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**Chapter 58: Eight Spirit Monsters**
2013-02-09 Author: Gu Zhenren
Boom, boom, boom…
Blades clashed, each impact erupting with thunderous roars. The battlefield was grand. Hua Ying watched in stunned silence, as if transported back to the primordial era. That era, when Heaven and Earth had just formed, and all sorts of ferocious beasts and colossal beings were mere legends today.
Xing De’s true form indeed countered Huo De’s true form. Chu Yun’s Huo De true form, towering at twozhang, was even more majestic and enormous than Xing De’s true form. Flames permeated the air, heatwaves surging. However, it was suppressed by the ethereal swiftness and sharp star radiance of Xing De’s true form.
Nevertheless, Chu Yun’s Saber Techniques were more than double that of his opponent.
The opponent’s Illusory Annihilation Curved Saber—each strike could manifest countless saber shadows, unleashing a torrent of saber energy. The Snake Eye Round Shield was integrated for both offense and defense, with a snake’s eye at the center of the shield occasionally blinking and shooting out gray beams. Once hit, it could significantly slow down movement.
The combination of saber and shield was extremely troublesome. But Chu Yun’s Saber Techniques had transcended the realm of proficiency, only one step away from “perfection.”
Though Huo De’s true form was inferior to Xing De’s true form, the saber and shield combination was no match for the Drunken Snow Saber. The two advantages canceled each other out, resulting in a stalemate.
The battle was fierce. Every attack by the black-clothed assassin was a one-way trip, delivered with the cruel and vicious intent of mutual destruction. Chu Yun faced it head-on without retreating, his saber shadows swirling like a dream, his saber momentum vast and boundless, his saber energy traversing the heavens.
Finally, after a long and arduous struggle, he forced the opponent to retreat with heavy injuries at the cost of sustaining minor wounds.
Tian Xuan returns to its position, Tian Ji appears!
“Hehehe, Chu Yun, you are destined to lose. Within the space of the Seven Stars Death Kill formation, our cultivation methods will be amplified by a full double.” The third gem shot down. This was a black-clothed woman with a voluptuous figure, but her eyes were as venomous as a snake’s.
She chuckled sinisterly, with a long snake coiled around each of her wrists and ankles, both being Spirit Monster level.
As she spoke, she flicked her left hand, throwing the snake from her wrist. The snake rapidly expanded in mid-air, revealing its true form: a Sawtooth Forest King.
It was over ten zhang long—as thick as a wine vat. Its scales were like blue and white porcelain, and its body was lined with a row of ferocious and terrifying bone saws on each side.
Chu Yun retreated a little too slowly, and the Sawtooth Forest King coiled around his right arm. The snake’s body wrapped around him, ignoring the flames on the surface of his Huo De true form. It then unleashed a water-element cultivation method and, with a sudden surge of strength, shattered the Huo De true form into pieces.
“Shui De true form!” Chu Yun immediately switched tactics and no longer feared the Sawtooth Forest King’s entanglement. Water flowed rapidly on the surface of the water-element giant, while undercurrents churned within. The Sawtooth Forest King roared repeatedly but felt extremely stifled. It was as “slippery” on the water giant’s surface as its scales, gaining no traction. Its bone saws pierced the water giant’s surface, but it could not shatter the water vapor no matter how hard it tried.
“Hmph! Always have to struggle before dying.” The female assassin sneered dismissively and pointed with her left hand. The snake demon on her arm shot out with a whoosh.
This was an Ice Crystal Snake. As it transformed into its true form, it was no less imposing than the Sawtooth Forest King. Its head reared high, spewing frost that froze the Shui De true form.
Chu Yun rapidly unleashed his Saber Techniques, his saber energy erupting like a silver waterfall, fiercely slashing at the Ice Crystal Snake. However, the Ice Crystal Snake possessed extremely powerful defensive cultivation methods, having been cultivated exceptionally well. It endured the saber energy, continuously spewing frost, which precisely countered the Shui De true form—forcing Chu Yun to dodge everywhere.
“Stop your insolence!” Hua Ying shouted, raising her Hundred Flowers Bow and firing arrows like shooting stars, heading towards the female assassin.
The assassin stomped her foot, and the demon snake on her right foot suddenly spread and grew, covering her entire body and forming a vine armor.
It turned out this demon snake, which appeared to be a single creature at first glance, was actually a Demonic Plant, the Snake Algae.
The female assassin dodged amidst the arrow rain. A few arrows hit the vine armor, immediately sliding off. Even their explosions had little effect. This was not because Hua Ying’s Spirit Monster Bow was inferior to the opponent’s Snake Algae.
Rather, it was the terrifying amplification of the Seven Stars Death Kill formation.
“Green Fang Snake!” The female assassin, unable to gain the upper hand in the prolonged battle, kicked her leg, releasing the fourth Spirit Monster. The Green Fang Snake, as a Spirit Monster, was massive. It opened its mouth, and two colossal fangs, like ghastly green blades, were embedded on the upper wall of its maw.
Hiss…
With a hiss, it unleashed a cloud of green poisonous mist. Amplified by the star radiance, it transformed into dark green poisonous arrows that shot forward.
The arrows pierced the space silently. Mysterious miasma emanated from their tips, carrying a foul stench.
Hua Ying dodged the arrows and was hit by a poisonous arrow. The poisonous arrow exploded, then reformed and shot again.
“Damn it, this is a continuous cultivation method. Unless the Green Fang Snake’s casting state is interrupted, the poisonous arrows will never dissipate. This is extremely troublesome.” Hua Ying’s heart sank. She raised her bow to shoot the Green Fang Snake, only to find the female assassin standing proudly on the snake’s head, covered in Snake Algae, forming a vast expanse of solid vine armor over the Green Fang Snake.
Worse still, the poisonous arrows suddenly split into two, heading towards Chu Yun and Hua Ying separately.
“Truly tricky!” Hua Ying fired arrows while dodging the dark green miasmic arrows, appearing quite flustered.
On the other side, Chu Yun, alone, was entangled by the Sawtooth Forest King, the Ice Crystal Snake, and the dark green poisonous arrows, unable to spare any effort.
“Lishan Dragon Eye Flower Branch!” In the midst of the stalemate, Chu Yun once again summoned the Spirit Monster from his Immortal Pouch.
Boom!
The Lishan Dragon Eye Flower Branch transformed into its true form in mid-air, its branches luxuriant. Dense Dragon Eye Fruits blinked their dragon eyes, shooting out hundreds and thousands of beams of light. Among them, the Ice Soul Divine Light, Thick Earth Profound Light, and Lihe Divine Light were the thickest and most powerful.
The female assassin resisted for half an hour but could no longer withstand it. She was forced to recall her cooperating demon creatures and ascend.
She was merely positioned at the Tian Ji spot of the Seven Stars Death Kill formation. The Seven Stars Death Kill formation had seven positions, each guarded by a hidden pavilion assassin. Tian Shu, Tian Xuan, Tian Ji, Tian Quan, Tian Heng, Kai Yang, and Yao Guang—each of the seven positions was held by a powerful assassin.
Among them, the leader of the Tian Shu position had the strongest combat power, possessing five Spirit Monsters. The Tian Xuan position assassin, though having only three, had extremely powerful Xing De true form cultivation methods. The Tian Ji female assassin, with her three demon snakes and one Snake Algae, was even more formidable.
The Tian Quan position assassin possessed two Spirit Monsters. He specialized in stealth attacks, making him impossible to guard against. He particularly enjoyed feints, using blind spots in perception to nearly kill Hua Ying several times. If not for Chu Yun’s timely rescue, Hua Ying would have likely died long ago.
The Tian Heng position assassin had clone cultivation methods, making it difficult to discern the real from the fake. The Kai Yang position assassin was skilled in healing and possessed two Spirit Monsters—protracted battles would deplete the demon yuan of Chu Yun and Hua Ying’s demon creatures, leaving them helpless. The Yao Guang position assassin excelled at various hidden weapons, his every move venomous and beyond imagination.
This was an unprecedented arduous battle.
Within the space of the Seven Stars Death Kill formation, there was no escape and nowhere to hide. It was a contest of combat power, willpower, profundity, and perseverance.
“This Seven Stars Death Kill formation is truly terrifying. The seven assassins from the Dark Pavilion are individually troublesome. Even more so when all seven arrive together. Crucially, within this Seven Stars Death Kill formation, they unite as one, their cultivation method attacks freely merging, making them virtually invincible. Such an assault—if it weren’t for Chu Yun, I wouldn’t have lasted a single round!”
Now, after three rounds, Hua Ying was covered in blood, disheveled, and felt a deep sense of powerlessness, her fighting spirit waning.
“Good, good, to be able to withstand three rounds of assault. You resist very well. When I kill you later, it will be even more exhilarating.”
“How dare you resist our Dark Pavilion! You won’t die so quickly, I swear! Before you die, I will skin you—shred your flesh piece by piece, and make you experience what it’s like to wish for death!”
“To have an Eight-tailed Sky Fox, and a Lishan Dragon Eye Flower Branch, even the Drunken Snow Saber is Supreme grade! You possess quite good demon creatures. After you die, we will keep them safe for you.”
Some assassins laughed arrogantly, some muttered to themselves, others cackled sinisterly. They seemed to be treating Chu Yun and Hua Ying like laboratory rats, slowly toying with them.
“Have you laughed enough? You talk one after another, so noisy.” Chu Yun’s expression was cold. “Three rounds have passed. I am familiar with your combat strength and have a general understanding of this formation. Dark Pavilion? You are likely a small team within the Dark Pavilion. There are three large brigades in the Dark Pavilion, and each brigade has three small teams. This means there are only nine small teams in the Dark Pavilion. However, after today’s battle, there will only be eight teams left.”
“Hahaha! Am I hallucinating? What is this kid spouting nonsense?”
“Looks like he’s gone mad from our repeated assaults.”
“Little Tyrant, you’re still talking tough on your deathbed. Do you think bluffing will make us afraid? Don’t dream!”
The assassins burst into laughter, mocking Chu Yun.
“Is that so?” Chu Yun sneered and patted his waist’s Immortal Pouch. A beam of profound light shot out, transforming into a lean man in a cyan robe – the Turning Pill Yuan Tree. As soon as he appeared, he unleashed various healing cultivation methods, tending to their injured demon creatures.
The assassins’ laughter faltered, but it soon returned to normal.
“I didn’t expect you to still have hidden strength, six Spirit Monsters. Not bad, I must admit you are a genius. But even so, it won’t change the outcome!” the female assassin said sinisterly.
“Do you think the Seven Stars Death Kill formation only has this much variation? Tian Ji and Tian Quan stars emerge together!” Before her voice even fell, two assassins moved in unison, shooting down.
“The Seven Stars Death Kill formation is infamous, and it truly has variations. Chu Yun’s sixth Spirit Monster has also been neutralized by this change!” Hua Ying’s face turned grim as a ladle. The joy that had just risen within her vanished instantly.
Chu Yun stood unmoving, facing the two assassins with a calm expression. He patted his Immortal Pouch again, and a woman flew out, graceful and radiant. It was indeed the Life Spring Imperial Seal transformed.
“E, the seventh Spirit Monster!” Hua Ying’s entire body trembled.
Before the seven assassins could react, Chu Yun patted his Immortal Pouch again. This time, two people flew out hand-in-hand – the Swift Grass Shoes transformed into a pair of young boys.
“Eight Spirit Monsters, I didn’t expect you to be hiding so deeply, to have eight Spirit Monsters!”
“This genius must be stifled, absolutely killed! He’s only fifteen and already commands eight Spirit Monsters. This number is something only King-level powerhouses could possess in their youth.”
“Chu Yun, you are truly doomed. Even eight Spirit Monsters are useless. I will make you die in utter despair. Tian Heng reappears, three stars attack together!”
With the emergence of the eighth Spirit Monster, the Dark Pavilion assassins could no longer conceal their shock. They roared in unison, their killing intent growing even more fierce.
“Seven Stars Death Kill formation? What of it. Today, I will break formation with formation.” Chu Yun’s eyes flashed with divine light as he leisurely took out the Azure Sea Tide-Rising Flute.
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