A Single Thought Like Wind and Lightning, Papers Filling the Air

"Don't even think about it!"

Yuanzai Zai was highly skilled and daring, or perhaps he possessed many treasures, which made even his soul as Mount Tai.

He twisted his left wrist, preparing to use his wrist guard to withstand Chu Tianshu's sword strike and take the opportunity to escape.

This twisting motion was enough to slightly deflect Chu Tianshu's originally precise sword tip.

In the end, it all turned into the blade grazing past the wrist guard with a soft swishing sound.

Bass!!

Sure enough, the blade made a loud scraping sound against the wrist guard.

But after only half a foot of friction, the Sanqi Divine Sword changed its thrusting motion to a pulling motion with lightning speed, and then pulled backward.

Yuanzai felt as if the sword blade had been forged into one with his wrist guard.

With a swift tug of the longsword, his entire left arm was pulled straight away.

The small, thin soul he was holding in his left hand suddenly leaned against Chu Tianshu.

Yuanzai was startled, and his right hand thrust out with the Great Saber at full speed.

This large, black Great Saber, even when used for piercing, lacked any sense of lightness or agility.

The thrust of the blade was almost like a car front crashing out from mid-air.

Chu Tianshu's longsword flashed, detaching from the enemy's left wrist and clashing with the Great Saber.

When!!

The blades and swords crossed in mid-air, and in an instant, Chu Tianshu's figure retreated rapidly.

A suction force on the sword made it stick tightly to the Great Saber.

As Chu Tianshu retreated, the sword swirled and pressed back, directly slamming the Great Saber into the ground.

Yuanzai's right arm was pulled again, causing his entire body to tilt forward.

This time, the suction force wasn't just targeting his knife; it penetrated his arm and seeped into his shoulder.

Even if he wanted to give up the hilt now, he couldn't loosen his grip on the knife for the time being.

When their eyes met, he clearly saw the chilling intent in Chu Tianshu's eyes, and his heart skipped a beat.

Yuanzai's greatest advantage lies in the fact that he is now Spirit Body. Once he takes action, he can pass through obstacles at will in a city with complex terrain.

However, Chu Tianshu used the Sky-Spanning Art to wield the Taiji Sword, combining the suction force of his internal energy with the sticky force of his sword technique almost perfectly.

Yuanzai was restrained by this sword technique. If he could not break free, he would be unable to exert his greatest advantage.

"Break!"

This Yuanzai truly lived up to his title as the Five Rampancies Sect. He remained calm despite his shock, and in the blink of an eye, he displayed the momentum to break through the impasse.

He let out a sharp shout and, taking advantage of the forward momentum, took a big step.

Although he was a Spirit Body, his step caused the entire cell to tremble.

It wasn't just because he used his Spirit Body power to stomp on the ground.

Furthermore, it was because he used his pure Yin energy to completely clash with the Yin and impurities that were already present in the prison.

Using the force of the conflict, the black Great Saber was raised again and slammed towards Chu Tianshu.

Chu Tianshu stepped out in an arc, turning his body to the side.

The Sanqi Divine Sword changes from pressing forward and downward to pointing upward to parry the blade, but throughout the process, there will still be a point where the sword is connected to the blade.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Yuanzai took three more steps, his eyebrows slanting upwards towards his temples, and his cloak billowing wildly behind him.

He was like a raging dragon, ignoring all escape routes and directions, only charging forward.

Adjutant Yang felt a sudden tremor beneath his feet, and he fell backward, slamming against the wall with his feet off the ground.

It felt as if something invisible was pressing down on Adjutant Yang from breaking free from the wall.

Tiny cracks spread from the floor to the walls.

This prison was intended to be a model prison by the Beiyang government back then.

This room is now a cell for hardened criminals.

Even though it is not as strong as a high-quality reinforced concrete building, it was still constructed using bamboo, wooden pillars, and wire mesh for shaping, and cement mortar was poured inside.

It can be considered a secondary type of concrete.

The room is 10 meters square and 2.5 meters high.

Yuanzai a series of powerful stomps, charging forward!

Before it even touched the wall, cracks had already covered all four sides, as if it were about to tear the room apart.

However, after taking three steps, he still lost his balance.

Chu Tianshu moved to the side in a wide arc, his long arms outstretched, his whole body exuding a layer of green aura.

The Sanqi Divine Sword remained resting on the Great Saber, effectively halting Yuanzai's charge.

The two of them were in a position as if they had switched places.

Chu Tianshu is now closer to the inner wall, while Yuanzai is closer to the fence.

Bang! Bang! Bang!!

Three bullets, tracing arcs, struck Yuanzai in the center of his head and on both sides of his temples.

Huo Ming had already picked up his rifle and fired three shots in quick succession.

But when Yuanzai's purple-gold crown shone brightly, the three bullets failed to penetrate, instead remaining embedded in his skin.

From Spirit Body, this is hardly even a minor injury.

"The magic weapon is truly excellent, and the skill is superb. Even for me, it would take two consecutive palm strikes to completely demolish a cell like this."

Chu Tianshu slightly raised his eyes and said, "You are merely a Spirit Body, yet the power of your consecutive stomps is not much less than that of my palm strikes."

"There are only a handful of experts like this in the capital, what's your name?"

Yuanzai didn't want to answer, but after hearing these words, he couldn't hold back his emotions.

He is a master of evil arts; his soul is stronger when it leaves his body than when he has a physical body to restrain him.

Moreover, now that he is empowered by magical artifacts, those few stomps are actually the spellcasting steps in a magical ritual.

And so, all I got was the assessment that "it's not much weaker than my palm strike."

"I am the current leader of the Five Rampancies Dharma Lineage, the Daoist Yuanzai!!"

Yuanzai shouted, "Since you are so confident, why not release the restraints and let me regroup, fully utilize the strengths of my Spirit Body, and have another good fight?"

"I am a successor of the Golden Toad Taiji lineage. If I give up the advantages gained from Taiji Sword, can it still be considered a proper fight?"

Chu Tianshu remained calm and unmoved.

Before he could finish speaking, the suction on his sword suddenly disappeared, and the blade veered off course with a speed as fast as a flash of light on the surface of water.

With a single sword stroke, he severed Yuanzai's left forearm!!

Yuanzai knew he hadn't let his guard down much, yet he still hadn't caught up with this sudden change. In an instant, his eyes widened in fury, and he swiftly pulled back the hilt of his sword, slamming it against his chest.

This person had a protective mirror on his chest, which was a treasure second only to the purple-gold crown among the magical artifacts that blessed his entire body.

Upon impact, the precious mirror instantly cracked, and the black Great Saber shattered from the hilt to the tip.

Bang!!

The two self-destructing magical artifacts shattered into black and white fragments, all of which sprayed towards Chu Tianshu.

With unparalleled speed, the Sanqi Divine Sword struck the severed arm and the frail soul, flinging them towards the ground.

Chu Tianshu's eyelids contracted, and he exerted maximum force with his right hand. The back of his hand was bony and thin, and the strength of his five fingers surged. Each knuckle protruded like an abacus bead.

After a quick touch and flick, the longsword in his hand changed direction at lightning speed, its blade trembling and flashing wildly.

Choke!!!

Electricity emanated from the empty room; the sword light was both blue and white, like a clump of glowing wild reeds.

The roots are closely packed together, but the tips diverge quite far apart.

With just a longsword, he stopped all the fragments.

Yuanzai's figure had already sped away, passing through the fence and wall, disappearing from sight.

Chu Tianshu closed his eyes.

The enemy, which had passed through the wall, was no longer visible to the naked eye.

But in his mental perception, he could sense that the enemy was rapidly moving away, passing through numerous obstacles, and was about forty or fifty meters away.

Within this forty or fifty-meter stretch, there were several concrete walls, and at the far end was an office that originally belonged to the warden.

That place was actually made of reinforced concrete, with the interior decorated with tiles and lots of solid wood furniture.

Chu Tianshu slightly turned his body, raised his right hand to hold the sword high above his head, the tip of the sword pointing forward, and pressed the index and middle fingers of his left hand together on the spine of the sword.

Bass!!

The moment his fingers brushed across the spine of the sword, it was so fast that one might have thought sparks were being generated.

A bright white light flashed for a moment, then disappeared into the distance.

The most important aspect of the Nine-Nine Tribulation Ash God-Startling Sword is the refinement and polishing of its Sword Intent.

Human intention is a very unstable thing.

While in a meditative state, Chu Tianshu relied on visualization and constantly changing hand gestures to progress step by step over a long period of time, and he was already able to go through most of the process of the Nine-Nine Eighty-One Refinements.

He was able to adjust his Sword Intent to the level of over forty refinements.

However, this state is very fragile, requires great effort to maintain, is unstable, and cannot be manifested in battle.

Currently, the level of Sword Intent he can unleash at any time in battle is around the twenty-seventh refinement level.

The Sanqi Divine Sword's ability to compress Mind Power is no longer very effective at concentrating Sword Intent of his caliber.

However, besides this function, the Sanqi Divine Sword has an even more important feature.

It is the embodiment of the Weapon Soul.

Chu Tianshu's move was to combine his Sword Intent with the Weapon Soul, and then let the Weapon Soul detach and fly away.

Compared to a simple Weapon Soul, its destructive power is more significant and extreme.

It can maintain a greater distance than simple Sword Intent.

Just as Yuanzai rushed into the warden's office, he suddenly felt a heat on his back.

A streak of white light caught up with him, pierced through his body, and flew out from the spot on his chest where the breastplate had been removed.

All that can be seen is that the tip of the white light is a sharp, sword-like shape, while the shape behind it is very blurry.

Overall, it resembles a tiny, bright white shooting star.

The dust that had accumulated in the office and the scraps of paper scattered everywhere were all startled into the air the moment the sword pierced through the soul.

Dust flew up, and the tabletop cracked.

Waste paper was scattered everywhere.

Yuanzai's gaze was filled with pain and a hint of bewilderment as he stared blankly at the scattered scraps of paper that almost brushed against his face.

After piercing through the body, the white light veered in mid-air and shot towards Yuanzai's throat.

Yuanzai regained his senses and silently charged forward, his purple-gold crown protecting his forehead. The white light was deflected upon impact.

He grabbed the cloak with one arm, wrapped it around himself, and instantly sped away.

The Sword Intent on the white light had weakened, so it had no choice but to shuttle back, passing through layers of obstacles, and flying back into the Sanqi Divine Sword.

Chu Tianshu exhaled slowly and sheathed his sword.

The emaciated soul that had fallen to the ground lay curled up and motionless, while the severed arm that had been gripping the soul turned into smoke and dissipated.

"If Spirit Body can represent all combat power, then using Spirit Body is really advantageous."

As Chu Tianshu calmed his internal energy, he couldn't help but let out a soft sigh, when he suddenly sensed something unusual happening around him.

Those few harmless creatures that had been following his azure aura suddenly became lively, linking head to tail and swirling rapidly around him.

Outside the city, the dark figure disappeared into Guanlin Temple and vanished in the blink of an eye.

In the capital city, before the execution platform.

The enormous image of the Five Chang Gods opened its mouth.

Yuanzai's tattered soul flew out and landed back on his physical body.

The skin and bones of the body suddenly opened its eyes, its gaze unfocused, and it turned its head to grab Cao Ying's sleeve tightly.

"Hurry! Hurry..."

(End of this chapter)