Demon Sword Sect’s Undercover
Chapter 454 - 454 453 Yubi Mountain Villa 3

454: Chapter 453 Yubi Mountain Villa 3 454: Chapter 453 Yubi Mountain Villa 3 The sword light in the sky condensed, and Hou Niao appeared in the air, furrowing his brow.

He wanted to continue his ferocious attack on the ancestor of the Yu Family in the Ice Pond, but time was running out.

In the brief moment he was fighting with Yu Wuwei, Yu Shangque in the Ice Pond had already woken up.

Under the strong suppression of the Golden Core Cultivator, he couldn’t maintain the existence of his Sword Spirit, which surprised him.

Could the Golden Core Realm have such ability?

Was the gap between their realms too great?

Or did this person possess some special skills?

He descended and landed in front of Zhao Xintong, “Get up there yourself, but do not leave the well.”

Zhao Xintong understood his meaning; he was worried she would be captured by the Yu Family if she rashly burst out of the well.

However, when she moved her feet, she found she couldn’t even take a step.

The methods Yu Shangque employed were not something Yu Wuwei could compare with.

Hou Niao could feel that the elder of the Yu Family had a very strange technique.

There was no fierce attack like a storm, yet silently and quietly, it disabled his combat abilities.

While in the air, it forced him out of his Sword Spirit state, and now when he tried to exert his power, he even discovered he had lost the ability to fly.

But he could still move his feet.

Was it a power to restrict flying or something else?

He had some guesses but was still not sure.

A gentle and cold voice resonated in the space, “Why does a Sword Cultivator from the Shan Sect appear here?

Does the Yu Family have some grudge with the Shan Sect Quanzhen?”

Hou Niao sneered, “If the Yu Family had a grudge with the Shan Sect, would they still be alive now?

But since your Yu Family wants to use this girl, that makes it my business!”

Yu Shangque sighed, “Two generations of outstanding members of the Yu clan have perished because of me.

Disciples of the Quanzhen are truly ruthless, not even giving a heads-up beforehand.

Perhaps things wouldn’t have gotten to this point.”

Hou Niao scoffed, “Give a heads-up to the Yu Family?

Do you give a heads-up to the people you’ve kidnapped?”

Yu Shangque opened his eyes, “Years of preparation wasted, but you all will pay the price.

If I can’t obtain a Taoist Body through body snatching, then I will simply flay her!

It’s not entirely hopeless.”

Hou Niao said coldly, “With me here, you won’t be able to!”

Both of them were seeking an opportunity through their conversation.

Hou Niao hoped to buy some time to think about how to escape Yu Shangque’s flying restriction, while Yu Shangque was thinking about how to keep the Sword Cultivator.

Under normal circumstances, someone like him in the Golden Core Late Stage would have no trouble crushing a minor cultivator at the Tongtian Realm second level, but his body was currently ravaged by Heavenly Thunder, leaving him in excruciating pain.

Of all his abilities, seventy to eighty percent were gone.

He had two choices: to ignore his injuries and go all out in a killing spree, but the consequences would be severe.

The Heavenly Thunder injury that he was barely suppressing would definitely spiral out of control, and he had no idea how long he could last – it would be mutual destruction.

The other option was to hold off the Sword Cultivator and strive to use the Heavenly Thunder in his body to kill, but that would require strategic preparation.

The longer one lived, the less they wished to die, and naturally, he chose the latter.

The goals of the two were different, but the choice was the same.

Hou Niao instructed in a soft voice, “As soon as the fight starts, he won’t have the spare strength to control you anymore.

Climb up yourself and fend for your own fortune.”

Zhao Xintong remained silent; actually, she had wanted to speak up for a while but couldn’t find a natural opportunity.

Moreover, she felt that only when she was with this villain could she be safe.

She wanted to reconcile, yet she simply couldn’t take that step.

The two of them moved almost simultaneously in their trial, Hou Niao’s flying sword shooting out swiftly.

Although he could not transform into a sword spirit and use the Body Sword Skill, he could still launch a pure flying sword attack.

Yu Shangque’s barrier was deployed even quicker, enveloping him in an instant, and at the same time, a fierce Heavenly Dao Thunderbolt power transmitted through; this was not manifested in the form of normal thunder and lightning but hidden within the barrier, conveyed through the barrier’s structural powers, only perceptible to those within it.

A tension and then a release, accumulating power, followed by a thunderous strike; it already had hints of the Great Dao about it, which made Hou Niao very uncomfortable.

He retracted his flying sword, beginning to resist with all his might against the concealed Thunder Power within the barrier; this did not align with his usual combat style, but it was a deliberate choice.

He could have chosen to fight desperately; the Qian Character Mantra contains such explosive techniques, allowing one to forcibly transform into a sword spirit for a short time to fight for a chance at life.

According to his personality, this would have been the only choice.

But the Heavenly Dao Thunderbolt power within Yu Shangque’s barrier caused him to abandon the risky and desperate approach.

In a flash of insight, he realized why he had never truly grasped the essence of Thunder Power.

He cultivated the external thunder of nature, the internal Primordial Magnetic Yin Yang thunder, but no matter which one, the actual effects were merely supplementary, capable of achieving certain effects with thunder, but lacking real lethality against powerful opponents, making such a practice of Thunderbolt Dao akin to something of little use.

He had not fully understood where he was falling short, or was it simply an insurmountable disparity in realms?

However, within Yu Shangque’s thunderous barrier, he finally identified the key reason why his Thunder Power failed to show its might; how could he possibly wield real power without understanding the essence of the Heavenly Dao Thunder Power?

Those from the Daoist sects who lived by the Thunderbolt Dao kept the most core and secret elements precisely on this point, unfortunately, the Shan Sect Quanzhen did not excel in this.

This was a rare opportunity, as they say, seeking in danger is part of cultivation; such chances come by chance, not by search, and must not be missed.

His advantage lay in his comparatively deep understanding of thunder, and this, his opponent probably did not know?

…Yu Shangque was very satisfied with the current situation because the Sword Cultivator was slowly falling into his trap.

His problem was that his body could not leave the Ice Pond.

Over decades of struggle against the Heavenly Thunder, the strength of the Earth’s Core Cold Essence provided by the Ice Pond has become a part of his body, which is why he has been able to withstand the wear of the Heavenly Thunder for so long.

Within a hundred steps distance, most of his mana had to be used to combat the erosion by the Heavenly Thunder, making it difficult for him to use ordinary spells to put the Sword Cultivator to death, not to mention he had to expend additional barrier strength to trap the Sword Cultivator, preventing him from utilizing the convenience of flight.

What was once a place of safety had become a place of dire struggle because of two incompetent descendants, making him, an ancestor, face such a desperate struggle.

The Sword Cultivator’s defense was exactly what he wanted.

He did not believe that the Heavenly Thunder, which had tormented him for decades, could be contended with by a mere Tongtian Realm cultivator; while the power of the Heavenly Thunder did not seem overwhelming, it contained a trace of the power of the Great Dao, the oppression of principles.

He was condemned by the Heavenly Thunder during his Nascent Transformation in the Upper Realm, resulting in his current state.

Of course, the Heavenly Thunder during Nascent Transformation would contain the imagination of the Great Dao.

The power could no longer be simply described by its thickness, brightness, or color.

In this Cold Well, over the decades, other enemies seeking vengeance had come seeking him, all silently struck down by the Heavenly Thunder during their confrontations, among these were several Golden Core Great Cultivation core figures on the Jinxiu Continent.

He was waiting, waiting for the Sword Cultivator to realize what was happening, before employing other measures.