Chapter 542: Bringing Out All the Stops

Chapter 542: Chapter 543: Bringing Out All the Stops

However, before Yun Mengshang could touch Chen Dong, the restriction on his body flared with a ghastly green light. It repelled Yun Mengshang and simultaneously formed a vine that coiled around Chen Dong, lifting him up.

Yun Mengshang and Zisang Jin were very familiar with each other’s past techniques. She had never seen this green vine before, but the aura of Dao Essence upon it was not unfamiliar to her.

‘Zisang Jin had said she’d had a new insight into Dao Essence. Could this be it?’

A brief scan of the restriction formed by the green vine revealed it couldn’t be broken quickly. It also served to protect Chen Dong. It seemed the only way to get him back was to truly defeat Zisang Jin.

Yun Mengshang transformed her body into technique, dodging the incoming Peach Blossom Divine Sword. With a flash of frost, she reappeared in the air, her silver-white hair dancing and her brilliant blue eyes captivatingly alluring.

Alluring Divine Technique, activated!

Even a cultivator of Zisang Jin’s Realm faltered for a moment, a trace of confusion appearing in her eyes. In a battle between experts of this level, even a single breath’s time was crucial.

Zisang Jin, whose spirit was highly focused, was mesmerized for half a breath. In that brief half-breath, a demonic energy that seemed capable of freezing all creation swept toward her, intermingled with over a thousand streams of Void Sword Intent.

The phantom of a colossal peach tree, tall enough to support the heavens, bought her that half-breath of time. The demonic energy and Sword Intent slammed into the phantom tree.

Fortunately, it was only for half a breath. Had it been a full breath, Zisang Jin would have faced the risk of serious injury.

In that half-breath when her Spiritual Power faltered, the Sword Intent of her Life Sword was broken. The phantom tree dissipated. In that moment of crisis, Zisang Jin snapped back to her senses. Her Peach Blossom Divine Sword swept out, filling the mountains with fragrance as a peach-colored sword light tore through the air for thousands of feet, neutralizing the threat.

But because of this strike, Zisang Jin’s brow furrowed. Forced to counterattack, she hadn’t been able to restrain her Spiritual Power. This was still the Demon Realm, and although they were in a remote wilderness far from any Demon Race settlements, such a large commotion would inevitably attract the attention of other demons. At the start of the fight, she had been suppressing her power—and not just her, but Yun Mengshang as well.

Precise control of Spiritual Power was not only more lethal but also minimized disturbances. Zisang Jin didn’t want to be surrounded by the Demon Race, while Yun Mengshang had initially only wanted to snatch Chen Dong.

Since a huge disturbance had already been created, Zisang Jin no longer held back. She summoned the Peach Blossom Divine Sword, which split from one into seven.

Breath and Material Union Technique—Spirit Sword Seven Core!

Using the fragrant, peach-colored Sword Intent as a foundation, she manifested the Sword Intents of seven great Sword Peaks: the Sharp Sword, the Prideful Sword, the Absolute Sword, the Point Sword, the Piercing Sword, the Cleaving Sword, and the Heart Sword.

The seven swords struck as one. Before the sound of them breaking the air could even register, they shot toward Yun Mengshang with absolute killing intent.

The swords were so fast that Yun Mengshang had to instantly conjure a sky full of sword phantoms. She knew her own Sword Technique was not enough to block Zisang Jin’s; she was only using her Void Sword Intent to momentarily stall.

She pointed her Spirit Sword, and the sky, already painted by the setting sun, changed in an instant. A cold wind descended, and snow clouds gathered.

Heavenly Prayer Scripture—Summon Snow!

The Heavenly Prayer Scripture was mainly used for support and for breaking through Realms, but what Yun Mengshang wanted now was the amplification from the snowy weather. Her sword flashed again, and the bone-chilling demonic energy condensed into countless ice crystals in the air.

Frost Sky Spirit Killing Method!

The aerial ice crystals shimmered brilliantly, carrying a temperature cold enough to freeze Spiritual Qi. They were meant to suppress and defend against the Spirit Sword Seven Core, while a massive volley of crystals also roared toward Zisang Jin.

On its own, the Frost Sky Spirit Killing Method would not be able to stop the Spirit Sword Seven Core. The attacks of a Sword Cultivator were in a class of their own, to say nothing of a powerful Sword Cultivator like Zisang Jin. But with the amplification from the Heavenly Prayer Scripture, the will of the heavens condensed upon the ice, allowing it to hold its ground.

The seven Peach Blossom Divine Swords had just broken through the sky full of Void Sword Intent when they were plunged into an endless sea of ice crystals. The low temperature drained the Spiritual Power from the blades, while a torrential Demonic Power tugged at their offensive momentum, seemingly suppressing them in mid-air.

Zisang Jin, for her part, had already transformed her body into technique to dodge the incoming ice crystals.

Endless peach blossoms fluttered about; amidst the beautiful clusters, her technique flowed freely.

She moved her technique with her intent, and Yun Mengshang could not predict the path of her transformation.

The trapped Peach Blossom Divine Swords flashed and also vanished from within the ice crystals. High in the vast sky, amidst snowflakes as large as goose down, the one became seven, and seven beams of sword light attacked once more.

Yun Mengshang swept a sleeve of her phoenix-adorned robes, drawing a massive amount of ice crystals into her long sleeve, then unleashed them in a torrent toward the attacking Peach Blossom Divine Swords.

Then, she shot upward like a stream of light, closing in on Zisang Jin.

The seven Peach Blossom Divine Swords were blocked, so they merged back into one, broke through the suppression of the ice crystals, and then split apart again into seven beams of sword light.

Her Sword Technique changed. Breath Communication and Material Combination Technique, Spirit Sword Seven Core—Ultimate Form!

Using the seven Sword Intents to unleash their corresponding Ultimate Killing Sword Techniques, they became like seven Divine Techniques. The Sharp Sword’s Gold-Breaking Form, the Prideful Sword’s Cloud-Slaying Form, the Absolute Sword’s God-Carving Form, the Point Sword’s Ruin-and-Annihilation Form, the Piercing Sword’s Swift-Extinction Form, the Cleaving Sword’s Jade-Light Form, and the Heart Sword’s Self-Supremacy Form—all pursued Yun Mengshang.

Facing the approaching Yun Mengshang, Zisang Jin didn’t hesitate. Her eyes sharp and filled with killing intent, she shot straight toward Yun Mengshang as well.

One descended from the sky, the other rose from mid-air, with seven beams of sword light chasing from behind.

Yun Mengshang executed the Nine Shadows of the Spirit Fox Divine Technique, instantly forming nine streaks of escaping light.

The seven Peach Blossom Divine Swords, like seven Divine Techniques, broke through with Sword Escape. The sword light pierced straight through seven of the fox shadows, then merged into one and flew into Zisang Jin’s hand. She instantly formed a seal with her hand. Breath Communication and Material Combination Technique’s ultimate divine art—God-Union Extreme Sword Form!

As her fox shadows dissipated, the one streak of light shooting upward from below brought Yun Mengshang a moment of mental clarity. The Path of Indifference within her bloodline activated, infusing the tip of her sword with an absolute, freezing chill. The Indifferent Return technique caused the Cold Wind Gangsha to merge, and her confidence in facing a Sword Cultivator head-on stemmed from her Profound Yin God-Suppressing Divine Technique!

In an instant, sword light tore open the vast sky, and a frigid aura froze the heavens and the earth!