340: What a miscalculation!

Li Daoxuan's heart hardened as he quickly estimated the time.

From the moment he sensed the phenomenon to the arrival of that person, there should be at least one or two breaths of time left according to common sense!

With his cultivation at Golden Core Perfection, a full-strength strike would be enough to reduce that jumping pest below into flying ash with a single palm!

His mind was set; his killing intent was absolute!

Li Daoxuan no longer hesitated. His dharmic power erupted violently, and the terrifying pressure of Golden Core Perfection temporarily pushed back the heavy constraints surrounding him.

He raised his right hand, and within his palm, a speck of black light filled with the aura of destruction rapidly condensed and expanded, quickly locking onto Duan Tianxiong, who was still laughing wildly below.

"Die for me!"

Just as the black light in his palm was about to burst forth, and the smile on Duan Tianxiong's face suddenly froze, replaced once more by terror—

"Hmph!"

A cold, indifferent snort seemed to descend from the Nine Heavens, yet also sounded from the deepest depths of everyone's hearts, before exploding without warning!

In an instant, the Spiritual Pressure of the dharmic power Li Daoxuan had stirred up came to a dead stop, as if frozen instantly by ten-thousand-year-old profound ice.

Even the destructive black light condensing in his palm seemed to be gripped tightly by an invisible giant hand; it trembled violently and actually showed signs of dissipating!

Li Daoxuan suddenly let out a muffled groan. His strike, which had been ready to launch, was forcefully interrupted just like that!

"How is this possible!"

Li Daoxuan was filled with shock, his composure completely shattered in an instant. He could barely maintain even the basic dignity of a Golden Core Immortal Master!

According to his estimates, it was impossible for the Five Elements True Person, Yun Chenzi, to arrive so quickly.

But he had forgotten that even among Great True Persons of Golden Core Perfection, there were disparities!

Li Daoxuan comparing himself to Yun Chenzi was a joke to begin with.

This had led him to miscalculate Yun Chenzi's strength. He never expected that he would be so deeply affected by a single snort!

Under his extremely solemn gaze, the space less than ten zhang in front of Duan Tianxiong suddenly exploded with countless pitch-black cracks, like a shattered glass mirror!

Then, following a trajectory containing profound Daoist rhymes, they rapidly interlaced and spread, instantly manifesting a massive spatial rift with five-colored flames burning at its edges!

Inside the rift, violent chaotic currents were faintly visible, emitting a terrifying aura of destruction.

However, in the next instant, all the Chaos and darkness were replaced by a single figure.

A figure wearing green robes, with a lean and noble face and a five-colored mark on his brow, stepped out from that rift!

He seemed to walk out from another world. Golden lotuses naturally bloomed beneath his feet in the Void Realm to support him, accompanied by wondrous phenomena.

The moment he stepped out of the rift, the hideous spatial tear closed silently, as if it had never existed.

The pressure between heaven and earth reached its peak at this moment!

It wasn't simple Spiritual Pressure, but a crushing force from the level of the Laws themselves!

With him as the center, the Daoist rhymes of the Five Elements—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—transformed into a visible five-colored wheel of light that slowly rotated, enveloping the surroundings.

Wherever the wheel of light reached, the original rules of this world were temporarily overwritten, as if isolating a Five Elements Domain that he alone dominated!

The sunlight dimmed, and the wind and clouds came to a standstill.

The Five Elements True Person, Yun Chenzi, had descended so abruptly!

The pressure between heaven and earth was as heavy as substance. Countless low-level Cultivators who saw this scene were already kneeling on the ground, trembling, without even the courage to look up.

Yun Chenzi did not look at Li Daoxuan or Zhuge Mingyi in the air, who were as if facing a great enemy, nor did he pay attention to Duan Tianxiong, who was jumping with excitement below.

Those indifferent eyes, which reflected the rotation of the Five Elements, calmly scanned the scene.

Finally, he cast a seemingly casual glance toward a certain spot in the Void Realm to the southeast.

His gaze was calm and rippleless, devoid of any emotion.

"Holy crap, I've been spotted?"

However, that single glance made the dharma body—which was using a secret method to restrain its aura and a Formation to hide its form—feel as if it had fallen into an ice cellar, its hair standing on end!

That seemingly casual glance seemed to carry a mighty power that pierced through delusions, penetrating layers of barriers to look directly at him hidden there.

A warning sign originating from biological instinct shrieked wildly in his Sea of Consciousness!

Fortunately, Yun Chenzi seemed to have no interest in this "little bug" hiding its head and tail; after just one glance, he withdrew his gaze.

"Whew..."

The dharma body—or rather, Lu Ming's original body far away in the Jiling Wasteland—subconsciously let out a long breath, his mind relaxing as he thought to himself: that was close!

He considered himself not particularly strong in other areas, but his concealment skills were quite sophisticated. After all, even Li Daoxuan and Zhuge Mingyi had noticed nothing.

Yet this unknown Immortal Master had accurately pinpointed his hiding place the moment he appeared!

"I really overestimated myself this time..."

Lu Ming sighed inwardly.

He had originally thought that the strength level of Golden Core Perfection was roughly what Li Daoxuan had displayed.

It was certainly powerful and awe-inspiring, but at least one could roughly estimate the boundaries and upper limits of that strength.

If he used all his means, he should be able to protect himself without worry, and might even have the spare energy to maneuver or even sneak in a counterattack.

But when Yun Chenzi truly descended, the feeling was completely different!

It was a gap in status and existence!

It was as if the opponent wasn't just a Cultivator, but something closer to the "Laws" themselves.

The Daoist rhymes the man unconsciously emitted distorted the surrounding Laws of Heaven and Earth. Just a casual glance had almost made this dharma body's Divine Soul unstable and nearly collapse!

Completely impossible to oppose! This was Lu Ming's most intuitive judgment.

Far away in the Jiling Wasteland, Lu Ming "witnessed" all of this through the dharma body's perspective and fell into a sudden silence.

The waters of the Profound Spirit Domain were much deeper than he had imagined.

He had thought Li Daoxuan was already a figure standing at the mountain peak, but he didn't expect there to be mountains beyond mountains. The power and Daoist attainment Yun Chenzi displayed were on a completely different level.

Then, in the Grotto-Heavens of the Inner Domain above this, what kind of sight would a true Nascent Soul True Monarch be?

"A miscalculation..."

Lu Ming rubbed his brow, feeling a sense of trouble.

His original plan was to use the golden book to transfer the Karma of seizing Li Daoxuan's Spirit-Nurturing Treasure Physique onto Duan Tianxiong, making him take the blame.

At the same time, he also used this to lure Li Daoxuan and Zhuge Mingyi here, letting them come into conflict with the Qingming Immortal Sect behind Duan Tianxiong.

If he could provoke a conflict between the three great blessed lands, or even trigger a chaotic battle at the Golden Core level, he would have the chance to fish in troubled waters like a "snipe and clam" harvester, seizing the final benefits.

The early stages of the plan could be said to have gone quite smoothly; everything seemed to be developing in an orderly fashion according to his script.

However, despite all his calculations, he never expected Yun Chenzi's strength to "break the scale" to such an extent!

This completely disrupted his rhythm.

Seeing Li Daoxuan and Zhuge Mingyi looking like they were facing a mortal foe in front of Yun Chenzi, Lu Ming lost all hope in them.

Even if they really started fighting, it would likely be Yun Chenzi using absolute strength to crush everything and easily suppress all variables.

At that time, would he have to personally take the field and duel Yun Chenzi?

Lu Ming felt that unless his head was kicked by a donkey or he suffered a Qi Deviation and lost his mind, he would never do something so absurd.

"But what should I do..."

Lu Ming scratched his head, so worried he was sucking his teeth.