Chapter 619: Chapter 594: Annihilating the Second Step Expert
Lu Yan’s soul glowed, evolving into a soul battle blade that he slashed out with.
The target was an existence at the first step of Creation.
"Ah, no..."
As the battle blade flew into the opponent’s sea of consciousness, the opponent let out a terrified shriek, but the next moment, their Primordial Spirit was completely torn apart by Lu Yan’s soul battle blade, ground into dust.
"Kill, Sky Cleaver."
Lu Yan held the blade with both hands and slashed out with all his might at the expert from the Divine Clan.
"Holy Ninefold Shield!"
The expert from the Divine Clan pushed forward with both hands, and divine radiance spread before him, setting up nine layers of defense.
But as Lu Yan’s blade light fell, his face dramatically changed.
Lu Yan’s blade light, like crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood, tore through his defenses.
Thud thud thud...
In an instant, all nine defenses were torn apart, and the terrifying blade light struck his body.
Although he quickly retreated, he still sustained a dreadful gash that nearly split his body in two.
"The second step of Creation, how is that possible?"
The expert from the Divine Clan let out an incredulous roar.
Wasn’t Lu Yan at the Tao Realm before? He had only just broken through the first step of Creation; how could he so swiftly breach into the second step?
Simultaneous cultivation of the first and second steps had been achieved by several geniuses in history, but breaking through the second step immediately after the first step was something they had never even heard of.
"Today, none of you shall escape."
Lu Yan sneered, swinging his blade to kill again. The dazzling yet destructive blade light filled the heavens and the earth, transforming into a sky-supporting giant blade, slashing at the expert from the Divine Clan.
This blade was even more terrifying than the last one, and it could even be said to have doubled in strength.
"You..."
The expert from the Divine Clan’s eyes widened in shock, filled with disbelief.
He had become stronger again.
How was this possible?
He wasn’t wrong. During the previous fight with them, Lu Yan’s right hand fully actualized first, boosting his Cultivation Level and allowing him to step into the second step of Creation, greatly enhancing his strength.
It was with just one slash that he seriously injured the expert from the Divine Clan.
The reason why this blade’s power surged was that his left hand had followed suit and fully actualized, granting him another boost in strength.
Thud!
This blade descended, and the expert from the Divine Clan could no longer resist, being directly cleaved in two, with his Primordial Spirit also eradicated.
An existence at the second step of Creation, with over forty percent of their body fully actualized, was slain by Lu Yan with overwhelming force.
The Immortal Clan Crocodile, along with two other first-step Creation experts, were nearly scared witless. In sheer terror, they unleashed their power to the extreme and fled for their lives frantically.
"Sky Cleaver..."
Lu Yan slashed out with another blade.
This time, the Tao One Law River moved with him, soaring above the sky’s Vault, becoming a blade light billions of miles long that spanned the heavens and earth like divine punishment.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Immense blade lights fell from the sky’s Vault, cleaving towards the Immortal Clan Crocodile and the others.
The two first-step Creation existences didn’t even withstand a single blade light before they were slain.
The Immortal Clan Crocodile resisted a few more strikes, but eventually could not escape death. Its Primordial Spirit was eradicated, and its massive body split into eight pieces.
Whoosh!
The Dao Book flew out, transforming into a gigantic vortex that devoured the Immortal Clan Crocodile’s corpse, beginning to refine it.
Having breached two major thresholds, stepping into the second step of Creation, he thought that the Saint Soldier’s Formula should be able to break through to the seventeenth layer now.
After killing five existences at the level of Creation, Lu Yan’s Spiritual Sense quickly extended outwards, and in the surrounding area, no more enemies were detected.
He stood in the void, enveloped by dawn light.
His transformation was still ongoing.
A short while later, his aura grew stronger again as his right foot also actualized one hundred percent.
After a moment, his left foot also achieved a breakthrough, fully actualizing.
Moreover, starting with his hands and feet as the core, the actualization process spread to his arms and legs, moving into his torso and head, making other parts of his body start to actualize.
Below, figures ascended one after another.
It was Shen Yinuo, Zhao Sirong, and others.
They stood around Lu Yan, just quietly watching, careful not to disturb him.
In the recent battle, they didn’t show themselves.
They were well aware that with their level of cultivation, once they appeared, they would be slapped to death by the opponent in one blow.
Rather than assisting Lu Yan, they would become his burden, his weakness.
This was the tacit understanding they had formed over many years.
After some time, the dawn light around Lu Yan completely dissipated, and his aura subsided, returning to a state as tranquil as an undisturbed ancient well.
"Actualization rate, forty percent."
Lu Yan assessed himself, making a silent judgment.
Having stepped into the second step of Creation, the actualization throughout his body had reached forty percent, a truly astounding speed.
Naturally, this was related to his previous accumulation.
During his time in the Tao Realm, the actualization of his hands and feet had reached an astonishing level, and given that his physical body was extremely strong, the actualization was all the more easy.
Furthermore, twelve true pattern lines had merged into his body.
It’s worth noting that for a regular first-step Creation existence, just one true pattern line would suffice.
The more true pattern lines there are, the faster the actualization process, but likewise, it is more hazardous, as it can easily burst the physical body.
In addition, he discovered that the Tao One Law could also promote the actualization of the body.
Having a powerful body, coupled with twelve true pattern lines and the Tao One Law, these many factors combined during the breakthrough unleashed all his previous accumulation in such a fierce manner.
It would be difficult to achieve such a rapid improvement in the future.
"Yinuo, Sirong, the Immortal Clan, Divine Clan, Light Clan, and others have launched a sudden attack on them. Initially, they did not know who I was, so it seems they were not targeting me but the Dragon Alliance. I fear that not only this place but also other regions of the Dragon Alliance have come under attack. It is not safe for us to stay here any longer; we must leave immediately and head to Dragon Emperor City,"
Lu Yan said.
"But what about everyone else?"
Zhao Sirong asked.
"Don’t worry."
A faint smile appeared on Lu Yan’s face, and with a thought, his inner world emerged.
The Tao One Law, comparable to the laws of all things, thus, the world within him that had evolved was incredibly vast, far surpassing ordinary individuals and tremendously exceeding the continent of Da Wu.
Lu Yan reached out his hand into the void, and the continent of Da Wu, suspended in mid-air, was absorbed into his inner world.
"Yinuo, Sirong, you too should enter," Lu Yan said to Shen Yinuo and Zhao Sirong.
Both nodded, transformed into a rainbow light, and flew into his inner world.
Currently, Lu Yan’s inner world was barren with not a single living creature or plant.
Lu Yan stretched out his hand, and many creatures from the Beast Clan, plants, and Spiritual Medicines from within the Purple Gold Mountain Range, flew into his inner world, taking root and sprouting.
Given time, his inner world would flourish immensely.
Ripping through space, Lu Yan stepped out and vanished on the spot, speeding towards Dragon Emperor City.
Dragon Emperor City.
Tang Feng, Ye Qing, and the Ancestor of All Magics stood in the void.
From all directions, streaks of rainbow light flew towards Dragon Emperor City, appearing in their hands.
These rainbow lights were all transmission Jade Charms.
"Red Dragon City has come under attack."
"Sky Extinction Valley too has been attacked, and Flying Dragon Mountain as well."
One after another, the Jade Charms conveyed news of attacks on various Dragon Alliance locations.
"Did they say who it was?"
Tang Feng inquired.
"No, the adversaries have dispatched extremely powerful masters, almost all in the Creator Realm. They strike to kill upon engagement and have concealed their whereabouts."
The Ancestor of All Magics said.
"Sneaky, no need to guess, it’s surely those of the Immortal Clan, Three Emperors Alliance, Divine Clan," Tang Feng scoffed, a cold light flashing in his eyes.
"It seems that they’re taking advantage of Lu Ming’s absence to try and take out our Dragon Alliance in one go,"
Ye Qing said.
"Could it be that something unexpected happened to Lu Ming within that black well?"
The Ancestor of All Magics said with a changed expression.
"Impossible. That guy Lu Ming is not so easy to deal with. He won’t die even if everyone else does,"
Tang Feng said.
Suddenly, a streak of light fell into Tang Feng’s hands.
A sweep of his spiritual sense over the light,
"The Rosefinch Mountain Range is also under attack. This is not good, Lu Yan is there. It would be terrible if something happened to him; I’ll go check it out."
Having said this, Tang Feng immediately tore through space and departed with decisive speed.
Tang Feng’s speed was astonishing; he raced towards the Rosefinch Mountain Range. However, before he even reached the range, he saw Lu Yan approaching rapidly.
"Senior Tang Feng,"
Lu Yan also saw Tang Feng and quickly halted.
"Lu Yan, are you alright? Oh? Your cultivation level has broken through, and you’ve reached such a realm?"
Tang Feng took a closer look at Lu Yan and was taken aback, then a look of joy appeared on his face.
He knew that Lu Yan was close to a breakthrough, but he did not expect it to happen so swiftly.
Such speed was even faster than when Lu Ming had broken through to the Creator Realm.
Of course, this was the Origin Continent, not the Chaos Void, where cultivation conditions were undoubtedly many times better.
If they had been on the Origin Continent in those days, Lu Ming’s cultivation speed would likely have been abnormally fast as well.
"Senior, we were attacked by the Immortal Clan, Divine Clan, and Light Clan... I had no choice but to risk a breakthrough,"
Lu Yan briefly explained the situation.
"As expected, it’s them. Hmph,"
Coldness flickered in Tang Feng’s eyes.
"Let’s go, we’ll return to Dragon Emperor City,"
Tang Feng said.
The two swiftly made their way back to Dragon Emperor City.
"Lu Yan, you’ve just made a breakthrough, so focus on cultivating and consolidating your cultivation level. Leave the rest to us,"
Tang Feng said.
Lu Yan nodded, descended from the sky, and returned to his Disciple’s Residence where he hadn’t lived for a long time.
Tang Feng, Ye Qing, and the Ancestor of All Magics still occasionally received messages of attacks on various Dragon Alliance locations.
"Issue the order to consolidate defenses and have people from all regions gather at Dragon Emperor City, Heavenly Dragon Hall, Dragon Blood Mine, and other such places,"
Ye Qing issued the command.
Subsequently, a series of messages were sent out.
The places mentioned by Ye Qing were crucial to the Dragon Alliance, guarded by experts and reinforced by powerful formations. Even if they faced attacks, they could put up a fight.
In the Practice Room, of the Disciple’s Residence, Lu Yan sat cross-legged, where energy continuously emanated from the Dao Book, filling his entire body, and strengthening the power of the Saint Soldier’s Formula.
The Dao Book now, having consumed Ancestral Immortal Blood consecutively, had recovered much Origin Energy and was refining the Immortal Clan corpses at an astonishing rate.
In one day, the entire body of an Immortal Clan Crocodile had been refined.
Yet the Saint Soldier’s Formula still had not made a breakthrough.
