Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 915: Hard Counter

“So it’s Fellow Daoist Yun Zhi.” Liu Ningxuan eyed Yun Mengmeng warily. For her to dare intervene in our battle, she must be confident.

“Many thanks for your assistance, Fellow Daoist Yun Zhi. The Sword Tower will definitely repay you generously!” the Sword Tower Supreme Lord declared.

Both Liu Ningxuan and the Sword Tower Supreme Lord were from the ancient era and had never heard of Yun Zhi.

Coincidentally, everyone present except them had heard of the name.

The Sword Tower’s higher-ups cast peculiar glances at Yun Mengmeng. Not only had they heard of Yun Zhi, but they had also met her many times.

You’re clearly not her.

However, Tower Leader Guan offered a different view. “No, perhaps she truly is Yun Zhi.”

“How so?”

“Think about it. She claims to be Yun Zhi and is familiar with Lu Yang. Moreover, Yun Zhi has always kept a low profile and dislikes showing herself in public. It’s perfectly normal for her to disguise herself.”

“That makes sense.”

No wonder he’s the Tower Leader; he thinks a step ahead of us.

The sword cultivators attending the Sword-Seeking Grand Ceremony had only heard of the name Yun Zhi and never seen her before.

“Yun Zhi? I recall she’s the Big Senior Sister of the Dao-Seeking Sect. It’s just that she rarely makes a move. It’s hard to gauge her strength.”

“It shouldn’t be a problem. I heard our sect leader say that Yun Zhi is at least at the Transcendent Tribulation Stage and may even be a half-immortal; she’s extremely strong.” A sword cultivator of extraordinary background shared more secrets.

Only Lu Yang wore a bitter expression. Miss Yun, I treated you well. How could you sabotage me like this?

“Heaven-Earth Single Sword!” Liu Ningxuan shouted, taking the initiative. Eliminating Yun Mengmeng first would restore the balance between him and the Sword Tower Supreme Lord.

Yun Mengmeng sensed the destructive intent from the Chengying Sword but reacted too late. She was sent flying by the strike and got embedded in the sword vault’s wall.

“I thought you had some skill. It turns out you’re just a little lass who has just advanced to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage.” Liu Ningxuan laughed out loud. All that nervousness was for nothing. A mere Basic Transcendent Tribulation cultivator isn’t significant enough to tip the scales.

“Fellow Daoist Yun Zhi!” The Sword Tower Supreme Lord was shocked. How is she gone before the fight has even started?

On the other hand, Lu Yang was surprised by Yun Mengmeng’s cultivation realm. If she and Big Senior Sister are sisters, their ages should be close. Senior Brother Dai Bufan is similar in age to Big Senior Sister and is only at the Intermediate Fusion Stage, yet Yun Mengmeng is already at the Transcendent Tribulation Stage?

This cultivation talent could be called terrifying.

“Scared me to death.” Yun Mengmeng emerged from the wall, still shaken. She rarely exchanged blows with others, much less fight with her life on the line. Her journey to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage had been smooth sailing. Liu Ningxuan’s sudden sword strike had genuinely caught her off guard.

“You didn’t even warn me before attacking. I thought I was done for.” Despite the lingering fear, Yun Mengmeng felt that the move was nothing special.

Liu Ningxuan scrunched up his brows. This sword strike was enough to pierce a Basic Transcendent Tribulation xuanwu. Why is she completely unscathed?

My judgment about her cultivation realm can’t be wrong.

Strange.

“Again, again! This time, I won’t let you hit me!” Yun Mengmeng giggled.

“Silent Annihilation Sword Technique!” Liu Ningxuan swung his sword again, even faster than before. The speed exceeded the reaction limits of a Basic Transcendent Tribulation cultivator!

Boom!

Yun Mengmeng was struck again and sent flying away.

Liu Ningxuan stared at her in disbelief. She’s still completely unscathed!

“I refuse to believe this!” Just as Liu Ningxuan prepared a more powerful strike, a surge of ferocious sword qi rushed at him.

“Am I invisible to you?!” the Sword Tower Supreme Lord yelled, hope rising as she witnessed Yun Mengmeng’s mysterious resilience. It seemed that Yun Mengmeng wasn’t as weak as she had appeared.

“Soul Sword Dao Field!”

“Silent Annihilation Sword Dao Field!”

Both fields manifested once more, covering the sky and ground. Yun Mengmeng mounted a demon phantom and charged at Liu Ningxuan.

Liu Ningxuan sneered. Fool. Any living being entering my Silent Annihilation Sword Dao Field will be shredded by destructive intent. There are no exceptions!

Sure enough, as the fierce demon mount stepped into the field, it was instantly annihilated.

However, Yun Mengmeng dismounted and continued forward unscathed.

“This is impossible!”

She gently extended her palm.

“Falling Cloud Palm.”

As she delivered the strike, white clouds appeared behind her, undulating like the ocean, soft enough to lull one to sleep. The clouds condensed in her palm, forming a seal that struck the Chengying Sword’s hilt, sending it tumbling through the air.

None present understood why Yun Mengmeng was completely unaffected by the Silent Annihilation Sword Dao Field. Even the Sword Tower Supreme Lord could only ram it with her field, not daring to enter personally.

Only Lu Yang roughly deduced the reason.

“She has an Incipient Dao Fruit!”

Yun Mengmeng’s cultivation was indeed at the Basic Transcendent Tribulation Stage, but a Basic Transcendent Tribulation cultivator could also possess an Incipient Dao Fruit!

She’s not a Basic Transcendent Tribulation cultivator but a half-immortal!

“Unharmed by attacks and unaffected by the Silent Annihilation Sword Dao Field. Her Incipient Dao Fruit should be related to defense, like the Vajra or Immovable Incipient Dao Fruits, or perhaps she possesses an Incipient Dao Fruit of an Everlasting nature?!”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s face was wreathed in smiles. “You guessed it right. She has an Everlasting Incipient Dao Fruit.”

Everlasting—constant, unchanging, and eternal—was the antithesis of Silent Annihilation.

Liu Ningxuan’s proud Silent Annihilation intent had zero effect on Yun Mengmeng!

Unless he possessed the Silent Annihilation Incipient Dao Fruit!

But a sword spirit couldn’t possess one!

Lu Yang figured it out. No wonder the Everlasting Immortal Fairy said a third party’s intervention could shift things. She hard-counters Liu Ningxuan.

“It’s just that this little lass’s combat experience is lacking. She’s clumsy in her movements, and with her limited cultivation, her offensive power is insufficient.”

How could the sword cultivators be aware of all this? When they saw that Yun Mengmeng seemed to be possessed by a divine being, resembling the golden arhat from the legends and impervious to all spells, they were instantly dumbstruck. Yun Zhi is indeed utterly terrifying. To think she can suppress Liu Ningxuan!

Yun Mengmeng stood at the forefront. No sword technique Liu Ningxuan employed could injure her.

“Stay away!” Liu Ningxuan cried out as Yun Mengmeng approached again. If he weren’t a sword spirit, he would be sweating profusely right now.

The Sword Tower Supreme Lord followed close behind, raising the Hanguang Sword with a shout. “Sever!”

The runes on the sword flashed, merging into the blade with resonant clangs as it descended with the might to sweep across the world.

This strike chipped the Chengying Sword. Liu Ningxuan’s form flickered; his foundation was finally damaged.

Just as the Sword Tower Supreme Lord and Yun Mengmeng were prepared to shatter the Chengying Sword together, the sky suddenly darkened, shrouded in an ominous gloom.

A figure slowly appeared above the ruins of the sword vault with a cold expression, holding a broken bowl. As the bowl was tossed upward, it enveloped the entire Sword Tower.

Gazing at the Hanguang Sword and the Chengying Sword, he revealed a sliver of a smile.

“I happen to lack some materials for forging immortal swords—you all will suffice.”

Seeing that figure, Lu Yang’s expression shifted.

The Heaven Mandate Immortal!