Chapter 924: Invincible Sword
Roughly 15 minutes passed from the moment Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu first struck with the sword light that severed the Buddha’s palm until the second strike when they cleaved through Hinnyo’s Spiritual Body.
In such a brief span, the two unleashed the might of their twin sword union twice in succession. The cost to their strength was also beyond measure.
Zhang Yuelu’s face was as pale as snow even though she had already consumed three Mystical Purple Pills.
Back then, Qi Xuansu once bought Jade Liquor priced at 1,500 Taiping coins per bottle. Even with internal discounts, it still cost him 1,000 Taiping coins. The Mystical Purple Pill was just as expensive as the Jade Liquor, and its main function was to rapidly restore true essence in a short span. That meant Zhang Yuelu had burned through nearly 5,000 Taiping coins’ worth of pills in just those 15 minutes.
Of course, these pills were supplied by the Huasheng Hall branch and paid for by the Duzhi Hall. She did not spend a coin of her own.
There was a saying that when large cannons fire, gold flows like water. Once war begins, money burns endlessly.
On the other hand, Qi Xuansu did not need to restore his true essence because he could directly consume divine power. Both true essence and divine power were nearly omnipotent. However, true essence came from the self or from heaven and earth, while divine power came from external sources and other people.
Divine power could activate most immortal objects, including the Heavenly Preceptor’s Twin Swords. In truth, such artifacts were highly adaptable, accepting any sort of energy.
Qi Xuansu had just replenished his divine power, and its consumption did not weaken his combat ability. So naturally, he had no qualms about using it first. If one converted both divine power and pills into Taiping coins, his expenditure was about the same as Zhang Yuelu’s pills. This showed how precise the Daoist pricing system was that there was really no room for arbitrage.
After revealing his true form, Hinnyo was deeply shaken. The Grade-A Series Two Dragon Eye Bomb and two successive strikes from the Heavenly Preceptor’s Twin Swords had done damage to his very foundation, since this bomb was specifically designed to suppress Pseudo-Immortals. Therefore, his Spiritual Body was already fragile by the time the twin swords struck him again; hence, it managed to cleave his Spiritual Body in two.
In the short term, he could no longer rebuild his Spiritual Body. Left only with his regular Spiritual Statue and Golden Body, his strength had fallen back to the lower end of the Zaohua stage.
If Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu unleashed a third twin-sword strike, Hinnyo would not be able to escape. Even if he was not slain outright, he would still be gravely injured. The outcome had already been foreshadowed by the fate of the shinkan at Hisai Castle.