232 To Attack the Guardian (1/2)
What a terrifying stellar sword… What a terrifying Spirit Sword Sect’s people!
Running through the gray corridor behind the wall, Jianglu’s momentum never ended as he released the astonishing energy from his thoroughly tempered Mysterious Metal body, unstoppable like a spherical stone rolling down the mountain. Nevertheless, while running, Jianglu actually could not suppress the surging intermittent chill in his heart.
Just now, when those shocking starlights lit up, everything seemed to stop as they plunged into the black and white world. Only the tall and beautiful figure bloomed with her own colors, independent of the world, remaining aloof and dismissive to everything and everyone around her.
That sword strike hit the wall, but then, this ancient sword tomb that was built by true immortal level means unexpectedly cracked and was then torn under the might of this sword strike. When the twenty-five people team of Shengjing Sect tried to open the entrance, it was very difficult for them, yet it was easily broken by her sword strike!
What if that sword strike was aimed at him instead? Could the Mysterious Metal body withstand the Stellar Sword Qi? Jianglu completely has no confidence in this!
Wangyue Luanyun tried to intercept her using the Yin and Yang Five Elements Claw, however, even though Luanyun was within the team’s protection array that could share the injury to the rest of the twenty-four people, where even a Yuanying Stage cultivator would find it difficult to harm him, he was actually unable to resist even a fraction of that unpredictable Stellar Sword Qi.
Jianglu saw it clearly; it wasn’t that she managed to break the combined defense of the twenty-five people, but rather with a brilliant swordplay, she cut off the array link and then defeated Wangyue Luanyun without even skipping a beat… This level of technique was without a doubt god-like. Not to mention that she was merely still in Xudan Stage, even among Jindan Stage Daoist Masters, it was extremely rare for someone to achieve this step.
Therefore, Jianglu disregarded the people from the other three sects and immediately led all his people into the fourth level entrance.
Even if he could keep off the other three sects, so what? If he let Zhu Shiyao go, who knew how far she could go? Previously, he heard that Zhu Shiyao directly entered the treasure room on the third level, which obviously meant that she has an extremely good immortal affinity, and was highly likely the recognized heir of the ancient sword tomb; he could not let her get away no matter what!
As for the team strength, it was even more foolish. Shengjing Sect team was indeed the strongest, but the other three sects were absolutely not weak. If they combined their forces, their power would be similar to that of the Shengjing Sect team. But in case they were divided, the consequences would be difficult to anticipate. Perhaps at this time, the correct choice would be like what Wang Lu, the Lead Representative, of Spirit Sword Sect had said, which was to collaborate.
”Senior Brother, what are we going to do now?”
Behind him, Wangyue Luanyun voiced his doubt. Although the sword wound that was caused by Zhu Shiyao had been treated by his teammate, at this time, his countenance was still somewhat pale.
Jianglu said, ”Follow her first. As for the cultivators from the three sects… Don’t bother with them. Since previously we can’t even block them at the checkpoint, there’s no need to waste time in internal friction.”
”Yes, I understand.” Wangyue Luanyun nodded, and then asked, ”Senior Brother, I couldn’t feel her breath, are you still able to lock her whereabouts?”
When asked about it, Jianglu went silent for a while, and then passed on his thoughts through primordial spirit, ”Absolutely not… after stepping into the passage, I immediately lost her track. I suspect it’s the problem of the sword tomb itself. This passage looks like a straight line, but it’s very likely to have another mystery. You must take a good care of your Junior Brothers and Sisters, don’t let anyone get lost.”
”Rest assured, Luanyu is in charge of the array connection, they won’t be easily lost,” Luanyun said, and then wrinkled his brows. ”But strangely enough, Zhu Shiyao came into the passage and immediately disappeared without a trace, seemingly being transmitted to another place by the sword tomb. However, the others kept following us like maggot latching at the bone.”
”... Then that’s still good, proving that they also don’t keep pace with Zhu Shiyao. These Spirit Sword Sect people are interesting, they don’t seem to be too united.”
While saying that, Jianglu shook his head and put that thought behind his back.
”Forget it. Now is not the time to think about this. I feel like the passage is coming to an end, tell everyone to get ready.”
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At the same time, Wang Lu, who closely followed the Shengjing Sect team in the passage to the fourth level, was also puzzled.
”Little White, can you still smell Big Sister?”
”No, she’s not here anymore.”
Bai Shixuan, who was by Wang Lu’s side, wrinkled her nose and then gently shook her head.
Immortal Beast Bai Shixuan naturally has superior olfactory sense than any human. Coupled with her magically-transformed-moonlight pure Yin physique, her senses even exceeded that of a Yuanying Stage cultivator. If she says no, then it must be a no.
”Hehe, truly a thousand skill can’t be compared to foreign donation.”
”Senior Brother, did Big Sister already find the treasure?” Liu Li curiously asked, ”So that means we can go back now? The air in this place makes me uncomfortable.”
”After being trapped for years, the air here has already stale, so of course, it will make you feel uncomfortable. However, it has yet to reach the level that forces us to give up. Big Sister has immortal affinity with this place, but our immortal path hasn’t really been cut off. Otherwise, the sword tomb didn’t need to design this endless passage and continue the level test. This tomb is the remains from a True Immortal, so no one can monopolize it; she can take what’s hers, and we’ll explore our own.”
Liu Li was somewhat disappointed. However, since Wang Lu had said so, she has no objection.
”Senior Brother, I smell a different flavor, the passage should be near the end.”
A moment later, the Shengjing Sect team at the front suddenly sped up, apparently also aware of this.
After about a time to brew a cup of tea, light suddenly appeared at the end of the passage as the bright sunlight was ahead of them.
Coming out from the dark and narrow passage, they were greeted with a magnificent sight of mountains and mountain peaks. The exit of the passage was located on top of one of the peaks where there was a piece of flat vacant land. The entire area was extremely vast like it was a plain.
”The magical ability of this space’s spatial variation is indeed exceptional. Indeed made by a True Immortal.”
Looking at the vast expanse of space, the Big Brother of the Ten Thousand Arts Sect Zhan Ziye sighed heavily with emotion. As an academic cultivator, he was very clear on how much magical power was needed to be consumed to build such a vast pocket dimension in this sword tomb. Although for a decent sect, building a pocket dimension was the norm, this one was unusually vast. And this was just one of the many levels designed to choose a successor for the tomb!
For others, however, the issue of concern was clearly not the immortal method of time immemorial.