Chapter 44: The Divine Bird Appears (Part 1)
On the top of Taixu Mountain, a spectacular sight unfolded. At this moment, the five-colored divine dragon in mid-air was flashing with dazzling rays, accompanied by a thunderous dragon roar, and charged towards the three-headed spirit snake in the upper air. The dazzling five-colored light beam rotated upwards in mid-air, its speed astonishingly fast. In just a blink of an eye, it had already confronted the three-headed spirit snake.
The sky, three-headed spiritual snake coiled together in a ball, just like a black mountain peak in mid-air, blocking half of the sky. Seeing that five-colored divine dragon rushing over with its teeth and claws bared, the three-headed spiritual snake also let out a mighty roar, instantly suppressing the dragon's roar. Only to see the two snake heads on either side of the three-headed spiritual snake simultaneously open their mouths, two dazzling beams of light, one red and one white, shot down from above with a force that could destroy the heavens and split the earth, fiercely charging towards the five-colored divine dragon.
Two powerful forces collided, producing a deafening explosion that lit up the sky with a kaleidoscope of colors, like fireworks. A red and white beam of light clashed with the five-colored divine dragon's light band in mid-air, each refusing to yield, defending against the other's attack with all their might. The intense energy and power burst forth in a fierce collision, producing a thunderous explosion that radiated wildly from the point of impact. The devastating force of destruction swept towards Tai Xuan Mountain in an instant, causing the entire mountain to tremble as if it were shaking. Everyone was plunged into a state of shock and awe.
The Heaven's Spirit Sword and the Mystic Sky Sword Array joined forces for a full-power strike, its might was truly astonishing. However, what was even more shocking was that the three-headed spirit snake's ferocity was actually stronger than the Mystic Sky Sword Array. Two powerful forces collided, resulting in an explosion. Immediately, the two light pillars, one red and one white, forcibly suppressed the Five-Colored Divine Dragon and pressed down on it with incredible speed. In mid-air, the Five-Colored Divine Dragon struggled desperately but still could not withstand the two powerful forces, its entire body being rapidly pressed downwards.
In mid-air, Li Changchun's entire body was violently trembling, his face deathly pale, and his eyes shot out a frightening gaze. He let out a long, hoarse cry as he used all his might to control the magic seals, gathering all the flying swords in the sky into one colorful band that fully supported the Five-Colored Divine Dragon, fiercely resisting the Three-Headed Spirit Snake's attack of mystical ice and fire. With the full support of the Xuántiān Sword Array, the Five-Colored Divine Dragon also launched a fierce counterattack, momentarily stabilizing its downward trend.
At this time, in mid-air, the five-colored immortal orchid had completely turned into gold. The entire rotating golden petal had transformed into a cluster of golden light, slowly dissolving into the main body of the five-colored immortal orchid. The dazzling light that surpassed everything slowly retracted and finally disappeared completely in the air. Just as the light disappeared, the true body of the five-colored immortal orchid reappeared. This time, everyone was deeply attracted to the five-colored immortal orchid. It could be seen that the original one-foot-sized immortal orchid had transformed into a one-inch-sized five-colored strange flower. The flower was also a combination of five colors, divided into five petals, each petal flashing with different colors. What's different is that this five-colored immortal orchid was surrounded by a cluster of golden flowing light, making it look even more mysterious. At the same time, after its transformation, the five-colored immortal orchid, except for being smaller in size, also had a longer and thinner stem.
Zhang Aoxue and Cang Yue both looked at the Five-Colored Immortal Orchid with a strange expression, and their hearts couldn't help but feel a faint sense of melancholy. It turned out that Lu Yun's guess was not wrong at all - this Five-Colored Immortal Orchid indeed wanted to break free from all obstacles and ascend to the Heavenly Capital. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned, and under the obstruction of the Three-Headed Spiritual Snake, they missed their chance and instead encountered a series of strange changes. Amidst these changes, the only ones who benefited were Aoxue and Cang Yue. At this moment, both women had a very strange feeling - it seemed that Lu Yun had known all along, which was why he let them assist the Five-Colored Immortal Orchid with all their might, and as a result, they really did gain an unspeakable advantage. This made the two women feel that Lu Yun was unfathomably profound, and they couldn't guess what secrets he was hiding, as if he always knew something beforehand.
Just as the two women were indulging in wild fancies, the five-colored divine orchid's radiance flashed, and its five petals suddenly flowed with colorful light. In an instant, the five petals opened and closed, and the five different rays of light converged into a single beam of light about the size of an inch, which shot straight up to the sky with overwhelming brilliance. At this moment, everyone on Taixuan Mountain was forced to close their eyes by the dazzling light, and each person's heart was shaken beyond description. It was truly too miraculous. Meanwhile, the entire cultivation world was attracted by this beam of light that pierced through heaven and earth at this moment.
Above, the three-headed spirit snake let out a furious hiss as its body was pierced by that beam of light in an instant, and it suddenly felt such intense pain that its entire body convulsed violently, shaking back and forth nonstop. As if venting its anger, the five-colored sacred orchid shot out a powerful beam of light that was unmatched in strength after using all its might, but then instantly dimmed again. At this moment, perhaps it was resentful towards the three-headed spirit snake for obstructing its ascension, causing it to ultimately remain stuck on Mountain Nine Slashes despite experiencing thousands of years of time, and thus failing at the last hurdle. With boundless anger, it launched its first-ever attack in its life. However, after wounding the three-headed spirit snake, perhaps it too had become exhausted, so its radiance gradually dimmed.
On the top of Taixuan Mountain, all the masters of the six institutes were deeply attracted by the strange phenomenon in the sky. Suddenly, a black lotus platform appeared silently three feet away from the five-colored immortal orchid, accompanied by a dark-colored demon fairy with flowing black light. At the same time, a ghost fairy also emerged in mid-air. The three demons and ghosts shot towards the five-colored immortal orchid with all their might, starting another battle for possession.
Aosnow and Cangyue's expressions changed, the purple shadow divine sword and the Xiao Yue divine sword on their heads simultaneously burst into radiance. Two dazzling lights, one purple and one white, instantly shot out from the two women's bodies, revealing the power of their exquisite battle armor. With a loud cry, Aosnow's movements were as swift as lightning, her right hand grasping the purple shadow divine sword. A purple light flashed across the sky above Heilian, striking down with a single slash. At the same moment, Cangyue also launched an attack, the golden light of the Xiao Yue divine sword forming a heavenly sword net around the Wucui Xianlan, tightly protecting it inside and not allowing the demon immortals and ghost immortals to approach.
In mid-air, a cold laugh came from the black lotus, and a black lotus-shaped energy shadow suddenly shot out from the black lotus, shooting towards the proud snow's purple shadow divine sword. The proud snow's eyes flashed with divine light, and his right hand involuntarily added three points of strength, heavily striking the sudden black lotus flower. The light and shadow flickered, and only saw the divine sword touch the black lotus flower, instantly filling the sky with strange lights and colors. Countless black lights were destroyed in an instant under the powerful impact of the purple shadow divine sword. In mid-air, a dazzling purple sword pillar heavily chopped down on the black lotus platform. A terrified scream came, and only heard the night soul in the black lotus roar: "No, no way, you---?" The voice was quickly drowned out by the intense explosion sound.
Looking closely, the originally black light flowing Black Lotus suddenly dimmed its light. The one-meter-sized black lotus platform was struck by Zijin's sword and rapidly descended, instantly shrinking to three feet in size. Apparently, Aoxue's sword had not destroyed the Black Lotus but had severely damaged it. Especially the Night Spirit inside, who could never have imagined that Aoxue's cultivation would increase several times over in such a short period of time - this was simply illogical. Aoxue herself seemed to be unaware that her own cultivation would make such rapid progress, and this was truly beyond her own comprehension.
On this side, Cang Yue encountered the attack of Mo Xian and Gui Xian, and she was in a predicament for a while. Because she had been severely injured by Mo Xian's strange spiritual power before, at this moment, she was extremely vigilant against Mo Xian. As for Gui Xian, since she had Shen Jian in her hand, she had been holding it back, and there wasn't much of a problem. At this time, Cang Yue stood in front of Wu Cai Xian Lan, forcing Gui Xian to retreat with one sword, while avoiding Mo Xian's attack at the same time. Just then, Mo Xian let out a few sinister laughs, and a series of spiritual power attacks suddenly came, showcasing the astonishing power of Mo Zong's "Heart Desire No Trace" technique once again.
Cang Yue's face changed slightly, and she concentrated all her energy to prepare for the full force of the demon fairy's spiritual attack. However, the white armor on their bodies suddenly burst into a dazzling light, instantly covering Cang Yue's body within it. The white light flowed around her, and the demon fairy's overbearing spiritual attack was immediately repelled by the white light. Cang Yue felt a surge of joy in her heart, and she could clearly feel everything that was happening to her body. She had not expected this white armor to have such an incredible effect, it was truly unexpected. With a cold glint in her eye, Cang Yue, no longer holding back, shook her body, and the Xiao Yue divine sword, with its dazzling golden light, came down vertically, striking the demon fairy right on target.
A loud, furious voice rang out, and the black light shield outside the demon's body suddenly shattered, revealing its true form. The Cangyue's Whistling Moon Sword, with a few strands of green blood, floated in mid-air, making everything seem extremely eerie. The demon let out a fierce roar, and its body flashed once, reappearing three zhang away, staring at Cangyue in extreme shock, its eyes filled with incredulity. It was just like the Black Lotus, unable to believe this reality. Just an hour ago, it had severely injured Cangyue, yet in just one short hour, everything had turned around. The black light flashed once more, and the demon's humanoid true form was again concealed by the black light shield.
Aoshuang glanced at Cangyue and said softly, "Now we will guard this Five-colored Immortal Orchid with all our might. With our current cultivation strength, I believe these three demon monsters cannot do anything to us." After finishing speaking, she looked up. Cangyue's body moved horizontally in mid-air for two zhang, and she leaned against Aoshuang, tightly guarding the Five-colored Immortal Orchid. The two women exchanged a smile, and their two divine swords simultaneously burst out with dazzling light, one on the left and one on the right, guarding the orchid behind them.
