Chapter 742: 306. Lei Family’s Flying Swords from Beyond the Skies (Additional Chapter for "1 High Mountain Flowing Water 1" alliance and "Sanskrit Divine Language" alliance)_4

The situation was perilous. Had it been a fellow Seventh Layer of Heaven Realm cultivator from the Talisman Sect, Gu Hai might have hesitated.

But since it was a Taoist from the Middle Three Heavens, Mr. Gu would not be courteous.

With time of the essence, Gu Hai wasted no words. He directly raised his hand, summoning interwoven trails of black ink that transformed into a ritual array, enveloping Chu Kun.

Chu Kun sighed and waved the Breathing Soil Banner. A vast amount of dull-yellow Spirit Light morphed into earth and stone, helping him resist the encroaching ink.

The dull-yellow Spirit Light trembled upon contact with the ink, showing signs of collapse.

Fortunately, the lingering strength of the Breathing Soil Banner continued to replenish, thus aiding Chu Kun in holding his position.

This Scholarly Cultivator’s pressure from above and below is indeed pervasive... Chu Kun thought.

Although the Breathing Soil Banner was exquisite, Chu Kun’s realm was one below Gu Hai’s, and the Scholarly Cultivator’s pressure due to their difference in realm became evident.

However, Chu Kun had no intention of vying with Gu Hai. While using the Breathing Soil Banner to fend off the opponent’s techniques, he promptly affixed his own Heaven Wind Talisman to himself and made a run for it.

Gu Hai failed to capture Chu Kun on his first attempt, and his dignity was somewhat compromised.

A brush appeared in Gu Hai’s hand, which he brandished in the air.

Ink characters fell like rain, surrounding Chu Kun and the Breathing Soil Banner.

The Breathing Soil Banner shone with a dull-yellow light like an umbrella, shielding Chu Kun from the torrential downpour of ink characters.

But by doing so, Chu Kun was no longer able to move freely.

When Gu Hai’s brush swept down again, ink turned into a blade, forcibly slicing a gap into the protection of the Breathing Soil Banner.

Dull-yellow Spirit Light continuously gathered, intending to repair the breach.

But at that moment, the dense ink on the brush seemed equally inexhaustible, holding the gap open.

A Confucian ritual artifact and a Taoist magical treasure were now locked in a stalemate.

With a nonchalant flick of his robe sleeve, Gu Hai caused written pages of ink characters to flutter in midair like colorful ribbons, aiming to bind and suppress Chu Kun.

However, a glow from a Spirit Talisman suddenly lit up on Chu Kun.

It was his life-bound Third Law, the Star Shift Talisman.

As the Spirit Talisman’s glow unfurled, it instantly transformed into a hazy field of starlight.

When the starlight touched Gu Hai’s ink characters, both shuddered.

The ink characters scattered the starlight.

But as the starlight vanished, Chu Kun was no longer in his original spot; his figure had shifted elsewhere.

Gu Hai exclaimed in surprise, and his ink-written pages struck out once more.

This time, as Chu Kun shifted his position, he continuously stepped forward, forming his life-bound First Law, the Star-stepping Spell.

Specks of starlight surged around his body. When combined with the Star Shift Talisman, he suddenly appeared as if clothed in a dazzling Star River.

The Star River flowed, an intricate pattern of laws embedded within.

The shifting stars also possessed boundless strength.

At this moment, as Chu Kun’s two main life-bound laws merged, the ink characters from Gu Hai that landed on him were deflected to the side by the circling Star River that surrounded him.

Gu Hai’s expression turned completely grave.

At his thought, his ink-written Chapters transformed into dense ink blades, slashing directly at Chu Kun’s head!

Bolstered by the Heavenly Principle and destiny, and combined with the hierarchical suppression inherent to a Scholarly Cultivator’s Principle Constants, especially given the realm disparity, such power indeed projected an aura of invincibility.

Chu Kun knew that while he might manage to deflect Gu Hai’s attacks for the moment, launching a counterattack to breach the opponent’s defense would be difficult.

His only option was to try and stall for time.

After all, Gu Hai and his group were still faced with the threat of being hunted down by other Great Tang Cultivators.

However, if others were to arrive, my own Star Shift Talisman might be exposed...

Just as Chu Kun was thinking this, he suddenly froze.

Above his head, high up in the vast sky beyond the reach of ordinary human eyesight, an ethereal and illusory mirror light was now cascading downward.

The light of the mirror revealed Gu Hai’s figure in perfect detail. Even the subtle wrinkles on his skin, caused by his cold smirk, were clearly visible.

「Far away on the remote Xiaozhou Island, Master Lei was busy gathering gourds.」

The second Brahman Qi Immortal Gourd was finally ripe.

And deep within his eyes, the Heaven-piercing Earth-penetrating Taliscript revolved, allowing him to see Gu Hai through the Great Celestial Mirror’s field of vision.

The distance between them was indeed extremely vast, far surpassing the casting range of ordinary Talisman Sect cultivators.

In fact, most Daoist Alchemy Sect sword cultivators and Confucian Divine Archers would have no hope of aiming accurately at such a distance.

Master Lei did not cease his action of harvesting gourds.

However, above his head, a total of five Talismans were quietly rotating in place.

One was a Thunder Law Heavenly Scripture Talisman.

Another was a Xuánxiāo Five Thunder Talisman.

Two were Dual Polarity Heavenly Primordial Talismans.

One was a Heaven-piercing Earth-penetrating Taliscript.

At this moment, the Heaven-piercing Earth-penetrating Taliscript was resonating with the Great Celestial Mirror high in the sky.

Meanwhile, the Thunder Law Heavenly Scripture Talisman and the Xuánxiāo Five Thunder Talisman were positioned to the left and right.

Masculine Purple Thunder and Yin Dark Profound Thunder surged together, penetrating the two opposing Dual Polarity Heavenly Primordial Talismans.

Consequently, the Primordial Magnet Force generated by the Dual Polarity Heavenly Primordial Talismans became even more vast and mighty.

The powerful Primordial Magnet Force didn’t leak out but was instead continuously interwoven and accumulated between the pair of opposing Talismans.

A sharp sword, suspended between the Dual Polarity Heavenly Primordial Talismans, was vibrating slightly.

The sword was the Tianshu Sword from the Seven-Star Swords.

At the moment, the tip of the sword was tilted upward. Empowered by the surging Primordial Magnet Force, the space around the sword seemed to twist along with it.

The entire Xiaozhou Island, affected by this force, even began to collapse into the sea.

Above Xiaozhou Island, a fog originating from the Taiqing Eight Scenic Treasures Raincoat had previously shrouded the area.

Now, the eight surrounding screens remained intact, but the clouds veiling the sky above parted to both sides.

The next moment, a buzzing sound as if tearing through the void resounded. A flash of brilliance suddenly shone, then vanished just as quickly, streaking across the sky and disappearing into the distance.

Xiaozhou Island thus collapsed and sank into the vast ocean.

Lei Jun was calm. He had tried a similar method before, during the Jinzhou battle, when he sent the Celestial Master’s Sword to Tang Xiaotang near the Ye Clan Ancestral Land.

However, at that time, he could only send the sword over a long distance. The landing point was hard to control, and Tang Xiaotang herself needed to receive the sword.

If used to attack an enemy, it would hardly be accurate.

But now, with the Great Celestial Mirror hanging high above...

Lei Jun, as if nothing had happened, collected the two Brahman Qi Immortal Gourds and watched as the now-lusterless gourd vines turned to ash and vanished.

Then he waved his hand, and the power of the Dark Side of Celestial Book cleansed the area, sweeping away all traces.

Simultaneously, the Taiqing Eight Scenic Treasures Raincoat shrank, draping over Lei Jun again as his figure vanished.

Under the raging wind and sea, it was as if Xiaozhou Island had never existed. No one had set foot there, much less witnessed the Tianshu Sword ascending into the sky.

「In the sea region thousands of miles away from Xiaozhou Island,」

Facing Gu Hai’s threat, Chu Kun seemed to momentarily stiffen.

His expression slightly odd, he stayed in place.

"Trying to stall for time, waiting for that Taoist named Lei to save you?" Gu Hai sneered.

"Stop dreaming. He is pinned by my Great Ming’s sacrifice beneath the sea, preoccupied with his own survival. How could he possibly come to rescue you..."

Before he could finish speaking, the night sky above suddenly flickered with a faint light.

Gu Hai was startled.

As he looked up, a flash of sword light suddenly appeared.

In the next instant, this Great Scholar of the Seventh Heavenly Layer was cleaved in two!

The dazzling sword light descended from the sky. Its end flickered with thunder flames, resembling a fiery tail. It was so swift that Gu Hai couldn’t react at all, causing him to be split from head to toe on the spot.

Any defenses he might have had were deployed too late and proved utterly useless.

Dense black ink splattered in midair, only to be incinerated by the furious thunder fire before it could disperse.

The sword light, spanning from heaven to earth, struck Gu Hai dead. Its momentum unabated, it then plunged directly into the sea below.

The ocean was split apart.

The seabed shattered.

A vast volume of seawater instantly vaporized, rising in massive plumes of steam.

Everyone present was dumbstruck, watching as Mr. Gu, who hadn’t even finished speaking, was instantly slain by a sword that appeared from nowhere.

What was happening?! What just occurred? What was that? Was it a Taoist Flying Sword, or Confucian Divine Archery? Who had attacked? How could Gu Hai, who moments ago was so complacent and in control of the situation, be utterly obliterated in the blink of an eye?!

Chu Kun was the quickest to regain his composure.

Because he heard Master Lei’s voice through the Heaven’s Sight Earth’s Hearing Talisman, saying, "Third junior brother, remember to help me retrieve the Tianshu Sword."