Douluo: Divine Fire Xuanyuan

Chapter 549 Tang Sect + Haotian VS Guigu
"What a powerful sword formation! If I am forced back by them again, I will surely be defeated." Tang Tian was surrounded and attacked by a sword formation composed of thirteen Super Douluo-level divine generals.

He applied the six key principles of martial arts—movement, strength, clumsiness, stillness, softness, and skill—to their fullest extent.

The thirteen men can employ defensive counter-attacking tactics, using stillness to control movement, softness to overcome hardness, and clumsiness to defeat skill.

Strike the head and the tail will respond; strike the tail and the head will respond; strike the waist and both the head and tail will respond, firmly trapping the enemy in the formation.

It can also be used to launch a proactive, coercive attack by employing strength to overcome softness, skillful yet seemingly clumsy tactics, and a combination of movement and stillness.

This is the Daoist sword formation of the Guigu School, the Thirteen Luminaries Sword Formation, passed down by Yuwen Tuo. The sun, moon, five planets, and four auxiliary stars together form the "Thirteen Luminaries," symbolizing celestial warfare.

"Damn it, since I can't break this sword formation, I'll deal with the person who created it first." Tang Tian's fifth and sixth ten-thousand-year soul rings exploded.

Then he used the Zhen character technique from the Nine Absolute Techniques of Haotian, spinning the Haotian Hammer and forcing the thirteen giants back to within a few meters of his body.

Although he himself was still unable to escape the entanglement of the sword formation, the Haotian Sect was not without a ranged attack mode.

"Ling Tian strikes!"

The Sky-Piercing Strike is a very common attack move of the Haotian Sect. The most classic way to use it is to smash the opponent's abdomen with the hammer. Another way is to use it in a way that resembles a deadly flying hammer, throwing the Haotian Hammer at the enemy with full force.

Tang Tian managed to throw his Haotian Hammer by forcing the opponent back a few meters.

As the flying hammer spun rapidly, it produced a series of air-bursting sounds, demonstrating the astonishing power of this move.

However, Ling Luochen was not afraid at all and remained calmly seated on the throne, a faint light shimmering on her forehead.

"Soul Bone Skill, Mystic Ice Reincarnation!"

Ling Luochen's spiritual power transformed into an ice mirror. The seemingly thin mirror, after withstanding the devastating blow from the Haotian Hammer, not only remained unmoved but even deflected the Haotian Hammer back without any reduction in speed or force.

This is the Ice Dragon King's soul bone skill, which is over a million years old. It is one of the strongest defensive skills that can reflect all attacks. No matter how top-tier the Clear Sky Hammer is, it is far inferior to this dragon bone.

Moreover, all of Ling Luochen's skills are enhanced by the divine artifact, the Water God's Scepter.

With the divine artifact and divine bones combined, the total increase in strength has far surpassed the power limits of level 96 and 98.

Tang Tian was almost hit by the rebounding Clear Sky Hammer. Fortunately, he was able to recall his martial soul at the last moment with his mind, otherwise he would have been seriously injured.

"Damn it! I am one of the strongest Title Douluos who inherited the name of Haotian Douluo. The Haotian Hammer in my hand is the number one weapon spirit in the world. There is absolutely no way I can lose to an unknown girl like you!" Tang Tian said angrily.

Ling Luochen smiled and said, "Foolish people always like to cling to the glory of the past. Ten thousand years have passed in the history of Douluo Continent. In these ten thousand years, powerful martial spirits have emerged one after another on the continent. Your Clear Sky Hammer has been hidden for ten thousand years and has long been out of touch with the times. Does the Clear Sky Hammer now really deserve to be the number one in the world?"

Back then, the three upper sects were all known as the best in the world.

The Clear Sky Sect possesses the number one weapon spirit in the world, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is the number one auxiliary spirit in the world, and the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex is the number one beast spirit in the world.

Although the latter two still care about their past glory, they no longer have the pride of being the best in the world. They know that times are changing. Therefore, both Ning Yun and Yu Yuancheng have put down their lofty pride for the sake of their sect's inheritance and have chosen to enter the world and start developing from scratch like an ordinary sect.

Only the Haotian Sect remains hidden from the world, clinging to its self-proclaimed status as the best in the world. They look down on other sects but lack innovation, clinging only to the legacy of their ancestors. "Today, I will make your so-called 'best in the world' vanish into thin air." Ling Luochen's gaze turned cold, his blue hair instantly turning snow-white, and something resembling ice armor appeared on his body.

However, this is not a soul bone armor. Ling Luochen did not comprehend the soul bone fusion skill like Xiao Xiao. This ice armor is more like dragon scales than armor.

The temperature of the entire world dropped instantly, as Ling Luochen was about to transform his martial soul into its strongest form, the Ice Dragon King.

Not far away, Tang Wutong, who was fighting Cao Jinxuan, suddenly felt a chill in her heart.

Looking to the side, they saw that their Haotian Sect's chief elder was actually at a disadvantage.

Just then, Cao Jinxuan unleashed another devastating strike, slashing towards her. "Hey, your opponent is me. Stop looking around."

"Hmph, although we are both Title Douluo, the difference in our spirit rings is huge. You are no match for me." Tang Wutong didn't take Cao Jinxuan seriously at all.

Her physical attributes far surpassed Cao Jinxuan's by more than three or four times. After all, she had eighteen spirit rings, and even the worst spirit ring of her second martial soul was over 60,000 years old. How could Cao Jinxuan, a mere weapon spirit master, compare to her physical attributes with such enhancements?

Perhaps it was due to the rules of the Haotian Sect, or perhaps Tang Wutong was afraid of hardship, but she did not master the Haotian Sect's Exploding Rings technique, and she was not even very proficient in the Haotian Nine Absolutes. She only learned the Chaotic Cloak Dance quite well, and when combined with the Ghost Shadow Steps, she performed her father's Chaotic Cloak Dance.

Cao Jinxuan was indeed unable to withstand those heavy blows.

However, Cao Jinxuan didn't need to bear it. At this moment, his sword technique was continuous, using the opponent's force against them. No matter how much force Tang Wutong had, he could easily deflect it.

This is a battle between Tang Sect + Haotian Sect and Guigu Sect.

This is somewhat similar to Tai Chi swordplay. Of course, there is no Tai Chi swordplay lineage in the Guigu School. It was a martial art created by Zhang Sanfeng. When Grand Tutor Yuwen taught Xiao Tuo kung fu, Zhang Sanfeng hadn't even been born yet.

However, the idea of ​​using softness to overcome hardness was by no means Zhang Zhenren's original creation.

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching records, "Clay is molded into vessels; it is because of its emptiness that these vessels are useful. Doors and windows are cut out to make a room; it is because of its emptiness that this room is useful."

Guiguzi was a renowned Taoist school. Although he was classified as a strategist during the Warring States period, the ideas of the first Guiguzi actually integrated the characteristics of multiple schools of thought, including Confucianism, military strategy, and the School of Diplomacy. Taoism even revered him as a deity, "the Heavenly Venerable who spreads the wondrous Tao." His works, "Guiguzi" and "Yinfu Jing," were incorporated into the Taoist canon.

He taught Taoist arts such as internal alchemy cultivation and invisibility talismans, advocating "cultivating truth and nourishing nature" and "transcending life and death," which is in line with the core Taoist idea of ​​pursuing longevity. Therefore, it is also known as Taoist arts, and its full name is Guigu Taoist Arts!

The essence of the Guigu School's techniques lies in the two words "emptiness" and "softness," which is the so-called "great perfection seems flawed, yet its use is inexhaustible. Great fullness seems empty, yet its use is boundless."

This is also one of the most superior sword techniques of the Guigu School.

Cao Jinxuan lacked the power of Yuwentuo's Xuanyuan Sword and couldn't master the Xuanyuan Sword Technique. His physical attributes were also insufficient, so if he were to clash head-on with those numerical monsters, he would inevitably be at a disadvantage in terms of strength. Therefore, Yuwentuo imparted all of his knowledge of the Guigu Sword Technique to him.

He has been studying it for five or six years, and although he cannot say that he has mastered it, he has certainly made great progress.

Even if there were two more Title Douluos from the Clear Sky Sect, let alone just Tang Wutong, their combined attack would be useless against him; no matter how strong the force, it would be neutralized.

(End of this chapter)