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Chapter 1500: Chapter 1502: Evolution Chapter 1500: Chapter 1502: Evolution A dark shadow emerged above Su Lan’s head, resembling a living entity, constantly twisting and shifting, morphing into a large tree one moment and a giant beast the next.

The instant the shadow appeared, Song Jian felt a trace of threat, as if he were being targeted by a massive beast, a chill developing along his spine.

“Karmic Fire Red Lotus Sword Formation, condense!” Song Jian bellowed, directing over a thousand Spirit Swords toward Su Lan.

A smile emerged on Su Lan’s face, he said to Song Jian, “Your Sword Formation seems powerful, but it’s actually quite flawed, especially this condensing process–it has serious issues!”

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the shadow above Su Lan’s head started to quickly coalesce towards the center, and in the blink of an eye, the shadow gathered into a wooden sword and plummeted from the air.

Su Lan reached out to catch the wooden sword in his hand; now holding an array plate in his right hand and the sword in his left, he stood in empty space with a full face of mirth, watching the Spirit Swords flying towards him.

Clang, clang, clang~
His figure danced among the countless Spirit Swords, weaving through them. Some were merely inches away, yet he ignored them completely, charging straight toward a Spirit Sword a few meters away and viciously chopping down with the wooden sword in hand, cleanly severing the targeted Spirit Sword.

One, two, three…

Su Lan’s movements were not fast, even slower than the flight speed of the Spirit Swords, but he managed to appear precisely where he needed to be, severing the Spirit Swords that needed to be cut.

“Thousands of Spirit Swords, how many can you cut down?” Song Jian thought inwardly, his control making the flight speed of the Spirit Swords increase once more.

As time passed, Song Jian’s face suddenly changed dramatically, as if he had realized something. For such a long time, under his control, the Karmic Fire Red Lotus Sword Formation still hadn’t managed to form.

After staring intently at Su Lan for an extended period, Song Jian shouted loudly, “You, you’re sabotaging the core of the Sword Formation?”

“You’ve noticed, have you? It took you quite a while. It seems your understanding of formations is still lacking…” Su Lan glanced at Song Jian and shook his head with a sigh.

“How can this be, how can this be…” Song Jian’s face was filled with horror. The Karmic Fire Red Lotus Sword Formation was entirely formed from Spirit Swords as the casting materials, with each one able to serve as the core, and every sword was also a component of the formation.

Su Lan actually located the Spirit Sword that served as the core among the thousands, destroying it. Although after this core Sword was destroyed the Sword Formation would spontaneously transfer the core to another Spirit Sword, this process of transferal, no matter how rapid, still required time. Moreover, with each core transfer, the formation needed to adjust–which also took time.

Su Lan was exploiting those moments to lock onto the next Spirit Sword that became the core and destroy it again. Without a core, the formation couldn’t condense, and had to transfer its core yet again. In this manner, the Sword Formation seemed as if it would condense any second, but no matter how much time passed, as long as Su Lan could lock onto the next core Spirit Sword, the Karmic Fire Red Lotus Sword Formation would forever be unable to form.

“This, this seems similar to the sparring with the Elder of Transmission from before…” Song Jian’s eyes showed a horrified look. The scene unfolding before him seemed familiar.

During a past sparring session with an Elder of Transmission from the Imperial Sword Sect, the Elder stood still, effortlessly swinging his long sword and destroying each of Song Jian’s released Spirit Swords.

The method Su Lan used, although different from the Elder’s, had the same effect–where the Elder relied on his understanding of swordplay, Su Lan relied on his understanding of formations. He could quickly lock onto the next core Spirit Sword before the core of the array transferred.

“Change formation!” Song Jian uttered a low shout, fiercely waving the Sky-breaking Sword in his hand forward, causing countless Spirit Swords to begin converging in the air, like a waterfall flowing upstream.

A short moment later, a massive Sword Qi Palm Imprint emerged in mid-air. Su Lan’s expression changed subtly, the opponent’s formation changing speed was too fast, this time, he had lost the chance to find the Spirit Sword that served as the formation’s eye.

Suppress!

A fierce shout, and the Sword Qi Palm Imprint in mid-air violently pressed down, covering an area of tens of meters in radius.

Such a terrifying attack left no room for evasion, it had already locked onto Su Lan’s aura, no matter where he fled, the Sword Qi Palm Imprint would pursue, he could only brace for impact!

Su Lan’s face bore a wry smile, “I didn’t expect there to be an evolutionary formation…”

He sighed, then tossed the wooden sword in his hand down, his left hand rapidly manipulating the array disk.

“Clink clink~”
Sounds of beads colliding rang out from the array disk, the small compartments within the formation began to rotate in circles, and in no time, a purple compartment suddenly burst into light, soaring into the sky.

A purple behemoth phantom appeared above Su Lan’s head, and seeing this giant phantom, Su Lan finally took a deep breath, his eyes revealing a sense of relief.

“I didn’t expect that your Sword Formation could evolve into the second tier, it was my oversight!” Su Lan said with a smile as he looked towards Song Jian, “Could you tell me, what sword technique is this?”

“Karmic Fire Red Lotus, Thousand Swords Art!” Song Jian, watching the Sword Qi Palm Imprint that kept descending, answered thereafter.

“Karmic Fire Red Lotus Ten Thousand Swords Art, Thousand Swords Art, Red Lotus Sword Array…” Su Lan’s eyes revealed a pensive look, and he nodded, saying, “I see.”

Boom~
The purple behemoth phantom soared through the void, leaping towards the Sword Qi Palm Imprint in the sky. With a thunderous roar, the behemoth phantom and the Palm Imprint collided fiercely, producing an earth-shattering sound.

The behemoth tore at the palm continuously, the previously spread open hand started to curl its fingers mysteriously, as if to grasp the behemoth within its palm, but the hand’s movements were too slow, and before it could grasp the behemoth, the behemoth had already torn off a finger.

In an instant, the torn-off finger-dropping like a massive column from the sky–crashed onto the ground, smashing a large crater into the hard, black earth, as Sword Qi ran rampant, numerous Spirit Swords flew up from the crater, continuing towards the Sword Qi Palm Imprint.

At this point, in the battle between the Sword Qi Palm Imprint and the behemoth phantom, it was akin to a clumsy elephant fighting against a nimble cheetah. The elephant may be powerful, but the cheetah, agile, could always evade the elephant’s attacks and launch strikes with its speed.

As Sword Qi continued to pour into the previously torn-off finger, it seemed to be slowly regrowing, but just then, the purple behemoth phantom ferociously bit off another finger. Moreover, this behemoth seemed to be capable of absorbing the power of the Sword Qi Palm Imprint; as the damage to the Palm Imprint intensified, the originally ethereal phantom gradually became clearer and more substantial.

A hint of a smile appeared on Su Lan’s face, while Song Jian’s expression grew increasingly grim.

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