Chapter 792: The Light of Great Sun Destruction Illuminates the Battlefield

"Ah!"

"Damn it, damn it!"

The Shadow Demon Dao Child roared again and again, fusing most of his remnant soul into the Shadow Kill Myriad Poison Blade, streaking through space at extreme speed.

He employed the Thousand Shadows Void-Dodging Art, unrivaled in the Shadow Demon Abyss's domain, his speed terrifyingly fast, able to vanish from a Nascent Soul True Monarch's divine sense range in the blink of an eye.

His speed had reached the absolute limit of a Jin Dan cultivator.

At least within this domain it was so, even surpassing the Great Sun Sword Child — this was beyond doubt.

Yet the Shadow Demon Dao Child did not dare flee this place.

The terrifyingly cold sword-intent pressure locking onto him at every moment was one thing; no matter how fast he was, he could not outrun the Super Sun ship's cannons, and leaving the other Dao Children behind would only mean a swifter death.

Another important reason was,

The Shadow Demon Abyss would not permit him to flee!

In domain warfare, victory was mandatory; a Dao Child must fight to the death!

If he fled and caused the landing war within the domain to fail, the first to execute him would be the great powers of the Shadow Demon Abyss!

The Shadow Demon Abyss had no need for a cowardly Dao Child!

That would let other sects look down on them.

It would make the outside world believe the Shadow Demon Abyss had lost its ghostly, vicious assassination methods — that the blade, whether turned inward or outward, had gone soft.

Once that happened, old grudges would likely resurface, hastening the formation of allied sect armies and dooming the sect.

Since he still lived, he had to fight!

In the distance, atop the resplendent super warship Great Sun, light was restored in an instant; sunlight spilled across the earth, and heaven and earth returned to brightness once more.

Upon the warship stood a youth, hands clasped behind his back, watching them.

"Fellow Daoists, receive another sword strike from me!"

Jiang Ding said calmly.

The Dai Sen mirror-blade drone formation hummed into operation; billions of runes emerged, and within a single second, tens of millions of formation adjustments were completed under the assistance of the ship's spirit Cloud Sun, without the slightest hesitation.

Heaven and earth darkened once more; billions of rays of light were drawn in and devoured.

Light and darkness cycled in turn.

This was due to the inherent properties of the Dai Sen solar mirror drones.

Even though the wings were forged from high-grade quicksilver spirit-gold, and large quantities of Soul Transformation-grade materials were added, with numerous Immortal Gate Tian Jun inscribing formation patterns, and the formations designed according to Jiang Ding's concepts, they could absorb sunlight with extremely high efficiency.

Yet this ability, too, had its limits.

Each attack lasted only a thousandth of a second; any longer and the mirror wings might be damaged.

Between the cycles of light and darkness in heaven and earth was when the wing materials recovered.

Now, heaven and earth had once more plunged into utter darkness.

The light of the sky, the light of the earth, the light of spells, the light of divine souls, the lamps of mortals… everything, absolutely everything, was devoured whole by some unknown existence, not a trace remaining.

Then,

Boom!

A Great Sun Destruction beam locked on; its target was none other than the remnant soul of the Shadow Demon Dao Child, who was dodging beside the Heavenly Mechanism Dao Child, along with his life-bound blade embryo, the Shadow Kill Myriad Poison Blade!

Better to break one finger than wound ten!

After one Great Sun Destruction beam came a peacock's tail.

Beam after beam of Great Sun Destruction unfolded in sequence, like the heavenly punishment of the Sun God — no distinction of front, back, left, or right — all one thousand and twenty-four Great Sun Destruction beams aimed squarely at the Shadow Demon Dao Child!

"This isn't a sword at all!"

"You heretical fiend! If the ancient Sword Ancestor were to rise again, the first one he'd purge from the sect would be you!"

The Shadow Demon Dao Child's body trembled ceaselessly as he roared.

With his strength having drastically declined, he had absolutely no confidence he could withstand these one thousand and twenty-four Great Sun Destruction beams.

Boundless despair welled up within him, and he burst into furious cursing.

Jiang Ding's expression was impassive.

The Sword Dao is not the Sword Ancestor's Sword Dao — it is the Sword Dao of all people under heaven.

I say what the Sword Dao is, and I walk upon it,

And so the Sword Dao is that!

"The Heavenly Mechanism divination has yielded results!"

The Heavenly Mechanism Dao Child suddenly spat out a great mouthful of fresh blood; his aura weakened, many new wrinkles appeared on his face, and his hair turned far grayer — one could well imagine what a tremendous price he had paid.

"Attack those drones!"

"Gather the elite allied forces and charge up! Surround and kill, surround and kill! Any who delay will be cut down without mercy!"

The Heavenly Mechanism Dao Child was nearly screaming.

It was not merely a simple command; he also sent out via divine sense an enormous, intricate formation diagram, marking over a dozen clear and precise points — the positions of these points seemed to still be shifting with time, not a rigid answer.

If the personnel involved in the Immortal Gate's Dai Sen mirror-blade drone project were to see this diagram, they would surely turn pale with shock.

This formation diagram bore a six- or seven-tenths resemblance to the blueprints of the Immortal Gate's Dai Sen mirror-blade drone project, and the main framework structure of the formation was an eight- or nine-tenths match.

To achieve such a feat in less than a single breath's time was truly awe-inspiring and terrifying!

"Yes!"

Taiyi Taiyi Qingmu Dao Child Ji Liuyue, Brother Brother Xuanwu Dao Child Tian Tian Xuanzi, and others — who in ordinary days were also high-ranking, powerful figures in their sects whose word was absolute — paid no heed to the icy, commanding tone in the Heavenly Mechanism Dao Child's words; overjoyed, they actually responded with respectful deference, appearing content to take a subordinate's position.

"Kill!"

Tian Tian Xuanzi roared furiously, his body transforming into a bixi, and charged toward the nearest Dai Sen mirror-blade drone formation node.

Within the domain surrounding him, countless worshipping figures could faintly be seen — merfolk, exotic demon beasts such as tigers, leopards, oxen, and sheep, and a great many humans, men and women, young and old.

And various cultivators knelt prostrate on the ground to worship, revering him as the Supreme True God, forming a realm that was a chaotic blend of the Immortal Dao and faith in incense offerings.

The Heavenly Dao of the Fire Spirit Realm gazed upon him, regarded him as the World's Chosen, and bestowed power upon him; his speed instantly surged several times!

"Kill!"

Ignoring the injuries of the Azure Sky Divine Seed, the Taiyi Qingmu Dao Disciple Ji Liu Yue once again summoned a jade-green seedling, striking another flaw in the Dai Sen Mirror-Sword Drone.

The other Dao Disciples—the Duobao Dao Disciple, the Tianji Dao Disciple, the Danding Dao Disciple, and even the Shadow Demon Dao Disciple who was left with only a remnant soul—merged with the Shadow-Killing Ten-Thousand-Poison Blades and rushed toward a single point.

They had all gone mad!

They displayed a terrifying posture of perishing together with the enemy!

Besides the Dao Disciples, the elite armies of the Eight Great Immortal Sects, under the cold and murderous commands of their respective Dao Disciples, turned their direction and unleashed attacks the size of mountains—Sky Blades, Shadow Blades, and Cauldrons—rushing toward the swarm of Dai Sen Drones in the sky like a violent storm.

This was a Dao Disciple-level military formation!

At this moment, eight Dao Disciple-level combat powers had simultaneously launched a desperate, life-and-death assault!

"Tianji?"

"You are quite good, quite clever."

Jiang Ding thought for a brief moment and immediately understood the transformation of these people.

Indeed, this tactic was effective.

The Dai Sen Mirror-Sword Drones, adhering to the concept of the Sword Dao, had no design for defense whatsoever, nor did they have any material surplus to support it.

Everything was used to amplify their attacks, making the drone bodies relatively fragile.

"Pity, it is useless."

Jiang Ding said calmly.

Boom!

Within the Ultimate Darkness of Heaven and Earth, one thousand and twenty-four beams of Sun Annihilation began to scatter; the straight beams split into eight streams, each containing one hundred and twenty-eight beams, falling upon the seven Dao Disciples and the Immortal Sect Elite Army formations.

Boom!

Brilliant light erupted; extreme heat and an extreme will of destruction filled the space between Heaven and Earth.

"Pfft!"

The moment the Azure Sky seedling of the Taiyi Qingmu Dao Disciple Ji Liu Yue came into contact with the one hundred and twenty-eight beams of Sun Annihilation, it was immediately struck as if by lightning; she spat blood and retreated violently, while the branches and leaves of the Azure Sky seedling snapped and flew apart.

This time, the leaves did not merely curl and wither to yellow; they snapped directly!

The Refining Void-level ancient tree seedling had broken!

(End of this chapter)