Chapter 28: Ten Thousand Swords Prostrating to the Ancestor: First Form, One Sword Piercing the Heavens!

The sound of thunderous explosions instantly echoed through the mountain forest. Sound waves blasted outward: trees shattered and rocks burst apart. Liu Ruyan and Yang Dianfeng watched with terror in their eyes: they were clearly shaken by the combat power Lu Jin was displaying. Without a moment of hesitation, they each activated their protective shields to shield themselves from the fallout.

Boom!

When the attacks fully collided, Wang Min’s blood sword smashed into Lu Jin’s array-boosted strike. Two brilliant lights intertwined and tangled before erupting in a violent explosion. In the first exchange of the battle, they were actually evenly matched.

Simultaneously, a surge of devouring force whistled out from the Heaven Burial Coffin. It consumed as much of the chaotic shockwave as possible, funneling it back into Lu Jin’s body as refined spiritual energy. He was now at the eighth stage of the Spirit Pearl Realm: under the pressure of this force, the eighth Spirit Pearl within his Endless Dantian grew even more brilliant.

“What? You! You are a mere Spirit Pearl, yet you have the strength to stand against a sixth-grade Jindan?”

Although her attack had been shattered, Wang Min was uninjured. Yet the strength Lu Jin displayed truly shocked her. The gap between them was immense. Under normal logic, she should have been able to kill him with a mere flick of her wrist. Instead, they were at a stalemate: she hadn’t gained the slightest advantage.

“Is a sixth-grade Jindan supposed to be impressive?” Lu Jin smiled coldly, showing no hint of fear.

“Senior Sister Wang! He must be putting on an act! When my Shifu, Ji Yaoyue, attacked him before, he could only flee in a pathetic state! I don’t believe that in just a few days, he has gained the power to fight a sixth-grade Jindan!” Liu Ruyan shouted from the side, her teeth gritted in rage.

“Correct! A mere Spirit Pearl… I don’t know what treasure you’re using to neutralize my attacks, but you have some skill. I underestimated you! However, it ends here!”

Wang Min’s voice fell. A majestic aura of spiritual Qi erupted from her body, soaring above her head to form a thick cloud of energy. As her arms moved, a massive, towering shadow began to condense within that cloud. It was the phantom of a colossal Nine-Tailed Fox!

“The Blood-Colored Nine-Tailed Fox!”

Liu Ruyan’s eyes filled with shock. She could clearly feel the aura radiating from that phantom: it was a power that caused an instinctive tremor in her soul.

“This is Senior Sister Wang’s signature technique, Nine-Tailed Moon-Howl! It is a high-grade Earth-tier martial art!” Yang Dianfeng spoke, his gaze full of surprise. He hadn’t expected Wang Min to resort to her ultimate trump card so quickly. This proved that even she didn’t dare to take Lu Jin lightly: she intended to use her strongest method to eliminate this danger immediately.

“Ten Thousand Swords Prostrating to the Ancestor: First Form, One Sword Piercing the Heavens!”

Lu Jin chanted the incantation. Spiritual Qi roared out, frantically condensing into the shadow of a flying sword. The brilliant blade radiated a majestic sword Qi that filled the area. This was the technique Chu Tianxiong had personally given him.

“The Ten Thousand Swords Prostrating to the Ancestor Art? This… the Sect Master really does favor him!” Liu Ruyan muttered, her eyes burning with undisguised jealousy.

“That art is incredibly powerful. Legend says only successive Sect Masters are qualified to practice it. I can’t believe the Sect Master gave it to Lu Jin!” Yang Dianfeng’s teeth were also gritting together. As the former Saint Son, he had never received such treatment. His heart was filled with extreme resentment.

“Hmph. So what! Senior Sister Wang’s Nine-Tailed Moon-Howl is a high-grade Earth-tier art: it can even rival low-grade Heaven-tier techniques. Their cultivation levels are worlds apart. In a head-on clash, he will surely fall—”

Boom!

Before Yang Dianfeng could even finish his sentence, the scene before him caused him to turn to stone on the spot. He had expected Wang Min’s attack to crush Lu Jin. Instead, the moment the fox phantom descended, Lu Jin’s sword pierced straight through it! A howl of agony seemed to echo through the void.

“What? How is this possible!”

Wang Min was shocked. She bit the tip of her tongue and sprayed a mist of essence blood into the fox phantom.

Awoooo!

With the infusion of essence blood, the fox’s wounds healed instantly. Its aura became even more terrifying than before. “How could you possibly be my match!”

Wang Min gritted her teeth. The fox phantom pounced, its razor-sharp fangs and blade-like claws tearing frantically at Lu Jin’s flesh!

Hum!

Lu Jin’s body shuddered. Spiritual Qi roared. The first layer of the Great Derivation Dragon Transformation Art, the Dragon Membrane, was fully activated. When the claws and fangs struck that thin layer of protection, a sharp, ear-piercing screech filled the air! Yet they could not break through.

“Such powerful defense! That defensive art must be of a very high grade!” Yang Dianfeng’s brow furrowed. A flicker of greed flashed in the depths of his eyes.

Liu Ruyan remained silent. She remembered Master Fox telling her that Lu Jin’s defense was beyond logic: in their previous fight, she hadn’t been able to leave a scratch on him. Seeing Lu Jin use the same trick again, a sense of nervous dread began to creep into her heart.

Swish!

The sword condensed from the Ancestor Art spiraled and lunged, repeatedly striking at the fox. While the fox attacked Lu Jin’s defense, it was also forced to dodge frantically. The battle had entered a stalemate.

Wang Min was stunned. Even if their techniques were of similar grades, her cultivation was far higher. There shouldn’t have been any possibility of a draw!

However:

In the moment of her shock, a sharp, agonizing pain swept through her entire body. Through the backlash of the technique, she spat out a mouthful of blood. The fox phantom had been run through by a sword during Lu Jin’s frantic offensive.

A flicker of flame was coiled around that sword. It was the aura of the Sin-Fire Prison-Suppressing Sword!

The moment that aura appeared, the fox phantom was pierced through. Countless cracks began to spiderweb across its form. Wang Min was horrified and spat out another mist of essence blood to stabilize it. But no matter how much she tried to compensate, it was futile. Once the Sin-Fire aura appeared, the destruction of the fox phantom was inevitable.

“She’s going to lose. Escape now!”

At that moment, Master Fox’s voice rang in Liu Ruyan’s mind. She was startled. The Master wants me to run?

While she was dazed, Yang Dianfeng suddenly grabbed her arm. “Move!”

Liu Ruyan was stunned. She hadn’t expected that Yang Dianfeng would also decide to flee at the very first sign of trouble.