Chapter 246: Righteousness Song
“Boom, boom, boom!”
In an incredibly fast, almost thunderous speed, the demonic phantoms?struck. After two rounds of being struck by three demonic phantoms, a defense song beside Dick?cracked and began to disintegrate before falling apart. With only five defense songs around him, he could survive only eight or nine rounds of attacks by the demonic phantoms.
And considering the demonic phantoms' attack speed, he realized all his defense songs would be broken within a few moments. And if all the demonic phantoms hit on his body, Dick strongly doubted if he could survive even one round of the brutal attack!
At this time Dick was really?in a fix. He not only needed to write kill songs, but also defense songs. Dick was in possession of a magic pen, was extraordinarily brilliant in writing and also was a great master of cursive script. However, right now, he was too busy on writing the defense song and kill song to care about maintaining the attractive sleekness of his words. Instead, every word was written askew, and there was nothing to suggest that a master of cursive script had actually written them.
In fact, Dick's hand was quivering violently even while writing. On any other day, he?wouldn't write with such a shaky and unstable hand. At this moment, except pushing his life vitality to the limit, he cared about nothing.
Even though Dick?urged his life vitality to the limit on writing, it couldn't keep up with the loss of the songs. The number of kill songs in the Thirteen Kills Array?over there?steadily dwindled, and so did the number of defense songs?over here...
“One last defense song!”
A single defense song could only withstand two rounds of attack coming from the demonic phantoms. And owing to the increasing attack speed of the demonic phantoms, a defense song could be broken even in a breath's time. The demonic phantoms' power could never be estimated.
Dick who?was always calm, composed and gentle was now in a mess. He gritted his teeth as a sense of anxiety gripped him.
A while ago, he had made full preparation for the All Peaks Competition while also learning a powerful method. But this was his trump card which he planed to use when fighting those personal disciples.
The sooner he revealed his trump card, the less likely he was able to win the battle over.
Once his unique skill was exposed, he would inevitably attract the personal disciples' attentions, who would then consequently figure out the corresponding attack, which was why Dick hesitated with his move.
'To yield?' murmured Dick in a tone laced with defeat.
To yield was just to put an end to his winning streak but he would still be left with a chance to return again.
But Dick rejected the idea instinctively and almost immediately. By the gentleman's doctrines he practised, he was absolutely not allowed to yield. With a truly upright vitality, he would not make a detour because of the hard and steep way; he would not retreat because of the times were dangerous. If he gave up and yielded at this moment, he would regret it for the rest of his life, and would never be able to forgive himself. Then how was he able to practice?the gentleman's doctrines?
Alas...
“I never expect to be forced to play?my trump card in the group stage,” sighed Mess with disappointment.
All of a sudden, the breath inside Dick's body exploded, even that sigh brought an increased oppression to the people. And then a great spirit?erupted out of his body baffling everyone around the field.
Dick?sent another?defense song as he began to write up in the mid-air with his writing brush.
However, Dick?was not writing a single word, but a sentence in that rushed moment. If there were a learned man, he would indeed recognize what he wrote.
"In the world there is the spirit of righteousness, taking many forms, bestowed on the everchanging
things. Below they are the rivers and mountains; above they are the sun and stars. With people, it is called the spirit of honor and fearlessness, so vast it fills the universe. When the empire is tranquil, one pours forth harmony in the splendid court...." (The Song of the Spirit of Righteousness, written by Wen Tian-xiang of the Song Dynasty, translated by Feng Xin-ming 2008)
“It is the Righteousness Song! Dick is writing the Righteousness Song.”
“Awe-inspiring righteousness in the Righteousness Song. It is absolutely unbelievable that Dick has devoted himself to practicing the morally guiding righteousness very sincerely. The righteousness is a kind of intent, similar to sword, blade and martial art intents, which is more illusory and mystery than them, and more elusive to understand from meditation. I didn't think he really understood all of what it meant!”
“The battle is getting more and more exciting as it is picking up pace. Come on, Dick, beat Zen. I am all set on you!”
Because Zen?was prevailing after he called out the demonic phantoms. Everybody was extremely?disappointed. As things stood still, Dick?might not escape the inevitable outcome after all. He might even lose the fight.
But what was not expected was that with?the last defense song, he would write a?Righteousness Song!
Meanwhile, Zen?concentrated on manipulating the?demonic phantoms to break Dick's defense song, but just at the moment, he sensed a tremendous power and influence radiating from Dick!
This power was not sharp, but it was very thick, as if in possession of a collection of the general trend of the world. And it pressed over towards?Zen. For a second, Zen's six demonic phantoms?were shaken up and Zen's control over them also got slower.
“The Righteousness Song?” Zen's pupil shrank slightly as his expression grew grim but dignified.
Sure enough, the strength of any of the top 100 disciples on Cloud Sect chart could not be underestimated by anyone! 'But it's all right. Let me have a good and fair fight with you!' shrugged Zen. Even in the face of righteousness's overwhelming force, Zen did not reflect an ounce of fear. Instead, there was a flickering and bright light lighting up in his eyes, and a turbulent energy emanating from his body.
Dick, no longer scrupled by the demonic phantoms, kept on writing with much determination. And the words were getting more and more powerful, lively and vigorous!
After a while, the demonic phantoms failed to break his defense song, and Dick had written down the entire Righteousness Song neatly!
“Done!” Dick proclaimed in a confident tone.
The brush in the hand gently glided gracefully as he drew the finishing point.
“Droning droning droning...”
A whole song was suspending?at?Dick's side, constantly shaking and singing. The written words, with black ink, gradually emitted a radiating golden sheen.
Dick was now like a great ancient saint, sending out the sense of a power that usually made people bow to him, without the slightest resistance from the heart.
Dick's gaze swept across those demonic phantoms. The next moment he pointed a finger, and a golden light shot out from the Righteousness Song! This gleaming golden light ran through the demonic phantoms directly!
“Flip-flop!”
Within a flash, the demonic phantoms cracked, turned?into flashes and condensed into new demonic phantoms yet again.
“This is not possible. I can't believe that the life vitality is imperishable. Having been broken for so many times, they should be unable to recover...” Dick said in an indifferent tone as he immediately sprung his fingers continuously
Under Dick's control, flashes of golden light?seamlessly shot at the demonic phantoms. After being shattered repeatedly again and again, the demonic phantoms?were doggedly restored to their former condition each time.
Facing?Dick's attack, Zen's mind too was spinning at full speed.
Of course, those phantoms?were not immortal!
Between heaven and earth, everything was affected by the law of time, even life would come to an end eventually. Although, natural creatures were longevity, they could not live over three hundred years. The life of the?Illuminating Soul Realm?masters too was long, but it too could last only 500 years. While mysterious weapons could be preserved for 100 years, spiritual weapons could be preserved for 500 years and fairy weapons could be preserved for thousands of years.
But...
Compared to the world's vast history spanning over millions, even hundreds of millions, or even billions of years, these would all just be a fraction of a second.
The demonic phantoms kept being shattered, restored, and shattered, and restored...The cycle?continued in almost a vicious manner breaking hope.
The demonic life vitality inside?was constantly consumed. If the demonic?life vitality?was consumed to a certain process, in the end, the demonic phantoms simply could not escape the fate of cracking!
'How to break his Righteousness Song?' Zen thought in confusion.
Zen gritted his teeth and looked at the rows of words, then a thought hit him in the head. He immediately controlled the six demonic phantoms to rush towards the Righteousness Song.
While Dick remained calm, abstracting the righteous spirit of Righteousness Song in an orderly manner, and preparing to launch an attack towads the demonic phantoms.
The demonic phantoms would be crushed every time they flew out for a certain distance. However, the distance between them and the Righteousness Song would always be?close. In such an extremely difficult and tense situation, the demonic phantoms finally came to the top of the Righteousness Song.
Dick?was puzzled about what Zen was trying to achieve.
Once Righteousness Song was condensed out, there would be an endless righteous spirit. Moreover, on the Righteousness Song's surface, the words were also coated with a golden glory, which was also coming from the righteous spirit in a bid to protect this Righteousness Song.
If Zen wanted to use the demonic phantoms to smash the Righteousness Song, it would remain a mere fantasy!
With his unshakable confidence on the Righteousness Song, Dick didn't even bother to move the song in front of him. Instead, he just concentrated on crushing the demonic phantoms one by one.
But after those demonic phantoms?were?shattered, they didn't form any new demonic phantoms, but flashes of?life vitality appeared.
“So does this mean the demonic phantoms have finally shattered?” thought?Dick in his mind. But before he could take a sigh of relief, the scene before him rendered him speechless as he was gripped with a glimmer of fear and shock.
The flashes of demonic life vitality did not crack, and they did not re-condense into the demonic phantoms, but twined around every word of the Righteousness Song.
If the words were only twined by?life vitality, it was not worth Dick's concern.
The golden color on the Righteousness Song's surface?was the condensation of the righteousness spirit, and it remained unharmed by attacks from swords and cutters, even the mighty fairy weapons.
But as the demonic life vitality twined around it, it was swallowing up the golden light entirely!
“Swallow the golden light? No way!” Dick suddenly panicked, he did not expect that Zen's demonic life vitality?would be able to swallow the light entirely. It was swallowing his?Righteousness Song. Upon seeing many words on the Righteousness Song's surface slowly dim down, Dick was scared that the Righteousness Song?would be swallowed up entirely soon...
Dick suddenly looked at Zen, realizing that he should not have bothered himself dealing with the demonic phantoms before, instead, he should just beat Zen?with the Righteousness Song sooner. As long as Zen?was defeated, these demonic phantoms would fall back immediately.
Finally, Dick was clear about everything. He stretched out his hand and a thick and big golden light shot out from the Righteousness Song. It was almost six times bigger than the former light, which went straight towards Zen.
In the face of Dick's frontal attack, Zen sped up and suddenly dodged aside as if he was the wind itself!