Chapter 602: Crazy Heaven Tilting! I'm Going to Kill You!!!

Chapter 602: Kuang Tianqing! I'm Going to Kill You!!!

As he rapidly scanned the design blueprints, Zhang Yu grasped the underlying principles of the Heavenly Demon Phantom Body.

"According to the conjectures on the blueprints, after the update, the Heavenly Demon Phantom Body shifted from influencing the human body through the air to influencing it through spiritual energy."

"Cultivators breathe in spiritual energy and refine it into magical power every single moment, driving this power to circulate throughout their entire bodies."

"The Heavenly Demon Phantom Body works by contaminating this spiritual energy, allowing the tainted energy to surge into the opponent's body and spread via their magical power, thereby distorting all their senses and deceiving their consciousness."

Having deduced this, Zhang Yu instructed Bai Zhenzhen to cease breathing in spiritual energy as well, relying solely on the magical power within their bodies to act.

And as he clashed head-on with Kuang Tianqing, Zhang Yu realized his guess was correct.

"Got you!"

The very instant his conjecture was confirmed, Zhang Yu also realized something else.

"Even if the Heavenly Demon Phantom Body is broken like this, without breathing in spiritual energy, it will be hard to recover magical power."

"Can we use the sarira in the sword sheath to replenish our magical power?"

"But it would be far too easy for Kuang Tianqing to stop us."

"In other words, against a Kuang Tianqing wielding the Heavenly Demon Phantom Body, the time Ah Zhen and I can fight effectively is limited."

"We must inflict a heavy blow on her before our magical power is heavily depleted!"

Thus, the very instant he identified Kuang Tianqing's true body, the divine power of Moving Mountains from Heavenly Kunlun erupted explosively within Zhang Yu; the Heavenly Sun Radiance God descended trailing a sky full of fiery light, and twenty-four flying swords trembled in unison, already deploying the Sword Domain as they slashed downward.

Even beneath Kuang Tianqing's feet, with the activation of the Invisible Mind Soldiers of the Heavenly and Earthly Kalpa of Ruin, chains surged from the earth, temporarily transforming into dharma treasures as they locked toward Kuang Tianqing.

While executing this series of movements, Zhang Yu had already turned his gaze to Bai Zhenzhen.

"Ah Zhen, if it's you, you should be able to coordinate with my movements..."

Bai Zhenzhen walked forward step by step, her eyes revealing an intense sword intent.

"I understand, Yu-zi."

"We must strike her hard before our magical power runs out."

"You bind her with all your might, and leave the rest to me..."

Forming a Daoist seal with her hands, Bai Zhenzhen commanded her flying swords for the first time since the battle began.

The sky flashed with thunder and lightning as two flying swords streaked toward the battlefield in rapid succession.

It turned out that whenever Bai Zhenzhen moved or fought, her flying swords always followed high in the sky, waiting for the crucial moments when she would wield them.

Watching the two flying swords arrive in the blink of an eye, Bai Zhenzhen frowned slightly in her heart: "Just two?"

It was because she had originally intended to summon all three of her military-grade flying swords.

And that third, yet-to-arrive military-grade flying sword was precisely the one Bai Zhenzhen had selected from the sword armory of the Divine Monarch of Seven Emotions.

However, ever since obtaining this sword, Bai Zhenzhen's mastery over it had always been somewhat lacking, often failing to obey her commands.

"Two will be enough..."

With a furious shout, Bai Zhenzhen infused the two flying swords with the power of the Ultimate Emotion Sword Dao and the Seven Emotions Sword Dao respectively, each carrying earth-shattering sword qi as they slashed toward Kuang Tianqing.

Amidst a deafening explosion, in a fleeting instant of collision, they saw the protective aura around Kuang Tianqing shatter instantly; the skin on her fingers gradually cracked, and it seemed that in the very next moment, her entire arm would completely collapse and pulverize under the dual strikes of the two military-grade flying swords.

Witnessing this, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were both overjoyed, redoubling their strength as they roared in their hearts in unison: "Fall for us!"

But just then, they heard Kuang Tianqing sneer coldly: "Not bad sword qi."

"Your resistance finally has some strength to it."

"It makes me even more! Even more excited!"

As she spoke, Kuang Tianqing's right arm suddenly transformed, as if instantly turning into a black hole, swallowing all the incoming sword qi, flames, and earthly fiend gravity completely.

Witnessing this, Zhang Yu's heart trembled: "A military-grade Dharma Corpse from the Netherworld University, combined with the Netherworld University's military-grade cultivation technique—the Xuanming Returning to the Void Art!"

The Xuanming Returning to the Void Art, empowered by the military-grade Dharma Corpse, absorbed all the attacks directed at Kuang Tianqing in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Yu knew this absorption was absolutely not infinite, but in that mere instant, it was enough for Kuang Tianqing to break free from all entanglements and teleport hundreds of meters away in a flash.

The next moment, with a gentle sweep of her palm, the sword qi, flames, shockwaves, earthly fiend gravity, and other attacks she had just swallowed gushed forth, counterattacking toward the positions of Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen.

In the blink of an eye, the two seemed to have already been swallowed by their own attacks.

Watching this scene, Kuang Tianqing spread her arms wide, walking toward the two with a manic laugh: "You must be wondering in your hearts why I, from the Heavenly Demon University, would master a military-grade technique from the Netherworld University."

"It's very simple, the reason is quite simple."

"While receiving guidance from the Eight Great Divine Monarchs, I respectively mastered one military-grade technique from the Heavenly Demon, Netherworld, White Bone, and Hehuan universities."

After breaking through his own attacks, Zhang Yu watched Kuang Tianqing approaching step by step, his heart sinking: "Four military-grade techniques from four different universities?"

"Besides the Xuanming Returning to the Void Art, what else has she cultivated?"

Information on various military-grade cultivation techniques continuously surfaced in Zhang Yu's mind, and this sense of the unknown made him feel a profound sense of threat.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Kuang Tianqing tilted her head and said, "The agreed three minutes have already seen one minute pass."

"Then I must speed things up as well."

In the blink of an eye, the two sides were locked in fierce combat once again.

Clad in military-grade dharma treasures, Kuang Tianqing displayed terrifying strength, and coupled with the might of the Xuanming Returning to the Void Art, she effortlessly swallowed the duo's attacks time and again, only to reflect them back. "This woman..." Zhang Yu's heart sank; he could feel the opponent constantly pressing them, forcing them to expend massive amounts of magical power to fight.

Relying on the Xuanming Returning to the Void Art, the opponent could continuously reflect various attacks, fighting in a manner that conserved magical power.

The formidable military-grade Dharma Corpse also brought terrifying defensive power, sometimes even tanking Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's attacks without issue.

"Even if I can hold out a bit longer, I'm afraid Ah Zhen won't be able to last that long."

"I must break through her Xuanming Returning to the Void Art..."

Various data on this Daoist art flashed through Zhang Yu's mind: "This is an art with virtually no flaws, and with the enhancement of a military-grade Dharma Corpse, the only way to shatter it..."

"Break through her head-on!" Bai Zhenzhen stared fixedly at Kuang Tianqing before her, thinking to herself: "I must push the Ultimate Emotion Sword Dao to a higher level; only by surpassing the limit the Xuanming Returning to the Void Art can endure can I break through this technique head-on!"

Just as Bai Zhenzhen was pondering this, Zhang Yu on the other side was equally deep in thought: "It's hard to increase my attack power in a short time."

"But as for Ah Zhen... if I can enhance the power of her Ultimate Emotion Sword Dao, perhaps I can sway the outcome of this battle."

Just then, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen felt their bodies stiffen slightly, and the circulation of magical power within them gradually became sluggish.

Kuang Tianqing's hand suddenly grabbed Zhang Yu's body, and she laughed: "It's finally acting up."

Thoughts flashed like lightning in Zhang Yu's mind, and he was startled: "Could it be... the White Bone University's military-grade technique, that poison art... the Ten Thousand Bones Withering Marrow Curse?"

"Did she cast a cursed poison on us earlier when coordinating with the Heavenly Demon Phantom Body?"

"We must breathe in spiritual energy and circulate magical power to gradually suppress the cursed poison..."

But Zhang Yu knew that once they breathed in spiritual energy, they would once again fall under the influence of the Heavenly Demon Phantom Body.

"That Kuang Tianqing... the synergy between her techniques is just too high."

"The military-grade techniques she has mastered are simply endless."

At this moment, looking at Kuang Tianqing, Zhang Yu felt as if he were simultaneously seeing the figures of multiple top scholars from the Heavenly Demon, White Bone, Hehuan, and Netherworld universities... all overlapping on her.

Every time he thought he understood his opponent, he would find that beneath her trump card lay an even deeper one.

Now it was no longer he and Bai Zhenzhen besieging their opponent, but rather their foe unleashing the might of the four great academies to hunt them down.

Yet after rounds of fierce combat, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen felt their magical power growing increasingly sluggish, while their very bones and sinews seemed to rust, their movements slowing to a crawl.

In this moment, Zhang Yu understood that the longer they dragged out this stalemate, the slimmer their chances of victory would become.

"Let's risk it all!"

Suddenly, Zhang Yu lunged forward and threw his arms around Kuang Tianqing, roaring, "Ah Zhen, give it everything you've got!"

Unleashing the full might of military-grade techniques one after another, Zhang Yu poured every ounce of his strength into binding Kuang Tianqing's body in an inescapable grip.

Without a moment's hesitation, Bai Zhenzhen fiercely began to condense her sword aura, yet her mind was haunted by the image of her previous strike being completely nullified by their foe.

"I must grow stronger!"

"I must shatter the limits of my own power!"

Just then, Kuang Tianqing offered a faint smile, turned around, and embraced Zhang Yu, giggling, "Immortal scum, are you already impatient?"

Amidst the tearing of garments, Kuang Tianqing laughed heartily, "Then let the feast begin."

"Bai Zhenzhen, are you watching?"

"I'm going to start now, devouring this immortal scum bit by bit!!"

Resigned to his fate, Zhang Yu watched it all unfold, murmuring in his heart, "Ah Zhen, push your Ultimate Emotion Sword Path beyond its limits... I will hold on until that moment."

Her eyes tearing with rage, Bai Zhenzhen roared, "I told you! Don't touch him!"

Zhang Yu's expression shifted drastically: "No! Don't let him take me in!"

Kuang Tianqing paused in slight surprise: "This guy... we haven't even started yet, why is he screaming nonsense?"

"Hm?"

Turning her head, Kuang Tianqing saw that Bai Zhenzhen's entire aura of sword energy had, at some unknown point, transformed into a dead, pitch-black void.

"Why?"

Bitterness filled Bai Zhenzhen's heart: "Why must I be forced to witness this?"

"Why must my best friend be defiled against the wall right before my very eyes?"

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, Zhang Yu!"

"I failed to protect you!"

Today my heart shatters, today my sword quakes...

With an earth-shattering roar, a torrent of black sword aura erupted from Bai Zhenzhen's body, instantly piercing the clouds and tearing the earth asunder.

Bai Zhenzhen's eyes seemed entirely consumed by the pitch-black abyss, devoid of even a shred of reason.

"Kuang Tianqing! I'm going to kill you!!!!!!!!"

The black sword aura surged into two military-grade flying swords, descending with a life-extinguishing fury, and collided violently with the Profound Ming Returning to the Ruins Art that Kuang Tianqing was channeling.

(End of Chapter)