Chapter 1366: Song Wen Enters the Fray
Chapter 1366: Song Wen Enters the Fray
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Translator: CinderTL
Wen Xuan raised his hand and made a grasping motion in the air.
Instantly, a blur of motion streaked through the air, landing in his hand—the ten-zhang-long stone staff.
The staff began to rapidly expand, transforming into a thousand-zhang-long giant pillar.
Simultaneously, Wen Xuan’s hands grew to match the scale of the pillar.
The thousand-zhang-long pillar, its diameter spanning forty to fifty zhang, was now held effortlessly in Wen Xuan’s single hand.
The entire scene looked utterly bizarre, as if an ant had grown mandibles countless times its body size, effortlessly clamping down on a living human.
With a swift movement, Wen Xuan lunged toward Ying Wu.
As he did, he raised the giant pillar high above his head and brought it crashing down with devastating force.
Ying Wu showed no fear, instead her eyes lit up with interest.
"Hmm, this is rather interesting."
The Azure Phoenix Sword soared into the air, transforming once more into a massive azure bird that met the descending pillar.
Boom—
The moment the azure bird collided with the giant pillar, a thunderous roar and blinding flash erupted.
The crimson talismans on the pillar blazed brightly, their power overwhelming as they continued to press downward.
The azure bird let out a mournful cry before abruptly vanishing, returning to the sword’s body and flying backward in retreat.
"With Wen Xuan’s full strength channeled into it, this object’s power has indeed increased significantly."
As Ying Wu muttered under her breath, the Ape-bodied Serpent-Beast charged toward the giant pillar.
The creature’s tentacle, like a thick whip, lashed out at the pillar with a crack.
Crack!
The tentacle shattered instantly upon impact, exploding into a shower of flesh and blood mist.
The giant pillar was sent flying backward.
But Wen Xuan held firm, his body dragged along with the pillar as it soared through the air.
Ying Wu formed a sword-hand seal, and the Azure Phoenix Sword shot forth, its blade aimed straight at Wen Xuan.
With Wen Xuan unable to control his body, this was the perfect moment to strike.
Wen Xuan watched the flying sword approach, knowing that ordinary defenses would be useless against the Azure Phoenix Sword.
After all, even Consort Xi, a Late Body Integration Stage cultivator, had failed to block a single strike with her natal magic treasure.
The only weapon Wen Xuan could rely on was the giant pillar in his hand.
However, the creature’s tentacle strike—a sacrifice that had shattered the tentacle—had completely destabilized the pillar. Wen Xuan couldn’t regain control.
In desperation, he forced the pillar to reform into a ten-foot-long stone staff, hoping to dissipate the creature’s overwhelming force.
The staff thrust forward like a spear, meeting the Azure Phoenix Sword.
Clang!
The clash of metal rang out in mid-air.
The stone staff ultimately blocked the Azure Phoenix Sword, but it failed to knock it away.
The Azure Phoenix Sword merely paused briefly in mid-air before regrouping and lunging forward again.
Wen Xuan’s figure flickered as he swung the stone staff like the wind, blocking the sword once more.
Yet the Azure Phoenix Sword clung to him like a festering wound, refusing to release its grip and striking again.
The two were locked in a stalemate.
The Azure Phoenix Sword couldn’t pierce the staff’s impenetrable defense, while Wen Xuan couldn’t escape its relentless assault.
The clang of sword against staff echoed endlessly.
With each clash, Wen Xuan’s panic grew.
Wielding the stone staff allowed him to channel both spiritual power and the raw force of his body, doubling its power.
But this came at a cost.
The Azure Phoenix Sword’s overwhelming force transmitted through the staff, striking his arm like lightning. Each parry sent a searing pain through the base of his palm.
Now, the flesh and skin of his palm had been torn apart, revealing bloody, mangled flesh and gleaming white bone. Blood flowed down the staff’s talismanic patterns, dyeing them a glaring crimson.
Wen Xuan’s heart sank.
A prolonged defense will inevitably lead to failure!
As the Azure Phoenix Sword’s attacks grew ever more ferocious and cunning, he knew that given enough time, he would be defeated.
To force back the Azure Phoenix Sword, Wen Xuan needed to transform his stone staff into a giant pillar, allowing its full power to be unleashed. But Ying Wu gave him no such opportunity, her sword strikes relentless and unceasing.
Just as Ying Wu was about to deliver the killing blow, she suddenly noticed that Consort Xi and Gu Huang had quietly circled around to attack from both sides.
On the left, a hundred-zhang-long deep azure giant dragon surged forward, its sinuous body and scales shimmering with a cold, blue light.
On the right, a three-foot-long sword moved with thunderous speed, its edge unstoppable.
Both attacked simultaneously, targeting the Great Void Sword Formation behind Ying Wu.
At her mental command, the previously subdued sword formation erupted with dazzling starlight. Ten thousand strands of Sword Qi cascaded like a reversed galaxy, swirling endlessly around the sword shield, effortlessly deflecting both assaults.
But this momentary distraction gave Wen Xuan the opening he needed.
Seizing the fleeting chance, he struck the Azure Phoenix Sword with his staff, forcing it back a great distance.
He then retreated rapidly, widening the distance between himself and the sword. Simultaneously, his staff and hands rapidly swelled in size.
In an instant, the stone staff once again stretched to a thousand zhang in length.
The giant pillar, soaring into the sky, carried the force of heaven-shattering destruction as it plummeted downward!
Even before the pillar struck, the violent, almost tangible pressure surged toward Ying Wu like a swarm of invisible beasts, engulfing everything in its path.
"What a pity..."
A cold glint flashed in Ying Wu’s eyes as she inwardly sighed.
She had missed the perfect opportunity to strike Wen Xuan down with her sword, but he had narrowly escaped.
Her brow furrowed slightly as she glanced at the Ape-bodied Serpent-Beast monster standing not far ahead.
The creature’s left arm, with its tentacles, had been severed. She would have to wait until they returned to the base to regenerate its limb.
Now, with its strength greatly diminished, the monster was useless against Wen Xuan’s mountain-crushing assault.
However, while it couldn’t counter Wen Xuan’s attack, it could still be used against Gu Huang and Consort Xi.
In Ying Wu’s eyes, these two were mere clowns.
Only Wen Xuan, at the Late Body Integration Stage, posed a slight challenge.
But only a slight one.
If she hadn’t been guarding the sword formation to prevent its breach, she could have slain Wen Xuan in countless ways.
Ying Wu was about to command the monsters to attack Consort Xi when Song Wen’s voice suddenly rang in her mind:
"Fellow Daoist Yingwu, focus on dealing with Wen Xuan. Gu Huang and Consort Xi are my responsibility!"
"Ye Hua, you..."
Ying Wu’s face twisted in shock as she abruptly turned around.
She saw that ’Ye Hua’ had already voluntarily broken from the sword formation.
Though puzzled, Ying Wu had no time to dwell on it; Wen Xuan’s giant pillar was already closing in.
She simultaneously activated the Azure Phoenix Sword, transforming it into an azure bird to meet the pillar, while rapidly retreating.
Previously, she had remained rooted in place, enduring Wen Xuan’s trio of attacks out of fear that the sword formation would be broken. But now that ’Ye Hua’ had left the formation, there was no longer any need to defend this position; she would evade when necessary.
Wen Xuan and his companions were equally stunned by Song Wen’s departure from the sword formation.
"Seize him! Use him as leverage to force Yingwu to retreat!" Wen Xuan roared.
Consort Xi and Gu Huang’s expressions brightened instantly, clearly convinced that Wen Xuan’s plan was sound.
None of them realized that their mindset had subtly shifted. What had begun as a desire to kill both Ying Wu and ’Ye Hua’ had now transformed into a goal of merely forcing Ying Wu to retreat.
(End of the Chapter)
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