Chapter 1039

Do not retreat, advance!

His stance sank slightly, like a bow drawn to full tension!

As the two azure sword lights were about to strike his body, his fists, shrouded in dark‑gold stellar radiance, like two city‑smashing heavy hammers, erupted forward! Their target was exactly the side joints of those azure jade sword arms!

Meet attack with attack! Use force to break skill!

Clang! Clang!!

Two deafening clangs, like the collision of divine metal, exploded with a tremendous roar!

Blinding sparks mixed with gold and azure energy fragments sprayed outward!

Han Wuxian felt an overwhelming, unstoppable force surge from his fists, shaking his qi and blood, his arms slightly numb! But the azure jade sword mantis that attacked him met a far grimmer fate!

Its azure jade sword arms, invincible and capable of cutting top‑grade Accumulation Devices, at the joint where they struck Han Wuxian's dark‑gold stellar fists, were actually blasted with two clear fist prints!

Spider‑web‑like cracks instantly spread across half the sword arm! A surge of shock and pain rippled from the mantis's compound eyes! It let out a painful shriek, its massive body flung backward by the tremendous recoil, staggering and retreating, its sword arm temporarily losing attack power!

One punch! It drove back a peak Nascent Soul fiend beast! Even damaged its strongest weapon!

On the other side, Yun Li also fell into a bitter struggle.

Facing the two azure jade sword mantises' killing sword net, she pushed the Starfall Pavilion's movement technique to the extreme, her form darting like a butterfly among flowers through the dense azure sword lights, peril at every turn! The azure‑blue starlight condensed in her hands turned into sharp star‑blades, continually slashing the mantises' sword arms, emitting crisp tings, yet only leaving faint white marks on their hard exoskeletons, unable to breach defense! Here her stellar power seemed suppressed, its might greatly diminished.

"Yun Li! Come to me!" Han Wuxian punched back the fiend before him, instantly noticing Yun Li's predicament. His body flickered like golden lightning, instantly breaking through the sword light of another mantis trying to intercept him.

That mantis's sword arm, struck hard with his fist's edge, likewise had its arm numbed from the shock, appearing at Yun Li's side!

"Golden Yang Burning Heaven·Scorching Yang Wall!"

He gave a low shout, both fists slamming down onto the jade‑white cloud sea beneath him! Scorching golden light instantly spread from him as the center, forming a huge semicircular light wall ablaze with fierce golden flames, enveloping him and Yun Li!

Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

Countless azure sword slashes lashed the golden flame wall, emitting a piercing scorching sound! Azure jade sword qi and the utmost yang golden flame collided violently and annihilated! The wall shuddered violently, but it temporarily held back the mantises' furious onslaught!

"Roar!" The azure jade sword mantis circling in the sky let out a sharp, commanding screech!

The two mantises shaken back and blocked by Han Wuxian instantly steadied; all four fiend beasts vibrated their wings together, emitting a piercing hum! In their huge compound eyes, the gloomy light instantly blazed fiercely! A more ferocious, more violent aura erupted!

Seeing that, the damaged azure jade sword arms' profound natural runes suddenly flared! The cyan‑gold light flowing along the sword edges instantly surged, forming terrifying sword‑gales dozens of zhang long! Four streams of killing sword intent shot up, faintly intertwining in the air into a vast azure sword net covering heaven and earth! It locked onto Han Wuxian and Yun Li within the light wall!

"They're about to combine attack! Be careful!" Yun Li's face changed drastically; she could feel the terrifying power contained in that sword net, enough to shred any defense!

Han Wuxian's eyes grew grave beyond compare. These four fiend beasts clearly possessed extraordinary intelligence, knowing how to cooperate. The power of this combined sword formation likely far surpassed early Nascent Soul, even touching the threshold of mid‑Nascent Soul!

"Can't meet it head‑on!" Han Wuxian's thoughts raced. His gaze instantly locked onto the mantis whose sword arm he had previously shaken, whose aura was slightly weaker—that was the weak point of the sword formation!

"Yun Li! Help me! Full‑force attack on that one to the front‑left!" Han Wuxian roared hoarsely, while his inner Golden Yang Burning Heaven energy spun madly, the dark‑gold stellar radiance on his arms blazing like never before! He swiftly formed a seal with both hands before his chest; a complex, profound golden rune coalesced in his palm, emanating destructive fluctuations! This was one of his hidden trump cards, but now, wielded with his reborn arms, its power is incomparable!

Yun Li instantly understood, holding nothing back. She bit her tongue, spraying a mouthful of essence blood onto the seal formed by her hands! The formerly dim azure‑blue starlight instantly surged, condensing into an extremely focused deep‑blue beam, within which stars seemed to be born and die!

"Starfall·Breaking the Army!"

The two acted almost simultaneously!

Han Wuxian's golden rune in his palm turned into a pillar of destructive light that pierced the void!

Yun Li's deep‑blue beam was like a falling star!

The two attacks, one gold, one azure, bearing each's utmost strength at this moment, tore through the air, straight for—the slightly weaker mantis on the left wing of the sword formation!

"Screech!" That mantis sensed the deadly threat, let out a terrified shriek, tried to dodge while activating its sword‑gale to block!

But the two attacks were too fast, their coordination exquisite!

Boom! Boom!!

The golden destructive pillar first slammed hard into its crossed‑block sword‑gale! The violent force instantly shattered over half of that sword‑gale! The cracks on the sword arm widened again!

Immediately after!

Hiss! Hiss!

Yun Li's "Breaking the Army" beam, like the sharpest drill, pierced with pinpoint precision through the gap in that dissipated sword‑gale, brutally penetrating the relatively fragile compound‑eye weak point of that azure jade sword mantis! Deep‑blue stellar power exploded inside its head!

"Aaa!!!" A wail of extreme anguish rang through the heavens! That azure jade sword mantis's massive body convulsed violently; its jade‑green eyes instantly dimmed, like a punctured balloon, it plummeted from the sky and smashed onto the jade‑white cloud sea, sending clouds scattering everywhere, its vitality swiftly fading!

Sword formation, broken!

"Screech!!!" The remaining three azure jade sword mantises bellowed with mixed shock and rage! The sword formation was broken, their comrade fell, plunging them into brief chaos and fury!

"Now!" Cold light flared in Han Wuxian's eyes! He abandoned defense; the golden‑flame wall vanished instantly! He shot forward like a cannonball, aiming straight at the nearest azure jade sword mantis! His right fist, shrouded in dark‑gold stellar radiance, bearing an invincible, overbearing will, smashed hard into the mantis's exposed chest‑abdomen joint from its fury!

Yun Li also mustered her spiritual power, the azure‑blue starlight gathering again, she struck at another!

Having lost the combined power of the sword formation and lost one member, the remaining three azure jade sword mantises, though ferocious, instantly fell into a passive state under Han Wuxian's terrifying force and Yun Li's restraint!

Battle erupted anew! The clashing of metal and energy, the beasts' roars, echoed fiercely within this layer of ancient azure heavens where auspiciousness and peril intertwined!