Chapter 1616: Chapter 1612: Confrontation

Yan Lie’s perception of fire was extremely keen, and he immediately realized that the three sword spirits in front of him were not illusions made of flames, but actual Golden Crow Essence Souls, so naturally he did not dare to be careless.

He continuously waved the Dustless Fan in his hands, injecting mana into the fan without pause, with the swept up wind blades heading straight for the Three-legged Golden Crow Sword Spirits.

However, the Golden Crows that had turned into sword spirits were far more agile and swift than any flying swords, effortlessly flapping their wings to dodge the wind blades, charging directly towards Yan Lie.

Just at that moment, a slender yellow light arrived in an instant, striking towards one of the Golden Crow Sword Spirits.

The Golden Crow Sword Spirit had just managed to dodge the blow from the wind blade and had not noticed the approach of the Treasure Coin; with a “clang”, it was hit, instantly losing its spiritual power as the flame was wholly retracted.

The true form of the flying sword was revealed, with its golden light also dissipating, falling to the ground like common iron.

However, after knocking down one flying sword, the Treasure Coin did not fly back but used the force of the collision to spring towards another Golden Crow Sword Spirit, its speed even faster than when it struck the first one.

Just as it seemed the second Golden Crow Sword Spirit would be struck, suddenly a colorful light swept across, perfectly deflecting the blow to the side of the Golden Crow Sword Spirit.

Taking advantage of this, the other two Golden Crow Sword Spirits slanted their flight, one to the left and one to the right, launching an assault on Yan Lie.

Subconsciously, Yan Lie wanted to leap into the air to dodge, but he soon stopped himself, realizing it was already a bit late to block with the Dustless Fan.

In the instant that the two Golden Crow Sword Spirits closed in, they simultaneously flapped their wings, their bodies erupting with Golden Crow True Fire, colliding with each other and bursting out like two mini suns.

The force of this collision was indeed significant, and Yan Lie instantly felt the threat.

At the critical moment, he tucked the Dustless Fan into his sleeve and summoned from either sleeve the Azure Sky Ink Stone and the Soul of Ink Brush, crossing them in front of him for protection while pouring mana into both to activate them.

The two magical treasures resonated with each other, once again displaying their power of space, as they forcefully tore open a rift in the void right before him, ready for the two Golden Crow Sword Spirits to fall into.

Regrettably, the two magical treasures had been used too frequently during this period of time, depleting too much of their void powers, and the spatial rift they created only lasted for an instant before collapsing.

However, the ripples of space they generated twisted the void in front of Yan Lie, and the two golden fireballs that were about to hit him were diverted by this force, veering off to the left and right.

Behind him, the Treasure Coin smashed into the colorful light and was immediately wrapped up in it.

Wanshui Zhenren looked over to see that it was Nie Cai Zhu holding the Nine Heavens Immortal Silk, blocking his path.

Nie Cai Zhu held the Nine Heavens Immortal Silk and immediately sensed a strange prohibitive force coming from the Treasure Coin, attempting to sever her connection with the Immortal Silk.

However, the Nine Heavens Immortal Silk was not being wielded externally but held in her hand, naturally not so easily severed.

After a stalemate, it was the Treasure Coin that ended up at a disadvantage.

“Return to me…”

Seeing this, Wanshui Zhenren had no choice but to exert all his strength to urge it, causing the Treasure Coin to ripple with golden light and its wings to flutter at high speed, barely breaking free from the Immortal Silk’s hold and escaping.

Following closely behind the Treasure Coin, meanwhile, was Nie Cai Zhu herself.

Her form light and agile, complemented by the Pacing Azure Cloud Boots, her speed was as fast as lightning, catching up to Wanshui Zhenren in almost an instant.

She flicked the Nine Heavens Immortal Silk in her hand, unleashing a stream of multicolored light, wrapping around Wanshui Zhenren’s waist in a bind.

Wanshui Zhenren was promptly grabbed by Cai Zhu around the waist, helplessly rushing towards her.

At this moment, Nie Caizhu freed one hand to grasp the Devouring Element Magic Wand, and thrust it directly towards Wanshui Zhenren.

Wanshui Zhenren clenched the Golden Dragon Scissors in both hands to meet the attack, putting forth his strength to cut down, and two slashing beams of golden light immediately crisscrossed out, striking the Devouring Element Magic Wand.

The immense force of the impact sent Nie Caizhu reeling back, but she nearly didn’t pause at all, pressing forward again relentlessly.

Seeing this, Wanshui Zhenren inwardly cursed his luck.

He only knew that Shen Luo was a tough nut to crack, which is why he took the initiative to confront Nie Caizhu, hoping to leave the hard adversary for Yan Lie and Che Qingtian to deal with, thereby preserving his own strength.

However, he hadn’t anticipated that the strength displayed by Nie Caizhu was also so ferocious. Most importantly, how could a woman who seemed so fragile possess such immense physical strength and such swift agility?

Meanwhile, Shen Luo was fending off the attack from Blood Wheel King Armor, glancing from the corner of his eye at Nie Caizhu’s situation; immediately with a flick of his hand, seven Pure Yang Flying Swords appeared behind him, guarding his back.

Just then, the two Flying Swords containing the essence soul of the Golden Crow that had been sent to attack Yan Lie had also flown back, and they even remembered to bring back the one previously knocked down by the Treasure Coin along with them.

Shen Luo grabbed the dimly lit Pure Yang Flying Sword, and with just a bit of mana operation, the Golden Crow Sword Spirit inside responded to him, swiftly re-establishing control over the Flying Sword.

At that time, the Blood Wheel King Armor controlled by Che Qingtian suddenly displayed patterns all over its body, and the muscles inside its two arms wriggled, starting to extend and stretch, quickly doubling in length.

It brandished a black Curved knife in each hand, swinging them towards Shen Luo.

“Whoosh whoosh”

The sound of slicing wind rang out as the intersecting black Curved knives advanced, and Shen Luo raised his sword to block them, dashing forward towards the Blood Wheel King Armor.

But before he could get close, the howling wind sounded from behind; the Curved knives had already returned, striking towards him.

Shen Luo didn’t turn back; with just a flick of his finger, Flying Swords from behind swept out to block the edges of the knives.

In just an instant, Shen Luo had already approached the Blood Wheel King Armor, thrusting the Pure Yang Flying Sword straight towards its chest.

At that moment, however, the Blood Wheel King Armor didn’t attempt to dodge; instead, it thrust its chest out to meet the Sword Edge.

Caught by surprise, Shen Luo saw its chest cave in, revealing a Bloody Vortex within. Strands of muscle twisted out, actively ensnaring the Sword Edge of the Pure Yang Flying Sword, drawing it into the chasm.

At the same time, the chest of the Blood Wheel King Armor further split open, ribs fracturing and separating to the sides, opening like a gaping maw ready to devour Shen Luo.

Shen Luo saw this and sneered coldly.

At the thought from his heart, the Pure Yang Flying Sword suddenly flared up with fire, and the Vermilion Bird Sword Spirit spread its Wings, a surge of Crimson Flame and scorching heat bursting forth, ready to incinerate the Armor.

However, at the instant the Vermilion Bird appeared, a sudden alertness surged in Shen Luo’s heart. Che Qingtian and his companions clearly understood his abilities and would naturally be aware of the existence of the Vermilion Bird Sword Spirit; they wouldn’t be so careless.

As expected, just as the Vermilion Bird manifested its divine power releasing the Chun Yang flame, the Bloody Vortex also spun wildly, directly drawing the roaring flames into itself.

Even the Vermilion Bird Sword Spirit seemed somewhat overwhelmed, seemingly on the brink of being swallowed up.