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Chapter 461: Devouring the Spirit, Strengthening the Sword
Chapter 461: Devouring the Spirit, Strengthening the Sword
"Clang!"
The Five Elements Spirit Sword struck the golden light surrounding the Golden Horn Beast, creating a sound like metal clashing.
Immediately, the golden light shield began to tremble violently.
However, the defensive power of this golden shield was quite remarkable, and it did not disperse instantly.
At the same time, a giant yellow dragon charged forward, stirring up the power of wind and earth as it collided with the golden light shield.
In the next moment, the golden light scattered, retracting back into the Golden Horn Beast's body.
The Five Elements Spirit Sword and the yellow earth dragon descended once again towards the beast's body.
"Roar!"
The Golden Horn Beast raised its head and let out a mighty roar.
Its golden fur shimmered with golden light, standing on end like a golden armor covering its body.
"Clang!"
Another metallic clang resounded as the Golden Horn Beast was struck by the Five Elements Spirit Sword and the yellow earth dragon, causing it to plummet towards the ground.
"Boom!!!"
The massive creature crashed into the mountain peak below, shearing off half of the summit.
The Golden Horn Beast flipped over and rose again, with a faint bloodstain on its body.
Its usually ferocious gaze now held a hint of fear as it looked at Chu Ning.
Watching as Chu Ning flew straight towards it.
The ninth-rank beast shimmered with golden light, and the golden horn on its head emitted a beam of golden light, striking out.
And in the next moment, it flickered and soared into the air, fleeing towards the distance.
"Trying to escape? Too late!"
Chu Ning said indifferently, raising his hand slightly.
Two golden thunderbolts flew from his palm, one towards the beam of golden light attacking from the Golden Horn Beast, and the other towards the fleeing beast.
At the same time, he pointed with his hand, and the Five Elements Spirit Sword followed, flying upwards.
"Rumble!!!"
Accompanied by a peal of thunder,
A thick arc of thunderbolt struck the Golden Horn Beast's horn.
"Roar!"
The powerful lightning-attributed attack caused the ninth-rank beast to let out a painful roar.
Its forward momentum slowed.
In just this fleeting moment, the Five Elements Spirit Sword driven by Chu Ning had arrived.
The giant sword split into five, forming a sword array that enveloped and trapped the Golden Horn Beast within.
In the next moment, countless five-colored sword auras, transformed from the five-colored glow, continuously struck the Golden Horn Beast's body.
Even though this ninth-rank beast had astonishing defensive capabilities, its aura weakened at a visible rate under the relentless assault of the five-colored sword auras.
The Golden Horn Beast charged forward, its golden horn piercing through the five-colored sword auras.
"Roar!"
But as soon as it touched the outer layer of sword auras, the immense tearing force caused its plan to shatter.
After letting out a miserable cry, the Golden Horn Beast raised its head, its gaze passing through the five-colored sword array and falling on Chu Ning.
Its eyes held a hint of pleading.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, please spare me.
I am willing to become your spirit beast and obey your commands!"
Hearing this, Chu Ning smiled faintly.
"Oh? Obey my commands? Aren't you a beast of the Beast Control Sect?
If you're willing to follow Lou Yanliang, there should be a contract binding you.
How can you obey my commands then?"
Upon hearing Chu Ning's words, the Golden Horn Beast seemed to see a glimmer of hope and quickly replied, "Lou Yanliang's physical body has been destroyed, his Nascent Soul is injured, and his spiritual sense imprint has weakened significantly.
With your capabilities, Fellow Daoist, erasing the contractual restrictions on me should be effortless..."
"Hehe!" Chu Ning laughed softly.
"Indeed, Lou Yanliang has suffered severe damage to his cultivation. Forcing the erasure of the contracts he has made with others should be easy.
However, your strength is not worth all this effort to make you my spirit beast.
I have no interest in controlling you, but I am interested in your spirit soul. It's time to perish!"
As his words landed, Chu Ning pinched a magic seal, and the five-colored sword auras in the Five Elements Sword Array became even sharper.
The Golden Horn Beast's eyes shone with a fierce light, and it roared,
"You're going too far!"
Accompanying its roar, the Golden Horn Beast lifted its four hooves, the golden light flashing as it directly struck towards one of the green-colored spirit swords.
"Growl!"
A beastly hoof collided with the green spirit sword, and in a flash of bloody light, one of its hooves flew off.
But the Golden Horn Beast seemed oblivious to the pain, its expression fierce as it struck out with its other hoof.
Another hoof was severed.
However, after consecutive strikes, the green spirit sword did show a slight deviation.
A gap appeared in the Five Elements Sword Array at this moment.
Seizing this opportunity, the ten-zhang-large Golden Horn Beast's golden horn on its head shone with golden light once more, and its body instantly shrunk to only one zhang in size.
Wrapped in golden light, it charged forward and forcefully broke through the Five Elements Spirit Sword Array.
Then, it transformed into a beam of golden light and fled even faster towards the distance.
"Oh? You have such an ability, being able to break through my Five Elements Sword Array. Indeed, you are not weak!"
Chu Ning chuckled, his figure flashing.
Using the Void Escape technique, he harnessed the power of space, and in just a few flashes, he narrowed the distance between himself and the Golden Horn Beast.
At the same time, he raised his right hand, and the Yellow Wind Flag flew out, transforming into a beam of yellow light that reached the Golden Horn Beast's head in the blink of an eye.
"Boom!"
It slammed into the earth below, creating a massive crater.
Immediately, its body swayed slightly, but it couldn't get back up.
However, at the same time, the golden horn on top of the Golden Horn Beast suddenly detached and shot up.
It performed a flash step, similar to a teleportation technique.
In the next moment, it reappeared over a hundred meters away.
Just as the golden horn was about to escape, a purple-red flame suddenly appeared in the air and transformed into a sea of fire.
The golden horn, unaware of the danger, charged straight into the sea of fire.
But when it tried to escape again, it found it was not so easy.
Chu Ning watched as the golden horn struggled within the sea of fire and smiled slightly.
If he hadn't been interested in the spirit soul of this ninth-rank Golden Horn Beast, he would have summoned the Icy Flame instead of the Blazing Inferno and Earth Vein Spirit Fire.
However, this ninth-rank magical beast also knew of Chu Ning's intentions, and the golden horn struggled relentlessly in the fiery blaze.
But the beast's spirit soul did not appear.
At this moment, Chu Ning remained calm and composed. He performed a set of incantations with his hands, and an invisible wind appeared beneath the sea of fire.
Instantly, the flames surged higher, but the area affected decreased in size, converging towards the golden horn.
The golden horn burned in the blazing fire for nearly an hour before a golden light flashed from it.
Soon after, a two-foot-long beast shadow flew out from within the golden horn.
"Finally, the spirit soul has been forced out!"
A hint of joy flashed in Chu Ning's eyes as he witnessed this.
With a quick incantation, the sea of fire in the sky vanished.
At the same time, the Five Elements Spirit Sword appeared above the golden beast shadow.
As the sea of fire dissipated, a golden spirit sword struck down.
In an instant, it pierced the golden beast shadow!
The next moment, golden light flickered on the golden spirit sword, and golden rune patterns emerged, forming a profound golden spell array.
As soon as the spell array appeared, the golden spirit sword seemed to possess a powerful suction force, slowly devouring the golden beast shadow!
"Roar!"
The golden beast shadow struggled, letting out low roars, but to no avail.
In just a few breaths, the entire golden beast shadow was devoured by the spirit sword.
At the same time, golden light radiated from the golden spirit sword, and within it, a golden bird could be vaguely seen, letting out excited cries of delight.
It was as if it had just devoured a nourishing feast.
"This spell array is indeed effective for the Five Elements Spirit Sword as well!"
A hint of pleasure flashed in Chu Ning's eyes as he witnessed this.
When he had reforged the Five Elements Spirit Sword, he had indeed fused the complete spirit soul of the Blazing Sun Spirit Bird into the Fire Spirit Sword.
But that was a spirit soul of the same kind.
Now, his Gold Spirit Sword had devoured the spirit soul of a different magical beast to strengthen itself.
"The gold and silver bird spirit souls were originally fused into the Gold Spirit Sword when I first advanced to the eighth-rank.
But under the effect of this sword array, it can devour and refine the spirit soul of a ninth-rank Golden Horn Beast.
A snake swallowing an elephant is nothing more than this!"
With everything finally concluded, Chu Ning waved his hand, recalling his Five Elements Spirit Sword and the Yellow Wind Flag.
At the same time, he turned his head to look at the four people who were still engaged in battle in the distance.
The Tianji Alliance cultivator at the early Nascent Soul stage had taken advantage of Chu Ning's battle with the Golden Horn Beast to quietly slip away.
Although Chu Ning noticed, he didn't bother to pursue the matter.
However, the two Nascent Soul stage cultivators were currently occupied by Shen Tu Ping and Wu Changdong, unable to escape.
At this moment, they sensed that Chu Ning had not only destroyed Lou Yanliang's physical body but had also easily slain the Golden Horn Beast.
Their faces couldn't help but twist in dismay.
But the next moment, a voice rang out in the air, causing their expressions to change drastically.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, please lend a hand and help finish these two off quickly.
If those two from the Tianji Alliance escape, they'll surely bring reinforcements!"
As Shen Tu Ping's words fell, Chu Ning flashed a few times and appeared beside them.
In the next moment, the Five Elements Spirit Sword and the Yellow Wind Flag were summoned, attacking the opponents of Shen Tu Ping and Wu Changdong.
Although the two Tianji Alliance cultivators were also at the middle Nascent Soul stage, their strength was inferior to Shen Tu Ping and Wu Changdong's.
They had been barely holding on against Shen Tu Ping and Wu Changdong, and now with Chu Ning's intervention, they were at their wits' end.
It didn't take long for the two Nascent Soul stage cultivators to be defeated.
Their Nascent Souls wanted to escape like Lou Yanliang's, but Chu Ning wasn't about to let them get away.
He didn't even need to use the Icy Inferno, as the Five Elements Spirit Sword and the Yellow Wind Flag were enough to annihilate their Nascent Souls.
With the battle concluded, the trio didn't linger. Additionally, someone from the Tianji Alliance had escaped, so they were sure that reinforcements would arrive soon.
Fortunately, their opponent's spiritual boat was still there.
It was obviously refined using a special method, and Chu Ning had noticed earlier that its speed was comparable to the Yellow Wind Flag.
Now, he naturally didn't hesitate to take it for himself, using it to carry Shen Tu Ping and Wu Changdong as they fled towards Cloudsoar City.
(End of Chapter)
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