Chapter 345: You Should Cherish the Gift I Have Bestowed Upon You

"Arrogant!"

Li Han's phoenix eyes were ice-cold.

With a light tap of her slender hand, what had been a clear sky for ten thousand miles suddenly gathered dark clouds, black as ink, lightning flickering within them; water-attribute spiritual energy particles grew lively, and moisture converged.

Boom!

A moment later, accompanied by a peal of thunder, pattering raindrops fell within a range of more than ten kilometers, yet they did not strike the ground.

Instead, under a wave of cold qi, they transformed into crystalline, translucent ice needles that shot toward the blue-robed youth in the sky, densely packed.

"The Intent of Law Cultivation — to sense the Heart of Heaven?"

"I've long heard that the combat power of top-tier Law cultivators rivals those of the same rank, no less than sword cultivators who have comprehended Sword Intent. Today I finally see it for myself."

Jiang Ding's face showed a look of delight.

Boom!

A flash of azure light at his brow, and the Taiqing Flying Sword vanished.

When it reappeared, it had grown to over ten meters in size; on the massive azure sword, sword qi surged in mighty waves, converging into a river, sweeping horizontally through the dense ice needles with an unstoppable aura.

The giant azure sword collided with the sky-full of ice needles; amid the rumbling thunder, each ice needle shattered into fragments, dissolving into a sky-filling mist of ice.

The giant sword pressed forward, cleaving across several kilometers of sky — nothing could stop it.

The ice needles came in an endless stream, each one carrying an attack at the peak of Qi Refining, further laced with wisps of frost-law intent; no Foundation Establishment cultivator present could avoid being pierced through instantly, their souls destroyed.

Yet now, before the giant azure sword, they crumbled at a touch — mayflies shaking a tree — failing to cause the slightest effect.

The vast majority of the ice needles were cut down, and the sky cleared.

Within the pitch-black clouds, raindrops continued to form without end, falling as ice needles, endlessly; in the blink of an eye, another dense layer appeared, as if there were no end to them.

"Not bad."

A gleam flashed in Jiang Ding's eyes.

Though it was his first time facing a top-tier Law cultivator, the moment his Sword Intent swept through, he immediately spotted a spot no less important than her main body — that mass of dark clouds.

All her attacks, which exceeded the norm and rivaled Jin Dan Zhong Qi, depended on it.

Boom!

The giant azure sword collapsed on its own, vanishing amid rings of dense magnetic-field array lines.

When it reappeared, it pierced straight through the dark clouds, then wheeled about again; the light of Destruction Sword Intent flickered, shattering law and destroying soul, piercing through spell core after spell core in the span of a breath.

The sky-covering dark clouds that had blanketed more than ten kilometers vanished completely,

and sunlight once more bathed the earth.

Whoosh!

The Taiqing Flying Sword vanished, but the Destruction Sword Intent grew ever more terrifying, plunging straight into the blue-skirted fairy's soul, clashing violently with the frost-law intent within her consciousness sea.

Every hair on her body stood on end.

Li Han's heart turned cold; her soul trembled ceaselessly, sending wave after wave of warning.

"How dare you be so arrogant!"

"Even the Sun Sword Disciple of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion in his day was not invincible — even a Heavenly Palace cultivator was once slain."

With a tap of her slender hand, snow-lotus blossoms flew out one after another from her dantian.

Thirteen in total, crystalline and resplendent throughout.

Refined from ten-thousand-year profound ice over several hundred years, they were top-grade treasure embryos; the moment she advanced to Jin Dan, these treasure embryos would instantly become true treasures, and in the future they held the potential to ascend to Spirit Treasures.

The thirteen snow-lotus blossoms danced around her, merging with the white mist that perpetually shrouded her; layer upon layer of array lines spread out.

The white mist rapidly expanded, merging with the frost-law intent, sensing the Heart of Heaven, once more blanketing the sky and earth over a range of more than ten kilometers.

"Go!"

Li Han uttered a single word; one ice-lotus blossom rose to block before her, array lines spreading, linking tightly with the other twelve lotuses — and indeed with the entire frost-law-intent-controlled domain of white mist.

Whether the sword attacked one point or the whole made no difference.

Clang!

The Taiqing Flying Sword descended, slashing onto this single snow-lotus blossom.

Amid the sharp ring of metal on metal, fierce sparks burst forth in the icy landscape; the white mist that had covered more than ten kilometers abruptly contracted by nearly half, shrinking to seven or eight kilometers.

The blue-skirted fairy's face went pale, her magic power roiled — yet she had actually withstood it.

"Sun Sword Disciple — until we meet again."

Li Han cast a cold glance at the blue-robed youth in the sky, then fled without looking back; the thirteen snow-lotus blossoms and seven or eight kilometers of white mist swirled around her, and she showed no fear of a sneak attack.

Moreover, the white mist was still recovering, still expanding!

This was the vitality of a top-tier Law cultivator.

"Until we meet again?"

"I think you've lost your mind — you don't even want the last few breaths of life I've graciously granted you."

Jiang Ding's face was expressionless; he had lost all desire to continue observing a top-tier Law cultivator's methods.

Boom!

The Taiqing Flying Sword rang out, drawing in the world's spiritual energy within a ten-kilometer radius; on the azure sword body, web-like patterns of pure gold emerged, dazzling as an azure sun, and a terrifying aura spread to the heavens and the earth below.

It became the sole presence within dozens of kilometers.

Law-Shattering!

Law-Destroying!

Law-Banning!

The threefold True Intent spread in all directions; within ten kilometers, the world's spiritual energy particles grew sluggish, their very structure undergoing subtle changes, as if on the verge of entering a Law-Ending Age when the Dao itself collapsed.

"Po Fa Xian Jin!"

Li Han cried out in horror.

Her escape light had to halt; boundless fear surged into her heart. The white mist surrounding her, which had already recovered to over ten kilometers, suddenly contracted, collapsed, and shrank to merely a few dozen zhang.

The particles of heaven and earth's spiritual qi had already changed; even with the Ice Heart Intent sensing the Heart of Heaven, she lost the ability to control spiritual qi on a large scale.

Boom!

Amidst a deafening roar, within the patterns of the infinite magnetic field spiritual energy gathering and killing array, the blue-gold sword body moved.

It slashed across the sky in a straight trajectory.

The intent of annihilation illuminated heaven and earth, clearly telling everyone.

I am right here!

I attack exactly like this!

If you cannot block it, then die for me!

"Condense!"

Li Han roared in anger, bit her tongue tip, and scalding essence blood surged out, transforming into massive magic power that poured into the thirteen ice-snow lotuses before her.

The thirteen ice-snow lotuses spun rapidly, spitting out streams of deep blue cold air visible to the naked eye. In an instant, they condensed into an ice crystal sphere dozens of zhang in size before her, covered densely with countless deep blue runes connected into one.

Polar Divine Ice Shield!

This was a top-secret technique of the Hanbingdian of the Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, often used in desperate situations; even if severely injured, enemies of the same realm could not break it by a hair's breadth, allowing one to calmly wait for elders and senior brothers to rescue.

Not to mention, this contained the entire magic power and essence blood of a candidate Dao Disciple; even a strong one among Jin Dan cultivators could not hope to break it in a short time.

Whoosh!

The blue-gold sword body descended here. The intent of law-breaking sword rang with a clanging sound, piercing straight through the most solid part at the very center of the Divine Ice Shield, stabbing directly into the very center of the stamen of one ice-snow lotus.

They held in stalemate for a moment.

Crack!

A crisp sound appeared.

"No!"

Fear, thick and heavy, appeared in Li Han's beautiful phoenix eyes.

Bang!

Amidst the spiritual light filling the sky, one ice-snow lotus shattered, its broken petals scattering in all directions. The remaining twelve ice-snow lotuses, whose auras were connected as one, were struck as if by lightning; cracks appeared with a cracking sound, their spiritual light dimmed, and their aura vanished completely.

Whoosh!

The Taqing Flying Sword pierced through her forehead. The intent of law-breaking sword went to the extreme of madness, furiously destroying all life force within the body.

"Oh?"

Jiang Ding felt no joy from slaying a powerful enemy; his expression grew solemn.

Yet he saw a pure silver talisman fall, carrying a trace of aura above Nascent Soul, resisting the terrifying composite great array that was omnipresent and spread across the entire world, struggling to operate slightly.

The body of the blue-skirted fairy blurred, breaking free from beneath the sword, and appeared several li away.

The pure silver talisman collapsed, losing its last bit of residual power.

"Hahaha!"

"That's all there is to it!"

Jiang Ding laughed aloud.

Only then did he remember that this was not an exploration alone in another world; there was no need to fear any backing or any super-tier contingency.

One only needed to slay!

Boom!

The blue-gold sword body rang with a clanging sound. The intent of law-breaking sword, driven to the extreme, spread out and vanished amidst the infinite magnetic field spiritual energy gathering and killing array patterns.

"You cannot kill me!"

"The Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace will not let you off..."

Li Han screamed in terror. In her final moment of life, she showed no Dao Disciple dignity, burning her last flesh and blood and magic power, perhaps to flee toward the distance.

Whoosh!

The Taqing Flying Sword pierced through her forehead once more. Brain matter splattered in all directions, sword qi exploded, and her beautiful head and divine soul burst into fragments.

The corpse fell from the sky, turning into fragments filling the sky; even the life force of the last cell vanished under the destruction of the sword qi.

Same

(End of this chapter)