to directly shape their Divine Sense into weapons like sabers, swords, spears, or halberds to use against enemies.
Only upon ascending to the Void Transformation stage, after the Divine Embryo had initially formed, would they gradually switch to fighting with a humanoid Divine Sense.
This was why, in his earlier years, Chen Li often encountered opponents whose Divine Sense attacked him in the form of a weapon.
Chen Li’s own Ape Strike Skill was a Superior Divine Sense Combat Technique from the Xingyi Technique family. It mimicked the posture of a Spiritual Ape, and the Divine Sense Soldiers it condensed took the form of a pair of sharp ape claws.
However, the system had long ago rewarded him with a Divine Artifact like the Qiankun Ruyi Staff, so naturally, he hadn’t put much effort into the ape claw-shaped Divine Sense Soldiers.
Over the years, the Ape Strike Skill had become something of an awkward asset—not particularly useful, but a shame to abandon entirely.
It wasn’t until he later cultivated the Silent Extinction Finger that he truly appreciated the profundity of a specialized Divine Sense Combat Technique.
However, the Silent Extinction Finger’s strength lay in sealing, and its direct offensive power was ultimately a notch weaker.
A Divine Sense Soldier was completely condensed from the user’s Divine Sense. If the owner’s Primordial Spirit collapsed, the weapon would naturally dissipate.
This sword was clearly not formed from the voluptuous woman’s Primordial Spirit.
Otherwise, when she was unconscious and her Primordial Spirit dormant, the sword should have dissipated long ago. How could it exist in his hand in a physical form like this?
’But to call it a Divine Weapon...’
Chen Li was certain that with his current Cultivation, if he exerted his strength, he could crush this Flying Sword to dust in an instant.
Compared to the indestructible, form-changing Qiankun Ruyi Staff, the difference was like that between the clouds and the mud.
’Could it be... like the Qingtian Bureau’s Cloud Mirror, a replica of some Divine Artifact?’ Chen Li wondered.
He inspected it carefully for a while longer, his Divine Sense sweeping over every inch of the blade and his Primordial Qi permeating its interior, but he found nothing else unusual.
The material of the blade was special, neither metal nor jade. It seemed to have a unique Spirituality flowing within it, yet it was so faint it felt like it could extinguish at any moment.
’Forget it.’
He shook his head, deciding not to delve any deeper.
Even if this sword wasn’t of great use, he wasn’t disappointed.
After all, this item seemed to be a set, along with the Flying Sword Skill Secret Manual and the True Intent of Martial Dao within the Jade Sword.
Even if it couldn’t truly live up to the Flying Sword Skill Secret Manual’s boast of "taking a head from a thousand li away with Sword Control," it was, at the very least, an extremely rare Divine Sense Secret Skill for attacking at a distance.
Chen Li was well aware that his current Divine Sense Combat Technique, the Ape Strike Skill, despite being a system reward, was at best a Superior Divine Sense Combat Technique. It could give him a slight edge in a clash of Divine Sense against those of the same Realm, but it was absolutely impossible to one-shot an opponent of the same level, let alone challenge someone of a higher one.
Although the Silent Extinction Finger was strong, it was highly specialized. It excelled at sealing, but its power was greatly reduced in direct combat.
If he could master this Flying Sword Skill, once his Second Primordial Spirit was successfully cultivated, it would be like gaining another powerful trump card.
At that time, his Lifebound Primordial Spirit would wield the Qiankun Ruyi Staff while his Second Primordial Spirit controlled the azure Flying Sword. Fighting two against one, they would complement each other, and his combat power would soar, enough to crush the vast majority of opponents at his level.
He might even have a chance to fight and win against those of a higher realm.