Wang Yu
Chapter 911: Coming to the Fore
Feng Wuchen flew into a rage, grasping the sword hilts with both hands, and dividing them into two willow-leaf longswords, one in each hand. With a gentle shake of his hands, his arms, along with the two longswords, swayed as if they were willows in the breeze.
The two longswords in his hands, with their continuous swaying, truly resembled the swaying of willow branches, branching out into twigs covered with dense willow leaves. Countless white sword lights adorned them, just like lush, dense willow leaves.
Han Li's pupils contracted slightly upon seeing this, but he did not rashly move.
At that moment, Feng Wuchen abruptly swung his hands.
With a wave of those hundreds of willow branches formed from the power of stars, countless dense sword lights immediately shot towards Han Li like willow leaves carried by the wind, covering the sky and earth.
Han Li's brow furrowed slightly, and he wanted to retreat by tapping his toes on the ground.
However, the moment his figure moved, the change in the surrounding airflow caused by his movement seemed to guide the countless sword light willow leaves, increasing their speed several times, and rushing straight towards him.
Seeing the sky full of willow leaves descending, resembling a rain of sword light, a slight carelessness would result in being pierced by ten thousand arrows.
To Feng Wuchen's surprise, there was not much worry on Han Li's face.
He saw Han Li slowly push out his right hand, which had been concealed in his sleeve, and a small white shield flew out from his sleeve, suspended three feet away from him, guided by a trace of star power and bloodline aura.
The white shield trembled violently, and the eighteen star patterns engraved on its surface shone brightly, as if a long-suppressed power had been unable to be released.
"Awoo..."
At the moment when the sky full of willow leaf sword light fell, it seemed as if a faint dragon's roar sounded.
The star light on the white shield surged, and a layer of white halo suddenly bloomed from it, transforming into a dreamlike star curtain, shrouding Han Li's body.
"Bang bang bang..."
A burst of rapid and violent roaring sounded, and countless willow leaf sword lights enveloped from all directions, colliding on the star curtain, stirring up bursts of violent spatial ripples.
The star curtain trembled violently, the star light on the surface dissipated rapidly like smoke, and the entire curtain shrank towards Han Li, retreating from a foot away from his body to within three feet.
Feng Wuchen smirked upon seeing this.
Han Li, however, remained calm, without any hint of anxiety.
He saw him put his left hand behind his back, suddenly extend his right hand forward, spread his five fingers wide, and let out a soft shout.
Immediately afterward, spots of light constantly flashed on his body. The Xuan Apertures that had not been shown in front of others before lit up one after another, fifty-four, seventy-two, eighty-five, ninety-nine...
Until the moment when the one hundred and thirty-eighth Xuan Aperture on Han Li's body lit up, the Star Dipper Shield, which seemed to have been suppressed and retreating step by step, seemed to have shifted the stars. The eighteen star patterns flashed continuously, and a void dragon shadow suddenly emerged from it.
"Awoo..."
A dragon's roar sounded, and the dragon shadow, seemingly condensed from starlight, rushed out of the Star Dipper Shield, suddenly expanded a hundred times, spiraling upwards around Han Li's body, soaring into the sky.
The violent spatial fluctuations rolled up by the dragon shadow turned into a powerful vortex that swept in all directions. The willow leaf sword lights that fell from the sky were all blown away, shattering in mid-air, turning into dots of starlight, and dissipating.
The whole place was in an uproar, and the smile on Feng Wuchen's mouth also froze.
"One hundred and thirty-eight Xuan Apertures..." Yao Li covered her mouth with one hand and exclaimed in surprise.
"How is that possible..." Du Long's eyes widened and he also showed a shocked expression.
Yi Liya's hand, hidden in his sleeve, clenched tightly, and his face became extremely complex.
On the Gen character stage, Gu Qianxun clenched her delicate fist and a slight smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
Above the high platform, Chen Yang's tense nerves relaxed a little, he slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, and leaned his body back on the stone chair.
He always knew that Han Li was hiding a lot of strength, but how strong he was, Chen Yang did not know.
Even because of Han Li's repeated performances, Chen Yang had a kind of illusion, as if as long as Han Li was willing, the Xuan Apertures could continue to increase...
"This Fellow Daoist Li is very good at hiding his strength. It is surprising that he has only revealed his strength at this moment." E Kuai raised his eyebrows slightly upon seeing this, and said with a smile.
"City Lord E is joking, this Fellow Daoist Li, like Fellow Daoist Gu Qianxun, is the backbone of my Qingyang City." Chen Yang did not explain too much, and said.
"Ahem... such a sneaky person, could it be a spy sent by the Puppet City? City Lord Chen, don't lose big because of small things, and let people take advantage of it." Qin Yuan coughed lightly and said in a strange tone.
"City Lord Qin, if you don't have evidence, don't talk nonsense, otherwise don't blame Chen for being impolite." Chen Yang's face turned cold and he said coldly.
"Cough cough... I would like to see how City Lord Chen is going to be impolite. Are you planning to do it here? Qin is willing to accompany you." Qin Yuan said in a bad tone.
Fu Jian and Sun Tu remained silent, adopting a posture of watching the tigers fight from across the mountain.
Madam Liu Hua, on the other hand, did not look at Chen Yang and Qin Yuan from beginning to end, but only stared at the figure on the Kun character stage.
"Nonsense." E Kuai's voice turned cold and he suddenly spoke.
At the same time, although the Xuan Apertures on his body did not light up, a powerful invisible pressure was released, as if he had instantly changed from an unremarkable village man to an emperor who could bury millions of corpses at every turn.
Chen Yang and Qin Yuan seemed to have no intention of doing anything, and almost simultaneously restrained their auras and said, "City Lord E, please calm down..."
E Kuai slightly paused for a moment upon hearing this, then his expression suddenly relaxed and he said, "Fellow Daoist Qin Yuan was just joking, Fellow Daoist Chen Yang don't mind too much. It is a blessing for our Xuan City that your city has such a good general."
"City Lord E is right." Sun Tu and others flattered him.
Madam Liu Hua did not care about the "liveliness" around her, her eyes still fixed on the movements on the Kun character stage.
In fact, most people's eyes were also focused here at the moment. After all, compared to the city-to-city competition on the Qian character stage, the fighting here was obviously more intense and exciting.
"One hundred and thirty-eight Xuan Apertures, so what..."
Feng Wuchen smiled sarcastically, flashed out, no longer standing in place to attack, but quickly moving around Han Li, looking for his defensive loopholes.
His hands danced with the longswords, and the sword momentum became more fierce than before. The willow leaf sword lights that were born in the sky became more dense, and the power also increased a lot, but Han Li's defense was always seamless, and it could not be effective at all.
The expression on Feng Wuchen's face became more and more ugly.
At this moment, his figure made a sudden stop, and more than one hundred and fifty Xuan Apertures on his body lit up. The star light on the willow leaf thin sword in his hand flickered, and countless star-like runes emerged from it.
Immediately afterward, a circle of dazzling white light waves rippled out from the thin sword, and white starlight fell from mid-air, gathering towards the willow leaf thin sword like a thousand streams returning to the sea, making a "buzzing" trembling sound.
Han Li recognized it at a glance. This move was the one he used to severely injure Yi Liya's Obscure Armor Technique before, and his expression became slightly solemn.
"Go..."
Feng Wuchen gave a low shout, and with a wave of his left hand, the willow leaf thin sword immediately flew out, turning into an extremely bright white blade of light, and blasting towards Han Li.
Wherever the light blade passed, the void kept ringing, and it collapsed repeatedly, its power was many times stronger than before.
Upon seeing this, Han Li's eighteen Great Strength Vajra Art refined Xuan Apertures on his arms shone brightly, and he pushed out his palms with both hands.
The star light on the Star Dipper Shield shone brightly, as if it had suddenly grown a bit, and greeted the white blade of light.
With a loud "boom"!
Several spider web-like black cracks split out from the void, and where the white blade of light and the Star Dipper Shield intersected, the blazing starlight was even more intense than fierce fire, and exploded towards the surroundings.
The sound of "sizzling" continued to come, accompanied by a slight cracking sound.
Han Li's eyes were like torches, and he saw a thin, hair-like light crack appearing on the eighteen star patterns in the center of the shield.
With the birth of this crack, the star curtain released by the entire Star Dipper Shield suddenly trembled violently, unable to protect him as a whole as before, and large and small loopholes began to appear around it.
A hint of joy flashed in Feng Wuchen's eyes, and the longsword in his right hand shook again like a willow branch.
Countless willow leaf sword lights immediately flew out from it, turning into a dense and violent rain of swords, pouring down on Han Li's head.
The star curtain could no longer completely block it, and hundreds of sword lights fell straight down from above. Han Li's clothes were torn into ragged holes.
However, through the tattered clothes, a layer of True Essence Membrane could be seen on Han Li's body, shimmering with a jade-like luster, and still handling the cutting of the willow leaf sword light with ease, protecting his body from being torn apart.
Feng Wuchen sneered disdainfully, changed from holding the sword with one hand to holding the sword with both hands, and more than one hundred and sixty Xuan Apertures on his body lit up at the same time. The longsword in his hand actually made a ding-dong sound, and bright spots emerged from it one after another.
"Star Apertures..." Han Li's heart moved upon seeing this.
Through Chen Yang's explanation, he learned about the existence of Star Apertures above Star Instruments when he later refined the Star Dipper Shield.
Just like people have Xuan Apertures, the number of Star Apertures also represents the level of the Star Instrument. The more Star Apertures there are, the more powerful the power of the stars contained in the Star Instrument is, but the more difficult it is to refine.
When a cultivator refines a Star Instrument to be more compatible, using the Star Instrument can reach the point where it is as easy as using one's own arms and fingers, and the Star Apertures on the Star Instrument will become a reliable pillar for their strength to improve, just like the Xuan Apertures of a cultivator.
There are a total of eighteen Star Apertures on the Star Dipper Shield. Han Li can only urge eight Xuan Apertures on it to show its power because the refining time is still short. Naturally, it is far inferior to Feng Wuchen, who has completely refined the willow leaf thin sword.
He saw twenty-one Star Apertures shine brightly on the longsword in his hand, and even his aura surged a lot. There seemed to be a bit more fanaticism in his eyes.
Immediately afterward, his figure flashed, and he came in front of Han Li in an instant. The longsword in his hand suddenly swept towards Han Li's abdomen from a strange angle from the lower right.
The loopholes on the Star Dipper Shield were full of flaws before, and this was one of them!