Chapter 721: Thunder Devours the Body, Divine Soul Annihilated (2)

Compared to the Golden Core, the Nascent Soul not only experiences a multiple growth in spiritual power and divine sense, but its biggest breakthroughs are mainly in three aspects.

Firstly, the Golden Core has only a single divine technique, while the Nascent Soul can comprehend a second divine technique, a third, and even a fourth, as seen in exceptionally talented individuals like Meng Chi True Monarch.

Secondly, using magical treasures and divine techniques, especially divine techniques, consumes a lot of spiritual power and divine sense for the Golden Core. In battles, being able to use them two or three times is already the limit. But upon reaching the Nascent Soul Realm, one can nurture an innate divine technique and a lifebound treasure, both of which not only possess more mighty power than ordinary divine techniques and treasures, their greatest feature is minimal consumption, allowing frequent use similar to ordinary magic techniques.

Thirdly, there’s a qualitative breakthrough in recuperative and life forces. The Golden Core cannot regenerate severed limbs and would die from fatal injuries. But the Nascent Soul Spirit Monarch can regenerate limbs and can survive for a short time even after the body is destroyed by leaving the body. As long as this vulnerable period is met with adequate protection and sufficient materials and spiritual qi are provided, one can use secret techniques to regenerate a body and be completely resurrected.

In this respect, the Nascent Soul indeed looks down upon the Golden Core.

However, despite the large disparity, it’s not as wide as between two different species.

After all, both the Nascent Soul and Golden Core use divine techniques and magical treasures; even if your innate divine technique and lifebound treasure can surpass mine, what I’m holding isn’t just a lump of clay.

Hence, the Golden Core can injure the Nascent Soul Spirit Monarch, and ordinary Nascent Souls are generally reluctant to be surrounded by Golden Cores.

This is why the people of Yun Mountain dare to resist Qiming Spirit Monarch now.

But it’s only resistance. Currently, the Yunshan Sect’s true Golden Cores are only Wu Yan and the Jade Flood Dragon. Neither of them has a magical treasure (the Jade Flood Dragon due to its special form makes it hard to find suitable treasures, and Wu Yan is newly advanced to Golden Core and hasn’t yet had time to refine treasures). Thus, only divine techniques pose some threat to the Nascent Soul Spirit Monarch.

The Dragon-Slaying Painting composed of eighteen Foundation Establishment cultivators can attack with strength comparable to Late-Stage Golden Core immortals, while the Vast Sea Star Battle Array formed by three hundred inner sect disciples has power at the Mid-Stage Golden Core level, aligned with conventional attack strength of a Golden Core Master, but unable to reach a killer divine technique level.

In the past, the Immortal Dragon Slayer Painting fought against Skull Child evenly until Skull Child’s divine technique was unleashed, causing the Dragon-Slaying Painting to collapse instantly. Although the divine technique being a spiritual sense attack that counters the Dragon-Slaying Painting played a part, it also illustrates that ‘comparable’ power is ultimately no match for divine techniques.

It’s no wonder that to Qiming Spirit Monarch, the so-called combined force is insignificant.

But there is no other choice; all methods must be deployed to delay until either Lu Qian successfully crosses the tribulation or Cangzhou’s Nascent Souls come to aid.

After scattering two array attacks, Qiming Spirit Monarch gave a cold snort as he emerged from the water spray and lightning glow. Suddenly, a flash of light appeared before him; the Jade Flood Dragon soared with clouds and mist, rising spirally, and its warm body was now covered in pale thunderbolts, transmitting forward from its lengthy dragon tail.

The fluctuation of this divine technique made Qiming Spirit Monarch slightly focus.

He was about to react when suddenly the sound of agitated water arose around him; seventy-two clear, transparent water whips suddenly sprang out, binding his limbs and body in an instant, wrapping him like a dumpling.

Initially contemptuous, Qiming Spirit Monarch struggled with his arms, attempting to break these seemingly ordinary water whips. Yet, instead of breaking, they vibrated vigorously without coming loose!

Only then did he realize that besides the binding power of the Water Element, the water whips were enveloped by a layer of space fluctuations, which was none other than the Void Spiritual Root Secret Technique exerted by Wu Yan with full force!

A good opportunity!

With a booming explosion, the White Dragon Divine Thunder shot out from the Jade Flood Dragon’s singular horn, targeting Qiming Spirit Monarch directly.

Meanwhile, on Dragon Ridge Peak, the mountains cracked, and the rock face shattered as a hidden giant serpent finally emerged, spewing a dazzling light from its mouth.

Ming Snake Daoist Soldiers · Blazing Fire Dragon Breath!

Flying Snake, Ming Snake, and Soaring Snake, three types of Daoist Soldiers correspond to Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul power respectively. The Tao Brothers made a breakthrough years ago, finally crafting the Ming Snake Daoist Soldiers. Unfortunately, even the third-level high-tier spiritual vein of Minglong Mountain could only drive a single Ming Snake Daoist Soldier.

At this moment, Lin Le, who had already made arrangements, directly removed the array map from the spiritual vein; the Five Elements Grand Array dissipated, and the Immortal Dragon Slayer Painting and Vast Sea Star Grand Array stepped into the battlefield!

The clang of sword echoes throughout the sky as a hundred-zhang Dragon-Slaying Sword strikes directly at Qiming Spirit Monarch.

Meanwhile, Jiang Qingfeng exhaled a cold breath, fully activating the Dao patterns, and the colossal Starlight Crescent behind her rose into the sky, enveloped in an ice shell, slicing towards Qiming Spirit Monarch.

These varied attacks even overshadowed the celestial tribulation above, seemingly about to overwhelm Qiming Spirit Monarch in a flash.

Yet, Qiming Spirit Monarch merely sneered coldly, moving his divine sense, causing the Venus Unity Ball to whistle, spraying light and mist from its eighty-one apertures, destroying the Starlight Crescent with a single shot.

And the Mountain-Breaking Golden Whip soared into the sky, smashing onto the Dragon-Slaying Sword with a bang. An irresistible force surged forth, causing the sword light to collapse instantaneously, the Dragon-Slaying Sword tilted immediately, while Wang Yu and the eighteen others involuntarily spun and flew out.

But at this moment, the White Dragon Divine Thunder and Blazing Fire Dragon Breath had already struck Qiming Spirit Monarch’s body!

Ferocious and powerful as it is, the White Dragon Divine Thunder remains explosive, while the Blazing Fire Dragon Breath, a trump card of the Ming Snake Daoist Soldier that takes a tea’s time to charge, rivals slightly weaker divine techniques.

With two divine powers hitting Qiming Spirit Monarch, the heart of Yun Mountain’s people leapt into their throats.