fynovel Chapter 30 East China Sea War
Chapter 30 East China Sea War
Chapter 30: The Battle of the East China Sea (Part 2)
Tongtian and the Twelve Ancestral Witches joined forces to engage in a great battle with the Five Heavenly Saints in the East Sea. Tongtian set up the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation to fight against Taishang, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti.
When Taishang arrived at the Zhuxian Sword Formation, he originally intended to use his brotherly affection to persuade Tongtian to withdraw the Zhuxian Sword Formation. However, Taishang and Yuanshi had just obeyed Hongjun's orders and attacked Tongtian, who was advancing to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm. The last bit of brotherly affection that Tongtian had left in his heart had long since vanished. Now, Tongtian only felt hatred towards Taishang and Yuanshi.
Seeing that he could not persuade Tongtian, Taishang had no choice but to arrange for a few people to prepare to enter the battle.
"Gentlemen, the Zhuxian Sword Formation that reaches the heavens is said to be unbreakable by anyone of equal strength. This is because the Zhuxian Sword Formation has four gates, and the four immortal swords, Zhuxian, Luxian, Juexian, and Xianxian, hang above these gates. To break the Zhuxian Sword Formation, one must enter all four gates simultaneously and use great magical power to suppress the four immortal swords. The most dangerous part of this process is the sword energy emanating from the four immortal swords, which carries endless malevolent energy. Once this malevolent energy enters the body, it may damage one's primordial spirit. As long as one can withstand the sword energy, one can remove the four immortal swords, and then the Zhuxian Sword Formation will be broken," said the Supreme One.
After Tongtian obtained the Zhuxian Sword Formation, he discussed it with Taishang and Yuanshi many times. Therefore, Taishang had a deep understanding of the Zhuxian Sword Formation and quickly came up with a way to break it.
The original group listened very attentively. This was their first battle after becoming saints, and they were facing Tongtian, a traitor to the Xuanmen sect. Therefore, they could not afford to lose.
"Please, elder brother (fellow Daoist Taishang), arrange for us to break the formation," the group said in unison.
"Alright!" Taishang nodded and said, "My second brother will enter the Immortal Slaughtering Sect, Fellow Daoist Jieyin will enter the Immortal Extermination Sect, and Fellow Daoist Zhunti will enter the Immortal Trapping Sect. As for the strongest sect, the Immortal Slaughtering Sect, I will deal with it personally. However, if it involves breaking the formation, you can, but you must not harm Tongtian."
"Please rest assured, elder brother and fellow Daoist Taishang!" They all indicated that they understood Taishang's words, but whether they truly listened to them was another matter.
Soon, Tai Shang and the others entered the Zhuxian Sword Formation one after another. Looking at the simple and unadorned immortal sword hanging above the formation gate, they understood that the Zhuxian Sword Formation had not yet been fully activated.
"Tongtian, we have already entered your Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation. What exactly do you intend to do?" Taishang asked.
"Very well, Supreme Lord, today I will show you the power of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation and let you see clearly the difference between a Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal and a Heavenly Dao Saint!" After saying this, Tongtian sent out a stream of light that flew towards the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation Diagram. As the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation Diagram burst into light, a ballad that had been circulating in the prehistoric world for a long time resounded.
"Neither copper, nor iron, nor steel, it once hid beneath Mount Sumeru. It needs no reversal of yin and yang for refinement, yet its sharpness is tempered by water and fire. It brings the benefit of slaying immortals, the death of those who kill them, and the red light that ensnares them. Its transformations are infinitely wondrous, staining the robes of even the greatest immortals with blood!"
Four streams of light flew out from the Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram and headed towards the four formation gates. The four immortal swords hanging above the formation gates were activated simultaneously, and countless sword energies struck towards Tai Shang and the others.
The four Supreme Beings dared not be negligent and all sent out their spiritual treasures to fight back. The Supreme Being stood on the Taiji Diagram, with the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda above his head and the Taiyi Floating Dust in his hand, armed to the teeth. Jieyin also stood on the top-grade defensive treasure, the Twelve-Petal Merit Golden Lotus. The two of them used their defensive treasures to easily block the sword energy.
Yuanshi sat upright on the innate treasure, the Heavenly Celebration Cloud. However, unlike Taishang and Jieyin, who were simply defending, Yuanshi activated the Pangu Banner to confront the sword energy, resulting in a stalemate.
On the other hand, Zhunti was in a much worse situation. He had neither a top-tier defensive treasure nor a top-tier offensive treasure. He had originally planned to take a shortcut and activate the Seven Treasures Tree to absorb the sword energy. However, the moment the Seven Treasures Tree absorbed the sword energy, the endless baleful energy carried by the sword energy continuously attacked the primordial spirit imprint that Zhunti had left in the Seven Treasures Tree, almost breaking the imprint. It took a long time for the Seven Treasures Tree to digest the sword energy, but the treasure light of the Seven Treasures Tree had dimmed considerably. Zhunti himself was also mentally unstable due to the backlash from his primordial spirit.
Tongtian, who was in charge of the main formation, had a clear view of the four people's situation. This attack was just the beginning of a test. Tongtian had not expected to defeat Taishang and the others in one blow. However, what Tongtian did not expect was that Zhunti was so weak. He almost couldn't withstand a casual test. So Tongtian immediately changed his strategy, focusing on restraining Taishang, Yuanshi, and Jieyin, and doing his best to defeat Zhunti. Once Zhunti was defeated, the remaining three would be lambs to the slaughter.
Just as Tongtian was fighting four opponents alone, on the other side, the Pangu phantom summoned by the Twelve Ancestral Witches also engaged in battle with Nuwa. Unlike Tongtian, the Twelve Ancestral Witches were not as cautious. The Pangu phantom immediately unleashed the Nine Forms of Creation.
"The first of the Nine Forms of Creation: Chaos Annihilation!" The phantom of Pangu, wielding the phantom of the Creation Axe, cleaved down at Nuwa.
Seeing the phantom of Pangu approaching, Nuwa dared not be negligent, after all, this was Pangu who created the world. Nuwa stood on the map of mountains and rivers and held a red embroidered ball, urging the red embroidered ball to meet the phantom of the axe that opened the heavens.
The moment the two attacks collided, Nuwa knew she had overestimated herself. After the explosion, the Pangu phantom remained unmoved, while Nuwa was blasted tens of thousands of miles away, her breath almost failing her. She stared at the Pangu phantom in disbelief. This wasn't how she had imagined. Originally, Nuwa thought the Pangu phantom would at most be evenly matched with her, but as a Heavenly Saint, her magical power was inexhaustible, while the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Formation required a massive amount of magical power to maintain. With the strength of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, it was destined not to last long. As long as she could stall until the Twelve Ancestral Witches exhausted their magical power, the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Formation would naturally collapse on its own. But now Nuwa realized that she was no match for the Pangu phantom at all. Now, let alone wearing down the Twelve Ancestral Witches, she would be grateful if she wasn't destroyed by the Pangu phantom.
Hongjun, in the chaos, was also astonished when he saw the power of Pangu's phantom. Was this still the same Twelve Ancestral Witches that he could easily suppress at Buzhou Mountain? How could their power have increased so much?
Hongjun looked at Xuan Chu, who had helped stabilize the primordial world with him, with disbelief. His voice trembled as he said, "You've cultivated all twelve Ancestral Witches into Primordial Golden Immortals? No, how could the twelve Ancestral Witches have advanced to Primordial Golden Immortals so easily without the complete Nine Revolutions Profound Technique?"
"Hongjun, are you getting senile?" Xuan Chu said with a mocking smile, "The Twelve Ancestral Witches didn't inherit the complete 'Nine Revolutions Profound Technique' like me, but have you forgotten who I am? Do you think I wouldn't have the complete 'Nine Revolutions Profound Technique'?"
Yes, Hongjun finally realized it too late. Xuan Chu was Pangu's younger brother, a sibling from the same mother. Whatever Pangu knew, Xuan Chu basically knew as well. It was only natural that Xuan Chu passed on the complete "Nine Revolutions Profound Technique" to the Twelve Ancestral Witches, enabling them to advance to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.
"Fellow Daoist Xuan Chu, I concede defeat on behalf of Nuwa in this battle. Please ask the Twelve Ancestral Witches to stop." The Pangu phantom summoned by the twelve Hunyuan Golden Immortals was no longer something that Nuwa, a Heavenly Dao Saint who had only recently attained enlightenment, could handle. In order to prevent Nuwa from being destroyed by the Pangu phantom, Hongjun did not hesitate to lose face and concede defeat on Nuwa's behalf, hoping that Xuan Chu could ask the Twelve Ancestral Witches to stop.
But this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so how could Xuan Chu possibly agree?