Chapter 2102 - 1097: Retaliation (Part 2)
Chapter 2102: Chapter 1097: Retaliation (Part 2)
The Golden Saint is a Six-winged Archangel, the strongest entity in this world.
The ’Chaos Sword Intent’ simulated through his divine essence is a level stronger than Li Shiming’s ’Chaos Sword Intent’.
Li Shiming comprehended the ’Chaos Sword Intent’ simulated through the divine essence, experiencing a very subtle but continuous improvement.
Of course, it would take a very long time for the ’Chaos Sword Intent’ to experience a qualitative leap.
As he enhanced his ’Chaos Sword Intent’, Li Yuanba, who shared his comprehension, was also continuously improving his own ’Chaos Sword Intent’.
This kind of improvement might not be noticed by other late-stage great powers, but Great Power Jian Feiyu, being a fellow disciple, could certainly perceive the enhancement of Li Yuanba’s Sword Intent.
Great Power Jian Feiyu did not ask directly, and if he were to inquire, he would not do so in front of these outsiders.
He sensed the direction; the environment within the Divine Domain is quite hostile to human cultivators. However, the six are late-stage great powers, and given that they plan to stay for only three hours, the environmental impact is virtually negligible.
"Stop!" Great Power Jian Feiyu commanded with a wave of his hand.
Li Yuanba instantly ceased his space movement, causing the group to halt.
"Junior Li’s spatial capabilities have allowed us to reach the target ahead of schedule; in five breaths, Junior Li will transport us to the battle positions. Make sure not to embarrass yourselves before Junior Li—launch your attacks with full force!" Great Power Jian Feiyu instructed solemnly.
As soon as his command was issued, Li Yuanba began calculating the time internally, while also preparing the ’Purple Cloud Sword’.
The power accumulating in five breaths is certainly not as potent as the long-prepared accumulations of the other late-stage great powers, but it could still exert considerable influence.
The other great powers, too, were preparing. This time, it was a retaliation; without gaining some victorious outcomes, the mission would be incomplete.
In an instant, five breaths passed, with Li Yuanba and the five other late-stage great powers vanishing from their place, immediately reappearing near an altar.
Without any delay, as soon as the forms of the six late-stage great powers appeared, six attacks were unleashed simultaneously.
With full-force strikes prepared by the five late-stage great powers for a long time, they flew towards the altar.
The sword light and thunder light were extremely fast. The thunder light hit the altar first, its energy shield still holding; then came the sword light’s attack.
The altar’s energy shield shattered violently, allowing the thunder light and sword light to strike the inside.
At this time, hundreds of ice arrows, flying stones, and fireballs followed to attack the altar. However, the ice arrows, flying stones, and fireballs were not blindly targeting but aiming to attack the ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ within the altar.
Everything happened too quickly. This altar was evidently on guard, yet they did not anticipate the human great powers to attack with such ferocity and without the slightest delay.
The key point was the immediate full-scale attack upon arrival. The altar had sensed the human late-stage great powers’ movements, but the arrival speed of the human great powers clearly surpassed their expectations.
This slight time lapse caught the altar off guard.
The ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ at this side of the altar calculated by using the normal space movement speed of late-stage great powers but didn’t foresee Li Yuanba possessing the Space Core Rules, making his space movement significantly faster than that of ordinary late-stage great powers.
Upon the altar stood two late-stage fifth-grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’, which is similarly rare, indicating that this was intentionally arranged by the Divine Domain to guard against human cultivators’ retaliation.
Yet the strength of this retaliation surpassed the Divine Domain’s anticipation; the two late-stage fifth-grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ could not withstand the incoming adversaries.
Great Power Jian Feiyu’s Lifebound Flying Sword broke the defense of one late-stage fifth-grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldier’, only to be blocked by its longsword.
However, the price was the late-stage fifth-grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldier’s unstable form, continuously retreating in space.
On the other side, as the main force breaking the altar defenses, Great Power Meng Zhongtian’s lightning consumed most of its energy breaking the defenses, leaving only residual power to fall upon another late-stage fifth-grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldier’, merely depleting part of its defense shield’s energy.
The attacks from the other three late-stage great powers did not focus on these two late-stage fifth-grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’.
Instead, they targeted other ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’, with more than three hundred of them stationed at this altar, including quite a few early-middle-stage fifth-grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’.
Once these ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ form a battle formation, if there’s even a slight delay, perpetual reinforcements would be transmitted in.
They believed in Great Power Jian Feiyu and Great Power Meng Zhongtian, as Sword Cultivator and Thunder Cultivator had the most potent attack force.
The five late-stage great powers coordinated seamlessly; they attacked with full force without factoring in Li Yuanba’s combat strength, predominantly because they hadn’t collaborated before.
Li Yuanba’s ’Purple Cloud Sword’ flickered was enough to breach the shield energy that was partially consumed by the lightning, piercing through the late-stage fifth-grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldier’s body.
Then the ’Purple Cloud Sword’ shot into another late-stage fifth-grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldier’s body, its attack speed so tremendous that neither of the two late-stage fifth-grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ had time to react.
This wasn’t a testament to his unrivaled strength, but rather he was simply finishing them off.
The problem lay not in his inability to match Great Power Jian Feiyu or Great Power Meng Zhongtian, but rather he even surpassed Great Power Jian Feiyu in terms of Sword Intent.
If he couldn’t execute such a precise kill when not facing the enemy head-on, with the opponent practically defenseless, it would betray the terrifying power of his ’Chaos Sword Intent’ and the nearly pinnacle creation ’Purple Cloud Sword’.
The battle ended as quickly as it began. Just as Great Power Jian Feiyu and Great Power Meng Zhongtian prepared to unleash a second strike against their foes, they discovered the opponents had already been defeated.
They were astonished, for even though Li Yuanba was essentially finishing off the remnants, he managed to deliver such a strike after a long power build-up.
While Li Yuanba had only five breaths worth of power buildup, his attack’s power equated to theirs.
"Destroy the altar!" Great Power Jian Feiyu instructed gravely.
He gestured for Li Yuanba to halt, signaling him not to intervene.
"Just watch from the side; destroying the altar isn’t as simple as it seems—it requires certain techniques!" Great Power Jian Feiyu explained.
Then Great Power Meng Zhongtian took out a puppet, which clawed a few times on the altar, retrieving twelve ’Exotic Realm Spirit Crystals’.
At that moment, the puppet suddenly exploded. However, Li Yuanba sensed a peculiar energy within the puppet at the moment of its explosion, affecting the consciousness of the Six-winged Archangel within the altar.
This puppet was crafted specifically for altars, capable of momentarily disrupting the consciousness of the Six-winged Archangel within.
Great Power Jian Feiyu and the other great powers acted simultaneously, with strikes landing upon the altar, which could no longer withstand these assaults.
Li Yuanba watched as the altar shattered, its internal ’Holy Spirit’ energy dispersing in all directions, among which was a nearly imperceptible thin line retreating into the distance.
The thin line’s speed was such that despite his attention to the scene, he was unable to prevent the thin filament’s escape.
He recognized the thin line was the shard of divine essence.
He shook his head, knowing that even if the late-stage great powers here had a means to capture the shard of divine essence, the Six-winged Archangel’s consciousness within it could pose significant trouble for the late-stage great powers.
The prospect of claiming the shard of divine essence was virtually impossible, unless the spiritual energy consciousness of the Six-winged Archangel within it could be depleted.
From the operations of the five late-stage great powers, it was evident the Immortal Alliance was unaware of the altar’s true secrets.
Li Yuanba chose to remain silent, mainly as he could not explain further.
He had already reaped the benefits and had no desire to create another Golden Saint.
Even if he could obtain the shard of divine essence, the current cultivation world lacked sufficient faith power to cultivate a new Six-winged Archangel, restoring a complete divine essence.
Witnessing the altar’s destruction, the faces of the late-stage great powers bore smiles; this task had met its minimum objectives, and any further opportunity to expand on the victory would now depend on luck.