143: Bloodbath in Purgatory, Breakthrough to Golden Core Realm

Five Late Golden Core Stage desperadoes formed a fan-shaped encirclement, brimming with Killing Intent, clearly accustomed to murder and treasure-snatching in this place. The Scar-faced Big Man, leading them, held a giant axe like a door panel and sneered, "Kid, if you know what's good for you, scram! Leave those three little girls and your belongings, and we grandpas will give you a quick death!"

Lin Xuan slowly stood up, the sin-severing sword appearing in his hand, its tip pointing obliquely at the ground. His tone was calm but held bone-chilling coldness: "The geomancy here is good, perfect for burying you all."

"Courting death!" The Scar-faced Big Man roared, his giant axe descending with the force to cleave mountains and split rocks! The other four also attacked simultaneously: Flying Sword, poison banner, bone spur, and chain—various insidious and vicious attacks assailed Lin Xuan from different directions, sealing all his escape routes!

Facing the encirclement of five Cultivators of the same Realm, Lin Xuan showed no fear in his eyes; instead, a hint of excitement flashed. He had just gained insights at the Dao Comprehension Cliff and needed a hearty battle to verify and digest them!

"Primal Beginning evolves myriad phenomena, one sword transforms into myriad Laws!"

He silently recited the general principles of the Primal Beginning Sword Scripture. His internal magical power surged and flowed in an unprecedented manner, pouring into the sin-severing sword! This time, he did not activate the War Intent of the Thunder Emperor, but purely wielded a sword strike based on his own understanding of the Dao of the Sword!

In an instant, with Lin Xuan at the center, sword light differentiated, not merely simple Sword Qi, but seemingly evolving various phenomena! There was raging fire, congealing ice, sharp Metal Qi, towering giant trees, and supporting thick earth! Although they were all just prototypes, they carried a hint of true Law's essence!

This was his new realization from fusing the chaotic Law's Aura of the Myriad Laws Abyss with the all-encompassing concept of the Primal Beginning Sword Scripture—the Prototype of the Primal Beginning Sword Domain!

"What?!"

The five desperadoes' expressions changed drastically. Their attacks, upon entering this nascent Sword Domain, were like mud oxen entering the sea, continuously weakened, offset, and deflected by the various mutually reinforcing and restraining Law prototypes! The Scar-faced Big Man's powerful axe strike, aimed at the circulating thick earth phantom, merely stirred up a ripple and failed to advance an inch!

"Impossible! He's only Late Golden Core Stage!" The Cultivator wielding the poison banner shrieked, his face filled with disbelief.

"Sword Domain?! How could he comprehend a Sword Domain!" The Cultivator Controlling the Flying Sword was even more horrified. A Sword Domain was the manifestation of an extremely high Realm of the Sword Dao, usually only initially mastered by Nascent Soul Stage Sword Cultivators!

They did not know that Lin Xuan's "Taichu Sword Domain" was not a truly complete Sword Domain, but a prototype barely simulated by leveraging the special environment here, the profundity of the Primal Beginning Sword Scripture, and his own profound Foundation. Its range was extremely small, and it consumed a great deal of mental energy and magical power. But even so, it was already enough to deal with Cultivators of the same Realm!

"The offense and defense have switched." Lin Xuan's eyes were icy. His sword stance shifted, and the various evolving phenomena suddenly contracted, condensing onto the sin-severing sword, making its rusty blade seem to be covered in a layer of Chaos. He pointed his sword at the Cultivator wielding the poison banner!

This sword strike, seemingly slow, seemed to lock the Void Realm, containing the profound meaning of suppressing myriad Laws!

"Pfft!"

The poison banner Cultivator had no time to react. His protective spiritual light was pierced like paper, a tiny blood hole appeared between his eyebrows, and the light in his eyes instantly dimmed as his corpse softly fell!

Instant kill with one sword!

The remaining four desperadoes were terrified, now realizing they had provoked someone formidable!

"Escape!" The Scar-faced Big Man made a decisive decision and turned to run.

"Want to leave now? Too late!" How could Lin Xuan let them go? These people carried heavy Evil Qi, having harmed countless Cultivators; keeping them alive would only cause more trouble. His figure was like lightning, and the Prototype of the Primal Beginning Sword Domain expanded again. Though not large in range, it perfectly restricted the four's escape speed.

The sword light flashed again! Like the scythe of death!

"Ah!" "No!"

Another two screams, and the Cultivators wielding the bone spur and chain died one after another!

Only the Scar-faced Big Man and the Cultivator Controlling the Flying Sword remained, their livers and guts shattered, desperately burning their vital blood to break through.

Just then—

"Boom!!!"

At the center of the Five Elements Purgatory, an anomaly suddenly occurred!

Gongsun Yu, who had been undergoing Body Tempering enveloped by chaotic energy, suddenly erupted with incredibly dazzling purple lightning! The lightning was no longer purely purple; at its core, it faintly carried a hint of Chaos! The Golden Core within her body spun wildly, its surface covered with intricate lightning Dao patterns, and her Aura surged like a volcanic eruption!

Mid-stage Golden Core, Breakthrough!

Moreover, with the help of the residual chaotic thunderous Qi here, the quality of her lightning seemed to have undergone some unknown transformation, making its power even greater than before!

Almost simultaneously—

"Buzz!"

In the blood-light area where Qu Feiyan was, the enchanting blood lotus suddenly expanded and solidified. On its petals, countless painful, distorted phantom faces faintly appeared, emitting an even more bizarre and powerful suction force, devouring all the surrounding chaotic energy and even the residual blood Qi and Soul Power of the recently deceased desperadoes! Her Aura also instantly broke through the barrier, steadily entering the Late Golden Core Stage! The Blood Lotus Demonic Art reached a new level!

Su Wanqing's side was relatively calm, but the Taiyin Moon Essence shrouding her became even purer and more profound, as if connected to the ethereal Taiyin Star. She slowly opened her icy eyes, a phantom moon wheel flashing in them. Although her Aura did not directly Breakthrough, it became more harmonious and restrained, and her control over the frost silence sword reached a new height, just a hair's breadth away from the Late Golden Core Stage!

The Three women, under this combination of pressure and Opportunity, all achieved Breakthroughs or significant improvements!

This scene completely shattered the psychological defenses of the last two desperadoes.

"Monsters... they are all monsters!" The Cultivator Controlling the Flying Sword lost his composure, and his movements paused.

Lin Xuan seized the Opportunity, and the sin-severing sword swept past his neck like a teleportation.

The last Scar-faced Big Man was also charred by a chaotic divine lightning bolt from Gongsun Yu, whose Aura was surging after her Breakthrough, and then had his skull shattered by a whip from Qu Feiyan's Blood Lotus Illusory Body.

The battle ended in an instant.

Lin Xuan dispersed the Sword Domain, breathing slightly, his face a little pale. Forcibly maintaining the Prototype of the Primal Beginning Sword Domain consumed a great deal of Divine Sense and magical power, but the effect also satisfied him. He looked at the two women whose Auras had changed greatly and Su Wanqing, who had gained immensely, a genuine smile appearing on his face.

"It seems we came to the Myriad Laws Abyss at the right time."

After this battle, the team's strength greatly increased. However, they also knew that this was merely the periphery of the Myriad Laws Abyss. Deeper dangers and Opportunities awaited them.