Shi Feiyang employed the Nine Heavens Mysterious Origin Sword Skill from Guang Chengzi's Heavenly Book Lower Volume, powered by the Nine Heavens Mysterious Origin Great Technique from the middle volume, which doubled its might. Unleashing three swords simultaneously, the attack was unstoppable!

Deng Bagu was the strongest swordsman he had ever encountered, even surpassing Zhuge Jingwo whom he had met in the East Sea. Although Zhuge Jingwo was a practitioner of the Mysterious Sect and wielded the Invisible Immortal Sword, she still fell short of Deng Bagu in terms of power and experience.

Shi Feiyang had only perfected his swordsmanship in a cave on Mangcang Mountain last year and had never dueled anybody, only practicing amidst the chilling Gang Wind.

Each Cold Gang Wind Column was nearly a hundred zhang in diameter and over a thousand zhang high, containing a mixture of Gang Sha mixed with countless particles of Black Border Mysterious Frost; ordinary treasure swords that fell into it would be ground to iron filings and dust. Even if a sword was of sufficient quality to withstand it, a cultivator with insufficient Dao Level would have their True Qi worn off the sword, causing it to be carried away and absorbed by the Earth's core.

Shi Feiyang honed his swordsmanship within the succession of Cold Gang Wind Columns, initially on the brink of death, relying on the Nine Heavens Yuan Yang Ruler to save his life. As time passed, he grew more skilled and no longer needed the Magical Treasure to move through the raging seas like fish, leaping freely as if on flat ground.

After a year of such practice, he could use his sword to directly shatter the wind columns. At the time of midnight, when the Gang Wind was at its peak and merged with the Cold Wave erupting from the Earth's core, it seemed as if the sky would split. That was when he would fly out and sever the wind columns one by one. Each cut released an earth-shattering boom as black ice scattered and the Cold Wave furiously erupted, as if signaling the end of the world.

In the end, each night he would use his sword to sever hundreds of wind columns at once, thereby cultivating his swordsmanship to Great Success.

Now, he was using this swordsmanship to battle Deng Bagu. Initially, Deng Bagu managed to exploit weaknesses and gain the upper hand with her sharp swordsmanship, but soon Shi Feiyang steadied his stance and began to counterattack.

As he counterattacked, his sword energy surged forward like a crushing mountain wave, overwhelming Deng Bagu, who had no choice but to seek victory through cunning, changing her sword strikes to become increasingly bizarre and attacking from unthinkable angles. However, the more she fought like this, the more disadvantage she found herself in; her sword became faster but weaker, while Shi Feiyang's swordsmanship was earth-shattering and unstoppable.

After battling for the duration of a meal, Shi Feiyang's sword energy had become a mountain composed of a Seven-Colored Sword Rainbow, against which Deng Bagu's Flying Sword attacked from all sides, touching it as fleetingly as an ant shaking a tree.

Shi Feiyang had already discerned the secrets of her swordsmanship, and continuing the fight would no longer enhance his own skills. Thus, he merged his three swords into one, uttered a light shout, and transformed it into a Seven-Colored Sword Rainbow over thirty zhang long, slashing down as if to split mountains.

Knowing she couldn't resist, Deng Bagu attempted to leap away but was locked by the sword's energy, as if before the Immortal Sword arrived, the Sword Intent had already cleaved into her brain and struck her Primordial Spirit.

With no other choice, she released her newly refined Earth Penetrating Divine Needle.

The azure light, about a foot long, floated above her palm, aiming at the descending Flying Sword. The needle's tip emitted a beam of azure light that collided with the blade of the sword, immediately triggering the radiance of the Three Yangs One Qi Sword, managing to break through the outer layer of Gang Wind. The azure light struck the sword tip, slowing the descent of the Immortal Sword.

Deng Bagu fired three beams of azure light from the needle, finally diverting the Three Yangs One Qi Sword.

Shi Feiyang praised aloud, "Good! Let us duel with our Magical Treasures once more!"

He had raised the Circulation Hunyuan Umbrella, an iron-black treasure umbrella suspended above his head with dragon reliefs twined around the handle and each spoke topped with a dragon's head. As it slowly rotated, a mass of dark clouds appeared above, and a circle of Circulation Golden Talismans shimmered with layers of golden light around the edges of the umbrella, fully protecting Shi Feiyang.

He said to Deng Bagu, "You've already lost the first two rounds, and with the best of three, you can't turn the tables. But I'll give you one more chance. I'll just use this treasure umbrella, and you can unleash whatever means you have, any spell, any Magical Treasure. If you can break through this umbrella, you'll be considered the winner!"

In reality, he hadn't previously agreed with Deng Bagu on how many rounds they would compete in. From beginning to end, even one round would have been fine, but he divided it into three: the first round for spells, the second for swordsmanship, and the third for Magical Treasures. His wording wasn't wrong—Deng Bagu truly wasn't a match for him in spells or swordsmanship, and now her only hope rested in her Magical Treasures.

Deng Bagu had once offended Yan Yingmu's disciple, Jiang Xuejun, and endured a relentless pursuit by Jiang Xuejun and her close male friend, the Caiwei Monk. She couldn't defeat either of these formidable foes, let alone both together. The Magical Treasures she had accumulated over many years were destroyed, and she was gravely injured. If not for Chen Yufeng and Master You Tan mediating on her behalf, and her own lack of evil deeds, she would have died at the hands of these two executioners long ago.

After all, the Caiwei Monk was a person of the Buddhist sect. When faced with enemies, he wouldn't senselessly kill, only targeting those of evil deeds and appearances. Jiang Xuejun had an even heavier killing intent, but since Deng Bagu was predicted to eventually join the Righteous Path, and they all had familiar connections among their seniors, she wasn't fatally wounded. But this also caused Deng Bagu to suffer immensely.

Later, she found a place to secretly cultivate, heal her injuries, and diligently practiced Daoist Techniques, constantly thinking of revenge. Although she had gathered materials and refined some Magical Treasures, there weren't many she could use to contend with Shi Feiyang. Her previous Black Flame had already been forcibly confiscated, leaving the Earth Penetrating Divine Needle as her only reliance. She had used the most precious materials collected over more than two hundred years and spent over a decade refining it. It was specially made to break through ice and rock to obtain the Snow Soul Pearl.

The Snow Soul Pearl was buried more than seven thousand zhang below the crust, with the entire Great Snow Mountain's thousands of miles of earth veins rooted to that point, where all the essence of cold ice and snow converged. The closer to it, the lower the temperature, and the rocks and ice grew ever harder, eventually surpassing the toughness of steel. Her Flying Sword was formidable as well, slicing through ordinary ice effortlessly, but below it was utterly ineffective. Even after hacking for a year, she couldn't reach the location of the Snow Soul Pearl, so she expended countless efforts to refine this supreme treasure.

Having lost the first two rounds, her spirits had been somewhat dampened. Now, she placed all her hopes in the Earth Penetrating Divine Needle. With a long howl, she raised the Divine Needle and shot out a beam of azure light even more dazzling than before, aimed straight at Shi Feiyang.

Seeing the Divine Needle's sharp brilliance, Shi Feiyang did not dare to neglect it. He spun the treasure umbrella, bringing it down in front to block. The tip of the needle first struck the dark cloud above the umbrella. Deng Bagu exhaled her True Qi, and the light from the needle tip shone through, piercing the cloud before hitting the surface of the umbrella.

Deng Bagu continuously exhaled her True Qi, attempting to use the Wood attribute to overcome True Gold and pierce through the Iron Umbrella!

Shi Feiyang interlaced his hands in front of his chest, casting out a breath of True Qi to accelerate the rotation of the umbrella. Talismans emerged on the surface of the umbrella, all converging into a dense black glow, gathering to confront the advancing needle tip. The needle continued to thrust forward, breaking through the incoming talismans one after another.

The two of them were thus locked in a stalemate.

Shi Feiyang said, "Do you realize that I've been holding back multiple times already?"

Deng Bagu was surprised that he could speak so calmly while competing in mana. She gritted her teeth, intensifying her casting, "Who asked you to hold back? If it comes to it, just kill me."

Shi Feiyang laughed, "Truly the formidable calamity goddess who once roamed the world. After so many setbacks, your temperament remains as stubborn and indomitable as ever."

Deng Bagu continually surged her True Qi, causing the Earth Penetrating Divine Needle to burst with bright azure radiance, becoming unbearably blinding, "You might have other Magical Treasures, but with just this broken umbrella, you definitely can't stop my Earth Penetrating Divine Needle!"

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