Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? Chapter 856.14: Setting an Example

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Previously on Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal?...
Wang Shouyi respectfully bowed before the fierce bronze statues guarding the upward path, praying for guidance. The statues suddenly attacked with massive axes, injuring the group despite their defenses. Chen Huaian deduced the mechanism targeted one at a time and tested it by repeatedly crossing the trigger line, enraging the guardians into berserk mode with ghostly flames. He countered with 'One Sword Guards the Pass' and 'The Moon Rises Over Tianshan,' holding firm as a peerless sword qi moon manifested.

Zhang Yibai and his companions caught only a fleeting blur in their vision.

The eerie yet captivating full moon rotated softly between the pair of bronze giants, its frigid lunar glow spilling like molten mercury to engulf their colossal frames in a heartbeat.

The sword's hum stayed utterly hushed, just like moonlight.

A rapid barrage of faint pops lingered, prickling the scalp intensely.

Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft...

Chen Huaian smoothly returned his sword to its sheath.

The motion unfolded effortlessly, akin to snapping off a peach blossom twig at random.

Behind him, the two bronze titans locked in mid-chop remained perfectly still, their blue flames snuffed out like doused by a deluge of icy water; they vanished in a flash.

Suddenly, innumerable piercing rays erupted from their bulky forms.

These gleams pierced through from inside them.

Those supposedly unbreakable bronze shells now resembled banana leaves torn apart by a downpour or timber eaten hollow by termites, riddled with stark sword punctures!

Every puncture gleamed mirror-smooth, evidence of sword qi honed to its pinnacle sharpness.

Boom!

The two giants, perforated like briquettes, toppled with a thunderous crash, crumbling into heaps of debris.

Amid the settling dust, a finely wrought pill furnace rose leisurely.

Chen Huaian brushed his spotless sleeve, pivoted around, and remarked casually:

"A minor hurdle, nothing serious. Watch this demo, then mimic it later."

Zhang Yibai, Wang Shouyi, and Gu Changsheng froze in shock, jaws dropped, throats choked as if blocked by lumps of lead; words failed them for ages.

"A minor hurdle?"

"Watch this demo?"

Those were frenzied guardian puppets!

Turned into sieves in a blink?

"Why the daze?" Chen Huaian gestured forward, "Pills await you all, path continues. But... these foes amp up against tougher foes, so better tackle solo as I suggested."

Though Chen Huaian had demolished the duo, the array persisted.

As he advanced, radiance gathered on the square, reshaping the two pristine bronze figures.

This round, their auras dropped plainly to baseline.

"I... I'll give it a shot."

Zhang Yibai inhaled deeply. Despite witnessing Chen Huaian's swift takedown, he refused to slack on the challenge.

Yet reality proved merciless.

Facing that lone axe head-on, Zhang Yibai grasped the sheer dread of Chen Huaian's blade.

Even solo without frenzy mode, the overwhelming force demanded his full might; his Two-Yin arts and sword techniques barely held, forcing retreats amid dire scrapes before squeezing past.

Gu Changsheng followed, rolling and scrambling; he'd shed half a sleeve before, now the other matched for balance.

Wang Shouyi went last. Had the statues not eased up on this "frailer" foe, the opening chop would've ended him.

He scraped by, but coughed blood, body limp and drained.

Luckily, clearing it yielded a healing pill from the furnace.

They gulped down the furnace's gift; bruised and weary, they'd at least conquered that infernal barrier.

Shortly after.

At the bronze portal, ripples warped space.

Bi Yue Wu and Tu Fu Xing entered with haughty strides.

Eyes on the barren plaza, the swaying chain bridge afar, and ground splattered with blood, disdain flashed in Bi Yue Wu's gaze.

"Total disaster."

Bi Yue Wu scoffed with a headshake, "Looks like those weaklings barely clung to life crossing this."

"Mortals stay mortals; even basic puppet tricks halt them." Tu Fu Xing sneered at the idle bronze duo, "Move on, don't delay the Great Emperor."

To them, Chen Huaian and crew clearing it marked this as a breeze.

If mortals managed, immortals like them would stroll it effortlessly—

Flat as pavement.

So, ignoring the statues entirely, they flicked sleeves and marched side-by-side into the ward.

Hum!!!

The moment they breached the crimson line,

The statues' eyes snapped open ferociously.

This time, no eerie green killer blaze like Chen Huaian's, nor blood-crimson fury like Zhang Yibai's.

Rather—dazzling, searing golden brilliance!

Immortals triggering the trap, array at max power!

The titans ballooned twofold, cloaked in golden radiance, resembling twin celestial warriors manifesting on earth.

"What?!"

Bi Yue Wu's smirk iced over abruptly.

Before response, twin axes sheathed in golden lightning cleaved reality, infused with "Immortal-Slaying" intent, crashing down!

Boom—!!!

A colossal blast rocked earth and peaks.

Tu Fu Xing's fresh immortal barrier crumbled instantly to powder; he got swatted like an insect, buried deep underground.

Bi Yue Wu suffered more. His vaunted immortal shield tore like rice paper under the axe; hurled back ragdoll-style into the gate's barrier, vomiting blood, locks in chaos, wretched as a whipped cur.

Dust cleared.

Before the hall on the initial levitating summit,

Folks clung to chains spectating the chaos, Chen Huaian braved howling winds, peered at the duo sprawled humiliated beyond the gate, drummed fingers on sword grip, lips curving faintly.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, looks like the immortals found this path far rougher than we did~"