txolops Chapter 66 Pursuit
Chapter 66 Pursuit
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the cultivators from the six sects lost all will to resist and scattered in all directions, hoping only to save their lives.
In an instant, the entire camp descended into chaos. Various magical artifacts flew about wildly, and screams, curses, and the clanging of magical artifacts mingled together. Any cultivator who was even half a step slower was instantly struck by several magical artifact attacks, their body exploding into a cloud of blood mist, leaving no trace of their remains.
Luo Ming observed coldly, knowing full well that in this situation, any act of reckless courage would be futile, only leading to pointless deaths and a slow retreat from the center.
But he couldn't just do nothing. His gaze quickly swept across the chaotic battlefield and soon locked onto a figure—a cultivator from the Giant Sword Sect.
This person poured all his magical power into the flying sword, enveloping his entire body in sword light, transforming into a dazzling azure light. His speed was more than half that of an ordinary cultivator, and he was fleeing rapidly towards the rear of the battlefield, disregarding everything.
Luo Ming's heart stirred, and without further hesitation, he wielded the Water Nether Sword, transforming into a streak of blue light, and followed closely behind.
"This person's secret technique of controlling the sword with qi is quite exquisite, actually managing to increase speed to such a level." Luo Ming narrowed his eyes, staring intently at the blue light in front of him, thinking to himself.
The reason he chose to pursue this person was not only to use the direction the other person was heading to get away from the main battlefield and seize the opportunity to completely escape the chaos, but more importantly, he had his eye on this person's swordsmanship.
In the world of cultivation, simply being able to control a flying sword doesn't qualify one as a sword cultivator. True sword cultivators possess exclusive cultivation methods and secret techniques. The Giant Sword Sect, as a major sect specializing in swordsmanship, possesses many top-tier sword techniques, but unfortunately, he is not a disciple of the Giant Sword Sect and has no right to obtain them.
Luo Ming had seen this Giant Sword Sect cultivator several times before during the border battles at Golden Drum Plains. This man was at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, possessing unpredictable flying sword techniques and combat power far exceeding his peers, which Luo Ming had greatly admired at the time. Now, in this chaotic era, it was the perfect opportunity to seize such a chance.
"It seems like being a villain is quite enjoyable. You can just snatch whatever you want." Luo Ming sneered, thinking to himself that he was increasingly convinced that he might actually have the talent to be a villain.
Two streaks of light, one after the other, weaved along the edge of the chaotic battlefield, gradually breaking away from the dispersing tide of the six sects' cultivators, and flew towards a remote place far from the main camp.
Half a day later, two streaks of light fell one after the other into a valley shrouded in mist.
The giant swordsman stopped, dispelling the sword light around him to reveal a burly man with a resolute face. He turned around, his eyes coldly fixed on Luo Ming, who was following closely behind, and said in a deep voice, "I didn't expect your Spirit Beast Mountain to be so well-hidden. Your feigned surrender and ambush of the demonic army was all a show for us!"
"The cultivation world is all about the victors and the vanquished. What does it matter what methods you used in the past?" Luo Ming also sheathed his Water Nether Sword, hovering in mid-air, his sharp gaze fixed on his opponent. "Speaking of which, with your sword control techniques, if you really wanted to escape, you could have shaken me off long ago. Yet you deliberately maintained a leisurely pace. Could it be that you have other plans?"
"Plans?" The burly man from the Greatsword Sect grinned, a sinister smile playing on his lips. "Nothing complicated, just want to kill you!"
Before he finished speaking, the burly man from the Giant Sword Sect suddenly made a sword incantation and shouted. His flying sword transformed into a streak of azure light that shot into the sky and split into seven in mid-air. Each sword light was solid and lifelike, carrying a sharp whistling sound as it cut through the wind, and shot towards Luo Ming from seven different directions.
These seven sword lights faintly formed a sword formation, their sharp edges intertwined, creating a terrifying sight.
"Well done!" Luo Ming's eyes sharpened, and he summoned a golden shield to block in front of him. The golden shield expanded instantly, and its surface shimmered with spiritual light.
"Jingle bells!"
A series of loud, dense metallic clanging sounds rang out as seven sword lights struck the protective shield in succession. Each impact caused the shield to tremble violently, shattering large golden ripples and forcing Luo Ming to retreat continuously, yet he was still unable to break through it.
Seeing that his flying sword was unable to break through the opponent's defenses for the time being, and that the situation was critical with the demonic army possibly coming at any moment, the big man narrowed his eyes and suddenly patted the storage bag at his waist. A black and red stream of light flew out, revealing a gourd-shaped magic artifact that hovered in front of him.
He naturally recognized Luo Ming, who had already gained some fame for killing more than a dozen Foundation Establishment cultivators in Golden Drum Plain within a year, making him one of the best among his peers. However, he was fearless and confident that he could kill Luo Ming and take the treasures in his storage bag for himself.
Under his magical power, the black and red gourd suddenly expanded to a size of about ten feet. The gourd mouth opened slightly and then spewed out a large number of fist-sized fiery red spheres. The surface of the spheres was wrapped with fine arcs of electricity and came with a piercing whistling sound as they rained down on Luo Ming like a deluge.
"Thunderfire Pearl?"
Upon seeing this, Luo Ming's eyes narrowed slightly. He increased his mana output, making the spiritual energy shield of the golden light shield even more solid. This was his first time fighting against a traditional sword cultivator, whose strength was indeed remarkable.
"Bang bang bang!" A series of rapid explosions rang out as lightning and fire beads slammed into the golden shield's spiritual energy barrier, creating ripples and even blasting small gaps in the shield. But Luo Ming reacted extremely quickly, instantly channeling his internal energy to replenish the gaps, which were soon completely filled.
Luo Ming felt somewhat relieved. Although the Thunderfire Pearl was impressive and looked terrifying, its actual power was weaker than he had expected. As long as he couldn't break through the Golden Light Shield's defense in one strike, the rest would just be a tug-of-war of mana consumption.
His gaze darkened slightly as he secretly guessed that since the other party dared to stop and confront him, their trump card couldn't possibly be just this ordinary Thunderfire Pearl...
Luo Ming frowned slightly. The Thunderfire Pearls covered the sky and, although their power was limited, they blocked the view.
"It seems this person's strength is only this much." Luo Ming made up his mind. Now that he had tested the waters enough, it was time to finish him off.
Just as he was about to activate the Golden Light Shield to forcefully break through, his divine sense suddenly detected something unusual—the burly man's right hand quietly reached for the storage bag at his waist, and as his fingertips touched the opening, an extremely violent and subtle fluctuation of spiritual energy flashed by. Although this fluctuation was weak, it carried a destructive aura, definitely not that of an ordinary magical artifact.
"That's... Tian Lei Zi!" Alarm bells rang in Luo Ming's mind. He was secretly glad that he had been relying on his powerful divine sense to keep a close eye on the big man's movements.
Taking advantage of the moment when the Thunderfire Bead obscured his vision, the burly man took out a thumb-sized, jet-black bead covered with lightning patterns from his storage bag. It was none other than the famous one-time-use weapon of the cultivation world—the Heavenly Thunder Bead!
This bead contains violent lightning power. Once detonated, any Foundation Establishment cultivator who touches it will either die or be seriously injured. The big man actually wanted to use the Thunderfire Bead as cover to secretly unleash the Heavenly Thunder to kill Luo Ming!
"Hmph, he actually copied that old devil Han!" Luo Ming would never give him the chance to detonate the Heavenly Thunder.
Just as the burly man unleashed the Heavenly Thunder Spear, Luo Ming pointed a finger at his brow, and a subtle fluctuation of his divine soul arose. An invisible force shot out silently, which was his divine soul attack secret technique—Fire God's Thrust!
The Fire God's Thorn is formless and intangible, specializing in attacking the soul. It moves with lightning speed, instantly piercing through the sky full of thunder and fire beads and striking the sea of consciousness of the giant swordsman.