Ominous Star Shines High
"Xuanheng Xuanheng----"
Deep within the dust, two figures stumbled and stopped.
The Qiaoshanke's face was pale; the backlash from forcibly breaking through the edge of the great formation was still causing a dull ache in his meridians.
The Fairy Shuyu Shuyu's hair was slightly disheveled, her palace dress was stained with dust, and her eyes, which always carried a certain elegance, were now filled with sorrow and an almost burning hatred.
Looking back into the depths of the "Bewildering Dust Barrier".
The spiritual energy there was chaotic, and the familiar and gentle starlight aura of Xuanhengzi could no longer be sensed.
"Demon! One day, all the righteous sects will raze your filthy demonic lair to the ground, and avenge Xuanheng fallen comrades and fellow Daoists!"
Fairy Shuyu clenched her teeth, her voice trembling slightly with anger, her hands clenched so tightly that her fingertips dug into her palms.
The Qiaoshanke remained silent, but deep within his warm, ancient eyes, a sharp Sword Intent, like a blade forcibly sheathed, surged beneath the surface.
He understood the terrifying nature of that young demon even better than Fairy Shuyu.
Taking a deep breath to suppress his turbulent Qi and Blood, his voice was steady yet carried an unprecedented solemnity. "Fellow Daoist Shuyu, please accept my condolences."
The most urgent task is to quickly reunite with the other fellow cultivators.
That young demon was incredibly powerful and profound in his understanding of the laws. He was no ordinary demonic master. He must be a peerless genius secretly cultivated and hidden away by the Four Northwestern Sects!
The appearance of such figures in the world is a great variable.
We must spread this message as soon as possible to warn everyone, lest more fellow practitioners follow in Xuanheng Xuanheng's footsteps.
Upon hearing this, Fairy Shuyu forcibly suppressed her grief and indignation and nodded emphatically.
The two dared not delay any longer. They circulated their internal Cultivation Method to calm their breathing and then set off in the direction of the places where righteous True Person might gather or leave their marks, based on their memories.
Just as they gathered their Law Power, their figures were about to move but had not yet moved—
An indescribable, chilling sense of crisis, like a polar cold wave, erupted without warning from the deepest part of their Dao Foundation.
It was as if a pair of cold and merciless eyes were looking down from the the Unseen, firmly locking onto their aura!
"Not good!"
"Careful!"
Both of them were True Person who had gone through countless tribulations to reach the Foundation Establishment, and their sense of life and death crises was extremely keen.
Almost at the same moment the alarm sounded, they reacted, no longer caring about escaping, and poured all their attention and Law Power into defense!
The Qiaoshanke grunted, and the unsheathed wooden sword that had been hanging at his waist suddenly drew three inches from its sheath with a "clang"!
A pure, refined, and illusory sword domain, centered on him, suddenly unfolded.
This sword domain is formless and intangible, yet it seems to have forcibly "defined" a region within a hundred feet around him where "only the sword reigns supreme"!
Within the area, all external forces that do not belong to the pure essence of the "sword" will be naturally repelled and cut off.
Behind him stood a towering, ancient sword phantom, its Sword Intent soaring to the heavens—a manifestation of the Dao Foundation phenomenon!
With a delicate shout, Fairy Shuyu spread her arms wide, and her magical Law Power surged forth like a raging tide. The three illusory images of her natal spiritual flowers solidified and bloomed like never before!
In an instant, a large net, shimmering with soft white light, was woven, covering an area of dozens of feet in radius, enveloping her and the Qiaoshanke's sword domain.
The two reacted incredibly quickly, and their defenses were impeccably tight.
This represents the pinnacle of what they can achieve in their current state.
The attacks came faster and were more terrifying!
The perpetual gray-white mist above Lifeless Valley was suddenly pierced by an unimaginable force!
A magnificent, dazzling pillar of silver-white starlight, a hundred meters in diameter and almost tangible, descended straight down from the rift in the sky, carrying a terrifying power that could crush the void and annihilate all laws, along with a chilling Daoist aura!
They were aiming at the Qiaoshanke and Fairy Shuyu, who had just activated their strongest defenses!
"Boom-!!!"
The sound was completely swallowed up and annihilated in that ultimate collision of light and heat, force and Tao.
The silver star pillar clashed first with the sword domain of the Qiaoshanke's "Heart Sword"!
The area that was once "supreme in its sword" shattered under the weight of the star pillar that seemed to carry the weight of an entire starry sky.
The ancient, giant sword phantom that had appeared behind the Qiaoshanke trembled violently, and countless fine cracks appeared on its blade.
His face turned deathly pale instantly, and blood seeped from all seven orifices at the same time, but he still gritted his teeth and poured all his mind and Sword Intent into the sword domain, holding on tightly.
He attempted to "sever" the "vastness" of the stars with the "purity" of his own Sword Dao!
Immediately afterwards, the star pillar, its momentum undiminished, crushed through the cracked sword domain and slammed into the triple defenses set up by Fairy Shuyu.
However, the power of this star pillar was simply too immense and concentrated.
The "Heavenly Net Spirit Web" lasted for less than a breath before the spiritual threads at the center, which was subjected to the impact, began to break, emitting a crisp snapping sound, like a zither string suddenly breaking.
At the break, stellar energy eroded and spread like lava, rapidly disintegrating the structure of the spirit network.
"Puff!"
As if struck by a heavy hammer, Fairy Shuyu opened her mouth and spat out a stream of pale golden blood mixed with ice crystals and floral fragrance. Her aura instantly weakened, and her body swayed precariously.
She tried her best to maintain the spiritual network, her hand gestures flashing as she attempted to mend the damage, but it was all in vain.
The sword domain of the Qiaoshanke finally shattered completely under the relentless crushing force of the star pillar.
He flew backward like a kite with a broken string, the wooden sword in his hand letting out a mournful cry as it lost all its spiritual light.
But at the last moment, he still managed to unleash a condensed Sword Qi.
It wasn't aimed at the star pillar, but rather at the edge of the "Heavenly Net Spirit Web" in front of Fairy Shuyu, which was on the verge of complete collapse.
He wanted to sever the last connection between the Spirit Network and Fairy Shuyu, to prevent her Dao Foundation from being completely eroded by the star power through the Spirit Network!
As the Sword Qi swept past, several crucial spiritual threads at the edge of the spiritual net snapped instantly.
Almost simultaneously, the hundred-meter-tall star pillar, though weakened, was still deadly and finally broke through all obstacles.
At its core, a most condensed starlight, like a drill, slammed into the center where the two had originally stood!
"BOOM--!!!"
This time, it was a deafening roar!
The earth was struck as if by a meteorite, and the terrifying shockwave transformed into visible rings of silvery-white air waves that swept in all directions with earth-shattering force.
Wherever it passed, rock walls collapsed, and dust turned into glass.
The light dust slowly dissipated.
At the edge of the giant pit, the Qiaoshanke knelt on one knee.
He barely supported his body with the wooden sword whose spirit was greatly damaged.
His Daoist robe was torn, his body was covered in blood, and his aura was extremely weak, but his eyes were still sharp, fixed on the direction where the star pillar had crashed down.
Further away, Fairy Shuyu lay among the shattered crystal clusters, her palace attire charred and torn, barely breathing and unconscious.
Only a few broken petals remaining around it still emitted a faint spiritual light.
The terrifying pillar of stars that pierced the heavens and the earth has vanished.
Half an hour ago.
Qi Yun cross-legged with his eyes closed, his aura calm and focused.
A moment later, he slowly opened his eyes, and his eyes seemed to shimmer with starlight.
Raise your hand to your chest, your five fingers pinching and changing in an ancient rhythm, with a hidden silver Flowing Light flowing from your fingertips like stardust.
Finally, it formed a Divergent Method seal called "Condensation," shaped like an inverted star and containing the True Intention of destruction.
A single word of truth, uttered softly.
In an instant, the boundless and powerful [Great Luo Heaven] Law Power within Qi Yun's body surged forth.
"Buzz----"
A very faint tremor sounded.
Before his fingertips, a point of extremely condensed, dark-colored "starlight," like the deepest midnight light, appeared out of thin air.
This kernel, no bigger than a bean, weighs as much as a newly formed mountain, exuding a cold, desolate, and fierce aura.
In a few breaths, the starlight had shrunk to the size of a fist. Qi Yun's eyes remained calm and unwavering, showing no concern whatsoever.
Ordinary Heavenly Star Sect True Person must carefully maintain the balance of stellar energy and worry about the burden of depleting their Law Power.
But his Law Power was as vast as the sea, and to him it was but a drop in the ocean.
"Go."
A soft shout.
The starlight responded and transformed into a dark starlight whose trajectory was difficult to discern with the naked eye, instantly disappearing into the gray and lifeless "sky" concept of the Lifeless Valley above.
[Heavenly Star Sect Secret Method - Ominous Star Shines High!]
The wonder of this method lies in condensing a [Ominous Star] that is entirely under the control of the caster and entrusted to the celestial sphere.
Use this star as your eye to survey and lock down your enemies; use this star as your pivot to unleash calamities and punishments.
Its drawback is that all expenses are borne by oneself, and it is impossible to connect with the real celestial bodies to borrow their power.
For the Heavenly Star Sect cultivators who are accustomed to controlling stars, it is like using their own weakness to attack the enemy's strength, which is laborious and difficult to achieve, so it is often regarded as an unorthodox method.
But at this moment, this seemingly useless Secret Method is taking on a completely different form in Qi Yun's hands.
Above the Lifeless Valley, deep within the gray mist, a single, formless yet undeniably real dark silver eye quietly opened.
The remaining energy of the two Qiaoshanke was instantly captured, and they coldly stared at the edge of the Bewildering Dust Barrier below, where two figures who had just regained their footing and were still filled with grief and indignation were.
Below, Qi Yun's thoughts connected with that [Ominous Star].
He could clearly "see" the light of the sword in the heart of the Qiaoshanke who was trying to cut through the illusion, and he could "sense" the fear and hatred under the intricate flower screen of the Fairy Shuyu.
"Then let us test the sharpness of this star."
His mind stirred slightly, and he no longer hesitated.
The unfathomable Law Power [Great Luo Heaven] within his body surged forth like a bursting dam of the Milky Way!
Above the Lifeless Valley, the [Ominous Star] suddenly dimmed and compressed its brilliance to the extreme.
A surge of starlight, causing the surrounding area to tremble, rapidly coalesced!
The next moment -
A star pillar, a hundred meters in diameter and of utmost purity and condensation, pierced through the gray mist and the skylight, crashing down towards the two tiny figures below!
Where starlight passed, a long-lasting silver "scar" was left in the void, within which terrifying phantoms of the birth and death of stars and the cycle of calamities could be faintly seen.
On the ground, Qi Yun slowly withdrew his seal, his expression unchanged. The Law Technique Panel before him slowly appeared, displaying lines of text information from not long ago.
[Ominous Star Shines High 2.0: Increases Law Technique power Law Technique range]
[Ominous Star Shines High 3.0: Increases Law Technique power Law Technique range]
[Ominous Star Shines High 4.0: Increases Law Technique power Law Technique range]
[Ominous Star Shines High 5.0: Increases Law Technique power Law Technique range]
[Ominous Star Shines High 6.0: Increases Law Technique power Law Technique range]
[Ominous Star Shines High 7.0: Increases Law Technique power Law Technique range]
[Ominous Star Shines High 8.0: Increases Law Technique power Law Technique range]
[Ominous Star Shines High 9.0: Increases Law Technique power Law Technique range]