Chapter 670: When Rivals Meet, the Brave Prevail! (Part 2)
All kinds of Immortal Laws were easily wielded by him, just to temporarily restrain the West King Holy Mother, buying time for the Six-Eared Macaque in this life-and-death race.
Alas.
The [Xuanyuan Sword] countered Wang Yuan and the Heavenly, Earthly, and Human Heavenly Books completely, no matter how exquisite the moves Wang Yuan made, they were all broken by a single sword.
Even though it could only target Wang Yuan alone, it almost allowed the West King Holy Mother to achieve the terrifying realm of breaking ten thousand spells with one sword.
"A mere turtle in a jar, still wasting time, making a last-ditch struggle?
Brother Yuan, you make me very unhappy!
I've changed my mind. I want to chew your flesh, blood, and marrow inch by inch, extract a bit of your [True Spirit], and only leave your skull to make a night pot.
Let your hollow eyes watch the Nine Soldiers perish, your relatives tragically die, your wife and daughter fall, the Immortal Dynasty collapse..."
The West King Holy Mother uttered a venomous curse, and with a flip of her palm, a delicate red embroidered ball appeared, measuring over a foot in diameter, with tassels and beads, making a tinkling sound.
Countless voices of young girls joyfully sang:
"Waiting in the boudoir, hoping for the predestined match; At auspicious time, summoning a husband before the jade tower. Embroidered ball conveys the longing within, Tossing the token into the arms of the beloved."
"Mandarin ducks come together, zithers and lyres play, Today the wish comes true, the dream fulfilled!"
The embroidered ball suddenly emitted a burst of red light, intangible, it instantly struck Wang Yuan, the only remaining opposite-sex living person in the [Immortal Pot].
[Power · Throw Embroidered Ball]: Throw the embroidered ball, decide on marriage, the thrower and the one struck will inevitably unite, even if separated by thousands of mountains and rivers.
It's somewhat similar to Huang Wu's power [Mistakenly Matchmaking].
Using it at this moment was clearly adding an extra layer of insurance outside the Immortal Pot.
The West King Holy Mother's face was cold as she lifted the Xuanyuan Sword and walked step by step toward Wang Yuan.
The shrinking speed of the Immortal Pot increased by countless times at this moment, drastically reducing the space for Wang Yuan to dodge.
From the outside, it looked like a combination of a tumor-ridden tree and a giant tentacled worm.
After its size reduced, its form became more straightforward.
You could clearly see a pitch-black root behind it, extending into the Chaos Sea.
Finally disappearing into the turbulent flow of time and space at the edge of vision, it's unknown where it connected.
At this time, there was still a faint flow of light, traveling to a distance through this root.
The legend about the origin of the Killing Tree seemed not to be groundless.
Wang Yuan, however, had no time to explore the changes of the Killing Tree.
With the distance between him and the West King Holy Mother closing rapidly, they had reached a point where a deadly confrontation was unavoidable.
"Die!"
The [Xuanyuan Sword] stabbed forward, regardless of its restraining power, even judging by swordsmanship alone, it was as ingenious as the Antelope Hook.
Even the fake [True Form of Great Dao] and the fake [Mysterious Vault God] mastered part of the [Manipulation of Creation], the power difference wasn't large in essence.
But if purely on swordsmanship, Wang Yuan was no match for the West King Holy Mother whose lifespan was several hundred times his own.
With nowhere to retreat, he had been thoroughly cornered.
Holding the manifested [Chixiao Sword], his palm sweated like a mortal.
Gritting his teeth, Human Sword Unity swiftly transformed into a crimson sword light, charging forward recklessly.
Immortal Laws were ineffective against the West King Holy Mother, Wang Yuan could only pick up the Mortal World's battle formations and strategies once again.
Even if she could sever all her own Immortal Laws, once pierced through the Dao Fruit by a sword edge, she would also die!
"The one who should die is you, monster!"
Wang Yuan, with a fighting style of a cornered beast fiercely struggling, unleashed the most skilled [Peace Saber Technique] in one go.
The world is in turmoil! Demons dance wildly! The innocent suffer! Red dust and white blades! Reversing Heaven and Earth!...
But it was unsurprisingly suppressed again by the West King Holy Mother's exquisite swordsmanship.
"I cannot lose, absolutely cannot lose!"
Wang Yuan could only grit his teeth tightly, stubbornly holding on, not realizing that his lips had been bitten through, oozing blood.
After only a moment of stalemate, the Immortal Pot suddenly shook violently.
Wang Yuan felt as if something was suddenly missing from his heart.
He immediately realized that the Sun and Moon Palaces, which stood between the Nine Heavens Cloud Realm and the Thirty-Three Heavens, had been devoured again by the Killing Tree!
The world suddenly darkened.
The [Immortal Law · Inverted Yin and Yang], which he relied on as the foundation of Daoist Skill, also lost its power sharply following the disappearance of Taiyin and Sun.
"Not good!"
Greatly shocked in his heart, the corner of his eye caught the [Xuanyuan Sword] seizing the opportunity and fiercely stabbing from an angle he absolutely couldn't avoid.
It seemed as though he could already smell the true end.
Yet.
In the next moment, what Wang Yuan awaited wasn't the Divine Sword piercing his body and taking his life, but a loud shout from above:
"You ugly monster, prepare to die!"
Before their eyes, the sword light dramatically intensified, as seventy-two Divine Swords, identical in design to the [Xuanyuan Sword] but composed of pure light, suddenly descended from the sky.
They shot straight at the vital points of the West King Holy Mother, attacking where the enemy would inevitably defend!
If she dared to continue stabbing Wang Yuan with that sword, she would surely be fatally counterattacked, being instantly pierced into a porcupine by the sword lights from above.
"Impossible?!!
Even if the hilt of the Xuanyuan Sword can be used, how could it possibly break through the restrictions of the [Immortal Pot] to reach here?"
Seeing that sword which was a perfect counter to the Daoist Skill of the Killing Tree and even more so to her own sword hilt, the West King Holy Mother was thrown into disarray for the first time, her face turning pale with shock.
Then, as if recalling something, her expression turned cold and ruthless:
"Fake! This must be fake!
To make even me unable to tell, it's clearly an application of the [Immortal Law: Fetal Transformation] by the Victorious Fighting King himself!
Seventy-two sword lights, these are exactly his seventy-two avatars.
You macaque, how dare you deceive me, you're courting death!"
The sword light from the [Xuanyuan Sword] in her hand surged violently up to the clouds, sweeping horizontally at the seventy-two sword shadows in the sky.
Boom! Boom! Boom!...
One by one, the sword shadows burst into mists of blood and shattered bones, vanishing into dust.
Each sword shadow was a life of the Six-Eared Macaque, and now they were all dead beyond any chance of revival.
A hateful strike from a fake [True Form of Great Dao] was by no means something ordinary immortals could contend with.
In merely the blink of an eye, seventy-two sword shadows had all disappeared... wait, there was still one last one that hadn't dissipated.
Clang!
The unexpected sound caught the West King Holy Mother off guard, her eyes widening in disbelief as she exclaimed:
"The last one is real?!!!"
With a shiver in her heart, she raised her hand to recall the Xuanyuan Sword's blade for protection.
The thought was good, but an unexpected event occurred.
The sword shadow closely attached to the hilt, the last life of the Six-Eared Macaque, suddenly reverted to its true appearance.
Laughing boldly:
"The aura of brave officers and dragon-military combines grandly, wearing sigils and armor, advancing swiftly, capturing the Three Corpses and burning the Deceit Cave alive, capturing the Six Rogues and breaking the Demon Palace! Tai Bai, kill!"
Without hesitation, he moved forward and hugged the sword blade with his own body, holding it tightly.
Then, he swung his tail fiercely at the sword hilt, propelling it to accelerate downward toward Wang Yuan.
The next moment, he was completely torn to pieces by the surging sword light.
But the Six-Eared Macaque's purpose had also been achieved.
The hilt of the Xuanyuan Sword landed in Wang Yuan's hand ahead of the sword blade.
At the same time, the boiling-hot blood of the Six-Eared Macaque dyed the sky red, also staining Wang Yuan's eyes.
"Ah——!"
A hoarse, meaningless roar erupted from his chest.
Within him, [Heavenly Book: Slaughter Science] resonated with the sword hilt, the endless knowledge from Guanlan Pavilion condensing into a blade that exuded divine sharpness.
At this moment, Wang Yuan's eyes were already blood-red, having long thrown the "Gou Dao Longevity" he had revered since entering the cultivation world out of Nine Heavens.
At this moment, he only wanted to be a foolish fighter who forged ahead, drawing his sword, living by risking death!
At this moment, he only knew that the people's sword... victory goes to the brave when paths cross!
The distance between them was already short, his body exploding with Yin Yang Immortal Light, pushing him to transform into a stream of light, almost merging into the sword light of the Xuanyuan Sword.
And at this moment, the fingertips of the West King Holy Mother had just begun to touch the sword blade of the Xuanyuan Sword once again.
Facing Wang Yuan's insane momentum for a fight to the death.
Should she temporarily retreat to regroup, or confront him directly and stand her ground?
She hesitated.
The older one gets in Jianghu, the more they fear death; this was probably a millennium-old fox's only weakness when facing a youth.
A tiny miscalculation can lead to a great discrepancy.
Just a slight hesitation in her mindset cost her a complete loss!
The next moment, the sword blade of the [Xuanyuan Sword] finally returned to her hand, but it stabbed clumsily into Wang Yuan's shoulder.
While the light sword in Wang Yuan's hand fiercely stabbed into her chest, its tip piercing through the [Mixed Element Tao Fruit] and emerging from her back.
Rip——!
An astonishing sword light, carrying the heavy Five Virtues Dragon Qi, swiftly revolved, representing the Heavenly Destiny Reform's red Fire Merit, soaring into the sky, a river of fire stretching thousands of miles!
With it, her Immortal Pot and Killing Tree behind her were straight up... split in half!