Chapter 1357: The Eternal Spring Mantra! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Swish! There was another saber glow, and then twenty-some Righteous Alliance experts were cut down like stalks of wheat.
No one of the Righteous Alliance could stand before that ghostly and razor-thin streak of saber energy. This saber energy quickly drew out a 'Z' in the air as it traveled up the mountain.
”Demon of the evil path, die for me!”
A thunderous roar came from overhead, and when that almost invisible saber gleam appeared once more, a vast ball of flame charged out like a comet toward it.
In those flames, one could vaguely make out a large and muscular man, his body like that of a bronze giant that was encased in fiery red armor formed from Stellar Energy. This suit of armor was exquisitely constructed, seven to eight inches thick, and gave off an aura of invincibility.
”Stellar Fire Sea!”
Sikong Yuanjia roared as he set all the energy in his body howling at that faint saber energy.
Boomboomboom! As one wave of energy after another came smashing down, that saber energy finally crumbled. And finally, the man wearing the bamboo hat was revealed, floating seven or eight feet off the ground.
His eyes were cold, his muscles tense, and he wielded a pitch-black scimitar in his hand while a cape snapped behind him in the wind. His body exuded the aura of a lunging leopard.
Meanwhile, Sikong Yuanjia, after finally forcing the man in the bamboo hat to reveal himself, landed on the ground and staggered backward.
His face also paled. It was clear that he had fared poorly in the clash just now. After all, he had still not recovered from his battle with the Demonic Emperor Old Man, so fighting another powerful foe in the bamboo hat man had caused him to suffer significant injuries.
”Hmph!”
The bamboo hat man locked his eyes on Sikong Yuanjia, the pitch-black scimitar seemed to give a bloodthirsty cry, and then he once more vanished like a ghost.
Greater Void Step!
This was the upgraded version of the void movement technique, and it was much faster and more formidable. Once the technique was used, one's aura would completely vanish and one could move with incredible speed, making it extremely difficult for one's actual position to be discovered. Even a Righteous Alliance Elder as powerful as Sikong Yuanjia would find this a difficult feat.
Swish!
Another saber energy emerged, moving with even greater speed. By the time it appeared, it was already extremely close to Sikong Yuanjia, and the target was Sikong Yuanjia's back!
Bang!
Sikong Yuanjia grimaced, and in the short time available, he gathered eighty percent of his Stellar Energy and expelled it from his back. But this saber energy was far sharper than Sikong Yuanjia had imagined. It sliced through Sikong Yuanjia's Stellar Energy and hacked into his back.
”Die!”
In the air, the bamboo hat man cruelly smiled. He cultivated one of the top-class saber arts of their organization, known as the 'Myriad Cycle Slash'!
At the start, this saber art required one to slash with a saber ten times in one second, then one hundred, one thousand, and then even more. At the highest level, all the saber energies would fuse together into one, hair-thin gleam of light that was more than two hundred feet long.
It was simple and plain, but the power was incredible.
It could even cut through the Stellar Energy of peak Imperial Great Generals like it was made of paper.
Boom! The sharp saber energy struck Sikong Yuanjia's body, but a moment later, it scattered as if it had struck a fortress. Sikong Yuanjia's thick Stellar Energy armor had succeeded in stopping the blow.
Sikong Yuanjia hurtled through the air, sent flying twenty-some meters by the blade energy, and his face turned even more pale. But in the end, he had still managed to block the blow.
Zhurong1 Divine Armor!
This was a supreme art that Sikong Yuanjia alone cultivated. He had spent twenty years cultivating this technique, finally succeeding in achieving a state of complete fusion with it.
It was precisely this art that allowed Sikong Yuanjia to be one of the strongest elders of the Righteous Alliance. Even the strongest techniques would find it very hard to harm Sikong Yuanjia through his Zhurong Divine Armor.
But a moment later, crack! Without any warning, thin cracks appeared on the Zhurong Divine Armor near Sikong Yuanjia's chest, and these cracks instantly caused Sikong Yuanjia to lose his composure.
”How could this be?”
Sikong Yuanjia immediately felt a deep dread. This suit of armor was truly tougher than steel. If his foe was able to crack it with just a single saber strike, then this saber energy was many times stronger than he had imagined.
”Hmph!”
The bamboo hat man in the air had clearly noticed this. His eyes chilled as he raised his scimitar and prepared another attack.
”Elder Sikong, we've come to help you!”
In a flash of light, several other elders stationed at the base of the mountain arrived.
Meanwhile, in a gust of wind, the rightmost bamboo hat man coldly smiled. He took two steps, each one covering more than one hundred feet, and vanished.
Without alarming a single person, the second bamboo hat man brushed past Sikong Yuanjia and the others and headed toward the summit.