Chapter 196: Combination of Body Movement and Sword Technique, Sword Slashing the God

Chapter 196: Combination Skill of Movement Technique and Sword Art, Sword Slaying a Soul Transformation Stage Demon King

Seeing that the person pursuing him was not a Transformation God True Lord from Tianxuan Holy Land, but Jiang Li, the Old Jiao Demon was both surprised and enraged.

He had never expected that even after choosing to retreat, Jiang Li would dare to chase after him.

Was this a complete disregard for him?

He was incredibly vexed: He had only been fortunate enough to make the opponent retreat twice, and this Heavenly Mystery Holy Son was already so arrogant, thinking he was a soft persimmon to be trampled upon at will. This was an immense humiliation, a colossal disgrace.

“Jiang Li, you’re courting death!”

The Old Jiao Demon swung his Dragon tail, covered in dark-scaled armor, like a whip-kick, smashing down fiercely. It wasn’t a simple flick, but an instantaneous blur, transforming into a black afterimage that stirred spatial ripples. With a single strike, the surrounding air solidified like iron, and a faint tremor could be heard.

Jiang Li’s expression was calm.

His Wind and Thunder Wings vibrated slightly, and he calmly avoided this mountain-splitting strike, capable of cleaving a mountain range in two.

As his wings shifted, a highly compressed, crack-wind spear formed from the power of the Nine Heavens Gale appeared on his left, and a lightning-plasma spear formed from the power of the Void Realm Thunder Pool appeared on his right, instantly overwhelming the opponent.

Clang, clang, clang… The sound of metal clashing echoed through the sky.

Each spear that landed created sparks on the Old Jiao Demon’s tough scales, producing loud noises and leaving deep indentations. On some scales, faint traces of blood seeped out.

In pain, the Old Jiao Demon let out a low growl, continuously spitting out profound heavy water. This was not an ordinary water-element Spell, but a natural Divine Ability of the Jiaolong Clan, named “Profound Nether Heavy Water.” Each drop was as heavy as a mountain and as dark as profound ice. Once it hit, it could not only penetrate a Soul Transformation Stage spiritual body but also freeze the Divine Soul, preventing it from escaping.

Jiang Li easily avoided it.

The introductory stage Movement Technique, “Nine Heavens Wind and Thunder Void Escape Secret Canon,” already surpassed ordinary Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators in terms of extreme speed. Unless he encountered an existence specializing in speed and whose cultivation had reached the Middle Stage of Soul Transformation or above, no one could hope to match the speed of his Wind and Thunder Wings.

Besides that.

Compared to the previous two versions of the Movement Technique, the new Movement Technique, in addition to speed, also possessed considerable offensive capabilities.

The left wing could condense a gale spear, and the right wing could condense a lightning-plasma spear. With his current cultivation at the Late Stage of Golden Core, these two methods could unleash power not weaker than the Divine Rank.

Jiang Li observed from a third-person perspective and evaluated: Against a Transformation God True Lord ranked after the five hundredth, the Movement Technique could win by itself, but the Old Jiao Demon clearly had more strength than that. Especially since the Jiaolong Clan valued the Physical Body, and ordinary Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators couldn’t break through his defenses, the attacks from the Wind and Thunder Wings were still somewhat lacking. If it entered the Minor Achievement stage and condensed spears of Wind and Thunder power, there would be a chance to slay a Soul Transformation Stage Dragon.

Ultimately, the Movement Technique was just a Divine Ability specializing in speed and space; offense was merely an auxiliary means. Being able to break through defenses was already the limit.

The Movement Technique wanted to show off without considering the actual situation.

Jiang Li silently complained.

Amidst his muttering.

The System’s notification sound suddenly rang out.

“Ding, the Movement Technique, ‘Nine Heavens Wind and Thunder Void Escape Secret Canon,’ cannot stand it when others show off in front of it and then run away. It is determined to reclaim the spotlight, capture the Dragon, and invites the Sword Art to participate in this Dragon-capturing operation. Capturing the Dragon and returning, with all the people lining the streets, what a magnificent sight.”

“Ding, the Sword Art, ‘Xuantian Dragon Slaying Sword,’ upon hearing the word ‘Dragon-capturing,’ its Dragon Slaying heart began to boil, and it started to respond to the Movement Technique’s call. Dragon Slaying, hehe, I’m best at that.”

Jiang Li, being controlled by the Movement Technique, activated the Golden Core within his body.

On the invincible Golden Core, the Golden Core phenomena belonging to both the Sword Art and the Movement Technique lit up simultaneously. Behind him, a boundless river of Sword Dao suddenly appeared, flowing with countless dense, refined, and gleaming carefree Sword Intent.

Besides the Sword Intent, above the Sword Dao river’s phantom, specks of Concept light clusters floated unstably, including lonely sails, distant shadows, bright moons, falling flowers, green pines, dangerous peaks… Each Concept light circle represented an ancient poem, exuding unique Law fluctuations.

The next second.

The surrounding scenery began to change.

Centered on Jiang Li, the hundred-mile radius of heaven and earth transformed into a carefree Secret Realm where poetry, swords, and Dao intertwined, appearing in black and white. This space became ethereal and unconventional, full of uncertainty. From afar, it looked as if one was situated within an impressionistic ink wash painting.

Jiang Li was startled.

Holy cow.

Golden Core phenomena could even combine?

Undoubtedly, this was a combined phenomenon formed by the fusion of the two Golden Core phenomena of the Sword Art and the Movement Technique, named “Poetic Sword Heavenly River Falling Nine Rivers.”

Within the scope of this phenomenon, he was the only free and transcendent “God” in the painting.

His figure appeared and disappeared within the ink wash painting, his form was a sword shadow, his steps were poetic lines, and his movements no longer had clear trajectories but were unpredictable.

The Old Jiao Demon was equally shocked.

He was horrified to discover that he had been pulled into some special Domain Restriction. His movements were restricted because the space before him was no longer clearly visible, but rather like a trapping array. No matter how he flew, he could not escape this hundred-mile black and white landscape painting.

What the hell is this, a Golden Core phenomenon?

Since when could a human Cultivator’s Golden Core phenomenon control him, a Transformation Stage Demon King?

This human was constantly refreshing his perception of a Prodigy.

“Jiang Li, what exactly do you want to do? You can’t kill me, so why waste your effort here? If you provoke me to the point of desperation, I’ll drag you down with me even if it means my own demise here.”

The Old Jiao Demon roared.

His colossal demonic body frantically stirred the surrounding heaven and earth power, causing seawater to pour back and profound ice to descend from the sky. The entire ink wash painting trembled, as if it could collapse at any moment.

Jiang Li watched.

He secretly pondered: It seems the limit of the Golden Core phenomenon is here. At most, it can forcibly control a Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator for a short time. The higher the cultivation, the shorter the time it takes to break free.

Despite this.

Jiang Li was not sad; instead, his eyes sparkled.

After all.

This was just a Golden Core phenomenon.

To achieve this step was already far beyond his imagination. He couldn’t even imagine what kind of Divine Might it would be when the Golden Core phenomenon transformed into a Nascent Soul Dharma Idol.

Just as he was thinking.

The Movement Technique moved.

He chanted softly: “A thousand mountains, no birds in flight; ten thousand paths, no human tracks.”

Instantly.

The Old Jiao Demon’s movements abruptly froze. His molten-gold vertical pupils became hollow, filled with terror deep within, because his five senses had been stripped away, and his Divine Soul was pulled into a lonely snowfield, struggling alone within it.

This was also a Golden Core method?

What a joke.

Even a Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator of the same Realm couldn’t so domineeringly strip away his five senses, especially his Divine Sense. Without Divine Sense, he completely lost the ability to fight, like a living target.

No.

He had to escape immediately.

At this moment.

The Old Jiao Demon felt boundless dread.

For the first time, he felt how unwise it was to provoke this Prodigy. He was very likely to suffer a major setback at the hands of this human.

Immediately after.

The Old Jiao Demon, relying on instinct, began to frantically impact this ink wash painting.

The effect was very obvious.

His five senses were gradually recovering.

First hearing, then touch, then sight.

And then… he heard Jiang Li chant again: “The long river sets, the sun is round.”

The leisurely sound echoed.

In Jiang Li’s hand appeared a dark-golden longsword, three feet three inches long, containing a galaxy-like silver-white flowing light. On the sword’s spine, an naturally formed profound Dao pattern wound, resembling both cloud script and thunder marks.

Next.

Jiang Li exhaled a golden-red beam of light, its halo brilliant and striking, like the Great Sun traversing the sky. It attached itself to the sword body, like a blazing Great Sun burning to its utmost, emitting endless light and heat.

Just looking directly at this Sword Qi made one’s heart tremble, one’s eyes felt as if they were burning, and even one’s Divine Soul felt a faint prickling pain.

“Fifth-tier Sword Weapon, Limitless Sword, not good!”

The Old Jiao Demon was terrified.

A fifth-tier Sword Weapon plus the power of Sword Killing Force would unleash unimaginable power.

Even if he was confident in his Jiaolong body, he dared not take this strike. This would kill a Demon.

The Old Jiao Demon moved swiftly.

Constantly dodging.

But unfortunately… at the System level, attacks were guaranteed to hit. Moreover, under the influence of the two Golden Core phenomena, this Soul Transformation Stage Demon King’s five senses had not fully recovered, and even his Divine Sense was somewhat delayed, making it impossible to avoid this sword strike.

In the Old Jiao Demon’s eyes, Jiang Li, holding the Limitless Sword, crushed down a blazing Great Sun, carrying a vast and destructive Sword Killing Force. The entire ink wash painting was dyed crimson, igniting an boundless sea of fire.

Swoosh… The magnificent golden Sword Killing Force slashed down. Under the Old Jiao Demon’s disbelieving gaze, his indestructible Jiaolong body was instantly cut into two. The scorching Dragon blood had just seeped out when it was instantly carbonized by the extreme high temperature contained within the Great Sun Sword Qi, without even a chance to drip.

Precisely at this moment.

The Golden Core phenomenon dissipated.

The surrounding scenery returned to normal.

If anyone were present, they would witness a spectacular scene.

A colossal Dragon body, severed into two, fell from the sky.

Above the horizon, a figure with azure-purple wings on his back, holding a dark-golden longsword, calmly watched the Dragon corpse fall.