I Only Marry Widows-Chapter 241 - 11: Challenging the Sect

The sword light rotated, instantly striking upon the golden whip.

Boom!

The golden whip was as heavy as a mountain. In the instant of collision, Lu Chengfeng felt his primordial spirit tremble, almost crushed by the enormous force.

"This woman has likely already cultivated to the seventh layer of the Celestial Human realm."

Lu Chengfeng’s heart skipped a beat. With just a brief exchange, he immediately realized that the opponent’s strength far surpassed his own.

Merely wielding the golden whip made it difficult for him to shake.

If she were to use magic, that is, the flood dragon at Xiang Qingchi’s feet to wield the golden whip, its power could turn rivers and seas, split mountains and crack stones. One whip could shatter his sword artifact and disperse his primordial spirit.

Lu Chengfeng urged the sword light, the Bixiao Sword rippling like waves, then dissipating the heavy force.

Though he had not started refining the immortal’s gift for long, the divine techniques’ mysteries and the immortal’s understanding of heaven, earth, and magic still allowed him to undergo some extremely subtle changes.

Even when facing strong enemies, he could remain calm and composed, using more advanced skills to extricate himself from his predicament.

The Bixiao Sword skimmed over the golden whip like a dragonfly touching water, then retreated several miles.

"Your Excellency possesses profound mana, exquisite magic, and formidable divine weapons, leaving me feeling inadequate, thus I shamelessly rely on the legacy of predecessors."

Lu Chengfeng transmitted his voice through his primordial spirit, echoing in the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi, stirring a Gang Wind, sounding like thunder resounding to the four corners of the world. Yet, it was just a rumbling thunder in the human world.

Although his words were polite, his actions were decisive. The sword light soared, reaching the Trapped Dragon Abyss in an instant.

In the view of the Primordial Spirit True Man, the five Inner Peaks were like five divine swords piercing the heavens, thick chains coiling around the divine swords, converging in the central abyss.

The five divine swords, along with the Dragon-Binding Rope, together wove this Great Five Elements Extinction Sword Array.

Beneath the mountain range, a true dragon coiled, red clouds rising to the sky, causing endless Fire Element essence to surge over the entire Yuncang Sword Sect, filling the sky with radiant light.

Lu Chengfeng’s sword light fell into the abyss, with a clang as the sword blade pierced the stone platform.

Then his primordial spirit directly rushed into the Hidden Dragon Pearl, soaring to the Nine Heavens.

Upon the five peaks, five-colored sword light of green, yellow, black, white, and red shot up to the clouds, and above the Trapped Dragon Abyss, five-colored cloud light spread, chains clattering with crisp sounds.

Before achieving the Celestial Human, he could only urge the Dragon-Binding Rope.

Now that his primordial spirit had formed, the entire sect’s sword array could be activated, the sect’s protective power was incomparable to before.

Xiang Qingchi did not recklessly approach, standing on the flood dragon, holding the golden whip, her eyes shooting out three inches of green light, carefully observing the grand array before her.

In her eyes, this grand array was one with heaven and earth, its laws deeply hidden, with a dragon’s corpse seeming to lie beneath the earth veins, the five divine swords, and the iron chains, enough to call it an Immortal Array without exaggeration.

If not for the array’s activator having too weak cultivation, this sword array would be ordinary even to annihilate gods and immortals.

Xiang Qingchi circled the sword array, feeling the fierce sword light within and a horrifying aura as if just falling into it would let the chains capture her.

"Indeed, the Yuncang Sword Sect’s foundation is extraordinary. Before achieving the Ninth Transformation of the Primordial Spirit and the nascent form of divine techniques, I’m afraid I can’t do anything about this sword array."

However, retreating like this would indeed be somewhat unwilling.

She took a deep breath, endless green light inhaled and exhaled between her nose and mouth. Then, beneath her, the flood dragon roared and directly rushed into the golden whip in her hand.

Xiang Qingchi trod on clouds, suddenly swinging the whip fiercely at the sword array.

Bam!

The golden whip blossomed with incomparably brilliant golden light, carrying immense power, crashing down fiercely.

Buzz!

Within the grand array, sword light shot up like a mass of five-colored clouds, lifting the golden whip, making it difficult to descend.

Xiang Qingchi frowned slightly, "I want to see how many whips you can withstand. No matter how strong the grand array is, there’s always a limit to the person operating it. I won’t enter the array; I’ll clash with divine weapons alone to see how long you can endure."

Although a woman, she acted with utmost decisiveness and dominance. The golden whip surged like a flood dragon, inhaling and exhaling boundless essence, crashing down again with a roar.

Rumble!

The commotion was too great, having already alarmed the entire Yuncang Sword Sect.

Though the sect’s disciples did not know what was happening, they saw the five Inner Peaks’ sword light piercing the skies, the 108 Outer Peaks rumbling, thunder resounding from the Nine Heavens, and fierce winds rising.

Even more terrifying was the radiant golden light descending from the sky, with the sound of a dragon’s roar echoing between heaven and earth.

The clash of golden light and sword light stirred up endless ripples.

"What happened? Why did the Great Five Elements Extinction Sword Array suddenly activate?"

"Could it be that a strong enemy has invaded?"

"It was the Sect Leader who initiated the Sword Array."

"Didn’t the Sect Leader just break through to the Celestial Human realm a few days ago? Who could have forced him to activate the Sword Array? Could it be Liu Wu, the Crown Prince of the Southern Han King?"

Even Zhu Yuxian and Li Qingfeng were alarmed. As the only two remaining First Seat Elders in the sect, their authority within the sect had increasingly grown weightier.

The other three First Seat Elders, due to Lu Chengfeng’s deliberate arrangement, remained vacant up to this point.

"Elder Zhu, do you know what exactly happened? Who is the formidable enemy that has invaded?" Li Qingfeng asked.

Although Zhu Yuxian had not yet completed her Divine Weapon, her Primordial Spirit had already condensed, allowing her to clearly see the battle occurring in the sky. She said gravely, "The intruder is a woman. I’ve never heard of such a terrifying Celestial Human strong person in the Martial World."

"If not for being within the Sword Array, I wouldn’t stand a chance against her in a single exchange."

Although she spoke these words, her heart was in turmoil. Although she had never seen this woman before, Lu Chengfeng had already told her about the matter of Xiang Qingchi.

Now she realized that the awe-inspiring woman in the sky was, in fact, her half-sister.

"Sure enough, a celestial embryo from heaven, the reincarnation of the Cyan Dragon, just over twenty years old, and already cultivated to such a realm. Even Lu Chengfeng, that troublemaker, is far inferior to her."

Zhu Yuxian quietly observed, but in such a situation, there was nothing she could intervene in.

"Elder Li, the sect has been invaded by a formidable enemy. The Sword Array has been activated, isolating the inside from the outside."

"Go and reassure the disciples within the sect, letting them perform their duties and remain in their places. There is no need for concern or fear."

"With the Sect Leader and the Grand Array’s protection, our sect is as solid as a rock."

Upon hearing these words, Li Qingfeng nodded and turned to leave.

Although both he and Zhu Yuxian were First Seats of separate peaks, Zhu Yuxian was, after all, Lu Chengfeng’s mentor, and there appeared to be some ambiguous and undisclosed dealings between them privately.

Thus, Zhu Yuxian’s influence in the sect was slightly greater than his.

After the initial panic subsided, with several elders starting to reassure the people, the other disciples also began to calm down.

However, no one expected this situation to last for seven days and seven nights in succession, as golden light rampaged fiercely, relentlessly bombarding the Grand Array. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Lu Chengfeng was left dizzy from the relentless bombardment. If it weren’t for the rapid absorption speed of the Golden Flame Primordial Spirit’s essence qi from all directions, allowing his mana to recover quickly, he might have already been broken through by that mad woman.

The disparity in strength between the two sides was simply too great. Moreover, the most crucial part was that Xiang Qingchi was likely cultivating Divine Techniques, and although these were not yet perfected, her power far exceeded those of the same level.

If it weren’t for this, it would be impossible to violently shake the Great Five Elements Extinction Sword Array in such a crude manner.

"Hoo!"

On this day, Xiang Qingchi reached out to summon the golden whip back into her hand, and with a cold tone, she spoke to Lu Chengfeng, "Consider yourself lucky to have held out; this matter is not over."

"Three days from now, I will personally come. Prepare yourself accordingly."

There was still room for restraint on her part, but the most crucial point was that she was in an out-of-body primordial spirit state. Having fiercely attacked for seven consecutive days, her mana was greatly depleted, and with her physical body not being nourished for an extended period, problems could easily arise.

Thus, she had no choice but to temporarily retreat.

Although Lu Chengfeng was controlling the Grand Array with his primordial spirit and had Luo Suyi administer pills to his physical body, nourishing it with medicinal liquid, he had indeed reached his limit by now.

If this woman were to continue her aggressive assault, even he wasn’t sure how much longer he could hold out.

Upon hearing these words, he let out a breath of relief and quickly said, "Miss, if you’ve come for Princess Consort Xiang, it’s easier to unlace a foe than to tie him up. I am willing to return Princess Consort Xiang and resolve this cause and effect. How about it?"

Xiang Qingchi gave him a cold look, "It’s easy to invite an immortal, but hard to send them off. Without breaking your Yuncang sect door and eliminating your Sect Leader of Yuncang, I will not rest."

"Three days from now, I shall return to Yuncang."

"If you truly consider the sect, step out of the Sword Array and battle me."

"As long as I defeat your primordial spirit, I will not implicate the innocent and will spare your Yuncang."

"The choice is yours to make."

With that, she put away the golden whip, stepped onto a flood dragon, and left with wind and thunder, quickly vanishing from sight.