Immortal Doctor Expert in Urban

Chapter 1211: Giant Crane

Twenty li away, amidst ranges of towering mountains stretching endlessly, wisps of Spiritual Qi and sacred aura formed a light mist drifting between the peaks. Within the clouds and fog, one could see eagles spreading their wings and soaring, from time to time letting out cries sharp as tearing metal.

High in the sky where clouds drifted in layers, Lin Fei and Yue Yunsheng stood facing each other in midair.

They had already moved from Yue Family Peak around Ten Thousand Swords City to this more distant stretch of mountains.

And several li away, a few heads of the Yue family and over a hundred elite Gold Guards, along with over ten thousand Cultivators from Ten Thousand Swords City who had come to watch the spectacle, were observing this place from afar.

They too had shifted here from Yue Family Peak.

In midair, gusts of wind swept past, lifting Yue Yunsheng's head of white hair and his robe. His gaze was gloomy as he stared fixedly at Lin Fei.

The coming battle concerned the very survival of the Yue family.

In his heart, Yue Yunsheng made a silent decision: even if he died in battle, he absolutely could not lose to Lin Fei.

Otherwise, the Yue family would be erased from the list of the ten great families of Ten Thousand Swords City.

In Ten Thousand Swords City, the reason the ten great families could be called the ten great families ultimately still came down to strength.

Every ten years, Ten Thousand Swords City would hold a grand competition for the entire city. Any family with sufficient strength could send outstanding clansmen to participate.

At this once-in-a-decade citywide competition, not only the ten great families, even the City Lord's own family might be replaced by a new one.

As long as a member of some family could defeat the City Lord, that family would become the new City Lord's clan.

It could be said that competition among families in Ten Thousand Swords City was extremely fierce, with brutal淘汰 and constant turnover.

Aside from the once-in-ten-years grand competition, the major families would also cross swords on ordinary days to decide victory and defeat. So long as it did not endanger the City Lord or the overall situation and interests of Ten Thousand Swords City, the City Lord generally would not interfere much in the struggles between families.

And among the ten great families, because their strength was close to one another, and mutual conflict would only lead to both sides suffering, they basically would not fight to the death unless there was a hatred of blood and bone.

However, if some Cultivator, or a cultivation family that was not among the ten great families, challenged one of the ten great families and won, they could then take that family's ranking and position.

This kind of private duel was exactly the type of duel between Yue Yunsheng and Lin Fei right now.

If Yue Yunsheng were defeated at Lin Fei's hands, then the Yue family would fall from the ranks of the ten great families of Ten Thousand Swords City; and after the Yue family's fall, Lin Fei would take their place and step into the ranks of the ten great families.

"Lin Fei, today I'll let you witness the Celestial Crane Divine Skill passed down in our Yue family for ten thousand years—its most formidable move, Celestial Crane Annihilates the World!" Yue Yunsheng looked at Lin Fei and said solemnly, enunciating each word.

Lin Fei's brows lightly furrowed. Celestial Crane Annihilates the World!

Just from the name, one could imagine how domineering and merciless this Cultivation Technique was.

However, Lin Fei had already crossed hands with Yue Yunsheng and thus had some understanding of his strength.

He still had confidence in facing Yue Yunsheng's attack, even this Celestial Crane Annihilates the World that he had never seen before.

"Very well, then let me have a taste of your Yue family's most powerful Celestial Crane Annihilates the World." In midair, Lin Fei spoke as calmly as drifting clouds and flowing wind.

Light flickered in Yue Yunsheng's eyes as he thought to himself: I just don't know, once I unleash Celestial Crane Annihilates the World, whether this Lin Fei can still remain so relaxed?

He brought his hands together before his chest, then his fingers moved as swiftly as lightning, forming hand seals.

At the same time, he began to chant an incantation in a low voice.

As his low chant continued, a buzzing sound like Sanskrit suddenly reverberated through the sky.

At the same time, brilliant sacred radiance bloomed from Yue Yunsheng's body, stream after stream spreading through the air. Behind him, a gigantic Holy Ring appeared, making the surrounding clouds shine brilliantly, as if overlaid with gold leaf.

A vast and mighty aura of a Saint Ancestor spread through heaven and earth.

"What a powerful aura!"

"The Yue family Patriarch is circulating all of his cultivation to the limit!"

"Is he activating the Celestial Crane Divine Skill, accumulating his full strength to unleash the most terrifying Celestial Crane Annihilates the World?"

The more than ten thousand Cultivators watching from several li away all let out cries of astonishment and began discussing.

The expressions on their faces were both tense and expectant. Clearly, the Celestial Crane Annihilates the World that Yue Yunsheng was about to use was rarely seen, making them eager to witness it.

Rumble, rumble.

The air vibrated in waves, pressure spreading out, wind and clouds rolling, currents of air surging wildly.

Yue Yunsheng's hands had already ceased forming seals and chanting.

Yet the air suddenly became incomparably heavy, as though tens of thousands of great mountains were pressing down on this section of the sky.

At that moment, with a Spell between his fingers, Yue Yunsheng gave a cold shout, "Rise!"

In an instant, the earth below shook violently, as if an earthquake were about to erupt. The tremors spread to the surrounding peaks and forests, sending countless birds shrieking into the sky.

Immediately afterward, with a thunderous boom, two mountain peaks several hundred meters high suddenly seemed to be driven by some strange, overwhelming power; they tore free from the ground and flew toward Yue Yunsheng in the sky.

The more than ten thousand Cultivators watching from afar were all dumbfounded. Yue Yunsheng had actually ripped two mountain peaks out of the ground and moved them into the sky—this level of strength was truly astonishing.

All Cultivators knew that to relocate a great mountain required at least the strength of a Saint Ancestor.

Yet Yue Yunsheng was only at the fifth layer of the Saint Sect and already displayed the Divine Power of a Saint Ancestor. This was very likely the might of the Celestial Crane Divine Skill that Yue Yunsheng cultivated.

However, although everyone had heard of the power of the Celestial Crane Annihilates the World, the most formidable move of the Celestial Crane Divine Skill, none of them had personally seen Yue Yunsheng unleash it.

So they were very puzzled—what use was there in Yue Yunsheng tearing two great mountains from the ground and sending them into the sky?

Could it be that he would directly drive the mountains to smash at Lin Fei?

Just as everyone was filled with doubt, the two great mountains, carrying a pressure that shook the heavens, flew toward Yue Yunsheng from left and right.

In the blink of an eye, the two mountains were about to crush Yue Yunsheng into pulp between them.

On all the Cultivators' faces appeared looks of shock: the two mountains were about to collide with Yue Yunsheng—was he not afraid of death?

Those two peaks were not mere boulders; each weighed tens of millions of tons, and their speed in flight was extremely fast, rumbling incessantly. The power they contained was enough to make one's heart quake!

However, with a deafening crash, the two mountains slammed into each other.

In that instant, the two peaks locked together, their masses interpenetrating and embedding into one another. Rock and soil overturned, yet as if controlled by some Cultivation Technique power, not a single speck of stone or dirt fell from them into the air.

Billowing dust spread through the sky.

When the dust finally dispersed, one could see that the two mountains in midair had fused together, but after their stone and soil had merged, they no longer resembled peaks.

Instead, they had become a gigantic "Celestial Crane."

After colliding and merging, the two peaks formed the shape of a giant crane. Earth and rock molded its body, neck, wings, and even its long crane talons.

And on the surface of the giant crane's body, the lush trees from the two mountains still grew, so this giant crane was a colossal creature of green, with patches of exposed rock and soil.

The crane's wings, when spread, were a full two to three hundred meters across. Upon the enormous, forest-covered back of the crane stood a white-haired old man in a black Tang-style jacket—it was Yue Yunsheng.