Seeing the hint of paleness on Hong Yu's face, Elder Luo let out a wild, scornful laugh.
"Hahaha, Hong Yu, oh, Hong Yu! You must be feeling so lost and helpless right now, aren't you? Hmph! You dared to empty my Luo Family's treasure vault, a collection of hundreds of years. Even tearing you to pieces today won't be enough to quell the hatred in my heart."
The thought of his family's treasures, collected over centuries, all taken by Hong Yu, made Elder Luo's face twitch and contort into an even more ferocious snarl.
Hong Yu took a deep breath and repeatedly used the Vibrating Rune Technique to block the Great Heaven Forest Seal.
The power boost from True Martial Arts Intent was astounding!
Even though Hong Yu's Vibrating Rune Technique, empowered by his True Martial Arts Intent, had only reached the Minor Achievent Realm, the amplification allowed each of his strikes to unleash power on par with an early-stage Celestial Soul Realm expert.
However, the Great Heaven Forest Seal was simply too powerful.
While the Vibrating Rune Technique could block it for a mont, it couldn't possibly break through.
Hong Yu gritted his teeth and roared, "You old bastard! You know better than anyone why your Luo Family's treasure vault is in my hands! Your family used the Sword Sect's reputation to run rampant in Celestial Net City, bullying and oppressing the people. Even if it wasn't , soone else would have stepped up to punish you. Yet you hold this grudge and are trying to kill ! If I survive today and return to the Sect, I'll make sure you face its harshest punishnt and die without a burial!"
"Return? You still think you can return? Hahaha..."
Elder Luo laughed as if he'd just heard the funniest joke in the world.
"I'd advise you to stop daydreaming. Why do you think the two of us were able to find you here? This was all arranged by Elder Zhu!"
A muscle in his face twitched, his expression twisting into a horrifying grimace. A chilling glint flickered in his eyes. "Jiejie, don't you worry! I won't let you travel to the afterlife alone. After I kill you, Elder Zhu will toss your cute little sister into a Pill Furnace and refine her into a Rejuvenation Pill. You two siblings can be reunited under the Nine Springs!"
"What did you say?"
Hong Yu looked as if he'd been struck by lightning, his face pale as he stared at Elder Luo.
In his daze, he even forgot to defend against the Great Heaven Forest Seal.
With a low RUMBLE, Hong Yu was sent flying backward. The impact of the Great Heaven Forest Seal fractured half his sternum, and his silver Sword Robe was instantly soaked in blood.
Leaping to his feet, Hong Yu ignored his injuries, his gaze burning as he locked onto Elder Luo. "What did you say? You said Elder Zhu is going to refine Yaoyao into a Beauty Pill?"
Seeing Hong Yu's desperate expression, Elder Luo felt a sudden, indescribable pleasure.
This feeling was deeply satisfying to him.
It seed the more pain and anxiety Hong Yu felt, the more delighted he beca. He even cast aside Elder Zhu's warning not to reveal this matter and said coldly, "That's right, refine her into a Beauty Pill. Jiejie, if it weren't for your sister's Extre Yin Ice Soul Constitution, which can be used to refine a Beauty Pill that grants eternal youth and preserves one's appearance until death, did you really think she would have helped you, given my relationship with Elder Zhu?"
"Elder Zhu and I had originally planned to give your sister so slow-acting poison, to kill her gradually and make you live in agony. However..."
Hong Yu's expression grew even darker. Elder Luo's laughter beca more unrestrained. "But your sister actually possesses the special Extre Yin Ice Soul Constitution, which Elder Zhu saw as a supre treasure. Jiejie, in her pursuit of beauty, how could she possibly let go of such a perfect dicinal catalyst? But you, kid, are a problem, so..."
"...she used the Demon Lion's blood as an excuse to send you away, then arranged for and her precious disciple to hunt you down and leave you for dead here in the Ten Thousand Borders Demon Realm. Only then can she refine your sister into a Beauty Pill without any worries. Tsk tsk, just imagining your sister stripped naked and thrown into a Pill Furnace, her agonizing screams and struggles as she's roasted by the Scorching Primordial Fire... I'm suddenly getting so excited!"
Elder Luo laughed smugly.
His eyes narrowed in a trance-like state, as if he could already see Yun ngyao being thrown into the Pill Furnace, struggling in pain and begging helplessly.
THUMP, THUMP, THUMP!
Hong Yu stumbled back as if struck by lightning, his face instantly turning deathly pale.
He clutched his chest, a heart-wrenching pain making it almost impossible to breathe.
The corner of his eye twitched. His dark pupils constricted, and a flicker of crimson light danced within them, like an enraged Ancient Wild Beast yearning to quench its fury with blood.
Rage!
Rage at its absolute peak!
In Hong Yu's heart, aside from the parents who gave him life, Yun ngyao was his reversed scale—his most cherished and intimate family. He had told himself more than once that even if it cost him his life, he absolutely could not allow Yun ngyao to suffer the slightest harm.
He had risked his life, endured countless dangers, and clawed his way back from the brink of death ti and ti again to get to where he was.
He had finally beco a True Disciple of the Cyan Nether Sword Sect and found a way to restore Yun ngyao's health...
Just when he and Yun ngyao were imrsed in excitent and joy, just when he was looking forward to his sister's recovery after he killed the Demon Lion and obtained its Demon Blood. For years, the drive that kept him going was the hope of restoring Yun ngyao's health.
Now, he thought he could finally fulfill his promise.
'Who could have known that my actions were actually pushing my sister into a pit of fire?'
"AH... AH... AHHH..."
Hong Yu roared at the sky.
Furious blue veins bulged from his neck and spread to his forehead. He clenched his fists so tightly that a series of sharp CRACKING sounds echoed endlessly, sending a chill down one's spine.
The furious roar stirred the Power of Primordial Spirit within him, causing it to surge like a raging river. Boundless energy erupted, whipping up a powerful storm of Qi around him. A terrifying aura pulsed outwards, and a layer of blood-red light veiled his eyes.
Demonic thoughts spurred on the most insane and primal part of his being.
The enraged Hong Yu was like a furious Overlord of heaven and earth.
The aura erupting from him caused the sneering Elder Luo's expression to change abruptly. His features stiffened, his eyes flickering with shock and uncertainty. "Wh-what's happening?"
The Hong Yu before him exuded a terrifying sense of threat.
Elder Luo had only ever sensed such a feeling from the Sect Leader and White Cloud Peak, but both of them were peerless experts who dominated their regions. He never imagined that a re kid at the Earth Soul Realm could make him feel this way.
Elder Luo's expression turned grave, a vicious glint in his eyes. 'This kid is too strange. I must destroy him and eliminate this threat for good.'
At this thought, Elder Luo slapped his own chest, spitting out a mouthful of heart's blood that coalesced before him into a three-ter-tall, illusory doorfra.
His Elental Power surged. Mortal Level High-Grade Martial Skill—Rashomon!
The illusory, blood-red doorfra grew more and more solid, finally transforming into an ancient, crimson gate. Obscure Runes swirled across its surface, emitting a terrifyingly powerful aura.
"You little bastard, you can die with pride, falling to my Rashomon!"
Elder Luo sneered endlessly.
In the entire Cyan Nether Sword Sect, the strongest Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills were Spirit Level Lower Grade, but those were profound arts that only successive Sect Leaders could cultivate.
This Mortal Level High-Grade Martial Skill, Rashomon, was sothing Elder Luo had spent a hundred years of the Luo Family's resources to acquire.
Once this gate opened, a Senluo Ghost Hand would erge from within—impossible to defend against and possessing the terrifying power to steal one's Soul. Elder Luo had once used this very Rashomon technique to defy levels and kill a Late-stage Celestial Soul Realm expert. Faced with such an attack, he refused to believe Hong Yu could survive.
"Hm?"
Elder Luo paused, glancing over at Hong Lingtong. Upon seeing what was happening, the smug look on his face intensified. "So this is Hong Lingtong's Power of Spirit Communication? Tsk tsk, with his power and my Rashomon in a two-pronged attack, Hong Yu is dead for sure!"
On the other side...
Hong Lingtong was enveloped in a layer of black mist.
A deeply irritating BUZZING sound filled the air.
A closer look would reveal that the black mist wasn't mist at all, but was composed of countless black insects.
Hong Lingtong's eyes snapped open, a black light flashing within them. His palm glowed with blood-red light as he pointed at Hong Yu like a commander. The myriad black insects swarming around him instantly obeyed, condensing and swirling above his head to form a Giant Sword made of millions upon millions of black insects.
"Kill!"
Hong Lingtong said flatly.
VMMMM!
The black Giant Sword slashed down toward Hong Yu.
At the sa ti,
the Rashomon before Elder Luo had also fully ford. The corners of his mouth lifted into a cold, cruel arc. "Senluo Ghost Hand, Soul Hooking and Soul Stealing! Strike!"
CLANG!
The Rashomon burst open.
A ghostly aura filled the air, making one's blood run cold. The blood-red gate seed to be a direct passage to the Netherworld. A Senluo Ghost Hand slowly reached out from within. It clenched viciously in the air, its imnse power creating sonic BOOMS, then spread its five ghastly fingers and lunged fiercely toward Hong Yu.
"This ti, you're dead for sure!"
"Several of my brothers have fallen to you. Today, I will avenge the Four Kings!"
Both Elder Luo and Hong Lingtong wore expressions of smug certainty.
They couldn't believe Hong Yu could possibly survive such an assault.
anwhile, Hong Yu...
In his towering rage, his blood and Qi roiled so violently that his skin took on a fiery red hue, as if burning with fury. Veins bulged beneath his skin like angry Flood Dragons, each twitch unleashing a powerful and terrifying explosive force.
His muscles contracted, and his Elental Power surged like a tidal wave.
He suddenly snapped his eyes open. Two beams of blood-red light shot out like twin rainbows tearing through the void.
"Eight Desolates Slay Saint, I alone am supre!"
A brilliant golden light erupted. A layer of Elental Power Armor spread across his body, twisting and assembling itself into a suit of shimring Flowing Light Golden Armor. His physical body, with defenses no less than a Mortal-level High-Grade Primordial Weapon, stood firm like cast iron. Fearlessly, he looked up at the two terrifying attacks descending upon him.
His eyes flashing, Hong Yu took a deep breath of the turbulent air.
An enraged roar, like rolling thunder, rumbled in his chest and finally burst forth. His voice was a thunderclap, booming and imnse like a temple bell. "With my fists, I shall conquer the nine heavens! With my Sacred Body, I shall sweep across the eight desolates..."
BOOM!
Hong Yu's physical body shot off the ground like a bolt of golden Thunder, charging toward the Giant Sword and the Ghost Hand.
The three forces collided violently in mid-air.
The air for miles around seed to freeze at that mont. After a brief stalemate, an utterly terrifying energy could no longer be contained and finally exploded outward.
RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE!
The aftershock of the explosion surged high into the sky, forming a terrifying, two-hundred-ter-tall mushroom cloud that rolled like a tide, illuminating more than half the sky. The blinding light blotted out heaven and earth, making it impossible to see what was happening within the blast.
The only thing that was clear was the terrifying aura sweeping outwards. Wherever it passed, the slightest touch could turn a century-old pine tree to ash.
The roiling dust and smoke lasted for a full ten minutes before finally dissipating.
A disheveled Elder Luo and Hong Lingtong appeared, anxiously looking at the battle site. It was completely empty. The two exchanged a look...
"D-Did that kid finally die?"
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