CHAPTER 536: 277, LIVE FOR 500 YEARS AND LEND YOU A HELPING HAND.

Moreover, he was already wary of Xu Xing’s strength; otherwise, it wouldn’t have been the Thirteen Taoist Monarchs from the Flying Feather Immortal Palace coming to set up the array this time. Instead, he would have come alone to engage Xu Xing in a life-and-death sword trial to determine who was superior.

But... what about Martial Uncle Shi... The Tide Feather Sword was taken, and the sword imprint couldn’t be branded onto Xu Xing’s body. In this battle, we have already lost half. Zhongtai Dao Lord sighed quietly to himself.

The watching cultivators thought that the Nine Suns Fire Pillar Array, set up by the Thirteen Taoist Monarchs, and its first transformation, the Netherflame Fire, was the hidden killing move the Flying Feather Immortal Palace had prepared for Xu Xing. In reality, it was far more than that. The real killing move was the sword imprint and the personal intervention of Chi Yuan, the Nascent Soul Saint Monarch. He and Chi Yuan did not believe that a single Nine Suns Fire Pillar Array would be enough to completely eliminate Xu Xing and kill this peerless Pride of Heaven. Every Pride of Heaven always had Great Fortune accompanying them!

""Xu Xing has the Tide Feather Sword; he’s difficult to resist! Fellow Daoists, first form an array for self-protection. We must blunt his momentum and deliver the final blow when he weakens..." Seeing that his many martial brothers had failed to stop Xu Xing and that the Tide Feather Sword, a Half-Immortal Artifact, had completely fallen into Xu Xing’s hands, Zhongtai Dao Lord abandoned all hope of reclaiming the sword at this moment. He glanced at the other Dao Lords present and, while manipulating the Netherflame Array Banner to change the formation, conveyed this message via sound transmission through divine consciousness.

Losing the Tide Feather Sword didn’t necessarily mean the Flying Feather Immortal Palace had completely lost this battle. Although the Tide Feather Sword was strong, it also consumed a considerable amount of Magic Power. If he weren’t in the Nine Suns Fire Pillar Array, with the array technique helping him recover Magic Power, he wouldn’t dare to misuse the Tide Feather Sword like this...

As his words fell, the Dao Lords of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace quickly retreated. Shaking the Array Banners in their hands, they changed their battle formation alongside Zhongtai Dao Lord. In an instant, the nine netherflame pillars transformed into a Vermilion Bird, its neck raised as it soared, completely enveloping them within the Vermilion Bird Avatar it formed.

"The Immortal Sword has changed hands..." "The roles of offense and defense between the Butian Sect and the Flying Feather Immortal Palace have reversed in an instant!"

Outside the array, the Sect Masters and Ancestor-level cultivators from various sects, watching the two sides battle, shook their heads and sighed at this scene. Although Half-Immortal Artifacts have "half" in their name, they are still counted among Immortal Artifacts. In East Huangzhou, it was common knowledge that Nascent Soul Dao Lords who were Sect Masters of Higher Teachings, wielding their sect’s Half-Immortal Artifact, possessed the power to contend even with Nascent Soul Saint Monarchs.

At this time, although Xu Xing had just seized the Tide Feather Sword and had not yet refined it, meaning he could only unleash twenty to thirty percent of the Half-Immortal Artifact’s power, it was important to remember that previously, before the Immortal Sword changed hands, Xu Xing, while in the array and with the combined strength of the Butian Sect’s Dao Lords, had not been at a disadvantage against the cultivators of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace—let alone now!

"With the Tide Feather Sword in hand, this Vermilion Bird Avatar, even combining the power of the Thirteen Taoist Monarchs and the might of the heaven and earth formation, likely won’t withstand Master Xu for long..." "Who would have thought that the previously imposing Dao Lords of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace would be forced to form an array for self-protection in mere moments..."

The cultivators discussed animatedly, clearly taking pleasure in the Flying Feather Immortal Palace’s predicament. Those who follow the righteous path find many allies, while those who stray find few. The Flying Feather Immortal Palace, as one of the Higher Teachings, had lorded its power over East Huangzhou for so many years. Today, with their deeply significant inherited treasure, the Tide Feather Sword, being seized and suffering such a great loss of face, how could the other cultivators not kick them while they were down?

In the crowd, Nan Ling heard the mockery from the cultivators of the Small and Medium-sized Sects directed at the Flying Feather Immortal Palace. She shook her Qiufu and thought, Frogs at the bottom of the well! How could Higher Teachings be so easily dealt with... Although her opinion of Xu Xing had significantly improved by this time, and she now regarded him as a peerless Pride of Heaven, she still didn’t believe this battle could be decided by a single Immortal Sword...

The discussions among the cultivators outside the array did not interfere with the two sects within it; both sides were fully engrossed in the battle.

The next moment, Xu Xing, protected by the Seven Taoist Monarchs of the Butian Sect, wasted no words. After refining the Tide Feather Sword, a Half-Immortal Artifact, he channeled his Magic Power. Wielding the might of the Immortal Sword, he unleashed a Daoist technique of the Giant Sword Lineage, pressing down on the Vermilion Bird Avatar within the array.

BOOM! A colossal golden Sword Qi, amplified by the Tide Feather Sword, was unleashed by Xu Xing. This Sword Qi possessed the power to incinerate the heavens. It transformed mid-air into a hundred rays of golden light, slashing towards the Vermilion Bird Avatar from all directions with ferocious momentum.

SCREECH! The Vermilion Bird Avatar spread its hundred-zhang-wide wings and soared upwards, continuously evading the hundred rays of sword light in the air. Simultaneously, it opened its beak and spewed forth an even more potent Netherflame Fire than before, incinerating the Sword Qi.

Several rays of golden light struck the ground. With a deafening BOOM, mountains crumbled and rivers churned. The nameless hill where the array technique was situated shattered into massive boulders, and new valleys were violently carved into the landscape. Underground rivers gushed forth from the depths. In an instant, the landscape underwent a dramatic transformation—what were once mountains and rivers became a vast lake dotted with islands rising above the water’s surface. The river water, seared by the intense flames, evaporated into a thick white mist, shrouding the region for a thousand miles around.

"In the blink of an eye, landmasses sank and emerged!" "This is the power of Nascent Soul Cultivators! Their residual power alone can transform a hundred miles of mountains into a great lake..." After that single exchange, the cultivators from the various sects were endlessly amazed. This was the first time they had witnessed a Nascent Soul Dao Lord attack with full force. Ordinarily, which Ancestor didn’t live in seclusion, remaining enigmatic to the extreme? Even in battle, they typically needed only one or two Divine Powers to instantly vanquish their foes.

Amidst the discussions of the various sect cultivators, the tide of battle between the two sects gradually became clear. With the Seven Taoist Monarchs of the Butian Sect coordinating their attacks, the Vermilion Bird Avatar gradually faltered, struggling to cope. Xu Xing, however, fought with increasing valor, showing no signs of his Magic Power depleting in the slightest.