txolops Chapter 317 Reversal of Enemy and Friend
Chapter 317 Reversal of Enemy and Friend
This "Yin Demon Slash" is specifically designed to break through all kinds of true energy shields! It puts an enormous strain on the caster's meridians, and the more mixed the foul energy absorbed, the higher the risk of backlash, but its power is also correspondingly terrifying!
Xuan Gu dared to use the corpse energy of the Heavenly Capital Demon Corpse he had refined to perform this technique, clearly because he had taken advantage of the fact that this corpse energy and his own Xuan Yin Demonic Energy shared the same origin, making the risk of backlash from refining it relatively small, while its power...
"Two-Element Ring, protect!" The Extreme Yin Ancestor could no longer afford to conserve his magic power to suppress the demonic seal in his dantian. With a roar, the black and white jade rings that had been floating above his head and slowly rotating suddenly shone brightly. They spun around and instantly grew to a size of about ten feet in diameter, blocking the way between him and Xuan Gu!
Faced with this terrifying attack, he had no choice but to go all out!
Just as the Extreme Yin Ancestor's mind was completely drawn to the Xuan Gu's imminent and extremely dangerous "Yin Demon Slash," and he pushed the light of the Yin-Yang Ring to its limit, exposing his bare back, at that very moment...
Luo Ming, who was constantly "struggling to deal with" the Xuan Yin Black Python, suddenly flashed a sharp light in his eyes, like a cold lightning bolt streaking across the dark night!
"Now!"
He gave a low shout in his heart, and his sword technique suddenly changed!
The golden-blue greatsword that was "entangled" with the black python suddenly trembled violently, emitting a clear and resonant hum!
At the tip of the sword, an extremely dazzling golden light burst forth without warning. Then, at the core of that golden light, a "mini" sword, only a foot long and made entirely of pure gold, was "peeled" off from the tip of the giant sword with lightning speed!
It was transformed from the Xuan Yuan Pearl that the Heavenly Mirror Hermit's primordial spirit possessed.
The moment that small golden sword appeared, it locked onto the back of the neck of the extremely Yin Ancestor, who was completely unprepared! It had no grand momentum, no ear-piercing sound of air being torn apart, only an extremely sharp intent that seemed to be able to cut through space and ignore distance!
"call out--!"
A faint, almost imperceptible, whooshing sound rang out. The golden sword had vanished from its original spot, and the next moment, it appeared just feet behind the neck of the Extreme Yin Ancestor! Its speed was so fast that it exceeded the reaction limit of a Core Formation cultivator, even making Han Li and Xuan Gu, who had been watching from the sidelines, feel a chill in their hearts!
Sensing the impending danger, Ji Yin's pupils constricted sharply as he tried to use his abilities to dodge the fatal blow.
Deep within the inner hall of the Void Heaven Palace lies a hidden space concealed by numerous spatial restrictions, making it extremely difficult for ordinary cultivators to discover.
Four Nascent Soul cultivators—Manhuzi, Qingyi Jushi, Tianwuzi, and Mutengzi—stood with livid faces and blazing anger in their eyes within a small area completely enveloped by a pale golden light barrier. Outside the barrier, the scenery was hazy and distorted, indistinct, with only faint spatial fluctuations emanating from it.
"Damn it!" The bearded man slammed his fist into the light screen in front of him, making a dull thud. The light screen rippled slightly before returning to its original state, completely still.
Just now, in their pursuit of the Heaven-Mending Pill, they had been chasing the Fourth Elder of the Star Palace with all their might. As they passed through a seemingly ordinary but huge stone platform, the surrounding scenery suddenly distorted.
The next moment, an incredibly sturdy pale golden barrier appeared out of thin air, trapping the four of them firmly within this space, which was only a few dozen feet in diameter! No matter how they tried, they could not find an exit, and even their divine senses were severely blocked by the barrier.
"This place... we did pass through here on our way here, and there was absolutely no such powerful restriction here."
Master Qingyi stroked his long beard, his brows furrowed, and said with a solemn expression, "Now that it has suddenly appeared and possesses such astonishing power... it seems that the people of the Star Palace have long ago laid a trap here, waiting for us to walk into it."
"Star Palace?" The bearded man with copper bells widened his eyes. "Just Jin Kui and the other two? Do you really think you can keep all four of us here with this broken barrier that only has the function of trapping people? That's far too naive!"
"No!" Tian Wuzi's expression suddenly changed, as if he had realized something, and he exclaimed in shock, "Their target... is probably not us! It's... Sect Master Wan!"
"Wan Tianming?" Upon hearing this, the other three were first taken aback, then their expressions changed drastically! They were all experienced people, and they instantly understood the key point!
That's it! The people of the Star Palace first ambushed and killed the spirit beast, cutting off their hopes of obtaining the cauldron; then they used the Heaven-Mending Pill as bait to lure them into pursuit.
As the leader of the righteous path, Wan Tianming was the strongest and had the fastest sword escape technique, so he naturally rushed to the front; while the other four were trapped by this sudden and powerful restriction... All of this was clearly a carefully designed series of schemes!
The goal was to temporarily trap these four "helpers" to create conditions for Jin Kui and the others to concentrate their efforts on dealing with, or even killing, the lone Wan Tianming!
The bearded man's face was ashen. "Wan Tianming is strong, but if he faces the combined attack of Jin Kui and the other two, coupled with the Star Palace's control over the restrictions of this place... his chances of survival are extremely slim!"
"No! We must find a way out as soon as possible!"
Qingyi Jushi said urgently, "If those three guys from the Star Palace deal with Wan Tianming and then have the chance to use their control over the Void Heaven Palace's restrictions... we might really be in danger!"
Upon realizing this, the four felt a strong sense of crisis and urgency! They no longer held back and unleashed their most powerful offensive weapons and desperate abilities, launching a frantic and relentless attack on the solid, pale golden barrier before them!
For a moment, the light inside the light curtain soared into the sky and roared incessantly, but the light curtain still stubbornly resisted. Although it fluctuated violently, there was no sign of it breaking.
Outside this confining barrier, on a hidden stone platform offering a glimpse into the scene inside, Elder Jin Kui, dressed in a white Star Palace robe, had a rather grim expression.
His gaze was not fixed on the four barbarian men who were attacking the barrier nearby, but rather on a distant direction beyond the barrier, deeper within the Void Heaven Palace.
There, by sensing some of the restrictions within the hall, he could vaguely "see" that Wan Tianming was fiercely fighting with the fourth elder and the refined elder of the Star Palace, and the battle seemed to have reached a stalemate.
"Wan Tianming's strength is even more troublesome than I expected," Jin Kui cursed inwardly.
The "Four Symbols Spirit Locking Restriction" used to trap the four members of the Barbarian Beard was a temporary trapping formation he set up using the restrictions of the Void Heaven Palace itself. Although it was powerful, it required him to continuously input mana and use his divine sense to control and regulate it at the core in order to maintain it and suppress the frenzied attacks of the four mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. Once he left, this formation would soon be broken.
"Why isn't that old ghost, Ji Yin, coming over yet?" Jin Kui couldn't help but feel a bit of resentment and doubt towards the Ji Yin Ancestor.
According to the original plan, with the cooperation of the Yin Ancestor, they would first pretend to fight against the Star Palace together with Wan Tianming, and then find an opportunity to ambush Wan Tianming. As long as Wan Tianming was injured and revealed a weakness, he could use his methods to take down this cultivator who was most likely to advance to the late stage of the righteous path in a short time.
"Could it be... that something unexpected happened at Hanlitai?" A bad thought arose in Jin Kui's mind.
Just as Jin Kui was feeling anxious and cursing inwardly—
On the cold platform, a chilling wind howled, mingling with lingering corpse energy and embers of true fire. The illusory Nascent Soul figure of the Extreme Yin Ancestor, barely a foot tall, hovered in mid-air. Its once solid body was now somewhat transparent, its surface still stained with wisps of hard-to-dispel gray-black corpse energy, its small face filled with lingering fear.
His resentful yet wary gaze was fixed on the small, now dimmed, golden sword that was slowly moving around Luo Ming's body.
That earth-shattering sword strike, which ignored his protective aura, had almost become his nightmare. If that sword hadn't sliced off his body and head like mud, causing his soul to tremble and his magic power to go out of control for a moment, how could he have taken the long-accumulated "Yin Demon Slash" head-on, resulting in damage to his nascent soul and severe injury to his origin?
At this moment, although the golden sword's radiance had dimmed, the Extreme Yin Ancestor dared not underestimate it in the slightest. To unleash such a strike beyond his cultivation level, this young man... was definitely no ordinary Core Formation cultivator!
He even began to suspect that this "Luo Ming" in front of him was actually some unfathomable old monster who had possessed his body and was now cultivating again. Otherwise, how could a mere Core Formation cultivator have such methods and cunning?
Luo Ming ignored the suspicious gaze of the Extreme Yin Ancestor, focused his mind, and transmitted his voice to the Heavenly Mirror Hermit residing in the golden sword, his tone sincere: "Senior, you have worked hard. This time, using my source energy has caused considerable loss. Please return to my dantian to recuperate. Leave the follow-up matters to me."
"It's alright. A slight loss is worthwhile to severely injure this Nascent Soul cultivator. Be careful, a cornered beast will fight to the death, especially with this Xuan Bone..."
The voice of the Heavenly Mirror Hermit was tinged with obvious fatigue. The small golden sword trembled slightly, transforming into a barely perceptible wisp of golden light that disappeared into Luo Ming's dantian.
Just as Luo Ming had predicted, that stunning sword strike was actually the result of Tianjing Sanren secretly burning a trace of his divine soul essence to enhance Luo Ming's magic power, thus breaking through the quality barrier of Nascent Soul magic power and achieving the miraculous effect of "slaying the head with one sword".
After all, no matter how powerful the magic power of a Core Formation stage cultivator is, how can its quality compare to the true essence of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator? Only by consuming the primordial spirit of the Heavenly Mirror Hermit, which is compatible with the Golden Spirit, can this effect be achieved.
Luo Ming stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze calmly sweeping over the Nascent Soul of the Extreme Yin Ancestor who was on high alert, and then glancing at the Xuan Gu on the other side, whose aura was weak, whose face was pale, whose eyes were flashing with uncertain light, and who was equally full of fear.
"Why are you two so nervous, fellow Daoists?" Luo Ming asked casually, as if he were talking about a trivial matter.
"You've forced me to reveal some of my most treasured skills, and I'm truly at a loss. Time is of the essence; I have important matters to attend to and cannot afford to delay. In that case, let me escort you two on your way, which will also settle this score. What do you say?"
His words were calm, yet carried an undeniable decisiveness.
The reason for no longer hiding is that the situation is now clear. In order to use the "Yin Demon Slash", Xuan Gu forcibly absorbed and refined a large amount of mixed corpse energy, which damaged his meridians and greatly injured his vital energy. His aura has dropped to the level of the mid-stage of Core Formation and is extremely unstable.
The Extreme Yin Ancestor fared even worse. First, nearly half of his strength was sealed by the "Mysterious Yin Demon Seal," then his physical body was destroyed by Luo Ming's surprise attack, and then he took a hit from the peak of the Profound Bone Realm, damaging his Nascent Soul's origin. Now, the magical power he can mobilize is probably less than 20% of what it was at its peak.
Even the teleportation ability, a hallmark of Nascent Soul cultivators, is difficult to use due to the instability of the Nascent Soul. Their speed of flight is probably not even comparable to that of the Fat Sun Bird under Luo Ming's command.
On the other hand, although Luo Ming also suffered losses, he did not use his advanced Wind Fox Beast, newly acquired Ghost King, and many magical treasures and techniques at full strength. With this shift in power, he had already gained the upper hand.
The Nascent Soul of the Extreme Yin Ancestor twisted in pain, and the withered skin of the Xuan Bone twitched slightly. The two exchanged a glance across the distance, and despite their deep-seated hatred, they could read the same fear and a hint of... absurd helplessness in each other's eyes.
They spent their lives fighting and scheming, never expecting that they might ultimately fall victim to a "junior cultivator" they hadn't initially taken seriously.
Xuan Gu let out a hoarse, dry laugh, breaking the silence first, and turned his gaze to the Nascent Soul of the Extreme Yin Ancestor:
"Hehe... Ji Yin, it seems that today, we, this 'deeply affectionate' master and disciple, may have to temporarily set aside our past grievances and join forces. Otherwise, I'm afraid we'll be wiped out by this 'Fellow Daoist Luo,' wouldn't that make us a laughingstock?"
The Nascent Soul cultivator of the Extreme Yin Ancestor was so gloomy it was almost dripping with water. He hated Xuan Gu to the core, but the situation was beyond his control. He gritted his teeth, his voice shrill: "Old ghost! Enough with the nonsense! Today's predicament is all because of you! But... let's join forces to kill this junior first, then we can settle the score with you!"
The two Nascent Soul level demons, who had just been fighting to the death, quickly formed a fragile alliance under the deadly threat brought by Luo Ming.
Facing the combined attack of two old monsters who could easily kill late-stage Core Formation cultivators even when severely injured, Luo Ming showed no fear whatsoever; instead, a cold smile curled at the corner of his lips.
"In that case, let's send you two on your way."
Before he finished speaking, the Five Spirit Bracelet on his wrist flashed with a faint light!
"roar--!"
A deep, majestic roar, capable of terrifying even the soul, suddenly resounded! The enormous body of the Wind Fox Beast, its dark and pale gold colors swirling, appeared out of thin air and landed beside Luo Ming. The moment it appeared, its oppressive aura emanating from the netherworld spread out, causing the Nascent Soul of the Extreme Yin Ancestor to tremble violently, as if it had encountered a natural enemy.
Immediately afterwards, dark light surged above Luo Ming's head, and the Thousand Demon Banner fluttered open. On the banner, the newly acquired six-armed ghost king phantom roared silently to the sky. The powerful ghost energy of the False Infant Realm surged out along with the roars of thousands of demon souls within the banner, transforming into a turbulent soul tide that blocked the two's retreat.
Compared to the fear of the Yin Ancestor, Xuan Gu looked at the newly appeared level seven demonic beast and the ghost king inside the Thousand Demon Banner, and felt as if he had been deceived and manipulated. Only then did he realize that Luo Ming had definitely not been injured in the Yin Qi Abyss, but had subdued the ghost king with his spirit beast.
Xuan Gu's eyes darted around frantically. His intense will to survive made him constantly think about how to deal with the situation. His gaze unconsciously drifted towards the Void Cauldron deep within the altar, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.
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