Chapter 16 The Seventh Form of the Three-Foot Sword

Yu Wei also understood that the true moment of life and death had arrived. Suddenly, a flash of blood-red light enveloped her entire body, forming a blood-colored Taiji.

Whoosh!

Yu Wei transformed into a streak of blood-red light, retreating a hundred zhang before collapsing. Black blood spilled from her mouth, and a gruesome wound gaped in her abdomen, filled with black blood.

Ji Ning watched this scene unfold before his eyes. His senior apprentice-sister had been pierced through the abdomen by that Xiamang Qi and had fallen to the ground, spitting blood. This caused Ji Ning's eyes to instantly turn red.

An uncontrollable fear and rage flooded his entire heart.

“Ahhh!!!” Ji Ning let out a howl.

Boundless killing intent filled every corner of his soul.

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Kill everything!

Kill all obstacles!

“Rage all you want, it's useless.” The dirty girl continued to缠着 Ji Ning, seemingly taking pleasure in it.

“Chop!” Ji Ning let out a furious roar.

This roar came from the deepest part of his heart, from the depths of his soul.

With three heads and six arms, Ji Ning simultaneously swung six immortal swords. Six colossal sword beams instantly blazed with dazzling light, transforming into six strands of silk… Sword light became silk! No obstacle could block him; he would cleave through all hindrances!

Unprecedented killing intent, unprecedented determination.

And the nearly ten thousand life-and-death battles over the past year were more useful than ten years of ordinary meditation. The sword art “Three-Foot Sword” that the ‘Northern Traveler Immortal’ had transmitted into Ji Ning’s soul long ago surfaced once more. Boundless, terrifying killing intent, an unshakable fierce resolve, that thoroughly penetrating sword heart… along with his previous insights, directly led Ji Ning to execute the seventh form of the Three-Foot Sword.

The Seventh Form of the Three-Foot Sword—One-Character Sword Slash!

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

Six strands of silk-like sword light sliced through the dirty girl’s body. When the first sword landed, her expression changed, for the first sword had already severed one of her palms. Her flesh, comparable to a magic treasure, could not withstand such sharp sword light.

“Retreat!” The dirty girl no longer had her earlier ease; there was even a hint of terror in her eyes as she frantically retreated.

“Swish.”

One of her arms flew off, and a huge wound was left on her chest.

But she finally managed to retreat. Her divine demon body rapidly healed as she stared at Ji Ning in shock and anger: “Sword light like silk! He has actually reached such a realm!”

…

“Sword light like silk!”

“He has only been cultivating for a little over thirty years, yet he has already reached the realm of ‘sword light like silk.’ Truly a rare genius in the way of the sword.”

“He truly has hope of winning first place in this Immortal Destiny Gathering; even Xiamang Zishan might not be his match.”

In the main hall of Tianmang Hall, whether the nine Pure Yang True Immortals or the nearly thousand Celestial Immortals were all startled, then burst into exclamations.

Sword light like silk…

It represented having reached a truly profound and lofty realm in the ‘way of the sword.’ The seventh form of the Three-Foot Sword, ‘One-Character Sword Slash,’ was the realm of sword light like silk.

In fact, the last three forms of the “Three-Foot Sword”—the seventh, eighth, and ninth—were each far more terrifying than the last. The Northern Traveler Immortal, with all his abilities, could not record them in books.

The first six forms of the “Three-Foot Sword” were considered progressive, gradually leading the practitioner to the level of ‘Domain of the Dao.’ The progression between each form was not too great, because these first six forms emphasized gradual progress and were primarily meant to ‘teach’ later generations. Since they were compiled into a book, each form naturally had smaller steps and was easier to cultivate.

But the last three forms, which could not be recorded in books, were forms whose power continuously surged.

The seventh form had already reached the level of a thirty-thousand-year-old loose immortal swordsman.

The eighth form was comparable to an ordinary Celestial Immortal.

The ninth form was at the top tier among Celestial Immortals. It was by relying on the ninth form that the Northern Traveler Immortal, despite being a loose immortal, could match a true Celestial Immortal!

These three forms… each represented a major leap.

Each form possessed immense power.

…

Yu Wei lay there, desperately controlling her magic treasures to form the black phoenix and white phoenix. At the same time, a jade bottle appeared in her hand. She shattered it with her elemental force, and a pill flew directly into her mouth.

“Hum~~” The wound on her abdomen rapidly healed.

“Ten Thousand Poison Sting.” Yu Wei knew she was in trouble.

Ten Thousand Poison Sting was a divine ability also found in the Black-White College.

However, the Grand Xia imperial clan possessed far too many divine abilities. Among them was Ten Thousand Poison Sting, which was kept in the Grand Xia imperial clan. That Xiamang Qi had cultivated this divine ability. Ten Thousand Poison Sting was actually extremely vicious, requiring the integration of a large amount of rare poisons into the body. As a genius of the imperial clan, Xiamang Qi naturally could obtain rare poisons, so the ‘Ten Thousand Poison Sting’ he cultivated was especially ruthless.

Once struck by him, one would immediately be poisoned.

If it were a divine demon body refiner, they wouldn't fear it, but Yu Wei was a qi refiner. Her body's resistance was insufficient, and she could only rely on pills. To suppress the poison of ‘Ten Thousand Poison Sting’… Yu Wei simply didn't have such precious pills.

“Die!” In the distance, Xiamang Qi laughed wildly as he charged over, but a golden sword beam flew toward him—it was the sword beam of the Lesser Thousand Sword Formation.

“Although this sword formation's beam is quite powerful, it can't shake me at all.” Xiamang Qi had already blocked it several times. This time, he once again swung his war blade to intercept the sword beam.

Whoosh!

The sword light was like a thread, yet its power was astonishingly strong. Caught off guard, Xiamang Qi's war blade was sent flying; his tiger's mouth was split open, and he was knocked back repeatedly. But at that moment, the incredibly fast Ji Ning had already charged close. Xiamang Qi flipped his hands, producing a war blade in each.

"Die." The three-headed, six-armed Ji Ning was ferocious beyond compare. The six sword lights were like a massive wheel, whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!!!! Six sword lights howled past in succession.

Xiamang Qi's eyes widened as he was directly chopped into pieces.

A water-and-fire lotus was born, enveloping those fragments and madly grinding them.

"No—" Xiamang Qi's soul roared.

But it was still ground to nothing.

"What!" Danzhu the True Person, Feixue the True Person, and Zhuanxu Qi were all shocked. He killed Xiamang Qi in one exchange? This was too powerful. How had Ji Ning's strength suddenly increased so much?

"You all deserve to die."

Ji Ning turned and charged straight at the nearest, Feixue the True Person.

"Flee!"

Danzhu the True Person, Feixue the True Person, and Zhuanxu Qi had all seen Ji Ning's ferocity earlier and dared not face him head-on. They all rushed outward.

"Open." The swarthy, bald-headed youth 'Blackstone the True Person,' who had been controlling the sealing formation, quickly deactivated it.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Danzhu the True Person, Feixue the True Person, and Zhuanxu Qi all charged out of the sealing formation. As soon as they were out, Blackstone the True Person activated the formation again with a thought, and the light barrier reappeared.

"Open for me." Ji Ning roared, his sword lights like threads, six of them slashing at the sealing formation.

Bang!

The formation was directly torn apart, and the three-headed, six-armed Ji Ning charged straight out.

"What." Feixue the True Person, who had just breathed a sigh of relief outside the formation, was stunned. She tried to flee, but how could her speed match Ji Ning's divine-magic-refined body? Though she waved her whisk repeatedly, thousands of white threads forming dense, strange white foxes around her to protect her, and she also threw out numerous talismans, urgently transmitting: "The talismans for you, spare my life!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~" Six sword lights again, directly scattering the white foxes and killing Feixue the True Person.

Too fast.

Ji Ning's six arms swung the sword lights so quickly that Feixue the True Person, having thrown out the talismans, was killed by Ji Ning before she could be teleported away.

Zhuanxu Qi and Danzhu the True Person were both terrified by Ji Ning's madness. Although Danzhu the True Person was quite strong, she was of the qi-refining path... how could she dare to fight Ji Ning to the death?

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Zhuanxu Qi and Danzhu both flew far away, escaping to a distance.

The swarthy, bald-headed youth 'Blackstone the True Person' withdrew the sealing formation. The dirty girl 'Nine Deaths the True Person' stood by his side, now wearing silver gloves.

"Let's go. Now is not the time to fight him to the death." Blackstone the True Person transmitted.

Nine Deaths the True Person gritted her teeth and glanced at Ji Ning.

"Let's go."

They were both decisive. They realized that Ji Ning's strength had grown to a level that could threaten them. If they really fought to the death, they had no confidence. And they had already gathered enough talismans; it wasn't worth fighting now.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

The two quickly departed.

...

In his outburst, Ji Ning killed Xiamang Qi and Feixue the True Person in succession, scared off Zhuanxu Qi and Danzhu the True Person, and caused Nine Deaths the True Person and Blackstone the True Person to temporarily retreat.

"Hmph." Ji Ning, murderous intent soaring, swept his gaze around, waved his hand to collect the treasures left by Feixue the True Person, then quickly ran back to his senior apprentice-sister. When he reached her side, he immediately returned to his normal form.

"Senior apprentice-sister." Ji Ning looked at Yu Wei, whose face was ashen and black, clearly poisoned, and grew anxious. Yu Wei struggled to sit up and smiled at Ji Ning.

Ji Ning had seen it earlier—it was the divine ability 'Ten Thousand Poisons Sting' used by Xiamang Qi.

This divine ability, the spirit of the aquatic mansion, Yellow-haired Bear, had forbidden Ji Ning from cultivating it. Although it was useful when one was weak, when one grew powerful in the future, one would probably have to abandon it.

But... undeniably, this divine ability was extremely terrifying. Touching it would cause severe poisoning and greatly weaken one's strength.

"I have some antidote pills here; maybe they can suppress it..." Ji Ning was frantic.

"It's fine, I'm fine." Yu Wei sat and looked at Ji Ning, smiling and gently shaking her head. Seeing him so frantic, her heart was filled with happiness.

Ji Ning looked at his senior apprentice-sister like this, feeling both fear and heartache.

Without hesitation, he directly hugged her.

Held by Ji Ning, Yu Wei pressed against his neck, feeling the heat radiating from his whole body, scorching hot. This stunned her.

"I don't want to hesitate anymore." Ji Ning murmured by his senior apprentice-sister's ear. "I don't want to regret, don't want to regret. I was really afraid, afraid that you might have just died. If you had died, would I still hesitate?"

Yu Wei also reached out and tightly hugged Ji Ning, a smile appearing on her face as tears flowed.

...

The main hall of Tianmang Mountain.

Lü Dongbin suddenly slapped the table, sending immortal fruits and wine flying. He stood up, pointed at the huge Bright Moon Landscape painting where Ji Ning and Yu Wei were embracing, and laughed: "That's how it should be, that's how it should be. Dilly-dallying like that, what's the point? If they missed this chance in the Bright Moon Landscape, they would never be together. To be together, they had to seize the opportunity. When the heart stirs, you must act. They've faced life and death together so many times, and still don't understand their own hearts? Hesitating like that? Haha, but still, in the last month, they finally embraced."