217: Chapter 217 Star Arrow

"Roar—!"

With a command from him, three Spirit Beasts above the Middle Stage of the Tier 3 wrapped in monstrous ferocity ignored the sky-full of thunder, stubbornly pushing against the lightning to charge towards the main Peak, showing a matchless and ferocious momentum.

Above the defense line, a group of Foundation Establishment Cultivators turned pale, their hands holding Spiritual Artifacts trembling slightly, and cold sweat had already oozed from the palms of many.

Meanwhile, Master Qingming at the Peak of the main Peak did not have a shred of ripple in his expression from beginning to end, as if the heaven-shaking slaughter below had nothing to do with him at all.

He quietly overlooked the melee below, and after seeing all the enemy combat forces in place, a trace of piercing killing intent finally flashed across his indifferent eyes.

"Since you are in a rush to throw your lives away, I shall settle you all together."

Master Qingming whispered, and the hand Seals in his hands suddenly changed.

Different from the cold and desolate icy arrows before, at this moment, the spiritual power around his body surged violently, and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi all over the sky crazily gathered towards him, forming a visible Spiritual Qi vortex to the naked eye.

Above the daytime firmament, dots of brilliant starlight faintly emerged, and fine starlight penetrated the dark clouds, all falling upon the three-zhang heaven-shaking crossbow, as if the Nine Heavens stars were lending him a hand.

This was his trump card, the Earth Rank spiritual art — Star Arrow.

This arrow technique drew upon the power of the heavenly stars as its source, capable of breaking all evil specters, Devilish Qi, and sinister magical physiques. With an extremely vast coverage area capable of mass-slaughtering Golden Cores, it was the top-tier long-range spiritual art of the Tianxuan Sect.

He had already Cultivated this spiritual art to the Major Achievement Realm, and every single arrow contained the will of the stars of Heaven and Earth.

However, even with his current Golden Core Peak Realm cultivation base, if he used the Spirit Treasure-grade heaven-shaking crossbow in conjunction with the Earth Rank spiritual art, at most he could only fire three consecutive arrows.

"Hum—!"

The gathering spiritual Formation patterns of the heaven-shaking crossbow lit up one by one, and nine hundred and ninety-nine strands of starlight spread from the crossbow body to the bowstring, making the entire giant crossbow seem to have transformed into a part of the galaxy.

He slowly raised his right hand, his five fingers virtually grasping the bowstring, and the firmament above his head faintly projected the illusory shadows of stars in broad daylight, with stars twinkling and reflecting off each other.

A giant starlight divine arrow five zhang long slowly condensed and formed.

That was not an arrow condensed from spiritual power.

It was the Star Power of the Nine Heavens, drawn down.

"Star Arrow — Army Breaker."

Master Qingming's voice was very soft, so soft it was like chanting an ancient name, yet it carried an irresistible majesty.

On the heaven-shaking crossbow, an arrow entirely condensed from starlight slowly took shape.

Inside the arrow shaft, a galaxy flowed, dazzling and brilliant, as if sealing an entire starry sky within it.

The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a radius of a thousand zhang crazily poured in like a breached dike, the crossbow body issued an unbearable humming sound, and the air trembled under the coercion of this arrow.

The next instant, the arrow was fired.

The heavens and earth lost their color.

A silver ribbon traversing the horizon pierced straight from the main Peak of Chimang Ridge into the rear of the corpse tide. Wherever the arrow path passed, the air was torn into a vacuum, the clouds and mist on both sides were pushed to ten thousand zhang high altitude by the violent qi waves, and a long-lasting silver-white trajectory was left across the firmament.

Upon the earth, a bottomless charred gully extended all the way from the foot of the mountain to the presence of Master Heisha, the rocks on both sides of the gully entirely melted, emitting wisps of blue smoke.

Master Heisha's pupils suddenly contracted into needle points.

"Ten Thousand Corpses Blood Shield!"

He shouted out loudly, and nine giant blood-colored shields condensed from the vital blood of tens of thousands of skeletons appeared out of thin air before him, layering over each other to protect him and the Golden-Armored Corpse Puppet King behind him.

Each blood shield was several zhang thick, emitting a pungent bloody aura strong enough to make one vomit.

At the same time, his figure retreated rapidly, blood light bursting under his feet, attempting to widen the distance.

However, the Profound Truth of the Army Breaker arrow lay in breaking all laws; no matter how numerous your defenses were, he would break them with a single arrow.

The first blood shield shattered the instant the starlight touched it, transforming into a sky-full of blood rain.

The third, fifth, and seventh sheets — the nine Ten Thousand Corpses Blood Shields were pierced through like paper, and the starlight arrow was unstoppable, carrying a force of sweeping decay as it precisely nailed into Master Heisha's left chest.

The sound of the protective Demonic Qi barrier shattering was crisp and piercing, like a jade bottle falling to the ground.

A clump of dark red blood mist spewed out from behind Master Heisha, his body flying backward for hundreds of zhang, and a bowl-sized blood hole in his chest almost tore his torso in half, through which one could even see the rolling dark clouds behind him.

If not for him using a secret technique at the last moment to forcibly shift his heart's position, this arrow would have completely obliterated him, leaving not even a corpse behind.

However, Master Qingming's second arrow was already on the string, starlight gathered once more, and the killing intent grew even denser.

"Star Arrow — Greedy Wolf."

This arrow was completely different from the grand and overbearing nature of Army Breaker.

The arrow body presented a chilling silver-blue, and the starlight on the arrowhead was like a venomous snake's pupils, exuding weirdness and killing intent. Master Qingming's fingertips gently plucked the crossbow string, and the Greedy Wolf arrow shot out silently, tracing an erratic and unpredictable trajectory in the air, sometimes turning left, sometimes dropping abruptly, as if a living creature was hunting, making it impossible to guard against.

That Corpse Puppet Sect Late Stage Golden Core Elder was driving three Spirit Beasts to impact the defense line, entirely focused on the slaughter ahead.

He felt the killing intent behind him and suddenly turned his head, his pupils reflecting a strand of starlight drawing closer and closer; that light was cold and beautiful, carrying the meaning of death.

He wanted to dodge, but the trajectory of that arrow was completely unpredictable — it made a sudden turn the instant he evaded, as if it had long since anticipated his actions, precisely piercing through his back heart.

The sound of the Golden Core shattering came from within his body, crisp and fatal.

That Elder lowered his head to take a look at the transparent hole in his chest, his lips moving as if he wanted to say something, yet unable to emit any sound.

Starlight burst within his body, turning his internal organs into fine dust, and his entire person fell from the air, breathing his last before even hitting the ground, his eyes still retaining a look of disbelief.

But the killing intent of the Greedy Wolf arrow was not exhausted, and its remaining might still persisted.

The arrow body suddenly burst after piercing that Elder, dividing into three strands of starlight like three meteors, respectively chasing after those three Tier 3 Spirit Beasts currently impacting the defense line.

The first starlight struck the two heads of the Tier 3 Middle Stage Spirit Beast, the Double-Headed Blood Bat. Both demonic cores shattered simultaneously, and the massive bat body crashed heavily to the ground, smashing out a huge deep pit.

The second starlight cut the Tier 3 Middle Stage Spirit Beast, the One-Horned Dark Scaled Python, in half at the waist. Dark green venom splashed onto the mountain rocks, corroding large areas of charred marks with a pungent stench.

The third starlight nailed into the abdomen of the Tier 3 Late Stage Six-Footed Ghost Spider, blowing it into serious injury. The ghost spider emitted a miserable hiss, its eight long legs convulsing and twitching as it collapsed limply onto the ground.

One arrow killed one Late Stage Golden Core Cultivator and two Tier 3 Spirit Beasts, while heavily injuring one Tier 3 Late Stage Spirit Beast.

The entire scene fell into a dead silence.

Whether it was the Righteous Path Cultivators or the remaining Demonic Path Cultivators, at this moment all fell into a brief stupor, shocked by this heaven-shaking might.

"Flee... hurry and flee... This person is definitely a Nascent Soul seed of the Tianxuan Sect."

Master Heisha's hair was disheveled, his chest was a bloody mess, and between breaths, blood foam gushed from the wound. Had he not cultivated a secret technique, that arrow just now would have already caused his Divine Soul to be destroyed along with his physical body.

At this time, he no longer had a shred of Sect Leader majesty; his eyes were left with only endless fear, and his complexion was as ashen and dead as a corpse.

Meanwhile, at the other end of the battlefield, Master Xuanyue's Formation killing moves had only just unfolded, equally heart-stirring.