Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery
Chapter 1052 - 1021: Slaying the Bai Zu Heavenly Lord

Beneath a single sword strike,

The scorching sun ascended, and countless Golden Silken Hundred Poison Gu insects burst open in the air.

There were also many gu insects, invisible and intangible, lurking secretly in space, carrying the scent of numerous curses, stealthily launching their attack, perfectly embodying the gu art's 'danger', 'uniqueness', and 'concealment', the work of an old hand, a master-level figure.

However, when the vast Great Sun Annihilation Sword Qi swept in to kill and the Sword Intent pressed down, all these malevolent and monstrous tricks became desperate.

Countless gu insects turned to ash and scattered in the sky, utterly ineffective.

"Bai Zu fellow cultivator, you seem a bit weak."

Jiang Ding sighed.

Boom!

Within the thousands of miles of the Great Sun Destroying Sword Domain, another dazzling Grest Sun rose, suspended high in the sky, and fell like a shooting star, locking onto the core of the centipede, shining brilliantly and uprightly, bringing with it the terrifying high temperature of destruction to bombard its target.

It's telling you,

I'm here, you're going to die.

Will you accept it?

If you don't, then die!

The same sword strike, from beginning to end it was the same strike, without any change, carrying a clear and icy breath of death from above the heavens, enveloping the entire Divine Soul of the Centipede Taoist, as though plunging into a pit of ice, freezing in place.

"Tushan, you shall die!"

Bai Zu Heavenly Monarch roared.

His eyes were bloodshot, no longer able to maintain the stability and peace of his Dao Heart.

Under the threat of life and death, countless heroes and elite talents of all times have failed to see through, and so couldn't he.

Let alone dying such a humiliating and powerless death.

The bygone years when he dominated the Southern Border, repeatedly slaying powerful enemies of both Human Race and demon kind, seemed to have long passed, nothing more than dreams within dreams, never truly existed.

Just an ordinary sword strike, yet he already had a clear premonition of death.

So clear, so fragile.

"Roar!"

"Kill!"

Bai Zu Heavenly Monarch bellowed, his roar shaking ten thousand miles.

His mouth opened wider and wider, stretching hundreds of times bigger in an instant, as large as a hill, its sharp teeth, saliva, oral cavity texture, and poison glands clearly visible; from afar, it looked like a gaping goldgreen cavern of flesh, continuously spewing out Poison Fog.

Rustling...

More than two million Golden Silken Hundred Poison Gu insects madly cried out, pouring into his mouth, flooding into his flesh, bones, and skin like a long river.

The gu insects surfaced on the outside, causing bumps to appear all over Bai Zu Heavenly Monarch's skin and cheeks, densely packed and wriggling madly.

In the end, the skin on his body simply burst open with raw power, foul and poisonous pus splattering, revealing patches of Golden Green Insect Carapace shining brightly in the sunlight, flickering a strange light.

Bai Zu Heavenly Monarch's body swelled up incessantly, continuously expanding.

Finally, he transformed into a hundred-meter giant with a body covered in goldgreen insect scales.

His body was as hot as a furnace, and merely his vigor alone dispelled the Great Sun Destroying Sword Domain for several kilometers around, and with the slightest movement, he shattered the void, creating ripples upon ripples.

"Tushan!"

"This is my true Hundred Poison Gu body! Take a good look!"

Bai Zu Heavenly Monarch roared.

One by one, the Golden Green Insect Carapace on his body flashed with light, from the tip of his feet to his torso, and then all over his body, until all the light converged at the edge of his fist.

He punched out from a bowing stance, his punch directed at the green-clothed youth in the distance; his whole figure shattered the space and also vanished from sight.

This insect body, even more terrifying than a Primordial Spirit Treasure!

"The Body Refinement Dao?"

Jiang Ding said with interest.

This Bai Zu Heavenly Monarch was truly an oddity.

Unlike the Ice Field Heavenly Monarch, who relied solely on his distinct bloodline, he appeared to have had a less smooth journey due to his lackluster bloodline heritage, having not touched upon high-ranking bloodlines like the phoenix. Therefore, combining many human and demon legacies, he developed many peculiar things on his own.

The gu insects were like this, and so was this true Hundred Poison Gu body.

"Your use of gu insects in the Body Refinement Dao is indeed a stroke of genius."

Jiang Ding praised: "You young lad, born from the Centipede Clan, have limited your potential. Had you been born in the Human Race, you could have gone much further, as your bloodline has restricted you..."

Boom!

Space shattered!

The Golden Green Carapace Giant broke through the space, slamming into the green-clothed youth, shattering him and the surrounding space for several kilometers into a mist of blood, with blood splattering, bone fragments, visceral pieces, and pieces of hair... all things human were present.

"Death..."

A flicker of uncontrollable excitement emerged in Bai Zu Heavenly Monarch's heart.

Swoosh!

Another round of the intense Grest Sun, not affected by the target that traversed through space, had already firmly locked onto the Divine Soul of the centipede, bombarding it with dazzling and scorching light.

Billions of Sword-light, along with Forbidden Laws, Destruction, and the will of Annihilation erupted simultaneously, striking the back of Bai Zu Heavenly Monarch who had just thrown a punch and was slightly delayed in his reaction.

Boom!

"Pfft!"

Bai Zu Heavenly Lord was sneak attacked by the Scorching Sun, striking his back, shattering his carapace instantly; his flesh turned to ash as he spewed blood and was sent flying forward.

His figure staggered unceasingly in the sky, his aura plummeting drastically.

Once the Spiritual Light had dissipated somewhat, he focused his gaze for a closer look.

On the back of the Golden Green Carapace Giant, which spanned a hundred meters, the Scorching Sun had blasted a regular circular crater, exceptionally smooth. Inside the pit, the insect carapace, flesh, and even the toughest bones had turned to ash, leaving only a thin layer of translucent flesh on the chest.

This one strike,

was only a fraction away from blasting him into a state of translucent front and back!

In truth, he was almost there now, with only a thin layer of the insect carapace on his chest laced with streaks of flesh remaining. If it weren't for the inherently tenacious vitality of insect-type Demon Beasts, he would already be a corpse.

"Ah!"

"You despicable hybrid!"

Bai Zu Heavenly Lord roared furiously, verging on madness.

With such an advantage, his opponent still resorted to sneak attacks, unwilling to face the enemy head-on!

Absolutely devoid of any self-respect for the Immortal Path or Sword Dao.

The utter dishonor!

Extreme shamelessness!

"Fellow Daoist, this isn't despicable."

"This is the art of war."

Elsewhere in the void, Jiang Ding's figure re-emerged, and concurrently, the flesh and blood remnants at his original location transformed into Spiritual Light and vanished.

"Forget it, you wouldn't understand if I explained."

"Bai Zu fellow cultivator, have a good journey."

Boom!

Jiang Ding's sword slashed down again.

A brilliant Scorching Sun formed within the Great Sun Destroying Sword Domain, another straightforward and unembellished sword fell, suppressing the golden green carapace giant whose aura had plummeted.

This was a fundamental sword strike, honed for hundreds of years.

"Another sword like this? Can't you change it up?"

"Tushan, you damn hybrid."

Bai Zu Heavenly Lord let out a mournful laugh.

Buzz!

He ignited his Demon Pill, igniting his life Essence Blood.

Starting from the forehead of his hundred-meter-long insect body, a golden green flame emerged, which rapidly spread throughout his body, setting it ablaze, as countless ashes fluttered down.

In the end, everything turned into a blazing bright flame, the final life's flame of a Heavenly Monarch, illuminating tens of thousands of miles.

Boom!

This golden green Poison Flame collapsed, once again transforming into millions of Gu insects—eerie green in hue, immaterial and insubstantial, instantly piercing through a thousand miles of space, appearing before Jiang Ding, entering his field of view. All of this happened in an instant, arriving in a split second, leaving no time to react.

"A Divine Soul attack, huh?"

Jiang Ding was calm.

Clang!

The Taiqing Flying Sword instantly appeared in front of him, with the Great Sun Destroying Sword Intent, slashing horizontally and vertically. Without any fancy variations, it delivered a straight sword strike, the same Scorching Sun Sword Dao resurging.

Great Sun Sword Pavilion stands by its foundation: the Taiqing Spirit Iron, the Sword Intent!

All sorts of tricky moves, unexpected, extremely dangerous, Divine Soul attacks, Gu insect attacks, curse attacks, these assorted, roundabout methods of assaults, to one with a complete Immortal Sects inheritance, they aren't impressive in the slightest.

The ancestors have thoroughly studied and passed down these clever tricks.

When facing someone from an Immortal Sects' background, only an outright overwhelming strength can defeat them, there is no other way.

Rumble!

The Sword Dao manifestation transformed by the Taiqing Flying Sword pushed forward relentlessly!

Sizzle...

All that Bai Zu Heavenly Lord burnt in his sacrifice, converting into the Hundred Poisons Golden Thread Gu Divine Soul attack, turned into a wisp of light blue smoke, dispersing without a trace, unable to inflict any impact.

"Bai Zu fellow cultivator, I am very disappointed."

Jiang Ding casually delivered a sword strike.

The Sword-light cut across the far-reaching void, falling upon 127 spots of empty space, within, motionless thumb-sized Centipede Soul Fragments lay.

"To fight with all your might, one must go all out, placing oneself in a dead-end to seek life."

"You're doing it wrong."

Jiang Ding was slightly irritated, then his expression softened.

"But don't worry, rest in peace. I will correct all your mistakes for you."

A series of Bluegold sword marks appeared on the 127 Centipede Soul Fragments, bisecting them, utterly obliterating them into dust.

Bai Zu Heavenly Lord's last breath of life was extinguished.

A Heavenly Monarch who once dominated the Southern Border for ten thousand years, had thus fallen.