Translator: CinderTL
Li Chunjun quickly contacted Zhao Yu Pan, a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, through True Lord Zhi Yuan's Message Jade Talisman.
Although Zhao Yu Pan harbored some doubts about Li Chunjun's strength, considering that Li Chunjun was the first Nascent Soul cultivator to be conferred a title by True Monarch Lu Xiuyuan after their thirteen Great True Lords, he inferred that Li Chunjun's strength, even if not on par with a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, must be close.
Under these circumstances, Zhao Yu Pan promptly informed Li Chunjun of their current situation and sent another message to a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, instructing him to gather the others and prepare for a counterattack.
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"The most perilous situation in our direction is that of True Lord Yuanhai. Currently, he and his disciple are being pursued by three Greater Divine Spirits and two Common Divine Spirits!"
True Lord Zhi Yuan scanned the "map" with his Divine Sense: "It's not far ahead..."
"I'll accelerate; you follow closely."
With that, Li Chunjun increased his sword speed, soaring to over three times the speed of sound even on this slightly suppressed continent.
Of course, he still used the Blue Star standard for the speed of sound.
Due to the different atmospheric compositions on the various continents of Two Realms Mountain, the speed of sound varies.
On this continent, the speed of sound is only a little over a hundred meters per second.
As Li Chunjun accelerated, the light points representing himself and True Lord Yuanhai grew closer.
Upon learning that reinforcements were coming, True Lord Yuanhai also changed his direction.
In less than a minute, a sword light entered the range of Li Chunjun's Divine Sense.
Shortly after, five streams of light were also captured by his Divine Sense.
Not long after Li Chunjun "saw" True Lord Yuanhai, the True Lord also sensed his presence.
Although puzzled by Li Chunjun's apparent "early-stage Nascent Soul" cultivation, he chose to trust Zhao Yu Pan's message.
"Be careful! Among those Greater Divine Spirits, one possesses a Mystic Treasure capable of unleashing the Soul-Suppressing Art! A fellow Daoist traveling with me had his mind ensnared by this Secret Art before he could even deploy his Mystical Powers, and was killed."
The mid-stage Nascent Soul True Lord warned via Divine Sense, while he and his early-stage Nascent Soul disciple shifted their positions, preparing to join forces with Li Chunjun.
"Oh?"
Li Chunjun took note of this information.
At that moment, the Divine Spirits also detected Li Chunjun's presence.
Two of them immediately broke through the air, charging towards him.
In terms of lineup, there was one Greater Divine Spirit and one Common Divine Spirit.
Against an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, this lineup could be considered cautious.
But...
Li Chunjun didn't even fully unleash his Destruction Sword Intent.
Merely utilizing the swiftness and sharpness of his Void Sword Intent, the sword light of the Scarlet Sky Sword traversed the void at an incredible speed, striking towards the Common Divine Spirit.
This sword strike was extremely fast.
Even though the Divine Spirit was on high alert and had already activated his defensive Mystic Treasure, he still failed to accurately locate the Scarlet Sky Sword, relying only on the instinctive defense of his treasure to block the strike.
Under such circumstances, how could this Protective Magic Treasure withstand the sharpness of a Spirit Treasure-level Flying Sword? "Boom!"
With the explosion of light, the Divine Spirit and his Protective Magic Treasure were both reduced to dust, scattering into countless fragments.
"A Sword Cultivator?!"
The other Greater Divine Spirit exclaimed in shock, his body shimmering with light as he decisively abandoned his defense.
Sword Cultivators are unparalleled in slaughter.
An Early-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator could potentially kill a Mid-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator.
When the gap in strength wasn't overwhelmingly large, no means could stop a Sword Cultivator's Lifebound Flying Sword.
Therefore, the only way was to rely on one's superior cultivation to strike first with greater speed!
As his five fingers clenched together, the flickering streams of light rapidly coalesced into one, and in the next moment, they were about to pierce through the void, aiming to kill Li Chunjun's body at the speed of light.
But just as the condensed light locked onto Li Chunjun's figure, an even more powerful Divine Sense erupted.
The Scarlet Sky Sword had somehow already invaded the side of this Greater Divine Spirit and suddenly accelerated, piercing through his head a split second before his Radiant Light Divine Art could fully form and be released.
"Whoosh!"
The uncontrolled Radiant Light Divine Art shot out in an instant, grazing past Li Chunjun's side by three meters, piercing through the heavens and the earth.
It directly scorched a blackened trail over a hundred miles long on the ground.
In the area directly hit, the ground was instantly turned into molten lava, even refined into glass.
This scene made both True Lord Yuanhai and the closely following True Lord Zhi Yuan's eyes twitch.
Was Sword Cultivator combat always this intense!?
If Li Chunjun's sword had been just a split second slower, that Radiant Light Divine Art would have likely struck his body.
After the initial shock, an uncontrollable astonishment set in.
A Common Divine Spirit and a Greater Divine Spirit had both been instantly killed by this True Lord Li upon their first encounter!? Such strength...
True Lord Yuanhai carefully scrutinized Li Chunjun.
Although he appeared to be an Early-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator on the surface, there were clear traces of Divine Sense fluctuations masking something.
He could see the concealment.
But what was being concealed remained unclear.
However, it didn't take much thought to guess that this was undoubtedly to hide the fact that he was actually a Perfected Great Lord of the Late Nascent Soul Stage.
By disguising himself as an Early-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator, he could lure more Divine Spirits into a trap and then kill them one by one, earning more merits.
It was precisely because of his strength as a Great True Lord of the Nascent Soul Stage that he dared to let True Lord Zhao regroup and launch a counterattack! Under True Lord Yuanhai's gaze, which now seemed to understand the truth of the matter, Li Chunjun quickly confronted three more Divine Spirits. Yet, despite their grave expressions, none of the three Divine Spirits retreated in the face of Li Chunjun's charge.
The leading Divine Spirit sneered, and his aura suddenly surged.
An energy fluctuation, not inferior to that of a Perfected Great Lord of the Late Nascent Soul Stage, emanated from him.
"An Apex Divine Spirit!?"
At this moment, not only True Lord Zhi Yuan, but even True Lord Yuanhai exclaimed in shock.
An Apex Divine Spirit!
The one who had been relentlessly pursuing him was actually an Apex Divine Spirit!?
While the human side had a Perfected Great Lord of the Late Nascent Soul Stage hiding his aura, disguising himself as an Early-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator to hunt Divine Spirits, the Divine Race also had an Apex Divine Spirit disguised as a Greater Divine Spirit, and he even wielded a Mystic Treasure!
At this moment, True Lord Yuanhai finally realized that when he had suddenly changed direction during his escape, these Divine Spirits had already guessed something, suspecting that he had reinforcements. That was why, despite having the strength to kill him, they had held back, waiting for this moment to hunt a bigger target! As he came to understand all this, the Apex Divine Spirit, who had now revealed his full strength, poured all his Essence, Energy, and Spirit into an octagonal treasure orb in his hand.
In the next moment, the orb released a chilling, paralyzing cold light, shooting straight toward Li Chunjun.
However, True Lord Zhi Yuan, who was farther away, knew that there was no cold light at all.
That icy, stiff, and chilling sensation was merely an illusion on the mental level.
Because this octahedral treasure bead carried a coldness that seemed to freeze the soul, it caused people to physiologically experience this sensation.
The Divine Sense Mystical Power was incredibly fast.
Especially since this Divine Sense Mystical Power was amplified through a treasure. Even though Li Chunjun's Divine Sense strength was not inferior to that of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, and his foundation was strong enough to rival a Primordial Spirit True Monarch, he was still slightly affected at this moment.
From this, one could see how formidable this strike was.
If it were an ordinary Great True Lord at the Nascent Soul stage, even if they weren't severely injured on the spot, they would be mentally overwhelmed and unable to break free, leaving them defenseless and at the mercy of others.
Li Chunjun was affected.
But...
It was only a slight moment of daze.
On the other hand, the Apex Divine Spirit who had unleashed this Divine Sense Mystical Power suddenly turned pale.
The intense backlash from the Divine Sense nearly caused his consciousness to scatter.
Only because this attack was executed with the help of that Mystic Treasure did the majority of the backlash get absorbed by the treasure, allowing him to barely maintain his thoughts.
"This Divine Sense... he is definitely one of the top late-stage Nascent Soul humans..."
This Apex Divine Spirit felt exhilarated.
He was thrilled that he could hunt such a prey by disguising his strength.
But before he could even gather his Divine Sense again, he seemed to sense the exclamation of the Divine Spirit beside him.
"Spirit Envoy! Be careful!"
In the next moment, he felt a Flying Sword whistling towards him at an extremely fast speed.
In fact, at this moment, he suddenly realized that he had sensed this Flying Sword before he even made his move.
However, he thought that with the "Octahedral Profound Jade" in his hand, he could instantly kill this late-stage Nascent Soul Sword Cultivator, and dealing with this Flying Sword might alert the enemy, so he had ignored it.
He never expected...
This sword would become the fatal flaw that led to his demise.
No! It wasn't a flaw!
That human, after being struck by his Divine Sense Mystical Power—the Icy Soul Divine Light—had actually recovered so quickly and could still precisely control the Flying Sword!? How is that possible!? Such a foundation...
"Sword Master! You are a Nascent Soul Sword Master among humans!"
This Apex Divine Spirit suddenly widened his eyes.
Unfortunately, with his Divine Sense unable to recover from the backlash, he couldn't emit any Divine Sense fluctuations or mount any decent counterattack.
He almost "watched helplessly" as the Flying Sword swiftly pierced through his head and whistled away.
After annihilating this deeply hidden Apex Divine Spirit, the Scarlet Sky Sword did not pause for even a moment, unleashing its Sword Intent.
The perfected Destruction Sword Intent, driven by the late-stage Nascent Soul Divine Sense, was released without reservation, presenting an unparalleled scene of destruction in the eyes of the remaining two Divine Spirits.
Especially since Li Chunjun had just killed that Apex Divine Spirit, which had already instilled a strong sense of fear in them, the unrestrained Destruction Sword Intent nearly crushed their mental will.
Fear quickly spread across the faces of the two Divine Spirits.
Under this extreme fear and intimidation, these two Divine Spirits were like ordinary people who were so scared that they froze and couldn't move.
Not to mention gathering Divine Arts to counterattack, they couldn't even fully activate their Protective Magic Treasures.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
The sword light cut through the air!
The Scarlet Sky Sword once again pierced through the heads of the two Divine Spirits.
The speed of the sword and the refinement of the Sword Qi left almost no trace in the void.
"True Lord Li, be careful!"
Only at this moment did True Lord Yuan Hai, who was also affected by the residual waves of the Icy Soul Divine Light, belatedly let out a long cry.
"This is the Icy Soul Divine Light of the God King of Ending's lineage, only an Envoy-Level Divine Spirit would be taught such a technique..."
Before he could finish his words, his cry abruptly ceased as he clearly saw the scene before him.
(End of the Chapter)
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