Chapter 572: Chapter 547: Suppressing Zhao Qiankun
Zhao Qiankun launched a domain attack, and around his body swirled a phantom of the Magic River. Then, the Magic Long River Phantom fused with the Universe Spear, greatly enhancing its power.
Swish swish swish...
Zhao Qiankun brandished the Universe Spear, attacking Lu Yan.
With slashes, thrusts, and stabs...
His speed reached extremes, flickering in all directions around Lu Yan, unleashing over fifty moves in an instant.
Lu Yan’s spirit was highly focused, with a fusion of seven laws transformed into Chaos Qi that enveloped his whole body. He kept swinging his palms to block, mainly on the defensive.
However, having just made a breakthrough, he wasn’t very adept at utilizing his own strength. Often his spirit would react, but his body could not keep up.
Therefore, he struggled to block all of Zhao Qiankun’s attacks.
In those fifty moves, he was hit three times, with three wounds appearing on his body, especially one on his abdomen that was pierced by the Universe Spear. A terrible icy intent erupted from inside him, threatening to freeze everything.
Including his flesh, bones, the power of Tao, and his soul, all were at risk of being frozen.
Fortunately, Lu Yan had already fused the seven laws.
The seven mutually fused laws circulated within his body, forcing the internal chill out with the force of pushing through decay.
Thus, Lu Yan’s injuries were not serious — merely superficial wounds.
"Heavenly Punishment Blade, humanity perishes!"
"Heavenly Punishment Blade, Earth Withering."
Lu Yan sought to counterattack, unleashing two terrifying strikes of his blade, as if to split heaven and earth apart.
Regrettably, although powerful, they were not used flexibly enough and were easily evaded by Zhao Qiankun. The void was cleaved open, creating two spatial rifts tens of thousands of miles long.
Zhao Qiankun flickered to appear behind Lu Yan, launching an attack.
Lu Yan turned around, sweeping his blade with the intent to sweep away all the forces, but Zhao Qiankun easily dodged the blade light and moved above Lu Yan, piercing with a flurry of ten spears.
Lu Yan raised his palms in defense, blocking the first nine spears, but by the tenth, he was too slow to avoid it and was grazed by the blade’s edge, leaving a deep wound on his neck, nearly losing his head.
However, as they continued to exchange blows, Lu Yan became astonishingly more familiar with the use of his power.
Slowly, the power he gained from his rapid breakthrough began to be used more adeptly, and the frequency of hits from Zhao Qiankun decreased.
Sometimes, even if he was hit, he often avoided vital spots, at most receiving superficial injuries.
In the blink of an eye, the two had exchanged more than two hundred moves.
As their confrontation continued, Lu Yan became increasingly adept at employing his power; the number of times he got injured decreased, he started to shift from defense to offense, and the frequency of his attacks increased.
Zhao Qiankun started to feel the pressure.
"How can this guy’s strength be so astonishing? What exactly is his constitution?"
Zhao Qiankun became increasingly alarmed as the battle progressed.
He was a Primitive Symbiotic Life, and even with a two-level advantage in cultivation, he was getting no upper hand in a head-on confrontation.
The layer of Chaos Qi enveloping Lu Yan combined with the power of Tao was terrifyingly potent.
He could feel it was the result of multiple laws fusing together, but he couldn’t discern exactly how many laws were involved.
"Heavenly Punishment Blade, humanity perishes."
Suddenly, Lu Yan slashed with his blade.
This stroke was quick, stable, and smooth, worlds apart from his previous ones.
As the blade descended, Zhao Qiankun’s domain violently shook and caved, forcibly cleaving open as the blade light struck directly at Zhao Qiankun’s face. He couldn’t dodge in time and could only use the Universe Spear to block.
With a clang, Zhao Qiankun was forced to retreat violently, feeling a stabbing pain in his arm and blood seeping from his palm; the Universe Spear almost flew out of his grasp.
"Good opportunity."
Seizing the moment when Zhao Qiankun retreated, Lu Yan agitated his Primordial Spirit, unleashing the power of his soul, intending to use Soul Pierce to severely damage Zhao Qiankun’s Primordial Spirit, and then obliterate him with overwhelming force.
His Primordial Spirit shone, his soul force turbulent like an expansive ocean, ready to transform into Soul Pierce, but Lu Yan suddenly felt a splitting headache, a crack forming at his brow, and his head nearly exploded.
He was scared enough to abruptly stop agitating his soul force.
When his soul force stabilized, the headache finally subsided.
"Not good, my soul is too strong, and my body can hardly keep up. It’s going to be overwhelmed."
Lu Yan felt a chill in his heart.
In history, there had been two individuals with the Tao Soul Pupil and The Tao Soul Fetus who died after their bodies exploded from their soul strength being too strong for their physical form to handle.
During this breakthrough, his soul force had surged too quickly.
Though his body was also transforming, it couldn’t keep pace with his soul, leading to unbearable headaches whenever he used his soul force.
This was even after he had cultivated the Saint Soldier’s Foemula to the tenth layer; otherwise, his body might not have been able to withstand it even without using his soul.
When the cup is full, it overflows; if it doesn’t spill over, the cup will burst.
That was his current predicament.
"After this battle, I must find something related to the Immortal Clan and level up the Saint Soldier’s Foemula."
Lu Yan resolved internally.
With soul force temporarily unusable, he had no choice but to set it aside.
"Universe Strike."
Seizing the opportunity, Zhao Qiankun caught his breath as his domain shrank rapidly, covering his whole body, unleashing his strongest killing move towards Lu Yan.
"Earth Withering!"
Lu Yan, undaunted, countered with ’Earth Withering.’
Boom!
The collision of their attacks, without any fanciness, caused a violent roar that instantly spread throughout Origin Magic City.
Terrifying and dreadful waves of energy swept in all directions, causing the surrounding spectators to retreat repeatedly, fearing they would be drawn in.
"Sovereign."
At the moment of their collision, Lu Yan unleashed another deadly move.
A flash of five-colored light passed by, enveloping Zhao Qiankun within it.
Spurt!
Struck as if by lightning, Zhao Qiankun staggered backward violently, coughing up blood profusely.
"Kill!"
Lu Yan stepped on lightning, instantly catching up, and brought down his palm with forceful chop.
"Block it for me."
Zhao Qiankun roared, his eyes blood-red. His domain flared up, merging with the Universe Spear and bursting forth with great power in an attempt to block Lu Yan’s attack.
"Deprive..."
Lu Yan uttered in a low voice as the five-colored light grew more intense, transforming into a vast domain, in turn, enveloping Zhao Qiankun within it.
This was the Five Elements Field.
Although Lu Yan was neither a Magic Body nor an Initial Body, the domain he created by mimicking those of the Magic and Initial Bodies, a move he called ’Dominance’, also possessed the formidable power of a domain.
Rooted in the Five Elements, it could evolve all things, representing life, and also deprive all things of their vitality, representing death.
Zhao Qiankun felt the essence, energy, and spirit within his body rapidly dissipating. His skin became astonishingly dull and shriveled at an alarming rate, and his jet-black hair began to turn white.
His strength was quickly weakening.
Lu Yan’s hand, formed like a blade, descended.
With a clang, the Universe Spear broke apart. Zhao Qiankun was thrown backward violently, a slash wound appeared across his chest that penetrated to his core, leaving half of his body nearly cleaved apart, hanging on by the remaining flesh.
Zhao Qiankun was filled with terror, retreating frantically, as the severed parts of his body swiftly fused back together.
But the destructive force within the blade light was not so easily dispelled, wreaking havoc inside him.
"Earth Withering, annihilate."
Within the Five Elements Field, Lu Yan was the ruler. With a single step, he disappeared from where he stood, reappearing in front of Zhao Qiankun. The blade light, filled with the aura of death, fell once more.
"No, no..."
This blade made Zhao Qiankun feel a fatal crisis. Overcome with intense fear, as the blade light neared, he seemed to see his own end coming.
He wanted to gather the Universe Spear to defend.
But the Universe Spear, a Primitive Symbiotic Life, had just been destroyed, greatly affecting him. For a short time, it would be difficult to gather it again.
He frantically stimulated his domain, but under Lu Yan’s Five Elements Field, his domain was infinitely compressed, and when the blade light fell, his own domain was directly cleaved open.
"Protection charms, protection charms..."
Zhao Qiankun inwardly screamed.
Just then, a light shone from between his eyebrows, and a charm spread out, transforming into a barrier of light enveloping him.
Thump!
The blade light, charged with the intent of death, clashed against the barrier, creating a thunderous noise.
Lu Yan felt a massive force of recoil, causing him to stagger backward repeatedly.
"Protection charms, these aren’t forged by the Tao Realm, but by the Creator Realm."
Lu Yan’s eyes narrowed.
Seeing the barrier withstand Lu Yan’s attack, Zhao Qiankun felt greatly relieved and hurriedly swallowed several healing pills to recover.
"Zhao Qiankun, to think you would use a protection charm from the Creator Realm, how shameless. Is this the caliber of the second disciple of the Three Emperors Alliance?"
Others caught on as well, with Lu Lingxuan openly mocking him.
"Treasures are also a part of one’s strength. If you have the capability, you use treasures as well," retorted a disciple from the Three Emperors Alliance.
"Don’t think just because you have a protection charm I can’t deal with you. I’ll refine you."
Lu Yan’s gaze was icy, his murderous intent sharp as a blade.
Today, he must kill Zhao Qiankun.
As Emperor Qing had once said, what’s the use of practicing martial arts or learning the Tao if one can’t even protect his own woman?
The Five Elements Field rapidly shrank, wrapping Zhao Qiankun within it. The five colors merged, turning into a color of Chaos, filled with terrifying destructive power.
This kind of destructive force far surpassed the Heavenly Punishment Blade’s two moves, Man’s Demise and Earth Withering.
Sizzling...
The protective barrier around Zhao Qiankun began to emit sizzling noises, billowing with plumes of blue smoke, bearing signs of corrosion.
"You... no..."
Zhao Qiankun’s expression drastically changed, displaying a look of terror.
"How is this possible?"
Within the abode of the Three Emperors Alliance, even the Ghost Emperor’s expression changed, disbelieving.
This charm, though not personally forged by him, had been made by a second step master of the Creator Realm from within the Alliance. How could Lu Yan, a mere Tao Realm, possibly break through it?
But the reality before him left no room for disbelief.
Sizzling...
As time passed, the plumes of blue smoke around Zhao Qiankun grew thicker, as though ice and snow met flame.
The charm on his forehead also began to dim.
This filled Zhao Qiankun with unspeakable fear. He wanted to flee backward, yet his body seemed to be weighed down by an entire world, unable to move an inch.
"Save me, Lord Ghost Emperor, save me..."
Zhao Qiankun’s soul shook, sending out waves of his spirit towards the abode of the Three Emperors Alliance.
