Chapter 1385

Da Bai, it's time to come out.

But we need to keep the quotes? The Chinese line includes quotation marks. Should we keep them? The instruction: translate faithfully, preserve every paragraph break. It didn't say to drop quotation marks. Usually we keep them. We'll keep the Chinese quotation marks? Better to translate to English quotes? The line is Chinese with Chinese quotation marks 「」. In English translation we can use English quotes or keep the Chinese ones? Usually we translate the meaning, not the punctuation style. We can use English double quotes. But we must not add explanatory words. Changing 「」 to "" is not adding words, just changing punctuation. It's acceptable. We'll use English double quotes.

Thus: "Da Bai, it's time to come out."

The opponent had already appeared; Xiao Feng saw Xun Shuang Xianzi's silhouette and immediately thought of his good brother, calling Da Bai out.

The opponent had already appeared; Xiao Feng saw Xun Shuang Xianzi's silhouette, immediately thought of his good brother, and called Da Bai out.

We'll produce: "The opponent had already appeared; Xiao Feng saw Xun Shuang Xianzi's silhouette and immediately thought of his good brother, calling Da Bai out."

Big Brother, you're trying to suffocate me, huh? I knew we were going to Yunchu Shan, but… oh my, I'm here—this place is…

We need to keep the ellipsis and interjections. We'll translate: "Big Brother, you're trying to suffocate me, huh? I knew we were going to Yunchu Shan, but… oh my, I'm here—this place is…"

We need to keep the trailing ellipsis. We'll keep three dots.

Da Bai was picked up from the low mountain where the woodcutter lived in seclusion; before departure, knowing they were headed to Yunchu Shan, he was full of anticipation, but then he was locked in the mount space, feeling stifled. Upon appearing now, he immediately started cursing, wanting to fight Xiao Feng.

Da Bai was taken from the woodcutter's low mountain hideout, felt stifled in the mount space, and upon appearing started cursing and wanting to fight Xiao Feng.

We'll produce: "Da Bai was picked up from the low mountain where the woodcutter lived in seclusion; before departure, knowing they were headed to Yunchu Shan, he was full of anticipation, but then he was locked in the mount space, feeling stifled. Upon appearing now, he immediately started cursing, wanting to fight Xiao Feng."

However, after seeing the white cloud viewing platform around him, it froze.

The spectator stands built from white clouds—it had never seen anything like it!

What grandeur, what skill—truly the bearing of immortals!

Ga! I've arrived at Yunchu Shan! Big Brother, you're mighty!!

It let out a strange cry, heedless of the immortals all around, striding with its long legs, running circles around Xiao Feng, flapping its wings nonstop from excitement.

Cough… stay calm, don't let him see you make a fool of yourself. Xiao Feng reminded.

Okay, Big Brother, got it, Big Brother! Da Bai replied, but still couldn't quite control himself.

Xiao Feng reminded again: "Go watch from the cloud head; I'm about to challenge the people of Yunchu Shan—first Fellow Daoist Li Qianxin, then Xun Shuang Xianzi."

The fairy maiden Da Bai had been longing for was right ahead, but with over a hundred immortals nearby, he didn't have the cheek to just shout 'look at the beauty'; he could only hint indirectly.

Upon hearing the keyword 'Xun Shuang Xianzi,' Da Bai shuddered and began looking around.

Where, where? Where is Xun Shuang Xianzi?

This hopeless sight made Xiao Feng instinctively cover his face.

Good thing it's just a bird; otherwise, staring so eagerly at a female disciple of someone else's sect, it would likely be kicked out as a pervert.

Ji Xinge brought his two junior fellow disciples to the cloud head and proclaimed loudly: 'The two fellow daoists from the Twelve Heavenly Cities—do you think my junior fellow disciples are worthy opponents for your successors?'

The woodcutter laughed loudly: 'Yunchu Shan's disciples are all outstanding—no need to say more. Go on stage; let them practice and verify each other's cultivation.'

Ji Xinge nodded: 'Junior Brother Li, you go first. Fellow Daoist Xiao Feng may only be at Nascent Soul cultivation, but his strength is not inferior to immortals; he is an unparalleled genius rare in ancient and modern times—do not underestimate him.'

Yes, Senior Brother!

Li Qianxin bowed, his form flickering into a sword light that descended from the cloud head, standing 200 meters apart from Xiao Feng.

Then Ji Xinge glanced around at the crowd and shouted to Wuchen Daoist: 'Senior Brother Wuchen, you'll take charge of this place.'

Hmm.

Wuchen nodded slightly, flicking his sleeve.

Whoosh!

The grand formation hidden beneath the Sword Discussion Peak Plaza was activated.

A thin golden light membrane rose from all sides, separating the spectators on the cloud platform from the combatants in the field.

At the same time, a mysterious dao resonance enveloped the two combatants, ensuring they would not face mortal danger.

This is the protective grand formation of Sword Discussion Peak, prepared specially for experts to spar; even a Golden Immortal-level expert can go all out here without worrying about accidentally killing the opponent.

Because the one who laid the formation is a Great Luo-level powerhouse!

Let's begin.

Wuchen Daoist spoke softly, yet everyone could hear him.

Da Bai flapped its wings above the clouds, stretching its neck and shouting: 'Big Brother, you're number one in the world—defeat him!'

While shouting that, its two glossy black eyes kept fixed on the white-clad fairy maiden beside Ji Xinge, as if trying to see through the mist on her face to glimpse her true appearance.

The first opponent is merely at Great Vehicle stage; frankly, Xiao Feng isn't particularly concerned.

Li Qianxin is different, representing his sect in battle; the opponent is said to be a rare genius of ancient and modern times, so the pressure is great.

He bowed and said, 'I am Li Qianxin, I have cultivated for two thousand years; please grant me your guidance, Fellow Daoist.'

Xiao Feng also returned the salute: 'I am Xiao Feng, I have cultivated… uh, one and a half years; please instruct me.'

He has only been in the cultivation world for three months; counting game time, it's only one and a half years—really quite short.

However, an adventurer's growth speed is inherently faster than an NPC's, so there's really nothing to quibble about.

After exchanging greetings, either side could strike at any moment.

Xiao Feng feared that striking instantly would crush Li Qianxin's self-esteem, so he deliberately slowed half a step to give the opponent a chance to strike first.

Li Qianxin shouted low, 'Sorry to offend!'

With a single finger pointed, a sword light leapt up from his previously empty back.

A powerful aura burst from his body; sword intent shot up to the heavens, transforming into countless sword shadows raining down.

This move is already a fairly high-quality skill; an ordinary Nascent Soul practitioner would surely die upon contact, and even a Spirit Transformation stage cultivator couldn't withstand it!

Xiao Feng's thought stirred; a layer of flame ignited on his body, his will linking with heavenly and earthly spiritual qi, gathering the Five Elements Fire Power into himself.

"Shatter Moon, draw!"

Clang!

At the moment Li Qianxin's sword rain fell, his back-mounted immortal sword also moved.

Dots of sword light landed on his body; each hit dealt over 8 billion damage, allowing three strikes per second.

This damage had been reduced by 80% by the Item, showing its attack power is not trivial; without the clothing's protection, even a minor skill could shave over 120 billion of Xiao Feng's health per second!

As a minor boss at Great Vehicle stage, this is already quite impressive; in terms of strength, it far surpasses the Dragon God Akhanosh!

But such a character is still too weak for Xiao Feng!

The Shatter Moon Sword was drawn, using the Flying Sword Demon-Slaying Skill, shooting forth fiercely.

Li Qianxin instinctively dodged, swaying his body to avoid it.

Even the flying sword could be dodged; his speed is clearly much faster than Xiao Feng's!

The flying sword returned; he clenched his empty hand, condensing a tangible immortal sword, and collided with it.

Dang!

Two swords clashed in the air; although Xiao Feng's cultivation was low, his flying sword's force far surpassed Li Qianxin's, and at this moment the drawn sword's killing calamity power was boosted tenfold, making it impossible to block!

Li Qianxin's arm went numb, his weapon almost fell to the ground, and his body was knocked back several steps before he steadied himself.

-13882 hundred million (block)

Although he successfully blocked Xiao Feng's flying sword demon extermination, the immense force still prevented him from fully negating the damage, and he took over 1 trillion damage.

His total life was only 8 trillion, and this blow can be considered a heavy blow!

This is only the first move!

The Breaking Moon Sword flew back to Xiao Feng's hand, and he caught it.

Li Qianxin's sword rain ended just then.

"Fellow Daoist, come again!"

Xiao Feng invited the Dao, pointing his sword diagonally, when suddenly a thunder-fire sound rang out.

Boom!

Sword qi fell like lightning from the sky, leaving nowhere to hide!

This is a single-target locking sword technique 【Absolute Sword Heavenly Thunder】, a legendary skill with a damage coefficient of 2000%, its single damage comparable to Meteor Technique, casting time only 0.5 seconds, the drawback being that it only hits a single target with no area spread.

A bolt of sword lightning fell, and Li Qianxin realized he could not dodge, quickly releasing a protective body formula to block.

However... it simply couldn't be blocked!

After a tremendous boom, his life points dropped directly to 1, and he was defeated on the spot.

A -3921 trillion critical damage floated up.

If not for the great formation protecting his life, this blow would have been enough to kill him many times over.