Chapter 83: The Sun's Wind and Thunder Sword's Divine Severing Slash

  A faint smile played on the corners of my mouth as I muttered, "Since you're not willing to come out, let me help you then." With that, I clasped my hands together in front of my chest and began to chant a low, rhythmic incantation.

  The sky suddenly boomed with a loud noise, followed by countless thunderclaps that exploded, deafening everyone's ears and filling their eyes with only a vast expanse of white light, as countless silver lightning bolts tore through the sky.

  Everyone's face changed color, the momentum in front of them was far beyond what they had seen when displaying the Purple Night Divine Thunder. Even the density of the lightning exceeded that time, and people couldn't help but feel anxious in their hearts. If these lightnings fell indiscriminately, they didn't know if they could dodge them.

  The sky suddenly darkened, and a loud rumbling sound was heard. A silver lightning bolt suddenly slithered down, striking the exact spot where several people were standing. Li Yan and Tingting were shocked pale, screaming loudly as they tried to flee, but their legs turned soft and they collapsed to the ground.

  Under the terrified gaze of the two, the silver lightning bolt landed on the light wall I created, and then disappeared silently. At this time, looking at the light wall again, it had completely changed its appearance, the original blurry light wall became crystal clear, and countless small silver lightning bolts were flowing around the light wall, making a hissing sound.

  Two miserable cries rang out at the same time, Wú Chén Zǐ was the first to jump up, that silver lightning had just entered the light wall when he was jumping in and out of the light wall, instantly being struck by the lightning, immediately being electrocuted to wail loudly, his not very long hair stood on end, and faint wisps of smoke could be seen between his hairs.

  Tingting, who had fallen to the ground, couldn't help but burst out laughing at Wuchengzi's appearance. As soon as her laughter escaped her lips, she realized that she too had been startled by the lightning bolt and was now sitting on the ground. Her face suddenly turned red with embarrassment, and she could no longer tease Wuchengzi.

  "You're too cruel! You actually used heavenly thunder to strike me!" Wudangzi pointed at me, wailing loudly and complaining incessantly.

  Cultivators who cultivate to become immortals are going against the will of heaven, so every thousand years they must undergo a heavenly tribulation, which is being struck by heavenly thunder. If they can withstand the heavenly tribulation, they can continue to cultivate in peace for another thousand years, hoping to ascend as soon as possible. If they cannot withstand it, they will naturally be destroyed.

  It's just that the heavenly tribulation is the power of heaven and earth, its power is naturally self-evident, and the power of thunder is even more above the three absolute fires of heaven and earth. There is a hint of "I am the only one in the world" meaning, so to speak, there are basically no cultivators who can survive the heavenly tribulation, most of them have been destroyed by the heavenly tribulation.

  Due to my carefree deity status, the divine realm granted me a privilege that allows me to summon heavenly thunder. However, the heavenly thunder I summoned is naturally incomparable to the heavenly thunder released by the Heavenly Tribulation, but its power is still among the top. Otherwise, some ordinary methods would be useless against Wú Chén Zǐ, who is in the middle of his tribulation, not to mention Shén Táo, whose cultivation is slightly higher than Wú Chén Zǐ's.

  "Who told you to jump around there, if I don't hit you who will I hit?" I said with a smile. "Alright alright, it's not like I did it on purpose, besides aren't you fine? Don't let others laugh at us."

  "What's there to be afraid of? There are no outsiders here." Wuchengzi said, puzzled, but saw me nodding at him, he turned his head around and only then did he see a cloud of black fog floating not far away from him.

  "What is this thing and how did it end up here?" Wú Chén Zǐ asked me with a puzzled expression.

  "You're just a thing!" I smiled slightly, and before I could speak, that black fog angrily scolded, exactly in Shen Tuo's voice.

  "You... how did you end up like this?" Wú Chén Zǐ exclaimed, pointing at the black fog. Before he could respond, Wú Chén Zǐ scratched his head and said: "Oh, I get it. You're afraid of being caught by us, so you transformed into this state to escape."

  I burst out laughing, and Li Yan and others nearby temporarily forgot their fear and laughed together. Only that god was so angry that he spat blood, his black fog-like body constantly shrinking and expanding in the air, apparently furious to the extreme.

  To say that this god is indeed unlucky, with his cultivation being higher than Wú Chénzi's, he should be able to dominate the world. However, his luck was so bad that at his first move, he encountered me and Wú Chénzi joining hands. Seeing that we were not his opponents, he decided to escape but was discovered by me instead. A strike of heavenly thunder almost killed him on the spot.

  Not yet recovered from the damage of the lightning strike, he heard the ridicule of this burly man in front of him, which made his face turn red with anger, and a fire ignited in his heart. He really wished to pounce on him and strangle him to death.

  "Please don't be in a hurry to leave, regarding the death of Meng Xing'er, we still need to ask you to return with us and have a detailed discussion with the master of Xiū Zhēn Lián Méng. Also, what is the identity of that person, and whether there are people within Xiū Zhēn Lián Méng who have contact with you, these are all things we need to know." I said with a smile, there are still many people in Xiū Zhēn Lián Méng who hold a suspicious attitude towards Meng Xing'er's death. If we can bring Shén Yú back, I believe this matter can be resolved.

  "In the Xiu Zhen Alliance, the one who brought that Dream Star to me was a Xiu Zhen practitioner named Wang Feng. As for whether there were others, I have no way of knowing." Seeing that he couldn't escape, Shen Tuo gave up on his plan to flee and his body, like black mist, twisted and turned before transforming back into human form. Before we could even get a look at him, a black robe identical to the one from earlier suddenly appeared out of nowhere and wrapped itself around him."

  "As for our master's identity..." Zhen Yu's sleeve shook, and a small black flag suddenly flew out, hovering above his head spinning rapidly, before he continued: "Even in death, I will not reveal our master's identity."

  "It's interesting!" Wú Chén Zǐ jumped up, excitedly shouting: "Then I'll hit you until you speak out." As soon as the words fell, Liè Tiān Chuì flashed with white light and flew out, circling above Wú Chén Zǐ's head, facing off against that small black flag from a distance.

  The white light on the Ding Tian hammer grew stronger, like a small sun that was dazzling to the eye. The black flag, although unknown what kind of treasure it was, seemed to have a strong spirit and did not show any signs of weakness. However, its situation was exactly the opposite of the Ding Tian hammer. There was no light on the flag's body, but instead, it became even darker, as if it had driven away all the surrounding light.

  I furrowed my brow and considered it for a moment, but still didn't stop Wuchengzi from taking action. Since Shen Tao was unwilling to return with me like this, resorting to force was also a good option. After all, Wuchengzi had mid-stage Jiedan cultivation, and although Shen Tao's cultivation was slightly higher than his, wanting to kill him was absolutely impossible.

  I nodded to Wú Chénzi, indicating that he could let loose. With my consent, Wú Chénzi was unbridled, fearing only me and listening most to my words. Seeing I didn't oppose him taking action, he was overjoyed and without warning, his right hand pointed and the Heaven Splitting Mallet whizzed towards Shén Táo.

  The Dingtian hammer grew bigger and bigger, and before it even flew in front of Shentu's body, it was already nearly three meters long. The surrounding air was moved by the Dingtian hammer, forming one after another visible whirlpools around it. The sand and rocks inside the Suoxing array were rolled up by these whirlpools and followed the Dingtian hammer as it smashed towards Shentu, adding to its might.

  The battle between cultivators' artifacts, although the quality and power of the artifact played a huge role in it, but the main fight was still on the wielder's yuanqi or magic power attached to the weapon, the weapon only served as an auxiliary effect.

  There are generally three types of magical instruments. The first type is the amplification-type instrument, which can amplify the user's power, and the degree of amplification depends on the material and refining method of the instrument itself. This type of instrument is also the most numerous.

  The second type is the spell-type artifact, which can use the master's power as a catalyst to gather the power of heaven and earth for spell attacks. For example, the Xu Ri Feng Lei Sword that gathers the primordial energy of heaven and earth. Artifacts of this type are usually high-grade artifacts that are hard to come by.

  The third type is the legendary sacred artifact, which can borrow the power of its master to launch various special attacks. The methods of attack are diverse and unpredictable. Generally speaking, this type of magical instrument's attack is the most troublesome, even for immortals who encounter it must be careful in response. However, this type of sacred artifact also has the strictest requirements for its user, those with insufficient strength can't even hold onto it, let alone use it.

  Broadly speaking, magic artifacts can be divided into three major categories. However, in reality, the classification of magic artifacts does not have such clear boundaries. High-level cultivators who are capable of crafting magic artifacts generally do not cultivate single-attribute artifacts; they usually cultivate artifacts that combine two or even three attributes, or divine artifacts.

  However, as a result, multi-attribute magic weapons may have multiple uses and attack methods, but their power is generally not as strong as single-attribute magic weapons. Occasionally, there are multi-attribute magic weapons with extremely powerful strength, but they are the best among the best, extremely rare and hard to come by, and many cultivators do not even get to see one until they ascend to immortality.

  I gave the emotionless Wu Qing a dual-attribute immortal artifact, which can enhance the user's strength for defense or offense, and also absorb the spiritual energy of mountains and forests to strengthen defense, even slowly healing itself. However, the power of these two attributes is not great, belonging to relatively secondary immortal artifacts. Of course, with Wu Qing's cultivation, he could only use such a secondary artifact.

  And my grandfather made a crack for Wú Chén Zǐ that belongs to the first kind, which can enhance Wú Chén Zǐ's cultivation and increase his attack power. However, due to the poor quality of the immortal artifact's material and the lack of ample time to refine it, this immortal artifact can only be considered mid-grade, and its enhancement is not very high.

  But even so, the enhancement of the Heaven Splitting Mace still reached a level of fifty percent, which means that Wu Chenzi, who was at the Tribulation stage, could unleash a full-powered strike with the mace and release power equivalent to that of an Immortal cultivator. It can be considered a pretty good immortal artifact.

  Although the blow of the Heaven Splitting Mace seemed ordinary, Shen Tong did not dare to be careless. Before he could make a move, the small flag on his head had already brought a streak of black light to meet it, trying to block it from all sides.

  The distance between the Heaven Splitting Mace and the small flag was constantly shrinking, the two magical instruments had not yet come into contact, but an invisible force was already clashing in mid-air, energy currents were darting back and forth in the air, colliding with the light screen formed by the Binding Immortal Array, emitting a rumbling sound that shook others' ears to the point of buzzing.

  As the two magical instruments drew closer, this energy's collision became increasingly severe, even causing the earth to start shaking violently, making one wonder what a terrible scene it would be when the two magical instruments truly clashed.

  My expression changed, I have been cultivating for so long, and after entering the world, I haven't encountered an opportunity that can make me take out half of my strength. Therefore, even I didn't think that when two tribulation period cultivators go all out against each other, it would be so terrifying. Those two magical artifacts hadn't even touched yet, but the light screen of the Soul Binding Formation already had signs of collapsing.

  If it were just me, I would have thought that this energy impact was just a massage for myself, but now it's different. There is also an ordinary person, Tingting, and Liyan, who has not very high cultivation, next to me. The energy impact generated by the two Jie Dan stage cultivators' duel is absolutely fatal to them.

  So I didn't dare to hesitate anymore, my right hand grasped at the empty air, and the Xuanri Fenglei sword that was lying beside Li Yan suddenly flew up with a whooshing sound and landed in my hand, looking like it had some use for me.

  "Ah, that sword..." Li Yan was about to say you can't use this sword, but suddenly remembered the Purple Dusk Thunderbolt I had just cast, and awkwardly swallowed his words back.

  My face was solemn, with a brilliant white light in my hand, but strangely, the Rising Sun Wind and Thunder Sword held in my hand was an unusual black color, like the small flag of Shen Tuo, dark and gloomy as if it would absorb all the light.

  "What...what's going on?" Li Yan was shocked and stood up, pointing at the Xuri sword in Chu Bai's hand and shouting. He had taken over as the master of the Xuri sect for more than 60 years, but he had never seen the Xuri wind and thunder sword behave so strangely before, and his heart was both surprised and suspicious.

  I didn't care about him either, and suddenly raised my sword to swing two swords towards the middle of Wú Chénzi and Shén Táo. After a piercing and ear-piercing sound, the Heaven Splitting Mace and that black small flag suddenly fell heavily to the ground like stones thrown into water.

  The dustless child and the god of war stared at each other, their eyes wide with wonder. They gazed at each other for a long time before turning away simultaneously, looking at me in disbelief. I smiled silently, fiddling with the Dawn Wind Thunder Sword in my hand.

  "Awesome, awesome Big Brother Tian...!" Wú Chén Zǐ stuttered and called out: "How did you do it? Why did my Liè Tiān Chuì suddenly stop listening to my commands?"

  I smiled slightly, ignoring Wu Dust's words, and turned to Li Yan instead: "I suppose you still don't know the greatest use of the Sunrise Wind Thunder Sword? This artifact isn't just a simple tool for gathering heaven and earth's primal energy."

  "Please enlighten me, senior!" Li Yan replied with utmost respect and courtesy. Ever since I released my full cultivation power, Li Yan had already figured out one thing from the substantialized cultivation power - the young man in front of him was not as simple as he appeared on the surface; it was very likely that I was a several-thousand-year-old senior of the Cultivation World.

  It is worth noting that high-level cultivators are almost unaffected by time, and even if they have lived for thousands of years, their appearance can still remain youthful. Therefore, among cultivators, distinguishing each other's seniority is not based on appearance, but rather on their cultivation level, which cannot be faked.

  Although Li Yan can't see how deep my cultivation is, it's certain that my cultivation far surpasses his. While the depth of one's cultivation also depends on their innate talent and whether they've had any rare encounters, such as being aided by rare treasures or unusual fruits, there are limits to this as well. Generally speaking, it's impossible for a cultivator who has been practicing for fifty years to possess several thousand years' worth of cultivation.

  Li Yan didn't know about the Blood Prison's existence, because it was almost considered a forbidden existence, and only cultivators of my grandfather's level knew about it. So in Li Yan's eyes, I must be an old senior who had cultivated for thousands of years, or even tens of thousands of years. Because of this speculation, Li Yan's attitude towards me also became much more respectful.

  I was also taken aback by his sudden respect, and after a pause, I explained: "I only knew about it from Grandfather's mention, the Rising Sun Wind Thunder Sword is one of the top ten divine weapons in the Xianzhen realm a thousand years ago. Most of the other weapons that are listed alongside it as the top ten divine weapons are immortal artifacts. Why can the ordinary magic artifact Falling Sun Wind Thunder Sword also be on the list? The reason lies in its special attack - Severing Divine Slash."

  "What's 'Duan Shen Zhan'?" Li Yan asked in surprise, not just him, but others also showed puzzled expressions, even the Shentu forgot their hostile relationship and cast questioning glances at me.

  "What is meant by 'Duan Shen Jian' is that the setting sun wind thunder sword can, under the user's control, break through all magical tools, severing the connection between the tool and its master, causing the tool to lose its command and combat effectiveness. In other words, it can directly attack the spiritual connection between a magical tool and its master, and this kind of attack..."

  I lightly shook the treasured sword in my hand and said word by word: "Cannot defend!"

  The surroundings suddenly fell silent, and the crowd was shocked by my words, especially the last sentence, almost unable to think. After a while, Li Yan asked in a trembling voice: "Senior, do you mean that this sword can cut off the connection between the magic tool and its master, and it's also impossible to defend against?"

  I nodded firmly, and the crowd erupted into another commotion, especially Li Yan, who was shocked and then burst out laughing. Severing the connection between a magic tool and its master? That means that as long as I hold the Sun Moon Wind Thunder Sword, no one can use magic tools in front of me. This is an enormous advantage, and just thinking about his sword school possessing such a powerful treasure made Li Yan's heart bloom with joy.

  "But that also has its drawbacks." I shrugged and said: "It can only cut off the connection between the released artifact and its master, if the artifact is being held in hand for use, it cannot be cut off. Moreover, to exert the power of Duan Shen Jian, at least one needs to have a cultivation level of nearly passing the Tribulation."

  Li Yan's smile immediately fell, he had only cultivated for a few hundred years and wanted to exert the true power of the Rising Sun Wind Thunder Sword, at least he would have to cultivate for another few hundred years, by that time the yellow flower dish would be cold.

  "Haotian brother, was it you who just severed the connection between Lietian Chui and me? No wonder I couldn't command it to respond." Wuchenzu suddenly realized, and I nodded in approval. Before I could speak, Wuchenzu let out another strange cry, startling everyone into a jump.

  "That... is my Heaven Splitting Mace going to be rendered useless like this?! No, I only have one sacred artifact!!" Wu Chenzi exclaimed in shock, his face contorted in a pitiful expression that seemed on the verge of tears.

  I couldn't help but laugh and cry, patiently explaining: "It's not that exaggerated, if it could be ruined so easily, wouldn't the Xuanwu sword be invincible in the world? Don't worry, it will be fine after four hours, you just can't control it temporarily."

  "That's good, that's good." Wú Chén Zǐ finally let out a breath of relief, muttering to himself as he walked forward and picked up the fallen Liè Tiān Chúi. Meanwhile, Shén Táo also rushed forward, picking up his small flag, looking like he was afraid that Wú Chén Zǐ would take advantage of his inability to control his magic treasure and take it away too, which would have left him with nothing to do but cry.

  "Ao Tian, we were in the midst of a heated battle, why did you use that broken sword to destroy my magical artifact? Now it's ruined and can't be used anymore." Wu Chenzi put away the Heaven Splitting Mace and returned to my side, muttering complaints.

  I glared at him and explained, "You're having a lively battle here, but don't forget that Tingting is just an ordinary person. The residual power of your all-out fight with the law enforcement tools is too great, even if I add defensive magic to her, it's hard to guarantee that there won't be any gaps, she's just an ordinary person, and even a glancing blow would be enough to kill her."

  "What to do?" Wú Chénzi scratched his head in confusion, "Now the law enforcement can't be used, and we can only fight with our bare hands. But the aftermath won't be small either." He looked at Shén Táo standing beside him and said, "Can we just let him go like this?"

  I can only shake my head and sigh, if he wants to take the divine tea back, he will not obediently surrender. The desperate power of a cultivator in the tribulation period is something that even I don't want to confront head-on. If you add the eager-to-try Wú Chén Zǐ, the two of them going all out would be enough to flatten everything within tens of miles.

  It seems that only when Tingting and others leave here, at least a few miles away, can Wuchenzu and Shendong take action.

  I had made up my mind and was about to instruct Li Yan and Feng Wuji to take Tingting and hide a little further away, but Shen Tuo saw through his thoughts and chuckled: "No need to bother, in this Desire Space, everything is under my control. Although I may not be able to do anything to you and that guy, it's still possible for me to make sure that ordinary human can't leave your side."

  As soon as the words were spoken, the surrounding darkness suddenly stirred, like a black wall pressing in towards the center. A moment later, when the darkness had subsided again, the surroundings had undergone a great transformation, and a substantial black fog had condensed not far away, leaving us with an increasingly narrow space to move around in. Naturally, Tingting and the others were also unable to leave.

  "These mists are the boundaries of my Desire Space. It's easy to get out of this space, just break through this wall-like mist and the Desire Space will naturally collapse." Shēn Yuè learned that Chǔ Bái didn't want to hurt that ordinary human, his heart was greatly relieved, and he smiled complacently: "However, dissolving the Desire Space through this method will cause a massive explosion. You two may not be afraid, but what about that ordinary human..."

  Wú chén zǐ's curiosity got the better of him, and he cautiously approached, punching a fist at the wall-like black fog. All he heard was a "clang" sound as his fist made contact with the black fog, producing a metallic collision sound. Clearly, this wall-like black fog wasn't just ordinary fog.

  "Haotian Big Brother, this thing is very sturdy, I'm afraid I'll have to use 80% of my strength to destroy it!" Wuchengzi called out as he turned his head back.

  I remain silent. Forcing a breakthrough into the Desire Space will lead to an explosion, and Tingting can't avoid getting hurt. Moreover, according to Wu Chenzi, the boundary of this Desire Space seems very solid, requiring him to use 80% of his strength to break through. Not to mention the power of that explosion, just the massive eruption of an 80% Transcendent cultivator is enough to turn Tingting into dust and ashes.

  "How about that? Let's make a deal." Shen Tao smiled fearlessly on the side: "I will release you from the Desire Space, and you must not attack me again."

  He wasn't worried that we would pretend to agree to his terms and then go back on our word, because cultivators need to cultivate their hearts. For a cultivator, making a promise is not something that can be easily broken, or else it could lead to a decline in one's cultivation.

  I pondered for a moment, with Tingting, an ordinary person present. It seems that taking Shen Tao to the Xiu Zhen Alliance is no longer possible. Both sides will have to settle for this outcome, although it's somewhat regrettable for our side, but it's an inevitable choice.

  "Alright, deal." I thought for a moment before saying, "You open the Desire Space and let us leave. I and Wú Chénzi guarantee that this time we won't make a move against you."

  Shen Tao burst into loud laughter, clearly in a great mood. Without another word, he pulled out a small black mirror from his pocket and held it up to the sky, muttering to himself. The surrounding dark mist suddenly surged forward, like a tidal wave being sucked into a whirlpool, forming a black dragon-shaped vortex that poured into the small mirror.

  A moment later, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up again and returned to the real world, still standing on that piece of grassland which had been ravaged by the intense battle.

  Chu Bai turned his head to take a look, confirming that everyone was behind him before nodding at Shen Tuo: "No problem, you can go now. Hopefully I won't run into you again next time."

  "Next time we meet, who knows who will win or lose!" Shen Tao slightly bowed and behind him a black rift opened with a swoosh, the rift was filled with swirling black air, it seemed like a demonic messenger opening a portal to the demon realm.

  Shen Cha turned around and jumped into the black fissure, just as Zhang Kuang, who had been silent all along, suddenly raised his hand and a dark beam of light shot out, hitting Shen Cha's back, causing him to let out a miserable cry and fall headfirst into the fissure.

  I stared at Zhang Feng in astonishment, but he had a cool expression on his face and said in his metallic voice, "I didn't say I wouldn't make a move."