Immortality Starts With Ignorant Heart Sword Art

Chapter 224: Water Cut, Water Flow Cut!

As Zhong Cang was helpless against the strength of the crowd, the geniuses within the Four Seas Pavilion finally chose to analyze and replay the battle between Zhong Cang and Lu Wuji.

They wanted to know how Zhong Cang was able to unleash such a marvelous strike with just one sword sound.

This was an important matter and the key to defeating Zhong Cang.

After a collective discussion and pooling their efforts, they actually figured out the reason why Zhong Cang was able to quickly unleash that strike.

Preemptive accumulation of power!

"That guy definitely accumulated two Sword Intents before coming here. In this way, when he fought against Brother Lu, he only needed to sound one sword sound to unleash that sword strike that could split mountains and seas."

After saying these words, everyone fell silent.

There was no way to stop it. They had indeed found the reason why Zhong Cang did this, but they couldn't prevent it.

They couldn't just go up to Zhong Cang and say, "You can't prepare in advance, you can't accumulate power, you can only come unprepared."

They didn't have the face to demand such things from Zhong Cang.

This was a duel, not child's play.

However, although they couldn't demand it from Zhong Cang, they still made some preparations.

The next day, when they dueled Zhong Cang, the cultivator who accepted the challenge arrived an hour late.

This was in hopes of wearing down Zhong Cang's accumulated power through time.

Unfortunately, this was completely useless.

If the three Sword Intents were stacked, the heart sword that pierced through the heavens and earth carried the risk of tearing apart the sea of consciousness. It was indeed difficult for Zhong Cang to maintain.

But with the double Sword Intents stacked, Zhong Cang could maintain it for a day.

Therefore, the late arrival of the cultivator not only delayed Zhong Cang for a bit of time but also had no effect on him.

Speed attacks didn't work, delaying tactics were useless. In the end, the geniuses gathered at the Four Seas Pavilion could only give up these small tricks and hope to restrain Zhong Cang with the characteristics of their techniques.

As a result, on the third day, the cultivator who challenged Zhong Cang became Canglang, who practiced water techniques.

He was also a cultivator of the Heavenly Spirit Sect, practicing the Source Water Scripture. What made him special was that he was born with the body of Profound Water, allowing his flesh and blood to transform into water.

This unique talent made him not the strongest in the Heavenly Spirit Sect, but the most troublesome.

During battles, he would summon countless streams of water, and he himself would melt into the flowing water, making it difficult for others to find him.

With this elemental ability, he was disgusting and had a unique skill, especially when it came to sword cultivators. His ability was somewhat effective against them.

After all, when the sword is drawn, the water flows.

As for why Lu Wuji fought against Zhong Cang the day before instead of him, it was naturally because... he was weak against water.

When the thunder fell into the water, it directly paralyzed him. However:

"I can't beat Lu Wuji, can I beat you?"

"At least, don't think you can kill me with one strike!"

In previous battles, due to the restraint against sword cultivators, he felt that Zhong Cang's sword aura couldn't harm him. Therefore, he was full of confidence before the battle.

And during the battle, he immediately unleashed his ultimate move.

"Heavenly River Summoning!"

"Boom..."

As he mobilized his mana, a river of water descended from the sky and rushed towards Zhong Cang.

And as the river water rushed like a dragon, Canglang's figure quickly dissolved into the water flow.

Seeing this situation, many cultivators from the Cloud Dream Heavenly Domain were amazed.

Water is formless, and swords are ineffective. In this state, Canglang indeed appeared to have a restraining effect on Zhong Cang.

"Restraint surpassing the heavens, perhaps Canglang has a chance of victory?"

In the past, hearing such words would have garnered countless agreements.

However, the monstrous strength of Zhong Cang had frightened them.

Therefore, even though Canglang seemed to have the upper hand, no one dared to speculate on the outcome.

However, although they didn't dare to draw conclusions about victory or defeat, everyone felt that even if Canglang couldn't match Zhong Cang, he could still force Zhong Cang to use more of his sword techniques.

In this way, their defeat wouldn't be so embarrassing.

They hoped that Canglang could withstand a few more attacks and make it difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat. Canglang initially had the same thought.

However, in the next moment, as Zhong Cang made his move, a bone-chilling coldness and pressure enveloped Canglang's body and mind, causing him to tremble.

The shivering brought on by the coldness made Canglang momentarily dazed.

Although he broke free from Zhong Cang's pressure after a moment, he still felt the restraint Zhong Cang had on the pride of the Cloud Dream.

"We must not let him become invincible! Otherwise, he really can suppress us for a lifetime... Huh!?"

After breaking free, Canglang, feeling safe in his water form, immediately pondered the overall situation of the Cloud Dream.

However, while he was contemplating, he suddenly discovered that during the moment he was intimidated, the unstoppable and fierce Extreme White Ancient Gold Sword Qi had flown in front of him.

This caused his pupils to contract, and his soul trembled.

"How is it possible? How did he find me?"

You see, the river summoned by Canglang is vast, and his water form is flawless.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, even finding him, let alone attacking him, would be very difficult.

This is also why he was confident in being able to fight against Zhong Cang.

But now, the straight-flying Extreme White Ancient Gold Sword Qi made him realize that Zhong Cang was not an ordinary swordsman.

Zhong Cang is naturally extraordinary, and the fluctuations of all things brought about by Sword Heart make it difficult for Canglang to hide in front of Zhong Cang.

However, although he was startled by the sudden sword energy, Canglang still didn't think he would be defeated.

He didn't even think that this one sword could harm him.

The reason for such confidence lies in the nature of water - water is formless!

With a thought, as the flowing water, Canglang actually split his watery body before the Extreme White Ancient Gold Sword Qi could reach him.

"No need for you to strike, I'll split myself open. Let's see how you attack..."

The split body allowed the Extreme White Ancient Gold Sword Qi to pass through without obstruction.

If Zhong Cang's ability ended here, this sword would indeed be in vain.

Fortunately, Zhong Cang is not weak. The mind triumphs over matter, allowing Zhong Cang to not only add special properties to his sword energy but also have slight control over them before they leave the range of his soul's radiation.

This control can be a slight adjustment of the direction of the sword energy, or... self-detonation!

"With a bang!"

As Zhong Cang's thoughts moved, the Extreme White Ancient Gold Sword Qi that had reached Canglang's body suddenly exploded without warning.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss..."

The bursting sword energy did not disappear completely, but instead transformed into over a hundred small sword energies, shooting in all directions.

The sudden change caught Canglang off guard, exceeding his expectations.

Caught off guard, his fragmented water body was struck by over a hundred small sword energies.

However, at this moment, he still did not realize the severity of the situation.

Although his body was cut into pieces, he believed that, with the intangible nature of water, his body was merely sliced apart.

He thought he could merge back together at any time...

"Hmm?!!"

After being cut, Canglang, who felt unharmed, prepared to gather his body and mock Zhong Cang.

However, as he gave the command with his soul, he was horrified to discover something.

After being cut by the sword energy, he could no longer sense any other bodies!

"How is this possible!"

He was unwilling to believe this, but as he turned his head to look around, something even more terrifying happened.

The Tianhe River surged endlessly. According to reason, after being cut by Zhong Cang's sword, the surging Tianhe River should quickly close the severed gap.

However, the result was not so.

At the place where the water flow was severed, there was an unparalleled sharpness.

Under the influence of that sharpness, the crack in the Tianhe River was like an irreparable wound, unable to close at all.

To draw water from a broken stream?

No, for Zhong Cang, it was to draw water from a broken stream, to cut off the water flow!

Having a will that surpasses material objects, a powerful will can temporarily distort some rules for Zhong Cang.

At this moment, Zhong Cang used his will to prevent the water flow from closing.

And with the water flow unable to close, Canglang's fragmented water body naturally could not merge back together.

Canglang was ultimately a human, not a body of elements.

If his body could not merge back together for a long time, his body would eventually turn into true water flow and could no longer recover.

Afraid of ending up in this state, he couldn't even care about the duel anymore and tried various methods to restore his body.

Unfortunately, all his efforts were in vain.

Even if he made his mobile body bypass the crack and gather the other bodies together.

But there was still a sharpness in the part of his body that was cut.

This sharpness did not dissipate, so even if Canglang forcibly glued his body back together, it would split open again the next moment.

Constantly merging and constantly splitting, this situation truly panicked Canglang.

In the end, his protector could not bear to watch anymore and used the power of the Gold Core to erase the will on Canglang's body.

With no obstruction from the will, Canglang's body finally merged back together.

However, the downfall of the Gold Core naturally meant Canglang's defeat.

In this way, Zhong Cang won another round, and in this battle, he only used one sword.

...

The defeat of Canglang has little impact on the ordinary cultivators of Cloud Dream Heavenly Domain. They have long been accustomed to the strength of Zhong Cang and even more accustomed to their own defeats.

But this battle has dealt a heavy blow to the talented individuals of Cloud Dream Heavenly Domain. This battle made them realize that Zhong Cang cannot be dealt with using conventional restraints.

However, they are unable to defeat him head-on, which forces them to use other means. On the fourth day, a true transmission of illusion techniques was brought forward in hopes of confusing Zhong Cang.

However, strictly speaking, the battle of illusions is a battle of divine souls. And Zhong Cang's divine soul is already the strongest, with the triple overlap of Sword Intent, causing a qualitative change in Zhong Cang's divine soul.

In the end, when that true transmission of illusion techniques tried to deceive Zhong Cang's five senses through his eyes, Zhong Cang communicated with his mind and mercilessly struck with a sword.

With a "chih!" sound, that person immediately fainted. In the eyes of ordinary cultivators, Zhong Cang won without even drawing his sword.

...

On the fifth day, the Cloud Dream Heavenly Domain cultivators who had suffered consecutive defeats no longer cared about the distinction between righteous and demonic paths, and allowed a cultivator from the demonic sect to take the stage.

This person excelled in curse techniques and had set up an altar and prepared voodoo dolls before the battle.

As soon as he came up, he bowed three times and stuck seven needles into the voodoo doll with Zhong Cang's name on it.

"Bowing three times to scatter the soul, sticking seven needles to fix the spirit. Hehe, I will take your life... Huh? How are you fine?!!"

Naturally, Zhong Cang was unharmed. The Heart Sword can not only cut through the real, but also the illusory.

At the first moment he realized he was cursed, Zhong Cang used his Sword Intent to directly cut off the curse threads connected to him.

Without the curse connection, the demonic cultivator's voodoo doll was just a simple voodoo doll.

However, although he was not injured, scattering three souls and fixing seven spirits, the person in front of him wanted him dead.

In response, Zhong Cang launched a counterattack without hesitation.

"You're looking for death!"

...

"Chi la!"

With Zhong Cang's mental movement, the sword that split the mountains and seas reappeared in the world.

And this time, Zhong Cang not only used Sword Intent, but also activated the Heavenly Heart.

"Buzz!"

At the moment the Extreme White Ancient Gold Sword Qi flew out, Zhong Cang's eyes rolled over, and an aura of ruthless indifference and supreme nobility emanated from him.

With the Heavenly Heart activated and the Eight Trigrams deployed, the pale-faced demonic cultivator was fixed in place by Zhong Cang's gravity and weight, silently and effortlessly.

Then, as the five elements radiated, a massive celestial fire meteor descended from the sky.

"Boom!"

The heavenly star has arrived.

The furious Zhong Cang is determined to kill him!

...

(End of this chapter)