Chapter 357: They Were All Struck Down By Lightning
“What the f*ck...”
A curse could be heard echoing throughout the world.
The Senior Elder of the Green Hill Foxes was left baffled, even as he controlled the immortal daemon corpse that was almost a thousand-meter long as it sore through the skies... How the heck did his Yuan Spirit clone get locked on by the thunderbolts of retribution?
His true form was being targeted too.
Likewise, the other Elder Daemon Foxes all felt the color drain out of their faces.
The thunderclouds were singling out their auras and nothing else.
That beautiful vixen even cried out in panic, “Why did two heavenly thunderbolts lock on to me?”
Beside her, the true form of the white-furred Senior Elder turned towards her with a scowl. “I’m targeted by two bolts as well... Everyone, rally inside the Jade Tower! We’ll work together to repel the heavenly retribution!”
His tone then changed as he barked, “My Yuan Spirit clone is controlling the ancestral immortal’s body and immune to heavenly thunderbolts. I’ll distract Jiang He so that he won’t interfere with us weathering the heavenly thunderbolts—it won’t work against an immortal item no matter how powerful it is... oh no!”
Even before he finished, the Senior Elder’s expression changed.
After all, the heavenly thunderbolts struck simultaneously from the twelve thunderclouds up in the skies.
Eleven of those bolts all struck the Jade Tower, while the remaining bolt shot toward the immortal daemon’s corpse.
Despite hiding behind the Jade Tower that all the Elder Foxes had invoked together, they began coughing blood after being struck by eight thunderbolts.
Even so, there were twelve thunderbolts striking down upon them at once...
“Do not hold back, everyone...”
Kaboom!
The Senior Elder’s yelling was drowned out by the rumble of the eleven thunderbolts striking down upon the Jade Tower. Its structure shook wildly and the divine radiance that it emanated appeared ready to fall apart.
In the distance, the Senior Elder’s Yuan Spirit clone roared in fury, “If you are that good, come out and face me, Jiang He!”
Kaboom!
The immortal daemon corpse burst out with an even scarier aura then. It only shook a little even when one of the violet heavenly thunderbolts struck down on its colossal form, and around it, veins of Immortal Dao was released to instantly build up into an immortal art, slashing toward Jiang He.
After all, that Yuan Spirit clone...
Was desperate!
The heavenly thunderbolts up in the skies were striking down in barrages, with eleven thunderbolts descending at once in each barrage. The immortal radiance of the Jade Tower was already dimming from its a.s.sault and it would be falling apart in two more barrages.
Therefore, there was only one solution to break through this dangerous situation, and it was by killing Jiang He...
If these heavenly thunderbolts were Jiang He’s G.o.dly technique, it would naturally fade if Jiang He was cut down.
On the other hand, Jiang He’s combat ability was on full gear. Even so, he was a little surprised as he attacked with the Sword Array of Ten Realms and Infinity...
Was that immortal daemon corpse immune to the violet heavenly thunderbolts?
He even gave it a special treatment by using a grade-nine Violet Sky Thunder Talisman on it.
Still, Jiang He soon got the idea...
That immortal daemon corpse was a dead body, and perhaps even less. After it perished and its body was preserved, its Immortal Dao was invoked by its successors by years, and the corpse was hence converted into a special mystic treasure.
“And like mystic treasures, it’s an inanimate object. The Green Hill Foxes would have to infuse a Yuan Spirit into it so that it moves!”
Jiang He could not help laughing at the thought.
After all, he was experienced in fighting Yuan Spirits.
He waved his hand and withdrew the Sword Array of Ten Realms and Infinity.
Against the immortal daemon corpse that was br.i.m.m.i.n.g with the might of an immortal, Jiang He pointed at it with his fingers as if they were a sword—
Snikt!
In the next instant, the hum of a sword rang throughout the horizon.
It was the sound effect of the Twenty-Three Swords... and its special effect was released as well: sword silhouettes materialized everywhere up in the skies and every other sword within fifty kilometers hummed in resonance.
Then, a formless sword radiance shot through the air, slashing toward the immortal daemon corpse.
“Oh no!”
The Senior Elder’s Yuan Spirit clone, which was still controlling the immortal daemon corpse, was so stunned that even his true form cried out in shock, “A Yuan Spirit secret technique...”
Thud...
A soft sound.
The formless sword flash of the Twenty-Three Swords sunk within the immortal daemon corpse.
Though the immortal daemon corpse was powerful, its Dao still lingered. Its physique was equally overwhelming and a cla.s.s above Jiang He’s physique, which had cultivated the Nine Heavenly Stars Body Formula up to the seventh fold. Even Jiang He’s Sword Array of Ten Realms and Infinity fail to inflict meaningful damage upon it, and it certainly would not reach the Yuan Spirit clone hidden in the sea of its ‘consciousness’.
Even so, the Twenty-Three Swords was different.
It was a spiritual attack.
No matter how tough the immortal daemon corpse was, it was merely a physical defense.
After all, the target was merely a Yuan Spirit clone. Even after a thousand years of cultivation and power nearing Mahayana, spirits and souls were vulnerable—as such, a single release of the Twenty-Three Swords from Jiang He was enough to cut down the Yuan Spirit clone within.
Snikt~
Nearby, the Senior Elder was vomiting blood, its face turning extremely pale right then.
It was only natural for the true form to suffer recoil when a Yuan Spirit was cut down.
At the same time, the six-tailed immortal daemon corpse was ‘dead’ once again after being freed from the control of the Yuan Spirit Clone and fell out of the skies, slamming down onto the ground.
Jiang He landed and retrieved the immortal daemon corpse with a wave of his hand.
He then looked up at the Jade Tower—the immortal item was still floating up on thin air amid the twelve thunderclouds where flashes of lightning were still brewing.
Then, he saw the Eminent Foxes protected by the divine radiance of the Jade Tower, all of them were filled panic, terror, and rage. He could not help muttering to himself right then, “Impressive... it’s the third barrage but the Jade Tower has yet to collapse. It seems to be quite powerful.”
“Jiang He... Blargh!”
The beautiful vixen cried out in her falsetto voice, but coughed out a mouthful of blood just as she opened her mouth. Her rather thin clothing were already in tatters, and it was fortunate that she wore combat garments or it would have to be censored.
Kaboom!
The fourth barrage of heavenly thunderbolts descended then.
Because the Yuan Spirit clone that controlled the immortal daemon corpse was destroyed, the thunderclouds that locked on to Senior Elder’s aura tracked down the true form.
After that, twelve heavenly thunderbolts descended at once.
Boom-crack!
The Jade Tower abruptly dropped out of the skies, its dazzling divine radiance rapidly darkening. At the same time, cracks were appearing all over the Jade Tower, and that powerful inferior-grade immortal item was struck down with the Violet Sky Thunder Talisman.
“Jiang He!”
One of the Eminent Foxes, no longer able to hold back, roared resoundingly as it reverted to its true form and charged toward Jiang He. Still, as it darted through the skies, one of the violet thunderbolts shot down and hit him squarely on the head, blowing up his skull.
Even before his Yuan Spirit could fly away, another heavenly thunderbolt hit it and blew it into pieces.
At the same time, more heavenly thunderbolts struck down upon the Eminent Foxes, who were now no longer protected by the Jade Tower. Even if they could block a bolt, the sheer force left them crying for their parents or cursing Jiang He... some even resorted to begging Jiang He for mercy.
Even so...
They were all dead soon enough.
Meanwhile, Jiang He looked at the calamity clouds above that were fading rapidly, and then at the many corpse strewn over the ground... and felt as if he was dreaming.
Why did he come to visit the Green Hill Foxes again?
The original plan was to stir trouble after coming to the Green Hill Holy Ground. Somehow, even before he entered... he ended up killing everyone?