Chapter 34: The Purple Sun Sword and the Appearance of the True Dragon (Part 2)

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[Xuan Yu Hidden Sword Art] is a killing strike that conceals one’s own evil thoughts within the sword, hiding the intent to kill.

But Bai Yao’s Hidden Sword Technique hides the sword within heaven and earth, layer upon layer…

And from the very beginning, Bai Yao had deliberately, whether consciously or not, led Mu Jingyue, with her preconceived notions, to believe that what she cultivated was the [Xuan Yu Hidden Sword Art].

Moreover, in the final killing moment, she revealed Gao Luan’s [Sky Devourer], cementing Mu Jingyue’s preconceived judgment, and thereby successfully hid her sword within heaven and earth, achieving a strategy to deceive the heavens and cross the sea.

“Bai Yao, more than a Hidden Sword Technique, your sword-hiding is more like a psychological game of war…

With such schemes and calculations, and Gao Luan’s death… you… absolutely cannot be spared!”

Facing defeat, Mu Jingyue’s state of mind could no longer regain its calm, but her decision was not in the least affected by her emotions.

Since the Pixiu’s imprisonment could no longer trap the Sky Devourer Dragon Fish, then she would reclaim the Pixiu’s Evil Force and focus all her strength on slaying Bai Yao.

At this moment, the golden light curtain imprisoning the dragon fish dispersed, and Bai Yao, gripping the [Sky Devourer] with both hands, shouted loudly: “Dong Ling!”

“Little ancestor!” Skylark, the cave spirit, also dropped the act, swiftly flying to Bai Yao’s shoulder,

“As long as that woman can’t hack you to death, this old man guarantees you won’t die! Go!”

Bai Yao flashed away, intending to completely disregard Mu Jingyue who was hunting her from behind.

In truth, Bai Yao could no longer hear what the cave spirit was saying.

She endured the intense discomfort of Righteous Qi and Evil Thoughts being as incompatible as fire and water, and drove the sword straight for the Sky Devourer Dragon Fish’s head.

It was precisely at this moment that a terrifying pressure came from behind her.

It was Mu Jingyue, who, after reclaiming the Pixiu’s power, intended to fully unleash her Hundred Refined Martial Form and was closing in.

“Junior Sister Bai, without a Hundred Refined Martial Form, relying only on Righteous Qi, you are doomed to die before me.”

Mu Jingyue did not hesitate.

The evil spirit Pixiu manifested externally in its small golden beast form, immediately resonating with her [Xuan Yu Heavy Water Art] true qi.

Mu Jingyue released her true qi, transforming it into streaks of deep-blue Xuan Yu Heavy Water, completely covering the Pixiu beast’s body, which actually transformed into a massive Profound Water True Dragon containing golden light within!

Taoist rings of Heavy Water Black Rings continuously exploded outside the Profound Water True Dragon’s body.

The rain curtain and the air itself were distorted by this abnormal gravity, making it seem as if even space itself was twisted by this Martial Form.

This was Mu Jingyue’s Hundred Refined Martial Form: [True Dragon Manifestation]!

“Though I do not know which cave spirit you rely on, now is the time of rain.

This Hundred Refined Martial Form, executed by a late-stage Hundred Refinements Realm cultivator borrowing the momentum of heaven and earth—can you withstand it?”

Mu Jingyue pointed a finger, and the Five-Claw Dark Water True Dragon let out a roar like ten thousand miles of shattering ice.

The rain curtain within dozens of zhang was immediately disrupted by the Gravity Field, forming dozens of small water dragons that followed behind the Five-Claw Dark Water True Dragon, charging straight at Bai Yao’s back.

Knowing full well that this strike was nearly certain death, Bai Yao did not choose to turn and defend herself to survive.

Instead, she unwaveringly thrust her sword into the forehead of the Sky Devourer Dragon Fish.

“Woo!”

The dragon fish’s pained cry was in no way inferior to the roar of the Five-Claw Dark Water True Dragon summoned by Mu Jingyue.

“Stupid fish! If you don’t want to die, act now and block the pursuit behind me!”

Bai Yao’s plan was also straightforward: to force this stupid fish, even after taking her sword strike, to also act and block Mu Jingyue.

Because only then would it have the chance, through its own brute strength, to shake Bai Yao off in the next exchange.

But just as Bai Yao’s [Sky Devourer], wrapped in Purple-Gold Haoran Righteousness, pierced into the dragon fish’s head, an inexplicable emotion transmitted from this hideous black-mist monster through her Righteous Qi into her Heart Lake.

It was a kind of longing, helplessness, endurance, and… a cry for help…

The next instant, the black mist on the dragon fish’s body and the entire rain curtain of heaven and earth seemed to be manipulated by the heavenly and earthly power within the Dongtian Dream Realm, forming countless enormous anchors.

But the anchors’ target was not Bai Yao; they all crashed down upon Mu Jingyue instead.

“What is happening… clearly it’s already at the end of its strength, so why has the Evil Force of the Mingge Illusion Realm surged so much out of thin air?”

Mu Jingyue’s expression shifted again.

The counterattack of the Evil Force was unprecedentedly powerful.

She could not forcibly withstand such an attack to kill Bai Yao, so she had no choice but to command her Martial Form to guard herself and resist.

At this moment, Bai Yao, through her battle with this bizarre dragon fish, also learned new information.

“You want me to use this sword… to rescue you?!”

Bai Yao was stunned at first, but quickly understood the true situation of this dragon fish,

“Alright, [Sky Devourer], you are the remnant bone of the Sky Devourer Dragon Fish that devours the heavens and the earth. Then absorb to your heart’s content! Absorb all the Evil Force from this entire heaven and earth!”

As if receiving its master’s permission, this pitch-black short sword began to feast voraciously like a glutton.

First came the body of this wailing dragon fish, then the entire Illusionary Realm connected through this dragon fish as a node.

The dark clouds in the sky and the water mist on the earth were both drawn by the heaven-devouring, earth-swallowing power amplified jointly by the [Sky Devourer] and the dragon fish, rapidly converging here, forming another Water Screen cocoon that echoed the one over the Yuning River.

Within the giant cocoon, the devouring of the [Sky Devourer] sword continued, and the body of that fierce and terrifying Sky Devourer Dragon Fish was already riddled with holes.

And just as Bai Yao was fully commanding the [Sky Devourer] with no attention to spare, a small beast’s phantom, palm-sized, water-blue, resembling a Kun fish, leaped out from the tattered dragon fish’s body as if breaking free from its cage.

The moment it saw Bai Yao, it radiated joy and excitement, along with a feeling like a child seeing its mother.

Bai Yao could not move, but she knew this little thing absolutely adored her Righteous Qi and had not the slightest intention of harming her.

So this water-blue Kun Spirit, only the size of her palm, leaped into her body and entered her Heart Lake.

In an instant, Bai Yao’s Purple Sun and the water-blue Kun Spirit achieved a harmonious coexistence within her Heart Lake.

Countless memory fragments also surged into Bai Yao’s mind at that moment like a revolving lantern.

They showed burning stars, collapsing skies, and what looked like a colossal wall separating worlds, which was actually a heavenly pillar snapped into two halves, piercing through the firmament.

Countless figures turned to ash in the light—divine beings with wings on their backs, martial artists riding True Dragons, and old monks seated cross-legged on lotus thrones.

They wailed, they despaired, and together with that vast and boundless world, they collapsed into a great sea stretching across the starry sky.

There, a Kun Spirit named Sea Queen Mingge was born…

“Little girl, little ancestor! Wake up! Wake up!” The cave spirit Skylark’s call snapped Bai Yao, who had briefly lost focus from digesting these memories, back to clarity.

She looked around and saw that the entire Yunin Town was already unrecognizable, with only the spot where Xiao Yunshan’s corpse lay still relatively intact.

Before her, Mu Jingyue was half-crouched on the ground, gasping for breath.

Her Martial Form [True Dragon Manifestation], after enduring the full counterattack of the Illusionary Realm, was already becoming difficult to maintain.

And beside Bai Yao, the pitch-black [Sky Devourer sword] floated quietly like a well-fed child, as if waiting for its master to awaken it once more.

“Dong Ling, have I… become symbiotically bonded with an Evil Entity?” Bai Yao asked the cave spirit, feeling the situation within her Heart Lake.

“Alas… a thousand twists and turns, hard to distinguish truth from falsehood…”

Skylark, the cave spirit, fluttered its wings on Bai Yao’s shoulder, looking at her with a rather complex gaze,

“Cangjie calculated everything, but never calculated that Mingzi could have two. Little Baiyao, as you said, you are now also a living Evil Entity, just like the one before you.”

Bai Yao looked up at Mu Jingyue, whose chaotic aura was stabilizing as she slowly rose to her feet.

“Could it be that she and I… truly are the same kind? How ironic…”

Bai Yao shook her head helplessly, murmuring to herself in a voice only she could hear.

Then, with a small wave of her hand, she called out softly to the [Sky Devourer]: “Sword Come!”

The next instant, the [Sky Devourer] shot upward, spun once around Bai Yao, and landed steadily in her right hand.

Purple-gold Haoran Righteousness and ink-black Evil Thoughts achieved a subtle and stable balance under the harmonizing of the water-blue Ming Kun spirit.

The Evil Thoughts of the [Sky Devourer] no longer rebelled against Bai Yao, and she no longer needed to feed it Evil Thoughts to stabilize the sword.

Clearly, this black sword had truly acknowledged her as its master.

“Senior Sister Mu, the Dongtian Dream Realm is on the verge of collapse, and the Secret Realm is about to crumble. It’s time to settle the final grievance between you and me.”

Bai Yao pointed the black sword at Mu Jingyue, her eyes holding no killing intent, only resolve.

“Junior Sister Bai, fate truly plays its tricks. The [Key] that Xuan Yu Sect has schemed for ten thousand years has actually fallen into your hands like this…”

Mu Jingyue did not retract her [True Dragon Manifestation], clearly still harboring the intention to fight Bai Yao, but unexpectedly extended an offer of recruitment once more:

“There are indeed grievances between us that must be resolved, but you are now a precious [Key].

I, Mu Jingyue, swear to you that as long as you lay down your hostility, both Xuan Yu Sect and Xuan Kingdom will treat you as a heaven-blessed prodigy of the highest order.”

Upon hearing this, Bai Yao laughed.

That smile was utterly inhuman, carrying the most intense mockery from all her lives, both previous and current:

“Hahaha… Senior Sister Mu truly loves to jest.

I, Bai Yao, have been a [Key] my entire life, and now you want me to be a [Key] again?

Forget it. Today, either you die, or I die.

I, Bai Yao, shall be locked in mortal combat with Xuan Yu Sect until one of us is no more.”