Chapter 514: Slaughtering Primordial Spirits, Eradicating True Immortals, Slaying Heavenly Immortals

A roar of fury exploded in everyone's hearts. The white-boned fiend went all out, launching a savage assault on Ji Li. Worse still, it seemed to have gained awareness. Its offense now appeared to conceal some of its strength while maintaining a relentless, ever-intensifying tempo.

Left with no room to escape, Ji Li was forced to absorb the blows head-on while frantically retreating. He flickered and shifted several times while Elder Long attacked fiercely from the flank, attempting to divert the skeleton's attention back to himself.

However, the azure dragon's efforts proved futile, making him feel helpless. The skeleton's armor deflected nearly every attack.

That armor was the Heavenly Court's foundation, the very leverage that Heavenly Court immortals relied on when they counterattacked, allowing the few to overcome the many.

Blades spun. The blood-red sword radiance suffused the great array.

Wang Sheng hovered in midair, basking in the immense combat power that the skeleton radiated. The Golden Immortal's spiritual consciousness residue within it sent ripples of unease deep into his chest, which then swelled into waves.

This was not merely an exquisite Dao of the Sword. It was power that had reached the summit required to merge perfectly with its wielder's Dao; it was the power of a Golden Immortal!

However, what Wang Sheng witnessed now was only a remnant of it. An actual Golden Immortal could destroy a star in an instant.

Wang Sheng's gaze reflected the skeleton as it pushed back the two Heavenly Immortals. He could not help but imagine the grandeur and majesty it once exuded.

He was still leagues away from such powerful beings.

Wang Sheng wasn't sure if the two Heavenly Immortals had transmitted orders or if the Celestial Wind Sect immortals simply recognized him as an enemy, but two True Immortals and over a dozen celestial soldiers surrounded him. Having determined that Wang Sheng was only a mid-stage Primordial Immortal, they charged in ferociously. However, they were still wary enough of the skeleton to remain cautious.

𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

While being pursued, Ji Li shouted, "Seize that youth!"

He seemed to be attempting to divide the skeleton's focus.

The skeleton looked at Wang Sheng, and Wang Sheng howled deeply in response. His tattered robes flapped as he took out a sword core from his chest with his left hand.

With his aura surging, he shouted, "Star Deity, kill to your heart's content! I may not be that strong, but I will not let them push me around!"

"

Hahaha!

" The skeleton's reckless, unrestrained laugh rang through the array and into every beating heart. It was so exhilarating, yet so desolate.

A great sword slashed across. Sun and moon revolved. The heavens mourned.

As wails and howls reverberated endlessly, blood-colored light coalesced at many spots in the array. Standing shoulder to shoulder, Elder Long and Ji Li resisted the onslaught, but the skeleton dominated them so heavily that they could barely raise their heads.

A draconic roar echoed as light surged from Elder Long. Transforming into a hundred-

zhang

-long azure dragon, he opened his maw and bellowed once more at the skeleton. However, before he could even finish his roar, the skeleton twisted several times. It strangely appeared atop the dragon's head and cleaved its sword down.

The thunderous impact made ripples spread across space. The azure dragon was blasted away and slammed into the array wall, fresh blood spouting from his head. The skeleton was about to charge over and finish him off when a web of immortal light exploded and briefly bound it.

Ji Li had used a treasured artifact that he had been keeping for dire moments. The blood-tinged golden light soon flickered, and the immortal net was instantly severed. Still, the skeleton's momentum had been cut. Elder Long, who had returned to his human form, turned back to counterattack.

Watching from below, Wang Sheng felt his blood boil. Even the bottleneck that he had been stuck in for decades began to loosen.

He slid the Qiankun Ring onto his left middle finger and immediately grabbed Spiritless. As over a dozen murderous beings closed in on him from all directions, he became one with Yaoyun.

It's... It's been so long! I can finally fight again!

Spiritless hummed softly. Four strands of sword intent then flared and then dissolved around Wang Sheng. As lights and combatants blocked his exits, he took half a step in midair and swung his sword. A flurry of sword phantasms pierced the clouds as he moved at such high speed that he turned into a blur.

Sword cut through the Milky Way, through clouds and stars, the Sword of Violet Reverence! , Seven-Star Devil Executioner!...

Brilliant starlight exploded in all directions. Wang Sheng's afterimages stitched themselves into a circle, linked front to back.

It was as though the sky shattered, as though a nova was erupting.

Most of the celestial soldiers who had lunged in were of lower cultivation; they couldn't react in time. The sword phantasms swallowed them and instantly severed their heads before they could even touch the hem of his clothes.

Only the two True Immortals responded in time. Their immortal treasures shielded them the instant the sword radiance exploded, though it still disheveled them.

Looking horrified, an armored female immortal was driven back, her armor ringing as dozens of sword energies rained down on her. Her immortal perception couldn't keep up with the mid-stage Primordial Immortal. No, his aura had already reached the early stage of the True Immortal Realm. Unaware of Wang Sheng's unity with Yaoyun, his opponents assumed he had been concealing his true realm to lure them in.

The sword radiance dimmed. The starlight waned, and Wang Sheng strangely vanished.

Having sustained over ten cuts, the True Immortal dressed like a scholar scrambled backward and used the Rainbow-Light Flying Technique. However, a bolt of lightning appeared above him. Wang Sheng materialized behind him, and a blindingly brilliant sword radiance erupted from the scholar's back.

Pure Yang Sword Song! Drunken Sky Sword!

The female True Immortal cried out in alarm, "Brother Hao, behind you!"

In a desperate attempt to protect himself as fast as possible, the scholar unleashed so much immortal power that he nearly detonated his Primordial Spirit. However, before it could fully bloom, the sword radiance had already struck him. It left a faint afterimage as it cut straight through him, splitting most of him in half.

His Immortal Body was shattered, and his Primordial Spirit was severed. A tiny shard of his soul flickered and attempted to flee into space, but a longsword pierced through it, its blade rippling like water.

One down.

He sheathed his sword and gazed up at the female immortal coldly. A fierce battle intent burned within his eyes.

Cursing, she immediately used a movement technique, sharply sliding sideways.

He could not rely on Lightning Flash too often. When he and Yaoyun merged, both his immortal power and Yaoyun's spiritual power were consumed simultaneously. His immortal power could be restored with pills, but Yaoyun's spiritual power required a long time to recover.

Wang Sheng tapped lightly with his toes. Using Soaring Red Feathers, he flew after his target, leaving behind a trail of flames.

More of the Celestial Wind Sect's immortals flew after him. Ji Li shouted angrily and twice called his own men useless. Hence, except for the two Heavenly Immortals, every sect member above mid-stage Primordial Immortal Realm charged toward Wang Sheng.

Hundreds of streaks of light converged upon him when two curtains of blood descended from above. The crimson light swallowed over a dozen of his opponents, erasing them completely. They didn't even leave a trace of bone.

Having seen Wang Sheng surrounded, the skeleton had immediately eased the pressure on him.

Elder Long and Ji Li could not allow the elites of their Celestial Wind Sect to be slaughtered so easily. They launched a fierce assault, hoping to pin the skeleton down completely.

However, the skeleton had recovered a bit of clarity. It chased and swung its greatsword at Ji Li relentlessly, causing his immortal light to flicker wildly. Every time he blocked the massive blade, he ended up coughing up blood.

Even Elder Long wished he could stand right in front of Ji Li. Unfortunately, their relationship wasn't deep enough to warrant such a sacrifice.

The skeleton forcibly split the battlefield apart. Ji Li was on the verge of collapse, and the sect members chasing Wang Sheng still couldn't capture him.

Rushing after the female True Immortal, Wang Sheng broke into the encirclement without hesitation. He ignored every attack around him. When his target blocked him with thirteen consecutive attacks, he used Lightning Flash to instantly reposition himself, taking her head with ease.

It was a pity that he failed to completely crush her Primordial Spirit. For a True Immortal, that was no more than a grave injury that they could still recover from.

Despite noticing that the encirclement was tightening, Wang Sheng felt no fear. He charged into the area where most of the Primordial Immortals had gathered and hit them with a Heavenly Ziwei Sword at full power. Using his Seven-Star Footwork, he trod on the air.

His sword phantasms swiftly scattered the countless combatants. Starlight and blood shone together as Spiritless slithered through their formation, killing most of them in one hit.

Unleashing his Ziwei Heavenly Sword while he was one with Yaoyun, Wang Sheng was at his absolute peak. He had never fought this imposingly in all his years of cultivation.

Unfortunately, he was quickly depleting Yaoyun's spiritual power. He could not maintain this state for long. The Celestial Wind Sect had suffered heavy casualties, but most of his kills were Primordial Immortals. The True Immortals in the fray were far harder to kill.

Amid the fierce battle, he began sensing strands of power with different attributes entering him through his acupoints and sinking into his qi sea, causing the constellations above it to transform constantly. The faster he swung his sword, the more frantic the sword phantasms became. His Heavenly Ziwei Sword Intent soon revealed faint threads of insight.

Some powers were light and lively, some icy enough to pierce the bone. Some were steady as mountains, some obscure and strange.

His Heavenly Ziwei Sword Intent was drawing in astral power!

The words he had once heard echoed within him.

"When you can feel the power of celestial stars, only then can you draw out the true might of the Heavenly Ziwei Sword."

At that moment, that truth began to unfold.

A clear sword hum rose within his heart, and everything around him seemingly slowed down. The change was small, yet he sensed it with perfect clarity.

No, they hadn't slowed. Rather, his perception and speed had risen to a higher level.

He closed his eyes and opened them again. Another sword hum rang within him. The world returned to normal as he accelerated further.

His attacks became as swift as the wind, his momentum as deep as the sea, and his stance as steady as mountains. In the blink of an eye, all of his sword phantasms vanished. Countless stars replaced them, shimmering around him!

Boundless astral power appeared out of nowhere, seeped into him, and gathered along Spiritless' tip. Meanwhile, the stars flowed all over the battlefield like a radiant river of starlight, inflicting sword wounds to whoever was caught in its stream.

Over a dozen Primordial Immortals were killed in an instant, and two True Immortals were severely injured enough to force them to fall back.

Within the blood mine, Lan Huilin gazed at the bright river of stars above. Even with her firm Dao Heart, she could not stop herself from trembling.

High above the battlefield, the skeleton seemingly laughed silently. Its aura surged. Its fiend-blood energy twisted into two blood serpents and wrapped around the already bloody Ji Li. Simultaneously, the skeleton swung its greatsword and blasted aside Elder Long, who had transformed into a dragon again. It then cleaved straight down at Ji Li.

As the river of stars swept across the battlefield, a cluster of flames in the shape of the Golden Crow quietly slipped below and out of the starlight. It spread its wings and soared. Before anyone could react, it had darted to the edge of the array, where the unaffiliated practitioners and low-rank soldiers of the Celestial Wind Sect had gathered.

Wang Sheng stopped for a second. He twirled his sword, laughed coldly, and flashed into the crowd. Using his Seven-Star Footwork, he scattered more than fifty afterimages as he zipped to the opposite side of the group.

A sword cry rang out. The dozens of celestial soldiers, who had been lifting their weapons and preparing immortal arts, froze and then fell backward. They had sustained a thin yet fatal cut on their necks, chests, or brows.

More than a hundred shackles shattered. The unaffiliated practitioners were completely unharmed.

Using voice transmission, Wang Sheng declared, "Your lives are now yours. Whether you live or die is up to you."

He then raised his head and looked up.

The skeleton's greatsword descended and split apart Ji Li's Immortal Body. His Primordial Spirit flickered for a moment, but it vanished as well. Meanwhile, the sword radiance that the skeleton had unleashed spread outward and tore open the grand array's barrier.

The Golden Immortal's spiritual consciousness residue had killed a Heavenly Immortal with ease.

Wang Sheng burst out laughing. "

Hahahahaha!

"

His laughter was imbued with a pride and wildness that he had never shown before.

This was the legacy he chased. This was the might of a Heavenly Court general.

He charged at the Celestial Wind Sect's remaining soldiers and general.

"

Keep fighting,

" Yaoyun remarked as she kept transferring her spiritual power into Wang Sheng.

He let out a long howl. The Pure Yang Sword Song echoed across the battlefield, yet he just kept using Heavenly Ziwei Sword, which was surpassing its former limits.

The bottleneck that had troubled him for decades did more than loosen at that moment. It was already beginning to break.

Unbeknownst to him, several streaks of light shot rapidly toward them from outside the great array and around the ancient battlefield. Waves of Heavenly Immortal pressure swept across the region and forced the unaffiliated practitioners he had freed to hold their breath in terror.