Chapter 429: Chapter 404: A Glimmer of Hope_1
Immortal Lord Bingfeng, Immortal Master Nanmang, and the giant green ape were all terrified and lost their color.
"Crossing the Tribulation, and it’s already absolutely crossed the Six-Nine Sky Tribulation, just a step away from Immortality, otherwise it wouldn’t be this strong."
Nanmang Immortal Ruin exclaimed in shock.
"Run quickly, notify the Immortal Lord. The existence that has crossed the Six-Nine Sky Tribulation is absolutely not something we can contend with."
The green giant ape was even more terrified, directly abandoned Lu Yan, and immediately ran away.
As the green giant ape ran away, Immortal Master Nanmang also turned and ran.
To lose the White Tiger Immortal Master so easily had already shattered their courage and panicked their minds.
"Damn it...break for me..."
Inside the Tian Gang Chessboard, Immortal Lord Bingfeng roared like a madman, burning his spirit, and exploded with his peak blow.
With a loud bang, the Tian Gang Chessboard was shattered with a gap, Immortal Lord Bingfeng rushed out of the gap and fled in desperation.
"Kill!"
With a long roar, Lin Yan waved his hands, leading vast Heavenly Earth Power, condensing three gigantic flame spears, each stabbing at the three Immortal Masters.
The spears moved as fast as lightning, already locking onto the three.
The three masters, despite their full resistance, were injured and retreated. Their fur was burnt bare by the flames, and the flames entered their bodies, causing them to cough up large mouthfuls of blood.
Yet they didn’t dare to stay and continued to run wildly.
Lin Yan stepped on the fire and gave chase.
Immortal Lord Bingfeng was trapped by the Tian Gang Chessboard. When he broke free, he was ultimately one step behind and was the nearest to Lin Yan. In an instant, Lin Yan caught up and a Yanlong Horn flew out.
Immortal Lord Bingfeng summoned the Rule of Wind and manifested a Nine Faces Wind Shield to resist with all his might.
But it was useless.
The rotating Yanlong Horn pierced the Nine Faces Wind Shield and cut off one of Immortal Lord Bingfeng’s legs.
"Want to kill me, let’s die together."
Immortal Lord Bingfeng’s eyes were blood red, a dazzling light bloomed from his body, and a terrifying aura spread out.
But at the same time, his primordial spirit shot out from his body and rushed into the distance.
It must be said, Immortal Lord Bingfeng was very decisive. He abandoned his physical body and planned to run with his primordial spirit.
As long as the primordial spirit survives, the physical body can ultimately recover, just at the cost of consuming a large amount of resources.
It’s better than dying here.
Lin Yan clapped his hands together, forming two gigantic flaming palms, enclosing Immortal Lord Bingfeng in between.
But in the next moment, Lin Yan’s expression changed, and he quickly retreated.
The self-destruction of a He Dao level was too terrifying. Even a Transcendence Tribulation Stage being would not dare to face it directly.
The two flaming palms exploded, releasing a series of rosy light. The destructive force surged out.
"Bind."
Lin Yan harnessed the Rule of Fire to form a barrier, enveloping all directions, and confined the destructive power of Immortal Lord Bingfeng’s bodily self-destruction to a certain range to avoid endangering others.
Immortal Lord Bingfeng’s primordial spirit, taking advantage of the situation, hurriedly escaped.
However, in his haste, he concentrated all his attention on Lin Yan, seeing Lin Yan as the greatest danger, but he forgot about Lu Yan.
Bang!
A big tree phantom image fell from the sky, striking down on Immortal Lord Bingfeng’s primordial spirit.
Immortal Lord Bingfeng’s primordial spirit suffered a Huge Shock, momentarily disoriented.
Bang!
Immediately following, the second big tree phantom image fell down solidly.
Simultaneously, a thunder bell appeared above his primordial spirit, and invisible sound waves poured down.
Immortal Lord Bingfeng’s primordial spirit was swaying like a drunk.
Despite his strong defense, he withstood Lu Yan’s attack. But he had lost his best opportunity to escape.
After Lin Yan had controlled the explosive energy, he flashed and pursued, a gigantic flaming hand grabbed hold of Immortal Lord Bingfeng’s primordial spirit and gave a hard squeeze.
With a popping sound, Immortal Lord Bingfeng’s primordial spirit exploded and turned into ashes.
But with this delay, Immortal Master Nanmang and the green giant ape were already out of sight.
Lin Yan looked in the direction where Immortal Master Nanmang and the green giant ape had escaped. His eyes flickered a few times, suddenly staggered, spat out a mouthful of blood, and his face turned as pale as paper.
The aura on his body also rapidly weakened.
"Senior, are you alright?"
Lu Yan rushed over and asked with concern.
Lu Yan’s own aura was very weak.
Previously, he was surrounded by two masters. He was gravely injured, and at this point, the remaining poison had not been completely removed from his body.
"This battle, I have already burned my primordial spirit and ignited my physical body, reaching the peak state of my lifetime. Unfortunately, my injuries were too severe and I could not maintain the state for long. I barely eliminated the invading enemies."
Lin Yan sighed.
"Senior..."
Lu Yan was extremely grieved, his eyes red.
Burning the primordial spirit and igniting the physical body?
Does this mean Lin Yan won’t survive?
"Don’t worry, if the tribulation didn’t take my life, I won’t die easily. However, I will be turning into a soul fire, barely preserving a chance of survival. Whether I can live in the future is up to you."
Lin Yan said.
"Senior, what do you need to save you? I will stop at nothing to help you," Lu Yan retorted firmly.
"Treasures related to fire. The rarer they are, the greater is my chance."
Lin Yan said, then laughed, appearing calm "After this battle, the immortals would be afraid of my strength, and they should not dare to attack in a short time. Besides, I can survive for about a year, but I can’t make a move during this year. Once I do, my form would completely collapse. I hope this can deter the immortals for a year."
"Lu Yan, at most, I can only buy you a year. Within this year, your cultivation level must advance, otherwise, we will have no power to resist."
"Right now, I can only place all my hopes on you."
Lu Yan’s fists clenched tightly.
He felt immense pressure, a mountainous burden weighing him down.
Before King Ming’s death, he also pinned his hope on him.
Now, so was Lin Yan.
Within a year, he had to make a breakthrough, only then could there be a glimmer of hope.
At this point, others flew over in succession, expressing their gratitude to Lin Yan and Lu Yan.
When everyone knew about Lin Yan’s current condition, they were greatly grieved and felt enormous pressure.
If Lin Yan were to perish and Lu Yan had not broken through, what then awaited them?
The only option left was to fight till the end.
"For the next year, I will stay at Wu Mountain, keeping Immortal Lord of Fairy Ruins at bay. Lu Yan, your duty is to concentrate fully on your cultivation and make a breakthrough as soon as possible."
Saying this, Lin Yan paused before continuing, "Unfortunately, I was hesitant when we besieged White Tiger Immortal Master at the Red Flame Immortal ruins. If I had risked everything, I could have taken the Lifeblood Sword to buy you more time. Ah...in the end, I was unwilling and wanted to enter the realm of immortality..."
"Sir, there’s no need to blame yourself, you’ve done more than enough."
Lu Yan sincerely said.
There’s great fear between life and death.
Who would willingly risk their lives and place their last hope on a junior if not due to desperate circumstances?
Putting myself in his shoes, even I would hesitate.
Lin Yan smiled and without another word, took a step forward and sat cross-legged on the summit of Wu Mountain, closing his eyes and meditating.
Following that, Zuo Yun brought his master, the elderly man with white hair, to meet Lu Yan.
"Thank you sir for your rescue. Without your timely intervention, I would have been in peril."
Lu Yan said.
"Alliance Leader Lu, you are too polite, I did it only for the sake of this unfilial disciple of mine. He’s my only disciple, I don’t want him to die here."
The elderly man paused for a moment before sighing again, "What’s more, I do not wish to see the human realm reverting back to the ancient times, where the human race was enslaved."
"Sir, do you know about the ancient times?"
Lu Yan asked.
"I have a slight understanding."
The old man with white hair nodded.
Afterward, Lu Yan concealed the body of the White Tiger Immortal Master within his Sumi Mustard Seed Bag. He also met with Chu Tianjiao, Chu Long and the others. He did not know how to comfort them, but thankfully Chu Long and the others understood that Lu Yan was severely injured. They held back their sorrow and urged Lu Yan to heal his injuries as soon as possible.
After bidding everyone goodbye, Lu Yan entered the practice room, consumed an enormous amount of Martial Food and started healing his injuries.
Fortunately, his True Body was extraordinarily resilient, and his vitality far exceeded that of cultivators at the same level. Before long, he managed to purge the remaining poison from his body, and his wounds were rapidly healing.
In less than two days, Lu Yan was back on his feet, full of vitality, at the peak of his abilities.
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The headquarters of the Spirit Sect.
Immortal Master Nanmang and the Giant Ape escaped to the headquarters of the Spirit Sect and met with the Sect Hierarch.
"They actually failed, even White Tiger and Bingfeng are dead."
The face of the Sect Hierarch was particularly gloomy.
"We didn’t expect Lin Yan’s cultivation level to have reached the Transcendance Tribulation Stage. He killed White Tiger Immortal Master so easily that it’s certain he’s crossed the Six-Nine Sky Tribulation. He’s only one Ninety-Nine Heavenly Tribulation away from immortality."
Immortal Master Nanmang said, still filled with residual fear.
The Transcendance Tribulation Stage had three different tribulations.
They were the Three Nine Heavenly Tribulations, Six-Nine Sky Tribulation, and the Ninety-nine Heavenly Tribulation.
Each successful transcendence of a Heavenly Tribulation would make one’s spiritual rule deeper, and greatly increase one’s strength.
"If he really has got through Six-Nine Sky Tribulation, how could you two have escaped?"
The Sect Hierarch asked coldly.
Immortal Master Nanmang and Giant Ape remained silent.
At that time, having witnessed the successive deaths of White Tiger Immortal Master and Immortal Lord Bingfeng, they were completely scared out of their wits and didn’t think much of anything else.
Only after noticing that Lin Yan did not pursue them did they gradually calm down, feeling that something was amiss.
"Last time I fought with Lin Yan, had he reached the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, could he have let me go? From what I see, he definitely failed in his attempt to cross the Heavenly Tribulation and was mortally wounded. Barely surviving till now, by killing White Tiger and Bingfeng, he was just having his last hurrah. He can’t hold on for much longer."
"You two should immediately take the elites and return to the Martial Alliance to take the heads of Lin Yan and Lu Yan."
The Sect Hierarch said.
However, Immortal Master Nanmang and the Giant Ape exchanged glances, falling silent.
They could speculate all they want, but they absolutely dared not go back.
What if their speculation was wrong?
Even if Lin Yan was on his last legs, what if he could still burst out his power in a short period of time? Wouldn’t they be serving themselves up on a platter?
"Sir, I believe that time is on our side, not his. The initiative is entirely in our hands. As long as we rescue the other Immortal Masters, and with your return to the world after the unification of thought, even if Lin Yan has crossed the Six-Nine Sky Tribulation, he only has one way to go, death."
"As for Lu Yan, even if his cultivation speed is fast, it is absolutely impossible for him to reach immortality in a short time. Killing him would be a piece of cake."
After a while, Immortal Master Nanmang said in a low voice.
"I totally agree."
The Giant Ape echoed.
The Sect Hierarch sighed in his heart. He knew that both Immortal Master Nanmang and the Giant Ape had been frightened, hoping for them to return to the Martial Alliance was out of the question.
Unless he had recovered his cultivation and put a knife to their necks forcing them to go.
On the other hand, he also felt that what Immortal Master Nanmang said made sense.
As long as he could recover, he could crush anyone like Lu Yan and Lin Yan just by flipping his hand.
