Free Web NovelChapter 470: Chapter 283: The World’s Prodigies Amount to 10 Parts; I Alone Shall Claim 9
As for the ancient-looking Flying Sword in his hand, its ability to block a strike from Lu Mingyuan proved it was no ordinary item.
"Luo Lingxiao, without that Flying Sword, that last strike would have been enough to end your life and extinguish your Dao." Lu Mingyuan’s tone was nonchalant, but the killing intent behind it sent a chill through everyone’s heart.
From Lu Mingyuan’s current stance, it was clear he was ready to fight anyone and everyone.
If a god stood in his way, he would slay that god. If a Buddha blocked his path, he would slay that Buddha.
Luo Lingxiao smiled and said, "A cultivator must have a heart that yearns for the Dao. Only then can one be reborn from the jaws of death, seize creation’s fortune, and ascend to immortality."
He was the Deputy Sect Leader of the Wanluo Sword Sect, and he wielded the sect’s heirloom Ancient Sword, the Jade Chilong.
It was an Ancient Flying Sword, refined by generations of Sect Leaders until its power was comparable to a Low Grade Immortal Artifact.
In terms of Cultivation, he was indeed no match for Lu Mingyuan.
But with it in hand, Luo Lingxiao was confident he could still fight Lu Mingyuan.
Lu Mingyuan smiled faintly. "Confidence is a good thing. So, are you also planning to just hand over the Golden Crow Country’s Celestial Destiny and Fortune?"
"Beat me first, then we’ll talk!"
Wasting no more words, Luo Lingxiao gripped the three-foot-long Jade Chilong. In an instant, using Shifting Form and Shadow and Ten Thousand Swords Division, he laid out a Ninefold Sword Array.
SWOOSH!
Lu Mingyuan unleashed a heaven-piercing Sword Intent and charged toward the heart of the array, intending to trap both Cao Zongxi and Luo Lingxiao inside the Grand Array.
"White Yihu Ruyi Mani True Buddha!"
A statue of a Buddha rose from the earth, blocking Lu Mingyuan’s path.
Jiang Shan stood atop the valley peak, endless Buddha Power surging from his body and swirling around the statue.
Lu Mingyuan glanced toward the top of the stone mountain, then looked back to see Li Muwan walking through a field of Buddha’s Light and entering Luo Lingxiao’s Sword Array.
"Lu Mingyuan, it’s been a year. Long time no see. I thank you for your help in the Wilderness Cave Heaven, but meeting on the battlefield makes us enemies."
Orbs of Three-Word True Flame flew around Li Muwan, each one containing terrifying power.
In the past year, Lu Mingyuan wasn’t the only one to rise meteorically, surpassing Cultivators once far stronger than himself.
Jiang Shan and Li Muwan were exceptions as well.
One had been in Cultivation for less than a century, yet he was already the First Zen Master of the Great Golden Cicada Temple, one of the four titans of the Buddhist Sect.
The other was suspected to be the reincarnation of an Ancient Fire God.
Li Muwan was born with the natural Nine-Turns Bright Fire Saint Body, making her a peerless prodigy. She had simply been kept hidden and protected by the Nanli Dynasty, allowed to develop safely until she reached the Middle Fifth Grade before finally appearing in public.
Jiang Shan sighed. "I truly did not wish to become Your Majesty’s enemy, but such is this great era; everyone has their own side. Comrades who once fought together against a common enemy must now face each other in a battle to the death."
Lu Mingyuan let out a long laugh. "Why all the sentimentality? Being brothers-in-arms or friends is certainly a joy. But isn’t being enemies its own kind of thrill? Today, I will seize the Destiny of the Six Kingdoms. The lot of you combined are not enough to stop me. Anyone else want to have a go? Step right up."
"Lu Mingyuan, your confidence is excessive. Do not underestimate the heroes of the world." Chu Longxiang, the Eldest Prince of the Great Wu Dynasty, leaped up from a shattered mountain peak.
He stood a full two meters tall with a massive frame, his immense muscles making him look like a humanoid Giant Dragon.
"If I don’t get a chance to face off against a prodigy of this age who aims to rule the world, wouldn’t that be one of life’s great regrets?"
The Third Prince lacked the courage to face Lu Mingyuan, so Song Guangyao, the Fourth Prince of the Song Dynasty, stepped forward in his brother’s stead. With a faint smile, he executed the "Feather" True Word of the Confucian Family and stepped into the Sword Array.
Cao Zongxi steadied himself within the array. Seeing Lu Mingyuan surrounded, and with no one from Great Yan coming to his aid, he recognized his chance. He laughed and called out, "Lu Mingyuan, if you want to kill me, you’ll have to get past the Six Nations’ Pride first!"
He was using words to provoke Lu Mingyuan into attacking first, hoping to expose a weakness.
"Good. The warm-up is over."
The moment Lu Mingyuan finished speaking, a majestic momentum erupted from him. His vital energy surged like a volcano, no longer concealed, unleashed without reservation.
The flame mark between his brows flickered as his entire body levitated into the air.
In the next instant, blazing fire poured over him, and his hair abruptly changed color, turning the blood-red of an Asura.
The ground cracked open, and magma-fire pulsed from the fissures, threatening to incinerate everything in existence.
A hundred-meter-tall Blazing Long Saber materialized across the sky, and a thousand-zhang-tall Dharma Body stood firm upon the earth.
"If the talent of all the world’s prodigies were divided into ten parts, I alone would possess nine."
Lu Mingyuan slowly rose, taking his place between the brows of the Dharma Body.
His cold words echoed across the land.
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