190: Instant Slash Three Divine Powers

At the city gate.

Lian Qiu, leading a team of Cultivators in uniform Eight Gods Sect attire, had already blocked the city gate.

Zhang Sheng's heart sank; his retreat was cut off.

Blocked in front, pursued from behind!

In a flash of lightning, Zhang Sheng's figure erupted, transforming into a dazzling rainbow light that tore through the air, streaking wildly towards the northern sky.

"Zhang Sheng! Return my son's life! Today, I, Tiger, will surely grind you to dust!" Tiger's roar was like a clap of Startling Thunder.

Zhang Sheng's unhesitating escape undoubtedly confirmed Tiger's suspicions.

From the moment he saw Tiger's bloodshot, hateful eyes, Zhang Sheng knew that the other party must have discovered that Tian Yang's death was inextricably linked to him.

He deliberately maintained a speed that Lian Qiu could barely keep up with.

His Divine Sense swept behind him like invisible tentacles.

Only three had followed: Tiger, Lian Qiu, and a cold-aura, unfamiliar Divine Power Realm expert!

As for the True Fetus Realm Cultivators, they had long been left far behind, their shadows no longer visible.

"Zhang Sheng, today you have no path to heaven, no gate to earth!" Lian Qiu's voice was icy cold, filled with killing intent.

Before her voice faded, a sizzling purple thunderball, crackling with destructive electrical arcs, had already condensed in Lian Qiu's palm!

At the same time, the air around the unfamiliar expert beside her, named "Sen," suddenly twisted. Several invisible wind blades, imperceptible to the naked eye but emitting piercing shrieks, materialized out of thin air!

Swoosh!

Boom!

The wind blades cut like specters, the thunderball fell like a meteor!

The two Divine Ability attacks crossed space almost simultaneously, slamming fiercely into Zhang Sheng's back!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

A dense series of grating shattering sounds rang out!

However, to the horrified gazes of Tiger and the other two, the eighty-layer Profound Light Shield, which incorporated the properties of a Spirit Shield, only had its outermost twelve layers shattered!

Brilliant spiritual light flowed, and the shield remained as stable as a mountain!

"True Intent Realm! And it's... an extraordinary True Intent!" A tempestuous wave surged in the hearts of the three.

Even Zhang Sheng himself was slightly surprised that the defensive power after the Fusion of the two shield Spells was so formidable!

"That guy's wind blades are troublesome!" Zhang Sheng's eyes narrowed.

Sen's wind blade Divine Ability, while perhaps not as overbearing in destructive power as Lian Qiu's Startling Thunder, excelled in its continuous, pervasive nature, like a bone-marrow parasite, constantly cutting and eroding his shield's energy layers.

"Must get rid of one or two first!" A decision was made instantly.

Facing the encirclement and killing by three Divine Power Realm experts, the last trace of panic on Zhang Sheng's face completely vanished, replaced by an extreme calm like glacial ice in a deep pool.

He fiercely urged his spiritual power, and his escape light suddenly accelerated, sharply changing direction, and shooting towards the desolate, lifeless, uninhabited wilderness to the east!

"This guy... how did he become so strong?!" Lian Qiu's heart trembled violently, unable to believe that his speed could surge again.

"Damn it! How can he be so fast?!" Tiger was both shocked and enraged.

"Senior Brother, he must have used some secret art that overdraws his potential; he won't last long!" Lian Qiu said sharply.

A fierce glint flashed in Tiger's eyes, and he immediately transmitted a message to Sen: "Sen, it's up to you!"

"Leave it to me!" Sen's voice carried a hint of lightness.

He slightly raised his arms, and two translucent chains, formed from pure wind-elemental spiritual power, flew out abruptly, accurately coiling around Tiger's and Lian Qiu's waists.

The next moment, the air around Sen wildly agitated, emitting a low howl!

"Divine Ability — Divine Swiftness!"

Buzz!

A powerful pushing sensation struck, and the trio's speed instantly soared severalfold, transforming into three intertwined streaks of light, rapidly closing the distance with Zhang Sheng at an astonishing pace!

Seeing the three pursue him like maggots on a corpse, they were now already tens of thousands of miles away from Tianxing City!

Deep within Zhang Sheng's Sea of Consciousness, dozens of Soul-Startling Thorns, emitting a cold chill, were already ready to launch!

In a flash of thought, spiritual light burst forth from his body, and hundreds of Moon Slashes, shimmering with spiritual blue and silver-white light and crackling with purple electrical arcs, instantly condensed!

His escape light abruptly halted!

Zhang Sheng sharply turned, waving his arm—

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Hundreds of Moon Slashes, as if controlled by an invisible hand, precisely divided into three deadly silver torrents, tearing through the sky, striking towards Tiger, Lian Qiu, and Sen respectively! Where the Moon Slashes passed, they left only fleeting streaks of cold light in the air!

"Hmph! A mere True Embryo Realm Spell dares to show its ugliness? You're courting death!" Tiger sneered, his face filled with disdain.

The Moon Slashes, condensed at the True Intent Realm, had instead shed their dazzling light effects, appearing simple and unadorned, their spiritual power extremely restrained, their sharpness hidden within the blade!

Thunder Moon Slash!

Under the dual enhancement of Zhang Sheng's refined Object Manipulation Art and vast Mental Energy, the Moon Slashes reached extreme speed!

The scorn on the faces of the three Divine Power Realm experts instantly froze!

When Sen's wind blade Divine Ability, capable of cutting metal and breaking jade, was easily sliced apart and dissipated by the incoming Moon Slashes like a hot knife through butter, a fatal sense of crisis, like a dousing of ice water, caused their pupils to suddenly contract!

"Not good! This isn't an ordinary Spell!" Lian Qiu reacted the fastest, flipping her wrist, and a flowing, iridescent ribbon-like Spiritual Artifact instantly unfurled, protecting her front!

Sen was utterly horrified: "How is this possible?! This power... it actually surpasses my Divine Ability?!" As the thought flashed, green light burst forth from his body, and countless thick, tough vines erupted from him, wildly intertwining, attempting to construct a defense!

However, this fatal warning, he had no time to relay to his companions beside him!

Just as the torrent of Moon Slashes, containing destructive energy, was about to engulf the three—

Puff! Puff! Puff!

Twenty Soul-Startling Thorns each, without warning, like the most insidious poison needles, directly pierced deep into the Sea of Consciousness of the three!

"Ah—!"

Excruciating pain, deep into their Soul and marrow, erupted violently!

The three stiffened simultaneously, their minds instantly blank, as if struck hard on the head by an invisible giant hammer. All movements, all Divine Ability operations, completely ceased!

They didn't even understand what had happened, only feeling their Souls being torn apart!

It was this fatal paralysis!

Rip—!

The Moon Slashes cut mercilessly!

Lian Qiu's protective flowing ribbon Spirit Artifact was torn like thin paper, followed by her body, frozen in shock!

Sen's wildly growing vine defense silently dissipated under the sharpness of the Moon Slashes, his body instantly cut into countless fragments!

Tiger, this expert whose name was on the divine ability ranking, didn't even have time to cast his trump card 'Heart Extraction' Divine Ability before following his companions' fate under the cold moonlight of the Moon Slashes!

Zhang Sheng hovered in the air, looking at the three exploding blood mists and dissipating spiritual energy below, momentarily stunned.

His Divine Sense swept repeatedly, confirming that the three life auras belonging to the Divine Power Realm experts had completely vanished and annihilated, only then did he truly realize—he had actually counter-killed three Divine Power Realm experts!

All of this happened as quickly as a dream, yet it was undeniably real before his eyes.

"Soul-Startling Thorn combined with Moon Slash... its power is terrifying!" Zhang Sheng was shocked.

At the moment their Divine Souls were suddenly heavily injured, the three, whose Divine Soul strength was insufficient, had their fates sealed—they didn't even have a chance to resist or react!

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhang Sheng plummeted.

His movements were swift and precise, quickly retrieving three storage rings from the blood and debris.

He flicked out a wisp of flame, incinerating the mess on the ground, erasing the last traces.

Having done all this, he didn't stop, transforming into a streak of light and fleeing again.

"What a pity, I didn't get to witness Tiger's so-called 'Heart Extraction' Divine Ability." A hint of regret flashed through Zhang Sheng's mind, but it was immediately replaced by immense excitement,

"In this battle, the Moon Slash showed its sharpness, but what secured the victory was the 'Soul-Startling Thorn'!

That momentary absolute combat opportunity it created... from now on, this Divine Soul secret art must be prioritized, honed day and night, without slack!"

In his Sea of Consciousness, Mental Energy began to circulate at high speed.

New Soul-Startling Thorns were condensed, while the old ones slowly dissipated.

He always maintained at least ten Soul-Startling Thorns in his Sea of Consciousness, ready to be launched, like lurking venomous snakes.

Zhang Sheng tightly clenched his fists, feeling the powerful surging strength within his body.

Since his Ascension to the Upper Realm, this was the first time he had so clearly felt the qualitative change in his own power!

"The Upper Realm is filled with experts, with Star Gods above Divine Abilities, and even unimaginable existences above Star Gods..." He looked up at the vast, boundless sky, an unprecedented fervent light burning in his eyes,

"However, who dares to say that I, Zhang Sheng... cannot have a day when I pluck stars, embrace the moon, and contend for supremacy over the universe?!"

He quickly examined the spoils of war.

Lian Qiu's and Sen's were just ordinary second-tier supreme-grade spiritual rings, containing nothing special apart from mountains of spirit crystals and some common cultivation resources.

The special token Lian Qiu had used last time was indeed not among them.

However, Tiger's storage ring gave Zhang Sheng a huge surprise!

Spirit Treasure!

This was by no means an ordinary Spiritual Artifact ring, but a storage Spirit Treasure that only Star God Realm Cultivators could refine!

Even if it was just a Low Grade of the lowest tier, its internal space reached an astonishing hundred kilometers in circumference!

His Divine Sense probed in, and Zhang Sheng's gaze was instantly drawn to two items: two crystal-clear, peculiar treasure pearls, within which star clouds seemed to flow!

"Momentary Pearl!" Including Xiao Buyu's previous one, he now had three!

Aside from these two priceless life-saving wonders, Zhang Sheng had no time to examine the other dazzling array of treasures.

"This place is not suitable for long stays! I must return to Qinglan Academy immediately!"

Tiger and Lian Qiu were both Core Disciples of the Eight Gods Sect, and Tiger was even the Sect's Great Senior Brother!

At the gate of Tianxing City, so many eyes watched the three pursue and kill him. There were true Star God Realm old monsters residing within the Eight Gods Sect!

Having killed their Great Senior Brother, this grudge was immense; the other party would definitely spare no effort to hunt him down!

Zhang Sheng immediately adjusted his posture, concealed his aura, and changed his appearance, quietly turning back towards Tianxing City.

Just as he was flying at full speed—

An extremely faint, yet unusually peculiar, ethereal fragrance, without warning, drifted into his nostrils.

The source of the scent seemed to be the direction of Tianxing City, and it was spreading through the air at an incredible speed, covering a thousand-mile radius in the blink of an eye!

If his life essence hadn't far surpassed ordinary people, reaching a hundred times the basic life level, he would never have detected this extremely faint, unusual fragrance.

Zhang Sheng was certain that ordinary Cultivators would absolutely not notice it.

"This fragrance... it's strange!" Zhang Sheng frowned deeply, a sense of alarm instantly rising in his heart.

Although the source was unknown, this was definitely not an ordinary phenomenon! An indescribable sense of unease quietly crept into his heart.