Just as the giant sword was halfway through its descent, a seven-colored barrier appeared.
"Buzz—buzz!"
Light and shadow flickered, forcibly blocking the edge of the giant sword and even rebounding it.
"What?"
Seeing this, the elder couldn’t hide his surprise. "Guardian Mountain Formation! How does a tiny Jade Maiden Sect have a Guardian Mountain Formation?"
Victor Tu’s expression also froze, clearly surprised that the Jade Maiden Sect possessed such a formation.
After a brief change of expression, the elder regained his composure, stepped forward, his robes whipping in the wind as his aura surged. He declared loudly, "So what if it’s a Guardian Mountain Formation? I can still cut it down with a single sword!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he pointed casually, and the rebounding giant sword suddenly burst forth with an even more dazzling pale-blue light.
"Boom!!!"
The giant sword, now carrying even greater force, slashed toward Jade Maiden Peak, as if it could split the mountain in two with a single blow.
When the elder unleashed his first sword strike, everyone in the Jade Maiden Sect was alarmed. They all looked up at the sky, and upon seeing the awe-inspiring giant sword descending overhead, many froze in place, while the timid ones screamed and collapsed to the ground.
The next moment—
The giant sword came crashing down.
"Buzz—buzz—buzz!!!"
Seven-colored radiance lit up the entire sky, once again blocking the giant sword.
"It's the Guardian Mountain Formation!"
"We have the Guardian Mountain Formation—there's no way that guy can do anything to us!"
Witnessing this, the frightened and panicked Jade Maiden Sect disciples snapped out of it and cheered, while those who had collapsed in fear felt secretly embarrassed.
"Impossible!"
Seeing the Jade Maiden Sect’s Guardian Mountain Formation block his attack yet again, the elder’s face twisted in anger. He began forming sword seals with both hands, and the giant sword let out a series of shrill wails.
"Break for me!"
After a moment, the giant sword, its power surging once again, swept down from the sky.
"Buzz—buzz—buzz!"
The seven-colored barrier trembled, and just as the Jade Maiden Sect disciples thought it couldn’t hold, it once again rebounded the giant sword.
"Damn it, how can this be happening!"
The elder couldn’t accept this outcome. With his full power, that giant sword could even kill a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator—how could it fail to break the Jade Maiden Sect’s Guardian Mountain Formation?
"Elder Li, let me help you—let’s break the formation together!"
At Victor Tu’s signal, another elder stepped forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with the first.
Elder Li wanted to refuse, but swallowed his words. He had already unleashed his strongest attack, and even if he kept pushing, the chances of breaking the Guardian Mountain Formation were slim.
"Then I’ll trouble Elder Ma!"
Elder Ma nodded and began forming hand-seals. Unlike others, he was especially fond of dao-arts and had deep mastery in them; in battle, he rarely used magical treasures.
At most, he would use a treasure for self-defense.
As Elder Ma formed his seals, fierce hurricanes suddenly surged across the land, and in the blink of an eye, these winds condensed into countless cyan wind-blades.
Each wind-blade was over ten zhang long, looking utterly terrifying.
"Great Wind Blade—cut for me!"
With a casual gesture, hundreds of cyan wind-blades shot out and slammed fiercely against the Guardian Mountain Formation.
Elder Li seized the opportunity and once again drove his giant sword down.
"Buzz—buzz—buzz!"
"Bang—bang—bang!"
The Guardian Mountain Formation shook once again.
Outside Splendor Palace, Lana Snow, Yvonne, and the others watched the scene unfold, growing increasingly worried. "Senior Azure, can the formation hold?" they asked.
"Just with them? They still can’t break my formation!" Ian Song replied lightly, a hint of disdain in his tone.
As expected by Ian, even after all the massive wind-blades landed, the Guardian Mountain Formation remained steady, shielding Jade Maiden Peak.
"Damn it, what’s going on here? How does a tiny Jade Maiden Sect have such a powerful Guardian Mountain Formation?" Elder Li exclaimed, unwilling to accept it.
Elder Li spoke with extreme reluctance.
Elder Ma sighed softly and looked at Victor Tu. "Sect Master, the two of us are afraid we cannot break this Guardian Mountain Formation. Please punish us!"
"Step aside, all of you—let me handle this!" Victor Tu commanded.
As soon as he finished speaking, Victor Tu walked through the air, arriving above Jade Maiden Peak. He began moving swiftly in the void, forming hand-seals with both hands while chanting a series of mysterious, ancient incantations.
Upon hearing the incantation, Elder Li and Elder Ma exchanged glances, both showing shock and admiration on their faces.
"I never thought the Sect Master would master the Heavenly Wind Curse—a spell that hasn’t been mastered in five hundred years!"
According to the records of the Ascension Sect, the founding ancestor was once just an ordinary cowherd, but later obtained nine extremely powerful cultivation arts.
He relied on these nine arts to establish the Ascension Sect. However, the founder did not master all nine, only cultivating the arts of Thunder, Wind, and Earth.
The Heavenly Wind Curse was the most powerful and difficult offensive spell among the Wind arts. It’s said that in tens of thousands of years, fewer than five Wind disciples have ever mastered it.
As Victor Tu moved, fierce winds swept in from all directions. Before the awestruck gazes of Elder Li and Elder Ma, these winds rapidly condensed into a colossal cyan wind dragon, a hundred zhang long.
Feeling the aura radiating from the wind dragon, Elder Li murmured, “This wind dragon’s strength is at least that of a Spirit Severing expert, isn’t it?”
"Go!"
With a single point from Victor Tu, the wind dragon let out a series of roars and charged toward the Guardian Mountain Formation.
The hundred-zhang dragon was awe-inspiring and immense. As it barreled toward Jade Maiden Peak, even the confident Jade Maiden Sect disciples couldn’t help but show fear.
“This dao-art is rather interesting!”
Outside Splendor Palace, Ian Song smiled faintly and, with a single step, appeared in the sky.
"Boom!"
His body suddenly expanded, growing to over ten zhang tall.
"That's Senior Azure!"
Seeing the giant appear in midair, the Jade Maiden Sect disciples cheered, but then grew worried for Senior Azure. Could she block a giant dragon nearly ten times her size?
"All show and no substance—break!"
With a cold laugh, Ian Song, now a giant, soared into the sky and unleashed a flurry of punches!
"Whoosh—whoosh!"
A massive dragon tail swung down, but Ian Song knocked it aside with a single punch and appeared atop the dragon’s head.
He swung his fist—striking down!
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
A series of violent sounds rang out. Under the gaze of the Jade Maiden Sect disciples, as Senior Azure finished her barrage, the giant wind dragon’s head was completely smashed in.
Next, the cyan wind dragon’s body also collapsed.
"Wah—wah—wah!"
As the cyan wind dragon disintegrated, Victor Tu spat out three mouthfuls of blood, his complexion turning ashen. After all, a portion of his soul had been infused into the giant wind dragon.
The wind dragon was forcefully destroyed, damaging his soul and causing him to vomit blood in front of everyone.