Chapter 263: How Has the Immortal Sect Wronged Me

One hundred and eight missiles circled True Person Li Hai in a perfect sphere, leaving no room to dodge.

"Jiao-645, Hunter Missiles!"

True Person Li Hai spoke coldly, knowing the Immortal Sect's standard military equipment like the back of his hand.

"Departing Cloud Sword!"

He parted his lips slightly and spat out a cloud-colored glazed flying sword.

It was clearly another magic treasure — and a mid-grade one at that, his wealth far exceeding that of an ordinary early Jin Dan cultivator.

This was something he had earned through meritorious service on the battlefield beyond the realm.

"Immortal Sect, how you have wronged me!"

A trace of bitter resentment surfaced in True Person Li Hai's eyes.

His talent, his comprehension — if only he had possessed a cultivation method suited to the spatial attribute, even one of merely the 'Fa grade.'

How else would he have reached over five hundred years of age, nearing the end of his lifespan, still unable to break through the mere early Jin Dan stage?

Once bottlenecked, he was stuck for hundreds of years, unable to advance a single inch.

And yet these things,

Even an ant of the Immortal Sect, even one as stupid as a pig, even one ignorant and dull, even one lazy and foolish—could obtain them with a casual wave.

How utterly unjust!

He could only spend the meritorious service accumulated over many years on these external objects.

"Go!"

True Person Li Hai barked sharply.

The cloud-colored glazed sword hummed and trembled, blurring for a moment before splitting into three identical translucent, hazy sword-qi, faintly carrying the meaning of spatial severance — extremely dangerous.

Whoosh!

Three streaks of sword-light pierced through three missile clusters, then wheeled around, sword-light blazing forth.

The one hundred and eight Hunter Missiles of the three Sky Battalions paused for a moment, then exploded with a roar.

Blazing fire and shrapnel sprayed in all directions — enough to annihilate swathes of Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators — yet utterly incapable of harming a Jin Dan cultivator in the slightest.

"Sword-light Differentiation!"

Many students blurted it out, utterly shocked.

This was because they had spent too long with the Great Sun Sword Child in their class, grown curious, and looked up related sword Dao texts in the library.

The Great Sun Sword Pavilion had been the Immortal Sect's most terrifying life-and-death enemy in a previous historical era, so the Sect's materials on this subject were exceptionally abundant, and suggested countermeasures were usually appended at the end of each book.

Sword-light Differentiation.

A state of the sword Dao — one could split sword-light into varying numbers, each retaining the original's full power!

"This man's comprehension and aptitude are indeed extraordinary."

A faint light flickered in Jiang Ding's eyes.

His cultivation method was only Fa grade — and a subpar one at that — yet he had stubbornly comprehended spatial arts on his own, and his attainments in the sword Dao, self-taught, had reached the state of Sword-light Differentiation.

If he had been born within the Immortal Sect,

even as a mere orphan, without any aid from the previous generation, his chances of reaching Nascent Soul would have been far greater than anyone else's.

"The Immortal Sect has never wronged you in the slightest!"

Jiang Ding said coldly.

"Every merit you have earned has received its due reward."

Within his brow,

the interlaced magnetic-sensing patterns blazed, a thumb-sized deep-dark cavity emerged, and the electromagnetic great cannon drew in the spiritual Qi of heaven and earth within a ten-kilometer radius, forming a terrifying magneto-spiritual field.

The Taiqing Flying Sword flickered with electromagnetic spiritual light; the thousand threads of fused magnetic crystal cores within transformed into surging currents of deep blue, emanating a hazy primordial-magnetic glow.

The two combined — a terrifying Ampere force was being born!

Boom!

Amidst a deafening sonic boom, there was no Sword-light Differentiation, no sword-qi like silk—with utmost speed and the will to annihilate, it vanished from the spiritual sense detection of every Jin Dan-level cultivator.

"On what grounds! On what grounds have you not wronged me!"

True Person Li Hai was enraged by those words; his furious and surging spiritual sense spread across more than ten kilometers of heaven and earth, letting every being with a soul know of it.

"It's merely a single spatial-attribute cultivation method — to the vast Immortal Sect's library, it's not even a single hair from nine oxen, something even mortal ants can obtain — why can't I!"

Whoosh!

The glazed cloud-colored sword-light once again split into three semi-transparent sword-qi, meeting the Taiqing Flying Sword — which had only ever killed in a straight line — head-on in a Three Talents Pin-Character Sword Formation.

Violent sword-light tremors shook dozens of kilometers, layer upon layer of invisible ripples spreading outward.

After a brief stalemate, the Departing Cloud Sword was once again driven back head-on; its spiritual light dimmed by a large margin, and the sword body swayed unsteadily.

Boom!

The somewhat weakened Taiqing Flying Sword drove back the magic treasure Departing Cloud Shield, leaving another deep gouge on the sturdy cloud-colored spiritual gold.

Sword-qi imbued with the intent of annihilation seeped into the crack; centered on the crack, the cloud-colored shield's spiritual light flickered uncertainly, the operation of its defensive prohibitions was affected, and its strength dropped once more.

"In just a few short years, the Great Sun Sword Child has grown stronger again."

An Siyan sighed: "I suspect he doesn't even need our help — he could single-handedly slay this True Person Li Hai, who faintly possesses mid Jin Dan strength."

"How could the Immortal Sect produce an individual whose personal combat power exceeds the standard?"

Among them all, Hua Bing was undoubtedly the one most shaken; even her coordination in tactical formations showed fluctuations that should not have been there.

Even though she was a relatively outstanding student among the upper twelve universities' Mulan University, reaching the Jin Dan realm remained the greatest dream of her life.

And now, that familiar yet unfamiliar youth in blue had already gained the ability to slay a Jin Dan!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

No matter how frequent the spiritual sense exchanges were, they did not affect the operation of the military formation. One hundred and eight Hunter missiles appeared once more, like three Jin Dan simultaneously launching ultra-long-range attacks, drowning the enemy.

"Defend!"

Li Hai Zhen reached out with a finger, and the dimmed Li Yun Shield once again blocked before him.

Boom!

Under the augmentation of the third-tier military formation, the one hundred and eight Hunter missiles combined into a Jin Dan-level spell. Without any obstruction, they slammed into the Li Yun Shield, battering it until it swayed left and right.

Li Hai Zhen was sent flying back several hundred meters, his face flushed crimson.

"Scripture-level Gong Fa!"

"If not for the limits of your Gong Fa, you would already be dead — you are no match for me!"

Li Hai Zhen looked toward the blue-robed youth at the horizon, the jealousy and resentment in his eyes nearly taking form, mad and demonic, and he roared in unwillingness.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

One wave of missiles had barely fallen when the next wave arrived, without any gap.

"You envy the immortal sects for choosing their Gong Fa freely, yet you do not accept the immortal sects' unity of immortal and mortal—'ants' on the left, 'mortals' on the right."

The Taiqing Flying Sword between Jiang Ding's brows was fired once more by the electromagnetic main cannon, the magnetic field spiritual energy killing array roaring into operation.

"Utterly laughable."

"Even in Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace, barring an extremely small probability—unless you bowed before a good master—you could not have obtained a scripture-level Gong Fa or canon-level Gong Fa either, and would still have spent your life in mediocrity."

"The immortal sects owe you nothing."

Boom!

Amid the air-blast, the Destruction Sword Intent locked onto his divine soul, and the Taiqing Flying Sword vanished from every cultivator's spiritual sense range.

When it reappeared,

it sent the long-since-dimmed Li Yun Sword flying, as if struck by lightning. The two split sword-lights contained within were shattered by the Destruction Sword Intent, and the sword body became utterly dim.

Together with the missile swarm, it fell upon the treasure Li Yun Shield!

Boom!

In the earth-shaking explosion, the Li Yun Shield treasure was blasted back, sparks flying in all directions. The Taiqing Flying Sword carved a deep crack across the shield and reached its edge.

It pierced into the last Jin Dan cultivator's protective shield.

Bang!

The thick spell-shield was translucent and hazy, seemingly touched with the surface of spatial spells, and should have been unyielding and imperishable — yet it shattered in an instant beneath the sword, stabbing toward the skull.

"No! I will not die!"

A flash of terror crossed Li Hai Zhen's face. He sobered from his mad resentment, bit hard on his teeth, his lips moving in incantation, and his essence blood spread toward his arm.

Blood-Bone Substitution Death Grand Art!

A spell recorded in the demonic inheritance he had obtained, and one of the reasons he had recklessly launched his rebellion.

Whoosh!

The Taiqing Flying Sword pierced through his skull, leaving a deep hole. Destruction sword qi poured in, annihilating all vitality and divine soul activity.

"Not dead?"

Jiang Ding furrowed his brow — he had not sensed the passing of life from the Taiqing Flying Sword.

The skull-pierced corpse grew hazy, leaving behind a withered arm on the spot, which crumbled into powder under the continuous influx of Destruction sword qi.

Within the sword-intent's perception, a one-armed middle-aged man flickered with spatial teleportation ripples and vanished into the distance.

At the Li Yun Sect's mountain gate, beams of blood-light rose steaming, and much flesh and blood vanished, turning into white bone.

(End of this chapter)