Chapter 209: Joining Forces
And just as the bone palm that blotted out the sky was about to press down—
"Boom——!"
A scorching white bolt of lightning tore through the sky. Like a Sword of Heavenly Punishment, it fiercely struck the giant palm of the Skeletal Buddha Dharma Form!
Violent thunder exploded, and countless bone fragments flew. The blow, which could have crushed mountains, was forcibly repelled.
As the lightning dissipated, a straight and tall figure stood in the air. The long sword in his hand was coiled with lingering thunder.
"Miss Ji, long time no see."
Chen Chang'an turned his head, a faint smile on his lips.
He wore a black suit, with strands of lightning around him. His temperament was like a sword, yet his gaze was as gentle as jade. This formed a wondrous harmony with the sharp sword aura around him.
Ji Hongli's gaze flickered slightly.
This man, who had lived as her neighbor for hundreds of years, now stood three zhang away from her, yet for some reason made her feel a long-lost sense of familiarity.
What she didn't know was that Chen Chang'an felt a similar way in his heart.
Although they were neighbors, and one was Xingcai's father while the other was Xingcai's master, the two had not had much interaction over the years because Ji Hongli was often in closed-door cultivation.
But for some reason, standing together now, both felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity arise from the bottom of their hearts.
But with a great enemy before them, there was no time to ponder deeply.
"Be careful!"
The Skeletal Buddha Dharma Form was enraged. Its other bone hand swept over, carrying the force of ten thousand jun!
Wherever it passed, space twisted, and a yin wind howled like the cries of ten thousand ghosts.
"Nine Heavens Thunder Move: Heavenly Punishment!"
Chen Chang'an pointed his sword at the sky. Nine purple thunderbolts suddenly fell from the nine heavens. They converged on his sword's edge into a brilliant thunder dragon that roared and crashed toward the bone hand.
At the same time, Ji Hongli's figure flashed. The Ame no Murakumo Sword carved out a dark arc of light—
"Sizzle!"
The black sword light and the thunder dragon struck simultaneously. The bone hand instantly exploded into a sky-full of bone rain.
The two exchanged a glance and leaped up with mutual understanding.
"Let's fight up there!"
"Good!"
Three figures shot into the clouds like meteors. In the blink of an eye, they were beyond the nine heavens, where the gang winds were biting.
Here, they could unleash their abilities without worrying about harming the living beings of the lower realm.
However, the closer they got to the blood moon in the sky, the stronger the Skeletal Buddha Dharma Form's power seemed to become.
The firmament trembled.
The Skeletal Buddha Dharma Form's palms suddenly slammed down again!
The bone palms were as large as mountains. Unlike the previous attack, this time they were coiled with pitch-black Karma Fire. Wherever they passed, space collapsed inch by inch, as if even the Heavenly Dao would submit to this blow.
It even contained a trace of the Law of Destruction!
Chen Chang'an instantly felt that something was wrong. The lightning in his eyes surged, and the long sword in his hand suddenly burst out with a piercing golden light.
"Heaven-Defying—One Sword!"
He gripped the sword with both hands, its edge slashing upwards from below at an angle.
A brilliant golden sword light shot into the sky, like a pillar holding up the heavens, forcefully blocking the bone palm that blotted out the sky!
"Boom——!!!"
In the deafening explosion, the golden sword light and the black bone palm were at a stalemate. The violent energy ripples scattered all the clouds within a hundred-mile radius.
The void beneath Chen Chang'an's feet continuously cracked, but his figure did not move an inch, his sword stance as steady as a rock.
Just at this moment of stalemate—
"Zheng!"
A clear and melodious chime of a mirror resounded through the nine heavens.
Ji Hongli raised her fair hand slightly and took out an ancient bronze mirror from the void. The mirror's surface was as smooth as the moon, its edge entwined with eight profound cloud patterns. It was the ancient immortal artifact—the Yata Mirror!
Her red lips parted slightly as she uttered a single-word true incantation:
"Shatter."
The mirror's surface suddenly bloomed with a piercing white light. A pillar of light, pure to the extreme, shot out and instantly pierced through the Skeletal Buddha Dharma Form's skull!
Wherever the pillar of light passed, the pitch-black Karma Fire melted and dissipated like snow meeting the scorching sun.
"Roar——!!!"
The Skeletal Buddha Dharma Form let out a mournful roar, its massive body trembling violently.
From the skull pierced by the pillar of light, cracks spread like a spiderweb, soon covering its entire body.
Chen Chang'an seized the opportunity and suddenly pressed down with his sword stance:
"Open!"
The golden sword light surged, forcibly splitting the sky-blotting bone palm in two!
"Rumble——"
The Skeletal Buddha Dharma Form could no longer hold on. It collapsed with a great rumble, like a mountain crumbling. Countless broken bones fell from the nine heavens like a torrential rain.
Ji Hongli put away the Yata Mirror, her black dress flapping in the fierce wind. She and Chen Chang'an gazed at each other from afar. A hint of surprise flashed in both their eyes—their coordination in that instant had been perfectly seamless, as if they were telepathic.
But this was not the time for deep thought.
Because the falling bone fragments were strangely recombining in the air...
At the same time, the Skeletal Buddha Dharma Form suddenly put its hands together, and an eerie golden light emanated from the bones all over its body.
That golden light flowed like a liquid, covering its entire body in an instant, and actually transformed into a Golden Arhat!
"Merit Golden Light?"
Ji Hongli's pupils shrank.
"Be careful, this golden light is formed from merit and is invulnerable to all methods!"
The next moment, the Golden Arhat pushed out a palm. The golden Buddha light transformed into a thousand-zhang giant hand, with a 'swastika' character rotating in its palm, carrying a pressure that could convert all things.
"Great Day Burns Heaven · Blazing Sun!"
Chen Chang'an's sword blade suddenly ignited with scorching white flames, his entire body rising like a blazing sun.
The flaming sword light collided with the Buddha palm, erupting with a dazzling radiance.
Seizing the opportunity, Ji Hongli flashed behind the Arhat, the Ame no Murakumo Sword stabbing straight toward its back heart.
But the moment the sword tip touched the golden body, it actually produced the sound of metal clashing, and it could only pierce three inches before it could advance no further.
Taking advantage of the Arhat's slight pause, Chen Chang'an's thunder sword had already arrived—
"Nine Heavens Thunder Move · Myriad Calamities!"
Countless thunderbolts poured down like a torrential rain, engulfing the Arhat.
However, when the smoke and dust cleared, the golden body was actually completely unharmed!
"Hahaha!"
The Arhat laughed loudly.
"The Merit Golden Body is invulnerable to all methods!"
Afterward, he was seen with his eyes wide open in fury. The golden light of merit around him surged, like a piercing scorching sun.
Then, he suddenly raised his palm. The golden Buddha light condensed into a sky-blotting giant hand, which came crashing down with the might to crush mountains and rivers!
"Since you cannot harm me, let's see how many times you can block it!"
Before the giant palm arrived, the violent gang wind had already twisted the void and scattered the sea of clouds.
Ji Hongli was about to step forward but was blocked behind by Chen Chang'an.
He just smiled faintly, the long sword in his hand pointing diagonally at the sky. A layer of primitive golden light appeared on the sword's edge.
"Heaven-Defying—One Sword!"
"Zheng—!"
A clear and melodious sword chime resounded through the nine heavens. A golden sword light shot into the sky, standing tall like a pillar of heaven, forcefully blocking the sky-blotting Buddha palm!
"Boom—!!!"
The instant the two forces collided, a violent shockwave swept across a thousand miles, shattering all the surrounding clouds.
But the golden sword light did not move an inch. No matter how the Buddha palm pressed down, it could not break through by even a fraction.
The Golden Arhat roared in anger and slapped down with another palm!
"Bang!"
The sword light still held firm.
A third palm! A fourth palm!
"Boom, boom, boom—!"
The continuous bombardment made the void tremble, but that golden sword light was like an ancient, existing heavenly chasm. No matter how torrential his attacks were, it remained motionless.
Chen Chang'an stood with his sword, his robes whipping in the wind, a hint of mockery in his eyes.
"Although you are invulnerable to all methods..."
The corners of his mouth slightly lifted.
"It seems you also cannot break my Heaven-Defying Sword."
"Arrogance!"
The Golden Arhat was furious. The golden light on its body surged wildly. It put its palms together, transforming them into a golden demon-subduing pestle, which smashed down from above with the momentum to destroy heaven and earth!
Chen Chang'an's gaze sharpened, and his sword stance suddenly changed—
The golden sword light instantly solidified like glazed glass, colliding brazenly with the demon-subduing pestle!
"Dang—!!!"
Amidst the deafening clang of metal, the demon-subduing pestle was actually forcefully repelled, while the sword light remained as brilliant as before.
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