222: Chapter 222 The God-Slaying Demon Appears Again, Severing One of Its Arms

Gu Shen held the thunder pattern gold-slaying blade in his hand, wrapped in dark cyan thunder-magnetic blade light, with the momentum to split heaven and earth, heading straight for Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's face.

The two were no more than three zhang apart.

This three-zhang radius was the core force field of the Nirvana Star Core's Divine Ability, "Absolute Collapse".

Compared to the simple, powerful traction on the periphery, the spatial curvature within this three-zhang core area already presented a terrifying distortion near the point of fracture.

Standing at the edge of this three-zhang zone, Core Disciple Qin Wuyan felt as if countless invisible iron mountains were pressing inward from all directions.

The bones all over his body emitted cracking sounds under the immense pressure, and the Foundation Establishment Initial Stage true essence that had originally surged like a river in his body now felt as heavy as lead; every cycle of circulation required several times the usual effort.

That deadly dark cyan blade light had reached his head.

At this life-or-death moment, a piece of emerald ancient jade hanging at Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's waist suddenly shone brilliantly.

This jade was called "soul-warming jade", a protective treasure bestowed by a Core Formation Old Ancestor of the Beast Taming Sect.

The emerald light transformed into a thick, tangible glazed light shield, protecting him along with the frost dragon Flying Sword beneath him.

This light shield not only possessed extremely strong physical defense but could also firmly guard a Cultivator's Sea of Consciousness, resisting all kinds of Divine Soul attacks.

"Boom!"

The thunder pattern gold-slaying blade hacked solidly onto the emerald light shield.

The violent extreme poison evil true essence and the soul-warming jade's protective spiritual light crazily eroded each other.

Ripples appeared on the surface of the light shield, but with the support of the Golden Core Stage foundation, it firmly withstood this thunderous slash.

The huge recoil caused Gu Shen's right arm holding the blade to tremble slightly, and the Cold Jade Bone shimmered with dark light, instantly discharging that recoil force into the Void Realm.

"Alias! This soul-warming jade of mine was personally refined by a Core Formation Old Ancestor. With your mere Foundation Establishment Initial Stage magic power, don't even think about breaking my defense!"

Seeing that the light shield had not broken, the tight string in Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's heart relaxed slightly.

His face showed a manic expression; his left hand tightly held the white mountain-shaking bone zither, and his right hand rapidly pinched a mysterious magic seal.

He knew that he must not stay long in such a terrifying high-pressure Domain, and was about to activate an escape light contained within the soul-warming jade to forcibly break through the gravitational shackles.

Gu Shen stood in mid-air, his expression cold and solemn as usual.

"All Formations and artifacts in the world have principles of operation. In the face of absolutely distorted gravity, how can there be an unbreakable defense?"

Deep within the center of his brows, that AI Crystal erupted with a brilliant dark blue radiance.

Multi-threaded computing power was pushed to the limit, extending along Gu Shen's Divine Sense, scanning the emerald light shield ahead in all directions.

The Crab at his collar provided precise data feedback simultaneously.

"Master, the spiritual power distribution of the target shield is not uniform. Under the continuous tearing of the three-zhang core gravitational field, the spiritual particle aggregation degree at the upper left corner of the light shield shows periodic attenuation. Every one breath, a structural weak point lasting one-tenth of a breath will be generated there."

The Crab's electronic voice handed Gu Shen the key to breaking the situation.

This was the inevitable flaw of Magic Treasures in the Cultivator World after being crushed by high-dimensional physical Laws.

While the soul-warming jade was indestructible, in a gravitational field capable of twisting even space, its automatically operating spiritual energy shield inevitably suffered from the influence of the gravitational field gradient, thereby exposing fatal flaws.

"One-tenth of a breath is enough."

Gu Shen's eyes were deep, his spirit focused.

He did not swing his blade again, but instead joined his left index and middle fingers, pointing steadily at the upper left corner of Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's light shield.

The Geng Metal Sword Qi of the Golden Light Finger gathered at his fingertips, but remained unreleased.

Within his Sea of Consciousness, the powerful Divine Sense force transformed into an invisible, intangible small sword.

Gu Shen forcibly integrated the extremely sharp Geng Metal aura into this invisible small sword, giving it a bit of physical sharpness to break through solid barriers while specializing in severing Divine Souls.

One breath had arrived.

The emerald light at the upper left corner of the light shield appeared slightly dim under the pull of the gravitational field.

"Go."

Gu Shen pointed slightly.

The God-Slaying Sword, fused with Geng Metal Sword Qi, transformed into a stream of light invisible to the naked eye, shooting out at a speed beyond reason.

It accurately and unerringly followed that one-tenth of a breath defensive gap, violently piercing into the soul-warming jade's protective light shield, heading straight for Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's glabella.

Core Disciple Qin Wuyan, who was desperately activating his escape technique, suddenly felt a sharp, excruciating pain at his glabella that seemed to want to tear his Soul apart.

His Sea of Consciousness, heavily protected by the soul-warming jade, was actually split open by this invisible Sword Qi.

"Ah—!"

A miserable scream erupted from Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's throat.

The most direct consequence of the Sea of Consciousness being injured was an instantaneous break in the circulation of true essence.

Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's body appeared in mid-air with a full breath of absolute stiffness.

That layer of emerald light shield, which had lost the maintenance of magic power, dimmed several times instantly.

Opportunity.

Gu Shen's blood energy was like an abyss, and the Cold Jade Bone erupted with overwhelming power.

The thunder pattern gold-slaying blade in his right hand turned into a ribbon-like dark cyan streak of light.

This slash had no fancy probes, only the purest slaughter.

The blade edge tore through the Void Realm, carrying the roar of thunder-magnetism, and cut through the soul-warming jade's already broken defensive light shield without any resistance, heading straight for Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's left shoulder.

"Puchi!"

The dull sound of a sharp blade cutting through flesh and bone spread clearly over the Desolate Valley.

Blood sprayed like a fountain into the long sky.

Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's left arm, which was tightly holding the mountain-shaking bone zither, was severed at the shoulder by the thunder pattern gold-slaying blade, along with the bone zither.

The severed arm, wrapped in mottled bloodstains, fell rapidly toward the abyss below under the pull of gravity.

Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's face was completely distorted by extreme pain.

This sudden pain of the severed arm, on the contrary, made his consciousness, which had been briefly stagnant due to the injury to his Sea of Consciousness, instantly wake up.

He looked down at his empty left shoulder, and disbelief and extreme fear grew crazily in his heart like poisonous weeds.

"My hand! You actually dared to sever one of my arms!"

Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's voice was hoarse and distorted.

As a core true Disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, he had always been high and mighty; when had he ever suffered such a serious injury?

What made him even more terrified was that the opponent's poison evil true essence, which had invaded the wound, was eroding toward his heart meridian along the Meridians of the severed arm, intending to completely cut off his vitality.

Gu Shen coldly retracted his blade, the long blade pointing obliquely at the Void Realm, with warm blood droplets still dripping from the edge.

The three-zhang core gravitational field still rotated slowly like a millstone, firmly suppressing Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's broken body.

"Severing one of your arms is just collecting some interest."

Gu Shen took half a step forward with steady strides, and the deep cyan poison evil true essence gathered on the blade edge again.

Below, in the Desolate Valley basin.

The remaining dozens of Beast Taming Sect Disciples were being driven to a dead end by the nine Demon Bone Iron Guards.

When they looked up at the high sky and saw that Senior Brother Qin, who was worshipped like a god in the past, had been easily severed of an arm by that gray-robed Loose Cultivator, everyone's Dao Heart completely collapsed at this moment.

"Senior Brother Qin has lost! Even Senior Brother Qin has lost!"

Desperate cries echoed one after another in the ruins of the Formation.

High in the sky, Core Disciple Qin Wuyan clutched his bleeding severed shoulder, his body trembling violently due to fear and extreme pain.

He understood that this monster in front of him did not fear any Sect retaliation at all.

If he hesitated for another half a minute, the next blade would sever his head.

Core Disciple Qin Wuyan bit through a secret medicine he had hidden for a long time in his mouth, forcibly suppressing the rampant poison evil in his Meridians, his eyes full of the madness of a trapped beast.