SWNOVELXO Chapter 336 - 53: Fearless in the face of danger, with both wisdom and bravery
Chapter 336: Chapter 53: Fearless in the face of danger, with both wisdom and bravery
After that, it was time to recite the lines.
Since the past Qiu Changtian had clearly witnessed the performance of the two, Wei Dongliu now needed to repeat it exactly as it had happened.
He, along with Jiang Liyan and Wen Yang, pursued Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian relentlessly.
If their opponents dared to strike back, they would target Jian Qingnan, who was still in a coma, and the two would immediately have to accelerate their embarrassing escape.
After bursting out of the Underground Palace of Long Mountain and seeing the two rise into the sky on their swords, Jiang Liyan still felt unsatisfied.
“Those two are Kunlun’s Chief Qiu and the Phoenix Immortal?” she asked with a cold laugh, “It seems they are nothing special after all.”
“Here we go again,” Wen Yang sighed helplessly, “Jiang, friend, their cultivation realms are certainly not beneath ours, it’s just that they are concerned about harming an innocent bystander.”
“I know,” Jiang Liyan said with a cold laugh, “It’s just a pity that we couldn’t completely eliminate them this time. Otherwise, we could’ve really given Kunlun a hard time.”
Wei Dongliu remained silent, simply gripping the Hiltless Locust Wood Sword and turning his head to look at the Flying Asura:
“If you have any tricks for saving your skin, now’s the time to show them.”
As soon as these words were spoken, Jiang Liyan and the others immediately stopped their small talk and looked over.
The Flying Asura, having been driven all this way, seemed to have lost all heart to resist and meekly said:
“Master, how dare I attempt to flee…”
“A somewhat troublesome enemy is approaching,” Wei Dongliu said coldly. “If you would prefer to die rather than submit, then I will have to send you on your way first.”
Flying Asura: ???
As if to prove his statement, a brilliant streak of light shot from the west and quickly reached the side of Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian in the distance.
The figure was dressed in a plain Daoist robe, with white hair held high and a horsetail whisk slung casually, standing on a horizontally positioned Immortal Sword. Who else could it be if not the Ziwei Master of the Taiqing Sect of Kunlun?
In an instant, Jiang Liyan felt a chill run down her spine, her heart racing as her sense of danger sent out frantic warnings.
Wen Yang was no better off, his face twitching in disbelief as he turned to look at Wei Dongliu.
Is this what you call a “somewhat troublesome enemy”?
Wei Dongliu’s expression remained unchanged, but he squinted his eyes and continued to stare coldly at the Flying Asura.
Survival wouldn’t be difficult for him with Ah Jing’s teleportation, of course.
The challenge lay in taking Jiang Liyan and Wen Yang with him while not revealing the abilities or magical treasures of any other personas.
After all, as the Sect Leader of the Taiqing Sect of Kunlun, the Ziwei Master had extensive connections, which were essential.
Never mind Qiu Changtian, if he used any abilities belonging to Ling Yunpo or Luo Yan, and later, while visiting Shushan or Penglai, they were to see Ling Yunpo or Luo Yan using the same methods and someone casually remarked, “I once saw a demon cult thief using this technique, it’s strikingly similar”…
It would probably scare a person into having a heart attack.
So that left only one possibility.
Wei Dongliu’s demeanor grew colder, and the Flying Asura, staring at the Ziwei Master, suddenly spoke up after a moment of horror:
“I have the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique…”
“Use it now!” Wei Dongliu roared. The Flying Asura then summoned dark clouds, enveloping the three of them, and sped off towards the east.
The Flying Asura, being naturally capable of flight and now employing the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique with its True Yuan burning fiercely, moved at an almost unbelievably fast speed.
Even Wei Dongliu, with his extensive knowledge and experience from his five personas, had never seen such a fast flying speed—the mountain ranges they had just been gazing at were left far behind in an instant.
“Demon Venerable Wei!” Jiang Liyan suddenly called out.
Wei Dongliu turned to look, only to see a brilliant streak of light racing from behind, moving even faster than the Flying Asura using the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique!
It was evident that the Ziwei Master, upset about the near death of his disciple, was now extremely enraged!
Although Wei Dongliu originally had ninety percent confidence in his ability to escape, he almost panicked at this, immediately urging the Flying Asura:
“Faster!”
But the Flying Asura didn’t answer, instead conveying its emotions through the steel seal of the Hiltless Locust Wood Sword to Wei Dongliu without any restraint.
It truly was doing everything within its power.
Wei Dongliu turned to look back again, countless thoughts racing through his mind.
The Hundred Poisons Golden Silkworm Gu, given the current flying speed, could be thrown to hinder the enemy but could not be retrieved smoothly.
The Myriad Demons Evil Spirit Sword, with Wen Yang currently by his side, also could not be used lightly; otherwise, he would need to consider whether to kill and silence him.
The methods of Qiu Lingluo and the other two were unusable, only Long Long’s seemed to be irrelevant. However, besides the bloodline talents of the Dragon Clan, Long Long did not have anything impressive at hand that could be used to try to stop the Ziwei Master.
What should be done?
As he racked his brains here, over there, Jiang Liyan and Wen Yang refused to sit still and wait for death, desperately unleashing spells and throwing magical treasures and flying swords as if they cost nothing.
As expected, it had no effect on the pursuit of the Ziwei Master.
Here, once again, it must be reiterated: in the Cultivation Realm, what truly determines the outcome of a magical competition are two things: “restraint” and “rank”.
Restraint, of course, does not need to be elaborated upon too much, such as the restraint of the Five Elements, the evil-destroying and demon-dispelling Thunder Method, the corrupting effect of demonic qi, and so on.
If there is no restraint, then it generally comes down to rank to determine the victor.
For example, with Foundation Establishment fighting a Golden Core, the opponent’s True Yuan is much more vigorous than yours, and the power of driving flying swords, magical treasures, and Daoist magic is more than ten times yours.
Then unless the rank of your flying sword, magical treasure, and Daoist magic is particularly high, and the power can multiply by ten times with the same amount of True Yuan driving it, there is a chance to contend with a Golden Core cultivator.
If it’s Foundation Establishment against Nascent Soul, then you’d need to wield an eleventh-rank Immortal Sword or hold a Heaven-overturning Seal, Eight Treasures Ingenious Tower, or other spiritual treasures of such rank—and still be able to activate them.
As for Foundation Establishment fighting an immortal, unless you have both the Tai Yin and Tai Yang swords… However, if you could get the Tai Yin and Tai Yang swords to recognize you as their master, why bother fighting immortals? Immortals would be vying to take you as their disciple.
For this reason, even though Jiang Liyan and Wen Yang had plundered many treasures from the White Bone Divine Palace, unless there was a magical treasure equivalent to an eleventh-rank Immortal Sword among them, they were generally unable to stop the Ziwei Master.
Hmm… Hm?
My Ah Jing, isn’t that an Innate Spiritual Treasure?
“Ah Jing!” Wei Dongliu hurriedly called out, “Quick, lend me your strength!”
“You must wait a bit longer,” the Kunlun Mirror said with difficulty.
“How could you be so useless? You are an Innate Spiritual Treasure after all!”
“I can’t help it! My main body is damaged now!” the Kunlun Mirror shouted back, “Mirror Flower Water Moon, Illusory Warning Dream, enact!”
No sooner had the voice faded than the Ziwei Master’s sword light came to an abrupt halt, and in an instant, he was thrown far behind, out of sight.
“Truly worthy of my Ah Jing!” Wei Dongliu was overjoyed, then arrogantly said, “That’s sufficient, he won’t be coming after us again.”
The Flying Asura immediately halted the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique, looking wearily to the rear.
After a moment, a look of disbelief crossed his fierce, green-faced, and fanged visage.
Jiang Liyan and Wen Yang were also numb with shock: they had suspected that you were an old monster, but they hadn’t realized that you really were one, even capable of dealing with the Ziwei Master of the Kunlun Taiqing Sect!
Under normal circumstances, the two might have started exclaiming “Venerable Wei is invincible under the heavens!”, but with the Flying Asura present, it wouldn’t do to make a big fuss.
Otherwise, it would be a small thing to be looked down upon by Flying Asura, but a big thing to lose the favor of Demon Venerable Wei.
Therefore, Wen Yang cleared his throat and said:
“Merely the Head of the Kunlun Sect, nothing more.”
Jiang Liyan also sneered as he said:
“Flying Asura, did you see that? Being able to serve as a beast of burden for Venerable Wei is the good fortune you’ve cultivated by performing acts of virtue for nine lifetimes!”
I’m a damn zombie, where do I get nine lifetimes from?!
The Flying Asura instinctively wanted to retort, but the words died on his lips, as he dared not speak out.
The recent confrontation with the Head of the Kunlun Sect had clearly demonstrated that his Cultivation Realm had reached the pinnacle of the Nascent Soul Realm. If there were a real confrontation, the opponent could extinguish him in just a few breaths.
That was why he had resorted to using the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique to flee for his life—there was a chance to survive if caught by this man, but absolutely no hope if he fell into the hands of the Head of the Kunlun Sect.
But why! What exactly had this man done to stop the pursuing Head of the Kunlun Sect?
With these thoughts, the Flying Asura was both shocked and scared, forcing all malice back and muttered:
“Exactly. In this life, I am master’s ox and horse, and in the next life, I still wish to be master’s hound and hawk!”
“You’re a zombie, what next life do you have?” Wei Dongliu said coldly.
Flying Asura: ……