Chapter 272: Chapter 233: Immortal Dragon Slayer Painting

Sect Leader of Xuanguang Sect, who appeared to be quite aged, responded loudly and stepped forward, raising both hands. A scroll burst forth with radiant light, unfurling with a shhhh sound.

Lu Qian fixed his gaze, seeing it was a painting about ten feet long. At this moment, the scroll was bathed in radiant light, vividly colored, and emanating an overwhelming aura unmistakably belonging to a Magical Treasure.

Upon the scroll, a scene was depicted in brilliant colors.

In the heavens, dark clouds blanketed the sky, and a black dragon extended its head and claws, wriggling within. The black dragon’s expression was fierce, opening its blood-red maw and extending its enormous claws, gleaming coldly, to swoop down.

Below the clouds, a group of white-clad Immortals were depicted ascending. They were arranged in a triangular formation, with layers of people below uplifted them progressively, focusing all their radiance on one person at the summit.

The Immortal’s hair and beard stood on end, his face full of rage, surrounded by dazzling light. In his hand, a long sword shone brilliantly, sword Qi soaring to the sky, bearing an unstoppable momentum, piercing straight at the black dragon!

In the entire painting, although the dragon appeared ferocious, the true protagonists were the Immortals in the middle of the scroll. Each one was depicted with fluttering robes, vivid and lifelike.

Lu Qian quickly scanned it, and the painting depicted eighteen Immortals. His heart stirred, instantly thinking of the eighteen Foundation Establishment Feather Scholars present.

Zhuang Qing beside him hastily said, "It’s the Immortal Dragon Slayer Painting! Xuanguang Sect’s sect-protecting Secret Treasure; even it has appeared today—"

Over there, Li Xingyuan was already shouting, "Fellow Daoists, gather around me!"

As he spoke, the Immortal Dragon Slayer Painting in his hand unfurled with a shhhh sound, magnifying and filling the sky with radiant light. The shadows of the eighteen Immortals flew out, enveloping the eighteen Foundation Establishment cultivators present, making it seem as if each person was cloaked in a white, ethereal illusion.

Lu Qian felt a potent force of attraction and pull from these Immortal shadows, with his Spiritual Power unwittingly pouring out! He was about to resist when Li Xingyuan shouted, "Don’t resist! Relax your mind, and move with me!"

Zhuang Qing also shouted from the side, "Sect Leader Lu, Fellow Daoist Guh, don’t panic, it’s the power of the Secret Treasure, don’t resist!"

Lu Qian and Guh Niqiang exchanged a glance, relaxing their minds. Instantly, not only their Spiritual Power but even their bodies flew up involuntarily.

Under the radiance of the Immortal Dragon Slayer Painting, the eighteen Foundation Establishment cultivators flew up, resembling the eighteen Immortals in the painting, forming a triangular formation. Lu Qian and others stood at the base of the array, feeling their Spiritual Power cascading downwards, converging constantly towards the tip.

In an instant, a resonant sword cry echoed!

At the apex of the formation, in Li Xingyuan’s hand, a flying sword seventy feet long manifested from the invisible to the visible, crystal-clear and peerlessly sharp. As it emerged in that instant, a surge of sword Qi shot into the sky, with a zzzla sound, slicing open the dome of the Grand Array, leaving a narrow rift.

Lu Qian sensed the formidable might contained within the sword, startling him. This sensation was even stronger than Master Fengfeng’s!

This meant that this Dragon-Slaying Sword bore the momentum of a late-stage Golden Core!

The sect-protecting treasure of Xuanguang Sect was indeed extraordinary. Among the eighteen Foundation Establishments, some had high cultivation and some low, yet with the Magical Treasure’s enhancement, they pooled together to bear the might of a late-stage Golden Core. If all eighteen were at Perfection Cultivation, how dazzling would this sword strike be?

The key point was, though this treasure was of high Magical Treasure grade, it could be wielded by an ordinary Foundation Establishment like Li Xingyuan. No wonder they called it a "Secret Treasure," it seemed to belong to an extremely special category of Magical Treasures.

With this Secret Treasure, Xuanguang Sect was equivalent to having an added Golden Core fighting force! No wonder, despite the ongoing turmoil within the county draining much power, it still managed to assert dominance over its neighbors, subduing the northern Sanshan County.

Li Xingyuan shouted again, "Rise!"

The Dragon-Slaying Sword shone even brighter; the eighteen Foundation Establishments were enveloped in Immortal shadows, as if the eighteen Immortals truly stepped out of the painting, holding the Treasure Sword charging straight into the sky.

At this time, Skull Child gave a pull, and with a crackling sound, the long whip made of lustrous white jade bones tightened, snapping straight with a shhhh, transforming into a Treasure Sword filled with radiant light.

He held the Treasure Sword in one hand, lifted another, and a peculiar Treasure Umbrella with only a handle and ribs but no canopy flew up.

Upon closer inspection, the handle of the Treasure Umbrella seemed to be a massive beast’s leg bone, with the twelve ribs being curved rib bones, each adorned with a skull at its end.

Skull Child brandished the White Bone Soul Splitting Sword, twirling the Kui Beast Spirit Capturing Umbrella, ready to showcase his skills, contending with Master Fengfeng.

Suddenly, a sword cry echoed through the heavens and earth, and a Sword Light scythed through the air, slashing towards him.

Skull Child exclaimed in surprise. The Kui Beast Spirit Capturing Umbrella spun rapidly, with Thunder Light cascading from the twelve skulls, but the Sword Light was truly too swift and fierce; before the Treasure Umbrella could fully unleash its might, the sword had cleaved down!

With a thunderous boom, Thunder Light soared, and four skulls were sliced off from the umbrella tip. Skull Child cried out in pain, retreating swiftly.

"Late-stage Golden Core! Ao Zhao, you poker-faced bastard! You didn’t mention Xuanguang Sect has such a treasure!"

Master Moyun was at a critical moment, remaining silent, focusing only on driving the Secret Technique. A faintly glowing, intermittently visible Treasure Pearl had already emerged halfway from the Spirit Vein.

Driving Skull Child away, various attacks from the Ten Extremes Ten Directions Array came crashing down again. Master Fengfeng held up a Treasure Mirror, with the Qinghong Divine Bird blocking a strike once more, while swinging the Celestial Cyan Fan, sending forth Spiritual Power fiercely. With a thunderous roar, a tornado several dozen feet high charged forwards.

Under Li Xingyuan’s control, the Dragon-Slaying Sword, its Sword Light turning, unleashed a torrent of unstoppable Sword Qi into the Grand Array.

In an instant, light radiated in all directions, Spiritual Qi surged wildly, and the thunderous sound waves were deafening.

The two attacks swept through like decaying wood, and the Ten-Layered Small Array shattered with a clang.

The Ten Extremes Ten Directions Array is broken!

The Array Map flew apart in front of Master Moyun, embedding into the stone wall of the cave. But Master Moyun paid no attention to the Array Map, staring at the Primordial Pearl nearly severed from the Spirit Vein, a trace of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes. He spurred on his heart’s blood, spraying it out!

Master Fengfeng took a heavy breath, his already pale face whitening even further. Having resisted the Grand Array’s attack twice, his expenditure was significant.

And inside the Dragon-Slaying Sword, Lu Qian felt his Spiritual Power surging fiercely, estimating that after these two sword strikes, half his Spiritual Power had been consumed, secretly startling him.

But with the Grand Array broken, Yuqing Mountain lay exposed before his eyes. Master Fengfeng displayed joy and exclaimed, "Li Xingyuan, hold off Skull Child, I’m going to retrieve the Primordial Pearl!"

Li Xingyuan responded loudly, extending his figure, the eighteen Foundation Establishments bearing the Dragon-Slaying Sword, advancing to face Skull Child who was rushing back. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

And Master Fengfeng transformed into an Escape Light, dashing towards Yuqing Mountain.

At this moment, Yuqing Mountain’s Spirit Vein trembled violently, with Spiritual Qi disorderly surging.

A serene and clear, intermittently visible Treasure Pearl quietly emerged.

The Primordial Pearl has surfaced!