Above the Great Dao
Chapter 137 - 81 The Ruined Temple

Chapter 137: Chapter 81 The Ruined Temple

"Chen Shi!"

In front of Black Mountain Granny’s temple, the green smoke clouds pulsated, and the temple doors, like a gaping mouth, made a sound, "Granny didn’t go looking for you, but you instead come to kill your way to my doorstep! So be it, today Granny will send you on your way, annihilating both your body and soul! My children, kill him for Granny—"

The grey-clad rodents swarmed down the mountain like a tide, responding to Black Mountain Granny’s command. From afar, the whooshing sound of their Meridian Evil Slayer Swords could be heard, whistling through the air.

Unlike the human cultivators Chen Shi had previously encountered—who would hold back for fear of hurting their own—these rodents didn’t care.

Without regard for friend or foe in front of them, they released spells, even slicing down their own in the process.

Among the grey-clad rodents charging down, Chen Shi saw four or five fall to the Meridian Evil Slayer Swords of their own brethren.

Chen Shi took a deep breath; the massive vermilion pillar in his hands, like Sun Wukong’s Jingu Bang, moved with measured grace.

"If the intent is to level mountains and destroy temples, then annihilate them to the last!"

His feet stepped in the pattern of the Big Dipper, exploding with starlight, easily dodging the incoming Sword Qi. His hands shifted through sword techniques, and Sword Qi shot from the niches, sending foes tumbling head over heels.

"Slow! Slow! Slow!"

"You are all too slow!"

"How do you expect to kill anyone that slowly?"

Chen Shi strode forward, swinging the vermilion pillar with the thunderous sound ascendant, slashing upwards—a flick of his sword technique, and rodent heads hit the ground!

It was quite strange that these grey-clad rodents had learned the Meridian Evil Slayer Sword from the Heavenly Heart Righteous Qi Technique, presumably instructed by human cultivators, and their swordsmanship was quite refined. Yet in his eyes, they seemed too slow, lacking explosive power. Some of their Sword Qi could even be dodged without resorting to the Beidou Seven Stars Step.

But his Sword Qi was lightning fast, any release ensured a hit, never missing its target!

He could even use his mind to control the direction of the Meridian Evil Slayer Sword’s Sword Qi!

This was an instinctive action for him, feeling he could alter the course of Sword Qi and therefore letting go to perform flawlessly, his sword never missing its mark.

But to these grey-clad rodents, the fact that his Sword Qi could turn corners and change direction inspired fear.

Chen Shi had not learned other spells, mastering only the Meridian Evil Slayer Sword, which he’d learned from an old book of the Heavenly Heart Righteous Qi Technique given to him by Li Tianqing—it wasn’t different from others’ Heavenly Heart Righteous Qi Technique.

The reason the Meridian Evil Slayer Sword manifested such variations with him was that he lacked a Divine Embryo and could not condense mana, so he continually trained in the Beidou Seven Refinements, tempering bone, heart, flesh, skin, and spirit, thus his spirit was honed incredibly strong.

A strong spirit seemed to have little use, but when releasing Sword Qi, it already could influence the trajectory—though the change was subtle, it was enough to make the originally straightforward Evil-Slaying Sword unpredictably variable!

Chen Shi felt that the rodents’ Sword Qi was slow, but to other Cultivators in the Divine Embryo Realm, the rodents’ Sword Qi was definitely not slow.

It was just that Chen Shi was too fast, thus he felt they were slow.

Chen Shi swung the thousand-pound pillar effortlessly; thunder talismans, Five Thunder Talismans, Great Five Thunder Talismans, Hand Palm Thunder Talismans, Thunder God Ten Generals Talismans, and Five Yang Heavenly Thunder Talismans—all types of talismans exploded with power, and the grey-clad rodents’ heads burst open like blood-red flowers as they vibrated open.

In just a short moment, he had cut a path from the foot of the mountain to halfway up its slope.

Ahead, a tide of rodent heads surged downward, and behind them, five white-bearded old rodents looked down with furious faces, seething with killing intent.

Behind them, the sky was filled with dark clouds, a massive cloud several tens of acres large looming over the mountain’s peak, and right below it was Black Mountain Granny’s temple!

Suddenly, one of the white-bearded elders pointed at Chen Shi, and Sword Qi flew out from his Golden Core.

It was not formless Sword Qi but tangible, blood-red strands as thin as hair—hundreds of them, impossible to fully defend against!

Chen Shi swung the large pillar, the thunderous sound booming as all the blood-red strands promptly shattered!

With one hand, he stood the red pillar upright, shooting up straight; his Qi-Blood surged, his body growing segment by segment, from a child to nearly full-grown stature, his foot kicking the base of the pillar.

The massive red pillar flew horizontally at ground level, heading forward; lightning and thunder sparked, exploding all around it. The grey-clad rodents could not withstand the bursting Thunder Sound from the thunder talismans, their heads bursting one after another!

He pushed the tail end of the red pillar with one hand and sprinted madly, driving it straight towards the five elder rodents ahead, maximizing his strength and speed!

At the same time, in his spiritual niche, strands of minute Sword Qi collided with each other.

His other hand held a sword technique behind his back.

One of the white-bearded old rodents flashed into position, blocking the incoming giant red pillar with a sneer, "Chen Shi, without a developed Golden Core or a Divine Embryo, you dare try to level mountains and destroy temples?"

Its forepaw blocked the pillar, only to feel an overwhelming force surging through it, pushing him steadily backward!

At the same time, rolling thunder and lightning burst around it, the lightning and flames shaking it so violently that blood seeped from the corner of its mouth.

From behind, two more white-bearded old rodents stepped forward, each placing their palms against the pillar. Together, the three Golden Core Realm Demon Cultivators exerted their strength, barely managing to halt the pillar’s momentum.

The three elder rodents couldn’t help but feel shocked.

"I am the Divine Embryo, and the spells follow my heart’s desires!"

Chen Shi’s left hand behind his back lightly moved, and Sword Qi shot out from the niche behind his head!

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