Free Web NovelChapter 535: Chapter 489: Smashed to Pieces
Jiang Yuebai and the others sped across the sea, seeing many people attracted to the commotion, rushing in from all directions.
"Faster!"
Lou San urged them from the front, increasing speed, fearing others would beat them to the opportunity.
Zhou Xinqi and Fengying also quietly increased their speed, but only Jiang Yuebai looked up at the rolling black clouds, silently slowing down her pace.
Her intuition screamed that danger lay ahead.
Seeing the distance widen, Zheng Yougong hesitated before instinctively staying by Jiang Yuebai’s side. Ever since she had saved him, he had felt she was reliable.
"Be careful of the Great Array!"
Jiang Yuebai loudly reminded, but the howling wind made it unclear if those ahead heard her, as they continued to accelerate, leaving her and Zheng Yougong far behind.
Just then, four beams of light shot up from the sea in all directions, connecting heaven and earth, summoning thunder.
A terrifying shockwave, carrying vast thunder, exploded from the center of the Great Array ahead, crushing a thousand-mile radius of sea into dust in an instant.
Many Golden Core cultivators couldn’t evade in time, not even having the chance to scream before their divine souls were obliterated and they turned to powder in the rapidly spreading aftermath.
Jiang Yuebai reacted promptly, flicking her white hair as vines wildly grew, instantly wrapping her and Zheng Yougong.
The aftermath quickly swept by, and the vines scattered like ash. The five-layer Body Protection Gang Qi on Jiang Yuebai was shattered, with the remaining force barely fended off by the Fire Dragon Scale Armor and absorbed by the Mermaid Silk’s Magical Robe, sparing them from catastrophe.
Beside her, Zheng Yougong held the Stone Dragon Token, his rock barrier layers shattered, his eyes wide with lingering fear.
Below them, the seawater disappeared, leaving a horrifying crater and ashes flying in the air, uncertain if it was dust or bone ash. Only a few cultivators who were far enough away survived by luck, all observing from the sky at a distance.
The distant seawater roared and surged back, filling the crater. Zheng Yougong scanned the front, but Lou San and the others were nowhere to be seen.
Glug!
Zheng Yougong swallowed hard. If not for Jiang Yuebai’s vines blocking most of the force, relying solely on the Stone Dragon, he would have been severely injured.
Zheng Yougong turned to Jiang Yuebai, whose brow was furrowed, and said, "Fellow Daoist Chenzhou, thank you for saving me yet again."
Jiang Yuebai was still a bit shaken herself, paying no heed to Zheng Yougong, her gaze fixed unwaveringly ahead.
An imposing thunderous Great Array, like an enormous thunderball, was supported by four colossal pillars of light, spanning over a hundred miles, floating above the sea.
The wave just now far exceeded the power of a Divinity Transformation Cultivator as she understood it.
"Howl!!"
A dragon’s roar shook the heavens, jolting Jiang Yuebai.
That was Ao Juan’s voice!
The scene within the thunderball was unseen by Jiang Yuebai, but the power of this Great Array far exceeded the norm, catching even Golden Core cultivators off guard. Ao Juan’s situation must be dire.
In general, an array was like a fortress from the inside, extremely difficult to break.
If the people inside could trap Ao Juan, they certainly had a way to restrain Ao Juan’s Space Power.
A surging zither sound echoed, and Jiang Yuebai’s eyes focused as she decided to break the array from the outside.
This array had four corners. As long as one was broken, she believed Ao Juan could break through from the inside and escape the Great Array.
"Jumping into this mess isn’t so easy; if you want to live, leave early."
Jiang Yuebai said to Zheng Yougong, then transformed into a stream of light, rushing towards the edge of the Great Array.
"Fellow Daoist Chenzhou!"
Zheng Yougong called from behind as Jiang Yuebai vanished, while many Golden Core cultivators from the Dragon Hunting Squad gathered around, unwilling to approach yet unwilling to leave, all watching from a distance.
Some had already guessed that the one trapped in the array was the Winged Dragon, and they wanted to see how it all ended.
With a Divinity Transformation Cultivator inside and an Early-Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator in front, concealment was meaningless. Jiang Yuebai donned the Ninth-Layer Body Protection Gang Qi, tore off her veil, and took out the Green Jade Bamboo Flute.
She couldn’t find Qii Siheng’s trace; she could only hear the zither melody resonating across the sea. Above, in the clouds, the Rain Dragon churned and fused with the unknown array.
Qii Siheng used the zither to shepherd the dragon, so she would crush his zither melody.
Jiang Yuebai stood firm on the sea, clothes fluttering, her expression determined. The wind lifted her white hair as she took a deep breath and blew into the flute, releasing a high-pitched, rapid sound.
Green Lotus Melody, Third Piece · City Crusher
The wind rose, startling the weeds and wildlings, the dragon and serpent ascended, intent on crushing the city!
This melody, apart from the ’Suwen Song’ for healing and the ’Clear Heart Song’ for awakening, was the third Killing Song in the Green Lotus Melody, easy to learn but hard to master. She had learned it during the Foundation Establishment stage but rarely used it. Now, using it here to break a song with another song was perfect.
Learning a bit more is better than having no tricks up your sleeve when needed.
Jiang Yuebai concentrated fully on playing, the flute’s sound raising a powerful sound wave, overshadowing the roaring waves, like cavalry attacking a camp, instantly fragmenting the zither tones into chaos.
The distant cultivators on the sea heard the commotion and gasped in amazement.
"Someone actually broke Qii Siheng’s melody?"
Everyone was curious about who suddenly appeared. Was it a member of the Dragon Clan? Those who hadn’t left, like Zheng Yougong, thought of Jiang Yuebai. It seemed she was the only one who had rushed over earlier.
Zheng Yougong was dumbfounded; she was only in the Late-Stage Golden Core but could already contend against an Early-Stage Nascent Soul cultivator? She was formidable!
Clang!
Qii Siheng’s zither melody was disrupted, the Rain Dragon roared from high above, its enormous, mist-wreathed dragon head descending from the clouds, squinting at Jiang Yuebai playing the flute on the sea.
Three miles away, ripples spread on the sea, and Qii Siheng’s figure appeared, sitting cross-legged, hovering in mid-air, fingers pressing against the zither strings, frowning deeply.
"Who is it?"
Qii Siheng was a musical enthusiast; Sound Cultivation was rare in the Green Dragon Realm, and he had few rivals. Now, with the sudden flute sound disrupting his melody, a battle fervor rose in his heart.
"I’ll trouble the Dragon Lord to stabilize the array corner while I meet this person."
Whoosh!
After the Rain Dragon retracted into the clouds, Qii Siheng’s expression turned grim as he raised his hand to the zither, and the ancient zither’s sound exploded intensely.
The sound wave surged up a massive wave, fiercely clashing against Jiang Yuebai’s flute’s sound wave, immediately blasting a hundred-foot wave on the sea.
The sound wave from an Early-Stage Nascent Soul cultivator pierced through the Body Protection Gang Qi, striking Jiang Yuebai’s chest heavily. She staggered back, stabilizing herself by stomping in mid-air, and resumed playing the flute before another wave of sound arrived.
Sound waves pervade everywhere, belonging neither to the Five Elements nor a spell, making them extremely difficult to defend against. They expand outward from the center of the performer, guided by Divine Sense to attack one area specifically, making them a very special path.
However, not everyone can become a master of the Sound Dao, requiring innate talent and continuous effort and practice over time, even more challenging than mastering the Sword Dao.
If she couldn’t break Qii Siheng’s melody, the sound waves would form an absolute defense around him, preventing her from reaching him.
The array had formed, and Jiang Yuebai couldn’t sense the happenings inside from outside, with all the residual waves and pressure suppressed within.
Jiang Yuebai was anxious, focusing one Divine Thought on playing, contending fiercely with Qii Siheng.
She quickly devised a strategy with her other two Divine Thoughts, releasing Bai Jiuyou and Hongye from the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven.
"You two deal with the Rain Dragon."
Bai Jiuyou, blindfolded with white gauze, wielded a hammer made from a Frost Dragon Tooth, standing on top of Hongye, covered in flaming red scales, rubbing her nose and lifting her little face confidently.
"Even if it’s a dragon made of water, once frozen, it should be tasty. Watch me!"
"Roar!"
Hongye mighty and majestic, soared into the sky with Bai Jiuyou, its entire body igniting fiercely, burning through the rain clouds and crashing fiercely against the side of the Rain Dragon.
"You stinking dragon! Eat my hammer!"
The small Bai Jiuyou swung her hammer with both hands, leaping from Hongye’s head, surrounding spiritual energy converging into a stream of light focusing on the Frost Dragon Tooth, a dragon tooth suddenly dazzling.
Boom!
The Barbarian God’s Great Strength swung the hammer down, the Rain Dragon caught off guard received a brutal strike, the overpowering force crushing it from head to tail, shattering the entire Rain Dragon into a vast stream of rainwater scattered in all directions.
Truly hammer-smashed!
