Nuclear-powered Sword Immortal
Chapter 726 - 658: Counterattack on the Heavenly Fire Sect

Chapter 726: Chapter 658: Counterattack on the Heavenly Fire Sect

Gu Jinlai’s massive form, reminiscent of an ancient deity, soared away through the sky.

As he streaked across the heavens, the sonic booms he unleashed thundered like thunder, ruthlessly striking the True Immortals and Heavenly Immortals of the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect who witnessed this battle, filling them with an indescribable sense of shock and even suffocation.

Under such intimidation, although many people in the Red Flame Canyon still retained their combat power, none dared to pursue.

"My Geng Metal Heavenly Dao..."

Daoist Xuan Jian was disheartened.

The Daoist Master and the Grotto Heaven merge into one, from which the Heavenly Dao is born.

Although he had not achieved the fusion with Heavenly Dao and Grotto Heaven like a Profound Immortal, the Heavenly Dao nurtured by the entire Grotto Heaven had been plundered, leaving Daoist Xuan Jian severely traumatized in spirit and greatly harmed in primordial energy.

Despite having an undying immortal body, he now felt a sense of decay like the setting sun over the western hills.

Regrettably...

At this moment, no one could spare the energy to comfort him.

Be it Master Wanxiang or Red Star Daoist, they were fixated on the direction in which Gu Jinlai had disappeared, unable to snap out of it for a long time.

"Gu Jinlai... is that strong!?"

After a while, Master Wanxiang turned his gaze back to Immortal Su Yuan: "Wasn’t it said that he was at most the strength of a top Daoist Master!?"

Recalling the terrifying strength Gu Jinlai had shown when he forcibly broke through his Earth Heaven Dao suppression, he couldn’t help but continue, "Although the Grotto Heaven below me isn’t the one merged with my own Dao Fruit, it can still act as a relay point to exert about eighty to ninety percent power of the Earth Heaven Dao... Yet such a mighty suppressing force was directly broken by him!? Even under the bombardment of Geng Metal Heavenly Dao? Is this the power of a top Daoist Master!?"

"I..."

Immortal Su Yuan didn’t know how to respond at that moment.

Before he could think of a reason, Red Star Daoist had already spoken solemnly: "That is absolutely the power of the Profound Immortal Realm!"

He looked in the direction where Gu Jinlai had departed, his eyes filled with wariness and fear: "Only those Profound Immortals who have incorporated the power of Heavenly Dao and Grotto Heaven into themselves could endure the attack of the Dragon Emperor Demon-Slaying Sword and break through the suppression of the Earth Heaven Dao."

"We..."

It took a while for Immortal Su Yuan to come up with an explanation: "We haven’t witnessed Gu Jinlai and Master Xuanling’s fight firsthand, and our assumptions about his actual strength were merely based on some of his actions and words..."

"The path of the Innate Sacred differs from our Heavenly Immortal path; the greatest difference between Profound Immortals and Immortal Masters is the incorporation of Heavenly Dao and Grotto Heaven into their bodies, but Innate Sacred beings are inherently Grotto Heavens themselves. In other words, when their innate divine abilities’ power equals that of a Perfect Level Heavenly Dao, they naturally become equivalent to Profound Immortals without needing to undergo a process of refining Heavenly Dao and Grotto Heaven into their bodies like Immortal Masters."

Master Wanxiang uttered a sound.

After speaking, he looked gravely at Daoist Xuan Jian: "From this perspective, it’s not wrong to regard that Gu Jinlai or Jiang Yufeng as an Immortal Master, and it’s also correct to see him as a Profound Immortal."

"Profound Immortals!"

Red Star Daoist, Daoist Xuan Jian, including Immortal Su Yuan beside them, all felt a crushing pressure that made it hard to breathe.

"How did we provoke a Profound Immortal..."

A True Immortal muttered bitterly to himself.

The other True Immortals didn’t speak, but from their expressions, it wasn’t hard to see that they too felt some regret about the invasion of the Longevity World.

For this plan, in just a few years, the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect had not only lost a large number of True Immortals but also Master Xuanling.

Now the Geng Metal Heavenly Dao of Daoist Xuan Jian had also been forcefully taken by that fearsome Profound Immortal...

Although he had the experience of nurturing a Geng Metal Heavenly Dao and could potentially nurture another if resources were sufficient, the problem was...

He didn’t have any!

To nurture a Heavenly Dao and build it to a combat-effective Small Achievement stage would, at the very least, require thousands of Spirit Crystals.

And after the great battle of invading the Longevity World, the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect, having depleted much of their foundation, probably couldn’t even produce ten Spirit Crystals.

Even if they went bankrupt selling Dao Artifacts and Grotto Heavens, gathering a thousand Spirit Crystals to help Daoist Xuan Jian nurture a new Geng Metal Heavenly Dao would not be an easy task.

A loss of both wife and troops.

One could hardly do worse than this.

"For the benefit of the Longevity World, even if there is a Profound Immortal among them, any sacrifice is worthwhile. Such defeatist talk must not be mentioned again."

Master Wanxiang said sternly, stopping those elders from entertaining inappropriate thoughts.

The elders dared not reveal their discontent anymore.

But after looking at the disheartened Daoist Xuan Jian, Red Star Daoist sighed: "Plans cannot keep up with changes. We collaborated with Wanyue Peak Master to lure the Yue Family, thinking that with their diversification of the Longevity World’s efforts, we could almost plot against the Longevity World. But unexpectedly... the true strength of this Gu Jinlai was much stronger than we anticipated... Profound Immortal, indeed!"

Profound Immortal.

These two words also made Master Wanxiang feel immense pressure.

Compared to Immortal Masters, Profound Immortals might not necessarily have an overwhelming advantage in combat power, but their flexibility is far greater.

Immortal Masters have a combat radius of only up to thirty thousand miles.

Only within this range can they barely compete with Profound Immortals.

But Profound Immortals can roam freely anywhere between heaven and earth.

They do not need to directly attack the Grotto Heavens of Immortal Masters; by simply cutting off the Spirit Veins, they can easily subdue any Immortal Master, it just takes a bit more time.

Such existences...

Even Master Wanxiang felt a sense of helplessness.

"Only a Profound Immortal can contest another Profound Immortal."

Red Star Daoist said, turning to Master Wanxiang.

Daoist Xuan Jian also rallied his spirit: "Perhaps, we can sell the news about the Longevity World for a vast amount of Spirit Crystals!?"