Chapter 950: Five Element Ring and the World Pearl

True Immortal Meng deserved his reputation as a rank six Formation Grandmaster. In a short instant of fusing their power, he was already able to make use of their combined might to fire off a few powerful moves.

Just the first strike alone caused Zhang Xuansheng’s Jade Tortoise to nearly lose its shell!

One had to know that even though it had been trapped in the Lightning Starch earlier and bombarded with the power of lightning, it hadn’t been injured in the slightest!

The second time he did anything, he fixed the space Kou Chongxue tore apart in order to close in on them!

The third strike quickly came and after testing out the power contained in the World Pearl twice, True Immortal Meng seemed to push its abilities to the limit!

Zhang Xuansheng seemed prepared to lose his Jade Tortoise the moment the final beam of light emerged. He didn’t expect it to skirt past the creature before tearing through space to strike at the Hidden Frost Sword. Unexpectedly, Meng Yuanxiu’s true target was Kou Chongxue!

Zhang Xuansheng’s Jade Tortoise tried to coral to its feet as it raced towards Kou Chongxue’s sword to help it block off a portion of the energy, but it was just too slow! By the time it got to its feet and sent out its energy to help, the beam had already passed it.

All Zhang Xuansheng could do was to slow it down for a moment.

Li Jidao’s short blade also sent out multiple slashes and tried to shave away at the energy contained in the beam of light, but unfortunately, he was too weak. He couldn’t even cause it to slow down like Zhang Xuansheng!

Yang Taihe’s palm sent out a trace of energy, but it did nothing to slow the beam. It caused the beam to darken slightly, but that was it.

As for Liu Jingsheng... His giant wave was even more useless.

The True Immortals of the Spirit Luxuriant World did everything they could, but still failed to stop the beam of light. They shaved away a little of the energy it contained, but that was about it.

True Immortal Meng’s combination formation superimposed the strength of all 5 Martial Void Realm True Immortals of the various worlds and caused a fundamental change in power contained behind his strike!

The change caused Shang Xia to think back to the time he, Liu Jingsheng, and Kou Chongxue worked together to suppress Dugu Yuanshan back in their world.

However, this time, the experts of the Spirit Luxuriant World didn’t have assistance from their World’s Will. They didn’t have the help of the Origin Holy Artifact either and their opponents weren’t suppressed.

Seeing as the others couldn’t do anything, Kou Chongxue had to take on the strike alone!

There was a feeling in his heart telling him that everything that happened was all part of their opponent’s plot to deal with him, but there was no time to bother about such useless thoughts at the moment. He had to receive the strike!

A divine weapon possessed some sort of consciousness, and the Hidden Frost Sword clearly felt danger encroaching. It released a heart-wrenching cry as it slashed at the orange beam flying at it.

Clang!

The orange beam turned a lot weaker, but it wasn’t destroyed.

Instead, the Hidden Frost Sword was sent flying. The body of the blade suffered heavy damage and even Shang Xia could see that a deep crack stretched through a third of the blade. The Hidden Frost Sword was made with Origin Yang Mysterious Copper in the first place, and it was a treasure rarely seen in the world!

If they compared the material of the divine weapons alone, Shang Xia’s Five Element Ring was far from comparable to Kou Chongxue’s Hidden Frost Sword.

Ever since the sword was created back then, Kou Chongxue used it in every single important battle. The sword was never damaged, but this time, it was nearly shattered!

Shang Xia’s expression flickered continuously as he stared at the battle happening above and his expression turned incomparably serious.

The other party had been holding back the whole time to bait Kou Chongxue into the fight!

In a battle among 10 Martial Void Realm True Immortals, it was nearly impossible for anyone to lose control of their strength unintentionally.

As for the reason behind why they were targeting the Hidden Frost Sword and Kou Chongxue, Shang Xia could probably think of a few reasons...

The most important reason was probably because Kou Chongxue wasn’t restrained by an Elysium like the rest of the Martial Void Realm experts of the Spirit Luxuriant World. An existence like him was a danger to the other worlds. Especially so for the Spirit Abundance World who had great enmity with the Spirit Luxuriant World. They were more than willing to get rid of a threat like Kou Chongxue.

Another reason might be because Kou Chongxue had only been in the Martial Void Realm for a short period of time and he was the easiest target to get rid of. As a cultivator, one had to prepare for the worst and get rid of any potential threats that might emerge. As the supposed ‘weakest’ True Immortal of the Spirit Luxuriant World, there were many experts ready to get rid of him!

Moreover, the Hidden Frost Sword was most likely the most important possession of the Martial Void Realm swordsman of the Spirit Luxuriant World. As long as they targeted him, the Hidden Frost Sword would be his weakness!

Ordinarily, a swordsman's sword should be the most powerful possession they had. It couldn’t be considered a weakness at all. However, Shang XIa felt that the True Immortals of the other words were too damn smart. They actually caught on to Kou Chongxue’s true weakness.

Because of Kou Chongxue’s exceptional sword arts and his talent in the way of the sword, the Hidden Frost Sword would be a terrifying existence in his hands. However, if they looked at it from another perspective, once they damaged the sword, Kou Chongxue would no longer be as strong as before!

Maybe even Kou Chongxue himself recognized the reliance he had on his Hidden Frost Sword as his cultivation grew stronger and stronger.

The relationship between a swordsman and his sword might seem obvious and they were supposed to rely on each other, but there were always two sides on a coin.

The moment the sword was damaged, the swordsman would be seriously affected! Would Kou Chongxue be able to continue growing stronger at such a terrifying pace without his weapon?

Shang Xia felt that Kou Chongxue would definitely be affected to a certain extent, and Kou Chongxue himself was probably also aware of the problem.

In fact, Kou Chongxue seemed to have noticed the problem a long time ago. He relinquished the control of his weapon to others in the past in order to reduce the connection between himself and the Hidden Frost Sword. Yun Jing was the one who used it back then to maintain order in the Tongyou Institution.

Despite the preparations, the inevitable still happened. The Hidden Frost Sword was still damaged by his enemies and Kou Chongxue would be affected to some extent!

When Shang Xia was still worried, Zhuge Xiang understood the motive of the experts of those ‘sparring’ with the True Immortals of the Spirit Luxuriant World. The moment they damaged the Hidden Frost Sword, Zhuge Xiang was too slow to react. He could only sigh inwardly about such a precious weapon being damaged. However, he prepared to interfere in the battle.

In his eyes, the Spirit Luxuriant World lost when True Immortal Meng joined the battle. However, the experts of the Spirit Luxuriant World might not have accepted their defeat then. Now that the Hidden Frost Sword was damaged, he felt that they should be clear about the current situation.

He was about to interfere to stop the battle, but he didn’t hear the experts of the Spirit Luxuriant World admitting defeat. Instead, they seemed to gather together once again. Another beam of orange light shot out from the World Pearl towards Kou Chongxue’s Hidden Frost Sword once again.

Seemingly afraid that the Spirit Luxuriant World would admit defeat, the experts of the various worlds launched another attack before Zhuge Xiang could interfere, bringing them back into a state of battle.

A frown appeared on Zhuge Xiang’s face. How could someone like him not understand that everything that was happening had been orchestrated by someone?

Anger started to burn in the heart of the Star Origin Guards Commander. Zhuge Xiang was starting to get irritated now. Half of his anger was directed at the people who came up with the scheme, but he was also annoyed at the Spirit Luxuriant World for not admitting defeat.

In his eyes, they had already been beaten up badly. However, they were unwilling to admit defeat. Even if they did, they wouldn’t lose anything! They might only lose some influence among the various worlds, but as the organizer of the event, the Star Origin City would definitely compensate them in the future due to their inability to see through the plot of the other words.

“Hmm... It’s truly a shame... The divine weapon was only damaged earlier, but now, it’s going to be completely destroyed! Just like that, a weapon that has the potential to become a Holy Artifact in the future is gone!” Zhuge Xiang sighed to himself. He knew that the moment the orange beam struck it, the Hidden Frost Sword was done for.

When the True Immortals watching the battle were sure of the outcome as some were already starting to celebrate while others were planning to leave, a majestic beam of five colored light emerged from the spatial tunnel of the Spirit Luxuriant World. In an instant, it scattered the beam sent out by the World Pearl!

“What’s going on!”

“Why is there another divine weapon? Does the Spirit Luxuriant World possess a sixth True Immortal?”

“No... That weapon seems to also be controlled by True Immortal Kou!”

“What’s the use of that? Everyone is only allowed to use a single strand of Void Origin to spar. Otherwise, the rules would have been broken.”

“Do you think Commander Zhuge will allow the rules to be broken?”

“Wait... Look at that! They blocked the combined strike!”

“...”

An uproar happened among the True Immortals who came to watch the battle as the experts of the Spirit Luxuriant World managed to defend themselves against the combined strike of their opponents.

How... How the hell did they do that?! Is there something special going on?

Zhuge Xiang’s eyes were narrowed at the moment as he seemed to have seen though what was happening. “Battle formation!” he muttered to himself.

“What?!” Liu Jiuzhen who was standing beside him gasped in shock. He didn’t believe what he was hearing.

“It’s a battle formation!” Zhuge Xiang spoke again. “The Spirit Luxuriant World also has some sort of special battle formation! Moreover, it seems comparable to the battle formation True Immortal Meng... Wait... No! That... That is no battle formation! It’s the might of a divine weapon! The Spirit Luxuriant World has a special divine weapon that can combine the strength of their True Immortals!”