Chapter 2353: Fierce Battle

The Bone Clan’s divine abilities suppress sword cultivators. Previously, several sword cultivators’ flying swords had been defiled by the Bone Clan, greatly diminishing their spiritual essence. A few well-known sword cultivators had even perished at the hands of the Bone Clan.

Wang Qingshan dared not be careless. He quickly formed a sword incantation, and the Azure Lotus Sword flew back, transforming into an azure lotus over a hundred zhang in size. It floated above his head, shielding him.

The nine Azure Glazed Swords also returned, circling Wang Qingshan incessantly.

The massive skeleton conjured a bone whip, wreathed in black mist, and directed it straight at Wang Qingshan. The whip was made up of bone segments, with countless visible skulls.

The skulls on the bone whip continuously emitted shrill ghostly wails, which were unsettling to hear.

Wang Qingshan formed a sword incantation, causing the azure lotus to spin rapidly. Streaks of shimmering azure sword energy swept out, striking towards the bone whip.

With a series of dull clanging sounds, the azure sword energy struck the bone whip as if slicing through a wall of bronze and iron.

The tip of the bone whip glowed with dazzling white light and suddenly transformed into a giant white skull. Two clusters of white flames burned in its empty eye sockets, and its jaw opened, revealing a gaping maw as it lunged at Wang Qingshan.

A massive golden lightning orb descended from the sky, striking the giant skeleton.

A thunderous roar erupted, and dazzling golden lightning engulfed the giant skeleton.

After a loud bang, the giant skeleton lightly flicked its wrist. The bone whip flew back, broken into several segments and its spiritual light dimmed.

The white flames in the giant skeleton's eye sockets flickered. It then conjured three massive skulls, each with a cluster of black flames in their eye sockets, emitting astonishing fluctuations of yin energy.

The three skulls each emitted a wailing ghostly cry and lunged at Wang Qingshan.

The Golden-Horned Lightning Kylin Beast continuously unleashed golden lightning bolts, striking the three skulls, while Wang Qingshan activated his flying sword, releasing streaks of azure sword energy to attack the giant skull.

He possessed Azure Lotus Karmic Fire, a trump card he wouldn't easily use.

Meanwhile, Lan Fukong activated his Dharma Idol and fought against a tall, slender middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man had green skin with green spirit runes on his arms and face. His hair, fluttering in the wind, resembled tree roots, clearly indicating he was from the Spirit Race.

An ethereal Daoist figure appeared above Lan Fukong. The figure clapped its hands towards the void, causing two shimmering azure hands to materialize out of thin air and strike towards the middle-aged man.

A giant humanoid phantom with green spirit runes on its body appeared above the middle-aged man's head. At the same time, countless weeds and thorns sprouted from the ground, blocking Lan Fukong's attacks.

They were evenly matched, and it was difficult to determine a winner for the time being.

Continuous roars echoed and energy waves surged as tens of thousands of cultivators battled outside Xuanguang City. From time to time, individuals were slain and fell from high altitudes, while Dharma treasures and secret arts collided, erupting in various dazzling spiritual lights.

Wang Qingfeng and Dong Xueli coordinated their attacks on a beastman with a bear's head and human body, whose arms were covered in thick black fur.

Both Wang Qingfeng and Dong Xueli were at the late Soul Transformation stage, as was the beastman.

The beastman had thick, tough skin and could withstand attacks from Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasures. However, under the joint assault of Wang Qingfeng and Dong Xueli, the beastman accumulated more and more injuries and gradually began to falter.

With a series of piercing whooshing sounds, a gleaming red long saber and a continuously flashing white flying sword shot straight towards the beastman.

The red long saber was Wang Qingfeng's natal magic treasure, the Heaven-Burning Saber, while the white flying sword was Dong Xueli's natal flying sword, the Profound Jade Sword, refined primarily from ten-thousand-year profound jade.

The beastman dared not be careless and hastily swung the pair of golden axes in its hands to meet the incoming attacks.

After dull clanging sounds, the Profound Jade Sword and the Heaven-Burning Saber were sent flying back. The golden axes in the beastman's hands, however, had several finger-sized chips.

The Heaven-Burning Saber emitted dazzling red light, and a surge of crimson flames emerged. After blurring, it transformed into a crimson fire dragon over a hundred zhang long and shot straight towards the beastman.

This was a transformation of spiritual energy, not a spirit artifact's inherent form.

After the Profound Jade Sword emitted a piercing sword cry, a surge of white cold energy emerged, transforming into a white ice dragon over a hundred zhang long that lunged at the beastman.

The beastman hastily conjured its twin axes, which transformed into two massive golden pythons and met the incoming attacks.

The white ice dragon and the crimson fire dragon cooperated skillfully. Before long, the two golden pythons were sent flying back, transforming into two golden axes with dimmed spiritual light.

The white ice dragon and crimson fire dragon headed straight for the beastman at high speed. Golden light burst forth from the beastman's body, and it opened its mouth, spitting out a shimmering golden sound wave.

After a loud bang, the golden sound wave shattered.

The beastman moved its fists, slamming them towards the two dragons.

With dull thudding sounds, its fists blocked the two dragons. However, its left arm began to freeze, while its right arm was engulfed in raging flames.

The spiritual light of the two dragons greatly intensified. The beastman's arms suddenly broke off, and the two dragons pierced through its body, turning it into a mist of blood.

Wang Qingfeng's face showed joy. In recent years, he and Dong Xueli had frequently gone out to sea to hunt demon beasts, accumulating rich combat experience.

Two crimson fire pythons, each over a thousand zhang long, lunged forward. Even before they got close, an astonishing heatwave assaulted them.

Dong Xueli and Wang Qingfeng each chopped forward with their palms, unleashing a vast white sword energy and a shimmering red saber energy that swept out to meet the pythons.

A thunderous explosion sounded. The two crimson fire pythons exploded, transforming into a surge of crimson flames that engulfed Dong Xueli and Wang Qingfeng.

Dong Xueli and Wang Qingfeng were enveloped by a thick white light barrier. Even through it, they could still feel an unbearable heatwave.

The crimson flames suddenly condensed, forming a shimmering red colossal hand that slapped towards the white light barrier.

The white light barrier shattered instantly, as if made of paper.

"My lady, be careful!" Wang Qingfeng instinctively stepped forward to block. His right hand transformed into a blade, chopping towards the void, and a shimmering red saber energy swept out. However, it was useless; the colossal red hand instantly crushed the red saber energy.

Wang Qingfeng was struck by the colossal red hand and instantly sent flying backward, spitting out a large mouthful of blood as his body was engulfed by a surge of crimson flames.

Countless crimson flames suddenly emerged in the void, once again forming a red colossal hand that slapped towards Dong Xueli.

Just then, a shimmering azure tornado swept over, shattering the red colossal hand and heading straight for a short, stout old man in a red robe.

The red-robed old man's eyes were crimson, and there were flame-like spirit runes on his face. He was clearly from the Flame Spirit Race, and judging by his spiritual energy fluctuations, he was an early Void Refinement cultivator.

Above his head, a humanoid phantom over a hundred zhang tall materialized, resembling an enlarged version of himself.

The giant phantom's right fist continuously flickered with red light, appearing almost corporeal, indicating that his Dharma Idol was one-tenth solidified.

His Dharma Idol was condensed using Heavenly Flame Jade, a material from ten-thousand-year-old volcanoes used to refine fire-attribute Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasures. By condensing his Dharma Idol with Heavenly Flame Jade, the fire-attribute Dao arts unleashed by the Dharma Idol gained greater power.

Seeing the azure tornado approaching, the red-robed old man showed no fear. He took out a longbow that flickered with red light, which was clearly a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure.

He opened his mouth and spat out a cluster of crimson flames, which transformed into a several-foot-long red arrow.

This arrow, formed from a fifth-grade spiritual flame, possessed immense power.

While the Flame Spirit Race excels at fire control, not all Void Refinement cultivators necessarily possess sixth-grade spiritual flames; it depends on the individual.

Even a fifth-grade spiritual flame was not something a Void Refinement cultivator would dare to forcefully resist.