Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 658 - 292: Sword Annihilates Feather Transformation (Part 3)
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Neither the Feather Transformation Upper Sect nor the Cyan Profound Immortal Sect grasped the full details of the incident.
Let them speculate wildly. Such confusion would serve them better.
This uncertainty granted extra moments to the pair of sects, above all to Ning Qi, whose every second counted immensely.
The greater the postponement, the more it benefited Ning Qi, given his astonishingly rapid progress in strength.
It also served to unnerve the Cyan Profound Immortal Sect, forcing them to hesitate before dispatching reinforcements once more.
With that in mind, Niu Dingtian declared:
"Fang Xiandao, why pretend ignorance? Now that we're here, why not call forth your Ancestor? Do you truly believe you can halt our two sects single-handedly?"
These words stunned not just Fang Xiandao but the entire Feather Transformation Upper Sect assembly.
What was Niu Dingtian's implication? Had they genuinely failed to cross paths with their Ancestor?
Countless minds raced to the grim possibility that their Ancestor had met a fatal end in some forsaken corner.
No surprise such doubts arose, with warriors from the Niu Mo Upper Sect and the Infinite Sword Sect standing there boldly; any observer would harbor the same suspicions.
Fang Xiandao's brow furrowed deeply as he pondered if turmoil had struck the Cyan Profound Immortal Sect within the Fuyao Realm.
Perhaps rivals of the Cyan Profound Immortal Sect had struck swiftly, ensnaring their Ancestor and annihilating the group?
Fang Xiandao yearned to probe further, yet Ning Qi and his allies denied him even a breath to respond.
The Sword Ancestor lifted his blade steadily before him, addressing Ning Qi: "Allow me to test this barrier first. You can't hog all the glory forever, young one!"
Ning Qi offered a wry grin, gesturing welcomingly for him to proceed.
Niu Dingtian alongside the two demons turned their gazes silently toward Sword Shocking.
Array dismantling lay beyond their expertise, and while Ning Qi and Sword Shocking both stood at the mid-stage of the Integration Realm, prior clashes had revealed their prowess; they could overpower foes beyond their tier. Niu Dingtian and Hu Xiaotian recognized their own inferiority in combat.
At the outset, the Niu Mo Upper Sect had proposed wiping out the Feather Transformation Upper Sect, dispatching three experts under the assumption they formed the vanguard.
Now clarity dawned: the true powerhouses hailed from the Infinite Sword Sect duo!
"One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Techniques!" Sword Shocking uttered softly.
His blade flowed forth like rippling water, cleaving straight at the Feather Transformation Upper Sect's Sect Protection Array.
A colossal sword silhouette burst from emptiness, reminiscent of Pangu's heaven-splitting axe in ancient lore, or hurtling celestial boulders, its force utterly daunting.
As the sword gleam clashed with the Sect Protection Array, a ferocious wave erupted without delay.
One force embodied the piercing Sword Dao and the keen Invisible Sword Intent, while the other drew from a vast formation honed across endless ages.
Sparks flew profusely beneath the blade's glow, born from the array's desperate activation, countering the onslaught with blazing Spiritual Qi and rule forces.
The whole barrier quivered as if it were a fragile, see-through orb.
Inside the Feather Transformation Upper Sect, multiple array guardians spat blood from their lips, while countless Spirit Stones at the key nodes exploded in a flash.
In the end, the array scarcely endured that blade strike, leaving the Feather Transformation Upper Sect's defenders to exhale in relief, mopping sweat from their faces.
Sword Shocking of the Infinite Sword Sect wielded power that chilled the soul!
The Feather Transformation Upper Sect's members pressed on without pause, pouring fresh resources into the formation to bolster it.
Beyond the barrier, Sword Shocking let out a quiet sigh.
"My path shines in assault, yet even it struggles against this sect-fueled array."
He showed no desire to swing again.
Seeing Sword Shocking hold back, the Feather Transformation Upper Sect's people eased their tension.
That awe-inspiring strike they'd just survived—no one wished to endure another. A handful more could overwhelm their ability to keep the array active.
Ning Qi cleared his throat lightly. "Very well, my turn now."
He drew a top-grade Spirit Sword with effortless grace. Held in his grasp, it lacked any overt menace but evoked a subtle harmony with the cosmos.
The Feather Transformation Upper Sect's onlookers eyed him, their vigilance waning somewhat.
Provided it wasn't Sword Shocking striking, they felt confident in repelling assaults from the rest.
Ning Qi executed a gentle sword sweep.
The blade's radiance converged at its edge, thrusting like a bolt toward the array.
The Feather Transformation Upper Sect's defenders snapped to alertness, igniting Spirit Stones or surging their Magical Power and Primordial Spirit Power into the contact zone.
Ning Qi's strike appeared to target a vital weak spot to crumble the entirety—a tactic arrays dreaded most.
Yet as all power funneled to that precise area, Ning Qi's sword gleam fractured into multiple threads of varied hues, morphing into rule dragons that darted across the array's face toward scattered points.
In a blink, nine sword-light dragons claimed nine crucial spots within the formation, their roars echoing as scales showered down.
At once, the massive serpents, teeth gnashing and claws slashing, slammed savagely against the barrier.
The Infinite Sword Sect's members reeled in shock, but reallocating energy to those nine sites proved impossible in time.
Rumble!
A cataclysmic boom resounded through the Feather Transformation Upper Sect, as though the firmament itself crumbled.
Every array sustainer suffered a crushing backlash, their forms flung skyward with brutal force.
The barrier shuddered wildly, embedded Spirit Stones crumbling nonstop, and all formation nodes fracturing.
The nine dragons flared brilliantly, expending their final fury to tear the array asunder in an instant.
Ka-cha! Ka-cha!
The crisp crack of splintering crystal cut sharply through the blasts.
The Feather Transformation Upper Sect's hearts fractured just like that fragile pane.
Their Sect Protection Array had fallen so abruptly!
Through the hand of Ning Qi, Infinite Sword Sect's leader. His lone strike surpassed even Sword Shocking's in dread!
It wove endless deceptions, drawing all defenses to one array segment before erupting fully, shattering the nodes without mercy.
That solitary slash left several array maintainers gravely wounded.