novelraw Chapter 228 : Sword Intent Domain!
Chapter 228 : Sword Intent Domain!
Wen Renyue glanced down, also noticing the scattered hearts of the beasts on the mirror image's side. She came up with a plan, striking while the iron was hot. She treated her subordinate beast demons better and more considerately, more gently. The resentment of the working beast demons under the mirror image's command grew even stronger.
Why, when they were the same beast demons, did they have to live so miserably?
The mirror image, however, completely adhered to the Beast Refining Sect's demonic style, not noticing at all the unusual emotions of its subordinate beast demons. It continued to wield its long whip, forcibly driving those already scarred beast demons to continue attacking.
Wen Renyue also released several new beast demons to meet the battle.
But before engaging, she secretly gave a look to the beast demons. Those few beast demons suddenly understood, looking at their master, nodding, and charging into battle.
The two groups of beast demons clashed again, no different from the previous charges. The mirror image only cared about victory and defeat, not caring at all about those mirror beast demons. Naturally, it didn't notice that several beast demons had secretly spoken with their counterparts.
Of course, they communicated using the unique beast language of their kind.
Although beast tamers with contracted beast demons could communicate intentions, it didn't mean the tamer could directly understand the thousands of native beast languages.
Especially since the mirror image hadn't paid attention to the situation at all. By the time all the mirror beast demons had been turned, the mirror image wanted to hurriedly stop them, but it was too late.
Without the help of subordinate beast demons, a beast tamer's survival ability was almost zero.
With the beast demons massively turning coat, it had no power to resist. It hysterically roared, "I am your master! We have a contract! If I die, you all have to die with me!"
Did it think these beast demons were fools? They were just shadows projected by the mirror image, not truly existing in the world. Even if they killed their original, they would still continue to be enslaved by the mirror image Wen Renyue. They might as well die together. After all, they were ultimately just mirror images of the original. If the original was carefully loved by its master, it naturally meant they were loved too.
Crack—
After turning the tables, Wen Renyue successfully broke through.
Breaking through wasn't important; what mattered was that she broke through before Shen Rufei. She specifically waited on the Beast Taming Sect disciples' side, looking utterly smug. Chu Sang could imagine how great Shen Rufei's psychological shadow would be when he came out later. No wonder he now avoided Third Senior Sister like the plague.
Half a day passed, and several more disciples came out.
After a day and night of struggle, about a dozen disciples had broken through. Their conditions weren't very good when they came out, and they sat down to adjust their state.
Most disciples were still trapped in the mirror world, struggling desperately.
Some disciples weren't in immediate life-threatening danger, but were showing signs of decline. The Double-Faced Mirror wasn't easy to break.
The disciples who came this time were all considered talented new-generation disciples of their sects, but only a small portion could successfully break through. Fortunately, the disciples who came generally had strong abilities. Otherwise, upon entering the Double-Faced Mirror, they might not have lasted even a quarter of an hour before being destroyed by their mirror images!
In comparison, several people from Lingqing Sect had come out, leading the other eight great immortal sects.
Chu Sang's gaze was again drawn to Si Kou Qiu. Honestly, among all the Senior Brothers and Sisters, she was most worried about Fourth Senior Sister.
Fourth Senior Sister's cultivation wasn't very high. As a support, her attack power wasn't strong, and she had no other outstanding skills to rely on. It was too easy for the mirror image to find her weaknesses.
......The Chaos Blue Lotus was a breakthrough point.
However, although the Chaos Blue Lotus was a powerful innate divine object, controlling it was no easy task.
Although Si Kou Qiu had successfully fused with the Chaos Blue Lotus, it was difficult to truly utilize its potential.
In the mirror world, after several probes, Si Kou Qiu also realized her own shortcomings and weaknesses.
Coincidentally, her thoughts aligned with Chu Sang's. Before her physical strength was exhausted, she summoned the Chaos Blue Lotus.
The wind whipped her clothes. A dark blue lotus condensed at Si Kou Qiu's fingertips, slowly floating in front of her heart. The dark blue mark on her forehead became increasingly dazzling and otherworldly. She stepped on the void, a huge lotus shadow appearing beneath her feet, dividing heaven and earth, standing proudly.
The originally small lotus seed had been nourished by her flesh and blood into its complete form, emitting a terrifying pressure. Thousands of lotus petals flew, piercing into every corner of this mirror world, transforming it into her own world.
A flash of fear passed through the mirror image's eyes, and it retreated several steps. Then a look of defiance flashed across its face, its palms quickly flipping, a blue lotus also appearing before it.
A mocking smile appeared on Si Kou Qiu's face. She grinned, "Just a broken mirror like you, yet you dare to try to imitate the Chaos Blue Lotus? Don't tell me, don't tell me, you're really that confident!"
The Double-Faced Mirror could indeed mirror all things, but at the same time, it had an absolute limitation it couldn't break through—
It could only mirror "all things" of a lower level than itself.
The Chaos Blue Lotus was a divine object of heaven and earth, on the same level as the mirror, both creations of heaven and earth.
It couldn't mirror it.
"......You brat, don't think too highly of yourself! With your meager skills, you can't even bring out 10% of the Chaos Blue Lotus's power. Such a creation of heaven and earth is wasted in your hands. It would be better given to me!"
The mirror image coldly sneered. That's right, it indeed couldn't mirror the true Chaos Blue Lotus, only having its appearance.
However, even so, so what?
A weak and incompetent support, wanting to take her down, wasn't it just a matter of moving a finger?
"You're quite cocky, aren't you?"
When a fist smashed into its face, the mirror image was stunned.
When it was stepped on, it spat out a mouthful of blood. The intense pain throughout its body completely stunned it. It looked up in shock at Si Kou Qiu's somewhat provocative smile, "Oh, weren't you very cocky just now? If you have the ability, come at my face too. Don't tell me you can't fight back after being stepped on by me? Don't tell me? Is the mighty Double-Faced Mirror this weak?"
"Puff—" She stepped on it again, and it spat out another mouthful of blood.
Hearing her sarcastic words, the mirror image was even more infuriated, its eyes wide with anger. She dared to call it weak??
If it weren't for this original body being so weak, how could the mirror image be so weak, being stepped on without any power to resist?
No, wasn't she a support?
How could she be so strong??
This punch almost knocked its internal organs out!!!
This...... what's going on?
It doesn't make sense!!!
Where did it go wrong??!
After crushing the collapsing mirror image with one foot, Si Kou Qiu rotated her wrist and turned her head, saying, "I didn't expect those few body cultivation classics you lent me to be so useful, Little Junior Sister. If I had known, I should have switched to body cultivation earlier!"
"The Chaos Blue Lotus can cleanse the marrow and transform the body, thoroughly improving your aptitude, but its abilities are far from just that. Fourth Senior Sister needs to slowly explore. The higher the degree of fusion with the Chaos Blue Lotus, the more benefits it will bring you. It's not limited to just this," Chu Sang stepped forward to explain.
Si Kou Qiu's strength was low, and she was a support, inherently leaning towards the fragile back-line crowd control. Once in danger, without protection, she could easily be pinned down in one-on-one combat.
So early on, Chu Sang had specially gone to the sect's collection pavilion to select a few body cultivation manuals that matched the Chaos Blue Lotus for Fourth Senior Sister, ensuring that when Fourth Senior Sister was alone, she could also smash a villain's dog head with one punch.
"I still have to thank Little Junior Sister. Now I feel like I have inexhaustible strength. Even if ten more mirror images came, I could punch them all to bits!" Si Kou Qiu grinned, but suddenly her expression changed. Her right palm pressed against her chest to suppress the chaotic spiritual energy inside. Both surprised and delighted, she said, "Wow, I feel like I'm about to break through!"
It's embarrassing to say, but Si Kou Qiu had been stuck at Nascent Soul early stage for quite a while. Compared to disciples from other sects, breaking through to Nascent Soul at just over twenty years old was already considered a genius. But compared to the other Senior Brothers and Sisters of Lingqing Sect, her cultivation was indeed at the bottom.
The Chaos Blue Lotus could improve her aptitude, but to fully fuse with it would also require a long time of adaptation, at least a hundred years.
After being stuck at Nascent Soul early stage for over a year, she finally showed signs of breakthrough. Chengying was even happier than Wen Renyue herself when she broke through, proudly saying, "Miss, break through here. I'll protect you!"
"Alright!"
With Chengying protecting Fourth Senior Sister, Chu Sang wasn't too worried. However, through Si Kou Qiu's battle in the mirror world this time, she had a clearer understanding of the Double-Faced Mirror.
The highest limit of the mirror images projected by the Double-Faced Mirror couldn't exceed itself. This way, there were more turning points in the situation.
As she expected, Tang Yanling also used the Water Spirit Pearl to successfully break through.
Three days later, Si Kou Qiu successfully broke through to Nascent Soul mid-stage, and Tantai Ming also broke through not long after.
His condition couldn't even be described as bad; he was practically finished. He fell out of the mirror world covered in blood, barely able to hold his sword. The usually brightly smiling young man's face was covered in blood and grime, almost down to his last breath. Mu Chihuai quickly went up to feed him several bottles of pills, pulling his soul back.
Tantai Ming gasped for breath, turning over with a look of near-death, "Pain, pain, pain~ It hurts so much~"
Mu Chihuai kicked him. Tantai Ming's body's instinctive reaction was incredibly fast, jumping away with a "whoosh", howling, "What are you doing? How can you be so heartless to an injured patient like me! You have no brotherly affection at all!"
"I fed you heaven-grade healing pills, those pill materials are hard to buy even with a thousand gold. I even got a Longevity Leaf from Fifth Senior Sister. I only refined two pills in total. Even if you died, they could pull you back from the ghost realm. Oh, right, one pill costs one million high-grade spirit stones. Considering our brotherhood, I'll let you write an IOU. Remember to pay me back."
Tantai Ming was utterly furious.
Even if he sold himself, it wouldn't be enough to buy this one pill.
He might as well have died.
"Seventh Senior Brother, you've broken through to Nascent Soul late stage," Chu Sang said sympathetically, casting a cleaning spell on him, sensing the change in his aura.
Tantai Ming had escaped death and hadn't noticed these things at all. Hearing this, he examined his dantian and indeed found that it had expanded several times. His strength and cultivation had officially broken through to Nascent Soul late stage!
Indeed, an innate spirit body should be pushed hard in desperate situations, finding life in death, breaking through oneself.
Over these few days, disciples continued to break through and come out.
Nearly half the number.
It was quite a bit more than Chu Sang had imagined.
The other Lingqing Sect members had also come out, with only Big Senior Sister left.
Strange, even Seventh Senior Brother had come out, why was there still no movement from Big Senior Sister?
Big Senior Sister's mind was firm; even illusions couldn't confuse her. A mere mirror world shouldn't be a problem...
As one of the few Divine Transformation sword cultivators in the team, Wu Wo's situation had been attracting the attention of other sword cultivator disciples. Shang Ziling and Mo Qingchen both released a trace of divine sense to pay attention.
Young and powerful Divine Transformation stage sword cultivators were all extremely proud geniuses. Wu Wo's talent in the sword path was no weaker than the two of them. Why was she unable to break through now?
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Even trapped in the mirror world, Wu Wo remained calm and composed, as if it wasn't her who was trapped, but the mirror image.
The mirror image on the opposite side also had no way to deal with her.
This person's mind was extremely solid. Even if it used all its methods, it couldn't break through her psychological defenses.
It was all in vain!
After fighting non-stop for these few days, the mirror image hadn't gained any advantage. On the contrary, the more it fought, the more powerless it felt.
It felt like the other party was using it as a whetstone.
A whetstone that had delivered itself.
Wu Wo definitely had the strength to defeat it in a short time, but she didn't. She remained calm and unhurried, gradually exchanging moves with the mirror image. The mirror image, however, became increasingly desperate. It even wished Wu Wo would quickly kill it, rather than torturing it non-stop!
She didn't mind the exhaustion, but it wanted to close shop early!
But strangely, the person before it wasn't in a hurry to leave at all. It seemed like she wanted to be trapped in this mirror world forever, having a free person to spar and practice sword techniques with!
Damn.
This was simply like seeing a ghost!
It had encountered so many cultivators, but this was the first time it had met someone so strange!
The mirror image decided not to continue dragging this out with her. Its palm gripped, and the hundred swords in the sword case all opened at once, flying everywhere!
A dark light flashed in Wu Wo's eyes. The hundred-sword case on her back also instantly opened. Over a hundred flying swords of various styles emitted a terrifying pressure, almost overturning heaven and earth.
She pressed her palm forcefully again, and the hundred flying swords merged into one, a huge flying sword falling from the sky.
At the same time, with her feet as the center, an extremely strong spiritual energy spread in all directions, forming its own domain.
The hundred mirror image flying swords that entered the domain were instantly gripped by a pair of giant hands, unable to move forward even half an inch!
Sword Intent Domain, a hundred swords returning to one.
The power of the sword had become her own power.
At this moment, she was the world's most unyielding sharp sword.
Outside the scene, Shang Ziling said in shock,
"......It's actually the Sword Intent Domain."
There are four major realms in the sword path.
They are: using sword qi, sword qi transforming into intent, sword intent taking form, and the Sword Intent Domain.
Most ordinary cultivators in the cultivation world only know how to use the most basic sword qi.
It's already extremely rare for talented inner disciples and direct disciples of sects to learn sword qi transforming into intent.
Usually, only the elders of major sects can use sword intent taking form.
Of course, there's also a small portion of extraordinarily talented young geniuses who mastered sword intent taking form at a young age, for example: Chu Sang, Mo Qingchen, and Shang Ziling. But they are few and far between.
Among the new generation of geniuses in the cultivation world, those who can master sword intent taking form can be counted on one's fingers. Wu Wo actually successfully comprehended the Sword Intent Domain?!