All-Out Outburst

Jin Caiwei felt that after joining the Heavenly Court, becoming the Great Emperor of Abundant Wealth of the South Pole, and having her debts cleared to boot, good fortune was arriving in ceaseless waves. Surely this was a time when wealth flowed smoothly and nothing could bring bad luck. With a wave of her small hand, she adopted Clan Head Jin's suggestion. "Alright, then we buy candles! It's finally time for our Qiongqi Clan to strike it rich!" ... At this moment, Lu Yang had no idea that the Qiongqi Clan and the Shining Sun Cult had arrived at the exact same idea, both setting their sights on the candle market. He had already spent seven days in closed-door cultivation inside his cave dwelling, gathering his strength and fine-tuning his condition until essence, qi, and spirit merged into one, elevated to their absolute peak, all while holding an elixir under his tongue to recover mental energy. He slowly opened his baleful eyes, only to be greeted by the sight of a stunning young woman. The gorgeous young woman blinked a pair of watery, wide eyes, tilting her head as she looked at him. "Fairy, move aside for a bit," Lu Yang said helplessly in his mental space, nudging the Immortal Fairy out of the way. "Oh." The Immortal Fairy obediently skipped to the side, revealing the opponent of this battle—the Invincible Nascent Soul. Had Lu Yang endured so many hardships during the Nascent Soul stage for anything other than defeating his own Nascent Soul? Just as the Immortal Fairy had said, there were no shortcuts in cultivation; only by advancing step by step could one become the strongest. Throughout his entire time in the Nascent Soul stage, setting aside the endless events he had run into—encountering Nightmare Supreme and Void Supreme, finding the Grandmaster, drawing Daoist Lord Wanfa into attacking the sect, the journey to the East Sea, the journey to the Imperial City, and so forth—Lu Yang had spent every spare moment polishing his techniques! He had rested and conserved his strength for seven days, bringing his condition to its peak. Even if a Soul Formation cultivator appeared before him right now, he could slay them with a casual stroke of his sword! "Come and fight!" Lu Yang roared, condensing the Green Blade Sword, the Dark Moon Sword, and the Seven Stars Sword Set from his mental energy. At the exact same time, nine gleaming sharp swords floated beside the Invincible Nascent Soul. Anything Lu Yang could do, it could do as well. "Go for it, Little Yangzi! Teach it a lesson!" The Immortal Fairy clenched her delicate fists, cheering and waving her banners from the sidelines. By contrast, the Invincible Nascent Soul's side was completely empty with no one cheering for it; in terms of momentum, Lu Yang was already victorious. "Sword Emerging Like a Dragon!" Holding the Green Blade Sword, Lu Yang caused the resonance of the sword and the roar of a dragon to reverberate through the entire mental space. A black dragon condensed of sword qi surged forth, baring fangs and claws, sweeping through everything in its path. This was True Dragon sword qi, formed from Lu Yang observing Ao Ling. Attached to the True Dragon sword qi were also Three Flavors True Fire and Golden Bird True Flame, which took shape as the black dragon's mane and whiskers. Materializing sword qi into form—and the intricate, lifelike form of a true dragon at that—was something exceedingly few even among the Soul Formation cultivators of the Sword Tower could achieve. The Invincible Nascent Soul let out a couple of battle cries and likewise unleashed a black dragon from its Green Blade Sword. The two True Dragon sword qis clashed and mauled each other. Had a Soul Formation cultivator stood between them, they would have long been shredded to pieces by the crossfire. This was a genuine killing sword art that Lu Yang never used lightly, yet facing the Invincible Nascent Soul now, there was no need to hold back. He had fought the Invincible Nascent Soul countless times in the Imperial City and knew that if he did not unleash his finishing moves first, the moment the Invincible Nascent Soul used them, he would be the one to lose. Immediately after, a golden phoenix and a bone-winged white tiger flew out one after the other. Sword qi transforming into a dragon, sword qi transforming into a phoenix, sword qi transforming into a tiger—three of the Heavenly Court Cult's Four Sovereigns were manifested at this moment through sword qi, representing the very pinnacle of Lu Yang's comprehension of the Sword Dao during the Nascent Soul stage. "One Sword Into Ten Thousand Swords, Immortal Slaying Sword Array!" The nine sharp swords hung suspended at the top of the mental space, multiplying into thousands upon thousands of swords that burst with blinding radiance. The Invincible Nascent Soul plunged its own nine sharp swords into the ground. As though coming alive, the earth sprouted countless blades breaking through the soil, matching the exact number of swords overhead! In the sky, swords poured down like torrential rain; from the earth, swords sprouted like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, the clashing resonance of sword qi echoing ceaselessly. Both Lu Yang and the Invincible Nascent Soul were affected by the Immortal Slaying Sword Array, falling to their knees facing each other, unable to move. Yet even like this, they could attack! "Town in the Palm!" Lu Yang quickly formed hand seals, and a palm the size of a town broke out of the ground, scooping Lu Yang into its grip and smashing down violently toward the Invincible Nascent Soul. The rain of swords pouring from above and erupting from below struck the clenched colossal hand, only to be deflected away. Lu Yang had been able to execute this move back in the Golden Core stage; it was only due to cultivation limitations back then that the palm had not been large enough. Now that he had reached the late Nascent Soul stage, the move had grown accordingly from a village to the size of a town. Its power was equally terrifying, not in the least inferior to his sword qi manifesting the Four Sovereigns! Facing the descending gigantic fist, a sixteen-foot-tall golden Buddha statue suddenly appeared, blocking the fist's path. This was the strongest defensive technique at the Invincible Nascent Soul's command, yet before the Town in the Palm, it was still somewhat lacking. The golden Buddha statue shattered, leaving the Invincible Nascent Soul exposed beneath the fist. Just now, Lu Yang had seized the initiative and reacted a step faster than the Invincible Nascent Soul to unleash his Village in the Palm, which was why the Invincible Nascent Soul had used the sixteen-foot golden body to buy time. As the sixteen-foot golden body shattered, it too finished forming its seals, executing the Town in the Palm! The Town in the Palm executed by the Invincible Nascent Soul had charged longer, possessing even greater might than Lu Yang's. If the two moves collided, the one to lose would certainly be Lu Yang. Yet right at that moment, the fist of Lu Yang's Town in the Palm shifted its technique. Its force became extraordinarily rhythmic and imbued with noble upright qi, no longer just a straightforward punch. Caught in the thick of the fight, the Invincible Nascent Soul could not see the full picture, but watching from outside, the Immortal Fairy saw through the principle behind this move and clapped in delight. "Great idea, Little Yangzi! Combining the Town in the Palm with the Arhat Fist multiplied its power several times over!" What was more, the Invincible Nascent Soul froze for an instant, as if unsure how to react. Logically speaking, after unleashing so many moves in succession, Lu Yang's remaining mental energy should not have been enough to support using these two techniques simultaneously. Even with Lu Yang's physical body holding a medicinal pill to slowly recover mental energy, it should not have worked, because in this situation, the rate at which Lu Yang and the Invincible Nascent Soul recovered mental energy was identical. The two palms collided. The Town in the Palm executed by the Invincible Nascent Soul locked in a contest of strength for a moment, but ultimately proved no match for Lu Yang's, and its colossal hand shattered into nothingness. Having shattered both the Invincible Nascent Soul's sixteen-foot golden body and its palm in succession, Lu Yang's Town in the Palm also grew translucent, finally allowing the Invincible Nascent Soul to clearly see what Lu Yang—held within the giant hand—was doing. Lu Yang's movements were no different from usual, yet the Invincible Nascent Soul saw through his actions at a glance. Lu Yang was executing the Lu Yang Imitation Fist! That way, he could recover mental energy from his physical body even faster! The Invincible Nascent Soul was indeed peerlessly exquisite in technique; every single move was delivered to perfection, and the transitions between moves were seamless without a single flaw to be found. Yet when it came to stacking techniques upon techniques, its imagination was still a cut below Lu Yang's! The Invincible Nascent Soul simply could never have conceived that such a fighting style existed! With its technique broken and Lu Yang holding greater mental energy, the contrast between loss and gain immediately put the Invincible Nascent Soul at a disadvantage. The giant hand opened, and Lu Yang leaped out from the Town in the Palm. He planted a fist straight into the Invincible Nascent Soul's face with such tremendous force that it sent the Invincible Nascent Soul flying backward! "Way to go, Little Yangzi!"