Chapter 131 - 67: Fire Tree and Silver Flower Nightless Heaven, Jade Branches and Snowy Buds Fill the Courtyard with Cold

Chapter 131: Chapter 67: Fire Tree and Silver Flower Nightless Heaven, Jade Branches and Snowy Buds Fill the Courtyard with Cold

As she spoke, her expression remained unchanged, but she secretly activated the power of Venus·Shaking Light.

The ability granted to her by the Vast Starry Sky was far more complex than simply reflecting Venus in her acupoints to amplify her power.

The stars in the sky possessed all sorts of Attributes and abilities, and once Su Xingying condensed a Star Core Seed, she could borrow a bit of Venus’s power.

Although she was far from the stars and her own strength was still shallow, she shouldn’t have been able to establish too close a connection with the Venus in the sky.

But as the saying goes, "If you lack strength, make it up with resources." The Star Stone she wore was taken from beyond Heaven and Earth, from within the cosmic Starry Sky. Having been bathed in starlight for hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of years, the stone naturally contained an extremely dense Power of Venus. With the aid of this Star Stone, she had a medium to borrow the Power of Stars.

When her Divine Power Seed had just condensed, she had relied on the Star Stone to establish a connection with several stars.

Right now, she was mobilizing the power of Shaking Light from the Beidou Seven Stars. This star was also known as Po Jun, and it governed execution, disaster, finality, and purification.

As the power of Shaking Light reinforced her, the effect of Jiang Xuan’s cold winter tide was instantly minimized.

Of course, Su Xingying felt no great joy in her Heart.

Although the Star Stone amplified her power, she had, after all, advanced only recently. The amount of Shaking Light’s power she could mobilize within her body was extremely limited.

If Jiang Xuan chose to drag this into a stalemate, she truly couldn’t outlast him.

But because of the bold claims she’d made earlier, it was awkward for her to take the initiative to attack.

This dilemma, where she could neither advance nor retreat, left the proud Su Xingying struggling to hold on. She secretly hoped that Jiang Xuan wouldn’t "play dirty" and stall for time.

"Condense!"

To Su Xingying’s relief, Jiang Xuan did have some sense of honor. He didn’t drag things out and quickly made a move.

However, the joy on her face didn’t last long before it froze once more.

Jiang Xuan raised a sword-finger before him and let out a low shout. With a low "WHUMMM!", the chilling air that filled the sky, like fledgling swallows returning to their nest, suddenly converged and contracted above his head.

Soon, a greatsword over five meters long, forged entirely from ice and snow, hovered silently above Jiang Xuan’s head.

[Three Nine Frost Sky Divine Sword]

Of course, this alone wasn’t enough to make Su Xingying’s expression so grave. Having reached First Spirit Core Perfection and awakened a Divine Power Seed, she was fully confident she could withstand this attack.

What made her expression change was the realization that this greatsword was not the final form condensed from Jiang Xuan’s Power of the Cold Winter.

"Mangzhong: Jade Branch Snow Petals—Transform!"

WHOOSH...

Following Jiang Xuan’s low shout, a faint blue Rune suddenly appeared on his forehead. Its patterns were profound and cold, flowing slowly beneath his skin like frost veins.

The moment the Rune lit up, the aura around him changed drastically. His skin faded inch by inch to a near-transparent pallor. This stripped Jiang Xuan of the warmth of a living person, adding a layer of ghostly, ethereal coldness.

But at this moment, Jiang Xuan no longer felt like an ordinary Ghost. He was more like an Ice Soul Spirit Shadow, his body sculpted from freezing cold and untainted by the breath of life.

The instant Jiang Xuan transformed, the Frost Heaven Divine Sword hovering above his head was suddenly empowered. It morphed from a piercing greatsword into a vigorous ancient tree.

Moreover, this ancient tree continuously absorbed the surrounding cold air, rapidly sprouting, branching out, growing leaves, and blossoming. In the short span of thirty breaths, the Frost Heaven Divine Sword had grown into a giant tree nearly nine meters tall. It was pale silver from trunk to leaf, and it radiated an endless, piercing sharpness.

This was Jiang Xuan’s greatest gain from the past three days. He had transformed the Swordsmanship of the Valley of Summer, changing it from Fire Tree and Silver Flower Nightless Heaven into "jade branches and snow buds fill the cold courtyard"!

"Miss Xingying, please!"

Once the Frost Silver Ancient Tree took form, Jiang Xuan delayed no longer. He bowed to Su Xingying, drew his sword, and waited beneath the tree for her attack.

His call startled the stunned Su Xingying out of her shock.

She gazed at the nearly nine-meter-tall Frost Silver Ancient Tree and its overwhelming cold aura, then looked at the inhuman, ghost-chilled Jiang Xuan standing beneath it. The disdain and confidence on Su Xingying’s face had long since vanished. Now, only profound solemnity remained in her eyes.

"Jiang Xuan, I have to admit, you’ve given me quite a surprise. But I will not lose!"

BOOM!

Before her words had even faded, she shot forward like a meteor, speeding toward Jiang Xuan.

While she was still in mid-air, a ray of incomparably brilliant starlight suddenly burst from her sword.

"Merak!"

RUMBLE!

As Su Xingying charged, a massive clap of Thunder erupted from within Jiang Xuan’s body.

Amidst the roar, Jiang Xuan’s aura suddenly swelled several times over.

With his physical limitations removed and the Cyan Glaze Sword in hand, Jiang Xuan no longer remained on the defensive. His figure flickered, and he moved to meet Su Xingying head-on.

CLANG!

Soon, their two swords clashed in mid-air.

However, the instant they first collided, Jiang Xuan’s pupils shrank. A massive force traveled up his blade, shaking him so hard that the webbing between his thumb and forefinger split open.

Perhaps it was the amplification from reaching Acupoint Perfection, or maybe the enhancement from the Star Power of Merak (Giant Gate). This time, Su Xingying’s strength had surged to several times what it was three days ago.

The tyrannical, unrivaled power meant that even though Jiang Xuan had unshackled his body, he was still no match for her.

However, this turn of events didn’t make Jiang Xuan retreat. Ignoring his injuries, he smoothly turned the Cyan Glaze Sword in his hand. He used the force of the recoil to launch another deadly assault on Su Xingying.

BOOM!

Of course, after her advancement, Su Xingying not only possessed unrivaled power but also extreme speed. Jiang Xuan had just brought his recoiling sword down in a powerful slash when she was already upon him again.

Jiang Xuan, however, didn’t care in the slightest—he wasn’t fighting alone!

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

The moment Jiang Xuan and Su Xingying clashed, the silver flowers on the branches of the Frost Silver Ancient Tree, which floated in the sky, suddenly exploded. This tree, manifested by Jiang Xuan from countless wisps of cold air, unleashed its power. Countless bone-chillingly sharp glints of light shot out from the bursting flowers, whistling like thousands of streaming blades of shattered ice as they tore through the sky.

This piercing, overwhelming assault was without a doubt aimed at Su Xingying. The attack forced her to hastily evade and do her utmost to defend herself.

And this, in turn, caused her once-fierce offensive to instantly falter.

"Kill!"

Her offensive was stymied, but Jiang Xuan’s was not.

Seizing the opening while she was exhausted from dealing with the ancient tree’s cold light, Jiang Xuan—burning with all his might—slashed through the air with his sword and charged in for the kill once more!

CLANG!

Just like that, Jiang Xuan and the Frost Silver Ancient Tree—one man, one tree—coordinated perfectly, unleashing a continuous, suffocating assault against Su Xingying.

The cold light from the sky fell like an endless rain; Jiang Xuan’s Sword Momentum was like thunder, swift and tyrannical.

What chilled Su Xingying to the bone was that the killing intent of the Frost Silver Ancient Tree was not limited to the silver flowers on its branches.

The towering, solid tree trunk itself was the strongest weapon Jiang Xuan had condensed—the Frost Heaven Divine Sword!