Chapter 69: Escape from the Tiger's Mouth

In the next instant, Su Zhangqing raised his right hand and then swung it downward toward the front with a solemn expression.

Slash! A stream of light flickered repeatedly, and a sword radiance fifty or sixty zhang long flashed open, appearing incomparably magnificent. Unlike ordinary sword radiance, countless runes were flowing on its surface, appearing and disappearing...

"Not good!"

Kulu Laomo's expression changed drastically. The power of the opponent's strike made even him feel somewhat alarmed. He immediately waved both hands, and a Dharma technique was cast.

Hum! The blood-red Purple Gold Bowl turned into a flickering stream of light, splitting into nine, and then transformed into streaks of blood-red light curtains. In the next instant, Kulu Laomo took a step through the void, wanting to execute the Shrinking Ground Technique.

"Want to run? It's not that easy."

Su Zhangqing had been brewing this for so long; how could he let him dodge and escape? He immediately unleashed his magic power to the fullest, lightly raised his right hand, and followed with a light swipe of his long sword toward the front.

Hum! A powerful stream of light flashed violently in the void, and the space around Kulu Laomo's body twisted. However, this time it was Su Zhangqing who miscalculated; Kulu Laomo seemed to have sensed something, and in the next instant, blood light permeated the area.

As an old monster at the late stage of Golden Core, Kulu Laomo had long since comprehended some formidable Dharma techniques and supernatural powers. His figure began to blur, and just as he was about to disappear from the spot, Su Zhangqing revealed an annoyed expression.

After plotting for so long, he was actually still dodged by the opponent. No matter how strong the power of a Dharma Treasure is, it has no effect if it cannot hit the opponent.

His expression suddenly turned fierce, and he waved his hands extremely quickly. Those incomparably profound runes flickered, and the thunder power above the void transformed into handful after handful of thunder Flying Swords; counting them carefully, there were as many as several thousand.

"Go!"

Su Zhangqing pointed a finger, and those thunderous streams of light flickered, transforming into streaks of sword nets that instantly enveloped him. Kulu Laomo's escape technique lost its effect quickly. Kulu Laomo's expression became incomparably ugly.

As a cultivator at the late stage of Golden Core, he had to admit at this moment that the supernatural powers and Dharma techniques of the kid before him were far from what ordinary Golden Core cultivators could compare to.

However, at this time, he was in no mood to think more about this. With his escape technique blocked, he had to face the attack of the opponent's Flying Swords.

That golden-flashing sword radiance made even Kulu Laomo feel chilled to the bone.

Kulu Laomo took a deep breath, and a Dharma incantation was cast onto the Purple Gold Bowl. Many, many runes sprayed out from within, and as these blood-red runes connected together, blood-red patterns constantly surged around his body.

For a moment, demonic sounds echoed in bursts. The entire process took only an instant, and then that brilliant sword energy had already slashed down. The two touched, yet it was silent and soundless.

Facing a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, Su Zhangqing dared not hold back in the slightest. He successively unleashed several great supernatural powers, then seized the opportunity to sacrifice his Dharma Treasure.

Kulu Laomo had not wanted to take it head-on, but Su Zhangqing's Thousand Flower Array was no small matter; it shattered his Shrinking Ground Technique, and the brilliant sword energy collided fiercely with those blood-red patterns.

A full quarter of an hour passed before an astonishing loud noise arose out of thin air, and the entire space began to shake.

One sword radiance pointed straight at the firmament, while on the other side was golden demonic light. They intertwined and then clashed.

Su Zhangqing's expression stirred, and then his face turned gloomy. As expected of a late-stage Golden Core old monster, to be able to block the attack of a Dharma Treasure, he was truly formidable.

After Kulu Laomo took this attack head-on, his expression became incomparably ugly, and he was filled with annoyance in his heart. A mere Golden Core cultivator had actually forced him to such a state.

Yet, his eyes grew increasingly fiery, and his gaze toward the Green Edge Sword was full of fanaticism.

"I must obtain this treasure!"

Su Zhangqing reached out his hand and flicked it over his Storage Bag. A golden light flashed, and the next moment, several spirit pills were swallowed into Su Zhangqing's mouth. His complexion was somewhat incomparably pale; although the time spent fighting was short, facing a late-stage Golden Core enemy, every move used his full strength, which naturally consumed a great deal of spirit power.

Having exerted his full strength, the spirit power in his body had been consumed by thirty or forty percent. After the spirit pills entered his mouth, Su Zhangqing's spirit power recovered by about seventy or eighty percent.

Su Zhangqing raised his head and looked at the intertwined sword radiance and demonic light in front. The strike of a Dharma Treasure was indeed no small matter. Although Kulu Laomo was a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, the spirit power remaining in his body was not much either; for him, this was an excellent opportunity.

The next instant, Su Zhangqing took a breath, and his hands waved in a flurry. Behind his back, countless phantom images of arms actually appeared.

"Go!"

Above Su Zhangqing's head, one after another, five-colored streams of light swam like fish in the sea. Those streams of light transformed into handful after handful of five-colored flashing flower swords. Of course, they were not real Dharma Treasures, but were conjured using spirit power.

Each one was as if substantial, and the quantity was astonishing to the extreme. In an instant, above the void, it was densely packed; wherever the eye could see, there were Flying Swords.

Kulu Laomo's expression became incomparably ugly.

All the sword radiance gathered toward the middle, merging into a torrent of sword rain, which slashed and shot toward the front like a raging sea.

Hum! A teeth-aching sound entered his ears, and his protective golden light dimmed abruptly, appearing as if it were about to collapse.

Kulu Laomo's expression changed wildly, his eyes full of hatred, and then he reversed his cultivation method, spitting out a mouthful of essence blood.

In the void, it turned into blood mist, merging into the golden light curtain. For a time, demonic sounds rang out, and it actually pressed back. As expected of a late-stage Golden Core old monster; late-stage Golden Core cultivators could not even compare.

"Leave!"

At this very moment, he unleashed his Fanu Escape Technique to the fullest, turning into a streak of blood light and disappearing directly into the horizon.

If his own strength could advance one step further, he would definitely be able to deal with this old monster then.

But right now, he was completely no match. Since that was the case, it was better to leave early.

……

Boom! In the void, a heaven-shaking and earth-shattering roar sounded. For a time, the sun and moon lost their light, and the sky turned dim.

On the earth, huge gullies appeared, bottomless and crisscrossing together. The mountain peaks within a radius of a hundred miles all collapsed, leaving only a pile of ruins.

Roar! Just at this moment, a roaring sound arose. From a deep pit several dozen zhang wide, Kulu Laomo's figure rushed out.

Subsequently, a huge pillar of light erupted from the deep pit, shooting straight into the firmament, containing spirit power fluctuations that made one's heart jump with fear.

The dust in the sky was all blown away, and the space twisted, actually being forcibly torn open into a crack, after which a stream of light shot out from within.

This was, of course, not shattering the void, but being able to cause such great destruction was enough to show how shocking the spirit power contained within was.

(End of this chapter)