Chapter 470: Last-Minute Breakthrough

Unconsciously, Zhang Yu had already landed on the ground.

Amidst the bombardment of countless flying sword fragments, he no longer suppressed the flying swords but instead lifted large swaths of earth and stone to defend himself.

At the same time, he activated the two magical treasures: the Golden Thread Jade Wall and the Two Principles Yin-Yang Shield.

Streaks of deep-cold rays shot forth from the Golden Thread Jade Wall, continuously slowing the operation of the flying swords.

Meanwhile, the Two Principles Yin-Yang Shield spewed out waves of icy mist that condensed the air, further blocking the assassination attempts of the flying swords.

"Even shattered to pieces, it can still fight and keep auto-targeting—just like Mo Shangjin said. So this is the Sword Spirit of Heavenly Sword University?"

Zhang Yu recalled the words Mo Shangjin had once spoken.

To assist with remote operation of flying swords, Heavenly Sword University had its own proprietary primary-level intelligent device spirit technology, which they called Sword Spirits.

This type of Sword Spirit had almost zero ability in dialogue, creation, or thinking, but its strongest capability lay in image recognition and auto-targeting.

When combined with Heavenly Sword University's unique mental cultivation method, cultivators could nurture the Sword Spirit with their mind technique. Once they performed the art of sword control, they no longer needed delicate operations—they only needed to use the most狂暴 (violent) mana and the most ferocious power to hurl the sword fiercely toward the target.

The Sword Spirit would assist the cultivator, guiding the flying sword to perform various cutting, impact, and flight operations.

Paired with different sword control techniques, it could produce a variety of wondrous effects.

It was said that cultivators who deeply studied this path, using Sword Spirits to connect with the Sky-Surveying Flying Sword spirit-network, could even make millimeter-level operations from thousands or tens of thousands of kilometers away.

The current Yue Guanqiong was certainly not that powerful yet, but after combining the Sword Spirit with the Great Freedom Instant Prison Sword Qi, no matter how much his controlled flying swords were shattered or destroyed, they could still maintain combat effectiveness.

In the blink of an eye, sword qi crisscrossed, and the earth beneath Zhang Yu's feet was sliced layer by layer, like a chessboard of intersecting lines unfolding between heaven and earth.

However, relying on the Earth-Suppressing Seal, the Thunder-Suppressing Seal, and the layered protections of the Golden Thread Jade Wall and the Two Principles Yin-Yang Shield, Zhang Yu still managed to withstand this wave of attacks steadily.

…

Watching this scene, Yue Guanqiong's eyes flickered: "Oh? Compared to the last match, you have a few more magical treasures? And specifically designed to guard against flying swords."

"Then let's see how long those treasures of yours can hold up."

Yue Guanqiong lightly flicked his fingertip, and within the airborne fortress below, countless sword vessels trembled as if they had heard a call, emitting an increasingly grand clanging sound.

These sword vessels were not real flying swords; they merely had a rudimentary sword shape and a certain degree of sturdiness, not much stronger than ordinary blades.

But the key point was that these sword vessels designed by Heavenly Sword University could carry Sword Spirits.

After the recent construction and preparation, Yue Guanqiong's other teammates had used on-site materials to mass-produce a large number of sword vessels and infused them with Sword Spirits.

This was precisely the defensive fortification that Heavenly Sword University's Civil Engineering Department specialized in—the Sword Formation.

Efficient, low-cost, yet not lacking in power. As Yue Guanqiong lightly pointed his sword finger, hundreds of sword vessels shot up into the sky, sweeping toward Zhang Yu like a violent storm.

Amid crackling explosions, countless sword vessels slammed heavily into the earth and stone Zhang Yu had raised. Even when they shattered into pieces, the fragments still emanated sharp sword qi and continued to slash at Zhang Yu.

With each collision of the attacks, the offensive of the sword vessels seemed to expand continuously.

If at first it was merely a torrent of hundreds of flying swords, then as the sword vessels kept shattering, it soon became like a cloud of flying swords that surrounded Zhang Yu on all sides.

Hundreds of thousands of sword vessel fragments circled around Zhang Yu, constantly grinding and slicing, the air seemingly boiling from the ultra-high-speed friction of countless sword vessels.

Under this rapid assault, the protective barriers rising from Zhang Yu's magical treasures emitted a continuous series of crackling impacts—the sound of sword vessels continuing to shatter and the sword momentum continuing to expand.

…

On the spirit-world viewing platform, Wang Yin was also watching the battle.

Watching Zhang Yu being forced from the sky down to the ground, and completely suppressed amidst the crisscrossing sword vessels, the occasional flicker of magical treasure radiance looked like a tiny candle flame in a storm, on the verge of being extinguished at any moment.

Wang Yin thought to himself: "Zhang Yu, if you lose here, wouldn't all the bitter cultivation of my Dao heart have been in vain?"

"Don't you fucking lose."

"What about the power you got from that Yin Artifact?"

"If you can't handle it, call a timeout and use the Yin Artifact on the spot again."

…

As the sword vessel assault grew more intense, a large number of warnings continuously flashed in Zhang Yu's eye sockets.

The Golden Thread Jade Wall's mana is below 5%!

Two Symbols Yin-Yang Shield: mana below 5%!

Thunder Suppression Seal: mana below 3%!

Earth Suppression Seal: mana below 1%! Please replenish mana within 30 seconds.

Bang!

As the aura of the Earth Suppression Seal completely collapsed, the lightning strikes of the Thunder Suppression Seal also rapidly weakened, while Yue Guanqiong's assault grew fiercer.

At that moment, Zhang Yu's protective qi suddenly surged violently, and wave after wave of blazing golden flames shot up into the sky.

Empowered by the Taiyi Gold Liquid Pill, Zhang Yu's protective qi burst forth with astonishing defensive power.

Under the impact of the flying swords, the protective qi first defended in a solid state, then transformed into a liquid state to cushion the blows, and finally turned into a gaseous state to disperse the force.

Through this three-state transformation, Zhang Yu managed to stabilize himself once again amid the storm-like assault.

After a period of stalemate, Yue Guanqiong intensified his attack.

A flying sword, flickering in and out of visibility like faint blue smoke, appeared before Yue Guanqiong.

This flying sword was none other than the former military-grade flying sword lent to him by Wen Wuyai—the Light-Splitting Shadow-Transforming Sword.

In truth, Yue Guanqiong did not lack professional-grade or enterprise-grade flying swords.

However, these two types of flying swords, especially the enterprise-grade ones, were still expensive for him.

In comparison, using someone else's flying sword was far more cost-effective and easier to suppress Zhang Yu.

The Light-Splitting Shadow-Transforming Sword shot into the sky, and with a flash, it transformed into eighty-one sword lights that sliced toward Zhang Yu in a killing formation.

Each sword light, as it struck, flickered in and out of existence like a series of phantoms.

Yue Guanqiong thought to himself: "No wonder it's a former military-grade flying sword in Wen Wuyai's collection."

"When this Light-Splitting Shadow-Transforming Sword is wielded, it can split into eighty-one sword lights, but only one of them is real. Yet this true sword can instantly transfer among the eighty-one sword lights at any time and then split again."

"For me, wielding this Light-Splitting Shadow-Transforming Sword, any sword light can be false, because the moment one is caught, I can shift the true sword to another sword light."

"And for Zhang Yu, any sword light can be true, because as long as a sword light finds an opening, it can transform into the true sword and deliver a killing strike."

On the battlefield, the eighty-one sword lights crisscrossed back and forth, appearing like phantoms, and neither the Deep Chill Rays, the Earth Fiend Gravity, nor the protective qi could affect these phantoms.