Chapter 184: Twelve Calamity Fiends
Chen Beiwu did not hesitate and made the first probing move imdiately.
“Rat of Zi · Shadowless!”
As the gray arrow shot out, countless arrow phantoms filled the skies and surged toward the Taiqing Treasure Crocodile, sealing off all avenues of retreat.
“Buzz!”
Qi Wei ford a sword with his fingers and swung forward, an invisible sword qi nearly seven zhang long tore through the endless arrows.
In the next instant, Chen Beiwu’s vision went dark. A massive black shadow appeared before him like lightning, its jaws lined with cold gleaming fangs snapping toward his neck—it was the Taiqing Treasure Crocodile, who had struck faster than he could react.
‘Can’t move!’
Locked down by this terrifying might, Chen Beiwu’s body froze in place. He could only watch as the giant maw closed in on his throat.
At the critical mont, Gold Egg leapt into the air, ramming its head against the Taiqing Treasure Crocodile.
Boom!
The instant their bodies collided, the azure-gold ground collapsed, and a violent shockwave erupted from the center of the impact.
Riding the shockwave, Chen Beiwu retreated, bow in hand, aiming directly at Qi Wei.
Capture the king before capturing the thief.
With a Contract Cultivator supporting it with arts, the Taiqing Treasure Crocodile’s combat strength would increase severalfold.
“Buzz!”
Amidst the drifting white mist, Qi Wei’s expression remained cold. Extending a slender, pale hand, he clenched toward Chen Beiwu from afar.
Rumble!
As the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged, Chen Beiwu’s pupils contracted.
His powerful divine sense vaguely “saw” a towering existence in the void, gazing down upon the world.
That existence rely released faint traces of indescribable aura, yet it already made Chen Beiwu’s heart sink with despair, as if there were no escape.
‘As expected of True Monarch Qi, to display the Taiqing Great Handprint to such a level at his young age!’ Pei Heng’s eyes revealed awe.
The Taiqing Great Handprint was an untransmittable secret art of the Taiqing Immortal Sect.
If a Foundation Establishnt cultivator could perfect it, a single palm strike could sever mana, shake heaven and earth, unleashing power comparable to a Third-Tier Treasure Art.
Unfortunately, due to the projection’s limited cultivation, True Monarch Qi could not make the envisioned Taiqing Venerated Deity extend a giant hand through the barrier of reality and illusion to unleash a world-shattering strike.
Even so, the aura exuded by the deity was enough to suppress ordinary Foundation Establishnt cultivators.
“Roar!”
Seizing this mont of certain kill, the Taiqing Treasure Crocodile activated its innate spiritual art, its body turning into mist as it closed a distance of several dozen zhang in an instant.
Its claws, sharp beyond asure and carrying a trace of Taiqing intent, slashed down toward Chen Beiwu’s head.
Seeing this, Gold Egg exhaled a mist and condensed it with mana into a Mist-Flower Mirror, blocking in front of Chen Beiwu.
“Boom!”
As the Mist-Flower Mirror shattered, the Taiqing Treasure Crocodile let out a miserable howl, its body hurled to the ground like a cannonball, crashing down even faster, stirring up clouds of dust.
The suppression of the Contention Stage limited the crocodile’s cultivation years to under forty-nine.
Otherwise, as a Third-Tier Treasure Beast, it would not have struggled to withstand even two exchanges against Gold Egg.
“Grumble!”
After breaking the Taiqing Treasure Crocodile, Gold Egg soared and hovered protectively before Chen Beiwu, radiating a dragon’s terrifying aura that chilled the bones.
Sensing Gold Egg’s surging battle spirit, Chen Beiwu stepped back and no longer held back.
‘Help
buy so ti.’
He had intended to keep so trump cards hidden, saving his best state for the fourth trial of the Contention Stage.
But Qi Wei’s thods in combat had already made him abandon that plan.
This opponent was no ordinary Qi Refining cultivator beyond limits, but one whose strength rivaled Foundation Establishnt. If he concealed his hand further, a single misstep could end in defeat. Better to win as swiftly as possible.
With this thought, ten drops of Liquid Mana within his dantian’s qi sea burst apart, transforming into a torrent of pure mana surging into the Twelve Yuanchen Fiend Bow.
“Buzz!”
In that instant, the Twelve Yuanchen Fiend Bow trembled, radiating unprecedented brilliance, as if an ancient beast was awakening.
Sensing the threat, Qi Wei pressed his palms together and shouted.
“Companion Beast Transformation—Taiqing Sword Force!”
As his voice fell, the Taiqing Treasure Crocodile’s scales began to writhe as if alive, glowing with silvery light. In the blink of an eye, it transford into a Third-Tier Treasure Sword, three chi and seven cun in length.
Its blade seed sculpted from profound ice, faint silver vertical pupils flickering upon it, and the hilt bore a miniature crocodile head, exuding a dreadful aura.
Gold Egg’s figure blurred, secretly activating Truth or Illusion as its body rapidly expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Victory in a duel of cultivators could be decided in but a second.
Gold Egg would not sit idly and let the opponent charge up a killing strike.
“Rise!”
Qi Wei raised his right hand, and the Third-Tier Treasure Sword before him soared skyward, summoning the Taiqing Sword Force, striking Gold Egg back.
“Clang! Clang! Clang…!”
The next second, clear jade-like chis resonated across heaven and earth.
Countless sword phantoms hung high in the air, each identical in shape to the crocodile-sword transford from the Taiqing Treasure Crocodile.
Endless sword light drowned the void, forming a Domain of Ten Thousand Swords, enveloping the entire Contention Platform, locking onto both Chen Beiwu and Gold Egg.
Chen Beiwu’s eyes grew solemn. The Twelve Yuanchen Fiend Bow in his hand roared back in defiance, awakening the twelve slumbering Yuanchen Spirit Beast phantoms.
Rat of Zi, Ox of Chou, Tiger of Yin, Rabbit of Mao, Dragon of Chen, Snake of Si, Horse of Wu, Sheep of Wei, Monkey of Shen, Rooster of You, Dog of Xu, Pig of Hai.
With the blessing of the twelve Yuanchen Spirit Beasts, the last twelve drops of Liquid Mana in Chen Beiwu’s dantian were instantly consud.
There was no choice. The Second-Tier Peerless Spiritual Art contained within the Twelve Yuanchen Fiend Bow—【Twelve Calamity Fiends】—was a terrifying killing move that only Foundation Establishnt cultivators could truly wield.
For an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator beyond limits to attempt it, they would likely die to backlash during the summoning of the twelve Yuanchen Spirit Beasts.
“Fall!”
Qi Wei swung his right hand downward. The world fell silent, no sound remained.
The countless Taiqing Swords filling the sky fell like stars, piercing heaven and earth, their overwhelming brilliance magnifying rapidly in Chen Beiwu’s pupils.
Without doubt, this was an attack that could annihilate a mid-stage Foundation Establishnt cultivator.
Yet Chen Beiwu closed his eyes, slowly drawing the Twelve Yuanchen Fiend Bow. Behind him, the twelve Yuanchen Spirit Beasts rged into twelve streaks of light, condensing into a pitch-black arrow, exuding an indescribable aura of destruction.
Gold Egg excelled at defense, not offense.
With Gold Egg shielding him, Chen Beiwu could unleash the Twelve Calamity Fiends without reservation.
As expected, Gold Egg coiled its body tightly around Chen Beiwu, leaving no gaps, activating the Third-Tier Treasure Art, Gilded Body, for defense.
Then it raised its head, opened its maw, and invoked All Rivers Embraced.
Only the weak would sit and await death, defending without countering. It would devour these sword forces whole.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
As the myriad swords fell, Gold Egg’s gaping maw beca a bottomless abyss, swallowing all the sword force capable of slaying Foundation Establishnt cultivators.
“It’s over!”
Chen Beiwu’s eyes snapped open.
The arrow of the Twelve Calamity Fiends shot forth like a death line, splitting heaven and earth in two.
That naturally included both Qi Wei’s body and the crocodile-head treasure sword in his hand.
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