Jade Capital Mountain: What Cheng Jue Saw (3)

The next instant, the tip of Shen Ni's spear was already hurtling toward Cheng Jue's face.

Cheng Jue did not dare let his guard down either. Rosy-cloud and golden Merit light spread across the outside of his body.

"Impenetrable Fortress." A Geo shield identical to Zhongli's appeared around Cheng Jue. Yet unlike Zhongli's, Cheng Jue's shield was entwined with the light of Merit and the Dao's profound resonance. Even if Zhongli erupted with his [Gnosis] and donned divine armaments, he could not compare to Cheng Jue as he was now.

Unfortunately, even if Cheng Jue spared no expense in consuming Merit to make up the gap, the difference between Taiyi and Daluo remained an uncrossable chasm. With a light tap, the Geo shield shattered instantly, and the spear continued toward Cheng Jue without pause.

At that critical moment, a turquoise gleam flashed through Cheng Jue's eyes.

[Splitting Gales]

[Breeze of Reminiscence]

[Ode to Thousand Winds]

[Hurricane of Freedom]

[Concerto dal Cielo]

[Storm of Defiance]

That was right—this was the Taiyi Dao Venti might have forged. Just as Cheng Jue had done with Zhongli's, at this life-or-death juncture, he unceremoniously used Merit to forcibly pile his comprehension of this Taiyi Dao up to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.

Skyward Sonnet, Embrace of Winds, Eye of the Storm, Eternal Wind Companion.

With life and death hanging in the balance, Cheng Jue unleashed every one of Venti's speed-enhancing techniques. Turquoise gales wrapped around Cheng Jue like a pair of enormous hands, dragging him backward.

"Hmph!" Watching prey he could have casually hunted slip from his grasp, a flicker of fury flashed through Shen Ni's heart. The spear formed from Chaos Qi in his hand shot toward Cheng Jue even faster.

Riiip! When the spear met the raging winds around Cheng