A sky full of sword energy, like countless shimmering pinpricks of starlight, cascaded upon the mortal realm. Each blade radiated an ineffable blend of spirit and lethal chill, enveloping Luo Wushuang upon the ground.
"Starfall from Nine Heavens." Luo Wushuang’s expression changed drastically. As a Thunder Warrior, he had certainly heard of the terrifying power of this sword art! A thousand years ago, the First Generation Dragon Shadow had swept across the Demon Sealing Continent using this fearsome technique, proving superior even to the Phoenix Sky Warriors. What was even more astonishing was that the First Generation Dragon Shadow hadn't even donned the Heavenly Demon Armor at that time.
He had relied purely on **overwhelming strength to clash head-on with the Phoenix Sky Warriors! This illustrated just how terrifying this sword art truly was. It could be said that the First Generation Dragon Shadow was undoubtedly the most terrifying warrior in the history of the Mafa Continent.
As a Thunder Warrior, Luo Wushuang understood the terrifying nature of the Nine Heavens Star River Sword Art better than most. And the technique displayed by Jiuyao Shenzhen before him was the very first move of the Nine Heavens Star River Sword Art.
According to ancient texts, although the Nine Heavens Star River Sword Art comprised only nine strikes, each successive move was more potent than the last. Once executed in a continuous sequence, no one in this world could possibly withstand it!
Starfall from Nine Heavens was the first move, and if the initiative was lost, the nine fatal blows of the Nine Heavens Star River would inevitably follow one after another in a continuous assault. Under no circumstances could he be allowed to unleash the full Nine Heavens Star River Sword Art; otherwise, certain death was inevitable!
Without the slightest hesitation! Luo Wushuang exerted his full strength, and the greatsword in his hand instantly condensed a profound surge of Dou Qi!
"Fire Phoenix Upholds the Heavens." The Dou Qi energy condensed to its absolute limit by Luo Wushuang finally erupted!
Golden sword energy, like a fire phoenix soaring towards the heavens, met the descending shower of starlight at incredible speed!
The entire sky seemed to explode with countless bursts of light! Accompanied by this was!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Innumerable muffled roars!
The colossal fire phoenix slammed the falling starlight, scattering it far into the distance!
However, the myriad falling stars were like a relentless, unending meteor shower, wave upon wave. But under Luo Wushuang’s command!
The massive fire phoenix darted left and right with breathtaking speed, like a sea swallow dancing through a raging storm, intercepting every star fragment descending toward the ground!
The muffled roaring lasted for a full ten seconds!
Only then did the vast rain of stars completely dissipate!
Yet, just as the sky filled with stars vanished, nine strange beams of light ghosted through the massive fire phoenix, hurtling downward! These were the nine Dragon Shadows, which had flown out from the sword and were now rapidly circling. As if possessed of their own consciousness, they bypassed the phoenix’s interception with unimaginable speed and dexterity!
In the blink of an eye, they were above Luo Wushuang’s head!
Ah! So fast!
The sudden Dragon Shadows startled Luo Wushuang greatly! While the Dragon Shadow Sword Art was marvelous, Luo Wushuang was not unfamiliar with it. Before becoming a Thunder Warrior, he, clad in the Saint Battle Armor, had crossed swords with the reigning Emperor Jian Xing on the battlefield!
But Luo Wushuang was certain that even the Dragon Shadow cast by Jian Xing himself was less than a tenth as potent as these nine Dragon Shadows before him.
Astonishing speed, agile reactions, and a terrifying impact force seemingly laced with explosive power—all these factors transformed these nine illusory Dragon Shadows into nine of the most dreadful demons!
And their evasive, unpredictable trajectory made them impossible to guard against! They attacked his vital points tirelessly and fiercely, like nine possessed young dragons.
"Dragon Shadow Sword Art!" Ji Du was utterly stunned by the frenzied assault of these nine Dragon Shadows: "Is this truly the Dragon Shadow Sword Art?"
"Incredible," Tie Muchuan exclaimed in utter shock!
Not just Ji Du; everyone present was transfixed by the breathtaking scene unfolding on the battlefield. Not one dared to even draw a full breath. What they were witnessing surpassed all their imaginings.
No one could conceive that the Dragon Shadow could be employed like this!
At this moment, Luo Wushuang seemed to be besieged by nine opponents of similar high skill, coordinating their attacks. Worse still, these attacking Dragon Shadows required no thought for defense, attacking with utter abandon!
For a time, sword light flashed, and Dragon Shadows roared!
All the spectators could see was Luo Wushuang moving at astonishing speed, his Frost Giantsword flicking up and down relentlessly.
Soon, even Luo Wushuang's figure became impossible to track. The only thing visible was a blurred blue light, seemingly incapable of stopping, darting and sweeping across the fray. Yet, no matter how fast that blue light moved.
Several blurry lights followed him like shadows, chasing relentlessly!
"Damn it! Get away from me!" After being persistently hounded by the nine Dragon Shadows for so long, Luo Wushuang finally spotted an opening! His profound sword energy instantly condensed once more.
It then formed a colossal light sword!
"Mad Dragon Slashes the Heavens." Like a coiling great dragon, the massive light sword instantly morphed into countless snarling, clawing dragon phantoms!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of dull collisions made everyone’s blood surge uncontrollably. Every person present felt an unbearable pressure, as if they were on the verge of exploding!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! The nine Dragon Shadows, struck hard, recoiled simultaneously like lightning, soaring high into the sky! They left nine strange ribbons of light trailing across the dark night, magnificent, splendid, and dazzling!
Ah! Everyone involuntarily cried out!
"What sword art is this!" Tie Muchuan and Tie Mufeng were nearly dumbfounded.
Under such pressure, Luo Wushuang actually managed to strike all nine rapidly moving Dragon Shadows simultaneously! What incredible reaction speed and precision that demanded.
But what was even more astonishing was Jiuyao Shenzhen!
Had Qing Yan not witnessed it, no one would have believed that Jiuyao Shenzhen, a Heavenly Demon Warrior, could push the Thunder Warrior Luo Wushuang to such a desperate impasse.
Clang! Rumble!
The final Dragon Shadow was blasted far away by one of Luo Wushuang’s strikes! However, the terrifying impact force caused Luo Wushuang to stagger backward repeatedly!
His heavily armored boots carved two deep furrows, each over ten meters long, into the solid ground before he could brace himself firmly.
But before Luo Wushuang could catch his breath!
A chilling killing intent once again locked onto him firmly! Like a viper suddenly appearing from the void!
A sword! A straightforward strike!
Utterly rigid and overwhelmingly fierce! Fantastical and unpredictable, this single sword blow seemed to lock down every inch of the surrounding space! It targeted every weakness! What was even more astonishing was the terrifying speed of this sword!
It was so fast that even Luo Wushuang, clad in Thunder Armor and activating the Eye of Death’s Desire, could not track it!
Ah!
So fast! This strike could not be evaded simply by speed and footwork!
The only option was to block it head-on! To endure it!
Almost instinctively, the Dou Qi energy within Luo Wushuang was pushed to its absolute limit in an instant.
His massive light sword suddenly twisted and flashed like lightning, cleaving toward this sudden attack!
Clang! Rumble! A dull roar erupted simultaneously with a blinding flash of light!
No one knew how Luo Wushuang managed to intercept this unpredictable, supremely fast strike! Even Luo Wushuang himself was stunned by his own near-divine reaction and speed!
Clang! Rumble!
The two powerful energies collided again without pretense! The astonishing Dou Qi shockwave nearly shattered the entire imperial palace!
The terrifying shockwave pulverized the solid ground, scattering countless fragments of stone like shrapnel!
Ping! Pang!
The flying debris slammed into the armor of those watching, creating dull impacts!
The Dou Qi within everyone present churned violently from this terrifying clash and the impact of the shrapnel, causing their blood and energy to surge chaotically!
Dozens of imperial guards stationed nearby were impaled by the sudden stone fragments, spurting blood as they fell, illustrating the horrific force contained within that ejected debris!
"Ah! This!"
"Are these two still human?" Yin Hu desperately suppressed the manic churning of energy inside him.
Mo Luo Yinsha and the others were shaken so hard they were involuntarily forced back a dozen steps before stabilizing themselves! For a moment, everyone seemed to lose the ability to think, staring only at the dazzling explosion of light on the field!
Whoosh! From within the light burst, Jiuyao Shenzhen’s descending figure was sent soaring high into the air again by Luo Wushuang’s peerlessly powerful sword strike!
However, upon reaching the apex of his ascent, Jiuyao Shenzhen’s ethereal, fluctuating, and unpredictable form abruptly folded back in the air, plunging toward the ground once more!
In the dim night sky, scattered, cold stars seemed to fall from the distant horizon, much like the previous Starfall from Nine Heavens. Yet, Ji Du and the others clearly discerned that these rapidly descending starlights were entirely different from before!
They fell as if stars from a distant heaven, following a bizarre, spiral trajectory! The vast expanse of starlight had transformed into an unimaginably huge nebula—a vortex of starlight and energy!
"Chaotic World Nebula!" Ji Du was utterly aghast! No one present understood the horror of this bizarre technique better than he! He had nearly been instantly killed by this very move in the past.
And behind the nine spiraling Star Thunders were another nine strange beams of light! They were the nine Dragon Shadows, coiled like venomous snakes waiting for an opportunity.
Ji Du could not fathom how Luo Wushuang could possibly cope with this combined technique, these two ultimate skills fused together.
Ji Du was certain that even if he possessed the same Dou Qi energy and reaction speed as Luo Wushuang, he could not neutralize this terrifying dual ultimate attack!
Yes! Ji Du could not! And neither could Luo Wushuang! Evasion was impossible; the only choice was to meet it head-on! But even so, facing this combined assault of Star Thunder and Dragon Shadow—perfect in speed, angle, and power—Luo Wushuang knew his current Dou Qi cultivation was insufficient to endure it!
He had never imagined that he, a Thunder Warrior, would be driven to such a miserable state by a Heavenly Demon Warrior!
It was either death for him or death for his opponent!
"Purgatory of Life and Death!" Luo Wushuang roared! His face contorted with ferocity, like a demon released from confinement!
The astounding Dou Qi energy instantly shook the entire palace! Everyone felt a suffocating, all-destroying power approaching!
Ah!
Ji Du and the others turned ashen with fear!
Luo Wushuang had actually deployed the second level of the Heavenly Demon Infinity—the mutually destructive Purgatory of Life and Death—to contend with Jiuyao Shenzhen!
In an instant, astonishing Dou Qi energy condensed, enveloping him, while the Frost Giantsword was wrapped in dense Dou Qi, becoming a ten-meter-long greatsword of light!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Almost simultaneously, the nine descending Star Thunders finally slammed down toward Luo Wushuang’s head!
Roar!
Luo Wushuang’s light sword, like a dragon twisting and turning, met the nine directly descending Star Thunders with incredible speed!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Innumerable blinding light explosions erupted almost instantly. Swords flashed like the wind! Stars fell like rain! It was as if countless great dragons were stirring up chaos in the vast sea of falling stars.
The nine Star Thunders were struck and knocked far away in an instant by Luo Wushuang’s impossibly fast greatsword of light!
The terrifying impact force even pierced through the thick palace walls of Fengyi Hall and whistled far into the distance.
No one knew where these swept-aside Star Thunders ended up.
But the ensuing moments brought forth earth-shattering roars, violent tremors, and towering dust clouds that made everyone present feel as if their guts were tearing apart.
Heavens! What kind of power was this? Were these two truly human!
Almost the instant Luo Wushuang swept aside the nine Star Thunders!
The speed of the nine Dragon Shadows suddenly accelerated exponentially!
Before Luo Wushuang could even bring his sword back to block, they slammed into his body!
Boom! Rumble! Rumble!
Yet, what defied belief was that at the moment the Dragon Shadows connected, Luo Wushuang’s entire body exploded like a sun, unleashing a blinding ball of light!
The nine Dragon Shadows seemed to have struck an invisible iron wall!
It was Luo Wushuang, relying solely on the Dou Qi shield generated by activating Purgatory of Life and Death, who forcibly withstood the impact of the Dragon Shadows! Not only that, but the rebounding shadows were so violently repelled that they were blasted high into the air, flying directly toward Jiuyao Shenzhen, who was still descending!
Ah! This sudden, drastic change caused Ji Du and the others to cry out loudly!
But the descending Jiuyao Shenzhen didn't even blink!
With a mere step in the void, his body, which had been falling like a meteor, landed precisely on one of the Dragon Shadows! He then used the terrifying impact of that Dragon Shadow to shoot up into the sky once more!
When his rapidly ascending body finally reached its highest point!
Jiuyao Shenzhen in mid-air let out a ferocious roar! A blood-red radiance instantly burst from his entire body! He swooped down again!
Like a dazzling comet! A blood-red, dazzling comet! It traced ared, dazzling giant streak across the dark night sky, slamming into the ground with terrifying power capable of destroying heaven and earth!
"Moon's Ruin, Stars Submerged!" Ji Du stared dazedly at the body plummeting like a comet!
Others' faces changed drastically! Everyone gasped for air; in this space saturated with violently surging Dou Qi and killing intent, even breathing had become a difficult task!
No one could fathom the power contained within this strike that plummeted from the air. How could Luo Wushuang on the ground possibly counter this devastating blow!
Ah! This would be a strike unto death!
"Roar! Sword Thrust to the Heavens!" Luo Wushuang showed absolutely no sign of retreating! He stamped the ground hard, and his entire body shot upward like a blue cannonball fired from a barrel, straight toward the comet falling from the sky!
Clang! Rumble!
The fired projectile instantly collided with the falling comet!
With a deafening sound, the entire sky rippled outward with a massive circle of light. The astonishing Dou Qi shockwave swept outward like raging tidal waves!
This terrifying impact and the surge of Dou Qi far exceeded everyone's expectations! Ji Du and the others were shaken so severely by the sudden shockwave that they spat blood and were uncontrollably thrown into the air!
And Mo Luo Yinsha, being a mage, fared even worse! As he was thrown back, he nearly passed out! Blood spurted uncontrollably from his mouth.
Roar! Almost the moment Ji Du and Mo Luo Yinsha were thrown aside! Another earth-shaking roar echoed across the firmament!
A massive white silhouette suddenly flashed in the night sky!
Whoosh!
Crack!
This sudden, massive change surpassed everyone’s imagination.
When Mo Luo Yinsha recovered his senses, he felt as if he were gripped by giant pincers; his entire body felt crushed, utterly unable to move! A thick smell of blood flooded his nostrils.
Only then did Mo Luo Yinsha realize he was firmly clamped in the jaws of that terrifying Mammoth King!
"Ah! Beast, release me!" Mo Luo Yinsha cried out in alarm, his face draining of color.
The sudden, drastic shift stunned all onlookers into silence.
No one had anticipated the situation would devolve this way.
Without a doubt, the Mammoth King had been lying in wait, quietly seeking the opportune moment.
In fact, it wasn't just the Mammoth King; Ji Du and his companions had also been waiting for the right moment to launch a surprise attack and capture Mo Luo Yinsha.
However, Mo Luo Yinsha, the Sky Rainbow God of Magic, was not easily subdued, especially with experts like Tie Mufeng and Tie Muchuan guarding her!
Attempting a successful sneak attack seemed nearly impossible.
Of course, Mo Luo Yinsha, Tie Mufeng, and the others had also wished to seize the chance to slay Ji Du and Yin Hu.
But no one expected the Mammoth King to be the first to seize the initiative!
Yes!
The terrifying impact generated by the head-on collision between Jiuyao Shenzhen and Luo Wushuang had caused everyone present to vomit blood and lose their balance, sending them flying!
The Mammoth King had seized this rare opportunity, launching a sudden surprise attack the moment Mo Luo Yinsha was jolted airborne!
No one anticipated the Mammoth King’s timing would be so exquisite. Unlike humans, although the Mammoth King’s head swam and it nearly vomited blood during the shockwave, its body weight, far exceeding that of humans, prevented it from being violently thrown off balance. Therefore, in that brief instant, the Mammoth King was the only one present who could flexibly control its body.
Thus, sensing Mo Luo Yinsha lose balance and fly up due to the terrifying shockwave, the Mammoth King immediately pounced! Unbelievably, the Mammoth King successfully seized Mo Luo Yinsha.
It was an incredible coincidence.
"Well done," shouted Yin Hu excitedly from the ground, ignoring the pain wracking his body.
"Heaven and Earth Unite!" Ji Du, without hesitation, yelled into the long-range sound transmission device he held!
On the other side! Mid-air!
Thwack! Jiuyao Shenzhen spat blood, his entire body uncontrollably thrown far away by the impact!
In this head-on clash, Jiuyao Shenzhen gained no advantage. Against Luo Wushuang, who had activated Purgatory of Life and Death, Jiuyao Shenzhen’s Dou Qi intensity was at a distinct disadvantage!
Luo Wushuang’s strike contained his entire strength! Its power was certainly beyond what Jiuyao Shenzhen could currently withstand.
"Roar! Die!" Almost the instant Jiuyao Shenzhen was thrown backward, Luo Wushuang was also propelled away. He stomped the air, adjusting his posture, and unleashed another streak of sword energy directly chasing after the wounded Jiuyao Shenzhen.
Ah! The gravely injured Jiuyao Shenzhen couldn't even move; he could only watch helplessly as this fatal sword energy streaked toward him.