Chapter 209

A mountain peak collapsed halfway! If the mountain body weren't large enough, it would have implicated the Sword-Leaning Tower.

The Little Palace Master crossed her hands, placing them atop her head, and Xiao Xiao Yu's fist struck her arms!

Delicate-skinned Little Palace Master, delicate-skinned Xiao Xiao Yu.

"Heh... Is that all...?" the Little Palace Master's fierce gaze peered from the gap between her crossed arms! It firmly locked onto Xiao Xiao Yu's body. The flesh on the Little Palace Master's arms split open! Blood flowed out, and the flesh turned outward.

Xiao Xiao Yu staggered for a moment, then raised her fist and rained down blows on the Little Palace Master like a violent storm! Her fists were like raindrops in a downpour, wildly pouring onto the Little Palace Master's body.

The Little Palace Master wrapped her arms around herself, letting Xiao Xiao Yu rain wild punches upon her!

Punch after punch, each strike hit flesh! Each blow could shatter half a mountain peak! Terrifying!

What the mountain peak endured, the Little Palace Master endured.

From childhood to now, being beaten like this was the Little Palace Master's first time! She felt her body about to be crushed to pulp, and most importantly, it was a sense of shame—a shame of being inferior.

Who is she? The Little Palace Master of the Five Absolutes Palace, the future Palace Master; even if she left the Five Absolutes Palace, she would be a heaven-chosen prodigy! Among the Thousand Gates, one person claimed the number-one token, and none dared to contend with her. In the subterranean world, she single-handedly challenged a flood dragon, and the flood dragon had to avoid her edge. But today, everything she believed in has been shattered!

She even felt that, having left the Five Absolutes Palace, without the Palace Master's protection, she was nothing at all.

The Little Palace Master's fiery-red long skirt had lost its original shape and color. Her favorite skirt hem was ruined beyond recognition!

"Ugh ah ah ah! Is that all...?" the Little Palace Master endured the excruciating pain, crying out, yet on her lips she refused to admit defeat even a bit! The more she did so, the harder Xiao Xiao Yu struck!

In Xiao Xiao Yu's white pupils, everything in the world was lifeless. Unknown whether she was alive or dead, unknown if she had consciousness, but she truly pressed the Little Palace Master to the ground and beat her violently—this was absolutely the pinnacle of her limited life!

If this continued, even if the Little Palace Master had a body of steel and bone, she couldn't hold out; she would be beaten to death by Xiao Xiao Yu!

"In the name of thunder and lightning, I summon the power of the Five Absolutes..." the Little Palace Master finally couldn't hold back; she resolved to use that ultimate move, turning defeat into victory!

Heavy dark clouds roiled above the sky, covering a full hundred miles! The sky over the entire mountain darkened, and thunder and lightning serpentined through the clouds, constantly emitting a 'hiss-hiss-hiss' sound,

Suddenly, a silver light flashed across the sky. The omen of thunder and lightning.

Thunder and lightning—in an instant, a huge flash tore through the darkness, jerking weakly in midair a few times, then angrily stomping its hind legs, stretching out from the vast sky, surging forth from beyond the nine heavens, like swords clashing, like mountains collapsing and earth splitting—this is thunder and lightning!

All of it thundered toward Xiao Xiao Yu's back.

Although Xiao Xiao Yu seemed to have lost her consciousness, her sense of terror had not vanished! She stopped striking the Little Palace Master with her fists, she straightened her body, and turned sideways to face the thunder and lightning.

This thunder and lightning was not natural; it contained the power of the Five Absolutes, and was the greatest of the Five Absolutes!

If she did not resist these successive bolts of thunder and lightning, Xiao Xiao Yu would surely be blasted to pieces!

"Let you see what the strongest Five Absolutes is! In the name of thunder and lightning, I summon the power of the Five Absolutes! Five Absolutes Eight Wastelands!" the Little Palace Master, dragging her half-body beaten to ruin, struggled to rise; she made no other move, yet the thunder and lightning kept pouring forth from the horizon.

"Boom—rumble—rumble!"

"Boom—rumble—rumble!"

"Boom—rumble—rumble!"

Xiao Xiao Yu raised both palms to the heavens, bearing the thunder and lightning, fighting to the death! Endless white light erupted from her palms, surging toward the thunder and lightning!

There was no imagined explosion; the sound reached its extreme, so that neither the Little Palace Master nor Xiao Xiao Yu could hear anything, their eardrums feeling as if they had been ruptured, blood gradually trickling from their ears toward their slender chins and charming collarbones.

Beyond the mountain, the Sword-Leaning Tower trembled with countless divine swords! The tremendous power made them quiver, yet also stimulated them! They faintly showed a tendency to surge out of the Sword-Leaning Tower.

"Quickly, seal the swords!" the Sword Master shouted at the other three.

The Sword Master, Shangguan Yunyi, Duan Sheng, and Ximo Jianmo—the four were all swordsmen, and renowned swordsmen under heaven; they lived for the sword and died for the sword, thus they were especially attuned to sword intent.

They emitted strands of sword qi to soothe the restless hearts of the myriad swords in the Sword-Leaning Tower, thereby calming the swords once more.

The Sword-Leaning Tower housed over a thousand famous swords; each blade, in every era or region, was the epitome of representation and strength. Gathered here by the Sword Master, they were like a host of experts assembled in one room—there was indeed a feeling of mutual sympathy, but even more so a spirit of unwillingness to yield, each striving to outdo the other!

Under the interference of powerful external forces, they became even more restless; although the Sword-Leaning Tower was peaceful, they longed to leave the mountain and carve out their own realm!

How could the Sword Master possibly let them go?

The four peerless swordsmen suppressed them all.

"What tremendous power..." Duan Sheng sighed, gazing at the distant sky where rolling thunderclouds surged.

"That is the legendary 'Five Absolutes Entering Thunder'!" the Sword Master said. As for the Five Absolutes, he knew them well; aside from those of the Five Absolutes Palace, he was probably the one who understood them best. "The Little Palace Master has run into trouble."

"Who dares to act wantonly outside the Sword-Leaning Tower's mountain!" Ximo Jianmo exclaimed angrily.

"The 'Five Absolutes Entering Thunder' is an enhanced version of the 'Five Absolutes Eight Wastelands,' and also the ultimate move; only the Palace Masters of past generations of the Five Absolutes Palace can cultivate it. I never expected that the Little Palace Master, at such a young age, would truly have reached this point..." the Sword Master said, frowning. "From this, it's clear she has faced an enormous challenge; otherwise she could not possibly have unleashed this move."

"What's up with this move?" Duan Sheng turned and asked the Sword Master.

"It inflicts a thousand on the enemy while costing eight hundred on oneself; in severe cases, it results in mutual annihilation, surrendering one's body entirely to the thunder and lightning of the nine heavens before crushing the enemy." the Sword Master replied.

"She is still young; even if she doesn't die, doing this would likely leave lasting aftereffects." Shangguan Yunyi added.

"What are we still waiting for? Do we really have to wait to help her collect her corpse?" Ximo Jianmo said urgently; before his words even faded, he shot forward! The Correctly Honored Sword also followed him as he left the Sword-Leaning Tower.

"Hey... is that really all you've got? She truly isn't your child?" Duan Sheng retorted to the Sword Master; without waiting for an answer, he followed after.

"She truly isn't my daughter..."