MTLNOVEL Chapter 282: The Invincible Golden Core
Thousand Mountain Sword Art!!
Xiao Ran wielded his massive sword with overwhelming momentum.
The colossal blade carved a tremendous arc through the air, each swing delivering a full-powered strike.
Within the sword energy, the illusory form of a mountain peak seemed to materialize.
The Thousand Mountain Sword Art was a technique imparted to Xiao Ran by Elder Soul.
Its movements were fierce and domineering.
Perfectly suited for the sword in Xiao Ran's hand, its execution resembled the simultaneous descent of a thousand mountain peaks.
Su Wan was slightly startled.
She had originally assumed that with Xiao Ran's cultivation crippled, even standing before her now, he couldn't possibly be her match.
Only knowing he had left the Xiao family to wander and cultivate.
How could he compare to her own training at Mount Shushan?
Yet Su Wan never anticipated
the opponent would have transformed to such an extraordinary degree.
Seeing this, Su Wan's figure retreated rapidly like lightning.
The martial platform's surface tore open with a massive fissure under the violent impact of sword energy.
The roaring sword energy continued charging relentlessly toward Su Wan.
Not daring to underestimate, Su Wan formed sword seals with her hands while murmuring incantations.
With a downward sweep,
countless sword energies fell like meteors from the sky, forming an intricate sword array around her.
Zhou Tian Starry Sky Sword Array!
Lin Wanqing gazed up at the faintly visible constellations in the heavens, exclaiming in admiration:
"Channeling sword energy through stellar positions - Junior Sister Su's Zhou Tian Starry Sky Sword has reached this level."
The sword array effortlessly blocked Xiao Ran's mountain-like sword energy.
Xiao Ran's movements never ceased as his massive sword swung again, generating deep rumbling sounds like shifting mountains.
With the sword's sweeping motion, spectators below felt incomparable pressure crashing over them like tidal waves, nearly losing their footing.
Most Mount Shushan disciples present were below Golden Core realm.
Those above Golden Core rarely wasted time watching battles beneath their level, as they held little significance.
Excepting those who enjoyed spectacles, of course.
Remnant sword energy swept outward.
Lin Wanqing, who had been standing before Li Xuanxiao, suddenly shifted half a step aside.
Li Xuanxiao staggered, nearly falling, exhaling lightly.
Fortunately, Lin Wanqing soon repositioned herself before him.
Turning her head, Lin Wanqing glanced at Li Xuanxiao.
Li Xuanxiao cupped his hands: "Many thanks, Senior Sister."
Lin Wanqing gave him a meaningful look before turning away.
Hah~
Senior Sister's tests truly know no bounds.
Allowing not a moment's distraction.
Li Xuanxiao resumed observing the battle.
Xiao Ran's mountains assaulted like siege engines, while Lin Wanqing's sword array stood as the impenetrable city walls.
Their collision midair produced an earth-shaking explosion.
For an instant, sword energies and mountain forces clashed, spilling spiritual energy like dazzling fireworks.
Li Xuanxiao also wished to see how Senior Sister Su Wan would react when cornered.
Having personally nurtured Xiao Ran, Li Xuanxiao held firm confidence.
........
The battle reached a stalemate.
Xiao Ran's every earth-shattering strike gradually showed signs of exhaustion.
This Su Wan was truly no ordinary opponent.
Beads of sweat appeared on Xiao Ran's forehead.
Their battlefield shifted from ground to midair.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!
Both began employing magical artifacts, streaks of spell light crisscrossing.
Spectating disciples couldn't help clicking their tongues - they would have long been defeated in such circumstances.
........
Su Wan's sword hand trembled slightly.
Staring at the youth before her - how?!
How could this be? She was the Invincible Golden Core, yet pushed to this extremity?
She increasingly felt her strength failing.
Impossible, she couldn't lose.
How could she possibly lose?
She was the Invincible Golden Core - who in this world could rival her?
How could she lose?
Absolutely impossible!
Especially to that waste she once rejected in marriage - what utter humiliation!
She represented Mount Shushan, represented Little Bamboo Peak - how could she lose?
Her thoughts turned to Lin Wanqing.
Stuck at Golden Core for years while the other had already stepped into Transformation Spirit.
At this realization, Su Wan's aura suddenly condensed, time itself seeming to freeze around her.
Within her Purple Palace Dantian, the Golden Core trembled violently before emitting a faint crack.
A thin fissure split its surface, blinding light erupting forth eagerly.
Indescribable excitement surged through Su Wan.
She knew - at the critical juncture, she'd finally succeeded!
Breaking through Golden Core's constraints.
The Golden Core shattered, revealing the Nascent Soul.
The crystalline Nascent Soul resembled exquisite artwork, its lively eyes curiously examining this new world.
Simultaneously, tremendous power flooded Su Wan's body, bringing unprecedented confidence.
Her sword seemed capable of cleaving through anything before it.
Li Xuanxiao observed this development without surprise.
Having witnessed Lin Wanqing's single-step ascension to Transformation Spirit, nothing could shake him now.
Su Wan's mid-battle breakthrough amplified her sword art's power.
Xiao Ran's heart clenched -
he hadn't anticipated Su Wan's direct advancement to Nascent Soul.
Massive wings sprouted from his back, flickering with dazzling lightning when flapped.
Lightning Wings!
Their aura suggested refinement from Nascent Soul-level beast remains.
Rather than confronting Su Wan directly, Xiao Ran maneuvered through lightning flashes, deftly evading attacks.
Yet even with Lightning Wings' speed, a Golden Core cultivator wielding beyond-his-realm artifacts inevitably struggled.
Against the newly-ascended Nascent Soul Su Wan, Xiao Ran quickly lost ground.
One move to end this!
Su Wan resolved to prolong the battle no further.
Hovering midair, she stepped in celestial patterns, raising her sword skyward.
Innumerable golden thunder spears poured from the heavens, instantly shredding cloud seas before coalescing at her blade's tip.
Everything below turned to dust in an instant.
Mount Shushan Sword Art - Evil-Slaying Annihilation!!
A mandatory technique for all disciples,
yet few mastered it.
Channeling the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Pool through sword intent,
the descending blade radiated light ten thousand times brighter than the sun.