Chapter 784: The Tianji Candidate Daozi Foresees the Future

The super-battleship Great Sun roared with a boom, spitting out an invisible beam of light that vanished from everyone's sight and spiritual sense.

Ji Liu Yue, the Candidate Daozi of Taiyi Qingmu, felt her heart skip a beat and shrank back into the crowd even further.

Ancient tree branches grew rapidly from between her fingers, spreading out to wrap around her petite body layer by layer.

These ancient branches came directly from the seedling of the Heavenly Azure Divine Tree, a heritage of Qingmuxian Sect passed down for hundreds of thousands of years; on every single branch, mysterious and archaic runes flickered in and out of sight.

They looked green, tender, and soft, yet were harder than the vast majority of high-grade spiritual metals in the world, possessing top-tier resilience that could easily disperse the power capable of destroying a mountain peak into a wisp of clear breeze, blowing up hair strands.

"It's Shadow Three-One, retreat quickly!"

At this moment, the Tianji Candidate Daozi, a youth who looked prematurely aged, gave the warning.

A fraction of an instant too late, in an ordinary, formless space, a gray mist was startled into a shudder, its heart filled with an ice-cold omen, as a thick, intense crisis of death descended.

"No, impossible!"

"How could he find me so quickly?"

"The Eastern Extreme Demon Gate couldn't do it, nor should the Sword Disciple of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion from years past have been able to!"

Shadow Three-One could not believe it.

Concealment and assassination were the foundation of the Shadow Demon Abyss; he could not expose himself to the sunlight to fight a defensive battle. He had to take the initiative, act alone, and assassinate; this was normal.

But how could he have been discovered so fast?

"Thousand Shadows Splitting Void Dun Fa!"

Facing life and death, Shadow Three-One cared for nothing else; his body merged into an invisible black cloud before him, exploding as it differentiated into hundreds of thousands of tiny, pitch-black threads that merged into space, fleeing at high speed in all directions, vanishing in an instant.

Thousand Shadows Splitting Void Dun Fa!

This was a mysterious Dun Fa from the supreme classic of the Shadow Demon Abyss, the "Shadow Demon Thousand Void Scripture," which clearly recorded that if cultivated to the deepest level, one could travel a hundred thousand li in a single instant, even shedding karmic tracking and briefly affecting time; it was terrifying, the number one Dun Fa of the realm.

Concealment, Dun Fa!

The Shadow Demon Abyss was truly the number one in the realm!

Yet, even under this Dun Fa, waves of cold, deathly omens surged like a tide, with not a moment's pause, growing ever deeper and heavier.

It was like a moth trapped in a spiderweb; the more it struggled, the deeper it sank, the closer it drew to death.

Fear began to arise in Shadow Three-One's heart.

"Save him!"

The Tianji Candidate Daozi roared.

If just the beginning resulted in the loss of a Candidate Daozi, he simply dared not imagine how they would have to fight and battle next.

Even worse, something more terrible could happen: this generation's Great Sun Sword Disciple would fulfill the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's long-held wish of slaying eight Candidate Daozi, completing the transformation of his own soul and sword Dao.

At that time, a Candidate Daozi who would one day ascend beyond Refining Void would be born in the realm!

"Roar!"

Brother Xuanwu Candidate Daozi Tian Tian Xuanzi had not a shred of doubt in his decision; he roared, his body transforming into a Bi Xi, carrying a stele of scriptures on his back, and charged headlong toward Shadow Three-One.

He, whose strength lagged far behind the other Candidate Daozi, doing this was tantamount to offering his life willingly, charging into a place of certain death with great bravery.

"Kill!"

The Beast Candidate Daozi roared; the myriad beast phantom merged into one, punching open the sky and earth, also charging toward this spot. It combined the defense of the Black Tortoise, the agility and immense strength of the Black Dragon, and the speed of the Fire Phoenix; every aspect was top-tier, enough to make anyone despair.

"Red Dust Falling Treasure!"

The Shangqing Spirit Treasure Candidate Daozi scattered three thousand six hundred Falling Treasure Gold Coins, filled with intense red dust desires; accumulated over ten thousand years, they were extremely terrifying, aiming to drag down all treasures and claim them as his own.

The Alchemy Cauldron Candidate Daozi dispersed three hundred and sixty Jin Shi Fire Pills, resembling both pills and magical treasures, radiating a thick spiritual aura; a single sniff made one feel as if floating to immortality, greatly advancing one's cultivation...

The six Candidate Daozi were all exerting their full strength; their speeds were different, their distances varied, so there should have been a sequence.

However, after the Tianji Candidate Daozi took out a tattered tortoise shell and performed a sacrifice and divination to heaven, the situation changed.

The attack speeds of all the Candidate Daozi increased nearly twofold, and underwent subtle adjustments; their auras and speeds became nearly identical.

If relying solely on intuition without using the naked eye, it was almost indistinguishable from a single person launching six strikes simultaneously.

"Kill!"

Under this coordination, perfected to the peak, Brother Xuanwu Candidate Daozi Tian Tian Xuanzi, his body transformed into a Bi Xi carrying a stele of scriptures on his back, successfully reached the spot before Shadow Three-One.

He could not see that sword light, but the Tianji Candidate Daozi could.

Tian Tian Xuanzi simply disregarded everything, following the Tianji Candidate Daozi's instructions, and charged headlong into it!

Boom!

Though it was clearly void space, a terrible explosion sound rang out; the clash between ultimate sharpness and ultimate defense caused dozens of kilometers of space to collapse instantly like water waves, leaving nothing behind.

The aftermath did not dissipate; it spread further, hundreds and thousands of kilometers away, triggering terrifying natural disasters that turned the heavens upside down and shook the earth and mountains.

Crack!

Almost at the same time, the Bi Xi carrying the stele of scriptures failed to create much obstruction; its hard back shell shattered instantly, scattering countless golden fragments. The dark-green ancient tree web wrapped around the turtle shell and the stele of scriptures could not change this outcome.

Incapable of withstanding a single blow!

Tian Tian Xuanzi felt fear in his heart, sensing death.

"Roar!"

At this moment, the Beast Candidate Daozi arrived in the nick of time; the myriad beasts merged into one, combining the forms of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Black Tortoise. He punched that formless sword light, letting out a muffled groan as he stumbled backward.

Immediately after, the three thousand six hundred Falling Treasure Gold Coins of the Shangqing Spirit Treasure Candidate Daozi arrived, forming a net of heaven and earth, brilliant as stars, wrapping that slightly slowed sword light. The powerful greed of the Falling Treasure tore and pulled, trying to swallow that mouthful emitting boundless treasure light.

This was a supreme great treasure!

The Shangqing Spirit Treasure Candidate Daozi, filled with longing, poured all his magic power into the Falling Treasure Gold Coins.

Boom!

The sword light within the net was affected for a moment; the next instant, the sword light that broke the prohibition laws erupted, directly shattering the three thousand six hundred Falling Treasure Gold Coin net with ultimate power and speed, blasting them apart and scattering them.

"My treasure!"

The Shangqing Spirit Treasure Candidate Daozi showed a look of heartache, yet dared not delay, retreating as quickly as possible.

One after another, Dao Sons stepped forward to intercept.

Jin Shi's pill shadow spanned the sky, the ancient tree's branches and trunk struck out with all their might, tortoise-shell magic treasures intercepted in succession, but beneath that single sword-light they all shattered one by one, falling back, allowing that sword-light to slash into the countless fleeing black shadows.

"Ah!"

Shadow Three screamed, and his figure vanished without a trace.

The Taiqing Flying Sword briefly revealed its blade; the next instant, it appeared again inside the main cannon of the super warship Great Sun, with no interval of time at all.

On the super warship's mothership, Jiang Ding opened his eyes, his gaze cold and stern.

"Escaped…"

After multiple layers of interception, the remaining power of the Taiqing Flying Sword was no longer enough to slay a Dao Son who possessed powerful escape abilities; it only cut away several tens of thousands of clones and wore down part of the opponent's magic power.

And among the seven Dao Sons, the illusory shadow of a verdant ancient tree shone brilliantly, scattering faint green light toward the sky and the earth, brimming with boundless vitality.

(End of this chapter)