"Damn it, I can't break through its barrier at all!" For the next few minutes, Guhan launched a frenzied attack on Xiunaider, the Zhenwu Sword flying through the air, attempting to pierce Xiunaider's body from various angles. However, in the face of the barrier formed by Xiunaider's magic, he was helpless. After all, both were existences at the Immortal Sword level and the Cosmic level, and in terms of sword essence and magic power, there wasn't much of a difference.
While Guhan couldn't break through Xiunaider's defense, it didn't mean that Xiunaider couldn't break through Guhan's defense. Apart from the forbidden spell, in just a few short minutes, Xiunaider used almost all the 9th-level spells, bombarding Guhan's head with various ice rains, fire rains, explosive flames, and spatial cuts.
Guhan couldn't fly and could only stand on the top of Wudang Mountain. To ensure that this foothold wasn't destroyed, Guhan could only continuously use the Sword Spring to block the spells. A Sword Spring that released 30,000 sword auras at once, even with 1,000,000 sword essences, wasn't enough for Guhan to squander. Once the sword essence in Guhan's body was exhausted, it would be a dead end.
However, from another perspective, it didn't really matter. There was less than two minutes left before the reinforcements from Yanjing City arrived. In the next two minutes, Guhan only needed to keep releasing the Sword Spring, dragging it out until the instance ended.
However, Guhan didn't plan to accept such an outcome. After finally mastering the power of the Immortal Sword, it would be too wasteful to just be a live target and drag out the time. Perhaps in this lifetime, Guhan would never have another chance to experience the power of an Immortal Sword wielder.
Guhan was determined to shatter Xiunaider's turtle shell and cut a piece of dragon flesh from him.
Guhan wasn't without a way to break through Xiunaider's turtle shell. The strongest killing move in the "Xuantian Nine Swords," the Sword of the Firmament, was still in Guhan's hands. This move, which required 1,000,000 sword auras to use, could crush everything below the Imperial Sword level.
However, the Sword of the Firmament had a very important prerequisite: when using this move, the sword must be in contact with Guhan's body, meaning it had to be held in his hand. Such a massive amount of sword essence couldn't be transmitted through the flying sword technique.
"Zhenwu Sword, take me for a ride." Guhan issued the command, and the Zhenwu Sword, which had been blocking the Sword Spring in front, immediately flew back to Guhan and then once again soared into the air. This time, however, it had Guhan holding onto the hilt.
"What is that human trying to do?" Seeing Guhan actually fly above his head with the Zhenwu Sword, Xiunaider immediately felt a sense of foreboding.
"Ripple of Space!" Xiunaider used a 9th-level spatial magic spell. As a dragon, 9th-level spells were the limit of his instant casting. Higher-level forbidden spells required a certain casting time, like the "Black Hole of Fear" he used earlier. If Guhan interrupted him again, it wouldn't be worth it.
"Ripple of Space" centered on the dragon's body, emitting a spherical spatial ripple with a one-kilometer diameter. It was an unavoidable area-of-effect damage skill that could shatter the entire spatial structure. Once hit, the entire body would be torn apart with the spatial fragmentation.
The umbrella-like sword auras of the Sword Spring surged out, colliding head-on with the expanding "Ripple of Space." The sword auras of the Sword Spring were instantly shattered by the spatial ripple, but the spatial ripple that collided with the Sword Spring was also momentarily halted, creating a gap. Guhan turned his body and slipped through this gap, landing on top of Xiunaider's dragon head.
Xiunaider never expected Guhan to break through the "Ripple of Space" head-on, leaving him almost no time to react or escape. Guhan had directly landed on Xiunaider's "Absolute Barrier."
"Take this, Sword of the Firmament!"
Theoretically, a move that required 1,000,000 sword auras should have an explosive effect. Even if it didn't cause an atomic explosion, it should be as powerful as a super electromagnetic cannon.
However, when the Sword of the Firmament was used, there was no movement. It looked like Guhan simply stabbed the Absolute Barrier with the sword. Then, Xiunaider's proud Absolute Barrier shattered completely.
"System Notice: You have broken the Absolute Barrier."
"Take this, Sword of the Abyss!" If the Sword of the Firmament could be used consecutively, Guhan would have definitely given Xiunaider another Sword of the Firmament, not a Sword of the Abyss.
Countless sword auras simultaneously erupted from the Zhenwu Sword, washing over Xiunaider's dragon body from all angles. After the Absolute Barrier was broken, Xiunaider couldn't release defensive spells for a short time, leaving him to endure the sword auras, which left numerous bloody marks on his dragon body.
"System Notice: One survivor has died. Remaining survivors: 753. Total deaths: 2."
When Guhan returned to the ground, he realized that the attack range of the "Ripple of Space" had just destroyed Chaotian Palace. Without the protection of the Sword Spring, Chaotian Palace no longer existed. Under the attack of the "Ripple of Space," both Chaotian Palace and the old Taoist priest were reduced to spatial dust, leaving no trace.
Guhan's mood was terrible.
Xiunaider's mood was also terrible.
The wounds from the previous battle with the sword maiden Zhenwu had not fully healed, and the highly corrosive damage made Xiunaider dare not engage in close combat with Guhan, fearing that more unhealable wounds would be inflicted. His dragon blood had already been lost by half in the previous battle, and if he continued to lose dragon blood, he might really die here.
So Xiunaider had opened the extremely mana-consuming Absolute Barrier. In his view, unless all attacks were concentrated on the millimeter-level three-headed gold dragon's forbidden spell, the Gold Dragon Fang, no one or nothing could directly break through his Absolute Barrier.
But he miscalculated. The attack of the Sword of the Firmament was even more concentrated than the Gold Dragon Fang, instantly breaking through the entire Absolute Barrier and leaving far more wounds on his body than before.
"Damn it... With so many wounds, my dragon blood will be drained in less than half an hour!" After counting the number of wounds on his body, Xiunaider instinctively wanted to flee. Such severe injuries couldn't be healed by the powerful self-healing ability of dragons, let alone continue the fight. Whether he could survive was a question.
"A good dragon doesn't suffer a loss in front of its eyes. Xiunaider is not as stubborn as those Light Dragons. Xiunaider's life is more important!" Xiunaider sneezed and was about to flap his wings to escape.
"Wait! No, these wounds seem different from the last time!" Xiunaider suddenly realized that the wounds he had just been cut were rapidly healing, and within five seconds, they had completely recovered, leaving no trace of any injury.
For a dragon, this was very normal. The astonishing healing ability was a crucial advantage for dragons. However, in the battle three days ago, the wounds caused by the sword maiden's sword had only just healed.
"Could it be that this sword is not the same as the one from that day?" Xiunaider was overjoyed. If this were true, then the Zhenwu Sword was nothing to fear, and he could withstand Guhan's damage and attack him directly!
"Human, how dare you deceive the great Emperor Xiunaider!" Realizing that he had been using long-range attacks all along, almost being killed by Guhan, Xiunaider felt that his entire dragon dignity had been insulted. As the strongest close-combat race, the Dark Dragons, he had been foolish enough to engage in a magic battle with his opponent!
What was the difference between a liberal arts student competing in the Olympics?
Xiunaider crouched down, and black lightning began to flicker on his dragon claws. This was the Dark Dragons' innate energy, the Dark Flame, which could ignite sunlight, the strongest killing move of the Dark Dragons. Even a touch of it could cripple half of the battle capability of the Dark Dragons' archenemies, the three-headed gold dragons.
To be honest, in Guhan's current state as a half-Immortal Sword wielder, touching this Dark Flame meant certain death, with no exceptions, no matter how many cheats he had!
"Finally decided to engage in close combat?" Guhan on the ground took a stance, preparing to face Xiunaider's attack. Since Xiunaider had not appeared in the instance after the Wudang battle, there was no accurate information about his true abilities on the forum. Guhan had no idea how terrifying the Dark Flame on Xiunaider's claws was. He was still preparing to engage in a head-on battle with Xiunaider.
He didn't know that three days ago, the sword maiden Zhenwu had been killed after her close-combat shield was breached by the Dark Flame, as Guhan had not been recognized by the Zhenwu Sword and had not synchronized with it.
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"Beast, do not harm my human race!" Suddenly, another voice came from the sky. Just as Guhan was about to die unknowingly under the Dark Flame, the reinforcements from Yanjing City, another Immortal Sword wielder, finally arrived at the top of Wudang Mountain.
Xiunaider didn't care about the rebuke of this sword wielder. Although he vaguely sensed that the newly appeared human had power not inferior to Guhan, so what? He could kill Guhan first and then deal with the newcomer.
"Beast, do you not understand my words?" The Immortal Sword wielder in the sky rebuked, and Guhan's pupils constricted as a massive, indescribable light sword descended from the depths of the clouds. Compared to this light sword, Xiunaider's dragon body, as large as the White House, seemed as ridiculous as a chicken.
In the next second, although Xiunaider wasn't cut in half by the giant sword, the entire dragon was hit like a baseball, flying hundreds of kilometers away in a perfect home run.
"Didn't they say that Master Zhijing had already ascended? How is there another Immortal Sword wielder here!" As the sunset's afterglow illuminated, a figure emerged from the floating clouds. Guhan's vision blurred; he couldn't see the face of the sword wielder, only a figure holding a sword, while the sword maiden was nowhere to be seen.
"Could he also be a sword master?" This thought flashed through Guhan's mind, and his head exploded with intense pain.
"Too weak." This was the last thing Guhan heard the person say.
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"System: Warning, warning, player Admiral's mental capacity has exceeded the limit, mental capacity has exceeded the limit, system automatically logging out, system automatically logging out!"
"System: Warning, warning, player Admiral's mental capacity has exceeded the limit, mental capacity has exceeded the limit, system automatically logging out, system automatically logging out!"
Guhan fell straight to the ground, the Zhenwu Sword, suddenly losing control, fell from the sky and flew back to Guhan's side.