240 Chapter 240 (2/2)
Zhang Dong didn't remain passive either. His body turned to gold as a similar massive beast shout could be heard in the surrounding area. His massive golden dragon soul-beast was summoned instantly to clash against the other one.
Zhan Jie was also in the possession of a dragon type soul-beast. His was a classical eastern dragon that looked more like a serpent with deer antlers and silver scales.
The two beasts clashed in the sky against each other. The clouds were pushed apart and the earth trembled below as the two masters collided with each other.
The people from the two opposing sects halted their advance while backing away. The two nascent soul elders that were going against the ship looked up while evading cannon fire.
They could feel that their leader was losing. His sword formation was already broken and shattered weapon pieces were raining down from the sky above.
The two looked at each other and nodded. While backing away they also brought out their own soul-beasts. Instead of attacking the ship with them they turned around and flew upwards. They decided to help their sect master with the fight while their beasts kept the massive ship busy.
They were underestimating the flying behemoth too much. This was just what the captain of the Argonaut was waiting for. The moment they were summoning their soul-beasts was the moment that he gave the order.
”Activate the Gungnir! Aim for the soul-beasts!”
The massive ship's deck started spreading apart. On its bow, a large compartment was opening up. something that looked like a cannon was pushing itself outside while the machinery made space. The cannon didn't have a traditional circular barrel, it had a pentagon shape instead.
The cannon appeared outside and was already gathering power for the shot. The spiritual energy was making the air outside warp. Many tiny blue lights converged onto the canon's opening as it charged up for its attack.
”W-what is that… watch out brother!”
The two nascent soul elders finally noticed that something was off. They were concentrating on creating their soul-beasts and allowed the ship to power up its main cannon.
Just as the two large creatures were formed the cannon was also ready.
”Charge at 76% captain.”
”Doesn't matter, take aim and fire!”
The person in charge of the new weapon grabbed what looked to be a joystick in hand. He was looking at a screen, this screen was showing him the scenery outside. There were a couple of circular indicators lining up and when they locked on one of the beasts the man pressed the button.
A strange sound escaped from the cannon right before it was activated. A giant spear of blue light shot forward, in a fraction of a second it was already at where the target was. The nascent soul masters that were there gathered up their energies in the hopes of producing a shield.
Everything was bathed in blue light and the people that were standing outside of the blast point were blinded. A massive ear shattering explosion occurred, the spot where the two soul-beasts were in looked as if it was on fire. It looked like a small blue sun appeared and was destroying everything in its path.
From inside that blue sun, strange screams and shrieks were heard. The two soul beasts didn't have enough time to escape and took the brunt of this massive attack.
The Gungnir Cannon's muzzle let out some smoke after it was fired, tiny electrical discharges bathed the bow of the ship. People could clearly follow the path of this cannon's attack, right to the explosion.
After the dust had settled, the two massive soul beasts remained missing. They were turned to fine particles and their masters suffered a large backlash. If a person's soul-beast died the cultivator would take direct damage to their own soul. Sometimes this was even fatal if the connection between master and beast was strong.
The two old men's fighting potential fell by more than fifty percent. They cough up massive amounts of blood while escaping. They weren't even thinking about helping their sect leader anymore, now their own lives were on the line.
This was a giant hit to the morale of this sword sect. Two of their masters were fleeing while being severely injured. What was left was a group of core formation cultivators that couldn't hope in defending themselves against this massive flying ship. The only thing that could turn the tide was their sect leader.
All of them quickly looked up, their leader was still up there fighting Zhang Dong. What they witnessed was another brow raiser.
An even brighter flash of light followed by the parting of the clouds. It was as if the heavens were being cut apart.
This wasn't their master performing this terrible swordmaster technique. This was the man from the United Element's sect instead. On the receiving end was Zhan Jie.
He didn't know how this could have happened but it did. His eyes were moving apart from one another at this very moment. It was as if he was becoming wider but in reality, he was sliced right in the middle.
His body was severed from head to groin and his body was parting to the sides. Even at this moment of death, he couldn't process what exactly he witnessed. His vision was blurring and the last thing he saw was a man bathed in golden energy. The man didn't look glad over his victory at all. The only emotion that could describe it, was pity.