Sword Aura to the Heavens-Chapter 438 - 433: Taoist Nine Words

Li Fan raised his head to look at the golden foot descending to suppress him, as if to crush him to powder.

The pressure on him was like a mountain on his shoulders, but Li Fan still stood straight and tall, the blood within his body surged and roared, the sound of dragon chants echoed through the heavens and earth, and the golden divine light continuously bloomed, the golden dragon surrounding him seemed to come alive.

The enormous golden claw lifted, reaching towards the crushing golden foot, the Sky Splitting Claw.

Under the chaotic power, even the space seemed to tear, and the golden foot appeared with cracks, then shattered.

With a dragon roar, Li Fan's body charged towards the sky along with the golden dragon, under the repeated attacks of the dragon, the suppressive big footprint continued to crumble.

The crowd who retreated to a distance watched the shocking scene in the sky with accelerated heartbeats, the sky seemed to be shattered by the violent collision between the two.

"Want to come up?" Li Changtian looked at the golden dragon soaring into the sky with a hint of smile, this can't happen.

He lifted his right foot and stomped again, at once, rounds of golden light patterns spread outward, covering the boundless space, a massive golden yin-yang fish diagram appeared in the sky, growing larger, obscuring the sky and sun.

Countless people looked up at the sky, watching the evolving yin-yang fish diagram, from which a giant beast emerged.

Li Fan gazed at the expanding golden wheel in the sky, giving rise to all things, as if it were a map of the Great Tao.

A divine elephant emerged from the diagram, towering like a mountain; also a Kui Niu appeared; then... Qilin, giant tortoise and other giant beasts successively emerged, golden divine light spilled down, enveloping the earth below, encompassing Li Fan and the giant dragon.

"Human Taoist magic is truly wondrous," Yue Qingqiu muttered, beside her Lu Yuan also was shaken internally, such strong magic, she had only seen on one person before, in that Jade battle where Words and Laws Follow with Mu Changqing.

The Daoist Li Changtian before her, gave her a feeling somewhat similar to Mu Changqing, one thought into Tao, boundless power.

Li Fan's brow glowed brightly, a strong light burst forth, the Sword Seed emerged, hung in the sky, around it countless swords gathered, infinite Sword Intent infused into the Sword Seed, transforming into a giant sword.

He raised his hand and brushed, the golden dragon's claw grasped the giant sword in its palm.

"True Dragon Holds Sword."

The watching crowd was somewhat numb, is this the fusion of Martial Arts and Sword Dao? First time, they witnessed such a battle.

The golden dragon swung the giant sword, cleaving the suppressive giant beast, even sliced open a crack in the sky.

Li Fan's body continued to float upwards, with each swing of the dragon, a path was carved out.

"Open," Li Fan's right hand brushed, the dragon claw holding the giant sword slashed towards the sun-blocking Tao map, sharp hissing sounds spread, a fissure was carved, that Tao map was torn with a gap.

When the fissure appeared, the giant sword cut through explosively releasing terrifying Sword Intent, continuing upwards, a beam of sword light pierced through the Tao map slashed outwards.

Li Changtian's form shifted, as if stars were changing positions, instantly appeared in another location high in the sky, that Sword Intent slashed through the Tao map, leaving a mark in the sky.

The giant sword slashed repeatedly, the Tao map was completely torn apart, Li Fan's body continued upwards, arriving opposite Li Changtian, looking at each other.

"Taiping Temple?"

Li Fan's voice was calm, he had come from the mountains experienced many battles, including those heavenly talents, Great Sect Saint Sons, and others.

But to have such combat strength, and so proficient in Taoist magic, perhaps, it's the power on par with Li Mountain.

He had encountered a cultivator of Taiping Temple before, but the Daoist before him, is likely the most core genius cultivator of Taiping Temple.

"Taoist Friend Li has good eyes, this poor Daoist is Li Changtian of Taiping Temple," the Daoist smiled in response, the atmosphere between them was completely unlike a life-and-death battle, more like a spar between old friends.

"Taiping Temple..." Some elderly cultivators below took deep breaths, Taiping Temple has also come forth.

Since the chaos caused by the demons years ago in Great Li World, one mountain, one temple, one monastery, one academy, the first three faded from public view, only the academy stood in the heart of Great Li, Jade City, revered as a cultivation holy land.

But the other three great forces, are all exist on par with White Jade Academy.

If ranked, Li Mountain was at the top, while Taiping Temple and Ten Thousand Buddha Temple were mysterious and unfathomable, no one knows their foundations.

And now above their heads, the battle turned out to be a confrontation between Li Mountain Sword Cultivator and Taiping Temple Cultivator.

No wonder that Daoist has such formidable combat strength.

"The three words Taiping Temple are indeed impressive, but, behavior doesn't quite match the name." Li Fan said.

"Taiping Temple seeks peace for the world, descending the mountain in chaotic times, demons ravage, Taoist sect finally allowed me to come out and move, asking Taoist Friend Li to die, isn't it for fulfilling peace, rescuing the common people." Li Changtian replied.

"Instead of killing the demons, you kill the people who discover them, all for the peace of the world? If I die, do the demons suddenly vanish from this world?" Li Fan asked, "What kind of logic is this?"

"The demons must be killed, but the source of this uproar also needs to be eliminated. By sacrificing you, Taoist Friend Li, countless lives can be saved. Why not do it?" Li Changtian said.

"Is this the doctrine of Taiping Temple?" Li Fan laughed and said, "If Taiping Temple emerges in chaotic times, then if I destroy Taiping Temple, there will be no more chaos, and hence peace in the world."

Li Changtian thought for a moment, smiled, and nodded, "That is the logic, if Taoist Friend Li has the capability."

"And if the Daoist has the capability to kill me, that's fine too," Li Fan replied.

"Exactly." Li Changtian smiled, then formed a Dao Seal with his hands. An invisible mighty power seemed to surge between heaven and earth, as if a Dao sound was reverberating. The sky was filled with golden light, illuminating the entire city. Countless golden characters appeared in the sky, enveloping the surrounding area.

Li Fan looked up and saw those flickering characters growing more numerous, densely packed, flipping and surging in mid-air.

The densely packed characters converged together in the sky, transforming into a massive Hand Seal that blotted out the sky and burst straightforwardly towards Li Fan's location.

Li Fan stood unmoving like a mountain, wielding his sword as a True Dragon, cutting towards the oncoming Dao Seal. The terrifying giant sword split the Big Hand Seal in half, tearing the Dao Seal apart.

Yet the shattered Big Hand Seal scattered into a myriad of characters, which continued forward and swiftly reassembled, enveloping Sword City, crashing onto the True Dragon's body in an instant.

"Boom..."

An unimaginable force surged forward, and as if infinite power fell upon them, even the True Dragon Martial Spirit seemed about to be shattered, the enormous body recoiling violently to a distant place.

The countless characters continued to roll forward, but this time they transformed into a Sword of the Great Tao, emitting a dazzling golden divine radiance, aimed to execute Li Fan.

Li Fan's Martial Spirit vanished, his body soared into the sky. The Sword of the Great Tao missed, but above his head, there were also endless characters which suddenly transformed into a Big Palm Seal slamming down, making Li Fan, without the True Dragon Martial Spirit, appear extremely small in front of it.

Countless Flying Swords gathered into being, forming a Sword Array surrounding Li Fan. Brilliant sword light flowed upon his body. He raised one finger, as if a Sword of the Great Tao congealed into being, stabbing towards the sky. Ten thousand swords flew at once, all striking at the descending Dao Seal.

The Dao Seal disintegrated, once again splitting into endless characters, intending to regroup. However, the sound of a rustling crash was heard, and countless golden vines suddenly surged from Li Fan's body, continuously splitting, rushing towards those characters and entwining them.

Li Fan's figure shot straight towards the sky, the vines on his body unfurled like covering the sky, preventing the characters from gathering. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"Dharma Form?"

Li Changtian was somewhat surprised to see this scene. Li Fan actually possessed an Ancient Tree Dharma Form?

Sword, Daoist Skill, Martial Arts; he practiced them all.

Li Fan moved extremely fast, transformed into a sword and shot straight toward him like a streak of flowing light, causing him to sense a hint of danger.

"Clang..." A crisp sound echoed in the sky, with a glaring beam shooting from behind Li Changtian. A gigantic ancient character appeared behind him, the 'Ling' character!

As the Ling character appeared, countless characters simultaneously manifested behind Li Changtian, encircling him. At this moment, Li Changtian seemed like a god descending the world, the Dao Seal reaching the sky.

A shred of annihilating sword light severed the space, streaking across in front of Li Changtian. Li Fan's strike was faster than Li Changtian expected, as if he accelerated the moment before striking. Before he could see him swing the sword, it had already appeared.

But at this moment, the Dao descended upon Li Changtian himself, resonating with the Great Tao, and a Palm Seal blasted out, resembling a Daoist Dharma Seal.

A sound of explosion rang out, and both bodies retreated simultaneously. Li Fan's body flew back explosively, his arm lightly trembling. Even with his powerful body, his mind was shaken at this moment, as if the force pressing upon him had surpassed the Taoist Body.

Li Changtian also retreated to a distant place, his divine eyes like lightning, gazing steadily at Li Fan. The enormous 'Ling' character rotated behind him, growing ever brighter, radiating a divine glow of the Great Tao.

"The reputation of Li Mountain Sword Cultivators is well-deserved, no wonder they once stood shoulder to shoulder with Taiping Temple." Li Changtian's voice was like the heavenly sound of the Great Tao, stepping forward step by step.

With each step he took, the oppression in the world intensified, as if the Great Tao had descended upon him, making him an embodiment of the Tao.

A hundred miles around, the ground trembled, houses shook. Cultivators found it hard to breathe, feeling suffocated, as they looked towards that figure in the sky, seemingly divine.

"What kind of Daoist Skill is this?" Li Fan looked up at Li Changtian and asked.

"The Nine Words of Taoist, even in Taiping Temple, those who master it are few and far between. To be defeated by the nine words, you can be proud." Li Changtian said.

Li Fan nodded and said, "For someone one realm higher than me to push me to this stage, you are the second. For Taiping Temple to rank after Li Mountain, it's some feat."

Li Changtian paused, then asked with a smile, "Who was the first?"

"Jiang Taia," Li Fan replied, "Of course, he eventually lost, as will you."