Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery
Chapter 1189 - 1157: Leaving One Dispirited

In the starry sky, such a spectacle appeared.

A blazing scorching sun, overhead, suppresses a Blood Dao Order Divine Blade formed by a mountain of corpses and a lake of blood. It crashes down, and amidst the brilliant starlight, countless blazing spiritual lights dissipate, submerging everything, brightening the cosmic starry sky for a moment.

When all the spiritual lights scattered.

In the starry sky, one could see a Blood Transformation Knife and a Blue-Gold Flying Sword fiercely battling. The clanging sounds of their collision incessantly filled the ears, forming visibly rippling waves that tore through patches of the starry sky, with spatial rifts continuously appearing and shattering again.

At this moment, one could clearly see that the hazy world surrounding the Blue-Gold Flying Sword had become a bit clearer.

This immediately showed a terrifying effect. The Blood Transformation Order Divine Blade's prowess was indeed more dreadful; casually splitting the star river, the power of order was boundlessly terrifying, possessing an absolute advantage of power, enough to crush any adversary effortlessly.

But when the Blood Transformation Order Divine Blade truly struck the Blue-Gold Flying Sword, one could see that the Blue-Gold Flying Sword was either chopping, poking, flicking, or stabbing, each strike perfectly executed, effortlessly pushing back the opponent with plenty to spare.

The swordsmanship had reached such a level that it exhibited an artistic beauty.

Ding!

Ding ding ding...

The Blood Transformation Order Divine Blade, capable of shattering a starry meteorite belt, clashed with the Taiqing Flying Sword, like a wild giant with the power to lift mountains and cover the world battling a slender swordsman to the death, when one strike from the wild giant could have smashed the slender swordsman to a pulp.

But when the sword and blade actually collided, seventy percent of the strength was first removed.

Could the remaining thirty percent of the strength affect the opponent?

No!

The remaining thirty percent of the strength was guided into the indistinct and formless Sword Realm!

The strength enough to push mountains and wade seas thus unreasonably disappeared by a large extent, with less than ten percent of the strength truly impacting the body of the Taiqing Flying Sword, which the Flying Sword promptly annihilated with ease.

"Swordsmanship, Sword Realm, is just like this..."

In the life-and-death battle, Jiang Ding gained new insights.

The principles in his heart became clearer and clearer; the swordsmanship he had painfully contemplated and meditated on brightened suddenly, many puzzles and questions no longer posing hindrances at this moment.

Swordsmanship is the skill of combat!

Swordsmanship is the skill of using one part strength to deliver five, ten, or even twenty parts of strength; even some terrifyingly extreme beings can achieve a thousandfold effect with one part strength!

This kind of power, already close to the Great Dao, even if weak as an ordinary person, can within an instant inhale and enhance oneself with the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi, advancing from an ordinary person to Foundation Establishment, and then slay Divinity Transformation with a single sword!

This type of power,

Perhaps could be called Sword Immortal Technique or True Immortal Skill!

Now, Jiang Ding is far from reaching this level.

At the peak of his Four Realms Undying Sword Qi, a slash he executes could leverage his foundational swordsmanship to generate ten times the force; this was already the limit, no further advancement possible even after hundreds of years.

But now, with the most ordinary slash he makes, not yet an embryonic form of Immortal Technique, he can already move eighteen parts of force.

Strength nearly doubled!

This is the terrifying effect of Swordsmanship breaking through the limit of Four Realms Undying Sword Qi, approaching the Fifth Realm of Sword Dao, and this is merely an approach, not yet truly breaking through the Fifth Realm of Sword Dao!

Ding ding ding ding...

The God Transformation Divine Blade and Taiqing Flying Sword fiercely battle, each holding their ground, slaughtering to madness, with neither able to gain the upper hand, repeatedly seesawing and vying for a sliver of chance to live in the bloody battle.

"Blood Stiff!"

"You are too weak! Too weak!"

Jiang Ding roars lowly, "Your Blood Dao along with your curse magic are naturally restrained by me, like the scorching sun and ghosts that fear light; ten parts of strength can only exert nine, even less than under Shenxiao Heavenly Monarch!"

"You're going to die, understand?"

"You foolish dreamer hoping to gain profit from others' fights! You're going to die!"

The sound of his roars, like the whistling of swords, echoed in the hearts of all disciples at the Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain, causing a tremor in their hearts and a strong sense of dread.

The coordination of the Blood Dao Army Formation thus showed signs of hesitancy, causing the evenly balanced situation to shift slightly towards the direction of the Great Sun.

This slight shift was captured by the Taiqing Flying Sword, which struck the God Transformation Divine Blade, forcing it back a step and wildly expanded the minor shift!

"Lower Realm vermin, you dare deceive the crowd with false words!"

"Die!"

When the Blood Stiff Heavenly Monarch saw a prolonged battle falling into disadvantage, he too became mad.

"Kill!"

He slit his own wrist, letting the lead-mercury-like bright red blood flow, forcibly separating the blood of millions of demon ghost soldiers under his command, with countless military formation runes emerging from the chaos, condensing a bloody Blood Dao Order Blood Transformation God Sword.

This bloody God Transformation Divine Blade, upon appearing, burst forth with terrifying and fierce aura, piercing through the star river, affecting the minor thousand worlds within, causing billions of living beings' blood to twist and change, skin bulging with veins, wailing ceaselessly, as if the blood gained its own life, seeking to leave the body.

Screech!

The Blood Transformation God Sword twisted like a snake, chopping directly towards the head of the green-clothed youth, its presence arriving instantly, blood light filling his sight, imprinting into his Divine Soul.

In this instant, as if a billion evil spirits screamed together, dragging living beings into the Eighteen Layers of Hell, where they would nevermore be transcended.

While the Blood Knife powerfully struck from the front, the Blood Stiff Heavenly Monarch silently maneuvered a magic formula.

An invisible transparent ghastly white bone nail flew out from the last segment of his spine, carrying endless resentment and curses, circling around the fiercely contested battlefield of blades and swords, and stealthily heading toward the nape of the green-clothed youth standing in the starry sky.

Black Blood Bone Nails!

This was the true Life Treasure of the Blood Stiff Heavenly Monarch, hidden under the guise of the Blood Transformation Knife Treasure, refined with heart blood over tens of thousands of years.

No one would suspect that a hot-tempered and ruggedly-bodied Daoist zombie would possess such a vicious treasure, nor would they imagine how formidable this Primordial Spirit Treasure could be.

It is well-known that Sword Cultivators are notoriously fragile in defense, as thin as paper; if the Black Blood Bone Nails could penetrate his body, it would surely be fatal!

In the blink of an eye,

The blood-red blade light had already enveloped the green-clothed youth, the power of the Blood Dao Order as cold as hell itself, seemingly destined for death.

"Blood Stiff Daoist."

"You are, somewhat disappointing."

Jiang Ding said calmly, even his fervent battle spirit beginning to withdraw, no longer as frenetic, heaving a disappointed sigh: "Blood Stiff, I cannot understand you."

"Why would you resort to such crude methods?"

"In the past, you might have relied on such crude methods to eliminate one enemy after another within and outside the sect, reaching today where you see it as your biggest trump card, used at the brink of life and death."

"But, why didn't you notice one thing, that is…"

"What thing?"

The heart of the Blood Stiff Heavenly Monarch suddenly filled with intense unease.

"That is, your own strength is as weak as an ant, even the Shuoyang Heavenly Monarch could slay you in one strike.

You rely completely on the Demon and Ghost Dao Soldiers of the Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain to contend with me, not the trump card you refined for many years."

"Understand?"

Jiang Ding appeared somewhat dispirited.

It's like agreeing to a lavish feast, only to find out it's all carbohydrates, all staple foods, although richly made and exquisitely prepared, it utterly fails to meet the tastes of someone from the south.

"Blood Stiff."

"You should have focused all your power on controlling the army formations."

"Instead of diverting half of your Divine Soul Computational Power to perform such laughable acts, by what right do you do this?"

"Is it because of your poor mastery of Dao technique?"

"Or is it your laughably crude command of the army formations?"

Clang!

Jiang Ding drew his sword.

The cosmic starry sky suddenly darkened!

Billions of Primordial Magnet starlights disappeared at this moment, plunging into utter darkness, even blocking the Divine Sense, causing massive confusion among the Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain Demon Ghost Soldiers, slowing their reaction a notch.

Under such circumstances, a thousand and twenty-four beams of sunlight appeared between heaven and earth, gathering all the light from thousands of miles of starry sky like magnificent solar gossamers, instantly projecting from afar, landing on a Blue-Gold Flying Sword.

Dyson Sun Sword Domain!

Moreover, it emerged spontaneously within the scope of Divine Sense in the blink of an eye!

Boundless and extreme power gathered, terrifying sunlight from the Sun Star concentrated here, falling on the Taiqing Flying Sword, causing its speed to suddenly surge, cutting through the power of order with the hazy and blurred support of the Sword Realm's phantom, vanishing from the surveillance of millions of demon ghost soldiers.

At this moment, the Blood Transformation Order Divine Blade formed from the Blood Dao Order approached, about to cleave the green-clothed youth in two.

Whoosh!

The Taiqing Flying Sword, trailing the magnificent attire of solar stars, without deviation or delay, accurately pierced into the terrifyingly powerful Blood Transformation Order Divine Blade like a star river.

Crack!

Amidst a clear sound, the entire blade was effortlessly penetrated by the Taiqing Flying Sword, shattering the core magical structure of the Blood Transformation Order Divine Blade.

That blade, which had gathered the power of the Blood Dao Army Formation and countless Blood Dao Cultivators' blood, containing terrifying order power, was now rigidly frozen in the void, unable to move a fraction.

"This can't be!"

"Impossible!"

The Blood Stiff Heavenly Monarch was filled with immense terror.

He instantly realized such a huge mistake he had made.

Diverting half of his Divine Soul Heart Power for other tasks while skirmishing with a formidable enemy at the Refining Void Stage!

Half of the Divine Soul Heart Power!

What did this mean?

It meant that during the combat with a formidable opponent, he had essentially bound his own hands and feet, and half of his body and head!

Now, he was paying the price!