Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation, Peacock True Spirit Star
In the Ninth-Grade True Spirit Heaven, Kong Wenxuan withdrew his gaze from the stars all around him and looked at the place before him.
Where he stood seemed to be a stretch of empty space, with five-colored light beneath his feet. According to Ancestor Jianling's experience with star inlaying and the information he had obtained from the Ninth-Grade True Spirit Heaven, all he needed to do next to inlay a star was circulate his Peacock Bloodline.
Screech!
A clear peacock cry rang out, and a "five-colored peacock" formed from his Peacock Bloodline flew out of his body and circled him.
The next moment, all the starlight filling the Ninth-Grade True Spirit Heaven converged on him, engulfing him and the five-colored peacock.
Immediately, Kong Wenxuan found himself on a battlefield, with all manner of Demon Beasts charging at him from every direction.
Wolf demons, tiger demons, fox demons, dog demons, cat demons, snake demons, eagle demons, tit demons, swallow demons, crane demons, shrimp demons, crab demons, carp demons, black carp demons, octopus demons... and so on.
Countless kinds of Demon Beasts pounced at him: those he had seen and never seen, those he knew and did not know, those he could imagine and those he could not, those that flew in the sky, ran on the ground, or swam in the water, and more.
Fortunately, although the Demon Beasts attacking him came in many kinds and even greater numbers, they were all only First-Tier Demon Beasts.
Kong Wenxuan immediately sent the five Five Elements Divine Swords circling him to slash at the attacking Demon Beasts. The Azure Wood Divine Sword used Sword Light Differentiation, the Black Water Divine Sword used Sword Momentum Like the Tide, the Crimson Fire Divine Sword used Sword Qi Thunderclap, the White Metal Divine Sword used Refining the Sword into Threads, and the Yellow Earth Divine Sword was a heavy sword without an edge, its Great Skill Appears Unrefined.
Although all five Five Elements Divine Swords were still only First-Tier Law Artifacts, with Kong Wenxuan's current Foundation Establishment cultivation and the circulation of his Spiritual Consciousness, their power and killing force had increased by far more than tenfold compared with when he was in the Qi Refinement Realm.
In the Qi Refinement Realm, the Azure Wood Divine Sword's Sword Light Differentiation could split into at most twenty-seven streaks of azure sword light. Now it directly split into forty-nine, and each streak could kill an attacking First-Tier Demon Beast with a single slash, whether it was at the First-Tier Early Stage or the First-Tier Late Stage.
In the Qi Refinement Realm, the Black Water Divine Sword's sword momentum had surged like the tide. Now, driven by Kong Wenxuan's Foundation Establishment Realm Law Power and Spiritual Consciousness, its power increased more than tenfold. It surged and built upon itself like towering, terrifying waves, engulfing swaths of attacking Demon Beasts like a flood wherever it passed.
The Crimson Fire Divine Sword's Sword Qi Thunderclap had more than doubled in speed, while its killing power had increased more than tenfold.
The White Metal Divine Sword used Refining the Sword into Threads, and the edge of its golden-thread sword light could kill the pouncing Demon Beasts before it even reached them.
The Yellow Earth Divine Sword was now as large as a mountain, crushing swath after swath of attacking Demon Beasts into mincemeat wherever it crashed down.
Under the attacks of the Five Elements Divine Swords, the various First-Tier Demon Beasts charging from all around were slaughtered before they could come within three meters of Kong Wenxuan.
After these Demon Beasts were killed, their corpses, blood, and flesh quickly broke apart into specks of starlight that gathered beneath Kong Wenxuan's feet. More and more accumulated, as though a star were gradually coming together and being lit.
Although Kong Wenxuan's five Five Elements Divine Swords killed the Demon Beasts with great speed and efficiency, the beasts charging at him from all sides grew ever more numerous, seemingly without end.
As Kong Wenxuan continued controlling the Five Elements Divine Swords to slaughter the Demon Beasts, he fell into a stupor. He forgot himself, forgot the star inlaying, forgot everything. All he knew was to numbingly, mechanically drive the Five Elements Divine Swords to keep killing the ever-increasing numbers of Demon Beasts charging at him from all sides.
This numb, mechanical slaughter continued for an unknown length of time. He felt the transformed Foundation Establishment Realm Law Power in his Dantian's Qi Sea and the newly born Spiritual Consciousness in his newly opened Sea of Consciousness nearing exhaustion. Even his body began to feel utterly weary, and the Five Elements Divine Swords began to feel heavy as he drove them.
At last, the endless stream of First-Tier Demon Beasts charging at him from all directions seemed to have been slaughtered to the last, vanishing in an instant.
Kong Wenxuan was still too numb to react and continued sending the Five Elements Divine Swords slashing into the empty space around him.
Screech!
Just then, another clear peacock cry rang out in the void.
A Second-Tier peacock Demon Beast flew out of the void and charged straight at him.
The Second-Tier peacock Demon Beast was surrounded by a host of colors, and the raised tail feathers behind it bore various elements. There were Chihuo feathers, green wood feathers, blue water feathers, golden feathers, white ice feathers, purple lightning feathers, azure wind feathers, and more. Each feather also bore a dazzling, mysterious "eye" that flickered with a spirit light that bewitched the mind.
Kong Wenxuan quickly swallowed some pills to restore his body, Law Power, and even his Spiritual Consciousness. Looking at the Second-Tier peacock Demon Beast charging through the void, he frowned deeply, his expression grave.
According to the experience Ancestor Jianling had left behind and the information he had obtained from the Ninth-Grade True Spirit Heaven, once he killed the Second-Tier peacock Demon Beast corresponding to his Peacock Bloodline, the star inlaying would be half complete.
However, although he had killed the countless First-Tier Demon Beasts before it with great ease, they had nearly exhausted his Law Power, Spiritual Consciousness, physical Blood Qi, bloodline power, and more. Though he had now taken some pills to restore his Law Power, Spiritual Consciousness, and body, refining them and recovering would take time.
The Second-Tier peacock Demon Beast would not give him that time. He could only use his Foundation Establishment Realm strength, now fallen to its lowest point, to kill it quickly.
No wonder Ancestor Jianling said in the experience he left behind that, without the help of a benefactor, he could never have completed the star inlaying.
Never mind this Second-Tier Demon Beast-even the endless, unceasing attacks of those First-Tier Demon Beasts from before were absolutely not something an ordinary cultivator who had just reached Foundation Establishment could withstand and slaughter.
Now I have no benefactor to help me. All I can rely on is the inheritance of the Five-Colored Divine Light.
As these thoughts ran through Kong Wenxuan's mind, he recalled the five Five Elements Divine Swords he had sent out. With a movement of his Spiritual Consciousness, the five swords took up their respective positions according to the five elements, instantly forming the Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation, the Foundation Establishment Realm inheritance within the Five-Colored Divine Light.
In the Five Elements True Scripture inherited from the Five-Colored Divine Light, the Qi Refinement Realm involved refining the Five Elements Divine Swords, while the Foundation Establishment Realm involved the Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation. Within the completed sword formation, the forces of the five elements engendered one another in a cycle, creating a sword formation space of its own that could both attack and defend.
Screech! Screech...
The Second-Tier peacock Demon Beast raised its head and cried out, its tail feathers rising and spreading in Peacock Spreads Its Tail. Its many-colored feathers shook, unleashing flames, lightning, wind blades, giant trees, rolling boulders, floodwaters, ice, and more.
The eyes that appeared on each of its spread tail feathers even erupted with dazzling Soul-Bewitching Spirit Light, all attacking Kong Wenxuan together.
Hum!
The Five Elements Divine Swords around Kong Wenxuan now operated as the Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation, protecting him like a veil of five-colored sword light. They blocked and shredded all the flames, lightning, wind blades, giant trees, rolling boulders, floodwaters, ice, Soul-Bewitching Spirit Light, and other attacks that blasted toward him.
No matter how numerous or powerful the Second-Tier peacock Demon Beast's attacks became, they could not break through the Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation's defenses.
Moreover, as the five elements engendered one another within the Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation, its power continued to grow, becoming stronger and stronger. The formation expanded, pushing directly against the ceaseless barrage of attacks and shredding them, until it finally drew the Second-Tier peacock Demon Beast itself into the Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation.
The Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation then revolved, shredding the Second-Tier peacock Demon Beast caught inside it to death on the spot.
The slain Second-Tier peacock Demon Beast turned into a great expanse of brilliant starlight, which merged directly into the "star" beneath Kong Wenxuan's feet, fully condensing it, bringing it into being, and lighting it.
Screech!
A clear peacock cry rang out. The figure of the five-colored peacock appeared above the newly condensed and lit star, merging with it and settling upon it. It took control of the entire star, transforming it into the Peacock True Spirit Star.