The Entire Sect is Full of Villains, Yet the Junior Sister Conquers All

Chapter 266 : How About I Give You the First Move

The shadow burst into laughter upon hearing her brazen words. His gaze no longer regarded her as an insignificant insect, but rather as a complete fool. He raised his hand, a single palm strike shaking heaven and earth, shattering the ground and reversing rivers and seas. "Then let's see if you have what it takes. I guarantee, within three moves, I'll send you permanently from this world."

A row of earth spikes over ten meters long suddenly erupted from the ground, nearly impaling her mortal flesh with their sharp tips. Chu Sang had already silently extended her divine sense to cover a hundred-meter radius. A moment before the ground anomaly occurred, she swiftly retreated using her movement technique. She crushed a flash talisman, instantly attacking the shadow's front. Her arm swung down, sword light flashing like snow, striking directly at his face!

The opponent didn't even bother to dodge, merely raising a hand to point. Golden divine power surged out, forming a tangible energy barrier that seemed to divide the area into two worlds. Her full-strength sword strike landed on the barrier without even causing a crack.

The human-god shadow sneered, his palm closing suddenly. The barrier shattered into countless shards that flew towards her. Chu Sang's pupils contracted; she was too close to dodge.

She stepped back, quickly summoning the golden cauldron to shield her entire body. Simultaneously, her fingertips waved, using spiritual power and strange fire to draw a heaven-grade explosive talisman, which she flung at the shadow.

"Hm, I didn't expect you to have some tricks up your sleeve."

He hadn't anticipated that this mere human cultivator could actually strike him. He lightly brushed the wound. This shadow was merely a divine sense projection, far inferior to his true body. If his real self were here, this insect couldn't even breach the divine power barrier around his body... The problem lay in this damned restriction. They had gone to such lengths to barely project a strand of divine sense to the lower realm, and still couldn't freely use divine power. If discovered by the rules of order, this divine sense would be instantly extinguished, and even the main body might suffer consequences.

The shadow felt rising irritation, wanting to end this quickly and dispose of the insect before him.

"There's plenty more you haven't anticipated. Want to try again?" Before her words faded, she rushed in with her sword once more. The shadow before her suddenly vanished, reappearing ghost-like behind her to unleash divine power.

Having learned from the previous lesson, the shadow wouldn't be careless a second time. This time, he didn't bother with subtleties, raising his hand to condense divine power and aiming directly for her vital points. The power of this divine energy was enough to obliterate her body and soul!

BOOM—

In the critical moment, Mystic Spirit transformed into an umbrella to shield her from behind. The Mystic Spirit umbrella's defensive power was nearly unparalleled in the continent. This divine power attack couldn't break through it, and even reflected most of the attack back.

The shadow had never imagined Chu Sang had such a hidden ace. Caught off guard, he couldn't recall the rebounding divine power in time. It struck his own body, forcing him to stagger back several steps. He wiped his lips, showing that even his main body had suffered some backlash.

"This umbrella......" The shadow narrowed his eyes, greatly shocked. Could these pseudo-divine artifacts of the lower realm actually withstand his divine power attacks?

No, impossible, absolutely impossible!

They had acted against this lower realm many years ago and naturally understood its strength. Even the top divine artifacts of the continent couldn't fully withstand divine power, let alone this umbrella-sword that didn't appear in any divine weapon rankings, indicating it was just some unorthodox spirit tool, quite possibly even a man-made one.

A man-made spirit tool absolutely couldn't possess such power unless... its forging materials came from the upper realm, making it capable of countering divine power.

Now it was the shadow's turn to be dumbfounded. Chu Sang had no intention of giving him time to ponder. She seized the opportunity, not missing a single chance to attack. Over a hundred talismans flew from her fingertips in an instant. These talismans couldn't cause fatal damage to the shadow, but even an ant can shake a tree. The talismans struck the surrounding rocks, causing massive amounts to collapse with thunderous roars. Chu Sang also brought out numerous mist and illusion talismans. As the field of vision was largely obscured by dense smoke and illusions, she applied a concealment talisman to herself. Pushing her movement technique to the limit, she thrust her sword through the shadow's shoulder. The shadow also turned, violently striking her chest with his palm. Compared to the force of her sword strike, the power of this palm strike was clearly more damaging to her.

BANG—

Chu Sang was sent flying several meters, crashing into a stone wall. She suppressed the sweet blood rising in her throat, quickly rummaging through her storage bag to find a bottle of pills. She bit into them, and the sweet fragrance of the medicine flowed down her tongue, rapidly healing her damaged meridians.

She reversed her grip on the sword, quickly getting up from the ground and applying several golden armor talismans to herself before fearlessly charging in again.

To the shadow, her repeated reckless attempts at suicide seemed utterly laughable. However, if a discerning observer were watching the entire battle, they would notice the subtle changes occurring in the situation.

Undoubtedly, Chu Sang was being brutally suppressed by the shadow, her rate of injury far exceeding the speed at which the pills could repair the damage. Yet the aura around her didn't diminish but intensified, becoming even more concentrated and sharp. Her counterattacks were becoming faster with each exchange.

Initially, she was completely dominated by the shadow. After several near-death experiences, she learned to evade more and more attacks, and even managed to counterattack occasionally. Several of these counterattacks were particularly brilliant, actually forcing the shadow to retreat a few steps.

The divine sense projection couldn't exist in the lower realm for long or use too much divine power. Seeing that this cultivator was unlike others he had encountered before—not only was she not easily manipulated by a word or two, but she was also like a cockroach, seemingly impossible to kill—he dangerously narrowed his eyes, his tone carrying an undisguised killing intent, "It's time to end this."

"Sang Sang, he's using divine power. You can't match him head-on; you'll only suffer!" Mystic Spirit emerged from the umbrella, the usually optimistic sword spirit's face full of anxiety. As a former divine artifact from the upper realm, he knew all too well the nature and power of those beings.

The shadow before them was merely a strand of divine sense from an upper realm god, but for Chu Sang, who was only at the early Divine Transformation stage, it was still an overwhelming existence. Even if she could barely last a few moves under his attacks, the vast gulf in strength couldn't be bridged by these small tricks. In a prolonged battle of attrition, Chu Sang would undoubtedly be the first to give out.

"It's just a divine sense, not his true body. I think he's just a paper tiger putting on airs. What's there to be afraid of?" She sneered dismissively.

"Recklessly brave, ignorant of death!"

The shadow's gaze clearly grew colder.

While Chu Sang's mouth spewed provocations, her mind was secretly pondering. This divine sense was indeed formidable; she had never been at such a disadvantage before.

However, being a divine sense, it must have a weakness.

After cultivators enter the Divine Transformation stage, the infant-like nascent soul within them grows into a divine sense body identical to themselves. The divine sense body itself is a projection, and the stronger the divine sense, the more projections it can create.

But regardless of whether a person is at the Divine Transformation, Unity, Great Perfection, or even a upper god stage, as long as it's a shadow projection created by divine sense, it will have one universal weakness—the divine sense thread!

The divine sense thread is an invisible line connecting the projection to the main body, imperceptible to ordinary human eyes. If severed, it would cut off the connection between the projection and the main body, causing the projection to lose its energy supply from the main body and ultimately dissipate.

She had been probing for so long, not out of a true disregard for death or a desire to engage in hard combat, but to try and locate where this divine sense thread was hidden.

The opponent was far too strong; each probe was a brush with death. Her abdomen and ribs had taken several hits, shattering countless heaven-grade golden armor talismans and heart-protecting mirrors, barely preserving her life.

Now, Chu Sang didn't have many protective items left in her storage bag, and she wasn't sure if she'd live long enough to probe out the weakness.

She needed to buy more time...

After refining the demon emperor's inner core, Hong Niang's strength was now considerable and might be able to lend her some assistance. However, the attacks from this divine sense shadow were too powerful and could potentially injure or even kill her...

After a brief moment of consideration, Chu Sang released the Ghost King. This Ghost King had recovered for quite some time and had regained most of its strength, roughly equivalent to the Unity stage. For the rational and loyal Hong Niang who repaid kindness with gratitude, this unpredictable Unity stage Ghost King was extremely dangerous. Each time she released it, she risked being backlashed. Rather than keeping it as a ticking time bomb, it was better to use this opportunity to release it against the divine sense shadow. It could buy a lot of time, and even if it happened to be destroyed by the shadow, it wouldn't be a bad thing for her.

The Ghost King had been sealed for so long that it was desperately famished. The moment it was released, it charged madly towards the divine sense shadow.

The divine power covering the shadow's body was a force far beyond the lower realm, a power that was an extremely delicious tonic for the Ghost King. Especially for a Ghost King without rationality, it had no awareness of the power disparity between itself and the opponent, recklessly pouncing to tear and bite.

"Damn it, what kind of monstrosity is this." The shadow was startled to see such an ugly creature suddenly lunging at him. Damn it, what kind of background did this human cultivator have? How could she possess such strange and bizarre things, even raising such an ugly Ghost King?!

BOOM! The two quickly became entangled in fierce combat, providing Chu Sang with many opportunities.

Her domain rose, and with a tap of her toes, she condensed a lotus fire pattern formation that gradually bloomed. Black and red fire surrounded her entire being, the seemingly formless flames acting as the world's most unyielding armor, coating her surface with an indestructible protective layer.

At the same time, she held her sword horizontally in front of her with her right hand, while her left hand's middle and index fingers stroked along the sword body. Strands of flame followed the direction of her fingertips, imbuing the Ancient Soul Pursuer. The long sword, now enhanced with fire, became even more formidable!

Her figure instantly vanished from its original spot. In the next moment, she closed in on the shadow and fiercely stabbed into his chest. Unfortunately, despite pushing her movement technique to the extreme, this speed was still several beats too slow in the shadow's eyes.

The shadow dodged to the left, causing the sword to slice diagonally, severely gashing his abdomen—

Although it didn't deliver the fatal blow to the shadow as anticipated, it still inflicted significant damage, perhaps her most successful counterattack of the entire battle.

"Mere insect, you dare injure this lord, die!"

When divine sense is injured, part of the damage is reflected back to the main body. The shadow flew into a rage, viciously striking her chest with his palm.

Chu Sang couldn't dodge this attack and was sent flying, crashing into the ground and creating a huge, deep crater. She could no longer control the blood welling up in her throat and vomited a large mouthful, covering half her face.

She attempted to use her arms to support her battered body and crawl out, but her arms, taut with effort to the point where blue veins were visible, trembled slightly. Looking up, she saw the shadow approaching step by step, treading on golden light. Each divine power suppression was another severe blow to her body.

The shadow condensed a long sword of golden light in his palm, holding it at her brow. "I told you, daring to oppose a god, you only have death awaiting you."

"You also said you could finish off this insect in three moves, but those three moves have long passed, and I'm still very much alive," she said, shakily standing up and casually wiping the blood from her lips. She curved her eyes in a smile at him,

"It seems your so-called godhood is nothing special after all."

The divine sense projection's face suddenly darkened. This sword strike unhesitatingly chopped down at her vital point, but it sliced through empty air. A cheerful female voice sounded by his ear,

"Hey hey hey, you're not the only one who can create projections, you know."

What?

Sensing a piercing sword intent breaking through the air from behind, his expression changed abruptly again. He raised his hand to turn and crush the sword intent, his face now dark enough to fry an egg.

He glared viciously at the woman not far away. Her robes were tattered and torn, and she had suffered many injuries, but most were superficial wounds, insignificant to a cultivator. It turned out that during that fatal strike earlier, she had split off a projection at the moment of impact and quickly used talismans to transfer her main body to a safe place, creating this false impression and completing a perfect counterattack.

At first, she could only run around frantically, hurriedly fleeing for her life and dodging. But in just half a day, her counterattacks had become increasingly smooth and composed, even managing to inflict greater damage on him in a single exchange...

This person's growth rate was truly terrifying...

The shadow couldn't help but think, if the ascension path of the continent hadn't been closed, this person would very likely ascend to the upper realm in the future, and would definitely be a significant trouble!

Of course, regardless of whether she would ascend or not.

Such an unpredictable factor must be eliminated as soon as possible!

"I admit, I underestimated you earlier. I didn't expect you to last so many moves under my hand. However, do you truly believe you have the qualifications to oppose me?" He clapped his hands, laughing in extreme anger, "You probably don't yet know the true terror of divine power."

"Indeed, I don't know. Why don't you, paper tiger, demonstrate it for me? Let's make a bet, how many moves will it take you to knock me down this time? Three moves? Or ten?... Afraid you'll lose face again if you fail, so how about I give you the first move?" she sincerely suggested.

This person's abilities were considerable, but her attitude was even more outrageous! Such an arrogant and fearless demeanor would make anyone want to give her a good thrashing.

"Ignorant little girl, since you're so eager to die, I'll let you see what true divine power is!"