Chapter 521 - 467: A Successful Ambush and an Appointed Meeting
BZZZZZ!
The entire Flying Star Boat shuddered to a halt!
Then, it began to plummet toward the ground at an incredible speed!
"Enemy attack!"
Han Tiantong cried out in alarm.
As a seasoned veteran of countless battles, he reacted in an instant.
He rapidly extended his Divine Sense and, using his authority, activated the Flying Star Boat’s Protective Array in a matter of moments.
SHING.
Starlight flickered.
Innumerable motes of starlight appeared, forming a Starlight Shield over the surface of the Flying Star Boat.
With the Starlight Shield active, Han Tiantong relaxed slightly. The Flying Star Boat was a fourth-rank spirit vessel, after all. Its Defensive Array should at least buy them some time.
’It should, right?’
’No, something’s wrong!’
Han Tiantong’s expression changed abruptly. A chill ran down his spine, and a horrifying sense of crisis welled up from the depths of his heart!
’I’m locked on to... What is that?’
The next moment, the answer was revealed.
ZWEENG!
A sword hummed to life!
On the ground below, in a spot concealed by an Illusion Array, light and shadow flickered as the hull of the Dust Crossing Flying Boat suddenly materialized.
At the same time, from the raised prow of the flying boat, a sword light so brilliant it was chilling to behold shot toward the sky with a piercing whistle!
SHREEEEEEK!
The sword light screamed as it tore through the heavens!
It slashed toward the Flying Star Boat at ten times the speed of sound!
The main cannon of the Dust Crossing Flying Boat!
The Dust Crossing Sword of Life Departure!
In that instant, the Dust Crossing Sword of Life Departure, like a great spear piercing the heavens, penetrated the Flying Star Boat’s Starlight Shield and its hull!
The entire Flying Star Boat—a fourth-rank spirit vessel sturdy enough to travel through the upper heavens—was like a fragile toy before the Dust Crossing Sword of Life Departure, violently torn to shreds!
BOOOOOOM!
A blinding light flared aboard the Flying Star Boat. The ship’s arrays collapsed, and its Spiritual Furnace exploded!
Black smoke billowed out and debris flew everywhere, blooming in midair like a magnificent firework display!
"Heh heh..."
"Loaded with ten supreme-grade Spirit Stones, charged for nearly half a month by absorbing the power of the Grotto Heaven’s terrestrial fire... I wonder if our friends from the Star Casting Hall are satisfied with the power of this Dust Crossing Sword of Life Departure?"
Lu Chen stood with his hands behind his back, a confident and composed smile on his face.
And this was not the end.
The Jade Void Sword Sect’s meticulously planned ambush, long in the making, was not so simple!
"Fellow Daoists, activate the Celestial Observation Instrument!" Lu Chen commanded.
VMMMMM!
A pure, silver Void Power suddenly manifested above the Celestial Observation Instrument.
Like a storm, it swept toward the falling Flying Star Boat and enveloped it.
At the same time, all the cultivators aboard the Flying Star Boat—whether they were trying to use Escape Techniques and Teleportation Skills or activating magical treasures to stay afloat—discovered to their horror that their magical treasures and techniques were utterly useless!
Even something as simple as flying or levitating—a basic skill for any Foundation Establishment cultivator—was now impossible.
The Celestial Observation Instrument had sealed the void!
This Void Orbit device wasn’t just for determining coordinates and providing support. With a simple adjustment of a few void parameters, it became a weapon of mass destruction!
Under the Celestial Observation Instrument’s suppression, whether they were Golden Core or Core Formation cultivators from the Star Casting Hall, they had all been reduced to the level of Qi Refining disciples, unable to teleport or fly.
They could only plummet toward the ground along with the wreckage of the Flying Star Boat!
Of course, as high-level cultivators, their bodies were naturally tough and nourished by Magical Power, even if they had never practiced Body Refining. They were as durable as cockroaches; a fall from this height wouldn’t kill them.
Therefore, they needed a little help.
"Mr. Su, if you would be so kind."
"A trivial matter," Su Ye said calmly with a wave of his hand.
HUMMM.
At the Flying Star Boat’s crash site, numerous spiritual lights flared up. It was a pre-set Sealing Array, designed to restrict the target’s movement.
It was worth noting that this was no coincidence.
The cultivators of the three sects had set up sixteen such Sealing Arrays across the battlefield, all placed at possible crash sites determined through precise calculations.
And the purpose of this Sealing Array was also very clear.
To increase the accuracy of the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s bombardment.
In the battle plan devised by the three sects, the Dust Crossing Flying Boat and the Ghostly Flood Dragon held extremely high importance.
The saturation bombardment from these two spirit vessels was considered the decisive, final blow!
One could say the entire battle plan was formulated around these two spirit vessels!
Previously, the Dust Crossing Flying Boat had already displayed its terrifying anti-air firepower. Now, it was the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s turn to bare its fangs!
"Fire!"
Su Ye, clad in a black robe with a Jiao Tendon Belt cinched at his waist, waved his hand with soaring spirits.
Instantly.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
A thunderous roar erupted!
Aboard the Ghostly Flood Dragon, thousands of heavy cannons that had grown out from its hull and lain in wait for a long time unleashed scorching, scarlet Blood Flames almost simultaneously!
Destruction!
The whistling Blood Flames streaked across the sky with a piercing screech.
Within the volcanic Grotto Heaven, the originally fiery-red sky was dyed a magnificent, bloody scarlet, like the most expensive red wine.
These Blood Flame cannonballs, with pinpoint accuracy, completely blanketed the Flying Star Boat’s crash site.
A sea of fire erupted!
In an instant, the Flying Star Boat was completely engulfed by the Blood Flames, and the powerful explosion blasted a massive crater in the ground!
An explosion is art!
"Phew..."
"Perfect." Gazing at the magnificent results of the battle, Su Ye gave himself a mental thumbs-up.
At the same time, he couldn’t help but marvel internally. ’These Sword Cultivators really are ruthless and efficient. A combo ambush like this, with each step linked so tightly to the next... they truly want to wipe the Star Casting Hall from existence, leaving no trace behind!’
’I’ve got to say, they’re some truly ruthless bastards!’
’Even a piece of Ten Thousand Forged Divine Steel would be shattered by a smooth little combo like that!’