Covering the Sky: A Guide to Proving the Dao Without Cheats

Chapter 136 "Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron" VS Heavenly Emperor Sword

Upon hearing this, Luo Heng smiled slightly: "Weapons?"

Luo Heng stood with his hands behind his back, a faint smile on his lips, and said casually, "You are not worthy of my use of weapons right now."

Upon hearing this, the entire room fell silent.

The Northern Emperor Teng, the name of the reincarnation of an ancient emperor, was invincible in the Northern Plains at the age of fifteen. He has come all the way to this day. When has he ever been so looked down upon?

Wang Teng's expression finally changed.

He stopped speaking and slowly drew the Heavenly Emperor Sword—the next moment, he slashed down with the sword!

A golden sword beam shot out, radiating the divine might of the Heavenly Emperor, surrounded by illusory dragon and phoenix figures, stretching for hundreds of feet! Wherever the sword beam passed, the void was easily torn apart like thin paper, leaving behind a pitch-black abyss!

"boom!"

The earth was cleaved, mountains collapsed, and the heavens crumbled—this place had become a land of utter destruction. Nothing could be seen except endless radiance and the void riddled with cracks.

Those watching from afar, especially those with weaker cultivation levels, all changed their expressions drastically—Wang Teng's full-force attack was terrifyingly powerful!

Those with powerful cultivation levels, however, all turned their gazes to the other side—

There, Luo Heng still stood high in the sky, his hands behind his back. It was as if that earth-shattering sword strike from just moments ago was nothing more than a gentle breeze.

Wang Teng's expression changed slightly, and he didn't stop. He unleashed eighteen sword strikes in succession, each one more terrifying than the last! The eighteen sword beams intertwined into a net, pressing down on Luo Heng like a tidal wave!

This time, Luo Heng did not dodge.

He simply stretched out his right hand and plucked it continuously in the air, as if plucking invisible strings.

"Zheng—"

He actually used the void as a string to play a celestial melody from the netherworld!

Celestial music resounded, eclipsing the world's color! The sound waves transformed into tangible ripples, like countless interwoven runes of the Great Dao, pressing down with overwhelming force. Each rune was dazzlingly bright, radiating a heart-stopping aura!

Dragons and snakes rise together, phoenixes and unicorns vie for supremacy! A white tiger roars at the moon, and a tortoise soars into the sky! Countless illusory immortal figures materialize from the sound waves, clashing with Wang Teng's boundless golden sword energy!

At this moment, heaven and earth seemed to transform into a battlefield of ancient gods. Sword energy crisscrossed, immortal spirits roared, killing intent soared to the heavens, and the glint of blades and the shadows of swords blotted out the sun!

With each sword beam that struck, celestial phantoms exploded; with each sonic wave that swept across, sword energy shattered. The two clashed and annihilated each other, unleashing a deafening roar as if the heavens and earth were being created!

"This is—the Celestial Melody of the Nine Netherworlds!"

"What? This is the terrifying voice of the Way that stands alongside the Prelude to God!"

Eight thousand years ago, a man named Gai Jiuyou emerged in Zhongzhou. He was only half a step away from becoming an emperor and was invincible throughout the world.

Legend has it that he passed away peacefully in the Eastern Wilderness in his later years, and countless cultivators still follow in his footsteps to this day.

As soon as this exclamation fell, many people immediately thought of that peerless and invincible figure, their minds were shaken, and the images of the Nine Netherworld Immortal Melody resounding throughout the heavens and suppressing all paths involuntarily surfaced in their minds.

A few well-informed individuals simultaneously turned their gaze to the thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl in the crowd, their eyes filled with inquiry. The girl's name was Xia Jiuyou, and rumors circulated that she was the direct disciple of Gai Jiuyou, the legendary figure from eight thousand years ago.

Many people are secretly speculating: What is the relationship between Xia Jiuyou and the Holy Son of Yaoguang? Why is Luo Heng able to use the "Nine Nether Immortal Melody"?

Xia Jiuyou ignored the gazes directed at him, simply raising his head slightly and looking proudly at the distant battlefield. His expression clearly said: Look, this is my master's ultimate technique.

Wang Teng's expression suddenly darkened as he failed to break through Wang's defenses.

"kill--!"

A roar shook the heavens, and killing intent swept across the land like a tidal wave.

He finally stopped holding back and went all out!

With a single sword strike, this time there was no overwhelming sword light, but instead a terrifying Dao diagram was directly unleashed!

The beam of light blotted out the sky, and was interwoven with dense Dao patterns. Each pattern seemed to carry the ultimate principles of heaven and earth, evolving into the phantoms of the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers and the earth, pressing down on Luo Heng!

Luo Heng remained calm upon seeing this. He then raised his left hand, which had been behind his back, and began to flick his fingers in mid-air with both hands.

"Buzz—"

—

The void trembled, and the "Nine Netherworld Immortal Melody" was unleashed! The sound waves transformed into tangible matter, also condensing into a Dao diagram, rising against the heavens to meet Wang Teng's Dao diagram!

On the Dao diagram formed by the "Nine Netherworld Immortal Melody", a blurry figure can be vaguely seen sitting cross-legged in the heavens, surrounded by endless Dao principles, playing a celestial melody.

There were no earth-shattering explosions.

The moment the two Dao diagrams came into contact, it seemed to trigger some kind of terrifying change—the world trembled violently like a fragile painting, and dark cracks spread wildly from the boundary between the two diagrams, while fragments of the void fell like snowflakes!

Chaotic energy surged from the crack, engulfing everything around it in a hazy mist!

Wang Teng's expression was solemn, but before he could make another move, Luo Heng opposite him spoke calmly: "This time it's my turn to make a move."

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As soon as he finished speaking, he took a step forward and disappeared from the spot in an instant!

Great Void Technique!

The next moment, Luo Heng appeared above Wang Teng. He made a grabbing motion in the air with one hand, and "Buzz—!"

A clear, resonant hum echoed through the sky.

A "Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron" as tall as a person suddenly materialized in Luo Heng's hand! The cauldron's body was as black as an abyss, and the nine black dragons on it seemed to come alive, slowly swimming. With each inch they swam, they exhaled a terrifying pressure that was enough to crush the void!

The aura was so real that cultivators within a hundred miles felt their bodies about to split open and their souls trembled!

The expressions of the onlookers changed drastically! Especially Wang Teng's family, whose faces turned deathly pale in an instant—Luo Heng had actually brought out a true supreme imperial weapon?

But the next moment, someone's pupils contracted slightly, sensing something was amiss.

"No! That's not the real Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron; it's just a form condensed by a secret technique! This is—the Fighting Secret Technique and the Military Secret Technique!"

At this moment, Luo Heng naturally couldn't hear the exclamations from the spectators, otherwise he would definitely have commented: "As expected of the Great Emperor of the Passerby in Shrouding the Heavens, he can even recognize this."

At this moment, Luo Heng, who had no time to care about the audience's emotions, gripped the leg of the "Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron" with one hand, as if holding a warhammer, and slammed it down on Wang Teng below!

"Buzz—!"

A piercing sound exploded!

The pitch-black "Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron" phantom, resembling a small mountain, crashed straight down on Wang Teng's head with a terrifying howl! Wherever the cauldron passed, the void was compressed into layers of folds, and each fold exploded into a chaotic ripple!

Wang Teng, watching from below, also changed his expression slightly upon seeing Luo Heng's attack. Without further hesitation, he directly used some kind of secret technique—

The golden ancient chariot shone brightly into the sky, and Wang Teng stood above it, like a celestial emperor descending from the heavens! The true dragon, the divine phoenix, the white tiger, and the black tortoise appeared together, and the four sacred spirits occupied the four directions, their divine light surging and resonating throughout the nine heavens!

Each of the holy spirits was lifelike, with brilliant Dao principles flowing between their scales, armor, and wings, as if a true ancient divine beast had descended!

The Heavenly Emperor Sword swept across! With a single strike, nine true dragons, nine divine phoenixes, nine white tigers, and nine black tortoises appeared simultaneously, forming a supreme killing array with thirty-six holy spirits, trapping Luo Heng in the center! Above that killing array, chains of divine order intertwined and sealed off every inch of the void!

Luo Heng's terrifying strike, descending from the sky, slammed heavily onto the great formation!

"boom--!"

A deafening roar, like the collapse of the heavens and the splitting of the earth, exploded out! The violent shockwave spread wildly in all directions, causing the void to tremble violently wherever it passed! But the great formation only swayed and sank three zhang in the air before stabilizing.

At this moment, Luo Heng's expression changed slightly—because he realized that this temporary killing formation could actually isolate space!

In other words, Wang Teng has temporarily disabled his Great Void Technique.

However, he did not panic.

With a slight smile, he immediately activated the incomplete "行" character secret technique, transforming into a blur as he soared into the sky!

A cold smile crept across Wang Teng's lips: "Trying to leave? Too late!"

The four elements shifted in the next instant, and heaven and earth seemed to tilt! Luo Heng, who was clearly flying towards the sky, suddenly crashed straight down!

Luo Heng was not surprised at all; on the contrary, he was delighted.

Instead of stopping, he accelerated, holding the "Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron" upside down like a shooting star falling from the sky!

Just as he approached the edge of the killing formation, he snatched the "Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron" from his hand and slammed it heavily onto Wang Teng's killing formation!

"boom--!!!"

The extreme speed of the "Xing" character secret, combined with the mountain-heavy "Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron" and Luo Heng's divine power, creates a combined force whose power is beyond comprehension!

As the terrifying blow landed, Wang Teng's killing formation sank more than ten feet, and countless fine cracks appeared on the formation walls!

Wang Teng himself turned pale, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth!

With a somewhat grim expression, Wang Teng no longer dared to let Luo Heng exert his full strength and began to attack with all his might!

His sword strikes grew stronger with each one, their sharpness reaching the heavens. Each strike unleashed a ten-thousand-foot-long sword beam, transforming the entire killing formation into a vast ocean of sword energy!

Luo Heng, on the other hand, moved with incredible speed within the killing formation, like a phantom! His body was surrounded by a small world of holy light, condensed as if forged from immortal gold, impervious to all magic.

The "Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron" in his hand was as heavy as the sun and stars. Each time it was smashed, it brought out a buzzing sound in the void. The sound was mixed with the roar of the Great Dao, as if all the heavens and myriad paths were chanting scriptures at the same time!

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

The "Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron" clashed with the Heavenly Emperor Sword, with the illusory image of the chariot, and with the Four Symbols Holy Spirits!

Each collision unleashed a terrifying tsunami of divine power, and countless fragments of Dao principles appeared in the void. Each fragment was burning and annihilating, transforming into the most primordial chaotic energy!

Seeing that even using such a secret technique still couldn't subdue Luo Heng, Wang Teng used another secret technique—

With each blink of his eyes, the beam of his Martial Dao Heavenly Eye could crush everything like a giant millstone! Wherever that beam passed, the void vanished silently, leaving behind two pitch-black trails that shot straight at Luo Heng!

"when!"

"when!"

"when!"

Luo Heng continued to wield the "Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron," each cauldron weighing a staggering 100 million jin!

When the cauldron collided with the beam of light, sparks flew everywhere. Each spark that fell to the ground created a bottomless crater, in which magma surged, as if it had been hit by a meteorite!

The sound of the collision was like stars colliding in the universe, and the roar that erupted made the distant mountains tremble!

The people in the distance were horrified.

"The Martial Arts Heavenly Eye is so terrifying! Not only can it see directly into the origin of all things and slow down everything in its sight, but it also possesses such terrifying attack power—who can withstand it?"

No one could help but feel terrified, and some of the older generation were filled with apprehension.

Among the younger generation, Ji Haoyue, the Holy Maiden of Yaochi, the princes and princesses of the various divine dynasties, the demoness of Nanling, and others all gasped in shock. If they put themselves in her shoes, they would probably have already died if they had faced such an attack!

After exchanging dozens of moves, Luo Heng's eyes gleamed.

He had been observing with his Origin Heaven Divine Eye for a long time, and finally discovered a loophole! Without saying a word, he raised the "Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron" in his hand and smashed it down on the weak point!

"boom!!!"

Amidst the deafening explosion, the killing formation set up by Wang Teng shattered instantly! Countless fragments of the formation shot out in all directions, each fragment tearing through the void and leaving a dark trail!

Even the four phantom spirits dimmed by nearly half, letting out a mournful cry of unwillingness! Wang Teng himself turned pale and spat out a mouthful of blood!