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Chapter 1464: Chapter 778: Counter-Kill (Part 2)

Even as Master Qiao tried to stay hidden, he couldn’t escape the omnipresent detection of the ’Sanmei Divine Sand’ within a kilometer radius.

After discovering the ’Sanmei Divine Wind’, Master Qiao immediately realized it was a trap and prepared to retreat without the slightest hesitation.

However, as he lifted his cloak to make a Thunder Escape, he found his way blocked by a barrier.

Upon contact with the barrier, he understood instantly—it was a kilometer-radius isolation space, a powerful isolation combat treasure created by a mighty being.

"Li Yuanba, you knew I was coming?" Master Qiao took a breath, calmed his emotions, and spoke in a deep voice.

At this moment, the ’Sanmei Divine Wind’ vanished, allowing Master Qiao to sense that within this isolated space, only he and Li Yuanba were present.

It seemed that Li Yuanba wanted a fair fight with him, and as a veteran Cultivator, he wasn’t afraid of such a battle.

"With someone watching me every day, how could I be at peace!" Li Yuanba emerged from behind a tower, keeping his distance from Master Qiao while speaking, having had several encounters with the Great Cultivator before.

Master Qiao looked at Li Yuanba and seemed about to say something, but suddenly, his body sparkled with electricity, and he lunged forward while countless bolts of lightning shot toward Li Yuanba.

Having heard of Li Yuanba’s prowess, he wasn’t about to chat with him or give him any time to prepare.

His plan was to catch Li Yuanba off guard and use the speed of a Thunder Cultivator to end the fight.

But what he didn’t know was that Li Yuanba was extremely familiar with the combat style of Thunder Cultivators, and even with Master Qiao’s practice of the ’Yuqing Thunder Scripture’.

Li Yuanba shared his main body’s understanding and comprehension of the ’Yuqing Thunder Scripture’, which was on par with Yuqing Sect’s core Thunder Cultivators, and contained many true teachings that even core Cultivators couldn’t obtain.

As Master Qiao launched his attack, Li Yuanba flickered to the back of the tower, using it for defense while continuously retreating.

Li Yuanba chose this place as the battlefield partly as an excellent excuse to observe the tower and also because the tower’s indestructibility was the best defense.

While retreating, he performed Sword Escape. In the isolated space of the ’Infinite Great Isolation Decree’, he had no reservations and displayed the strongest quality of the Xingyi Sword.

The Spirit Treasure-level Xingyi Sword, augmented by the ’Speed Rule Imprint’, moved even faster at short distances than Master Qiao’s lightning.

The lightning of Master Qiao spread towards Li Yuanba behind the main tower, while he himself shifted directions, trying to bypass the tower to directly face Li Yuanba.

The optimal attack for a Thunder Cultivator is a direct attack; only without obstruction can the speed and power of lightning be fully utilized.

When he bypassed the tower, he found that Li Yuanba had distanced himself once again.

But within the ’Infinite Great Isolation Decree’, the space was incredibly small, so retreating didn’t provide much escape room.

"You’ve brought this upon yourself!" Master Qiao shouted softly and gave chase.

At this moment, the ’Ten Thousand Sword Peak’ above Li Yuanba’s head rose into the air, and Master Qiao, rapidly approaching, suddenly felt his whole body become heavy.

Even with his Thunder Cultivator’s level, his movements slowed.

"Spirit Treasure—this is a Spirit Treasure, and your Lifebound Flying Sword is also a Spirit Treasure!" At this moment, he clearly sensed the aura of two Spirit Treasures, exclaiming in disbelief.

"Slash!" Li Yuanba pointed at Master Qiao, eyes filled with killing intent.

Over two thousand energy-converted flying swords containing Great Cultivator Sword Intent flew out from the Spirit Treasure ’Ten Thousand Sword Peak’, shooting toward Master Qiao.

The battle style of the Spirit Treasure ’Ten Thousand Sword Peak’ was almost perfect, with the gravitational field enhanced by the ’Gravity Gold Brick’ affecting even Great Cultivators within its range.

Once affected by the gravitational field, no matter how strong one’s cultivation is, their speed is always somewhat slower than usual.

This gave the energy-converted flying swords an opportunity to attack. Otherwise, with their flying speed, many powerful Cultivators could dodge using their own speed.

Master Qiao sensed the arrival of over two thousand energy-converted flying swords, each imbued with the Sword Intent of a Great Cultivator.

Even with his vast experience, he’d never imagined facing such an opponent—what kind of divine Spirit Treasure was this, firing over two thousand energy-converted flying swords, each containing Great Cultivator Sword Intent?

How many Sword Cultivators are there in the Cultivation World? Don’t tell me all the Sword Cultivator Great Cultivators spend their days nurturing Sword Intent Flying Swords for Li Yuanba?

He activated the ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’, frantically attacking the incoming energy-converted flying swords.

But unfortunately, these energy-converted flying swords imbued with Great Cultivator Sword Intent weren’t damaged easily by lightning in a short time.

He attempted to dodge but was hindered by the gravitational field, unable to move freely.

At this moment, he finally understood why Master Ge was slain by Li Yuanba—Li Yuanba possessed such terrifying Spirit Treasures.

A fierce expression crossed his eyes as he continuously deployed spell techniques.

Observing Master Qiao’s actions, Li Yuanba saw through his intentions.

He was preparing to self-destruct the ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’ for mutual destruction.

This desperate secret technique recorded in the ’Yuqing Thunder Scripture’ involves triggering the energy within the Lifebound Treasure ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’, resulting in a terrifying explosion equivalent to a top-level Fourth Grade Magical Treasure, causing severe damage to both enemy and self.

Li Yuanba wasn’t going to give Master Qiao such an opportunity; he didn’t dare guarantee that if Master Qiao self-destructed his Lifebound Treasure ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’, it wouldn’t kill him on the spot.

With his current mastery of the ’Innate Wood’ Divine Skills, as long as he didn’t fall on the spot, he was confident in recovering through the ’Innate Wood’ Divine Skills.

Thus, he launched his attack, and unlike the speed of the over two thousand energy-converted flying swords of the ’Ten Thousand Sword Peak’, the speed of his Lifebound Flying Sword, the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword, was unmatched.

Almost with a slight movement of his thought, the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword shot out.

Master Qiao, who was preparing to self-destruct, had long given up on defense.

In fact, as a Thunder Cultivator, he seldom needed defense, relying entirely on his own Thunder Shield Skill.

Before he could self-destruct his Lifebound Treasure ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’, the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword struck his body.

The ’Chaos Sword Intent’ endowed the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword with powerful destructive force, slicing through space, tearing apart everything, armor-piercing, strong impact—all these effects fell upon Master Qiao’s Thunder Shield Skill.

This Thunder Shield Skill was already weak; Master Qiao was planning to sneak up on Li Yuanba earlier and wouldn’t set up too strong a defense, maintaining only the most basic Thunder Shield Skill.

Under the Spirit Treasure’s power combined with the ’Chaos Sword Intent’, the Thunder Shield Skill was torn through like a thin layer of paper.

Driving his Lifebound Treasure ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’ for self-destruction, Master Qiao suddenly froze, looking at his body in disbelief.

A sword mark appeared on his body, with more than half of the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword penetrating into the mark.

He felt an overwhelming weakness, unable to describe the destruction the ’Chaos Sword Intent’ wreaked upon his body, a comprehensive devastation.

From spirit to body, from inside to outside, even his Nascent Soul was damaged by the ’Chaos Sword Intent’.

It was as though multiple Great Cultivators wielding different powerful Sword Intents struck him at once; he couldn’t fathom a Sword Intent with such destructive force existed.

He still wanted to struggle, hoping for a Nascent Soul Emergence as his last chance to survive.

But despite his efforts, his Nascent Soul couldn’t emerge. The damage from the ’Chaos Sword Intent’ rendered his Nascent Soul lifeless.

In the same spot as his physical sword wound, a similar sword mark appeared on his Nascent Soul, with all the physical damage manifesting on the Nascent Soul as well.