Chapter 397 Qing Tan Captures Ito Castle
The power of the Origin of Water once again converged, mingling with a hint of the Space Path, and transformed into a water blade even more ferocious than before, slashing toward Ito Castle.
The water blade traced a beautiful arc through the air, carrying the chill and resolve that seemed destined to cleave through any obstacles in its way.
Ito Castle's gaze sharpened as he sensed the terrifying power contained within the water blade. Not daring to take it lightly, he immediately spurred on his Golden Light Blade, launching a golden blade light to meet the water blade.
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"Clang!" The collision of the golden light and the water blade emitted a metallic clash. The golden blade light and the icy water blade fiercely collided in midair, releasing a dazzling light and a powerful burst of air waves.
Ito Castle felt a tremendous force assaulting him, his body involuntarily retreating backwards.
Shock freighted his heart; the strength of this woman was so formidable that she could hold her own even against a seasoned Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator like himself.
Yu Qingtan, however, pursued with an expressionless face, her speed incredibly swift as though she were a bolt of lightning streaking across the sky. She once again gathered a water blade and launched another round of attacks.
Seeing this, Ito Castle was overtaken by a sense of crisis, knowing he could no longer passively defend and must make a preemptive strike to turn the tide.
He took a deep breath, retrieved an elixir to consume, and at the same time activated the Secret Technique, his aura scaling new heights with his strength multiplying several times over.
Then, Ito Castle mobilized all his spiritual power and frantically slashed out tens of thousands of blades, sending dense swarms of golden blade energies attacking Yu Qingtan.
The water blade forged by Yu Qingtan shattered after being hit repeatedly by hundreds of blade energies, with the remaining golden blade energies shooting from all directions toward Yu Qingtan.
"Somewhat capable, but not by much," Yu Qingtan thought to herself with a mental laugh as she drew the Bashe Black Armor Shield, rapidly spinning it into action.
The Bashe Black Armor Shield, made from the scales of a fifth-stage Demon Venerable, easily blocked all the attacks from the golden blade energies.
Ito Castle had not anticipated Yu Qingtan would possess such powerful defensive Dao Instrument; gritting his teeth, he retrieved a boat-shaped Dao Instrument.
This was the treasured item he kept in reserve, a mid-grade ancient Dao Artifact from a Secret Realm, named World Good Boat.
Though it lacked an Artifact Spirit, with this Dao Instrument, he had even managed to save his life in encounters with Divine Transformation cultivators.
The World Good Boat grew upon catching the wind, transforming into a hundred-zhang giant vessel. Ito Castle burned a thousand top-grade spirit stones to propel the World Good Boat towards Yu Qingtan.
"So you are Dong Yuyu!" exclaimed Yu Qingtan as she saw the World Good Boat, her eyes flashing with recognition.
According to the information Yu Qingtan had obtained from the Heavenly Secret Tower, True Lord Yuyu possessed a boat-shaped Dao Instrument of tremendous power, and so did Ito Castle.
When coincidences piled up, they were no longer coincidences; the answer was clear. True Lord Yuyu was none other than Ito Castle in disguise, a spy from Sakura Island lurking in the Southeast Region.
Ito Castle too was aware of the possibility of his cover being blown, but on one hand, he was already back on Sakura Island, and on the other hand, as long as he could kill this damnable demoness and seal her lips, silencing her would be rather straightforward.
As the World Good Boat rapidly approached collision, Yu Qingtan felt herself locked in and enveloped by a terrifyingly oppressive force.
She felt that without exposing more of her origins, even with her Nascent Soul late-stage bodily refinement and the Blue Star Dharma Aspect, she wouldn't be able to withstand this impact.
In that case, Yu Qingtan directly stimulated the first level of the Origin of Water and Origin of Space, using the Void Cleaving Blade to "barely" break the suppressive force of the World Good Boat and employed the Water Escape Technique, enhanced by these two origins, to "flee" forward.
"Think you can run? No chance!" Ito Castle sneered. Despite the opponent grasping the two origins, the use of various powerful Dao Techniques was also a terrifyingly huge drain.
He could feel Yu Qingtan's breath weaken by a notch after breaking free from the suppression, so he unhesitatingly drove the World Good Boat to give chase.
This detestable demoness had not only killed his excellent juniors but repeatedly provoked him; he was determined to eliminate her.
Yu Qingtan used the Void Cleaving Blade and two kinds of origins to madly flee in one direction, her breath gradually weakening.
Ito Castle pursued relentlessly, steering the World Good Ship and constantly unleashing powerful suppressing forces, trying to drive Yu Qingtan into a corner.
However, he did not realize that during Yu Qingtan's escape, she was getting closer and closer to the sea surface, with a sly gleam flashing in her eyes.
An hour later, they were only a few hundred feet from the sea surface. A thin white fog appeared in the sea area ahead, and the "panting" Yu Qingtan plunged into the mist.
This type of mist is quite common in the Lichuan Inner Sea, and Ito Castle, having also expended a lot of energy, lost his sense of vigilance and thus followed into the mist without hesitation.
Two breaths later, Ito Castle lost Yu Qingtan's tracks and discovered that he was enveloped by the mist, having lost his sense of direction.
With increasing trepidation in his heart, he helplessly steered the World Good Ship back in the direction from which he had come.
Several breaths later, Ito Castle found himself still shrouded in the white mist, and at that moment, the sound of a zither came from all directions.
"Sound wave attack!" cried Ito Castle in alarm, promptly activating all the defenses of the World Good Ship while simultaneously closing off his hearing.
However, the strange and unpleasant zither music still entered his brain, directly reaching his Sea of Consciousness.
This was naturally the Devil's Penetrating Sound played by Yu Qingtan with the Roaming Zither, mixed with the Soul Cleansing and Shaking Technique, employing the third level of the Sound Path, the second level of the Origin of Soul Dao, and the Origin of Space.@@novelbin@@
Although the World Good Ship had some capacity for spiritual defense, it was not proficient in it and thus could not withstand Yu Qingtan's sound-based attack.
This place was within the bounds of Yu Qingtan's Luo Li Island, only disguised by an invisibility formation set up by Yu Qingtan herself, trapping Ito Castle within the fifth stage protective formation known as the Mist Concealment Immortal Traces Formation.
Yu Qingtan had gone to great lengths to lure Ito Castle here so that she could utilize her various methods without concern of exposure, and another reason was to capture Ito Castle alive.
Ito Castle felt as if his head was about to split open, his soul seemingly sliced by countless blades, and the pain was unbearable. He struggled desperately, but the sound waves seemed to be everywhere, and no matter how he tried to block his hearing, he could not isolate them.
A strong sense of fear welled up in his heart, and he realized he was facing an extremely formidable opponent. This woman was not only powerful but also devious, making her difficult to guard against.
"Demoness, if you have the ability, come out and fight me fair and square. What skill is it to use such tactics from behind?" Ito Castle bellowed, enduring the pain.
To these words, Yu Qingtan had not the slightest desire to pay heed, continuing to employ her Dao techniques.
"Demoness, who exactly are you? You will not die well!"
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"Fairy, spare my life, I'm willing to be your servant!"
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No matter whether Ito Castle cursed or begged for mercy, Yu Qingtan remained unmoved.
Finally, at a certain moment, Ito Castle could no longer maintain the protective barrier of the World Good Ship.
Yet Yu Qingtan did not approach immediately, but continued to use sound wave attacks.
"Mind Immobilizing Spell!"
Only when Ito Castle was at his last breath, did Yu Qingtan use a distant Mind Immobilizing Spell on him, and then she sealed his cultivation with various talismans.
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