Chapter 351: Three Swords Destroy Minghuang

Chapter 351: Chapter 351: Three Swords Destroy Minghuang

In the throes of crisis, a sudden thought struck Ce Mu. He yelled to the men beside him, "Quick, take the Refining Spirit Fruits!"

He immediately took a Refining Spirit Fruit himself.

The Holy Light Shields around these people from Xuanhuang were already riddled with cracks and on the verge of shattering.

But in the next moment, the cracks healed instantly. The dimming Holy Light Shields flared brightly, becoming incredibly sturdy once more.

Yi Xiaoyao’s eyes narrowed as he watched.

’The Refining Spirit Fruit is this effective?’

Yi Xiaoyao murmured in astonishment. Judging by the state of the Holy Light Shields, the Refining Spirit Fruits had increased the power of their Spiritual Power by a full fifty percent.

He also found himself wondering, ’If I took two Refining Spirit Fruits, how much would my Spiritual Power’s might increase?’

"They’ve taken Refining Spirit Fruits!" Qian Yun of Yunhuang said, frowning.

Li Zhan of Minghuang sneered. "The Refining Spirit Fruit only compresses the Spiritual Power within the Nascent Soul by half to increase its might by fifty percent. This might have been a problem for one of our teams, but now that we’ve joined forces, this is nothing more than a desperate, last-ditch struggle."

Qian Yun nodded and smiled. "Besides, while the might of their Spiritual Power has increased by fifty percent, their total reserves have been cut in half. We just need to press the attack, and we’ll exhaust their Spiritual Power in no time."

The two teams immediately intensified their assault, their attacks hammering the Holy Light Shields and setting off even louder explosions.

Inside the shields, Ce Mu and his men were painfully aware of this. He was on the verge of despair, his resentment for Yi Xiaoyao growing with every passing second.

With this in mind, Ce Mu took out another Refining Spirit Fruit.

"Brother Ce Mu, don’t!"

"A Nascent Soul at the Nascent Soul Transformation realm can’t withstand the compression from two Refining Spirit Fruits!"

"It’ll make it so your Cultivation can never advance again!"

The crowd from Xuanhuang tried to stop him, and a flicker of hesitation crossed Ce Mu’s face.

Never being able to advance his Cultivation again would be the greatest torture imaginable for Ce Mu.

But this was no time to worry about that. He had to save his own skin first.

His mind made up, Ce Mu resolutely swallowed the second Refining Spirit Fruit.

KOFF!

A spray of fresh blood erupted from his mouth as Ce Mu let out a heart-rending scream. His face, contorted with pain, turned crimson and ferocious.

Immediately after, a Spirit Talisman ignited in his hand, and he smashed his fist directly into the Holy Light Shield.

The shield was strong against outside attacks but extremely fragile from within. Ce Mu shattered it in an instant. The now-defenseless people of Xuanhuang were immediately bombarded by a volley of incoming Spiritual Skills and blasted to smithereens.

As for Ce Mu, he burst forward with incredible speed, transforming into a streak of white light and vanishing into the dense forest.

"Damn it! He got away!"

Li Zhan was about to give chase but was stopped by Qian Yun.

"Don’t bother chasing. That guy took two Refining Spirit Fruits; you won’t be able to catch him. Besides, he also lit a Teleportation Talisman. He’s probably teleporting back to Xuanhuang, so he’s no longer a threat to us," Qian Yun said.

Li Zhan nodded, his gaze then falling on Yi Xiaoyao.

"You two! Enjoyed the show? It’s your turn now!"

Lightning crackled around Li Zhan’s arms as he walked straight toward Yi Xiaoyao.

Yi Xiaoyao frowned. "The two of us have no quarrel with you. We only stayed here to pick this Thousand Light Reishi."

"No quarrel?"

Li Zhan sneered. "The moment you joined Lihuang, you became our enemy!"

Yi Xiaoyao then recalled what Chi Xiao had said before: conflicting Attributes make you enemies. Apparently, Minghuang and Yunhuang were Lihuang’s enemies.

CRACKLE!

A thick pillar of lightning instantly struck Yi Xiaoyao, shattering the massive boulder he stood on. When the dust settled, he and his companion were gone.

"Hm?" Li Zhan grunted in confusion, then looked up.

High up on the trunk of a giant tree, Yi Xiaoyao set down Yun Mengling, whom he had been carrying. He ruffled her hair with a smile. "Ling’er, wait for me here. I’m going to get that Thousand Light Reishi for you."

Then, Yi Xiaoyao leaped down and landed in front of Li Zhan with a grin. "If it’s a fight you want, I’m happy to oblige."

Qian Yun said to Li Zhan, "I’ll leave this kid to you. I just heard him mention that the people from Lihuang found the Blood-crying Poison Lotus. I’m going to seize it."

"Don’t worry. This kind of trash? I can beat him in three moves!"

Li Zhan laughed. "Once I’m done with this kid, I’ll come help you. That Blood-crying Poison Lotus is a supreme treasure for countering Lihuang’s poisons. We have to get our hands on it."

Qian Yun clearly had absolute confidence in Li Zhan. As she left, she shot Yi Xiaoyao a contemptuous glance, as if she were looking at a dead man.

Watching Qian Yun depart like the wind, Li Zhan turned to Yi Xiaoyao with a sneer and cracked his knuckles.

"Kid, don’t think you’re hot stuff just because you beat three losers from the White Wilderness. I’m about to show you that compared to me, you’re just as much of a loser."

"I never thought I was invincible. But beating you? I don’t think that’ll be a problem."

Yi Xiaoyao gave a faint smile and tossed a Refining Spirit Fruit into his mouth.

He was about to activate the Soul Burning Forbidden Technique, but he stopped, a strange expression on his face.

He had just discovered that after taking the Refining Spirit Fruit, the Spiritual Power in only one of his three Nascent Souls had been compressed. ’Doesn’t this mean I can take three Refining Spirit Fruits at once?’

"You have a Refining Spirit Fruit too?" Li Zhan’s eyes narrowed as he snorted. "But if that’s the source of your confidence, then you can just go die!"

The moment he finished speaking, he transformed into a flash of lightning, tearing through space as he shot straight for Yi Xiaoyao.

Yi Xiaoyao’s expression hardened. The instant his Bloodthirsty Sword left its Sword Scabbard, he slashed a bloody beam of sword light at the approaching Li Zhan.

The sword light and the lightning collided with a deafening bang.

In the next moment, Li Zhan appeared where Yi Xiaoyao had just stood. Yi Xiaoyao himself had been thrown back, a trickle of blood leaking from the corner of his mouth.

"Heh heh, you piece of trash from some backwater hole. I said I’d kill you in three moves, and I’ll do it in three!" Li Zhan grinned, the lightning on his arms growing even more violent.

Yi Xiaoyao wiped the blood from his lips and muttered, "One Refining Spirit Fruit increased the might of my Spiritual Power by fifty percent, but it’s still not enough."

Then, he took out a second Refining Spirit Fruit.

"You actually dare to take two Refining Spirit Fruits at once? Didn’t you see what happened to Ce Mu?" Li Zhan said with a strange smile.

Yi Xiaoyao mirrored his strange smile, tossing the second Refining Spirit Fruit into his mouth. He simultaneously transferred the Spiritual Power from the first compressed Nascent Soul into a second, uncompressed one, compressing it all over again to achieve a one-hundred-percent increase in might.

In the next moment, Li Zhan’s expression changed.

After all, Ce Mu’s agony had been heart-rending when he took two Refining Spirit Fruits. Yet not only was Yi Xiaoyao completely unaffected, he actually looked satisfied.

A sense of foreboding washed over Li Zhan. He immediately unleashed the violent lightning from his arms, blasting it toward Yi Xiaoyao.

Yi Xiaoyao’s eyes narrowed. Spiritual Power, now with a one-hundred-percent increase in might, surged into his Bloodthirsty Sword as he slashed out once more.

BOOM!

With a deafening roar, the two of them froze in place. Their sword light and lightning were locked in a struggle, neither able to push the other back a single half-step.

In the next instant, they both pushed off the ground and shot backward.

"What?"

Li Zhan’s face fell. A moment ago, he had injured Yi Xiaoyao in a single move, and now they were fighting to a stalemate?

"What’s wrong? Weren’t you so sure you were going to kill me in three moves?"

Yi Xiaoyao said with a faint smile, seeing the look on Li Zhan’s face.

"The Refining Spirit Fruits!"

Li Zhan suddenly realized that Yi Xiaoyao could only have done this because he had taken two Refining Spirit Fruits.

But in the next moment, Li Zhan’s expression twisted in horror, because he saw Yi Xiaoyao take out a *third* Refining Spirit Fruit!

At this point, Li Zhan had completely forgotten his vow to "kill Yi Xiaoyao in three moves." He immediately shouted to the people from Minghuang behind him.

"Help me kill him!"

The third Refining Spirit Fruit flew into Yi Xiaoyao’s mouth. Seeing the experts from Minghuang closing in to attack him from all sides, Yi Xiaoyao just sneered, completely unfazed.

"So you finally realized you can’t kill me in three moves and decided to gang up on me?"

As the mocking words fell, an utterly terrifying amount of Spiritual Power flooded into the Bloodthirsty Sword, and he unleashed a horizontal slash at Li Zhan and his men.

A potent sense of danger washed over Li Zhan. His expression turned grim as he roared and unleashed his full power.

"Thunder Arc Light!"

An arc of purple lightning with a terrifying aura shot through the air, its immense power causing space itself to twist and warp.

The other experts from Minghuang unleashed their own powerful lightning attacks, which merged into the Thunder Arc Light as it hurtled toward Yi Xiaoyao.

At the same time, Yi Xiaoyao’s blade sliced through the air, unleashing an otherworldly, demonic beam of sword light.

Wherever the beam passed, the terrifyingly immense Spiritual Power tore black cracks into the fabric of space itself.

Then, the Thunder Arc Light and the demonic sword beam collided.

KRAK!

An ear-splitting crack echoed through the dense forest. The demonic sword beam instantly split the Thunder Arc Light and the combined attack of the Minghuang cultivators.

The demonic sword beam was also dispersed by the lightning, but the aftershock still sent Li Zhan and his men flying backward, coughing up blood.

Before Li Zhan could regain his footing, an indifferent voice sounded in his ear.

"It turns out the loser you were talking about was yourself."

Horrified, Li Zhan whipped his head around, only to see a flash of fire. Yi Xiaoyao appeared in an instant, and a beam of sword light streaked through his body.

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