Chapter 550: Chapter 525 The Traitor of the Dragon Alliance
Taking advantage of the moment Sword Saint Situ was affected by the Ten Thousand Illusion Kingdom, Lu Yan seized the opportunity to launch a fierce attack, leaping forward toward Sword Saint Situ, his palm chopping down with the force of a blade.
Innately sensing danger, Sword Saint Situ swung his battle sword in defense.
Clang clang clang...
After clashing for eight moves, Lu Yan broke through Sword Saint Situ’s defense on the ninth, aiming a palm strike at his chest.
But as the palm blade neared Sword Saint Situ, it was blocked by his domain and the phantom of the Magic Long River.
Lu Yan felt a tremendous resistance.
"Heavenly Punishment Blade, people perish, break for me," Lu Yan exclaimed, Immortal Power bursting forth wildly as four rules merged, with another three rules layered on their surface.
The terrifying force of destruction erupted like a volcano in an instant.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle...
A grating noise sounded, and Sword Saint Situ’s face drastically changed.
Because Lu Yan’s palm blade had successfully penetrated his domain and the phantom of the Magic Long River, striking heavily against his chest.
With a crack, the sound of breaking bones echoed as Sword Saint Situ’s chest caved in, blood sprayed from his back, and his body was sent flying, crashing onto the surface of the lake.
Whoosh!
Lu Yan, swift as lightning, pursued the attack, aiming to end Sword Saint Situ in one fell swoop.
"Within my domain, I am king; illusions, shatter for me," Sword Saint Situ roared with blood-red eyes, howling to the sky. He lifted his Primitive Symbiotic Life high, borrowing tremendous power from the Magic River, countless sword lights flying in all directions, merging with his domain.
His domain expanded wildly, shattering illusions in its path, and he finally saw Lu Yan’s figure clearly.
His battle sword swung, blocking Lu Yan’s assault.
Their continuous bout of over a dozen moves allowed Sword Saint Situ to use the momentum to retreat swiftly.
"Little bastard, I’ll kill you another day," Sword Saint Situ left these words and turned to flee.
Lu Yan’s methods were varied and unpredictable, a single misstep could lead to his downfall, which frightened Sword Saint Situ, making escape the best strategy.
Lu Yan chased frantically behind.
However, Sword Saint Situ was now fleeing for his life, pushing his strength to its limits, while Lu Yan couldn’t catch up. In the pursuit, they quickly arrived at the edge of the lake.
Upon reaching the lakeside, Sword Saint Situ transformed his domain into wings, flapping them at high speed to surge forward.
Several soul spirits lunged at Sword Saint Situ only to be easily repelled; breaking through their obstruction, he vanished like lightning into the woods.
Lu Yan knew it would be difficult to catch up with Sword Saint Situ and even if he did, with Sword Saint Situ’s strength in a fight to the death, he wouldn’t be able to kill him.
So he simply stopped and turned his attention to a ghostly soul spirit.
Lu Yan fixed his gaze on one soul spirit and attacked fiercely like a tempest, with sword light constantly falling.
After more than a dozen slashes, the soul spirit burst apart under Lu Yan’s assault, the Soul Ring emitting a devouring force, absorbing the soul power of the spirit.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Behind, other soul spirits collaborated in their attack, their claws sharp as blades, reaching for Lu Yan.
Lu Yan, shrouded in Pure Light and activating the Saint Soldier’s Foemula, outright ignored these soul spirits’ attacks, focusing on another soul spirit with ferocity.
Even if their claw attacks could penetrate the defense of the Pure Light and cut through the toughness of the Saint Soldier’s Foemula, they could only leave superficial wounds on his body, causing him no real harm.
And as Lu Yan focused intensely on one soul spirit, after more than a dozen blows, he burst another one, absorbing its soul power.
The remaining soul spirits showed terror, turning to flee.
Lu Yan pursued them ruthlessly.
Ultimately, the majority of the soul spirits died by Lu Yan’s hand, with at most one or two managing to escape.
Looking at the Soul Ring on his finger, Lu Yan noticed its color had turned pitch black.
This indicated that the Soul Ring had gathered a full measure of soul power, and he was now eligible to pass through the Soul Wall and join the final contention.
Lu Yan had not expected to reach this stage so quickly after entering the Sea of Magic.
However, Lu Yan didn’t leave immediately; his gaze returned to the lake.
Within the lake, there remained plenty of that radiant light, and Lu Yan was reluctant to leave, wanting to refine all of it to boost his Cultivation Level significantly.
Lu Yan dived into the lake, heading straight to its center. Along the way, he spared not a single strand of the radiant light, summoning the tree within his Primordial Spirit to devour it all.
The Immortal Power within his body gradually became more profound.
"What’s that..."
Suddenly, Lu Yan’s eyes brightened.
He saw, in the very center of the lake, three lotus flowers blooming.
The petals were intensely dense, layered upon each other, translucent and sparkling with mysterious patterns.
Lu Yan took a closer look and saw that each lotus flower had ninety-nine petals.
"These are Nine Layer Tao Lotuses," Lu Yan’s eyes lit up with fervor.
They were extremely precious magic medicines, rumored that a single petal could be used to concoct a whole batch of Tao Elixir.
Outside, they were priceless, worth who-knows-how-many Magic Elixirs.
Lu Yan hurried over, took out several jade boxes, and carefully picked the three Nine Layer Tao Lotuses, placing them into the boxes.
After securing the Nine Layer Tao Lotuses, Lu Yan searched around further, but in the end, he found nothing more.
In the blink of an eye, seven days had passed.
In these seven days, Lu Yan scoured the entire lake, absorbing and refining all the radiant light.
However, the gap between the Immortal Eighth Layer and the Immortal Ninth Layer was vast, and breaking through required a massive amount of energy.
Even after absorbing a great deal of radiant light, Lu Yan’s Cultivation Level was still at the mid-phase of the Immortal Eighth Layer.
"Alas, Sword Saint Situ took away many of the rosy glimmers; if I could have obtained them, I estimate my cultivation level might have reached the late stage of the Immortal Eighth Layer."
Lu Yan pondered in silence.
There were no more opportunities in this region, so Lu Yan stepped forward to leave.
After a full day’s journey, Lu Yan passed through the dense jungle and arrived at a plain...
In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed since they entered the Sea of Magic.
During this time, Lu Yan wandered various places, seeking opportunities while using the jade token to sense the whereabouts of other Dragon Alliance disciples.
But all this time, there was no response from the jade token.
Lu Yan speculated that when he entered the Sea of Magic, he might have been transported to a very remote location, far away from the other Dragon Alliance disciples.
Otherwise, why had there been no response for so long?
Of course, there was a second possibility, that all the disciples of the Dragon Alliance had perished.
Lu Yan did not wish to believe in this possibility.
During this period, his travels through various lands had yielded some gains.
He had obtained another seven Dao Elixirs,
but their quality was mediocre, none comparable to the Nine-Layer Dao Lotus.
In addition, he acquired a precious metal called Thunderstrike Tao Gold, the main material with which a Creation Treasure could be refined. It was extremely valuable, even more so than the Nine-Layer Dao Lotus.
Lu Yan contemplated whether to integrate the Thunderstrike Tao Gold into the Thundering Bell to enhance its quality.
But for the moment, he decided against it.
This process was not simple; it required a considerable amount of time, so he opted to wait until after leaving the Sea of Magic.
There was also the matter of the Saint Soldier’s Formula.
When Lu Yan broke through to the Immortal Seventh Layer, he had been continuously feeding the Dao Book with the Three-eyed Tiger Emperor’s Blood, raising the Saint Soldier’s Formula to ninety-nine percent of the ninth layer.
It had been stuck there ever since.
There were only a few drops of the Three-eyed Tiger Emperor’s Blood left.
These past days, Lu Yan tried to let the Dao Book continue consuming the Three-eyed Tiger Emperor’s Blood, hoping to break through to the tenth layer.
But it was still stuck at the same point.
However, Lu Yan had a feeling in his heart that the Saint Soldier’s Formula was on the verge of advancing.
He knew that once his cultivation level could advance to the Immortal Ninth Layer Heaven, the Saint Soldier’s Formula would definitely break through, stepping into the tenth layer, on par with the Tao Realm.
"Eh, there’s a reaction."
Lu Yan suddenly perked up, sensing several dots of light emerging on the jade token.
Checking the distance on the jade token, it should be within ten thousand miles.
Lu Yan quickly set off towards the position of the lights indicated on the jade token.
Thousands of miles away from Lu Yan, in a mountain forest, a fierce battle erupted.
Zhao Tianxia, the foremost expert of the Immortal Realm from the Three Emperors Alliance, along with Shen Shengming, of the Divine Clan’s Initial Body, were jointly besieging Lu Lingxuan.
Around them, the gathered masters of the Three Emperors Alliance and the Divine Clan amounted to more than twenty.
And two Dragon Alliance disciples lay injured on the ground, incapacitated, controlled by the masters of the Three Emperors Alliance and Divine Clan.
Furthermore, these twenty-plus masters were dispersed around, setting up a Combined Strike Array to prevent Lu Lingxuan from escaping.
Lu Lingxuan, faced with two powerhouses of the same level, was utterly outmatched, with only the capability to defend and no opportunity to counterattack.
She protected herself with her domain and the Magic Long River Phantom, but it was still not enough.
Zhao Tianxia gathered the power of the Five Organs Divine Signs, fused them into one, and unleashed a supremely powerful strike that nearly penetrated Lu Lingxuan’s defenses.
Shen Shengming seized the opportunity to attack with a folding fan, cutting through and completely breaching Lu Lingxuan’s defenses, leaving a terrifying wound on her body, almost cleaving her in two.
"Lu Lingxuan, today, you are doomed."
Zhao Tianxia’s gaze was cold as he taunted her, his attacks relentless like a torrential storm.
His Five Organs Divine Signs shone brightly, forming a Five Stars Connected Pearl, each blow astonishingly powerful.
His strength was by no means inferior to Lu Lingxuan’s.
"If it weren’t for being betrayed by a traitor, how could you have had the chance to besiege me?"
Lu Lingxuan was filled with indignant fury, her gaze turning towards a young man in the crowd.
That young man, with short silver hair, was an elite disciple of the Dragon Alliance.
But he had secretly defected to the Three Emperors Alliance.
It was he who activated the jade token, luring Lu Lingxuan here, leading to her ambush.
"A wise man submits to the circumstances, and Chu Hao is such a wise man. He will realize that his choice was prudent."
Zhao Tianxia sneered.
"Another from the Dragon Alliance has arrived."
Just then, Chu Hao spoke up, carefully observing the jade token in his hand.
"Another from the Dragon Alliance has arrived? Good, haha, Zhao Tianxia, take some men and lie in wait to take the head of that incoming Dragon Alliance disciple for me."
Zhao Tianxia ordered.
"Yes."
A young man with a sinister expression picked several disciples from the Three Emperors Alliance and, led by Chu Hao’s guidance, swiftly departed and chose a location to set an ambush.
"Chu Hao, you will not die a good death for betraying the Dragon Alliance."
Lu Lingxuan shouted angrily, anxiety overwhelming her heart.
With Chu Hao using the jade token to attract victims, there was no telling how many Dragon Alliance disciples would be tricked.
She wanted to send out a warning, but with her own life in jeopardy, she had no capacity to do so.
