My brother is so cunning

Chapter 1187 Sword Breaks the Immortal Slaughter
Yuanshi Tianzun made a hand seal with his left hand, and his body shone with a vast golden light. He unleashed the "All Heavens Celebrating Cloud Technique," a secret technique of the Chan Sect. A golden auspicious cloud unfolded above his head, with the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi floating in the cloud. Countless golden runes fell from the cloud, transforming into layers of light curtains that protected the Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram and the four immortal swords. At the same time, they pressed down on Wen Rui and Tongtian Sect Master.

"Disciples of the Chan Sect, heed my command! Activate the Four Swords of Zhuxian!" Yuanshi Tianzun shouted, and a unified response immediately rang out from within the formation.

Guang Chengzi, Chi Jingzi, and other Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect stepped forward and grasped the hilts of the four swords: Zhuxian, Luxian, Xianxian, and Juexian, respectively, pouring all their cultivation into the swords.

The four immortal swords instantly unleashed three times the chaotic sword energy of before, with golden lightning surging within the black waves. They possessed both the righteous energy of the Chan Sect and the destructive power of chaos, their might far surpassing that of the four saints when they besieged the enemy.

The sword energy surged like a rushing river, sweeping towards Wen Rui and the Tongtian Sect Leader, but deliberately deviated as it approached Wen Rui—Yuan Zong ultimately left himself a bottom line; he wanted to capture Wen Rui, but was unwilling to harm him, lest he be convicted of "indiscriminately killing heroes."

Upon seeing this, the Tongtian Sect Leader's pupils shrank, and the Qingping Sword in his hand burst forth with a dazzling azure light: "Yuanshi! You rely on your superior numbers, but today I will show you the power of my Jie Sect's divine abilities!" His sleeves fluttered as he unleashed the Jie Sect's secret technique, "Ten Thousand Demons Devouring Souls Technique." Black demonic patterns spread from his body, transforming into countless ferocious demonic shadows that rushed towards the Chan Sect's Golden Immortal and the Chaos Sword Qi.

When Tongtian Jiaozhu made his move, it seemed somewhat sinister, but that was not surprising. Unlike Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian Jiaozhu had a wide range of knowledge and diverse learning. He knew evil methods like the Six Soul Banner, which could curse even saints to death. Would he not know about even more sinister methods in the Three Realms and Four Continents?
Immediately afterwards, he raised his hand and threw out an array diagram, which unfolded in the air and transformed into four cyan sword shadows, confronting the Four Swords of Zhuxian from the Primordial Beginning across the void. At the same time, he chanted, "Ten thousand immortals descend to protect my Dao foundation!"

Countless phantom images of Jie Sect immortals emerged from the array diagram, including the figure of the Golden Spirit Mother and the outline of Zhao Gongming. These phantoms, wielding magical weapons, clashed with the chaotic sword energy of the Chan Sect Golden Immortals.

The cyan sword light collided with the black sword energy, unleashing a deafening roar. The shockwave blew the ruins of Freedom City several meters away, and the ground cracked open with several bottomless ravines.

This array diagram is the key magic weapon of the Ten Thousand Immortals Array, named the Ten Thousand Immortals Diagram, which contains a wisp of the divine soul essence of the ten thousand immortals of the Intercepting Sect.

Originally, when the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation was set up, the Tongtian Sect Leader instructed his disciples to dedicate their essence to the treasure map at the center of the formation to ensure its smooth operation. However, the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation not only failed to defend against enemies, but instead became an altar for sacrificing the ten thousand immortals of the Jie Sect.

With the fall of the immortals, a magical treasure was born, and unexpectedly, the array's core diagram was refined into a postnatal treasure of merit. By offering up this diagram, one can summon the phantoms of the immortals and recreate the power of the Ten Thousand Immortals Array at its peak for a period of time.

Wen Rui was initially wary of Yuanshi's full-force attack, but when he sensed the sword energy deliberately avoided around him and caught a glimpse of the divine power duel between Tongtian Jiaozhu and the Golden Immortal of Chanjiao, the fire in his heart instantly transformed into a raging battle intent—he finally understood that this was his chance!
"Thank you very much, Grandmaster Uncle, for showing mercy!"

Wen Rui let out a long roar, and the Flying Golden Sword transformed into a golden light and flew into his palm. He flipped his wrist, and the sword split into thousands of tiny golden sword threads. The sword threads moved in the air like living water droplets. This was the "Ethereal Water Droplet Sword Technique" that he had developed and created by combining the Golden Spirit Mother's "Flying Golden Sword Technique".

Now that this sword technique has reached its peak, and with the acquisition of the Flying Gold Sword, the most suitable acquired treasure weapon for this sword technique, it can be said to be like adding wings to a tiger.

Although the Flying Gold Sword is named a "sword," it is actually a ball of highly concentrated gold energy. When this sword is unleashed, the gold energy can take on any form and possesses absolute sharpness and penetrating power.

As soon as the sword threads unfolded, they exuded a strange rhythm—sometimes they converged into straight lines, sometimes they twisted into spirals, seemingly without any order, but in fact they secretly corresponded to the trajectory of a function that is "continuous everywhere but not differentiable everywhere".

The unfolding sword threads spread rapidly, like a golden tide spreading within the Zhuxian Sword Formation, or like plant roots endlessly differentiating and growing in black soil. Guang Chengzi and the other Golden Immortals tried to deduce the sword path, but no matter how they calculated, they could not capture the direction of the sword threads, just like trying to measure the arc of ocean waves with a ruler, there was simply no way to begin.

They tried to unleash the chaotic sword energy to sever the sword threads that blocked the sword's path, but they couldn't even touch them.

Even more terrifying is that when the sword threads approach the chaotic sword energy, they suddenly burst forth with a probability cloud-like phantom. Countless sword shadows flicker in the void, but they always land precisely on the weak points of the chaotic sword energy in the end. This is the wonderful application of the probability cloud collapse theory. No matter how unpredictable the sword path is, it will eventually lock onto the target, with a hit rate of 100%!
"What kind of swordsmanship is this?"

Guang Chengzi's expression turned solemn. The sword energy of the Zhuxian Sword in his hand was actually shredded and scattered by the sword threads, and he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Wen Rui did not answer. With a thought, a transparent phase barrier suddenly appeared around his body.

The barrier was covered with mysterious grids, within which flowed streams of silver data—his trump card, "phase space locking technology."

When the chaotic sword energy struck, the barrier suddenly lit up, forcibly locking the space where the sword energy was located. The originally distorted and unstable chaotic energy was instantly fixed in the grid, like frozen waves, unable to spread any further.

Once the mixed sword energy is frozen by phase lock, it is immediately crushed and destroyed by the ethereal sword threads that sweep in.

From the perspective of rules, the Chaotic Sword Qi is similar to Wen Rui's Ethereal and Unpredictable Water Drop Sword Technique. With the blessing of the Chaotic Law, it is equally unstoppable and unpredictable.

However, Wen Rui combined phase-locking technology with the ethereal and unpredictable water droplet sword technique, and surprisingly, he achieved the locking of mixed sword energy, turning the impossible into a miracle.

"This is... a method to restrain the Chaos Sword Qi? Good lad, you've surpassed your master! You've actually figured out a clever solution to the ancestor's sword formation! You should know that even a saint can only resist the Chaos Sword Qi by relying on his vast and almost limitless Primordial Qi."

Even the Tongtian Sect Leader couldn't help but marvel. He could clearly sense that Wen Rui's phase barrier had caused the Chaos Sword Qi to lose its ability to devour everything. He quickly urged more Jie Sect phantoms to cooperate with Wen Rui's defense and launch a counterattack.

With the Tongtian Sect Leader protecting him and the two deadly weapons of the Water Drop Sword Technique and Phase Lock, Wen Rui strolled leisurely through the Chaos Realm.

He manipulated the sword threads, sometimes transforming them into shields to block the attacks of the Chan Sect Golden Immortals, and sometimes into sharp blades to counterattack; Tongtian Sect Leader, on the other hand, used the Qingping Sword to fight with great force, and the Jie Sect phantoms fought with the Chan Sect Golden Immortals. The blue sword light and black sword energy intertwined, actually opening up a bright area in the chaotic domain, as if a bright moon was rising in the dark night.

(End of this chapter)