Chapter 2292: The Golden Defense, The Thirty-six Demonic Swords, and the Monarch Seeds' Trump Cards
Dugu Bupo's unleashed his Sword Twenty-four for the very first time!
Surging waves of sword qi continuously tore through and shattered the void!
It was as if the heavens and earth were filled with only his sword intent. Endless hatred, killing intent, and destructive intent spread everywhere, making it seem like it was the end of the world.
In the midst of it, only Chu Kuangren remained.
He stood in the air, facing that mighty sword attack alone.
He made a sword hand sign, and Buddhist Light swirled around his fingertips.
"Immovable Enlightenment King's Sword Seal, Golden Defense!"
In an instant, endless Buddhist Light illuminated the surroundings.
Buddhist symbols emerged from within the Buddhist Light. They seemed to represent the endless classical Buddhist scriptures that contained boundless Dharma knowledge.
Those Buddhist symbols surrounded Chu Kuangren, forming an impenetrable barrier that stood immovable.
The Immovable Enlightenment King's Sword Seal series contained three techniques.
The first was Universal Purification, which transformed one's Buddhist Light into countless sword qi. It was an offensive area-of-effect technique.
The second was the Endless Sin Repentance, a technique that possessed the densest Carnage qi. That was the most powerful single-target technique among the three. The third and last of all would be the Golden Defense technique.
It was a technique meant for unparalleled defense!
This Ultimate-level Buddhist cultivation technique was extremely profound and mysterious. The murderous qi unleashed from the first two forms alone was something no ordinary cultivators could handle.
At the slightest misstep, even a virtuous monk would fall into a murderer's path.
Only those who had mastered the profound wisdom of Buddhism and attained a very high level of understanding of the Dharma could remain true to themselves, unaffected by the murderous qi in that technique.
It was also why that cultivation technique was hidden in the Divine Thunder Drum Peak and could only be obtained by successfully debating the one hundred and eight Buddhas in there.
With Lil Ai's help, Chu Kuangren debated against all the Buddhas and won.
Although his understanding of the Dharma was not high to begin with, he was not affected by the murderous qi because of his Rocksteady Daoist core.
The overwhelming sword qi quickly made their way toward him.
It slammed against the Buddhist character-filled barrier surrounding Chu Kuangren like an unstoppable wave.
However, nothing could damage it.
The powerful sword qi of the Sword Twenty-four was eventually destroyed!
Following a horrifying explosion, the void blew up, and the surroundings were reduced to chaos. Everyone stared intently at that area of chaos and saw Buddhist Light swirling inside, shining from the thousands of Buddhist characters.
Amidst the sea of Buddhist characters, Chu Kuangren stood in the air, unscathed!
The sword technique that Dugu Bupo worked very hard to develop was absolutely ineffective against him!
"How can it be..."
Dugu Bupo trembled with disbelief.
Although he knew he could not kill Chu Kuangren with that attack, he was still deeply shaken to see Chu Kuangren unscathed!
What did all those years of effort he spent amount to?
"Is that all there is to your Sword Twenty-four?"
Chu Kuangren shook his head disappointingly and sighed. Then, he made a sword hand sign and unleashed a slash at his opponent. It was his Sword Twenty-four!
The devastating sword intent from his attack caused the void to crumble.
Dugu Bupo felt his scalp turn numb.
He let out a long cry, and rays of light shot out from his body.
There were thirty-six light rays in total, revealing thirty-six swords respectively.
Each of them contained an evil killing intent.
Those were the Thirty-six Demonic Swords of the Sword Universe!
The demonic swords hovered around Dugu Bupo, forming a sword formation that blocked Chu Kuangren's sword qi. However, the power of Chu Kuangren's attack still sent him flying, and the Great Dao inside his body suffered a tremendous impact.
"Everyone, use your trump cards!" Dugu Bupo uttered.
He endured his injuries and controlled the Thirty-Six Demonic Swords. The swords shot across the skies like thirty-six meteors, locking onto Chu Kuangren.
"Oh, you still have something up your sleeve."
Chu Kuangren was slightly surprised. He attacked with his sword hand sign, and the attack collided against the Thirty-six Demonic Swords, repelling them one by one.
Seeing Dugu Bupo unleashing all his trump cards, the other Monarch Seeds no longer kept theirs hidden. They, too, quickly unleashed their secret techniques.
"Five Qi Enhancement!"
Dao Lingtian grunted softly and took out five colorful bundles of divine light.
The five divine lights contained the essence of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth respectively.
As the five qi entered his body, the purple qi around him surged, and his Great Dao energy skyrocketed. Even Daoist law energy appeared!
"Golden Demon Suppression Art!"
Gu Chan sat down with his legs crossed and made a few mysterious hand signs.
Then, he slammed both his palms on his head, and golden Buddhist blood splattered everywhere, dying his entire body gold.
His golden Buddhist physique glimmered dazzlingly, and vast Buddhist power spread everywhere with tremendous might!
"Divine Dragon Blood Patterns!" Chi Ying grunted softly. While the dragon's blood beneath his scales began to surge, countless ancient and mysterious patterns appeared all over him. He also emanated a scorching draconic aura that dyed the surroundings red.
"Celestial Divine Light, Sacred Divine Seal"
Tianshen Changyu took out an ancient rune that projected an ancient aura.
The Celestial Divine Light revealed the image of a divine being shrouded in Immortal Sparks.
It was as if that was the will of the highest and most supreme being in the Celestial Divine Tribe.
"Spatial Wings!"
Kong Chunyuan's wings began to release dazzling Immortal Sparks.
As dense spatial energy flowed and collided against the Infinity Domain's energy, he held his weapon and formed countless spatial blades in the air.
The remaining Monarch Seeds also unleashed their ultimate techniques.
In a moment, the surroundings were filled with a chaotic and tumultuous blend of energy auras.
Spatial energy, sword qi, Celestial Divine Light, dragon aura, and even some mysterious curse energies lit up everywhere.
Dao Lingtian looked at Mingyue Wuxia and asked, "Aren't you attacking him?"
After all, she possessed unfathomable abilities.
If she took action, they would have a higher chance of defeating Chu Kuangren.
"I can't afford to bear the disgrace of doing this," Mingyue Wuxia said calmly.
She intended to spar with Chu Kuangren. However, since the foreign tribes were joining forces against Chu Kuangren, she had lost interest in doing so.
Even if they won, it would be a cheap victory; if they lost, they would appear like fools.
Besides, those who took action would surely stain their reputation, regardless of the outcome of the battle.
Joining forces with the foreign tribes to go against the humans in the Ancestor Tombs of the Human Ancestral Land? What the hell were they thinking?
Dao Lingtian and the others could forsake their reputation just to obtain the Human Ancestor's blood.
However, unlike them, she valued her reputation and was careful of her actions.
"Hmph."
Dao Lingtian ignored her and charged toward Chu Kuangren.
He unleashed a powerful palm attack that surged with purple qi. The Daoist law energy contained in his attack made it the strongest amongst everyone present.
The Buddhist characters around Chu Kuangren started to crumble.
However, there was still an invisible spatial barrier surrounding him.
The others quickly attacked.
The Thirty-six Demonic Swords darted through the air, coming from every direction with thrusts, slashes, and stabs. A continuous barrage of attacks bombarded Chu Kuangren as if thirty-six top-tier sword cultivators were attacking him.
Then, spatial energy rumbled in the air.
Kong Chunyuan, brandishing his long saber, unleashed several slashes along with the demonic swords to wear down the spatial barrier surrounding Chu Kuangren. He was creating an opening for everyone else to attack.
In his golden physique form, Gu Chan's strength increased tremendously.
With each palm attack he released, the surroundings were reduced into a state of chaos.
Meanwhile, Chi Ying's dragon patterns flowed around him as he channeled his terrifying flames to form a gigantic fiery prison around Chu Kuangren.
His scorching dragon aura gave the illusion that it would not give up until its target had been reduced to ashes.
The Monarch Seeds from various forces also unleashed their powerful techniques.
That lineup of attacks was already enough to deal with ordinary Monarchs.
"Hmph. These are nothing but a bunch of flashy and meaningless attacks! Now, move aside!"
Chu Kuangren stepped forward, and his Great Dao energy gushed out like a raging ocean. His Supreme Honorable aura instantly reached its peak, forcing everyone back as a result.
Following that, an enormous suction force erupted from his body.
The Heavenly-devouring technique was activated!