Ten thousand I am across the heavens

Lan Tian, ​​expressionless, extended another finger. A dazzling sword aura ripped through the sky, striking its target in an instant before Xiao Li could even react.

The sword light pierced straight through his body. This time, his external defenses were ineffective. However, the sword energy itself wasn't powerful enough to cause a fatal wound. A simple penetrating wound was merely a superficial injury to an immortal. Yet, it already made him feel immense danger. If his opponent were to strike again, it could truly be fatal. And the probability of his opponent being able to unleash a third sword strike was actually quite high.

The first three sword strikes weren't exactly the pinnacle of his killing moves, so it was quite normal for him to be able to use them. Although the terrifying attack had just pierced through his body and even tore apart the ground behind him, he had used that opportunity to successfully escape to a position close enough to the Immortal Gu House.

At this point, he no longer hesitated. Even delaying his escape by a second would be disrespectful to his own life.

The powerful defenses of the Immortal Gu House gave him a strong sense of security. Surrounded by layers of defense, even if an opponent's attack was enough to kill him instantly, it was highly likely that they would fail to penetrate this thick outer shell.

Perhaps because I'm being protected, the opponent might switch targets and attack those who didn't have time to sneak in. Then, once they've used up their killing moves, I can go out and deal with them.

Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the time to pursue. His defenses are clearly stronger now, making the probability of killing him seem much lower. However, Lan Tian extended another finger from his raised hand—this time, the middle finger. And the sword energy released this time was even more immense than before. The entire sky seemed to become oppressive because of this sword strike.

This attack seemed capable of cleaving the sky in two. Just before it hit its target, its surface shimmered with a brilliant light. This time, it was the Eighth Burning Legion unleashing its power. Even killing moves can be affected by their attribute substitution. And at this moment, they chose to substitute the power of this attack with that of a historical masterpiece. If they were only substituting for the third sword strike from history, it would clearly weaken the current attack, but there's no rule stating that the substitute must be equivalent. Therefore, what was being substituted was the fifth sword strike from history, the strongest attack unleashed by that legendary swordsman.

This was once an attack powerful enough to instantly kill any immortal. Although its authority has diminished with version updates, the resulting killing move is still terrifyingly powerful. For a moment, it seemed as if the entire world was collapsing. The force capable of destroying a small planet and cleaving it in two was compressed to a mere hundred meters in diameter and unleashed a fatal blow towards the spaceship in the sky.

The outer armor of the Cuiyun Fireworks Ship was torn apart by this terrifying attack, sliced ​​in two like a hot knife through butter. The scene was horrifying, for the outer armor was no ordinary steel. There was a reason why the people of the East Sea would modify their traditionally styled, uniformly decorated Immortal Gu Houses into post-apocalyptic machines with a wasteland aesthetic.

These are the finest materials flowing out of the Republic of Mountains and Rivers. Most of them are spacecraft damaged during space experiments. That is, those spacecraft that attempted to break through the sky to reach the outer realms, only to be destroyed by even more terrifying natural disasters.

These falling debris will randomly land on five continents because they flew so high. If they return safely, they can be retrieved; if they crash, it's really hard to say where they'll land.

The material strength of these things is ridiculously high. Even a full-force attack from an eighth-level expert sometimes leaves very little mark on them. They can't even understand how these things are made anymore. But knowing that these materials are extremely strong, it's quite reasonable to collect them as outer armor for their Immortal Gu Houses. Those that are large enough are simply placed over the outside of the Immortal Gu Houses. This is why their Immortal Gu Houses have a somewhat wasteland feel. Because they are indeed like those civilizations living in the wasteland, using the ruins of a previous civilization to build their weapons.

They knew perfectly well what kind of defense those seemingly rusty metal shells offered. Even if they wanted to tear them apart and destroy them, they would have to go all out. In this era where everyone was improving their abilities, the Immortal Gu House had been able to reach a new level, its status even higher than before. This was precisely because of these materials with incredibly high physical defense.

The materials were effortlessly severed. This was beyond their comprehension; none of the eight-stage killing techniques they had ever witnessed could achieve such a feat. As for the fifth strike of the Five-Finger Fist Heart Sword technique from history, none of those present had ever seen it, because those who had in history were almost all dead.

Xiao Li never expected that even after escaping into the Immortal Gu House, his opponent would still relentlessly pursue him. He also never expected that the power of the third sword would increase so dramatically, completely unlike the increasing power of the first two swords.

The sword energy pierced straight through his body, splitting him vertically in two. There was no way for the two halves to heal in a short time; an invisible barrier stood between them, preventing them from coming back together. His life force was rapidly draining away during this process.

Lan Tian's hand, raised in mid-air, trembled slightly, for he lacked the foundation for his fourth sword strike. He possessed almost no sword-wielding Gu worms. His previous ability to unleash deadly attacks relied on his eldest son's body, which could almost mimic the abilities of all things. But at this point, even he could hardly continue. The abundant power within him allowed him to continue fighting; he had only used that move to intimidate the enemy, and now that his purpose had been achieved, there was no need to cling to it.

Just as he was about to give up on using this move, he suddenly heard a voice transmission in his ear. In the communication channel, the commander of the 11th Legion was already communicating with him quickly. They had anticipated this situation, and their sharing ability had long since gone beyond simply sharing their own cultivation.

The next instant, Lan Tian felt that many concepts had inexplicably appeared on her body. These included knowledge she did not know, skills she had never learned, talents she did not have, and even elusive luck.

Gradually, what was shared about him became more and more conceptual, less bound by the descriptions of natural science and beginning to move in the direction of philosophy. Wisdom began to be shared, and inspiration began to be shared in his mind. Then, concepts such as fate, future, and possibility, which are very vague in the common understanding, also began to be shared and concentrated on him.

In that instant, among the many concepts shared with him, he grasped the concept of the possibility of the future. This was a special ability that concentrated all the possibilities of everyone's future onto him alone, allowing him to accomplish extremely low-probability events in a short period of time.

Capturing what one desires within shared resources requires talent and skill. The most frustrating aspect of this approach is that even this talent and skill can be shared, allowing Lan Tian to instinctively capture what he needs even without practice. At this moment, he obtained the possibility of the future he desired. Thus, in his future, he successfully refined several Rank 8 Sword Dao Gu worms. This was merely one possibility for the future and wouldn't directly affect the present. Therefore, once he grasped this possibility, it immediately became a reality. If that were all, it wouldn't be enough to influence the battlefield. However, there happened to be a duo on the battlefield, capable of ascending to heaven with their left foot on their right. The Eighth Burning Legion and the Eleventh Legion had already cooperated multiple times. At this point, they certainly knew what to do.

The attribute substitution effect activated again. This time, it substituted the causal relationship between the future and the present, directly replacing future possibilities with the present. It allowed what was only possible in the future to be realized in the present. Although it could only last for a short time, within that brief period, several Immortal Gu appeared out of thin air within Lan Tian's body.

This became the basis for him to continue to unleash his deadly moves.

When Xiao Li saw him raise his hand and extend his fourth finger, a fear he hadn't felt in a long time surged within him. If the power of this sword continued to increase as before, he would likely die on the spot.

Seeing that the sword was about to strike again through the gap that had been cut earlier, Xiao Li frantically ordered his men to control the Cuiyun Fireworks Ship to escape. Even though history had proven countless times that the Five Fingers Fist Heart Sword could not be dodged, the instinct for survival still made him desperately try to dodge.

The sword energy surged, and just as it was about to be launched, a gust of wind swept in, transforming into an extremely compressed moon blade. Although it didn't possess the same power as the sword energy before, it was still enough to easily kill Lan Tian, ​​who was strong in offense but weak in defense, on the spot.

The Five-Finger Fist Heart Sword technique is naturally not without weaknesses. If an attack is launched from behind while striking, the move will be interrupted. Wu Meng thought so too. Although his opponent was strong, his own defense was actually quite weak. At least in his view, he could easily kill him instantly. Lan Tian had been dancing on the edge of a knife and hadn't suffered any fatal injuries, so his eldest son's powerful self-healing ability hadn't been displayed, causing him to misjudge the situation slightly. Even so, this attack was indeed enough to force Lan Tian out of the battle.

However, Wu Meng, who launched the attack, overlooked one problem: what if his opponent's initial target was him? In fact, the target chosen during the last attack was already misleading, creating a sense of inertia that this sword strike would inevitably pursue and kill Xiao Li. But in reality, Wu Meng, who had broken free of the protection of the Immortal Gu House and took the initiative to attack, was now the easiest to kill.

So while his gaze seemed to be directed at Xiao Li, he was actually aiming at Wu Meng.

The moment the crescent blade, compressed by the gale, struck, an even more powerful sword aura erupted, directly cleaving the crescent blade in two from the direction it came from, and then continued its relentless charge toward its target.

Wu Meng was stunned for a moment, and had no time to dodge. Even with his full defense, he was instantly pierced by the sword. The only thing to be thankful for was that the power of this move did not increase exponentially as before. This was mainly because the third sword was amplified by external force, showing a power far beyond the norm. It was beyond the original increasing rule and was equivalent to an additional multiplier.

The fourth sword strike followed the same increasing rule as the unenhanced third strike. Therefore, while it was stronger than the first, it was only slightly more powerful. After neutralizing Wu Meng's killing move, its power diminished further. Although it destroyed his outer defenses and sliced ​​his body in two, it didn't kill him outright. His two halves were constantly being destroyed by the sword energy, but Wu Meng, clinging to life, relied on his formidable vitality to sustain himself for a long time. The sword energy that had invaded his body was like water without a source; as long as he could continue to survive, he would eventually be able to completely dissipate it.

"The fourth sword has already been used. This guy has probably reached his limit. It's impossible for two of the same type of immortal Gu to appear at the same time. The inheritance of Sword Immortal Bo Qing has not yet been discovered, and those Gu worms have not yet seen the light of day again, let alone been refined again. This guy's use of the fourth sword is definitely his limit. Next, as long as we take advantage of the moment when he is exhausted after using this move, we can kill this threat without breaking a sweat."

Xiao Li forcibly pieced his body, which had been cut in two, back together. Although the bloody gap in the middle could not be completely healed, he had already regained his fighting strength.

Under normal circumstances, his judgment would be flawless. Even after obtaining a portion of Bo Qing's inheritance in the original story, Fang Yuan still couldn't successfully use the fifth sword of the Five Fingers Fist Heart Sword, let alone the fact that this guy in front of him barely had any sword-dao gu worms in his body. Logically speaking, using four swords would already be incredible. To fully utilize this move should be simply impossible.

But just as the fatal attack was about to strike, and everyone thought he would die on the spot, he surprisingly extended his final thumb, and in full view of everyone, continued to unleash his killing move.

Because at this moment, what exists within his body is not a real immortal gu, but a projection of future possibilities, which perfectly bypasses the only limitation of the immortal gu.

then……

Five-Finger Fist Heart Sword! The Fifth Sword!
[To be continued]

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